Playboy May 2003

COVER STORY Get ready for a body slam from Torrie Wilson. The WWE's grappling goddess is out of the Raw and into the buff. We asked Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag to challenge Torrie to a no-holds-barred match in our studio. Once you've seen her softer side, you'll agree that she saved her best moves for outside the ring. Our Rabbit gets a forearm shiver. FEATURES 64 THE CHINA SYNDROME 2003 A terrorist attack on New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant could poison 20 million people. So the facility must have fail-safe security, right? Wrong. BY RENE CHUN 76 HIGH-END SPIRITS Give your gold card a workout with the world's most expensive cocktails. BY RAY FOLEY 80 THE VELVET ROPE ORGY Group sex used to mean sweaty fat guys and greasy steam tables. Now it means superexclusive parties for beautiful people and bi-curious babes. Consider this your invitation. BY TANYA CORRIN 88 THE PERFECT GAME Our annual baseball preview swings for the fences with enough aces, extra bases and pennant races to make even a Yankees fan happy. Get your rotisserie tips now—or get roasted later. BY ALLEN ST. JOHN 108 ROAD WARRIORS The latest sport touring motorcycles offer a lot more than wind in your hair. Hit the highway with our tricked-out, two-wheeled test-drives. BY JAMES R. PETERSEN 121 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: DAPHNEE LYNN DUPLAIX Daphnee likes her butt buffed—hey, it beats rubbing Buddha any day. 20Q JORJA FOX The star of TV's CSI wants to share a few things about the number one hit show—especially the disturbing smells. BY ROBERT CRANE 124 BUMPER HUMPERS Horny motorists are attempting to merge drive time with their sex drives. For proof, check out these actual DMV-rejected vanity plates. FICTION 86 APPROPRIATE SEX Springtime on campus is tough for a popular professor—girls wear next to nothing, Gass devolves into a discussion of sexuality and horses, and office hours attract a teacher's pet. BY STEVE ALMOND INTERVIEW 57 BILLY BOB THORNTON Billy Bob is the best actor to come out of Arkansas since Bill Clinton. Now the Sling Blade guy is on his own again after a messy breakup with Angeina Jolie. In a no-bull Playboy Interview, Billy Bob talks about hallucinating to the Honeymooners, steering clear of Komodo dragons and eating orange food. PICTORIALS 70 A TRIBUTE TO HERB RITTS Photographing celebrities was his life. Photographing naked super-models was his mission for us. 94 PLAYMATE: LAURIE FETTER This Chicago-style beauty is one deep dish. 126 TORRIE WILSON Ms. Wilson gives us a Woodrow. NOTES AND NEWS 13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 14 HEF'S HAPPY NEW YEAR The Rock, Christian Slater and Jon Favreau ring in 2003 at the Mansion. 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Former All-Pro NFL center Mark Stepnoski trades turf for grass. (If you catch our drift.) 159 PLAYMATE NEWS Our secret formula: Jay Leno, a hog and the Dahm triplets. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 AFTER HOURS 33 GAMES 36 PLAYBOY TV 38 PLAYBOY.COM 40 MEN 43 MANTRACK 47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 106 PARTY JOKES 156 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 163 ON THE SCENE 164 GRAPEVINE 166 POTPOURRI FASHION 112 MIXED DOUBLES When pro tennis players go out at night, they dress to win. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS 118 WET WORK Let it pour. You'll still look great in this rain-repellent outerwear. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS REVIEWS 28 MOVIES Hollywood Homicide, how release dates ruin movies, and Spun, a new spin on the old gross-out flick. 31 VIDEO Ooh-la-la. It's a Eurotrash soft-porn explosion! 32 MUSIC Zwan, the Thermals, Cobra Verde and Lucinda Williams. 34 BOOKS All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Napster, and Walter Moss' Classic Baseball.