Playboy September 2009

FEATURES
48 THE HILLIKER CURSE
In the third installment of his memoir, author JAMES ELLROY finds the one, but she is not necessarily the one he was looking for.
52 LOUNGE ACTS
Nobody wants to sit on a pile of money. SCOTT ALEXANDER finds knockoffs of classic chairs—and some hot accessories.
58 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
QUENTIN TARANTINO provides us with a Nazi-killing scene from his new movie, and artist R.M. GUÉRA helps us give it a graphic graphic-novel treatment.
78 PLAYBOY'S PIGSKIN PREVIEW
Three of the best quarterbacks in the game return to campus. But which of them will propel his team to the number one spot? GARY COLE has an idea.
INTERVIEW
33 SETH MACFARLANE
The creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show tells ROB TANNENBAUM why people ought to drink and drive, which FG episode will never air and what to make of Lois's bedroom manners.
20Q
88 DIANE KRUGER
The Inglourious Basterds starlet is ready for a close-up...of her feet? She explains it all to STEPHEN REBELLO.
FICTION
76 CONFIDO
This never-before-published story from a young KURT VONNEGUT asks whether we should listen to the voice in our head—especially if it's telling the ugly truth.
PICTORIALS
42 THE HILLS ARE ALIVE
Heidi Montag has had her life exposed o" The Hills. That's nothing compared this pictorial and her interview with husband SPENCER PRATT.
64 PLAYMATE: KIMBERLY PHILLIPS
On a whim, Kimberly, a Montessori schoolteacher, snapped a few sexy photos of herself and sent them to us. She was flabbergasted when we called to test her to be a Playmate. See her American dream come true.
90 TEAM GORGEOUS
These athletes are plenty hot playing beach volleyball in their bikinis. Now they're even hotter on our pages.
FASHION
82 CLASSIC STYLE
Cary Grant, JFK and Miles Davis set the pace for men's style in their time. We identify the components of cool and show how to capture their iconic looks today.
NEWS AND NOTES
11 HANGIN' WITH HEF
Hef honors Ida Ljungqvist as Playmate of the Year at the Palms in Las Vegas in front of Diablo Cody and 50 Playmates; Gay Talese drops by the Mansion; Seth Green cools off by the PMW pool.
120 PLAYMATE NEWS
Oprah gives Jenny McCarthy a talk show; Daphnee Lynn Duplaix takes over the role of Rachel Gannon on One Life to Live; Monica Leigh puts out a new dance club single; Cynthia Myers is the new classic face—and body—of Schlitz beer.
DEPARTMENTS
5 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 AFTER HOURS
20 REVIEWS
29 MANTRACK
31 PLAYBOY ADVISOR
74 PARTY JOKES
128 GRAPEVINE
THE PLAYBOY FORUM
123 FEAR YOUR NEIGHBOR
SLAVOJ ZIZEK tells us why the Joneses next door are the most powerful family in the country.
124 WHY ARE WE UNHAPPY?
Sure, we're in a financial recession, but CURTIS WHITE explains why Americans are emotionally spent as well.