COVER STORY
Before Alias's Jennifer Garner, there was Peta Wilson. The star of TV's La Femme nikita was the first actress to play a government assassin with an ass to die for. Photographer Patrick Demarchelier stripped the spy of her guns and garments. You won't need truth serum to confess your love for this femme fatale. Our Rabbit goes undercover in the darkness of Peta's robe.
FEATURES
82 THE WRECK OF THE LA CONTE
On a winter day in 1998 five Alaskan fishermen set sail into one of the worst arctic storms on record. When their boat sank, they spent seven hours roped together as 70-foot waves crashed on top of them. The step-by-step account of one of the most daring helicopter rescues ever. BY TODD LEWAN
88 THE NAKED PAGE PROJECT
For our 50th anniversary issue an acclaimed novelist wrote about the blank pieces of paper he collects from famous writers. He asked readers to mail him the empty page included with the story. Inside the hundreds of envelopes he received: rants, pleas, secrets, drawings and a paper airplane or two. BY Jonathan Safran Foer
92 THE PRESIDENTIAL SEX QUIZ
Clinton didn't invent sex in the Oval Office. Test your knowledge of our past presidents' sexual antics: Who was the first commander in chief to get caught cheating? What was LBJ's pet name for his penis? (Hint: It wasn't Johnson.)
94 SUPER CARS
Whether you want to spend $250,000 or more on a new car is your call, but you owe it to yourself to get to know the best from Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler. After all, sticker shock isn't fatal. BY KEN GROSS
114 PAPARAZZI APPRENTICE
Tabloids are offering more money than ever to shutterbugs who stalk the rich and famous. We embedded our reporter in L.A.'s most hated army—celebrity photographers.
Will he survive close encounters with Meg Ryan, Bruce Willis and Sir Paul.McCartney's
security goons? BY David PEISNER
129 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Serria Tawan
Serria teaches you how to avoid unforced errors.
130 20Q Christina Applegate
The delectable actress who played Kelly Bundy is back, starring in this summer's
big comedy, Anchorman. In PLAYBOY she talks about ball-scratching ballplayers,
jury duty and the joy of cursing in nursery school. BY ROBERT ABELE
FICTION
84 POWDER
A small-town virgin moves to Chicago and finds himself humiliated on the job and a loser with big-city women. After he visits a strange doctor, his boss promotes
him, women pay to have sex with him, and he falls in love. But will his luck continue
even when the magic powder runs out? BY THOM JONES
INTERVIEW
59 Michael MOORE
Whether you cheer him or jeer him, you can't ignore this best-selling author and
Oscar-winning filmmaker. His new documentary accuses President Bush of benefitting
from the war on terror. In a turn-the-tables Playboy Interview, we demand that
Moore answer our questions on Bush, Bin Laden and his badgering of former NRA
president and Alzheimer's victim Charlton Heston. BY David SHEFF
PICTORIALS
74 SWING TIME
Sexy swingers untangle themselves at the Lifestyles Convention to pose—and
share orgy stories.
100 PLAYMATE: Stephanie Glasson
Miss July aspires to be a real estate mogul. She could sell us anything.
132 Peta Wilson
Feel free to spy on the actress who played La Femme nikita.
NOTES AND NEWS
13 PLAYBOY'S SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION Jenna Bush, Nicole Richie and Jaime Pressly catch passes at the biggest pigskin bash of them all.
14 SHAQ'S NBA ALL-STAR MANSION PARTY
A slam-dunk gathering with Shaquille O'Neal, Laila Ali and Crispin Glover.
51 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Forcing websites to accommodate the blind; why does Wall Street get a free pass
during scandals?
165 PLAYMATE NEWS
A tale about the Bunny costume that almost never was; Rebekka Armstrong on living
with HIV
DEPARTMENTS
5 PLAYBILL
19 DEAR PLAYBOY
23 AFTER HOURS
43 MANTRACK
47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
112 PARTY JOKES
153 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
169 ON THE SCENE
170 GRAPEVINE
172 POTPOURRI
FASHION 120 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Just because it's warm doesn't mean you can't set girls' tails wagging. BY JOSEPH
DE ACETIS
126 SKIN DEEP
The days of soap and water are gone. The best new products for your face. BY JOSEPH
DE ACETIS
REVIEWS
33 MOVIES
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks imagine the worst layover ever; get caught in Spider-Man
2's web.
36 DVDS
Cold Mountain and Bad Santa on our list; dreams about Dreamers.
37 MUSIC
Beastie Boys love NYC, Sonic Youth returns, and Polyphonic Spree triumphs.
38 GAMES
MLB SlugFest: Loaded—does virtual baseball beat the real thing?
40 BOOKS Lee Child's new military thriller; lessons on how to rock.
