FEATURES
26 GOOD GUY, KEN WAHL
This very private actor speaks publicly for the first time about his life, his
career and the many obstacles he's overcome. By Charmian Carl and Charlene Keel
62 PLAYGIRL INTERVIEW: DOWN HOME WITH DOUG STONE
Confessions of a country singing sensation
66 NAKED REVOLUTION
Meet the new women commandos of the sex industry. By Alice Joanou PICTORIALS
14 DISCOVERY: WORK OF ART
James Little is a masterpiece of the masculine physique 14
32 EYEFUL TOWER
Uncover the majestic splendor of Chad Ullery
49 CENTERFOLD: MR. USA-CANADIAN STYLE
Champion bodybuilder Shane Minor shows off his winning form
70 PHOTO FANTASY: FLUFF 'N' FOLD
Lust, suds and a whole new kind of spin cycle
90 FREE SPIRIT
Seriously sexy Allen James just wants to take life as it comes FICTION
82 THE LEGEND OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM SLEEVE
In a city of sensual pleasures, one woman searches for her perfect love. By
Lynne Osborne DEPARTMENTS
5 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
6 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 THE PROBE
Straight talk from Howard Stern's Stuttering John; Charlie Sheen's porn-pom
fetish; May-December tennis ace Andre Agassi; and more! By Jenny Higgons
13 HEALTH BYTES Late-breaking health and fitness news. By Judy Cole
21 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Exercising My Rights. Infomercial of desire. By Ceci Cravens
23 THE MEN'S ROOM Long Distance Romeo. Romancing the phone. By Bruce Gleason
24 SEX TALK Intimate issues and answers. By Catherine Howard
40 READERS' FANTASY FORUM
Romance can happen in the most unexpected places
46 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Kevin Seslar, Rob Glynn, and Virgil
Schmidt
59 QUIZ: Are You Sexually Shy?
Clarify your coy quotient. By Tefel Hall
60 WOMEN NOW Where Mommies Come From.
An odyssey of fate, choice and motherhood. By Marion Winik
80 LOVESIGNS What's in your stars for July? By Robin MacNaughton
87 ROMANCE BOOK REVIEWS Compiled by Charlene Keel
104 COMING UP
Features
Coverguy Shane Minor (Nude)
Wiseguy, Ken Wahl On Women and Sex
Mr. USA in the Buff
Meet The New Women Commandos of the Sex Industry
James Little is a Work of Art
Magazine History
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.
