Playboy September 2010

FEATURES
46 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FOR THE HEAT
As an Al Qaeda double agent Emad Salem repeatedly risked his life and ultimately fought down one of the most dangerous terrorists in America. PETER LANCE talks with the man who still has much to teach the FBI about the value of espionage done well.
60 THE PLAYBOY PAD
Interior design aficionado DAVID A. KEEPS revisits seven dwellings from the pages of PLAYBOY that still show us how to live.
64 ICARUS 2010
Dean Potter does something you can't: He jumps off cliffs and flies. CRAIG VETTER talks with a man who lives dangerously.
80 PIGSKIN PREVIEW
Everything and everyone you need to know this college season. By GARY COLE
88 ON COLLECTING
WILL SELF looks at the psychology behind our compulsion to amass knickknacks.
92 THE ULTIMATE CATCH
GARY COLE enrolls in Marlin University and learns how to reel in big ocean fish.
INTERVIEW
39 PAUL REUBENS
Call it the ultimate comeback. The actor better known as Pee-wee Herman tells BILL ZEHME about his strange journey.
20Q
96 JOHN VARVATOS
The creator of the boxer brief opens up about manly fashion and his rock-and-roll tendencies. By ROB TANNENBAUM
FICTION
56 MADAME BOVARY
In an excerpt from her new translation of Flaubert's literary giant, LYDIA DAVIS proves Emma still has plenty of shock value.
COLUMN
33 GREETINGS FROM TEXAS
A Longhorn state update from friendly Jewish cowboy KINKY FRIEDMAN.
COVER STORY
98 KELLY BROOK
The rest of the world has for some time been onto the fact that Kelly Brook is hot, and America is finally catching up. Photographer Ellen von Unwerth gives us a heaping taste of what we've been missing, while our Rabbit proves his devotion by staying cuffed to the British beauty.
PICTORIALS
50 EARLY HARVEST
Who ever thought a Polish harvest festival could be sexy? We did—and still do, now that we've seen the exquisite lza Sala frolicking in the countryside.
68 PLAYMATE: OLIVIA PAIGE
A laid-back small-town girl with a charitable heart, Miss September feels at ease in her own skin, and it shows.
98 KELLY BROOK
The outlandishly lovely model and actress is one of Britain's finest exports, and it looks as though she and her spanking gorgeous curves will be spending a lot more time on American soil. We think that is bloody brilliant.
THE PLAYBOY FORUM
127 IMAGINATION NATION Tea Partyers fancy themselves a modern-day version of the Sons of Liberty, but STEPHEN DUNCOMBE explains why their obsession with the past makes them anything but American revolutionaries.
FASHION
THE GUY'S GUIDE TO GROOMING
A comprehensive grooming guide for the rugged mad wants to look and smell good from head to toe. By STEVE GARBARINO
NEWS AND NOTES
11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Gorgeous girls flock to the Mansion for an L.A. Casting Call; the stars of Hot Tub Time Machine kick back at the Kandyland party while Diddy performs; Jamie Foxx and Bill Cosby enjoy the Playboy Jazz Festival.
12 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Russell Simmons, Kelly Bensimon and Usher celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Playboy Club in New York; Ida Ljungqvist and Bridget Marquardt open the Chicago party; Holly Madison represents in Las Vegas.
124 PLAYMATE NEWS
Miss December 2009 Crystal Harris scores a seven-album deal; PMOY 1994 Jenny McCarthy has a TV show in the works; Miss November 1974 Bebe Buell's new album is a winner.
DEPARTMENTS
5 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 AFTER HOURS
20 REVIEWS
29 MANTRACK
35 PLAYBOY ADVISOR
78 PARTY JOKES
132 GRAPEVINE