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Bits and pieces from the AVN Awards, AEE Convention and beyond

01.13.09 · 9:09 PM

Stuck between life and art with Stagliano

Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life,” — but what if your life includes seven federal obscenity charges, the prospect of 30+ years in jail, and seven million dollars in possible fines if convicted? If you’re adult film legend John “Buttman” Stagliano, you don’t waste time with hyperbole; instead, you focus on creating a poignantly political piece for the AVN Adult Movie Awards. Stagliano has made a name for himself creating art that imitates ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 12:12 PM

Shopping AVN with porno pro Aurora Snow

As God would have intended it, Sunday was indeed a day of rest at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Some stalls had already packed up their wares, and the influx of fans that flooded the aisles on the early days of the convention had slowed to a determined trickle. Even porn star Aurora Snow was taking a day off. “My feet are killing me,” she said Saturday night after two days of signings, photos and audio orgasms on the convention ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 12:30 PM

End of AEE just means it’s time for next convention

As the Adult Entertainment Expo reaches its close, another adult-industry convention comes to Las Vegas to take its place. Internext Las Vegas 2009 runs today through Wednesday at Rain in the Palms, helping connect digital-media businesses in the adult industry. In an unofficial kickoff, OG Adult Caberet hosted the ninth Girls of the Internet party Sunday. Featuring adult talent known primarily for their Web sites rather than being in films and on DVDs, the party took over one side of ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 2 AM

My first week in porn

I’ll admit it. I’ve seen my share of porn. Hell, I’ve probably seen your share, too. That said, nothing really prepares you for attending porn shoots and interviewing adult talent. The shoots are completely different when there’s no monitor between you and the actors, and the people in the industry (at least the ones I interviewed) are far nicer and more normal than one might expect. Over the past week, I feel like my Vegas cherry finally has been popped. ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 6:35 PM

The lesson of AVN: Recessions come and go, but sex is forever

After four days of toys, tarts and porn-obsessed fans, the 2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo has packed its pasties and headed back to LA. While the starlets were sexy and the camera flashes as bright as ever, a less-than-cheerful theme prevailed at this year’s adult industry summit: Slightly down is the new up. Fan attendance from a year ago is down anywhere between 10 and 20 percent, with the raw numbers likely to be between 20,000 and 25,000. Business at ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 12:53 AM

Porn meets mainstream in elusive crossovers

What does a porn star have to do to get into mainstream advertisements, music videos and movies? For Sasha Grey, it was just being herself. “I never sought any of these projects out,” she said Friday at the Adult Entertainment Expo, “and I’ve been very fortunate enough and very, very, very grateful to have people come to me and seek me out, I believe, because of my own interest in film and music, because it stretches much further than a ... Read more...

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01.12.09 · 8:55 AM

A breastroke through the porn talent pool with Mark Spiegler

To hear Mark Spiegler tell it, anybody can be a porn star. Of course, you need the looks, the libido and the willingness to try just about anything in the sexual playbook, but beyond those simple prerequisites, getting the attention of the well known adult talent agent, who has represented such stars as Sasha Grey and Belladonna, is relatively easy. Call him back when he tells you to and you’re in. “Punctuality is the politeness of kings,” Spiegler proclaims from ... Read more...

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01.11.09 · 4:04 PM

Porn convention closes with business down but spirits up

As the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo gathers its videos, toys and attire following the money shot of its 2009 convention in Las Vegas, one theme prevails: Slightly down is the new up. AEE spokesman Sean Devlin, who heads up (no pun intended) the convention’s media operation, arrived at that conclusion in two ways: Someone in the industry said that to him, and it stuck. And, he was running on a treadmill at Canyon Ranch Spa at Palazzo while watching an ... Read more...

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01.11.09 · 5:38 PM

Raunch and politics make a hot couple at the 2009 AVN awards

When adult film temptress Stoya won the coveted Best New Starlet statuette at the AVN Adult Movie Awards last night, she knew who to thank: “Each and every person who jerks off to my smut.” Indeed, the acceptance speeches at the annual porn awards show at Mandalay Bay did not follow the, “I’d like to thank the Academy…” format used by more mainstream Hollywood types. While the AVN Awards are often called the Oscars of porn, the awards shows are ... Read more...

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01.10.09 · 12:52 AM

Do you have a foot fetish or are you just happy to see me?

The biggest lesson I learned during my first day attending theAVN Adult Entertainment Expo is that porn stars are thrilled when all you want to do is photograh their feet. As soon as they find out they don’t have to pose with you, you don’t have a stack of glossies for them to sign and you don’t want to chat them up about that scene where they did that thing you love (but won’t tell anyone else you love), they’re ... Read more...

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