Playboy August 1996

COVER STORY With our Hard Bodies pictorial we've just made this summer hotter. Personifying this month's theme of sports and sex is buff beauty Leeann Tweeden on ESPN's Fitness Beach (if you need a quick fix on the small screen). Her ultimate goal is the movies. Our cover was shot by Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag and styled by Traci Marmon. Thanks to Alan Bosshardt for styling Leeann's hair and makeup. Our exercised Rabbit appreciates this body of art. 3 PLAYBILL 9 DEAR PLAYBOY 13 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 18 WIRED 20 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON 23 VIDEO 24 MUSIC 28 STYLE 30 BOOKS by DIGBY DIEHL 32 MEN by ASA BABER 35 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 37 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 47 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL—candid conversation 56 DEATHLOCK—article MARK BOWDEN 60 HARD BODIES—pictorial 70 THE LURE OF URBAN MYTHS—article NEAL GABLER 74 OLYMPIC PRIDE—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 80 "TM READY FOR MY COME SHOT NOW, DEAR"—article D. KEITH MANO 83 PLAYBOY GALLERY: JANET JONES 84 CONTROLLING FORCE—playboy profile TOM BOSWELL 86 JESSICA, SUNNY-SIDE UP—playboy's playmate of the month 98 PARTY JOKES—humor 100 PHYSICAL—fiction JOYCE CAROL OATES 102 THE REAL STUFF—olympic gear CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN 109 PLAYMATE REVISITED: KATHY SHOWER 112 WALL BEERS STEP OUT—drink MICHAEL JACKSON 114 20 QUESTIONS: HEIDI FLEISS 118 THE WOMEN OF ATLANTA—pictorial 141 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 157 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE