Playboy July 2005

COVER STORY In the past two years swimsuit model Joanna Krupa has been named the sexiest woman in the world by magazines on four continents, but now that she's posing with no bikini strings attached she has positioned herself for total global domination. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda photographs this sun-kissed beauty in her native habitat. The grains of sand that shape our Rabbit pass time on Joanna's hourglass figure. FEATURES 62 SEVEN DEADLY DISASTERS Killer lakes? Asteroids from space? Yellowstone erupting, Nashville collapsing and Manhattan under the sea? Last December's tsunami was one of the most devastating disasters on record—but worse is possible. By William Speed Weed 76 25 EASY PIECES Tech toys have been transformed from high-maintenance nightmares to the chill, helpful companions you hoped they could be. From GPS navigation to digital cameras to the high-definition TV with the best picture ever, we have the tech you need to live the life you want. By Steve Morgenstern 82 HIGH IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES Transporting 250 pounds of top-quality marijuana over the Canadian border in a helicopter during an orange alert seems like a scene from a comedy, but this is no Cheech and Chong movie. We gained access to the inner workings of a Canadian smuggling operation that nets a $20 million annual profit by providing Americans with triple-A vanity weed from British Columbia. The demand is for 2,000 to 3,000 pounds a day. By Robert Sabbag 100 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDO Eccentric screen legend Marlon Brando was no stranger to tragedy, having endured his son Christian's conviction for murder and his daughter Cheyenne's suicide. Only 13 days before his death last year, Brando signed a codicil that changed the executors of his estate and alienated longtime friends. If you thought Brando's life was bizarre, you won't believe what has gone down behind the scenes since he died. By Peter Manso FICTION 114 THE FALL A young couple embarks on a weeklong backpacking trip through Maine's deep woods, but their romantic nature walk is cut short when it takes a calamitous turn. By Bill Roorbach THE PLAYBOY FORUM 47 THE END OF OIL Is the world's oil supply nearly exhausted? Geophysicist M. King Hubbard predicted we would run out soon; economist William Stanley Jevons said black gold is plentiful. Who to believe? By Charles C. Mann 20Q 80 SCARLETT JOHANSSON Everyone still wonders what Bill Murray whispered into her ear at the end of Lost in Translation. The 20-year-old actress stops short of spilling, but she does explain what makes a lovely ass, tells us why she'd like to have sex in the backseat of a car and identifies the movie scene she wishes had been cut. By David Rensin INTERVIEW 55 OWEN WILSON He appears to be an off-kilter slacker in Starsky & Hutch and Zoolander, but the actor-writer has won critical praise and even an Oscar nomination for his work in such films as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Bottle Rocket. The impossible-to-categorize Wilson discusses why gyms are creepy, the appeal of 7-Elevens and why picking up women at weddings (as his character in Wedding Crashers does) is like fishing with dynamite. By Jerry Stahl PICTORIALS 68 KARINA, KARINA: A DELICIOUS DOUBLE EXPOSURE Karina Lomoaro. vino piayea a lesbian temptress on Showtime's The L Word, gets sapphic with... herself. People of all orientations will do a double take. 86 PLAYMATE: GHANA QIANA CHASE The statuesque model and makeup artist has been told legs "go from here to heaven. Prepare for divine inspiration. 118 SUPER KRUPA Joanna Krupa, me planet's premier swimsuit model, sidelines her bikini and shows off her birthday suit as she returns to the beach to radiate more heat. NOTES AND NEWS 9 WORLD OF PLAYBOY 12 MARDI GRAS MANSION MADNESS The bead slingers who celebrated Fat Tuesday with Hef included Paris Hilton, Luke Wilson and the always colorful Painted Ladies. 113 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: KAREN MCDOUGAL The 1998 PMOY recalls good and bad pickup lines and praises the erogenous power of the hip bone. 155 PLAYMATE NEWS Jennifer Walcott plays a sexy counselor in American Pie: Band Camp; Courtney Rachel Culkin bowls for charity with the New York Knicks; actress Christina Moore explains why Jenny McCarthy is her favorite Playmate. DEPARTMENTS 1 PLAYBILL 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 19 AFTER HOURS 39 MANTRACK 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 98 PARTY JOKES 131 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 159 ON THE SCENE 160 GRAPEVINE 162 POTPOURRI FASHION 104 MEN IN BLANCO Tne secret to Latin cool lies with the white suits and shirts whose chic urbane style might send your Hawaiian prints into retirement. By Joseph de Acetis 110 THE WHITE STUFF Accessories, too, turn a whiter shade of pale. By Joseph de Acetis REVIEWS 27 MOVIES Tim Burton cooks up a trippy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; hear the voice of doom—Doctor Doom—in Fantastic Four. 28 DVDS The duo of Swank and Eastwood packs a punch in Million Dollar Baby; the best sports DVDs. 32 MUSIC Chew on the tasty beats of Missy Elliott's Cook Book; Coldplay transcends its glum perspective with X& Y. 34 GAMES Be the gray alien in Destroy All Humans!; ingenious accessories for your Sony PSP. 36 BOOKS Authors Umberto Eco and Paul Theroux flesh out the inspirations for their latest novels; go to school with Andre de Dienes's Studies of the Female Nude.