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Contents: Birth Of The Mob (It’s taken Martin Scorsese a quarter century to bring his epic Gangs Of New York to the screen. The movie is all about the mean streets of the 19th century – but is it worth the wait?); The Playboy Office Sex Survey (Talk about spreadsheets. Today’s workplace is a hotbed of lust. But you knew that. Did you know more women than men have boffed an intern? That women are more likely to get laid on their lunch breaks? We did our research); Monster’s Ball (Playboy rounds up Euro mud-busters from Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, VW and Volvo, as well as some American cousins. They’re big, fast brutes); The Death Of Network News (In the past two decades the Big Three nightly news shows have lost 40 percent of their viewers. A star of the wired explosion levels a simple charge: cowardice); W (George W. Bush’s happiest adult moment was watching Nolan Ryan punch Robin Ventura. Maybe that’s why he’s so eager to nail Saddam); Vengeance Is Mine (Think again about Judgement Day. God has some nasty tricks up his sleeve); Centerfolds On Sex: Lexie Karlsen (Lexie loves to heave head – but if you want her best job, trim down under); Santa’s Naughty CEOs (With all the empty 401(k) stockings this year, it’s time to dole out the coal to the corporate ho, ho, hos. A troubling report from the Pole); That Was The Year That Was (It’s our annual no-holds-barred poetry slam. This year it’s corporate crooks, while Michael Ovitz and John Ashcroft get the beatdown); 20Q: Ron Insana (The co-anchor of CNBC’s Business Center went bullistic in the Nineties. We ask where the money is now, what’s Al Queda investing in and who’s faster on the draw, him or the I-Man); Texas Money (Making a personal profit on loser oil wells, Enron-style off-balance-sheet transactions, hitting up family friends for millions – it’s all part of the Dubya way to wealth) Interview – Halle Berry (Her Best Actress Oscar acceptance speech sailed over the top. Few expected anything less from the striking talent whose life has been haunted by abuse, bad luck, a bad marriage and – talk about over the top – Billy Bob Thornton. Now she is Bond’s girl) Pictorials – Tia Carrere (Tia offers Hawaii’s most beautiful views. We are not worthy); Playmate: Rebecca Ramos We’d love to give this Lone Star lawyer a deposition); Boom Time For Butts (The lure of the ass has created a tectonic shift in the landscape); The Year In Sex (Where to start? How about wild nude protests and pink-slipped workers flaunting their assets?); Playmate Review (Party in the new year with a dozen bombshells – decisions, decisions) Fiction – Christmas Even (Harry Bosch reunites a sax with its jazzman. An uplifting holiday chller) Notes And News – The World Of Playboy (Fight Night at the Mansion; Mark Hamill); The Playboy Forum (Oprah and Dr. Phil don’t get sex; snitches ruin innocent lives); Playmate News (The Baywatch reunion movie; a photo shoot for Playboy Japan) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired, Games, Living Online; E-Combat; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle – Hot Chocolate (Indescribably delicious, habit-forming, a memorable high of your relationship. Not sex, you idiot); Eleventh-Hour Santa (Need a last-minute gift? Try picket knives, travel books or a tiny MP3 player); Fashion: Give A Girl A Shirt (Let her into your drawers – your dresser, that is – and she’ll be a pal forever) Reviews – Movies (Ben Affleck as Daredevil, Elizabeth Berkley, Oscars); Video (Bachelor parties, Emmanuelle); Music (Ikara Colt, Sleater-Kinney, Badly Drawn Boy); Books (Elmore Leonard, Maximum Who, A History Of Orgies)
Issue: January 2003
Condition: Very Good