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Features - Feeding Our Deepest Fears (In 1983 two scientists decided to shoot DNA into an onion with a pellet gun. What seemed like a bizarre experiment has evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry. Today 75 percent of all processed foods in the U.S. are genetically modified. These Frankenfoods, as critics call them, have the public guarding its plate. Are the fears justified? We predict the twists, turns and turbocharged turnips in the controversary's future); Welcome To The Machines (Are you ready for the revolution? It's already here - futuristic digital gadgets are about to change the way you play. Check out a new DVD-Two combination unit, a remote control that programs itself and a DVD server that will keep you from ever needing to step outside again); PLAYBOY's Summer Movie Preview (We screen this season's blockbusters so you don't blow popcorn money, two hours and a shot at canoodling with your date. We take you into Spider-Man 2's web, The Stepford Wives' microchips and Anchorman's wardrobe. Plus, the summer's must-miss bomb); Love And War In Las Vegas (Sin City's quickie-marriage industry rakes in more than $600 million a year, and every chapel wants a bigger piece of the wedding cake. But aren't hired assassins and sidewalk beatings going overboard? A battlefield report on the chapel wars); The Fetishized Woman (You've heard of leg men and ass men. But what about men who worship women with crossed eyes? Or huge noses? We found fetish fans who get off on every nook, earlobe and kneecap on a woman's body. Get ready to study the sexiest map ever); Centerfolds On Sex: Charlotte Kemp (Carlotte licks and talks about sex and the city); 20Q - Jude Law (The star of Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow has spent much of the past year battling robots, British tabloids and Oscar fever. Law discusses the golden rules he lives by: Never let the press see you sweat, and have a plan before simulating sex with Nicole Kidman) Fiction - The Blind Man's Wife (When an acclaimed author meets a woman, it's love at first sight. But when his eyes fail and leave him in a world of darkness, he sees her in a whole new light) Interview - Derek Jeter (Baseball's all-American, apple-pie image may be imploding, but that hasn't affected the 29-year-old Yankees shortstop. In a hard-hitting Playboy interview, Jeter fields questions about his complicated relationship with Alex Rodriguez, his reputation as a party animal and his doing the conga with George Steinbrenner) Pictorials - Playmate Of The Year: Carmella Decesare (The votes have been counted. Now help us inaugarate 2004's PMOY); Playmate: Hiromi Oshima (This Japanese native is hotter than wasabi); Charisma Carpenter (The Angel star sheds her wings) Notes And News - Hangin' With Hef; 50th Anniversary International Party (Hef hosts a party heard around the world, with Jamie Foxx, the Hilton sisters and Kimberly Stewart); The PLAYBOY Forum (Gore Vidal takes on the pledge of allegiance, and a sex-advice columnist explains why straight guys should care about gay marriage); Playmate News (The new Playmate calendar revealed, and Jenny McCarthy's new book) Departments - Playbill; Dear PLAYBOY; After Hours; PLAYBOY TV; Mantrack; The PLAYBOY Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Fashion - Wet Suits (No nude beach in your neighborhood? Try on these swim trunks); Monster Treads (Let your feet go commando in new sandals) Reviews - Movies (Shriek for Shrek 2, Harry Potter grows up, and Soul Plane crashes); DVDs (In America is a borderless classic, the crowning end to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the topless scene that made Kate Hudson almost famous); Music (Wilco gets weird; most of Guns n' Roses reunite); Games (A video game from Uncle Sam will shock and awe you; Space Invaders celebrates its 25th anniversary); Books (Chuck Palahniuk's strange nonfiction; Jim Harrison's new novel about a dysfunctional family and PLAYBOY's latest books) |
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| July |
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Features - The Wreck Of The La Conte (On a winter day in 1998 five Alaskan fishermen set sail into one of the worst Artic storms on record. When their boat sank, they spend seven hours roped together as 70-foot waves crashed on top of them. The step-by-step account of one of the most daring helicopter rescues ever); The Naked Page Project (For our 50th anniversary issue an acclaimed novelist wrote about the blank pieces of paper he collects from famous writers. He asked readers to mail him the empty page included with the story. Inside the hundreds of envelopes he received: rants, pleas, secrets, drawings and a paper airplane or two); The Presidential Sex Quiz (Clinton didn't invent sex in the Oval Office. Test your knowledge of our past presidents' sexual antics: Who was the first commander in chief to get caught cheating? What was LBJ's pet name for his penis? (Hint: It wasn't Johnson); Super Cars (Whether you want to spend $250,000 or more on a new car is your call, but you owe it to yourself to get to know the best from Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler. After all, sticker shock isn't fatal); Paparazzi Apprentice (Tabloids are offering more money than ever to shutterbugs who stalk the rich and famoous. We embedded our reporter in L.A.'s most hated army - celebrity photographers. Will he survive close encounters with Meg Ryan, Bruce Willis and Sir Paul McCartney's security goons?); Centerfolds On Sex: Serria Tawan (Serria teaches you how to avoid unforced errors); 20Q - Christina Applegate (The delectable actress who played Kelly Bundy is back, starring in this summer's big comedy, Anchorman. In PLAYBOY, she talks about ball-scratching ballplayers, jury duty and the joy of cursing in nursery school) Fiction - Powder (A small-town virgin moves to Chicago and finds himself humiliated on the job and a loser with big-city women. After he visits a strange doctor, his boss promotes him, women pay to have sex with him, and he falls in love. But will his luck continue even when the magic powder runs out?) Interview - Michael Moore (Whether you cheer him or jeer him, you can't ignore the best-selling author and Oscar-winning filmmaker. His new documentary accuses President Bush of benefiting from the war on terror. In a turn-the-tables Playboy Interview, we demand that Moore answer our questions on Bush, Bin Laden and his badgering of former NRA president and Alzheimer's victim Charleton Heston) Pictorials - Swing Time (Sexy swingers untangle themselves at the Lifestyles Convention to pose - and share orgy stories); Playmate: Stephanie Glasson (Miss July aspires to be a real estate mogul. She could sell us anything); Peta Wilson (Feel free to spy on the actress who played La Femme Nikita) Notes And News - PLAYBOY's Super Bowl Celebration (Jenna Bush, Nicole Richie and Jaime Pressly catch passes at the biggest pigskin bash of them all); Shaq's NBA All-Star Mansion Party (A slam-dunk gathering with Shaquille O'Neal, Laila Ali and Crispin Glover); The PLAYBOY Forum (Forcing websites to accomodate the blind; why does Wall Street get a free pass during scandals?); Playmate News (A tale about the Bunny costume that almost never was; Rebekka Armstrong on living with HIV) Departments - Playbill; Dear PLAYBOY; After Hours; Mantrack; The PLAYBOY Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Fashion - Dog Days Of Summer (Just because it's warm doesn't mean you can't set girls tails wagging); Skin Deep (The days of soap and water are gone. The best new products for your face) Reviews - Movies (Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks imagine the worst layover ever; get caught in Spider-Man's 2 web); DVDs (Cold Montana and Bad Santa on our list; dreams about Dreamers); Music (Beastie Boys love NYC; Sonic Youth returns; and Polyphonic Spree triumphs); Games (MLB SlugFest: Loaded - does virtual baseball beat the real thing?); Books (Lee Child's new military thriller; lessons on how to rock) |
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Features - Why The Military Never Learns (In 1997 this Colonel called the Vietnam War a failure. Now he believes the war in Iraq is an even bigger military blunder. The two are surprisingly similar: We went in under false pretenses, using ineffective conventional tactics and without an exit strategy. Will the outcome of the war in Iraq be as awful as that of Vietnam? No, he says: it will be much worse); Rip. Burn. Die (It wasn't easy to coordinate, but we arranged for a dream team of music experts from all sides - artist, industry and technology - to butt heads. Perry Farrell, Moby, Rick Rubin, Charles D., Sharon Osborne, iTimes' Chris Bell and 13 others discuss why the music industry is seen as evil, whether the quality of music has deteriorated, why some live concerts are no longer hot tickets and, most important, what they predict for the future of music); Gaming Grows Up (The video game industry has finally admitted that games aren't just for kids. In a PLAYBOY exclusive, we carefully select our favorite pixelated vixens and have them reprogrammed them as you've never seen them before - nude. Plus, the must-have games in every category: war, driving and fighting); Fatal Legacy (Caviar is emblematic of the good life. But selling "Black Gold" can be a dirty business, as the rise and fall of the Sobol family epitomizes. In 1992 two brothers inherited a caviar business from their father. The younger son took the helm and began buying sturgeon roe from questionable suppliers while driving the expanding business deep in debt; his older brother struggled to rescue their father's dream. By August 2003 both were dead); Centerfolds On Sex: Sandra Hubby (We eavesdrop on Sandra's erotic fantasies); 20Q - Jimmy Fallon (Many comedians who leave Saturday Night Live are cursed with unsuccessful films. Jimmy Fallon's new movie, Taxi, proves he won't be one of them. The former SNL anchorman goofs around about dancing with Jagger, his gifts for impersonations and his childhood desire to become a priest) Fiction - Aqua Velva Smitty (A man kills his mentally challenged mistress. Even worse, his nosy neighbor sees the whole thing go down through a hole in the wall) Interview - Donald Trump (He has weathered near-bankruptcy, two tabloid divorces from blonde bombshells, countless cracks about his comb-over and renewed fame with the success of The Apprentice. In a Playboy Interview in which no one gets fired, we ask the real estate mogul how much money he carries in his wallet, it he's sick of hearing the catchphrase he made famous and wether he'd bet on his own casinos) Pictorials - The Rael World (The group of UFO believers wants to clone its most beautiful members. We believe!); Playmate: Kim Holland (This sexy coed knows the As, Bs and Cs of sex appeal); Girls Of The ACC (We like college football. But we love college girls) Notes And News - World Of PLAYBOY; It's All Happening At The Mansion (Hef parties with Charismo Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino and the cast of HBO's Entourage); The PLAYBOY Forum (John A. Dean reveals the paper trail that connects the torture room at Abu Ghraib to the White House; Why a radical reading of the bible fuels U.S. support for Israel); Playmate News (Teri Harrison could be the next Jenny McCarthy; Hiromi Oshima plays a geisha) Departments - Playbill; Dear PLAYBOY; After Hours; Mantrack; The PLAYBOY Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Fashion - Student Lounge (You have an infinite number of opportunities to impress women around campus, so don't huddle in the library or the laundry room without looking your best) Reviews - Movies (Go back to the future in Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow; Bernie Mac is Mr. 3000; don't fear A Sound Of Thunder); DVDs (You must see Fahrenheit 9/11 before you head into the wrong voting booth. The Day After Tomorrow can be on your TV's screen today); Music (The Black Keys blow the doors off the blues; Steve Earle courts new controversy; Interpol's gloom and doom hits its stride); Games (Hip-hop artists duke it out in Def Jam Fight for NY; the Force is with Star Wars Battlefront); Books (Ha Jin locks readers inside Korean War POW camps; Hurricane Camille's deadly history) |
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