Playboy (USA) January 2005

COVER STORY Jenny McCarthy first appeared in PLAYBOY in 1993. Our readers spotted something special and elected her Playmate of the Year. From there, her popularity took off. She berated bachelors on Singled Out and starred in an MTV comedy. You can see her again on this season's Bad Girl's Guide on UPN. And she was a very bad girl, for Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda. Jenny gives our Rabbit cardiac awrist. Features 70 THE SUCKER WITH THE MONEY Howard Hughes produced movies and set airspeed records. The public (and a long list of beauties) was fascinated by him. The Aviator aims to reawaken that allure. The truth? Hughes was a lousy businessman who lacked charm. BY NEAL GABLER 98 DIARY OF A THREESOME FANATIC Meet a woman whose amorous adventures with a famous TV star (unnamed for legal reasons) included threesomes in town cars and elsewhere. BY ANONYMOUS 102 CHAMPAGNE WITH A TWIST We provide the buzz on the best bubbly cocktails. BY A.J. BAIME 104 BLOOD, SWEAT AND TRADE SECRETS This intrepid author went undercover to expose maquiladoras, Mexican factories in which workers, mostly women, earn about $10 a day. But what he found surprised even him. BY WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN 124 JEFFERSON VS. HAMILTON The reputations of rivals Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have flipped lately. Jefferson is now slagged as a slave owner, Hamilton lauded as a prophet. Does Jefferson deserve this? And how does Halliburton fit in? BY GORE VIDAL 128 2005 CARS OF THE YEAR We took the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and eight other amazing cars out for a drive. The open road has never been so exhilarating. BY ARTHUR KRETCHMER 148 MEET THE FUTURE OF POKER The second-place winner in the World Series of Poker won $3.5 million. We hang out with him as he pays off his mother's mortgage, plays cards with friends and eats at Steak n Shake. BY PAT JORDAN Fiction 86 DIGGING UP PRIVATE RYAN In its response to anti-French fervor, which includes a plan to disinter U.S. soldiers from Normandy, France hires a PR man to fix its image. BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY 136 MOM DESCENDING A STAIRCASE After his mother dies, a man snoops through her belongings and discovers she once applied to be a PLAYBOY Centerfold. BY NEIL LABUTE The Playboy Forum 55 We're told that religious moderation is desirable, but when we can't speak critically of anyone's religious beliefs-no matter how fanatical-we put ourselves in a dangerous position. BY SAM HARRIS 20Q 166 JAMES CAAN The man who was Sonny Corleone is now the don of the Las Vegas family. He discusses his former addictions to cocaine and women, rejecting the lead in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and working with Pacino. BY STEPHEN REBELLO Interview 63 T0BY KEITH Music's biggest star has battled the media and the Country Music Association. In a cordial Playboy Interview, he reveals why he is a Democrat, what he saw while visiting Iraq and why the Dixie Chicks don't like him. BY STEVE POND Pictorials 76 JENNY MCCARTHY The former PMOY shows how the new McCarthyism plays in the bedroom of Elvis's honeymoon hideout. 110 PLAYMATE: DESTINY DAVIS This angel from Sin City has a date with fate. 140 THE YEAR IN SEX The sex headlines of 2004's 366 days included a Senate staffer who outed kinky politicos, the invention of a new sex position, naked Olympians and a momentous wardrobe malfunction. 153 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW The 12 candidates for 2004 Playmate of the Year put more than their best foot forward. Notes and News 15 World of Playboy 16 HANGING WITH HEF Guess who came to dinner at the Mansion-Bernie Mac, Jack Black and Isiah Thomas. 191 PLAYMATE NEWS Our 50th Anniversary Playmate loses her lower half in the sci-fi film The Gene Generation; proof that Avril Lavigne and Pam Anderson aren't the same person; 50 years ago, the world met Bettie Page and her Christmas tree. Departments 5 PLAYBILL 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 AFTER HOURS 45 MANTRACK 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 122 PARTY JOKES 175 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 195 ON THE SCENE 196 GRAPEVINE 198 POTPOURRI Fashion THE HIGH LIFE Finding the right tuxedo may not be as simple as black and white, but we managed to find formalwear to suit every form. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS Reviews 33 MOVIES The Phantom of the Opera is spooky; Jennifer Garner is electric as Elektra; soon people everywhere will be speaking Spanglish. 34 DVDS Will Ferrell has funny news in Anchorman; don't drop the soap while watching Oz: The Complete Fourth Season; a chance to see J. Lo topless without marrying her. 36 MUSIC Remembering what made Michael Jackson the King of Pop; Rammstein's Reise, Reise will make you rise to your feet; And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is full of life. 38 GAMES Halo 2 glows; we KO Fight Club; get a line on the best of the cell phone games. 39 BOOKS Cheers to a new version of The Magic Mountain set in a rehab facility; a look into a secret-agent man's closet; 1,650 rock posters.