|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| January |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - The Terrorist Dollar (Access to laundered money turns out to be the key to wrecking global havoc. Guess who's climbed into bed with the Mob?); Tabloid Tsar (Under Steve Coz's guidance, the National Enquirer stormed the mainstream, breaking stories about O.J., Jesse Jackson and the Clintons. His reporters ferreted out the world's dirty secrets. But what happens when the unthinkable, an attack of anthrax, happens inside your own building); Ocean's 11 IThe 1960 Rat Pack caper remains the ultimate documentary of cool. With the remake set for release, we go back to where the fun started and those crazy nights at the Sands); The New Sexual Etiquette (Neatness counts! So does good behavior regarding oral sex, first dates and talking dirty. If you want to get laid, these babes advise, it's important to be both naughty and nice); Plus: Ten Moves That Guarantee She'll Say Yes (Bone up, friend, and be assured of a happy outcome); Year Of The Hobbit (George Lucas owes a big debt to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings. Seems Star Wars wouldn't exist without Gandalf and Frado. We report some other interesting facts, too); Kiss And Makeup (This is our idea of Gene therapy. It involves plenty of recombination - with gorgeous groupies and Shannon Tweed); Centerfolds On Sex: Julie Cialini (As much as Julie likes to masturbate, she says there's no substitute for a man's penis); That Was The Year That Was (TV survived, the FBI flopped, the Boy Scouts got into a knotty fix. Looks as if irony is alive and well); 20Q: Dan Patrick (The Sportscenter desk jockey has plenty to say about strip clubs, broadcaster lingo and the supremacy of basketball players. He also tells why he hates soccer); Horsing Around (Here's a great way to get started betting the ponies) Interview - Brit Hume (When Brit Hume left the White House beat at ABC, to anchor the Fox News Channel, it was like leaving the Yankees to join an expansion team. Now, claims Hume, his team has made the World Series - it's down to Fox and CNN. In an important Playboy Interview, he talks about liberal bias, two Bush presidents and how the media dealt with September's terror attacks) Pictorials - Joanie Laurer: Warrior Princess (Chyna is gone, but Joanie's bod still kicks ass); Playmate: Nicole Narain (Nicole went from the heartland into our hearts - and that was before we knew her tongue was pierced); The Year In Sex (Sex - a whole year's worth! (Gary, Jesse, Rudy, Anna Nicole - plus "Name That Navel"); Playmate Review (Check our four seasons of beauty in 12 easy pieces. Who will be the lucky winner?) Fiction - The Invisible Man (If you're a crook it's handy to go unseen. Imagine the possibilities on trains, in stores, in locker rooms. Imagine if the woman shadowing you is invisible, too); Aiding And Abetting (Steven's wife is constanting pampering her depressed, narcissistic little brother. Steven thinks all the guy needs to hear is the truth. Big mistake) News And Notes - Hangin' With Hef (Kevin Spacey and Andy Dick; private train to Sea World); The Playboy Forum (Faith-based politics look like a joke after September 11); Playmate News (Playmates unwrapped, Julie McCullough, Rock Star premiere) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Champagne Cocktails (Mix it up for New Year's Eve with recipes from favorite bars); Eleventh-Hour Santa (A stereo, a snowboard, a flashlight, a knife, a chair - it's not too late!); Fashion: Hotel Holiday (It's the season for parties and homecomings) Reviews - Music (Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Maxwell); Movies (Indie hits, Joely Richardson); Video (Directors who act, The Blue Angel); Books (Sex, gambling and Dennis Miller) |
4 |
$7.00 |
|
| February |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Virtual Reich (The web of terrorists - from Islamic fundamentalists to Euro skinheads to our own homegrown fanatics - owes a legacy to fascism. And guess what? They're all talking to one another); The Four A.M. Girl (She not only tolerates your sexual whims and desires, she thrives on them - without demanding a thing in return); Olympic Highs (Forget the luge and triple lutzes. For death-defying chills this month, watch aerial events, snowboarding and one of the scariest downhill runs ever); Stealth Force (Navy Seals could be among the toughest Special Ops to hit the ground in Afghanistan. Small wonder - to make it through training they have to survive Hell Week. An inside report from a frogman); Opening Act (With the approach of Valentine's Day, and in the interests of romantics everywhere, we lay out the basics of kissing so you don't get kissed off); Centerfolds On Sex: Nariah Davis (Neriah is a big fan of oral pleasure. Oh, and she has orgasms while being tattooed. Now, that's our kind of girl); Talk Like A Prince (If you want to impress your girl on Valentine's Day, take a lesson in purple prose from his royal badness, Prince); Fear Factor (Supercross racer Jeremy McGrath shares a few trade secrets on how to land the perfect jump - plus a dirt-busting gear guide); Bar Girls ("I've lost my number, can I have yours?" Lame, dude. If you want to decipher who's up for a hot night home - and how to get her there - you'll need to study our notes); 20Q: Hugh Jackman (Australian Hugh Jackman broke out as the Wolverine in X-Men. Without the sideburns he's just a brainy guy who kissed Ashley Judd) Fiction - Reflections From The Black Lagoon (He's been mired in muck for millions of years. Can you blame him for getting excited when a pretty anthropoligist drops into the water? The creature's side of the story. Finally) Interview - Gary Hart (Two years ago, the former senator assessed America's security in a report that anticipated attacks like those on September 11. Here, Hart talks about a demonic enemy, the threat to privacy and his possible run as a candidate) Pictorials - Playboy's Cyber Girls (They inhabit cyberspace, but they're real enough to touch. Week after week); Playmate: Anka Romensky (Anka is a 5'10" Ukranian goddess, but she parties like a demon); Pfabulously Pfeiffer (Dedee says she's rowdier than Michelle. Her tattoos are proof) Notes And News - Roasted And Toasted (Hef at the Friars Club, hanging with Ice-T, Trump and LeRoy Neiman); We Love New York (Hef and the girls stroll in Central Park, shop at Bloomie's); The Playboy Forum (Sex during wartime); Playmate News (Playmate Valentines, Richard Kind's favorites) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Finishing Touches (Style is in the details. Here are crucial accessories in three price ranges); Pocket Play (Turn your jeans into smarty pants with pocket-size electronic gadgets) Reviews - (Great postholiday fare, two must-see war films, 90210's Kathleen Robertson changes zip codes); Video (Mideastern epics. the complete Dirty Harry on DVD); Music (Me;Shell Ndegeocello, Col. Parker, Bitch and Animal); Books (Carl Hiaasen's latest hoot, the guitar in America, the Stones in Exile) |
2 |
$7.00 |
|
| March |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Sleepers - The German Connection (Three of the 9/11 hijackers were based in Germany, and countless others do terrorist business there. Our undercover man dares to penetrate the Muslim community - and finds the good guys (and bad guys) aren't quite what they seem); Plus: Following The Leads (Now it's all terribly obvious: Some of the baddest guys on the planet used Germany as a home office); SWM Seeks Sex (Models and freaks, submissives and dominatrices - finding a decent date online is even harder than picking up a girl in a bar); The Trouble With Rehab (Star power has brought attention and customers - even glamour - to drug treatment programs. There's just one problem. Rehab often doesn't work); Broadband Battleground (Online games like EverQuest hook hundreds of thousands in intense round-the-clock combat. Try them once and you'll never sleep again); The New, Improved (And Buff!) Bret Boone (Seemingly doomed to medoicrity, the Seattle Mariners' Boone set the American League mark last season for homers and RBI by a second baseman and became one of the hottest free agents on the market. Here's the workout that made him rich); Centerfolds On Sex: Tishara Cousino (Tishara likes her taint treated right. And she'll find your perineum, too); 20Q: Jamie Foxx (The star of Any Given Sunday is back in Ali. He talks about Fly Girls, spanking Prince and providing finger food, his way) Fiction - The Polyamorist (Chicks loved his aloof shtick. And he loved the girls one after the next - until the tables were turned) Interview - Alan Iverson (The NBA's MVP has finally made peace with Sixers coach Larry Brown. But what about those tattoos? That rap CD? His reputation for trouble? The wizardly ball handler insists he's not such a bad guy after all - and he never gets scared) Pictorials - Lady Of The Rings (With Amy Hayes inside the ropes, no wonder two big muscular guys are trying to kill each other. The woman's a technical kkout); Playmate: Tina Jordan (Tina's high-speed hobbies have earned her the nickname Ms. Hot Rod); The Women Of Porn (The biggest stars of video show and tell what makes them hot. It's a must-read for fans of erotica) Notes And News - Hef's Fright Night (Paul Sorvino and Jason Biggs trick with Mr. Treat); Halloween Two (The fun continues with Dennis Quaid, Bill Maher, David Spade and the Dahm triplets); The Playboy Forum (Terrorist Quiz, Tortue and Occupied America); Playmate News (A relaunched Operation Playmate, Carmen Electra, Dr. Drew's favorite Playmate) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Tough Stuff (Blend real life and exercise with stretchy fabrics, climbing clothes and workout wear); Back To Analog (Why we love typewriters, turntables and manual cameras) Reviews - Music (Govt. Mule, Faith Evans, the Dictators); Movies (Sean Penn's I Am Sam, the very noticeable Jacqueline Obradors); Video (Cops and firemen, Kevin Smith, the art of Buster Keaton); Books (Elmore Leonard, Irving Penn nudes, Karen Finley Aroused) |
3 |
$7.00 |
|
| April |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Get Bold (Pulling chicks who are way too good for you is easy. All you need are a couple of drinks and balls the size of Texas); Are You A Sex God? (OK, stud - that's right, you, the guy every lover moons and croons over. Ever think she might have been faking it? We've got the acid test); Loose Cannon (Michael Imperioli plays Tony's spring-wired kinsman on the HBO hit The Sopranos. Christopher likes to whack people and have sex); Boxing Behind Bars (Clifford Etienne beat the stuffing out of opponents and went pro after his release. Now every Louisana convice figures that's the ticket out); Centerfolds On Sex: Rhonda Adams (Our lady likes sensual men, public affection and phone sex. We like you, Rhonda); Music Pull Results (U2 is the first band ever inducted to our Hall of Fame. Other winners? Sum 41, Almost Famous, Nelly and Alicia Keys); Ryan Adams' Music Buzz (Ryan Adams hit with his New York, New York single. Now he picks up-and-coming bands and offers an ode to the White Stripes, saviors of garage rock); Princess Superstar (This sexy MC calls her genre-spanning music flip-flop. She's a dirty beatnut who raps about Britney and fellatio); Take Your Best Shots (Thirsty Playmates talk about drinking body shots - where, what and with whom); 20Q: Sarah Silverman (Famously foul-mouthed comedian Sarah Silverman has turned up on SNL and in numerous edgy movies. She talks about why she says vagina a lot); The Vampires Bite Back (Lestat rocks in the new movie of the great Anne Rice bloodbuster) Fiction - Pinky (On September 11, a man in the World Trade Center leaves a message on Abel's voice mail, not realizing he's dialed the wrong number. The mysterious farewell changes Abel's life forever) Interview - Lennox Lewis (He's the reigning heavyweight champ, an Englilsh gentleman with a killer punch. In a brutally honest interview, he talks about fighting Mike Tyson, getting knocked out, the sport's corruption and why he abstains from prefight sex) Pictorials - Spring Break (He went to the wildest place in Texas - and found the wildest girls); Playmate: Heather Carolin (This redhead wants a hot rod and a stint in race-car school); Tiffany (The darling of the mall is back - all grown up and with a new album) Notes And News - World Of Playboy (Arthur C. Clarke party, Playmates at Bloomie's, Blue Man Group); Hangin' With Hef (Partying with Janet Jackson, Chris Rock and Lennox Lewis); The Playboy Forum (Girl Scouts and lesbians, Ashcroft's assault on the Bill of Rights); Playmate News (Centerfolds and guitar slinger's, Michelle Phillips' favorite) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy. COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Dressed To Kill (It's not the gadgets that define double-O style - it's the classic clothes); ZZZowie (Nissan's Z car is back, faster (280 horses) and less expensive); Playboy's Bachelor Bunker (Anxiety about terrorism got you down? We have all the amenities for the fugitive swinger) Reviews - Music (Norah Jones, Drive-By Truckers, Dungeon Family project); Movies (Ten best and worst, war and sex standouts); Video (Cop buddies, Larry Sanders and a DVD bonanza); Books (Jimmy Breslin, aphrodisiacs, new work by Playboy writers) |
2 |
$7.00 |
|
| May |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Black Valor (It's a humbling part of our military history that some of our bravest patriots served a nation that scorned them. Here are their stories); Vinyl Fetish (In the collector's world, the latest must-have is stag party music with those crazy-sexy album covers); The Art Of The Tell (Want foolproof tricks to beat your buddies in poker? A cunning gamester reveals a lifetime of secrets); Baseball 2002 (A tumultuous off-season overshadowed the best World Series in years. Now it's back to the diamond - and time for our predictions, plus a chat with the great Bill James); The Search For Perfect Panties (Our girl traveled miles and spent a fortune on her fabulous undies. Then she cut the seams so her next hookup could rip them right off); Centerfolds On Sex: Jennifer Walcott (Jennifer wants a man who can put his sweet side on hold and get nasty in the sack); 20Q: Milla Jovovich (The gorgeous star of The Fifth Element, The Messenger and countless modeling campaigns is a realist: She says talent without discipline counts for nothing); Beach It! (The best oceanside bars, bashes and drinks, plus nude beaches and the coolest strands on each continent); Liars Hall Of Fame (Big-time coaches do it, bosses do it, even guys in bed do it. Has fibbing become pandemic? We take a real close look. Honest) Fiction - Almost Perfect (When a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter, ballplayers never talk about it. Too bad for ace Tommy Willis then didn't shut up about everything else. It's an inning for the record books) Interview - Bill O'Reilly (The pugnacious host of Fox' O'Reilly Factor has rocketed to the top of the cable news biz, ending Larry King's ratings run. In one of our toughest talks yet, O'Reilly attacks sheeplike Hollywood stars, Hillary Clinton and all the whiny outdueled guests who've made his show such a hit) Pictorials - Real Nude In The Real World (No house, no van and no clothes. Four "reality" survivors show what we missed on MTV); Playmate: Christi Shake (Miss May grew up in Charm City. We couldn't have said it better); Kiana Tom (As host of ESPN2's top-rated Flex Appeal, Kiana is the shape of things to come) Notes And News - Happy Holidays With Hef (Marilyn Manson, Ron Jeremy and Alyson Hannigan help Hef ring in the season); The Playboy Forum (Lust versus the law in bondage films. Theocracy sucks, and Big Brother is watching you); Playmate News (Firefighters visit the Mansion, Wayne Brady's favorite Playmates and Anna-Marie Goddard) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Trend Spotting (We hit the runways for the inside dope. Think leather, stripes and denim); Skin Game (Spring cleaning for your face. These new guy cosmetics will spruce up your life) Reviews - Movies (Women take charge, comic books, Eva Mendes); Video (April in Paris, Hope and Crosby, DVD Broadway); Music (Aesop Rock, the Fugs and music for John Madden); Books (The Art of Shaving, LA Exposed and Punk) |
2 |
$7.00 |
|
| June |
V. Good - |
Contents - Air Sick (Four recent deadly plane crashes can be connected to laxity at the Federal Aviation Administration. That's not the worst of it. The FAA gets to implement Congress' post-September 11 safety measures); Shred The Earth (The aerial insanity of dirt boarding is the devil spawn of skateboarding and extreme mountain biking); Havana Heartbreak (Cuban women have enthralled Hemingway and Fidel. Pity the love-starved gringo who goes down to the island for some fun); Centerfolds On Sex: Lisa Dergan (Lisa's motto is Help Him Help You. You like her attitude); Building A Better Battle (Popcorn munchers and guys who wage real war are benefiting from the new realism in war movies and video games); Shakira (If Britney wrote her own songs and belly danced, she might rival Columbia's Shakira); 20Q: Oscar De La Hoya (The great WBC champ kayos a myth: De La Hoya's best fight was after a night of sex. And when he sees blood, he isn't jacked - he just wants to knock the other guy out to avoid deadly diseases); All Night Long (The mile high club is so Eighties. These days, you need to swing it in a tree house, an ice hotel or a subterranean bed and breakfast. Here's our secret sex atlas) Fiction - The Possibility Of Love (So many exes, so many fabulous tricks and treats. How can a new woman, even the romance of a lifetime, compete with such a catalog of lust?) Interview - Curt Schilling (The Diamondbacks' World Series co-MVP has recorded thousands of pitches on CD-ROM. He also has plenty to say about sex before games, playing hurt, tricking hitters, minor league groupies and his hefty salary. It's one of the most intelligent sports interviews you'll ever read) Pictorials - Playmates In Prime Time (The Centerfolds on Fear Factor and Weakest Link boosted mmore than ratings); Playmate: Michele Rogers (This Hawaiian beach bunny loves men with style and tattoos. Before you ink up, double-check her spelling); Playmate Of The Year (Cheers to Dalene Kurtis, an All-American girl who makes us stand up and salute) Notes And News - World Of Playboy (Hef gets a big magazine award, Bond girls at the Mansion); Gettin' Down With Hef (Moby, James Gandolfini and Ice-T shake it with the Man); The Playboy Forum (Porn documentaries, drugs and terrorism); Playmate News (Victoria Fuller's pop art, red-carpet Rabbits, the irrepressible Anna Nicole Smith and Kiss) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Call Of The Wild (Never mind the rock concert. These clothes make you the headline act); Dads And Grads (A tablet PC, A Nike driver, the coolest camcorder, 25-year-old scotch, an atomic clock radio) Reviews - Movies (Hugh Grant and Rachel Weisz, sequel season); Video (Porno classics, the Coen brothers); Music (Cornershop, Mystikal, and Dead Man Walking as an opera); Books (Insider accounts of the CIA and Delta Force and The Sexual Life Of Catherine M) |
3 |
$7.00 |
|
| July |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Put These Guys In Rehab (The drug war is a fiasco. Maybe you knew that. But the cost, in money and resources, should make you run to Washington and scream at your congressman); Bloody Good Show (Boxing is neither sweet or a science. It's corrupt and cruel - and a hell of an entertainment. We put on the padded gloves and take you inside the ring); Nice Girls Do (Don't mistake a mongoose for a mouse - some buttoned-down biddies are more back-door friendly than outwordly wild vixens); Rocket Science (Ten new sports compacts are mini muscle cars. They're fast - and affordable); Playboy Profile: John Woo, Disaster Artist (John Woo, Hollywood's bloodiest filmmaker, made heroes of guys with guns. Now the director of Face Off and Mission: Impossible II is back with Windtalkers, a departure. He claims to be a man of peace); Centerfold On Sex: Shannon Stewart (Shannon has an oral fixation - and she wants you to have one too); 20 Q: Chris Isaak (His career was refueled by the monster hit Wicked Game, with a hot video starring Helena Christensen. Then it blasted off with The Chris Isaak Show. We ask the cable balladeer about his broken heart and his broken nose); Kylie Minogue (We like Kylie's tunes - and we love what she wears down under); How To Beat The Guilt (The author loves boxing. He also wants to yell "Stop the fight!" Clean up boxing - that's the mission) Fiction - Sauce (A pizza jockey overhears two sorority girls rehashing the night's sordid fun. Grab some pepperoni and hold the anchovies) Interview - Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit's front man predicts he won't fizzle out. Good news, though - he's still into nookie and breaking stuff, plus he has a long list of people he'd like to smack. It's a trash-talking session for the ages) Pictorials - The Making Of FOX TV's Search For A Playboy Centerfold (Hundreds vied for the honor of winning FOX TV's Playmate search. We have a backstage pass); Playmate: Lauren Anderson (This University of Florida student is the winner of FOX TV's Playmate search. No recounts from us); Adriana (For Playboy, Wonderbra's supermodel ditches her brassiere) Notes And News - World Of Playboy (The Jazz Festival, Hef at the Grammys, Gene Simmons' new mag, Tongue); The Playboy Forum (Sex toys in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the scandal of false convictions); Playmate News (Summer Altice in Scorpion King, Arsenio Hall's favorite Playmate) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Summer Still Life (Going fishing? Don't forget that chicks check out your tackle, too); Room Service (Home media servers string TV's and stereos into your own digital network) Reviews - Movies (Keeping on top of hair, the encore curse); Video (Ivy Leagurers who play tarts, Traffic on DVD, Oscar-grabber A Beautiful Mind); Music (Dan the Automator, Otis Taylor and Excutioner's Last Songs); Books (Sex and Humor from Kinsey, the new James Lee Burke, the great Elizabeth David) |
4 |
$7.00 |
|
| August |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - L.A. Hookers, Russian Gangsters, Sex And Death (Peddling high-class sex in Los Angeles is a guaranteed road to riches. No wonder the Russian heavies who sell it get possessive about their Ukrainian women. You might even say homicidal); Being Watched 24:7 (Used to be cameras just peeped out from ATMs. Now they're everywhere. Should you even be reading this?); CSE: Crime Scene Enron (The investigators from CSI tackle their toughest case yet: how the energy giant went kaput); Secrets Of A Round-The-Clock Pickup Artist (It doesn't take a league-leading batting average to score with hot chicks. It just takes a lot of at bats. And a lot of balls); Centerfolds On Sex: Angela Little (To take her breath away, you have to be bold. This ex-cheerleader likes a man who knows what to do); Jackpot (Luck in the lottery isn't supposed to be a litmus test for character. David Edwards, a twice-divorced ex-felon living in East Kentucky, won $28 million. A funny thing happened when he got rich); 20Q: Amanda Peet (The beautiful, self-assured star of Jack and Jill, High Crimes and Saving Silverman talks about tight spirals, short burps and nude shopping) Fiction - A Day In The Country (An American agent in Moscow finds the spy game every bit as tricky as it was during the Cold War. Tricky and deadly) Interview - Harrison Ford (Harrison Ford's appeal extends way beyond Indiana Jones, Hans Solo and Jack Ryan. Think about it: In his 40s he began motorcycling. In his 50s he learned to fly. And now, at the age of 60, he warns he can still kick Sean Connery's ass) Pictorials - Tenison Twins (We cloned a Playmate of the Year! A double treat from Cuba); Playmate: Christina Santiago (A finalist on Fox' Search for a Playboy Centerfold, she likes karaoke on a first date. Sing it); Women Of Enron (We had only one condition: no hidden assets. They complied) Notes And News - The Spirit Of '76 (Snoop and Drew Barrymore help Hef party on his birthday); Hef's Bash II (The Lakers and Fox' Girl Next Door finalists party on); The Playboy Forum (Arming America Revisited, witness to an execution, hookers talk); Playmate News (Robin Givens, Playmates and pooches, Rebekka Armstrong) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Runway Rundown (Great news: Designers are thinking classic. Now put on your hat); A Fistful Of Fast (Seven motorcycles smash all preconceptions of speed); Catching A Buzz (New cocktails with energy-drink kicks. Get ready to party) Reviews - Movies (The great Newman and Eastwood, Emily Mortimer kicks butt); Video (Breast in show - the essential guide, a fascinating Tokyo Olympiad); Music (The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Ash and Laub); Books (Walter Mosley, great erotica) |
2 |
$7.00 |
|
| September |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Sex And Sanctity (Life on the seminary raised doubts. To shepherd a flock under paypal scrutiny proved untenable. Here's one ex-priest's story about the hypocrisy that drove him to give up); The Brat Comes To The Big Time (The Redskins bet the farm on Gator aid. Why? Even Steve Spurrier haters admit his career has been marked by one thing: winning); Playboy's Pro Football Forecast (Expansion and realignment take a backseat to Emmit Smith's pursuit of Walter Payton - for a few weeks. By the time the office pool heats up, you'll be thankful for our scouting report, featuring Playboy's Picks by Gil Brandt); Continental Cooking In Your Crib (The key for making her breakfast is what you cook for dinner. We give you every move); 20Q: Lenny Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz has sold millions of records and seduced some of the world's most desirable women. He's always been a contrarian - never more so than in 20Q where he talks about white and black music, bedroom tunes and Muzak); Centerfolds On Sex: Elke Jeinsen (Elke likes it wild (try grabbing her hair) and often); Power Chords (Who needs a garage? Your own music just underwent a revolution. The new digital amps can re-create tons of vintage gear. Portable studios can produce a CD on the spot) Fiction - The Personals (Ever place one of those ads, "Saw you on a bus, you were reading the Kama Sutra. You smiled"? Don't you wish you'd just exchanged numbers? Better read this) Interview - Larry Ellison (The software s.o.b. andd billionarie founder of Oracle has plenty to say about Microsoft and his archrival Bill Gates, why it's OK to give up personal privacy and his typically obsessive pursuit of the America's Cup) Pictorials - The Quarterback Is A Lady (This woman is a pro quarterback. Want to go down and deep? Join the team); Playmate: Shallan Meiers (The third finalist in Fox' Centerfold Search was also crowned Miss Las Vegas. She's the showgirl next door); Britain's Bad Girl (Britain's reigning bad girl made a big impression on Hef. We say welcome) Notes And News - Bunny Hoppin' With Hef (Easter at the Mansion, crowning the Playmate of the Year); The Playboy Forum (Indecent radio broadcasts, Nixon's drug war); Playmate News (Mike Walker's favorite Playmate, Dalene Kurtis, the Gumball Rally) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Fall And Winter Forecast (Stars and suits forever - nobody knows old school like an R&B diva); Size Counts (Big-screen TV's are more exciting than ever. Here's a guide to the action) Reviews - Movies (Can supermodels act? Star War's secret weapon: Jennifer Aniston scores); Video (A Japanese Dirty Harry, a five-disc Lord of the Rings); Music (Solomon Burke, Miss Kittin and the Hacker and Jon Spencer); Books (Vince McMahon's biography and prodigy Nick McDonell) |
3 |
$7.00 |
|
| October |
V. Good - |
Contents - The Heart-Stopping Truth About Organ Donation (It's such a grand gesture - giving your liver or kidneys so that others may survive thanks to your death. The thing is, you may not exactly be dead when they harvest your organs); How To Talk A Woman Into Sex (Validation, empowerment, empathy. The buzzwords girls use are also idiot-proof decoders for getting into their pants); Elvis I (We sneak a peek at Graceland memorabilia from the King's mansion - the narc badge from Nixon, a boxing glove from Ali and enough sequins to sink a ship); Playboy's Pigskin Preview (Before you place your bets, read the best prognosticator in the biz. This year's pick hasn't been number one since 1970, but we like his thinking. Don't miss this year's Playboy All-Americas); 20Q: Jamie Oliver (TV's Naked Chef knows how to impress girls - learn to make homemade pasta. To set the mood, steam a sea bass. Here's all you need to cook up romance); Centerfolds On Sex: Lindsey Vuolo (Watching porn with curious girlfriends turned Lindsey into a - well, you'll like the results) Fiction - Que-Linda Takes The Rite Aid (In this year's winner of the Playboy College Fiction Contest, a drag queen incites mutiny at the local drugstore) Interview - Al Michaels (He does the best play-by-play in the business. Monday Night Football is thriving. This season John Madden joins Michaels - the dream team. Off the air, Michaels replays the night Howard Cosell downed a stadium's vodka supply and reveals how Michael Jordan and John Elway size up golf holes) Pictorials - Gettin' Jiggy With The Jiggy Girls (The Man Show girls put on a woman's show. We like their attitude); Playmate: Teri Harrison (She's a tomboy who worked the door at Hooters and sings like Robert Plant. Yes!); Girls Of The Big 12 (Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas - what a great country we live in. Thanks, ladies) Notes And News - Hangin' With Hef (Gene Simmons, Poison and the Hilton sisters party with the Man); The Playboy Forum (The religious right sells sex, a freedom of speech quote); Playmate News (Dr. Ruth's favorite Playmate, Anna Nicole Smith's TV show, Victoria Silvstedt's world tour) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Fashion: Back To Campus (Leave your flannel PJ's and gym shorts at home. Comfy just got cool); Bots Incredible! (Robots can move furniture and read your e-mail. They'll even cluck sympathetically after a hard day) Reviews - Movies (Guy films versus chick films, can TV make start?, a great Robin Williams); Video (Sexy beasts for Halloween, the astonishing Baz Luhrmann); Music (Division of Laura Lee, Six by Seven, Pere Ubu); Books (Ed Lin's Waylaid, Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby, a history of weaponry) |
4 |
$7.00 |
|
| November |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - Al Qaeda At Home, Our Home (Terror expert Rohan Gunaratna, author of Inside Al Qaeda, has unsettling news about Islamic fundamentalists and how they are able to hide here); Playboy's Top 25 Party Schools (Nobody knows campus craziness like students, so we compiled their true tales of debauchery. All you serious academics - don't miss our ranking of the raucous); Lou Dobbs: Is The Market Hopeless? (The maven of CNN's hugely popular Moneyline doesn't mince words. We asked him about the economy, September 11, corporate skulduggery, his man W, CNN and where the Dow might be headed. As always, we received blunt, provocative answers); Bringing Down The House (A team of MIT math students scams the biggest casinos in Vegas - and it's party time with stars and gobs of cash. But what happens when the luck runs out for the canny card counters); Cries On Wheels (Star athletes spend tens of thousands of dollars to customize their rides. Here's every detail, starting with Emmitt Smith's Cadillac Escalade); Centerfolds On Sex: Ann Paterson (When the time is right, pull her into the kitchen and get ready to cook); 20Q: Marshall Faulk (The St. Louis Rams superstar explains his team's surprising Super Bowl loss to the Patriots and discusses his relationship with the coach. His secret to success: total concentration) Fiction - Swallowing (Tiff promised a night of wild and kinky fun. But just when things were going great - gag! - our hero was off to the hospital. Who knew going down could lead to going under?) Interview - Willie Nelson (What an entertainer! When he's not reminiscing about his eventful life, he's telling jokes. But the legendary singer who wrote On The Road Again and Crazy has plenty of serious stuff on his mind, too. Start with patriotism, poverty and pot) Pictorials - Sex In Cinema (Girls with girls, older women with younger guys, real-life swingers, rowdy trysts - you know, the usual); Playmate: Serria Tawan ("I enjoy shaking my ass with the best of them at a club," says Miss November. Need we say more?); Kristy Swanson (The original vampire slayer is - how could we resist - Buffy in the buff. Take a big bite) Notes And News - Fun On The Fourth (Matthew Perry, Colin Farrell and Verne Troyer celebrate independence with Hef); Fight Night At The Mansion (ESPN2 boxing went live from Hef's crib, complete with ring-card Bunnies); The Playboy Forum (Drug testing, zero tolerance and the Pledge of Allegiance - for rapacious lawyers and naughty chief execs); Playmate News (Nicole Narain interviews Pete Yorn; Geraldo's favorite Playmate) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Party Tray (Wake up to the exciting new liquor category - "Malternatives"); Stepping Up In Class (It's Toyota Camray versus the Honda Accord in a high-end shootout) Reviews - Music (Queens of the Stone Age, Ladytron and MF Grimm); Movies (Jackass, Madonna, Hannibal - what a great fall); Video (The future is back, Beatles on DVD) |
2 |
$7.00 |
|
| December |
V. Good - |
Contents - Features - How To Save Your Ass In A Scandal (We're human. Sooner or later we all make mistakes. And somebody always knows about them. Be sure to memorize these rules - it's the only way to avoid the stockade); Celebrity Christmas Carols (It's that time of year again. Dick and W reconsider career choices. Mike Piazza dons gay apparel and Cardinal Law hums "What Child Is This."); Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries (Who bludgeoned Bob Crane? Did Natalie Wood fall, or was she pushed. How did Superman die? Tinseltown's longest running hits are all about death with a whiff of scandal); Live From New York: SNL Still Kills (A writer from the original Saturday Night Live runs down every cast member of every year. For fans of American comety, this one's a keeper); The Best Damn Job Period (Fox' Best Damn Sports Show Period, the TV tailgate party, was tailor-made for Tom Arnold. "I get to show America my humor - dick, gay and fat jokes." he writes. An exclusive excerpt from the year's funniest book); Snow Fear (Maybe you watched those death-defying Olympians scream down the ice on skeletons. How about speed skating at 140 mph? If you're an adrenaline buckaroo, here's your chance to join the fun); Playboy's College Basketball Preview (Our hoops experts have an amazing record in picking the brackets - so don't bet a buck until you've read this); Playboy's Annual Music Poll (It's time to assess the past year's music scene - and we want to hear from you); Pink And Her Amazing Wonderdog, Fucker (Pink talks about sex, drugs and getting arrested. (And her crazy canine); Centerfolds On Sex: Heidi Mark (Heidi likes nipple clamps and handcuffs. But tattoos? Ouch, they hurt); How To Motor In A Mini (Secrets to getting busy in BMW's tight little box); 20Q: Greg Kinnear (The star of Auto Focus and As Good As It Gets describes running through machine-gun fire in Lebannon, swears he didn't pay for those Loverboy tickets and says Arizona girls knock the socks off rival Arizona State girls) Fiction - The Detective (Detective Larry Starczek worried about the usual things - getting a new garden hose, the line on tomorrow's hockey game. Then his job threw him into the dark realm of a truesome triple murder at the local diner) Interview - Denzel Washington (He's wona a Best Actor Oscar and gets $20 million a picture. That's given him the power to direct his first feature and sound off on racism and some other isms in Hollywood, as well as the rumor he won't do sex scenes) Pictorials - Women Of Worldcom (You've watched their company unravel. Now comes the fun part); Playmate: Lani Todd (Lani loves to "change skins - a dominatrix one day, a rodeo girl the next." Our kind of lady); Sex Stars (Nelly, Halle Angelina, Anna K and Anna Nicole helped 2002's temperature rise); Dita Von Teese (The world's top fetish model turns us on) Notes And News - California Dreamin' (Hef's Midsummer Night's Dream party is the Oscars in lingerie); California Dreamin' Continued (Britney Spears, Matthew Perry and Ali Landry party like Puck); The Playboy Forum (Lenny Bruce, our hero; the United States of porn - an update); Playmate News (The evolution of Anna Nicole, Hef's crib on MTV) Departments - Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Games; Living Online; Playboy TV; Plaayboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle - Playboy's Holiday Gift Guide (A Fiat 500, Nike driver, BMW bike - got your credit card out?); Downed And Dirty (You know the naughty names. Now learn how to mix the girl-friendly drinks); DMX Style Guide (The star rapper's look is as uncompromising as his music) Reviews - Movies (Halle is hot in 007, Leo is bad in Gangs of New York); Video (Holiday horrors, Star Wars); Music (Dot Allison, Ruben Blades and Tom Petty); Books (S&M, booze, cigars and cars - life's good at Christmas) |
3 |
$7.00 |
|