Playboy August 1996

COVER STORY
With our Hard Bodies pictorial we've just made this summer hotter. Personifying this month's theme of sports and sex is buff beauty Leeann Tweeden on ESPN's Fitness Beach (if you need a quick fix on the small screen). Her ultimate goal is the movies. Our cover was shot by Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag and styled by Traci Marmon. Thanks to Alan Bosshardt for styling Leeann's hair and makeup. Our exercised Rabbit appreciates this body of art.

3 PLAYBILL
9 DEAR PLAYBOY
13 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
18 WIRED
20 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON
23 VIDEO
24 MUSIC
28 STYLE
30 BOOKS by DIGBY DIEHL
32 MEN by ASA BABER
35 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
37 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
47 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL—candid conversation
56 DEATHLOCK—article MARK BOWDEN
60 HARD BODIES—pictorial
70 THE LURE OF URBAN MYTHS—article NEAL GABLER
74 OLYMPIC PRIDE—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE
80 "TM READY FOR MY COME SHOT NOW, DEAR"—article D. KEITH MANO
83 PLAYBOY GALLERY: JANET JONES
84 CONTROLLING FORCE—playboy profile TOM BOSWELL
86 JESSICA, SUNNY-SIDE UP—playboy's playmate of the month
98 PARTY JOKES—humor
100 PHYSICAL—fiction JOYCE CAROL OATES
102 THE REAL STUFF—olympic gear CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN
109 PLAYMATE REVISITED: KATHY SHOWER
112 WALL BEERS STEP OUT—drink MICHAEL JACKSON
114 20 QUESTIONS: HEIDI FLEISS
118 THE WOMEN OF ATLANTA—pictorial
141 WHERE & HOW TO BUY
157 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE