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

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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01.11.09 · 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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01.10.09 · 3:49 PM

A six-pack of distinctive porn titles

The adult film industry is famous for its distinctively innovative movie titles. Who can forget A Hard Man is Good to Find or On Golden Blond? Some are routine — 8 to 4 was hardly inspired – but most often, the title of a porno film requires more thought than the plot. Six titles I’ve seen this week at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo that, in the wildly tolerant world of porn, merit mention for various reasons: Not The Bradys ... Read more...

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01.10.09 · 4:21 PM

Moments from a convention: An illicit bar tab and a swiped credential

Twice today at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, I have witness something I have never seen while attending a convention in Las Vegas or anywhere else. I was in line at one of the temporary service bars at the Sands Convention Center, waiting to buy a sugar-free Red Bull on ice, when the guy in front of me paid for an order totaling $16 with a $100 bill. He had a quick conversation with the bartender, who then tossed the ... Read more...

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01.10.09 · 6:34 PM

AVN pub editor is slight, but a giant in the industry

On the Saturday of the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center, the event’s busiest man is a thin, un-tall (maybe 5-foot-5) unassuming sort with a slightly Mohawkian haircut and a stack of AVN awards show tickets to dole out. Even Dan Miller’s name is something of a whisper. And this guy is one of the most influential voices in the adult film business? That he is, as the editor-in-chief of the monthly AVN Magazine and the ... Read more...

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