FEATURES
9 COVER CLOSE-UP: KEVIN BERNHARDT by Thomasine E. Lewis
The best thing in scrubs may be the angelic intern from General Hospital.
20 PEOPLE: SEAN PENN by Roberta Smoodin
The life and fast times of a master actor who's married to the hottest woman
in rock.
26 A ROLL IN THE HAY, EIGHTIES STYLE by Margo Kaufman
What's love got to do with women having sex these days? What indeed?
30 LOVE AFTER 30 by Fred Moody
Is yesterday's mating dance turning into today's slow shuffle of affection?
86 CONTRACEPTION GONE AWRY by Donna J. Abate
The painful truth about "safe and effective" birth control.
16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN by Robert Hilburn
How the boss of rock copes with marriage, megasuccess and new days of glory. FASHION
39 AFTER HOURS by Shari Geffen
For Valentine Day, wow him in sexy lingerie that promises a night of fantasy. FICTION
90 THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by Anthony Weller
The veiled mysteries of the East would be revealed, yes, but all in good time. DEPARTMENTS
2 LETTERS
4 SEX TALK by Dr. Ruth Westheimer
6 QUIZ by Sherry Suib Cohen
8 GOSSIP by Bette Noire
WOMAN AT HER BEST
10 TIME-SAVERS
12 STYLE '86 BODY TALK by Henrietta C. Spencer, Ph.D.
14 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES by Laurie H. Hutzler
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
33 MUSIC by Mark Rowland
34 TELEVISION by Bette Noire
35 FILM by Molly Haskell
36 BOOKS by David Thomson
77 READERS' FANTASY FORUM
98 PLAYGIRL FUNNIES
99 STARSCOPE by ElizaBeth WARM BODIES
47 Dolph Lundgren
The Scandinavian hunk who plays the Russian heavy in America's Rocky IV.
60 APRES-SKI
The weather outside is frightful, but these men of the slopes are so delightful.
70 AMERICA'S FAVORITE DJs by Crystal Chow and Sheryl Ingber
Twelve of the hottest disc spinners in the country step out from behind the
mike.
102 FLASHBACK: STAN KWIAT, ROB AND SCOTT MYETTE
Three generations of good-looking guys showed us it was all in the family. CENTERFOLD 51 THOM TADLOCK If you like them blond and Southern-born, check in
on our Man for February.