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The Sex Scene That Changed My Life

As part of Playboy's collaboration with the Black List, five female filmmakers—including Lulu Wang and Guinevere Turner—describe the steamy on-screen moment they can't get out of their heads

Film • January 9, 2020

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Lulu Wang on ‘Secretary’

Female-Filmmakers Secretary — ‘Secretary’ (Courtesy: Bruce Birmelin/Double A/Twopoundbag)

Guinevere Turner on ‘King Kong’ (1976)

Female-Filmmakers King-Kong — ‘King Kong’ (Courtesy: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Monica Beletsky on ‘Day and Night’

Female-Filmmakers Night-and-Day — ‘Night and Day’ (Courtesy: Grise/Canal +/Paradise/Kobal/Shutterstock)

April Wolfe on ‘Fatal Attraction’

Female-Filmmakers Fatal-Attraction — ‘Fatal Attraction’ (Courtesy: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Karen McCullah on ‘The Blue Lagoon’

Female-Filmmakers BlueLagoon — ‘The Blue Lagoon’ (Courtesy: Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Sex & Relationships

The Playboy Philosophy Stood for Sexual Freedom for All A look at the magazine's early LGBTQ advocacy in "The Playboy Philosophy."

Sports

Viktor Hovland Wins Travelers as Scottie Scheffler Slump Continues After a Monday-morning playoff, Viktor Hovland has defeated Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship.

Celebrities

Muna Strips Down—And Says It All The indie pop trio had to bare it all to make the sweatiest, most urgent music of their career.

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