There was a time, mere months ago, when everyone cared about Levi Johnston‘s Playgirl appearance. It’s fair to say, though, that at this point the flame hardly flickers. After all, we all here on the internet really milked this one, leaving the (penis-less!) product pretty underwhelming. Nonetheless, here’s the cover in all its glory!

Joy Behar continued her string of news-making guests since her HLN show’s launch (Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Joe the Plumber, Orly Taitz to name a few), adding Levi Johnston to the list last night.

While he stayed fairly quiet on new Sarah Palin info, he did talk about being a “gay icon” – and revealed more upcoming Playgirl pics.

When Oprah asked Sarah Palin about Levi Johnston’s Playgirl shoot, she said, “I call it porn.” But is it? The NSFW pictures prove that the pictures don’t include any frontal nudity. The pictures of the 19-year old are no more explicit than what you’d see on an episode of Nip/Tuck and less (homo)erotic than an Ultimate Fight Championship match. But they’re sort of sad.

The Going Rogue storm is swirling. And with the press winds blowing in anticipation of Sarah Palin‘s forthcoming tell-all, the former candidate for Vice President has granted an interview to Barbara Walters, which will air next Friday in its entirety on 20/20. But before that, Good Morning America will be previewing clips beginning Tuesday, leading up to the bound-to-be-a-bombshell interview.

It’s the weekend, which means it’s time to separate the chumps from the champs in Mediaite’s Winners and Losers, our scorecard of who rocked and who flopped in the headlines. This week, Sean Hannity gets bruised, Larry King gets tough and Levi Johnston gets naked. See who came out on top with our rankings inside.

In light of the news that Sarah Palin‘s almost-son-in-law Levi Johnston will make an appearance in Playgirl, we went on a little trip back through the archives. “Research,” you could call it, of the illustrious company Johnston will join when he stars in an issue of the now-online magazine. We found John Travolta, Sly Stallone, and some, um, less notable stars. See them in all of their glory inside.

Former future Sarah Palin son-in-law Levi Johnston floated the idea of posing for Playgirl in a pricelessly awkward video for Vanity Fair last month, but now, the plan is taking shape. I got the big news via Jake Tapper‘s Twitter feed, where he correctly observed, “I think I speak for America when i say ‘Playgirl still exists?’”