Playboy January 1996

COVER STORY James Brown is the hardest-working man in show business. On our cover this month is Miss February 1990, known to the world as the hardest-working woman in the bikini-stuffing business. It's no wonder Pamela Anderson's marriage to Tommy Lee has made a billion men jealous. We attribute it to the Power of Pamela. Thanks to Stephen Wayda for shooting our sexy cover. Our Rabbit, fickle as ever, was overheard muttering, "Hare today, gone tomorrow." 3 PLAYBILL 9 DEAR PLAYBOY 13 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 17 MUSIC 20 WIRED 22 STYLE 24 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON 28 VIDEO 30 BOOKS by DIGBY DIEHL 32 MEN by ASA BABER 33 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL 35 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 37 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 47 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK—opinion ROBERT SCHEER 49 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: JOHNNY DEPP—candid conversation 62 THE STALLION—fiction HAROLD ROBBINS 66 POWER OF PAMELA—pictorial 78 BAYWATCH WORLD—culture studies BRENDAN BABER and ERIC SPITZNAGEL 84 THE DICK CLINIC—article D KEITH MANO 86 THE PLAYBOY LOOK—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 92 ROMANCING THE NEW YEAR—modern living JOHN OLDCASTLE 95 PLAYBOY GALLERY: JENNY MCCARTHY 98 BAD BOY OF BASKETBALL—playboy profile MARK SEAL 103 AXIOMS OF THE MAFIA MANAGER—advice V 106 ART THROB—playboy's playmate of the month 118 PARTY JOKES—humor 120 ALICE—fiction ANAIS NIN 123 ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA—modern living 126 CONAN O'BRIEN'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS—humor 129 PLAYBOY'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW—sports GARY COLE 134 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial 143 AUTOSTEREOGRAM: LET THE FEMLINS HELP YOU FIND THE RABBIT 144 20 QUESTIONS: ROBIN QUIVERS 148 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW—pictorial 166 PLAYBOY JAll & ROCK POLL 179 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 197 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE