…Similarly, the low-wage stripper “house girl” need only land a few porn movies before she can return in triumph to her old club as a bona fide feature dancer, then have her shoes stolen.
Full Story »MontagFoto 3.4.13—A Rose, A Daisy, An Uncomfortable Leopard Skin Couch, And Dildos
Vanessa Del Rio and the tasty taboos of 1970′s New York [interview]
As much fun as it is talking with Vanessa Del Rio, it is bittersweet, too, because you really wish it were 1974 with the two of you buying loose joints in the seedy fleshpits of an unsanitized Times Square. We’re talking about an upcoming movie version of the legendary pornstress’s life, the “Latin from Manhattan” [...]
Full Story »They are in love
I ask Bang to stand over her and look menacing, but it doesn’t work. He just looks kind of happy.
Full Story »MontagFoto 2.4.13—Learning the ropes with Lorelei Lee
The scene was for Kink.com’s site “Wired Pussy,” and the poor Georgia-bred Jane was about to have some shocking things happen to her.
Full Story »Blowjobs: Thing with Balloons Confuses, Momentarily Engages AEE Attendees [video]
“Skin Diamond is not a cunt”—An AEE fan’s perspective
Perhaps if he lives in the Lincoln Tunnel, he is technically from Manhattan, but his shirt, unbuttoned to a sunburned gut, suggests Hoboken.
Full Story »Heavy Traffic at XBiz360
A sleek, informative, and convivial adult business conference with an accompanying awards ceremony, January’s XBiz360 conference was also a subtle battleground of ideas the adult industry is chewing on, from Content vs. Traffic to Free vs. Pay to Old vs. New. The conference underscored the lingering division between Content and Traffic in the porn business, [...]
Full Story »Praying, not preying: A way station for sex workers at the Adult Entertainment Expo
Geezer’s Bird: Meet Ava DaLush
The Unfortunate Typecasting of Eric Swiss
It’s Porn Awards Season! A Compare And Contrast Sampler
…it doesn’t take much imagination to remember that, 20 years ago, every single movie would have been a Hairy Girl release.
Full Story »On Hollie Stevens’ birthday, plans for pornstress cancer screenings
Stevens will be remembered this month at the Adult Entertainment Expo, where a penthouse suite in her name at the Hard Rock Hotel will offer snacks, massages, makeup, and non-pornographic breast exams
Full Story »On the Set: Behind the Scenes of “The Other Hollywood” at XBiz360
The ability to keep a sense of humor and perspective is essential to negotiating a porn set, and the panelists will share their hard-learned life and work skills.
Full Story »Porn and managed expectations: When Derek met Nikki [interview]
“If Armani hires Kate Moss,” Hay says. “Then Kate is wearing Armani that day. You will be hired for specific things.”
Full Story »MontagFoto 12.10.12—Natasha Nice gets no argument from me
Somehow these pictures of Natasha Nice make me recall fireplaces, and spiked apple cider, and what’s going on underneath your girlfriend’s parka.
Full Story »Porn’s “Golden Goddesses” alight in Hollywood
For many on stage and in the audience, there is a feeling of nostalgia and loss, as if it could never be that way again.
Full Story »MontagFoto 11.26.12—You’re Bloody Well White
…no party involved would feel guilty afterward about what he/she did, and it would have been incredible.
Full Story »MontagFoto 11.19.12—Sasha Grey considers the possibilities
Nick Manning dropping loads of bling
Gram Ponante talks with Nick Manning about the porn veteran’s new business venture, ElectronicBling.com
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