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55 years of memorable beauties
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FEATURES
WHAT W DID
As George W. Bush canters off into the sunset, CHRISTOPHER HITCH- reminds us of the highlights that less open-minded critics might have forgotten or failed to notice.
THE 55 MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN SEX
This is not another one of those dashed-off lists that have become a staple of the magazine industry. Nope. PLAYBOY has spent five decades fighting prudery; sexual freedom is what we're all about. When we rank the most influential figures in sex and sexuality during the 55 years since the magazine first hit stands, it's for real.
BY CHIP ROWE
A MAN OF LETTERS
Despite the fame, acclaim and awards, NORMAN MAILER had a private side. These personal correspondences offer a glimpse of the innermost thoughts of a legend.
PARTY OF THE YEAR
Some pictures are worth a thousand words. This one by JANET WOOLLEY, illustrating 2008's unforgettable celebrity high jinks, is worth a thousand laughs.
THE PLAYBOY BAR: CHAMPAGNE
Want your New Year's party to pop? Here's everything you need to know about bubbly.
SUPER RAT
Will the FBI ever catch Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger—charismatic killer, number two on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for 14 years and the inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed?
BY RICHARD STRATTON
THE GREAT HOOTERS ROAD TRIP
Hot wings, hot pants, hot damn! JOE QUEENAN crosses America, eating only at Hooters.
PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS GREATEST HITS
Memorable moments from the most authoritative body of Q&As in the history of American journalism, the Playboy Interview.
fiction
IN HIS OWN WOODS
A man seeking his own private kingdom buys a farmhouse on acres of forested land. When he gets lost in the woods with his frightened four-year-old daughter, he must find his way back—both home and to her heart. BY SCOTT TUROW
the playboy forum
REVISITING MISS GOLD-DIGGER
JESSICA WEISS takes a fresh look at Burt Zollo's controversial article Miss Gold-Digger of 1953 and discovers Zollo's complaints about alimony still resonate today.
20Q
MARSTON AND COOPER HEFNER
Let's not beat around the bush: These guys grew up in the friggin' Playboy Mansion. The stories they tell BILL ZEHME aren't exactly about cotton candy and pony rides.
interview
RICHARD BRANSON
As the world's stock markets collapsed, Virgin's founder and chief continued to run the U.K.'s $23 billion conglomerate as if it were a start-up. The normally easygoing tycoon gets serious with DAVID SHEFF about the global financial crisis, the key to success for Virgin America airlines and the risky business of commuter spaceflights.
pictorials
ICON
The Platonic form of female beauty: Carmen Electra.
55 BEAUTIFUL YEARS
Its all about the images. The gorgeous girls who have sparked the imagination of American men for more than five decades start here.
PLAYMATE: DASHA ASTAFIEVA
The worldwide search is finally over: Feast your eyes on PLAYBOY'S 55th Anniversary Playmate.
PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW
Thank goodness—a set of candidates we can all get behind. This is your chance to vote for PMOY.
notes and news
HANGIN' WITH HEF
Hef and the Girls Next Door attend the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards; Gene Simmons rocks out with the Man.
PLAYMATE NEWS
Karla Conway helps Hawaii go green by providing her turtle logo to bio-green bags; Playmates pick the NFL playoffs; Stacy Fuson competes on NBC's Momma's Boys.
FEBUARY HAS 3 ALTERNATE COVERS
The Girls Next Door: The Naked Truth
featuring Cover Girl
HOLLY MADISON - BRIDGET MARQUARDT - KENDRA WILKINSON
House Call: Hugh Laurie Interview
A Scandalous Year in Sex
Smart & Stylish Cars of the Year
The New African Drug Lords
Can You Trust NFL Refs?
20Q Josh Holloway
Justin Long Fashion
Jess Walter Fiction
Online Exhibitionism
Diary of a Party Girl
Phil Knight Goes to China
March 2009
The Sex and Music Issue...Aubrey O' Day breaks free of Danity Kane and her clothes.
The Playboy Music Awards, "Risque and Famous" Sexiest Celebrities of the Year.
Country Superstar Kenny Chesney Interview.
20 Questions "Flight of the Conchords"
April 2009
Cover: Hope Dworaczyk and Seth Rogen.
Features: Road Killers, motorcycle manna with James R. Petersen.
Interview: Seth Rogen. 20 Questions: Amy Smart.
Pictorials: The Swedish Supermodel, Aleksandra Erikson
Playmate, Hope Dworaczyk.
May2009
Cover: Lisa Rinna.
Features: Paradise Lost, John Bowe.
Playboy's 2009 Baseball Preview, Playboy's Top Party Schools Interview: Chuck Palahniuk.
20 Questions: Zachary Quinto. Pictorials: Women of Wall Street
Playmate: Crystal McCahill, and Loving Lisa.
June 2009
Cover: America Olivo.
Interview: Shia Labeouf.
20 Questions: Scott Boras. Pictorials: God Bless America, Playmate: Candice Cassidy
Playmate of the Year: Ida Ljungqvist.
July August 2009 Double Issue
Cover: Olivia Munn.
Features: including T. Boone Pickens, Ben Silverman and Seth Macfarlane Billy Mays, Pat Jordan.
Interview: Alec Baldwin.
20 Q: Judd Apatow.
Pictorials: Olivia Munn, from the Attack of the Show! Host.
Miss July
and
Miss August,
Karissa and Kristina Shannon
September 2009
Cover: Heidi Montag.
Features: The Hilliker Curse, James Ellroy.
Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino provides his new movie. Interview: Seth Macfarlane.
20 Questions: Diane Kruger. Pictorials: Heidi Montag and interview with husband, Spencer Pratt.
Playmate: Kimberly Phillips.
Team Gorgeous: Michelle More and Suzanne Stonebarger.
October 2009
Cover: Kiera Gormely sinking her fangs into the soft, supple skin of Tuuli.
Features: Bad to the Bone, Kevin Cook.
Andy Richter grows up, he takes a hike in the Hollywood Hills with Eric Spitznagel.
Sex on Campus 2009.
Interview: Woody Harrelson.
20 Questions: Shawne Merriman. Pictorials: Girls of the ACC. Playmate: Lindsey Gayle Evans.
November 2009
Cover: Alina Puscau.
Collector's Edition! Cover: Marge Simpson.
Features: Burn After Reading, Aaron Sigmon's cigar guide.
The Hilliker Curse, James Ellroy.
Playing For Keeps, Scott Alexander follows video game Brutal Legend's design team into battle.
Interview: Benicio Del Toro.
20 Questions: Tracy Morgan.
Pictorials: A Farewell to Farrah, a celebration of Farrah Fawcett's feathered hair, big smile and iconic images.
Playmate: Kelley Thompson.
Alina Pascua - Victoria's Secret model
DECEMBER 2009
Cover: Joanna Krupa.
or
Cover: Chelsea Handler
Features: Brothers in Arms, Gore Vidal.
Chelsea Handler's guide to the holidays.
Playboy's 2009 Music Poll
Interview: James Cameron.
20 Questions: Quinton Jackson.
CENTERFOLD: Crystal Harris.