Playboy May 1999

COVER STORY She played a sexy hit girl in Two Days in the Valley and Keanu Reeves' wife in The Devil's Advocate. She appeared in Celebrity and starred in Mighty Joe Young. Next she joins Johnny Depp in The Astronaut's Wife. Former dancer and model Charlize Theron has come a long way from the South African farm where she was raised. Our cover photo was shot by Guido Argentini. Martin Christopher styled Charlize's hair and makeup. Our ever-fit Rabbit loves to curl. 7 PLAYBILL 13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 14 HANGIN' WITH HEF 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 23 MOVIES by Leonard Maltin 26 VIDEO 28 MUSIC 32 WIRED 33 LIVING ONLINE by Mark Frauenfelder 34 BOOKS 36 FITNESS by John W. Ellis IV 37 MEN by Asa Baber 41 MANTRACK 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 59 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: DAVID SPADE—candid conversation 70 THE STORY OF OUR SORDID LOVE—romance JANEANE GAROFALO and BEN STILLER 74 PLAYMATES ON SAFARI—pictorial 86 MOSCOW BITES!—article MARK AMES 88 GREAT MOMENTS IN PLAYBOY HISTORY—humor 92 JOSHUA REDMAN—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 94 PLAYBOY'S 1999 BASEBALL PREVIEW—sports LEOPOLD FROEHLICH and GEORGE HODAK 98 Tishara Lee Cousino: Playboy's playmate of the month 110 PARTY JOKES—humor 112 THE SHADOW TREES—fiction BRENDAN DUBOIS 115 DAVE'S GARAGE—cars DAVID STEVENS 118 20 QUESTIONS: ASHLEY JUDD 120 THE EXTERMINATOR REP—profile MOLLY IVINS 125 GOTTA HAVE IT—electronics 130 CHARLIZE—pictorial 139 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—cartoon 171 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 175 PLAYMATE NEWS 179 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE