Playboy (USA) April 2009

FEATURES 44 ROAD KILLERS Drop the extra two wheels with JAMES R. PETERSEN as he checks out the latest motorcycle manna. 54 THE PLAYBOY BAR: GIN Jumping juniper! It's time to toast the liquor . that still leaves our martinis shaken. 56 THE HILLIKER CURSE In the first of a four-part memoir, literary legend JAMES ELLROY offers his treatise on the male romantic urge and chronicles his pursuit of the fairer sex. 82 LIARS, CHEATS & THIEVES JAMIE MALANOWSKI calls out the high-powered financial players who sent us screaming into economic collapse. INTERVIEW 31 SETH ROGEN He got her knocked up, he has been super-bad, and soon this stoner hero will unleash his inner superhero as the Green Hornet. ERIC SPITZNAGEL laughs along with our cover boy about his unlikely meteoric rise. 20Q 78 AMY SMART The sexy Crank star cranks it up a notch for STEPHEN REBELLO with off-the-cuff remarks about pole dancing, kissing girls, public sex and more. FICTION 72 THE LAST BACHELOR A socialite stud who has bedded well-bred women has one last fling with an ex-flame before he gets married, in this story by JAY MCINERNEY. PICTORIALS 42 THE SWEDISH SUPERMODEL Nineteen-year-old Aleksandra Eriksson shows how martial-arts training does the body good. 48 REMEMBERING BETTIE PAGE The iconic pinup goddess's best photos reveal a sexual playfulness that is timeless and unforgettable. 60 PLAYMATE: HOPE DWORACZYK Come backstage with Miss April as the TV host gets ready for her close-up. 84 COMING TO AMERICA We import the sexiest international Playmates for a heated global summit. NEWS AND NOTES 9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY The Girls Next Door sign copies of their new book at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; Hef and the girls hang with Magic Johnson at a Lakers game; the Man and his party posse take a trip to Disneyland. 10 BLACK TIE AND LINGERIE Hef toasted the New Year at the Mansion with his girlfriends, as well as celebrity friends like Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher and many more. 112 PLAYMATE NEWS Sara Jean Underwood stars in the film Miss March; Dasha Astafieva sings a different tune with her girl group, NikitA; Monica Tidwell produces a play. DEPARTMENTS 1 PLAYBILL 11 DEAR PLAYBOY 15 AFTER HOURS 18 REVIEWS 21 CITY GUIDE 23 MANTRACK 26 SUCCESS: BOB PARSONS 29 PLAYBOY ADVISOR 70 PARTY JOKES 120 GRAPEVINE FORUM 115 OUR NEW PROHIBITION Author LAWRENCE LESSIG urges lawmakers to create a copyright system in which music artists get paid instead of one that renders kids criminals. 117 READER RESPONSE: SPECIAL EDITION Your reactions to January's The 55 Most Important People in Sex ranged from passionate to pissed off.