Playboy July 2002

COVER STORY Reality TV has brought us Survivor, The Bachelor and The Osbournes. For a healthy dose of the naked truth, don't miss Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold. Join finalists Shallan Meiers, Christina Santiago and Lauren Anderson (left to right) on a casting call that makes the Osbournes look like Ozzie and Harriet. Our Rabbit ties one on. FEATURES 66 PUT THESE GUYS IN REHAB The drug war is a fiasco. Maybe you knew that. But the cost, in money and resources, should make you run to Washington and scream at your congressman. BY GEOFFREY NORMAN 70 BLOODY GOOD SHOW Boxing is neither sweet nor a science. It's corrupt and cruel—and a hell of an entertainment. We put on the padded gloves and take you inside the ring. BY KEVIN COOK 74 NICE GIRLS DO Don't mistake a mongoose for a mouse—some buttoned-down biddies are more back-door friendly than outwardly wild vixens. BY AMANDA GREEN 78 ROCKET SCIENCE Ten new sport compacts are mini muscle cars. They're fast—and affordable. BY KEN GROSS 104 PLAYBOY PROFILE: JOHN WOO, DISASTER ARTIST John Woo, Hollywood's bloodiest filmmaker, made heroes of guys with guns. Now the director of Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II is back with Windtalkers, a departure. He claims to be a man of peace. BY MICHAEL FLEMING 111 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: SHANNON STEWART Shannon has an oral fixation—and she wants you to have one, too. 114 20Q CHRIS ISAAK His career was refueled by the monster hit Wicked Game, with a hot video starring Helena Christensen. Then it blasted off with The Chris Isaak Show. We ask the cable balladeer about his broken heart and his broken nose. BY ROBERT CRANE 128 KYLIE MINOGUE We like Kylie's tunes—and we love what she wears down under. 144 HOW TO BEAT THE GUILT The author loves boxing. He also wants to yell "Stop the fight!" Clean up boxing—that's the mission. BY JACK NEWFIELD FICTION 112 SAUCE A pizza jockey overhears two sorority girls rehashing the night's sordid fun. Grab some pepperoni and hold the anchovies. BY STEVE ALMOND INTERVIEW 59 FRED DURST Limp Bizkit's front man predicts he won't fizzle out. Good news though—he's still two nookie and breaking stuff, plus he has a long list of people he'd like to smack. It's a trash-talking session for the ages. BY ALISON LUNDGREN AND DAVID SHEFF PICTORIALS 82 THE MAKING OF FOX TV'S SEARCH FOR A PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD Hundreds vied for the honor of winning Fox TV's Playmate search. We have a backstage pass. 92 PLAYMATE: LAUREN ANDERSON This University of Florida student is the winner of Fox TV's Playmate search. No recounts from us. 120 ADRIANA For PLAYBOY, Wonderbra's super-model ditches her brassiere. NOTES AND NEWS 11 WORLD OF PLAYBOY The Jazz Festival, Hef at the Grammys, Gene Simmons' new mag: Tongue. 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Sex toys in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the scandal of false convictions. 155 PLAYMATE NEWS Summer Altice in Scorpion King, Arsenio Hall's favorite Playmate. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 17 AFTER HOURS 30 WIRED 32 LIVING ONLINE 36 PLAYBOY TV 37 PLAYBOY.COM 38 MEN 41 MANTRACK 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 102 PARTY JOKES 152 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 159 ON THE SCENE 160 GRAPEVINE 162 POTPOURRI LIFESTYLE 106 FASHION: SUMMER STILL LIFE Going fishing? Don't forget that chicks check out your tackle, too. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS 116 ROOM SERVICE Home media servers string TVs and stereos into your own digital network. BY LAZLOW REVIEWS 25 MOVIES Keeping on top of hair, the encore curse. 28 VIDEO Ivy Leaguers who play tarts, Traffic on DVD, Oscar-grabber A Beautiful Mind. 29 MUSIC Dan the Automaton, Otis Taylor and Executioner's Last Songs. 34 BOOKS Sex and Humor from Kinsey, the new James Lee Burke, the great Elizabeth David