Playboy November 2007

COVER STORY Since 1959, when the world's sexiest women were sought to staff Hef's after-hours playgrounds, the Playboy Bunny has become a timeless cultural icon. Now the Playboy Club is back, along with a new crop of Bunnies, at the Palms in Las Vegas. Senior Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag helps Bunny Lindsey Roeper hop onto our cover; our Rabbit loves a woman in uniform. Features 60 THE PASSION OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ As president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz was one of the most powerful men on earth. But long before his term expired, he was—quite diplomatically— shown the door. Here is the inside story of how Wolfowitz's enemies used his relationship with his girlfriend to drive him out. BY JAMES ROSEN 70 THE SEXUAL MALE, PART THREE: SEX ON THE BRAIN In the third installment in our ongoing series of reports on the science of male sexuality, we examine your most important sex organ and its ability to turn you on. turn you off and turn you into a fool for love. BY CHIP ROWE 76 GENIUSES AT PLAY The video game is an art form with limitless variations. We spoke with some of c industry's foremost creators, who told us where video games are headed and they arouse so much passion. BY SCOTT ALEXANDER 96 STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESSED Two years before jumping into the presidential primary race, Fred Thompson, the former senator and appealing character actor, sat down with the veteran CBS political analyst and author to talk about how politicians talk—and why voters are hungry for an honest human voice. BY JEFF GREENFIELD 104 THE ICEMAN CLEANS UP Win or lose, Chuck Liddell is the biggest celebrity in the UFC. No fighter draws larger crowds, and he's certainly the only one to star on an episode of Entourage. Our writer watches the Iceman train and play with his kids and listens to his tales of life in the Octagon and the fast lane. BY LUCIUS SHEPARD Fiction 108 THE GUNDERSON PROPHECY The apocalypse is upon us—so says a pre-Columbian codex, according to Gunderson, a DMT-driven New Age prophet awash in TV offers and fresh hippie tang. All he has to do is stay one step ahead of the cosmic blues before popular belief—and easy cash—runs out. BY SAM LIPSYTE The Playboy forum 43 WHY DON'T LIBERALS DREAM? The left oelieves that "the truth shall make you free," but the truth reveals itself only by being told. If they want to sway the masses, Democrats need to understand the place of spectacle in politics. BY STEPHEN DUNCOMBE 20Q 74 MATT LEINART Would you choose voluntary football practice over a day with Scarlett Johansson? The Arizona Cardinals QB comes to the sidelines to discuss this difficult choice, as well as the pleasures of hanging with Will Ferrell, his worst hangover and why he delayed entering the NFL to finish at USC. BY JASON BUHRMESTER Interview 49 ROBERT REDFORD Though a Hollywood star for four decades, the intensely private actor-activist remains ssomething of a mystery. As his charged political thriller Lions for Lambs prepares to open, the Oscar-winning director chats candidly Pictorials 64 THE BONDS GIRL In this grand slam of a pictorial, Kimberly Bell proves there is life after a tumultuous relationship with Barry Bonds. 82 PLAYMATE: LINDSAY WAGNER Miss November may not be the Bionic Woman, but this Cornhusker is a knockout both in and out of the ring. 110 THE BUNNIES ARE BACK At the Playboy Club at the Palms in Las Vegas, some extraordinary women are reviving the Bunny tradition. Meet the new breed. Notes and news 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY Jenny McCarthy becomes the first celebrity dealer at the Las Vegas Playboy Club; at the Mansion, the Nicole Brown Foundation raises awareness about domestic violence. 12 FUN IN THE SUN AND FIREWORKS Celebrities such as Michael Bay, Joanie Laurer, Too Short and Bill Maher set it off at the Mansion on Independence Day. 143 PLAYMATE NEWS Playmate Kara Monaco follows unrelated Playmate Kelly Monaco into the emotionally fraught world of daytime drama; Miss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo goes Greek for her master's degree. Departments 3 PLAYBILL 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 19 AFTER HOURS 27 REVIEWS' 33 MANTRACK 39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 94 PARTY JOKES 127 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 148 GRAPEVINE 150 POTPOURRI Fashion 100 COAT CHECK Outerwear goes anywhere when we pull out these stylish coats and jackets designed to ward off the big chill. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS This month on playboy.com MAGAZINE BLOG News, views and inside perspectives from PLAYBOY editors. playboy.com/blog 20Q REVIEW From Arafat to Zappa, lose yourself perusing our archive of 20Q interviews. playboy.com/20q PLAYBOY U Matriculate Mansion-style at our collegian-only social network. playboy.com/pbu THE 21ST QUESTION Cards quarterback Matt Leinart calls one more play. playboy.com/21q DUDS STUDS We name America's 10 best men's clothing boutiques. playboy .com/alist