Playboy July 2000

COVER STORY PLAYBOY's 45th Anniversary Playmate, Jaime Bergman, stars in Howard Stern's hilarious sitcom, Son of the Beach. She plays lifeguard B.J. Cummings, and when her character administers mouth-to-mouth, she straddles the lucky stiff. Here, the undertow catches her bathing suit. "Bottoms up," quips our Rabbit. FEATURES 88 N SYNC N SANE It's a numbers game—as in one in three girls wets her pants at first glimpse. 90 DON'T PET THE DONKEY Bachelor parties are a sacred trust. The Russian prostitutes are on their way up. Midget porn? Embarrassing video footage? We did the unthinkable and asked survivors for details. BY CHRISTOPHER NAPOLITANO 98 DIGITAL DIARIES Natacha Merritt invited us to her hotel room and told us to leave our clothes and inhibitions at the door. She has a dirty mind and a red-hot book of photos to prove it. 100 STILL ROCKIN' Nothing is meaner and leaner than the North Face look. PLAYBOY takes you to the well with its complete guide to rock climbing. It's all here—gear granite faces, the best indoor club challenges. BY NANCY L. PRICHARD 116 ONE GUY, FOUR EX-GIRLFRIENDS, LOTS OF WINE Seems like relationships always end with the same excuses. One frustrated lover decided to uncover the truth. He called a détente and held an ex-girlfriends' summit. Yikes. BY SCOTT BINDLEY 118 BLOOD, GUTS AND STAPLE GUNS Leave the cartoon villains at Toys R Us. This is fake mayhem for grown-ups. This is Extreme Championship Wrestling. 120 ABSOLUTE VEGAS Pay a visit to the holy land. Its insane nightlife is back in full swing thanks to a new crop of bars and a new crowd of party people. But don't gamble deciding where to go—we've hit all the hot spots. 140 DOWN WITH THE FARM Farmclub.com is the live music TV show that's a website that's a record label that's—forget it. Just call it the wave of the future. 142 20Q CARSON DALY MTV's main man fills Times Square with screaming girls and has revived ratings. Surprisingly, sex, drugs and rock and roll isn't his mantra. His idol isn't VJ Martha Quinn, it's Vijay Singh. BY WARREN KALBACKER FICTION 76 OMERTA Two hit men sign up for the payoff of a lifetime—and a bizarre love triangle. An exclusive excerpt from the bloody finale of the great mob trilogy, The Godfather. BY MARIO PUZO INTERVIEW 67 GEORGE CLOONEY When you've spent 10 years doing bit parts on The Facts of Life and Riptide, you don't like to see the little guys stepped on. Our man is a fighter. He beats up asshole directors and beats off women with a bat. BY BERNARD WEINRAUB PICTORIALS 80 NICE CHALUPAS! These girls have more boom boom than a lowrider pumping Miami bass sounds. And you'll go loco when their panties head south. 102 PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH: Neferteri Shepherd, ONE GREAT SHEPHERD You can skip the museum—we have our own bust of Neferteri. And we took photos. 130 BLONDE ON THE BEACH Jaime Bergman's January 1999 pictorial won her millions of fans. With Son of the Beach she has added millions more. NOTES AND NEWS 15 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 18 ROCKIN' WITH HEF Limp Bizkit breaks stuff at the Mansion; Bijou in her groove. 57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Public sex endangered; maintaining privacy; ejaculate salute. 175 PLAYMATE NEWS Gillian Bonner starts sexnrockn roll.com; X-Treme beach volleyball. DEPARTMENTS 5 PLAYBILL 21 DEAR PLAYBOY 25 AFTER HOURS 38 WIRED 40 LIVING ONLINE 41 TRAVEL 43 FITNESS 44 MEN 46 THE SINGLE LIFE 49 MANTRACK 53 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 114 PARTY JOKES 170 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 179 ON THE SCENE 180 GRAPEVINE 182 POTPOURRI LIFESTYLE 93 NO BOGIES There's a style revolution under way—and it's on the fairways. Get your wardrobe out of the rough. 126 DIGICAMS CAN The best reason to buy a digital camera is the Internet. Here's what you need to know. BY DON SUTHERLAND REVIEWS 32 MOVIES Jesus, Fellini, Hamlet—who could ask for anyone more? 35 VIDEO Vince McMahon slams Eyes Wide Shut the History of Sex 36 MUSIC Pantera reinvents steel; Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes live. 42 BOOKS The Beatles' Hamburg days; deco trailers; Joseph Heller remembered.