FEATURES
10 WILL SUCCESS SPOIL BRUCE WILLIS?
For the smart-talking actor, the cost of stardom has been his privacy. As he
struggles to keep his personal life with wife Demi Moore out of the tabloids,
what more will fame exact? By John Black
28 THE MYTHICAL MR. RIGHT
Still waiting for your Prince to come? Open your eyes-he may be closer
than you think by Gwen Lehmann
58 CONTRACEPTION AND OTHER LAUGHING MATTERS
Thanks to our very own FDA, any means of birth control can provide the fodder
for endless amusement
72 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A DATELESS WONDER
What do you do when the phone stops ringing? Slip into your rattiest sweat pants
and enjoy by Audrey Norris PICTORIALS
20 GET WET AND WILD Surf's up for island boy Chris Stock
32 BIG DADDY KANE Savor this chocolate honey!
44 THE DANGEROUS TYPE You could call Keith Rivera, PLAYGIRL's Man for June,
a dream come true
68 ONE HUNK, TEXAS-STYLE Strapping stallion Randy Ricks is one more find from
The Lone Star State FASHION
38 LETHAL SUITS Summer's brightest beach beauties accentuate the positive FICTION
64 DISSOLVE When a new chapter of life unfolds, old passions fade to black by
Janice McDermott DEPARTMENTS
6 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
7 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 TRENDWATCH Fun stuff to give and to receive
14 IDOL GOSSIP The dirt on Hollywood
17 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Lifestyles of the Bloated and Retaining
A PMS survival guide by Anna Sander
19 THE MEN'S ROOM Postal Coitus
Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac by Richard Roeper
27 QUIZ How Quickly Do You Pass Judgment? By Sherry Suib Cohen
42 QUICKIES Late-breaking health and fitness news by Judy Gee
52 FANTASY FORUM Romance can happen in the most unexpected places
57 SEX TALK Intimate Issues and Answers by Dr. Theresa L. Crenshaw
62 REAL MEN Does Your Man Have What it Takes? Claude La Casse, Paul Fierro,
Adam Dyer, Troy Kidwell, and Michael Fornelli
76 LOVESCOPES What's In Your Stars by Robin MacNaughton
98 COMING UP
Features
Coverguy Keith Rivera (aka: Lex Baldwin) (Nude Centerfold)
Rapper Big Daddy Kane Takes It Off!
Faking Mr. Right: He Isn't Who You Think
Living Alone And Standing It
Bruce Willis Tries Harder
Magazine History
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.
