Hef's 2006 Midsummer Night's Dream bash was totally off the hook, headlined by a frenetic set featuring rap superstar Bow Wow and running buddy Khleo Thomas. For Hef's biggest and sexiest annual party, the Mansion's backyard and Grotto were transformed into a grape-draped, Greek god-themed love playground of Olympic proportions with Hef and girlfriends Holly, Bridget and Kendra taking front row center among the sea of cushions and throw pillows. The party drew lots of first-time Hollywood faces, like elusive Talladega Nights stars Sacha Baron Cohen (a.k.a. Ali G) and Michael Clarke Duncan, in addition to Click scene-stealer David Hasselhoff and the stars of the much-anticipated fall NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Steven Weber and Matthew Perry. Scores of scantily clad Playmates, Cyber Girls and aspiring models cavorted with Mansion mainstays Paris and Nicky Hilton, Nicky's beau Kevin Connelly of HBO's Entourage, Verne Troyer, Thora Birch and Crispin Glover. After midnight, the eye of the storm moved from the dance floor to the Grotto pool, where nude models frolicked with each other and some very lucky male guests. Wish you'd been there? That's why we were.

Photos by James Trevenen