COVER STORY
Supermodel Amber Smith vaulted from fashion runways to the pages of two Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues and now onto the big screen as Ryan O'Neal's_rnistress in Faithful. Our cover was produced by Senior Photo Editor Jim Larson. Thanks
to Roque/Oribe for Amber's hairstyling and to Mary Greenwell for makeup. Kudos
to photographer Bert Stern, who also shot the last nudes of Marilyn Monroe, Amber's idol. Our Rabbit gets caught by a boa.
3 PLAYBILL
9 DEAR PLAYBOY
15 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
17 STYLE
18 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON
21 VIDEO
22 WIRED
24 MUSIC
26 JAZZ by NEIL TESSER
28 BOOKS by DIGBY DIEHL
30 FITNESS by JON KRAKAUER
32 MEN by ASA BABER
33 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL
35 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
37 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
45 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK—opinion Robert Scheer
47 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY—candid conversation
64 IS IT ALL IN OUR GENES?—article David SHEFF
68 STUNTWOMEN—pictorial
74 HESTER'S DREAM—fiction IVA HERCIKOVA
78 TRICKS WITH STYLE—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE
82 ATTACK OF THE KILLER MOGUL—playboy profile BERNARD WEINRAUB
86 THE HEART OF TEXAS—playboy's playmate of the month
98 PARTY JOKES—humor
100 GUIDE TO SPORTS VIDEO GAMES—multimedia MIKE MEYERS
104 THE GURU AND THE GADFLY—article BOB SIPCHEN
108 20 QUESTIONS: JON STEWART
110 CD-ROMS: HIP OR HYPE?—article J C HERZ
156 SO YOU WANT TO BUY A CD-ROM
114 HOT ON HOT—pictorial
153 WHERE & HOW TO BUY
157 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE