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

01.23.12 · 9:34 AM

AVN 2012: They said it

The 2012 Adult Entertainment Expo is officially a wrap. The exhibitors have packed up their booths, the fans have gone home and the porn stars have kicked off their stilettos and put away their lip-gloss. As for me, I have a pair of sore feet and a case of Twitter exhaustion. I also have a list of some of my favorite quotes from both on and off the Expo floor … Sex educator Reid Mihalko: “There is a reason why ... Read more...

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01.20.12 · 3:28 PM

AVN Day Two: The expo through the eyes of a photographer

As far as visual spectacles go, the Adult Entertainment Expo is in a league of its own. It’s an X-rated world of boobs and butts, skimpy dresses and high heels, where very little, if anything, is left to the imagination. So how does a photographer for a family-oriented newspaper like the Las Vegas Sun tell a visual story about the largest adult entertainment expo in the world that’s actually fit to print? For Sun photographer Leila Navidi it’s all about ... Read more...

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01.20.12 · 12:52 PM

Photos: AVN Fan show 2012

It happens every January. Porn industry elite and the fans who love them flock to Las Vegas for the annual Adult Entertainment Expo and the AVN Awards, often called the Oscars of porn. It’s a weekend full of skin and sin in a city known for both, and for photographer Leila Navidi, a chance to capture the tradeshow in all it’s busty glory. Check out these shots from the tradeshow floor at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Read more...

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01.19.12 · 3:31 PM

AVN day one: Two seminars, 20 tweets

When most people think of the Adult Entertainment Expo they think of porn stars on parade, and a throng of male fans vying for their autographs. And they wouldn’t be wrong; this is certainly a big part of the lively Expo scene. But it’s not the whole picture. Every year, the Expo holds a number of seminars designed for people in the industry, those who run - or who want to run - an adult-oriented business. In these seminars adult ... Read more...

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01.18.12 · 11:48 AM

Porn grows up: AVN’s new venue, new dates, new show

For the organizers of AVN’s Adult Entertainment Expo, the word “new” says it all. The Expo has a new home at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and for the first time in many years the show won’t overlap with the popular Consumer Electronics Show, AEE’s geeky counterpart for more than a dozen years. Porn, it seems, is all grown up. Over the next four days, the Hard Rock will be transformed into Porn Central as thousands of adult entertainers, ... Read more...

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01.9.11 · 4:30 PM

Bobbi Blogs: It’s an honor just to be nominated

There’s something special about the day of the AVN Awards. It starts out like any other on the AEE floor—do some business, meet some fans and try to wedge in a halfway-decent lunch to fend off those oh-so-sexy stomach growls. The tension in the air is thick and it envelops every booth and everyone in the industry. The every conversation turns to who’s going to win what later in the evening. And everyone gets in on it, which is funny ... Read more...

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01.9.11 · 3 PM

A brief conversation about “dead” porn stars

Girls & Corpses describes itself as “sort of like Maxim magazine meets Dawn of the Dead.” With a description like that, you can’t take yourself too seriously. Here’s a conversation overheard at the magazine’s Adult Entertainment Expo booth, which featured two “dead” porn stars lying half naked in a clear body bag with a fake skull lying between them: AEE Attendee: You’re not fooling anyone. Dead people don’t have tans. Porn Star: If you die with a tan, you’re still ... Read more...

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01.8.11 · 8:30 PM

Bobbi Blogs: The platypus that is AEE

The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is a strange beast. While it’s officially touted as a trade show, with all the trappings of such like keynote speakers, badges with matching lanyards and sponsored nightclub parties, it’s just as much a show for the fans. It’s a strange pairing, when you think about it. Undertakers’ convention don’t open their doors to tombstone and coffin enthusiasts and/or goths, after all. (I could have used a CES analogy here, but it’s too obvious don’t ... Read more...

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01.8.11 · 5:20 PM

Who’s at the front of the line for AEE?

“You’re going to want to get safely behind this table,” the man standing next to me warned. It was a few minutes before the doors opened to fans at the Adult Entertainment Expo Friday, and my new friend didn’t want me to get crushed in a stampede of fist-pumping porno fans excitedly making their way onto the convention floor. It was a sight to behold, I must admit, and I was enthralled. If you’ve ever watched the start of a ... Read more...

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01.8.11 · 4 PM

When porn stops being exciting and starts getting boring

Apparently, the third time isn’t as charming. This year marks my third trip to the Sands Expo Center to cover the Adult Entertainment Expo for Las Vegas Weekly and, to be honest, it’s been kind of boring. Maybe it was being there for Thursday’s trade and media expo, the day before the fans (who outnumber the media and business people by a large margin) are allowed in to gawk and get autographs. Maybe it was being there early Friday, wandering ... Read more...

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