Playboy May 2003

COVER STORY
Get ready for a body slam from Torrie Wilson. The WWE's grappling goddess is out of the Raw and into the buff. We asked Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag to challenge Torrie to a no-holds-barred match in our studio. Once you've seen her softer side, you'll agree that she saved her best moves for outside the ring. Our Rabbit gets a forearm shiver.

FEATURES
64 THE CHINA SYNDROME 2003
A terrorist attack on New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant could poison 20 million people. So the facility must have fail-safe security, right? Wrong. BY RENE CHUN
76 HIGH-END SPIRITS
Give your gold card a workout with the world's most expensive cocktails. BY RAY FOLEY
80 THE VELVET ROPE ORGY
Group sex used to mean sweaty fat guys and greasy steam tables. Now it means superexclusive parties for beautiful people and bi-curious babes. Consider this your invitation. BY TANYA CORRIN
88 THE PERFECT GAME
Our annual baseball preview swings for the fences with enough aces, extra bases and pennant races to make even a Yankees fan happy. Get your rotisserie tips now—or get roasted later. BY ALLEN ST. JOHN
108 ROAD WARRIORS
The latest sport touring motorcycles offer a lot more than wind in your hair. Hit the highway with our tricked-out, two-wheeled test-drives. BY JAMES R. PETERSEN
121 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: DAPHNEE LYNN DUPLAIX
Daphnee likes her butt buffed—hey, it beats rubbing Buddha any day.
20Q JORJA FOX
The star of TV's CSI wants to share a few things about the number one hit show—especially the disturbing smells. BY ROBERT CRANE
124 BUMPER HUMPERS
Horny motorists are attempting to merge drive time with their sex drives. For proof, check out these actual DMV-rejected vanity plates.

FICTION
86 APPROPRIATE SEX
Springtime on campus is tough for a popular professor—girls wear next to nothing, Gass devolves into a discussion of sexuality and horses, and office hours attract a teacher's pet. BY STEVE ALMOND

INTERVIEW
57 BILLY BOB THORNTON
Billy Bob is the best actor to come out of Arkansas since Bill Clinton. Now the Sling Blade guy is on his own again after a messy breakup with Angeina Jolie. In a no-bull Playboy Interview, Billy Bob talks about hallucinating to the Honeymooners, steering clear of Komodo dragons and eating orange food.

PICTORIALS
70 A TRIBUTE TO HERB RITTS
Photographing celebrities was his life. Photographing naked super-models was his mission for us.
94 PLAYMATE: LAURIE FETTER
This Chicago-style beauty is one deep dish.
126 TORRIE WILSON
Ms. Wilson gives us a Woodrow.

NOTES AND NEWS
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
14 HEF'S HAPPY NEW YEAR
The Rock, Christian Slater and Jon Favreau ring in 2003 at the Mansion.
49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Former All-Pro NFL center Mark Stepnoski trades turf for grass. (If you catch our drift.)
159 PLAYMATE NEWS
Our secret formula: Jay Leno, a hog and the Dahm triplets.

DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
17 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 AFTER HOURS
33 GAMES
36 PLAYBOY TV
38 PLAYBOY.COM
40 MEN
43 MANTRACK
47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
106 PARTY JOKES
156 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
163 ON THE SCENE
164 GRAPEVINE
166 POTPOURRI

FASHION
112 MIXED DOUBLES
When pro tennis players go out at night, they dress to win. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS
118 WET WORK
Let it pour. You'll still look great in this rain-repellent outerwear. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS

REVIEWS
28 MOVIES
Hollywood Homicide, how release dates ruin movies, and Spun, a new spin on the old gross-out flick.
31 VIDEO
Ooh-la-la. It's a Eurotrash soft-porn explosion!
32 MUSIC
Zwan, the Thermals, Cobra Verde and Lucinda Williams.
34 BOOKS
All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Napster, and Walter Moss' Classic Baseball.