FEATURES
44 ROAD KILLERS
Drop the extra two wheels with JAMES R. PETERSEN as he checks out the latest motorcycle
manna.
54 THE PLAYBOY BAR: GIN
Jumping juniper! It's time to toast the liquor . that still leaves our martinis
shaken.
56 THE HILLIKER CURSE
In the first of a four-part memoir, literary legend JAMES ELLROY offers his treatise
on the male romantic urge and chronicles his pursuit of the fairer sex.
82 LIARS, CHEATS & THIEVES
JAMIE MALANOWSKI calls out the high-powered financial players who sent us screaming
into economic collapse. INTERVIEW
31 SETH ROGEN
He got her knocked up, he has been super-bad, and soon this stoner hero will unleash
his inner superhero as the Green Hornet. ERIC SPITZNAGEL laughs along with our
cover boy about his unlikely meteoric rise. 20Q
78 Amy Smart
The sexy Crank star cranks it up a notch for STEPHEN REBELLO with off-the-cuff
remarks about pole dancing, kissing girls, public sex and more. FICTION
72 THE LAST BACHELOR
A socialite stud who has bedded well-bred women has one last fling with an ex-flame
before he gets married, in this story by Jay McInerney. PICTORIALS
42 THE SWEDISH SUPERMODEL
Nineteen-year-old Aleksandra Eriksson shows how martial-arts training does the
body good.
48 REMEMBERING Bettie Page
The iconic pinup goddess's best photos reveal a sexual playfulness that is timeless
and unforgettable.
60 PLAYMATE: Hope Dworaczyk
Come backstage with Miss April as the TV host gets ready for her close-up.
84 COMING TO AMERICA
We import the sexiest international Playmates for a heated global summit. NEWS AND NOTES
9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
The Girls Next Door sign copies of their new book at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas;
Hef and the girls hang with Magic Johnson at a Lakers game; the Man and his party
posse take a trip to Disneyland.
10 BLACK TIE AND LINGERIE
Hef toasted the New Year at the Mansion with his girlfriends, as well as celebrity
friends like Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher and many more.
112 PLAYMATE NEWS Sara Jean Underwood stars in the film Miss March; Dasha Astafieva sings a different
tune with her girl group, nikita; Monica Tidwell produces a play. DEPARTMENTS
1 PLAYBILL
11 DEAR PLAYBOY
15 AFTER HOURS
18 REVIEWS
21 CITY GUIDE
23 MANTRACK
26 SUCCESS: BOB PARSONS
29 PLAYBOY ADVISOR
70 PARTY JOKES
120 GRAPEVINE FORUM
115 OUR NEW PROHIBITION
Author LAWRENCE LESSIG urges lawmakers to create a copyright system in which music
artists get paid instead of one that renders kids criminals.
117 READER RESPONSE: SPECIAL EDITION
Your reactions to January's The 55 Most Important People in Sex ranged from passionate
to pissed off.
