FEATURES
26 STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW
Unspoiled by Hollywood success. gorgeous Kevin Costner insists on remaining
an average, everyday superstar by Paul Chandler
44 WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW TESTS HIV POSITIVE
No matter how great your sense of fear and loss, it can't compare with that
of your friend. Here's how to be there by Dorian Yeager
58 BY THE NUMBERS
How one man's computerized sex life expanded upon the definition of compatible
systems (Before you brand him a rogue and a cad, hear him out!) By Stan Sinberg
62 THE FATAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE RAKE
Try as they might to to resist, the strongest of women-usually his favorite
kind-are dropping like flies at this lady-killer's feet. The question
is, why? By Laurie J. Schorr PICTORIALS
20 CLIFF'S NOTES Discovery Cliff Taylor makes an excellent subject of study
32 AND IN THIS CORNER, LOVE The winner and all-time champ has some pretty smooth
moves of his own
48 LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD Glenn Brown, our Man for November, will set your heart
aflame
66 FOREVER MAN One look at Mark Van Dulman and femmes across the land will be
headed for the West Coast
80 HIGH TIDE HONEY Golden boy Tim Barker is basking in his newfound success FASHION
38 WEEKEND WONDERFUL A romantic's guide to packable style FICTION
72 TWILIGHT With each darkness comes the promise of a new tomorrow by Janice
McDermott DEPARTMENTS
6 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
7 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 TRENDWATCH Fun stuff to give and receive by Lynn Reich
11 IDOL GOSSIP The dirt on Hollywood by Susan Bax
13 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Cindy's Addiction
It happens in the best of families by Cindy Pearlman
15 THE MEN'S ROOM Put It on My Tab
One man's debt to society by Barry Foy
16 SEXTALK Intimate issues and answers by Dr. Theresa L. Crenshaw
19 QUIZ How Much of a Realist Are You? By Sherry Suib Cohen
30 QUICKIES Late-breaking health and fitness news by Judy Gee
36 LOVESCOPES What's in your stars? By Robin MacNaughton
42 ASK ISADORA The last word on sex and relationships Isadora Alman, MA
76 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Bart Savage, Richard Zaber, Bill
Peirson, and Glenn Orozco
86 FANTASY FORUM Romance can happen in the most unexpected places!
104 COMING UP
Features in This Issue
Coverguy Glenn Brown (aka: Tom Harnett) (Nude Centerfold)
Dangerous Liaisons: Are You Addicted?
The Bare Necessities: A Few Great Men
Your Guy And His EX's: Stranger Than Fiction
How Hot Can Kevin Costner Get?
About Playgirl
Playgirl is a print monthly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following. It features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men.
The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. For the period March 2009 until February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine reverted to print with its March 2010 issue.
Playgirl is published by New York-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes High Society, Celebrity Skin, Hawk, Cheri and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines.
The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site. All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including Playgirl, were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.
In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition. The last print issue was published in January/February of 2009.
In February 2010, Playgirl announced it will re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston.
