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pornography stories: 129 news summaries

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 Trump Sees Porn 
 in Prejean's Future 

Carrie could use her porno millions for good causes, Donald says

Nov 19, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Quote of the day goes to Donald Trump, who recently suggested that Carrie Prejean’s next career move be to enter the porn industry. The dethroned Miss California has apparently been calling the pageant owner, asking for career advice, the New York Post reports. The Donald told one source, “... More »

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entertainment • Donald Trump • pornography • beauty pageants • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Carrie Prejean sex tape

 Sex Tape Star 
 to Prejean: 
 Release It! 

But Prejean's lawyer is threatening to sue, so she's still not on board

Nov 18, 09 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - If there’s anyone who knows how it feels to have a sex tape leaked—and the profit that can be gained—it’s former Playmate Shauna Sand, and she says Carrie Prejean should just release hers. In a letter to Prejean, she says she was “stunned and terrified”... More »

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entertainment • pornography • Vivid Entertainment • sex tape • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Carrie Prejean sex tape • Shauna Sand

BAD IDEAS DEPT.

 Porn Director 
 Making Jaycee 
 Dugard Film 

Rep slams Shane Ryan's plan to focus on Jaycee and Phillip Garrido

Nov 18, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Worst idea of the day (year?) so far: A horror-porn director plans to make a film about kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her relationship with accused abductor—and rapist—Phillip Garrido. A spokesperson for Dugard called the idea “exploitive, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind” after filmmaker Shane Ryan told a... More »

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kidnapping • pornography • rape • kidnapper • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • rapist • Jaycee Dugard pornographer • Shane Ryan

 Levi Picking 
 'Porn' Over 
 Baby: Palin 

Sarah tells Oprah Johnston is too busy to see his son

Nov 16, 09 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - So much for not slamming Levi Johnston during her Oprah interview: Sarah Palin told Winfrey that her daughter’s babydaddy is too busy doing “porn” to visit his child. “Some of the things that he is doing is kind of heartbreaking,” Palin said when asked about Johnston’... More »

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pornography • Oprah Winfrey • Sarah Palin • Levi Johnston • Levi Johnston Playgirl

JOB OPENINGS

 Porn Co. 
 to Prejean: 
 We'll Make 
 You a Star 

Says Carrie could score millions off sex tapes

Nov 16, 09 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean’s eight so-called “sex tapes” could earn her millions of dollars—in the porn industry. Vivid Entertainment re-extended a helping hand to Prejean—when the company first offered her $1 million to do a porno, all she had to her name was a topless photo. Now that... More »

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entertainment • pornography • sex tape • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • porn industry • Carrie Prejean sex tape

 Your PC May Be 
 Rife With Kid Porn 

Victims face tough fight to clear names

Nov 10, 09 7:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Pedophiles troll the darkest corners of the Internet for abhorrent images—images that PC viruses let them download, store, and access on your computer until the police come knocking on your door. Lives and reputations are being ruined as unwitting users take the fall for images they were unaware of,... More »

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pornography • computer virus • child pornography • antivirus

OPINION

 Leave Porn Sex to Porn Stars 

In a real-life bedroom, no one cares about the money shot

Nov 2, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - In the middle of an underwhelming bedroom session with a lover she dubbed “Mr. Jackhammer,” Mary Elizabeth Williams had an epiphany: Men (and probably some women) are learning far too many of their moves from porn, and it’s time to stop. “Thinking you can learn to... More »

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pornography • sex • trend • Jay-ZTV

MOVIE REVIEW

 Turning Green Shines, Mostly 

Film on black-market porn in Ireland sways most critics

Oct 30, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Project Greenlight runner-up Turning Green —about a teen in Ireland who tries to make a buck selling porn—leaves most critics pleased.
  • It mixes a “generally jolly, frisky tone” with “more threatening moods,” including “an astounding left turn” from Alessandro Nivola, writes Robert Koehler
... More »

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film • pornography • movie review • Ireland • Project Greenlight

'Svengali Sex Slave' Case Heads for Supreme Court

Web porn trafficker claims mutilation of woman was consensual

Oct 14, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a case involving a sex trafficker, nicknamed the "S&M Svengali," who whipped and mutilated a "sex slave" and then posted photos of it on his for-profit website. Glenn Marcus claims that the acts were consensual, but the woman... More »

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pornography • US Supreme Court • sex slave • Sonia Sotomayor • 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

 Crowds Flock to
Church's 'Porn Talk'

Former sex film producer among the speakers at Christian anti-porn forum

Sep 19, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over a thousand people are descending on an Atlanta-area church this weekend for 3 days of talks on pornography, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The "Porn Talk" event, one of many put on by anti-porn Christian group XXXchurch.com, seeks to address the harm pornography is doing to children, families,... More »

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pornography • church • sex addiction • Christians • sex industry • porn industry

Gingrich Honors Porn Exec, Invites Her to 'Intimate Event'

Former House Speaker's group says it mistakenly sent letter

Sep 12, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group founded by Newt Gingrich has named a porn executive “Entrepreneur of the Year” and invited her to an “intimate event” with the former House speaker, Talking Points Memo reports. “I’m honored, and more than a little surprised,” Allison Vivas responded in a statement.... More »

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entrepreneurs • Newt Gingrich • pornography • mistake • 527 groups

Struggling Porn Industry
No Longer Recession-Proof

Porn has become 'like potato chips,' frustrated actress says

Sep 12, 09 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Previous recessions have been kind to pornographers, but this one has been a knee to the industry’s groin, the Economist reports. Revenues have plummeted by up to 50%—from $6 billion in 2007, by one estimate—performers are being forced to lower prices, and production has been nearly cut... More »

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Internet • California • pornography • recession • adult films • San Fernando Valley

OPINION

 'Tragedy Porn' 
 Drags Down 
 News Sources 

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

Sep 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Word is that newspapers will soon start charging for online news—but no one’s quite sure what it’s worth. Take a story like the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping: It’s “tragedy porn” that “neither informs nor enlightens. It merely titillates,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age.... More »

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media • Internet • Rupert Murdoch • news • pornography • online news • online newspapers • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

TRAVEL

 Europe's Sleaziest 
 Tourist Destinations 

From Paris to Athens, avoid (or enjoy) these sex-and-drugs zones

Sep 5, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ah, Europe, home of landmark cafés, glorious historic churches—and stinking, dangerous red-light districts rife with hookers, drug dealers, and pickpockets. Correspondents for the Times of London highlight the continent's most tawdry areas.
  • Reeperbahn, Hamburg: Germany's decorous port town turns as seedy as it gets here. Pimps fight
... More »

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travel • prostitution • pornography • Amsterdam • Paris • drug dealing • Prague • Athens • pimp • Hamburg

OPINION

Hookers Are
Turning Off
Twitterers

Rising tide of porn
spam threatens
family market

Sep 2, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Porn spam is becoming more prevalent on Twitter and the site needs to step up enforcement or risk losing plenty of users, writes Sarah Lacy in BusinessWeek. Prostitutes seem to have flocked to Twitter of late, Lacy writes, noting that her husband received 43 scantily clad "followers" in just... More »

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social networking • MySpace • spam • pornography • prostitute • Twitter

(Newser) - The No. 1 reason many Firefox users refused to upgrade to the browser’s latest version was fear that it would expose their deep, dark—think "naked"—online secrets, PC Pro reports. Firefox 3’s new address bar suggests your bookmarked sites as you enter URLs, which 25%... More »

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Internet • pornography • web browser • Firefox • Mozilla • Web browsing • bookmarks

Investors: Fund Manager Blew Cash on Porn, Swingers Club

He's also tied to a Palin-themed porno

Aug 12, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of hedge fund investors are suing California moneyman Milton Ault III, saying he used their money to “fund his lifestyle, which included the development of a ‘swingers ranch’ in the Catskills and other pornographic-related endeavors,” according to court filings. Ault, who says he’s been... More »

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pornography • hedge fund • swingers • swingers club

(Newser) - The American porn movie biz is not so hot anymore, and the recession isn't the only reason. Porn entrepreneurs say free content on the Internet is horning in on their business, reports the Los Angeles Times. "The opportunities in this industry really are disappearing," said a star of... More »

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Internet • pornography • profits • piracy • adult films • porn.com • porn star • porn industry

OPINION

 Ladies, It's Time to Enjoy Porn 

Female audience for adult films is growing

Jul 24, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, women have “been told that we won’t—or shouldn’t—be turned on by porn,” but that can, and should, change, writes Violet Blue for Oprah.com. If you just can’t get into the “hokeyness—the ridiculous costumes, the awful cinematography, the ludicrous... More »

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entertainment • women • pornography • adult films • trend • porn industry


 Porn Star's Hubby 
 Loses Town Manager Gig 

Mayor acknowledges he did a good job, but could be distracting

Jul 23, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Porn cost Scott Janke his job. He didn’t download it at work, but he did marry an adult video star. The Fort Myers Beach, Fla., town manager and Anabela Mota (stage name: Jazella Moore) wed last year, but the mayor and council members didn't hear about it until Tuesday,... More »

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Florida • pornography • termination • porn star • Scott Janke • Anabela Mota Janke • Jazella Moore • Larry Kiker • Fort Myers Beach, Fla.

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