COVER STORY Christy Hemme beat out nine slamming beauties to become the newest WWE RAW Diva. Previously she fueled many a fantasy as a cheerleader, a roller-skating Hooters girl, a Man Show Juggy girl and a dancer with a group that heated up Harley rallies. Senior Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag is down for a rematch. Our Rabbit gives Christy, here wearing a fur kindly provided by
FEATURES
72 BLOOD AND BETRAYAL
Until a six-hour gun battle with American forces took his life, there was no
bigger proponent of regime change in Iraq than Saddam Hussein's eldest son,
Uday. Passed over by Saddam because of his vicious and wanton lifestyle, Uday
slowly assembled the elements of power—media, military and political management—needed
to oust his tyrannical father. Our reporter talked to a wealth of sources in
Uday's inner circle and obtained hundreds of pages of Uday's private documents,
enabling him to piece together a surprising new take on the would-be dictator.
By Peter Arnett
88 CELEBRITY SEX QUOTES
Ben Affleck said what? Angelina Jolie wants who? When celebrities don't have
a script to follow, they're deliciously, delightfully frank. By Larry Engelmann
90 A FULL HOUSE
Poker night at your place doesn't have to be a gamble. The right table, cards,
chips, liquor and short-skirted waitress can make the difference between a disappointing
evening and ESPN-worthy rounds of Texas Hold 'Em. Here's all you need to know
about being the host with the most. By Phil Gordon
112 IT'S AN AD, AD, AD, AD WORLD
Advertising tycoon Donny Deutsch knows a few things about turning quick impressions
into dollar signs. His aggressive, hip ads got young adults to drink Tanqueray,
created a worldwide hit with the song "Days Go By" for Mitsubishi
and made Ikea a household name. Here, the Elvis of advertising comes clean about
his beef with Bill O'Reilly, why most ads suck and why he can now admit that
Ikea furniture is crap. By Rob Tannenbaum
FICTION
94 THE SWIFT PASSAGE OF THE ANIMALS
A man and his girlfriend of three weeks find themselves stranded on a deserted
mountain road during a winter storm. Their only chance for survival is to walk
miles to a lodge. Will they survive? Will their relationship? By T.C. Boyle
THE PLAYBOY FORUM
57 AMERICA'S OTHER WAR
Big busInesses would like you to believe that outsourcing American jobs to cheap
labor markets overseas stimulates the economy. What it is really doing is downsizing,
if not destroying, the-middle class. By Lou Dobbs
20Q Mena Suvari
Everybody remembers the rose petals showering her naked body during Kevin Spacey's
Lolita fantasy in American Beauty. Now Suvari tells us about her embarrassing
encounter with Daniel Day-Lewis, her ex-crush on Tom Cruise and her brief but
vivid experience of having 36DD breasts. By Stephen Rebello
INTERVIEW
65 LESLIE MOONVES
CBS's head honcho has celebrated the smashing success of Survivor and CSI but
has also had to weather the fallout from Janet Jackson's Nipplegate and the
embarrassment of seeing his venerable news operation embroiled in a scandal.
One of the most powerful executives in Hollywood tells us how he made CBS the
number one network and what it's like to have friendships and fracases with
people such as Dan Rather, David Letterman, Bill Clinton and Howard Stern. By
David Sheff
PICTORIALS
78 BORN IN BRAZIL
These tan-lined goddesses from our magazine in Brazil are that country's most
stirring export since coffee.
98 PLAYMATE: Courtney Rachel Culkin
This spirited Long Island lass keeps clothing to a minimum when she's home alone.
132 HEMME HITS HOLLYWOOD Step out with Christy Hemme, the WWE's fiery new RAW
Diva, as she shows us how she paints the town red.
NOTES AND NEWS
9 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
10 IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT THE MANSION
Stuffed stockings, fresh-baked cookies, old friends—we're having the holidays
at Hef's.
127 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Angel Boris
Heavenly Angel craves multiple orgasms, roadside action and afternoon delights.
167 PLAYMATE NEWS Shanna Moakler and nubby Travis Barker of Blink-182 let cameras invade their
home for the new MTV reality series Meet the Barkers; Tiffany Fallon is gunning
to be the next Bond girl; Meat Loaf would do anything for Bebe Buell, but he
won't do that.
DEPARTMENTS 1 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 AFTER HOURS
49 MANTRACK
55 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
110 PARTY JOKES
163 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
171 ON THE SCENE
172 GRAPEVINE
174 POTPOURRI
FASHION
116 THE COLORS OF PARADISE
Check out these colors, stripes on stripes and floral prints that create a tropical
impression—Bora-Bora style. By Joseph de Acetis
REVIEWS
27 MOVIES
The 1993 graphic novel Sin City debuts on-screen in all its blood-soaked glory;
Bernie Mac has to guess who's coming to dinner.
28 DVDS
Raise a glass to the brilliant Sideways; Nicollette Sheridan nakedly strikes
a Raw Nerve.
30 MUSIC
Queens of the Stone Age overdose you with Lullabies to Paralyze: Beck is back,
impressively.
32 GAMES
Visit a psychic summer camp in Psychonauts; mythical Greek creatures grapple
in God of War.
34 BOOKS
Read the oddball history of male hormone therapies; the blingbling playthings
of Luxury Toys.
