Back in November the world got its first look at Levi Johnston’s first batch of semi-nekkid (ie. p33nless) photos for Playgirl in their online incarnation. As you may already know, Playgirl decided to halt production of the print edition of their magazine in early ‘09 but because of all the hoopla over Johnston’s (IMHO very disappointing) photos, the magazine has decided to go into print once again. The first new print edition of Playgirl magazine, out this month, features Levi on the cover … here is our first look:

Levi Johnston’s long-awaited Playgirl cover has finally been released, and the caribou hunter-turned-aspiring model/actor does live up to his promise and appear nude, but with one notable exception: He covers himself below the waist. Titled “Levi Johnston Goes Rogue,” the pictorial also includes an interview with Johnston, 19, who has a 1-year-old son, Tripp, with Bristol Palin, 19, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. In the interview portion of the spread, Johnston discusses his tumultuous relationship with the Palins, as well as being a new dad. The magazine, Playgirl’s debut re-launch issue, hits newsstands Feb. 22. And for those who haven’t had their fill of Johnston, a pay-per-view special of Johnston from Playgirl airs on cable Feb. 12.

You gotta hand it to Playgirl, they are really trying to get as much out of those Levi Johnston photos as they possibly can. It’s unknown if the photos included in this new print issue of Playgirl will really be new photos or if they will be recycled photos available to subscribers at Playgirl.com. I’m sure when the mag hits newsstands we’ll FINALLY have our questions answered! Remember, if you find these Johnston for Playgirl photos horribly unsatisfactory, there is always that XXX porn spoof entitled Getting Levi’s Johnson to refer to your for naughty needs. In regards to this new Playgirl cover … what are YOUR thoughts? Hot or not?

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Shortly before Levi Johnston’s (disappointing) Playgirl photos came out last November, Bristol Palin quietly filed for sole custody of their son Tripp Johnston-Palin. According to a new report out today, Palin’s bid was kept private (ie. quiet) at Sarah Palin’s insistence. Levi Johnston, who claims that he feels “unsafe” in any private proceedings having to do with Sarah Palin, has forced the issue to become public. Here are the deets as reported by the Alaska Dispatch:

The custody battle between Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin became public last week when two Superior Court judges issued orders unsealing the court record and denying the use of pseudonyms to protect the feuding parents’ identities. A Dec. 23 order from Judge Kari C. Kristiansen denied Palin’s motion to close the proceedings and opened the case file to public access, while an order issued the same day by Presiding Judge Sharon Gleason denied Palin’s request to use John and Jane Doe in place of Johnston’s and her own real names. On Nov. 4, Palin filed for sole custody of Tripp Johnston-Palin, the former couple’s son, who celebrates his first birthday today. Kristiansen initially issued temporary orders limiting access to the case file and allowing the parties to file under pseudonyms. Johnston wasn’t playing along, however. In an opposition to Palin’s motion for a gag order, Johnston’s attorney, Rex Butler, said: “Simply put, this matter is public in nature, the courts are not refuges for the scions of the elite to obtain private dispensation of their legal matters because the public at large has an interest in the proceedings.” There’s another factor in the mix, of course: Palin’s mother, former governor Sarah Palin, with whom Johnston has repeatedly locked horns in the press, and from whom he claims to fear retaliation. “I do not feel protected against Sarah Palin in a closed proceeding,” Johnston said in an affidavit accompanying Butler’s filings. “I hope that if it is open she will stay out of it. … I think a public case might go a long way in reducing Sarah Palin’s instinct to attack and allow the real parties in this litigation, Bristol and I, to work things out a lot more peacefully than we could if there is any more meddling from Sarah Palin.” Johnston’s affidavit did not disclose exactly what “meddling,” if any, the former governor has engaged in during the custody case’s brief lifetime; however, he theorized that the closed proceedings might be intended to conceal some “fairly aggressive” tactics.

None of this should be surprising in the least. Levi Johnston posed semi-nekkid in a nudie mag so it would make sense that Bristol Palin (with coaching from her family, I’d wager) would use the opportunity to go after sole-custody. None of this has any bearing on what the outcome of this suit will be tho. It will be up to a ruling judge to determine if Bristol’s suit has merit … but my guess is that she will not win sole custody based on just the Playgirl photos. We will have to see what evidence and arguments are made on the matter … but IMHO just because Levi Johnston doesn’t appear to be the sharpest tool in the shed, it doesn’t mean that he is not fit to share custody of his only begotten son.

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It’s a very bizzy weekend for the Johnston family this weekend … first and foremost, at precisely 1AM ET this morning the first 25 photos from Levi Johnston’s Playgirl photoshoot went online at Playgirl.com for viewing by subscribers. Secondly, Levi’s mother Sherry Johnston was sentenced to 3 years in prison yesterday in the wake of her recent drug conviction … tho, the two incidents aren’t really related, each is a significant benchmark in the Johnston family history. Here is a totally sanitized publicity photo from Levi’s Playgirl shoot and some deets about the just released batch of photos in a new press release:

The shoot everyone has been talking about has finally arrived! The first set of Levi Johnston pictures to be released at 1am Saturday, November 21st on Playgirl.com. There will be 25 pictures put up currently, and more to follow weekly from the much talked about shoot.

I’ve been able to see all 25 photos and, to be honest, you’re really not missing much. As was previously reported, Levi shows no p33n and there are only 4 photos that show his bare bum (in classy black and white). There are 5 photos where he is obscuring his p33n with either a towel or his hands and only one of those is in color. This first batch of photos seems to be totally from the “shower” stetting save for the 4 photos of him fully dressed, which are also included. It seems to me that Playgirl is going to stretch out the release of these photos for as long as they can to maximize their effectiveness. In fact, I understand that the printed version of Playgirl magazine that will feature Levi’s “nekkid” pictorial won’t be published until March 2010! I can’t believe they think people will still care by then. After the jump, check out another publicity photo from Levi’s Playgirl shoot and read the sad tale of his mother’s prison sentencing which took place right around the time her son’s “nekkid” pics were released …

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Last week we got our first look at the various coverphotos for GQ magazine’s special multicover edition of their Man of the Year issue and last night, at the Chateau Marmont, GQ hosted a party to celebrate those men. Here are a few pics from the red carpet arrivals … which, strangely enough, included male pin-up model Levi Johnston and True Blood hottie Alexander Skarsgård who dished a bit about the upcoming third season of TB:

Skarsgard, 33, who plays brooding vampire Eric Northman on the HBO hit series True Blood, will begin shooting season three along with the rest of the cast later this month. The actor told RadarOnline.com that fans can expect a lot more from Eric this time around. “There’s a lot of nudity,” he said. “As far as Eric goes, there’s going to be a lot violence and a lot of sex — with women and men! So it should be interesting.” At 6-foot-four, Alexander’s model good looks are just as striking in person as they are on the small screen. Last season, he had to get up close and personal with True Blood co-star Anna Paquin — who in real life is engaged to co-star Stephen Moyer. But Skarsgard says there’s no tension on set. “No. I mean, I can’t wait to get back to my L.A. family,” he said referring to the True Blood cast. “I love Stephen, we’re friends and I love Anna. They’re great together. I actually think it makes things easier that way.” So there were absolutely no sparks flying between Skarsgard and Paquin during last season’s steamy love scenes? “Not at all,” he said. “Anna and I are completely platonic, and Stephen knows that.”

“A lot of nudity” — yeah, that is *just* what I was hopin’ to hear ;) I love Skarsgård and I’m always glad to see him out and about at these types of events … he seems like such a nice, approachable guy. As far as the other guests, well, it looks like GQ took grain pains to ensure that their event was a classy affair (Levi Johnston’s attendance notwithstanding). I’m all for celebrating Men of any Year no matter the occasion … especially hotties like these :)

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Yesterday we got a sneak peek at Levi Johnston’s upcoming pictorial in the pages of Playgirl magazine from The Insider and today we get to check out another sneak peek at the pics from both The Insider (again) and Entertainment Tonight … but we are also hearing from the lad himself. E! News’s Marc Malkin spoke with Johnston at the GQ Men of the Year event at the Chateau Marmont here in SoCal last night and Levi admitted that he never intended to show full frontal nudity even tho he coyly hinted that he would when he was promoting the Playgirl photoshoot. Here are a few preview screencaps from Levi’s shower photos along with his chat with Malkin last night:

Despite what Sarah Palin may think, Levi Johnston insists he’s not an aspiring porn star. And that’s exactly why we’re not going to be seeing all of Mr. Johnston’s junk in Playgirl. In fact, Johnston tells me he never had plans to go full frontal because… “I’m 19,” he told me at last night’s GQ Men of the Year party at the Chateau Marmont. “I don’t want that image. I don’t want to get into porn. I don’t want to get into X-rated adult videos.” Johnston says he’s seen some of the shots Playgirl is planning on releasing. “They turned out well,” he said. “I’m happy with them.” What do his friends back in Alaska think of all this? “I’m sure my friends are going to check them out and give me crap about them, but whatever,” Johnston said with a shrug. “I’m having fun with all of it.”

What a tease … I guess we had to be kidding ourselves if we really thought he was going to show us the full monty. Tho, to be honest, I don’t know that many of us (me, included) would’ve been so willing to believe that he was truly gonna go balls out (as it were) if we hadn’t been misled to believe that he was really gonna show all. It looks like we’re not gonna see much more than what we’ve been seeing in these censored preview photos that have been airing on entertainment news shows all week long. In case you’re still interested, you can check out photos from Entertainment Tonight of Johnston lying “secductively” on a bed for another part of his Playgirl photoshoot — after the jump …

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Yesterday we got our first look at the first photo released by Playgirl from their much ballyhooed photoshoot with Levi Johnston but The Insider last night took us on the set of the shoot to give us more of a preview of what we can expect in the mag … to be honest, and this should come as no surprise, there isn’t all that much to crow about:

Now, obvs, The Insider cannot show us anything of any substance on broadcast television but we learned early yesterday that there will be nothing to see anyways … Levi’s Playgirl shoot will be painfully bare of any p33n which seems to negate the whole reason for posing in a nudie mag in the first place. But, as you can see in the first screencap, Levi does give a hint of what he’s hiding in his athletic shorts and, well, it makes a little more sense why he’d be so shy and choose not to show what his mama gave him. After the jump, check out video of Levi’s appearance on The Insider and see it all (what there is to see, of course) for yourselves …

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Earlier today we learned the disappointing yet not at all surprising news that Levi Johnston’s Playgirl “nudie” photospread will NOT, I repeat will NOT show any penis. But this afternoon, Playgirl is giving us our first look at what we will be seeing when the photospread is finally released (link NSFW) later on this week … behold:

Levi Johnston gets naked for PLAYGIRL.com! Our photo shoot with Levi this past Thursday and Friday was outstanding! Stay tuned in the next few days for the first of several steamy photo sets of Alaska’s hottest hunk. Become a member of PLAYGIRL.com and see Levi Johnston nude!

I find it very misleading for Playgirl to announce that Johnston will be “nude” and not mention that he will not be “full frontally” nude. It sounds like all we’re gonna get is a bunch of carefully posed photos that show bare ass, a hockey stick and not much more. To be fair, the photos can still be very hot as one needn’t show it all for a photo to be steamy (which is likely what this “wet armpit” preview photo wants us to believe) … it just seems incredibly lame for Levi Johnston to fall short of expectations, as it were, and wimp out on showing us everything he’s got to offer.

UPDATE: The Insider is airing a commercial that announces that they were on set for Levi’s Playgirl shoot and will preview some of the pics tonight — after the jump, check out a couple of screencaps from that commercial to get a peek at what’s in store …

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