Top 10 Playboy magazines covers for the decade 2000 and here is my pick.
November 2004
Cover: Brooke Burke
20 Questions: John Carmack
Features: Baghdad After Hours (how our soldiers let loose after sundown); Dream Boats (we sailed the seas to find the world’s finest yachts); Holy War (how homegrown religious zealotry is threatening our country); The Identity Addict (how a high school dropout stole the identities of more than 200 people on the Forbes 400 list and pocketed $260 million).
Interview: Oliver Stone
Pictorials: American Beauty (It’s legal to gawk at these beautiful pictures of Miss United States Teen–she’s all grown up); Playmate Cara Zavaleta (She was the queen of Road Rules: South Pacific. The only rules on our pages? No clothes); Brooke Burke (In her welcome return, a different exotic location, same flawless body).
Playmate: Cara Zavaleta
April 2006
Cover: Candice Michelle
20 Questions: Craig Ferguson
Features: Faith & Reason (Authors, philosophers, comedians and others survey the ongoing conflict between religion and scientific thought); Of Maus and Superman (What’s been happening lately with the distinctly American art form, the comic book); Eating: A Love Story (A gourmand’s mouth-watering recollections of his best meals around the country); Crashing Augusta (Our intrepid reporter penetrates the sanctum sanctorum that is the Augusta National Golf Club).
Interview: Keanu Reeves
Pictorials: Super Cyber Girls (We’ve downloaded the most popular babes from Playboy.com’s Cyber Club. Here’s why the Internet was invented); Playmate: Holley Ann Dorrough (The nubile Alabama native is an aspiring singer. She’ll provide some Southern comfort as she frolics in the hay without her Daisy Dukes); Candice Michelle (”Women’s wrestling needs more sex appeal,” says the WWE Diva. More than this there isn’t).
Playmate: Holley Ann Dorrough
September 2002
Cover: London’s Legendary Bad Girl Jordan
20 Questions: Lenny Kravitz
Features: Sex And Sanctity (An Ex-Priest’s Story About Hypocrisy In The Seminary), The Brat Comes To The Big Time (A Profile Of Washington Redskins Head Coach Steve Spurrier), Playboy’s Pro Football Forecast, Continental Cooking In Your Crib (Culinary Tips For Bachelors), Power Chords (High-Tech Musical Equipment).
Interview: Larry Ellison
Pictorials: The Quarterback Is A Lady This Woman Is A Pro Quarterback. Want To Go Down And Deep? Join The Team. Playmate: Shallan Meiers The Third Finalist In Fox’ Centerfold Search Was Also Crowned Miss Las Vegas. She’s The Showgirl Next Door. Britain’s Bad Girl Jordan, Britain’s Reigning Bad Girl, Made A Big Impression On Hef. We Say Welcome.
Playmate: Shallan Meiers
August 2005
Cover: Diora Baird - the voluptuous beauty from The Wedding Crashers
20 Questions: Kate Hudson
Features: The End of the Mob, Playboy’s NFL Preview, A Full Boat, Old School.
Interview: Ewan McGregor
Pictorials: Zumanity - Get twisted over the entwined lithe bodies having an artful orgy in this fleshy Las Vegas spectacle. Playmate: Tamara Witmer - Head to Mexico with Miss August and see this 21-year-old model overcome her shyness and strip down to the basics. Our Best Guess - See for Yourself why billboards of Diora Baird, voluptuous Guess model and actress, stop traffic.
Playmate: Tamara Witmer
October 2005
Cover: Girls of the Pac 10
20 Questions: Ozzy Osbourne
Features: Earnest Goes to College (with lawsuits pressuring schools to crack down on irrational exuberance, we look at who pulled the plug on the party); For Love of the Game (the best of the new fall video games); NASCAR Crash Course (the author of “The Godfather Returns” observes varieties of NASCAR fanatics); College Sex 101 (in our unscientific survey, 101 flesh-and-blood coeds come clean about bedroom tricks, cheating and fantasies).
Interview: George Carlin
Pictorials: Spellbinder (Wiccan wonder Fiona Horne conjures the true magic of witchcraft as she communes with nature in her birthday suit); Playmate: Amanda Paige (This University of Virginia sociology major earns extra credit for keeping the library stacked); Girls of the Pac 10 (We asked the most comely students to leave their books, clothes and inhibitions back at the dorm).
Playmate: Amanda Paige
February 2004
Cover: Jaime Pressly
20 Questions: Dave Matthews
Features: The People Vs. Robert Blake (An Exclusive Look At The Prosecution’s Case File) Destination Mars (Ray Bradbury Argues For A Renewed Push Toward The Final Frontier), Fight Or Die (A Profile Of Boxer Johnny Tapia), Valentine’s Day Sex Quiz, Play To Win (We Took Lessons From High Rollers, Bookies And Oddsmakers For The Ultimate Tip Sheet).
Interview: Keifer Sutherland
Pictorials: The Year In Sex Britney And Madonna Played Tongue Tag, Athletes Played Sexy Games And Protesters Played Naked Peace Games. Playmate: Aliya Wolf This Lone Star Beauty Is Living Proof That It Can Be Fun To Mess With Texas. Jaime Pressly Torque’s Torch Reveals Her Simple Side (And Her Naked Backside).
Playmate: Aliya Wolf
June 2006
Cover: Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco
20 Questions: Jason Lee
Features: 2006: A MySpace Odyssey (Our man hunts for identity and a few meaningful “adds” deep inside this controversial community); Fairway To Heaven (Experienced CBS commentator Gary McCord picks the world’s 10 most extraordinary golf destinations); Rosebud (Our intrepid female reporter takes a closer look at the quest to create the perfect pussy via cosmetic surgery); The Wit and Wisdom of John Kruk (The ESPN baseball analyst and former Phillie talks without a filter and delivers deadpan stories about personal hurdles and the state of the game).
Interview: Shepard Smith
Pictorials: The Women of MySpace (Here are hands down (and clothes off) the nine sexiest girls in the hottest neighborhood in cyberspace); Playmate: Stephanie Larimore (Midwestern beauty Miss June outsweets cotton candy as she frolics at a small-town carnival); PMOY: Kara Monaco (Striking a blow for Miss Junes everywhere, Kara becomes the first of her month to win Playmate of the Year).
Playmate of the Year: Kara Monaco
Playmate: Stephanie Larimore
March 2007
Cover: Mariah Carey
20 Questions: Mariah Carey
Features: The Real Cost of War (A look at the increased psychological risks to the average soldier and the attempts to discount post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition); The Year in Music 2007 (Our annual look at who hit all the right notes); Business Class (We highlight what we consider to be office essentials, from stylish seating to sleek gadgets).
Interview: Jeremy Piven
Pictorials: Hot For Teacher (Do you like apples? Former educator Erica Chevillar shows hers); Playmate: Tyran Richard (Cajun country, the land of gumbo and Tabasco, produces yet another hottie; Miss March); Playboy’s 25 Sexiest Celebrities (Sure, we gave you the girl next door, but we also honor the sexy and the glamorous).
Playmate: Tyran Richard
January 2003
Cover: Tia Carrere
20 Questions: Ron Insana
Features: Birth Of The Mob (The Story Behind Martin Scorsese’s epic Gangs Of New York), The Playboy Office Sex Survey, The Death Of Network News, That Was The Year That Was (Our Annual No-Holds-Barred Poetry Slam).
Interview: Halle Berry
Pictorials: Tia Carrere Tia Offers Hawaii’s Most Beautiful Views. We Are Not Worthy. Playmate: Rebecca Ramos We’d Love To Give This Lone Star Lawyer A Deposition. Boom Time For Butts The Lure Of The Ass Has Created A Tectonic Shift In The Landscape. The Year In Sex Where To Start? How About Wild Nude Protests And Pink-Slipped Workers Flaunting Their Assets?
Playmate: Rebecca Ramos
May 2005
Cover: Real Desperate Housewives
20 Questions: Vitali Klitschko
Features: The Meaning of It All (Author Simon Singh scoffs at the implication that a deity id required to explain the origin of the universe and posits 10 reasons to blame the big bang); Runway Models (Private jets, the new yachts of the sky); Big League Blues (2005 baseball preview); Postcards from the Proud Highway (The final words of an American master, Hunter S. Thompson).
Interview: James Spader
Pictorials: Victoria Fuller (After her stint on The Amazing Race, this super Playmate should expect all her positions to be globally tracked); Playmate: Jamie Westenhiser (She’s the best argument yet to rock Fort Lauderdale like a hurricane during Spring Break); Real Desperate Housewives (Whoever said “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife” certainly never met these real-life domestic goddesses).
Playmate: Jamie Westenhiser
