Playboy January 1997

COVER STORY Is there a more timeless beauty than Marilyn Monroe? We don't think there is. And John Updike, who wrote the text for this special pictorial, agrees. Photographer Bert Stern, who shot some of her famous nudes, labels Marilyn "a living spirit." We'd call that a Monroe doctrine for the 20th century and beyond. Our cover was photographed by Milton H. Greene, © 1994 The Archives of Milton H. Greene, L.L.C. Our Rabbit knows there's no hare apparent. 5 PLAYBILL 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 24 STYLE 25 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON 27 VIDEO 28 WIRED 30 MUSIC 32 TRAVEL 33 BOOKS by DIGBY DIEHL 34 HEALTH & FITNESS 36 MEN by ASA BABER 37 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL 39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 41 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 51 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: WHOOP! GOLDBERG—candid conversation 60 BLAST FROM THE PAST—fiction RAYMOND BENSON 66 MAFIA MOLE—article BOB DRURY 182 KLAN BUSTER 68 THE NUDE MARILYN—pictorial text by JOHN UPDIKE 84 A SEX BESTIARY—humor GEORGE PLIMPTON 88 DOES GOD HAVE ORGASMS?—article DEEPAK CHOPRA 92 TUX REDUX—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 98 THE PORT OF ST. TROPEZ—fiction HAROLD ROBBINS 102 TUCK US IN—playboy's playmate of the month 114 PARTY JOKES—humor 116 CON DOCTOR—fiction JAY MCINERNEY 119 PLAYBOY GALLERY: SALVADOR DALI NUDES 120 PARTY TOYS—entertaining 125 PLAYMATE REVISITED: LISA WINTERS 128 SAVE MONEY, CUT CRIME, GET REAL—symposium 130 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial 141 THE ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA—gifts 146 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW—pictorial 158 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS—humor ROBERT S. WIEDER 161 BILL MAHER, P.I.—humor BILL MAHER 162 PLAYBOY JAll & ROCK POLL 168 20 QUESTIONS: MIKE JUDGE 184 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 201 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE