FEATURES
8 DIET: ELEVEN KNOCKOUT IDEAS FOR 1980 by Julie Logan
Serious suggestions for making unbreakable New Year's resolutions.
24 WHY JAMES BROLIN HATES HOLLYWOOD by Dean Cohen
He's an intuitive, logical actor in illogical Tinseltown.
32 QUIZ: ARE YOU MS. TACT OR MS. TACTLESS? by Carol Lightwood
How do you deal with potentially awkward situations?
42 THIS CAN BE YOUR BEST NEW YEAR'S YET! by Jean Cox Penn
Say bye-bye to a whole decade with ease, grace and contentment.
44 HOW HONEST CAN YOU BE? WHAT YOU SHOULD (AND SHOULDN'T) TELL HIM by Janet Phelan
It doesn't always pay to tell the bare truth.
52 101 WAYS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE by Michael Parrish
Unhappy with your present lifestyle? It's time for something new.
62 IDOL CHATTER by Merrill Shindler
The folks who spiced up the seventies are still alive and well.
82 THE ELUSIVE ART OF PLEASING YOURSELF by Constance D'au Vin
Masturbation is not a dirty word. Love yourself. INTERVIEW
36 CINDY WILLIAMS Sandra Shevey
The latter loony of 'Laverne & Shirley' has some sane insights into show business,
the art of making people laugh and keeping old friends. DEPARTMENTS
4 INSIDE PLAYGIRL
7 READERS WRITE
10 HEALTH
14 EROTICA
18 GOSSIP
21 NEW FACES
22 MUSIC
23 MUSIC REVIEWS
25 FILM REVIEWS
26 PERSONAL ADVICE
29 TELEVISION
30 BOOKS
34 STARSCOPE WARM BODIES
48 DAYDREAMS: THOSE SEXY SOAP OPERA STARS!
55 GEOFF MINCER: JANUARY CENTERFOLD
72 MALE STRIP CLUBS: THE NEW BURLESQUE
93 GUYS NEXT DOOR Emilio Risoni, Timothy Garnett, Cliff Lans, Russell Tain,Danny Samuels, Tony Magaldi, William Raatz, Brian Hebert, Walt Giacomazzi, Doug Mattes, Robert Morrow, Frank Siggins, Doug Lane, John Marshall, Steven Fox, Dennis Chaffin, and Alvin Greening FASHION & BEAUTY
65 SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE EIGHTIES FICTION
98 THE UMBRELLA by Sheila Weller ETCETERA
108 INTRODUCING—THE CLASSICS
Sophisticated holiday liquor gift-giving ideas
Features in This Issue
Coverguy Cindy Williams Photographed by Rob Lewine (Not Nude)
Male Strip Clubs: The Men Who Dance For Women Only
Cindy Williams: An Uncensored Talk With The Wacky Star Of 'Laverne & Shirley'
101 Ways To Change Your Life
About Playgirl
Playgirl is a print monthly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following. It features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men.
The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. For the period March 2009 until February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine reverted to print with its March 2010 issue.
Playgirl is published by New York-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes High Society, Celebrity Skin, Hawk, Cheri and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines.
The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site. All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including Playgirl, were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.
In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition. The last print issue was published in January/February of 2009.
In February 2010, Playgirl announced it will re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston.
