OG Collection
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Exploring the most significant and hidden stories of the 20th century through iconic magazines and the titan of publishing behind them.
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Stories (20/0)
- Top Story - December 2022
Imagining the Curtailed Future of Minx Through VivaTop Story - December 2022
One of the latest casualties of an overhaul of HBO Max done by Warner Bros. Discovery was Minx, a comedy centered on a semi-fictional erotic magazine for women published in 1970s Los Angeles. Despite a strong critical response to the first season, which premiered on March 17, 2022 and holds a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, new leadership at the streamer pulled the series even after a previous renewal and days ahead of production wrapping on the second season. Co-executive producer and star Jake Johnson has since said that filming will wrap and that the Minx team is hoping for a new home for the show.
By OG Collection 12 months ago in Geeks
- Top Story - December 2022
Inside the Supreme Court Case that Included Centerfolds, a Pre-Trial Arrest, and an Exploding WheelchairTop Story - December 2022
With each Supreme Court term comes landmark decisions, headlines about Justices’ remarks, and politicians’ reactions. Every once in a while there is a case that creates a significant legal precedent and has enough tawdry details to land in both the tabloids and in an FBI file. Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. argued in 1983 and decided in 1984 has this bombshell combination.
By OG Collection 12 months ago in FYI
- Top Story - December 2022
Peek Inside Bob Guccione’s Office Through his ArchivesTop Story - December 2022
One of the first steps of the archival process is to inventory each item in a collection. This undertaking occurs after background research, which for this collection included watching archival interviews with Bob Guccione and reading many issues of Omni, and before physically rearranging any items. Observing thousands of original sketches, illustrations, and scribbles, reveals the inner workings of Guccione. His sketchbooks and drafts support the understanding of Bob as a constant thinker, entrepreneur, and innovator, as well as confirm other facts key to understanding the OG Collection.
By OG Collection 12 months ago in FYI
- Top Story - November 2022
Hulu’s “God Forbid” Uncovers the Legacy of Sex, Power, and Money Passed Down from Jerry Falwell, Sr., to Jerry Falwell, Jr.Top Story - November 2022
On November 1 Hulu released “God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty,” a thoughtful documentary about the bombshell news in 2020 that Jerry Falwell, Jr., and his wife Becki Tilley had a years long affair with Giancarlo Granda. The scandal, which involved another photo of Falwell, Jr., in a state of undress alongside a former Liberty University student, as well as questions about Falwell, Jr. ’s financial ethics, led him to resign as president of Liberty University in August 2020.
By OG Collection about a year ago in The Swamp
- Top Story - November 2022
Cheesecake Photography: What can we learn from the origins of the Pin-Up?Top Story - November 2022
Bob Guccione’s first foray into the business of erotic entertainment was not the publication of the first issue of British Penthouse in March 1965. Before he was a maverick and titan of publishing, Bob was “Robert Gucci,” a purveyor of cheesecake photos to customers around the world. His market included prisoners, government officials, and everyone in between.
By OG Collection about a year ago in Filthy
- Top Story - November 2022
“Welcome to Chippendales”: Who was Dorothy Stratten?Top Story - November 2022
The latest prestige show to tell popular culture history, “Welcome to Chippendales” sees Robert Siegel, the writer behind “Pam & Tommy,” reveal another tale of sex and crime that informs culture to this day. The show stars Kumail Nanjiani as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, who founded Chippendales in 1979. Much more salacious than how Bob Guccione built the Penthouse empire, both the show and the true story behind it features the “Chippendale murders,” when in the late 1980s and early 1990s Banerjee directed one murder and two attempted murders of former business associates he felt wronged him, namely Nick De Noia (portrayed by Murray Bartlett), Michael Fullington, and two ex-dancers.
By OG Collection about a year ago in Criminal
- Top Story - October 2022
Madonna and PenthouseTop Story - October 2022
Over the weekend Madonna shared an Instagram story reflecting on the 30 year anniversary of the controversial photography book S.E.X. published in 1992, which arguably was the apex of her status as cultural agitator. Madonna wrote:
By OG Collection about a year ago in Viva
- Top Story - September 2022
What is the OG Collection?Top Story - September 2022
When the original team and founders of Creatd discovered the OG Collection back in 2012, it was immediately clear to them that the collection held a goldmine of photographic materials, unpublished papers and original artworks. What was not immediately apparent was the significant web of 20th-century connections the collection creates, revealing new stories from the people, events, and culture we believed we already knew.
By OG Collection about a year ago in Journal
