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 Razors Snip Pubes 
 in Hair-Raising Trend 

More men opting for 'back, crack, and sack'

Jul 18, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pornographers have proved prescient yet again: The industry’s obsession with shaving pubic hair has reached mainstream society, including teens, in a trend that’s puzzling experts and portraying the hirsute as freaks, Der Spiegel reports. One German poll found 50% of women and 25% of men trim or remove... More »

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women • men • pornography • shave • teenager

 SF Porn King's 
 Son Busted in 
 Girlfriend's 
 Murder 

Mitchell brother's son beat lover with baseball bat: cops

Jul 14, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The son of a legendary San Francisco killer porn king has been charged with beating his girlfriend to death with a baseball bat and running off with their screaming baby daughter, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. James Raphael Mitchell, 27, was arrested on a highway near his girlfriend's Marin County... More »

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California • San Francisco • crime • murder • pornography • baseball bat • Jim Mitchell • Artie Mitchell • Mitchell Brothers • James Mitchell • Behind the Green Door

(Newser) - In many ways, the life of a porn screenwriter is a breeze compared to Hollywood, Christopher Beam writes for Slate. “Your average 90-minute porn film will have between five and seven sex scenes,” he explains. “At five to 10 minutes each, that leaves only about a half-hour... More »

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pornography • adult films • screenwriters • movies • cinematographer • porn industry • script • sex scene

Porn Flicks Too Soft on Plot, Grumble Stars

Actors' fun vanishes with stories as porn kings cater to Internet

Jul 8, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Porn films with storylines are becoming a thing of the past as studios switch to filming content for the Internet, reports the New York Times. Earlier efforts to capture the DVD market led studios to create big-budget movies with narrative arcs connecting the sex scenes like 2005's Pirates—but the... More »

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pornography • adult films • porn star

(Newser) - Japan's mammoth 3G wireless network is beginning to buckle as users download world-record amounts of porn, Bloomberg reports. Mobile carriers have been forced to restrict the heaviest users of their "unlimited plans" to prevent outages. Privacy laws prevent the firms from saying what is being downloaded, but porn providers... More »

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cell phones • Japan • pornography • download • adult films • cell phone industry • DoCoMo

 Teacher Sends 
 Kids Home With Porn 

DVD inadvertenly includes 'inappropriate images'

Jul 3, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifth graders in northern California got an impromptu sex ed lesson when their teacher handed out DVDs that featured a brief interlude of homemade porn, CBS5 San Francisco reports. The video retrospective of the school year inadvertently included 6 seconds of “inappropriate images” of teacher Crystal Defanti getting busy.... More »

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pornography • sex • sex education • elementary school • sex tape • teacher • Crystal Defanti

 Anti-Porn Curbs  
 Mask Chinese 
 Crackdown on Dissent 

Google blocked as Beijing ramps up Internet controls

Jun 26, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government ramped up restrictions on Internet use yesterday, sharply curtailing access to medical research on sexual health. It's the latest escalation in what Beijing calls an anti-pornography campaign that will culminate in new filtering software, called the Green Dam, that will be installed on all new computers from... More »

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China • Google • censorship • pornography • freedom of expression • censor • Internet censorship • freedom of speech • Chinese Communist party • Green Dam

Apple Gives Thumbs-Up to iPhone Porn

Parental controls remove barriers to scantily clad women

Jun 25, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone’s 3.0 software development kit has brought a major new feature with it: porn. Because the new gadget comes with built-in parental controls, Apple is permitting nudity in its apps, TechCrunch reports. One existing app, “Hottest Girls,” has already added topless content. It’s now... More »

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iPhone • nudity • pornography • Apple • nude photo • soft porn • iPhone applications

(Newser) - China darkened Google for 2 hours today over the site’s continued practice of returning results linking to foreign websites and “pornographic” content, the Financial Times reports. The Chinese government is unhappy that Google’s domestic website, Google.cn, allows users to search the entirety of the Internet. The... More »

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China • Google • Internet • pornography • search engine • World Wide Web • web censorship • foreign websites

 FBI Squeezed Deep Throat 

Obscenity probe marked the end of FBI efforts against turning cultural tide

Jun 20, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI made a huge effort to stop the spread of '70s porn hit Deep Throat, documents newly released to the AP reveal. Top agents and field offices in almost every major city were involved in the probe, in which negatives were analyzed, copies of the film seized, and interviews... More »

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FBI • pornography • obscenity • Deep Throat • Linda Lovelace

 Calif. Porn Actress 
 Tests Positive for HIV 

Health officials call for industry to improve safety measures

Jun 11, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - California's pornography industry has confirmed its first case of HIV since 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. The female performer worked infrequently, according to a rep for the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, who denied rumors of an outbreak. LA County health officials said they planned to investigate and renewed... More »

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HIV • pornography • Los Angeles • adult films • HIV/AIDS • porn star • sexually transmitted diseases • Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation • Los Angeles County • San Fernando Valley

 Bud Ad Takes 
 Porn Mainstream 

Internet commercial suggests Bud drinkers buy porn

Jun 4, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new Bud Light ad—a viral video too risque for TV—points to the fact that pornography has “soaked so far into the fabric of mainstream culture that it's no longer seen as a stain,” writes Belinda Luscombe in Time. The ad suggests Bud Light drinkers are... More »

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advertising • pornography • Budweiser • Internet advertising • Bud Light

(Newser) - Some in the technology world are questioning Microsoft’s decision to enable its new search engine, Bing, to display video on the site itself, the Telegraph reports. The new technology—not shared by Google and the like—allows for pornographic film to run on the search page should the searcher... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • pornography • search engine • web video • Bing

(Newser) - Facebook executives have again bungled rules banning breasts on the site, this time concerning cancer surgery. Facebook bans "sexual content" and bounced photos a cancer patient posted of her mastectomy scars to educate other women. After a torrent of complaints a Facebook spokeswoman admitted: "We made a mistake,... More »

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breast cancer • women • Facebook • pornography • sexuality • mastectomy • breast feeding • nursing • breasts • man boobs • double mastectomy

 Porn King Flynt 
 Sued by Brother 

Flynt finds himself in legal battle with yet another family member

May 23, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Flynt keeps getting embroiled in lawsuits with members of his family. The Hustler publisher’s brother—whose sons are being sued by Flynt for hawking their own line of adult movies under the family name—is accusing Flynt of evicting him from his Hustler retail store to get leverage... More »

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pornography • lawsuit • Larry Flynt

 Porn Spammers Hit YouTube 


May 21, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube removed hundreds of pornographic videos posted to the site today in a coordinated attack, the BBC reports. The offending files, uploaded under names such as the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana, started innocently enough before turning graphic. “I'm 12 years old and what is this?” went a comment... More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • pornography • hackers • 4Chan

(Newser) - Porn might be the best way for older men to boost their testosterone levels, but don’t tell that to a drug company that peddles a cure for “low T,” Newsweek reports. Solvay Pharmaceuticals makes a “testosterone foam” that claims to combat such maladies as “lost... More »

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steroids • men • drug companies • pornography • testosterone • aging • prescription drugs • middle age • AndroGel

 Pornhab Star to 
 Dr Drew: Sorry! 

Porn star didn't mean to offend ex-doc with mocking porno

May 20, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr Drew got skewered in Celebrity Pornhab with Dr Screw, starring his old Celebrity Rehab patient Mary Carey. But he’s not mad—just disappointed. Carey tells TMZ she “loves Dr Drew and wasn’t trying to make fun of him or mock him.” The film sparked a... More »

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entertainment • pornography • celebrity • Drew Pinsky • Dr. Drew • Celebrity Rehab • porn star • Mary Carey

 Celebrity Pornhab 
 Mocks Dr Drew 

Adult film marks Mary Carey's return to porn

May 18, 09 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Porn star Mary Carey must not have left Celebrity Rehab with a good impression of Dr Drew Pinsky. She’s lashing out at him with a porno mock-up of his show—Celebrity Pornhab with Dr Screw. TMZ’s behind-the-scenes footage (view at the link below) features Carey admitting she likes... More »

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entertainment • rehab • pornography • celebrity • Dr. Drew • Celebrity Rehab • porn star • Mary Carey

Partridge Family Mom May Pose for Playboy at 75

Husband thinks Shirley Jones nude shoot
would be 'sensational'

May 11, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shirley Jones may have perfected the wholesome mom type on The Partridge Family, but her next gig might be a bit naughtier. The 75-year-old is considering posing nude for Playboy, her husband/manager tells the New York Post. “She’s still drop-dead gorgeous,” he opined. “I think it... More »

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pornography • Playboy • Shirley Jones • The Partridge Family

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