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Contents: Vulture Capitalism (When disaster strikes, so do they – preying on the poor and the vulnerable. Aram Roston investigates the unscrupulous creditors and low-life investors who make a lavish living off the impoverished in Argentina and the Congo); (Secret) Marilyn (Joyce Carol Oates deconstructs Norma Jean); Last Days On The Other Side Of The Fence (Kenneth E. Hartman recalls life before prison); The Palm Readers (Mark Twain responds to five fortune-tellers); Holiday Spirit (A toast to festive drinking); 15 Innovations That Will Change The World (Steven Kotler reveals the most radical technologies on the horizon); Tip-Off 2011 (A primer for the upcoming college hoops season); Hollywood Fixer (Meet Aaron Cohen, private commando to the stars); Holiday Gift Guide (The coolest toys to bestow this season); Homesickness (Jim Harrison on the joys of his remote cabin); If Celebrities Were Snowmen (Frosty caricatures by Mark Summers); City Of Broken Dreams (Joe Eszterhas blasts Cleveland haters) Interview – Conan O’Brien (Coco opens up about life before and after The Tonight Show) 20Q – Olivia Wilde (The Tron beauty talks to Eric Spitznagel about cars, aliens and getting married in a bus) Fiction – Knock-Knock (A son grasps at jokes to cope with his father’s death) Pictorials – Sex In Cinema 2010 (From primer vampires to exotic avatars, a look back at the year’s most provocative on-screen moments); Private Dancer (Polish beauty Nina Bajerska channels Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in Black Swan for this erotic arebesque); Playmate: Ashley Hobbs – (Suffering from the winter blues? Golden-haired beach beauty Miss December will melt them away); Why We Love The ’80s (An ode to the in-your-face era of sexy Lycra, leg warmers and big hair); Kendra Wilkinson (Everybody loves Kendra – expecially us. We salute Hef’s former girlfriend with a trove of her sexiest photos) Cartoons – Classic Cartoons Of Christmas Past (A collection of quintessential holiday cartoons from bygone issues) Fashion – Men In Black (Black-tie season is upon us. These tuxedo tips from Steve Garbarino will ensure that you sport your formalwear with finesse and style) News And Notes – The World Of Playboy (Hef sits down with Jimmy Kimmel; Bridget Marquardt hosts Playboy‘s Good Life Party; Hef and Ray Bradbury hit up the Farenheit 451 screening; the Playboy Redux art exhibit opens in Chicago); Hangin’ With Hef (Jane Fonda and Richard Petty visit Hef; Jack Nicholson’s son takes a tour of the Mansion; Playmates Claire Sinclair, Crystal Harris and Hope Dworaczyk take in weekend movie nights); Playmate News (Miss December 2001 Shanna Moakler hosts Bridalplasty on E!; Miss March 1964 Nancy Scott finds joy in painting; Miss February 1999 Stacy Marie Fuson is the face of Effen vodka) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Grapevine Playboy Forum – An Obsolete Weapon (Daniel Wattenberg on how gun advocates’ gains are bullets to the NRA); The United States Of Abstinence (Why Americans never get tired of saying no)
Issue: December 2010
Condition: Very Good