COVER STORY
In the past two years swimsuit model Joanna Krupa has been named the sexiest
woman in the world by magazines on four continents, but now that she's posing
with no bikini strings attached she has positioned herself for total global
domination. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda photographs this
sun-kissed beauty in her native habitat. The grains of sand that shape our Rabbit
pass time on Joanna's hourglass figure.
FEATURES
62 SEVEN DEADLY DISASTERS
Killer lakes? Asteroids from space? Yellowstone erupting, Nashville collapsing
and Manhattan under the sea? Last December's tsunami was one of the most devastating
disasters on record—but worse is possible. By William Speed Weed
76 25 EASY PIECES
Tech toys have been transformed from high-maintenance nightmares to the chill,
helpful companions you hoped they could be. From GPS navigation to digital cameras to the high-definition TV with the best picture ever, we have the tech you need to live the life you want. By Steve Morgenstern
82 HIGH IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
Transporting 250 pounds of top-quality marijuana over the Canadian border in
a helicopter during an orange alert seems like a scene from a comedy, but this
is no Cheech and Chong movie. We gained access to the inner workings of a Canadian smuggling operation that nets a $20 million annual profit by providing Americans with triple-A vanity weed from British Columbia. The demand is for 2,000 to 3,000 pounds a day. By Robert Sabbag
100 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDO
Eccentric screen legend Marlon Brando was no stranger to tragedy, having endured
his son Christian's conviction for murder and his daughter Cheyenne's suicide.
Only 13 days before his death last year, Brando signed a codicil that changed
the executors of his estate and alienated longtime friends. If you thought Brando's
life was bizarre, you won't believe what has gone down behind the scenes since
he died. By Peter Manso
FICTION
114 THE FALL
A young couple embarks on a weeklong backpacking trip through Maine's deep woods,
but their romantic nature walk is cut short when it takes a calamitous turn.
By Bill Roorbach
THE PLAYBOY FORUM
47 THE END OF OIL
Is the world's oil supply nearly exhausted? Geophysicist M. King Hubbard predicted
we would run out soon; economist William Stanley Jevons said black gold is plentiful.
Who to believe? By Charles C. Mann
20Q
80 Scarlett Johansson
Everyone still wonders what Bill Murray whispered into her ear at the end of
Lost in Translation. The 20-year-old actress stops short of spilling, but she
does explain what makes a lovely ass, tells us why she'd like to have sex in
the backseat of a car and identifies the movie scene she wishes had been cut.
By David Rensin
INTERVIEW
55 OWEN WILSON
He appears to be an off-kilter slacker in Starsky & Hutch and Zoolander,
but the actor-writer has won critical praise and even an Oscar nomination for
his work in such films as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Bottle Rocket.
The impossible-to-categorize Wilson discusses why gyms are creepy, the appeal
of 7-Elevens and why picking up women at weddings (as his character in Wedding
Crashers does) is like fishing with dynamite. By Jerry Stahl
PICTORIALS
68 KARINA, KARINA: A DELICIOUS DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Karina Lomoaro. vino piayea a lesbian Temptress on Showtime's The L Word, gets
sapphic with... herself. People of all orientations will do a double take.
86 PLAYMATE: GHANA Qiana Chase
The statuesque model and makeup artist has been told legs "go from here
to heaven. Prepare for divine inspiration.
118 SUPER KRUPA Joanna Krupa, me planet's premier swimsuit model, sidelines her bikini and shows
off her birthday suit as she returns to the beach to radiate more heat.
NOTES AND NEWS
9 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
12 MARDI GRAS MANSION MADNESS
The bead slingers who celebrated Fat Tuesday with Hef included Paris Hilton,
Luke Wilson and the always colorful Painted Ladies.
113 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Karen McDougal
The 1998 PMOY recalls good and bad pickup lines and praises the erogenous power
of the hip bone.
155 PLAYMATE NEWS Jennifer Walcott plays a sexy counselor in American Pie: Band Camp; Courtney
Rachel Culkin bowls for charity with the New York Knicks; actress Christina
Moore explains why Jenny McCarthy is her favorite Playmate.
DEPARTMENTS
1 PLAYBILL
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
19 AFTER HOURS
39 MANTRACK
45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
98 PARTY JOKES
131 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
159 ON THE SCENE
160 GRAPEVINE
162 POTPOURRI
FASHION
104 MEN IN BLANCO
Tne secret to Latin cool lies with the white suits and shirts whose chic urbane
style might send your Hawaiian prints into retirement. By Joseph de Acetis
110 THE WHITE STUFF
Accessories, too, turn a whiter shade of pale. By Joseph de Acetis
REVIEWS
27 MOVIES
Tim Burton cooks up a trippy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; hear the voice
of doom—Doctor Doom—in Fantastic Four.
28 DVDS
The duo of Swank and Eastwood packs a punch in Million Dollar Baby; the best
sports DVDs.
32 MUSIC
Chew on the tasty beats of Missy Elliott's Cook Book; Coldplay transcends its
glum perspective with X& Y.
34 GAMES
Be the gray alien in Destroy All HUmma-porn-star">Umans!; ingenious accessories for your Sony
PSP.
36 BOOKS
Authors Umberto Eco and Paul Theroux flesh out the inspirations for their latest
novels; go to school with Andre de Dienes's Studies of the Female Nude.
