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  • August 2008

    • So, Your Wife's a Porn Star?

      GQ  |  Aug 12, 08 11:55 AM CDT

      So, Your Wife's a Porn Star?

      (Newser) - Married life with a porn star has its downsides, husbands admit: Wives can talk about the day at work, appear odd to soccer mom friends, or even suffer the occasional vaginal tear on the job. Or, says Bill—husband to Ryder Skye—you can lie around thinking of how she makes a living. But "I want her to be happy," he tells GQ . "On the downside, though, there are guys having sex with your wife." More »

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      California  • pornography  • adult films  • married couples  • adult performer

  • July 2008

    • Hotel Porn Gets Spanking From Religious Right

      St. Petersburg Times (Russia)  |  Jul 23, 08 9:20 PM CDT

      Hotel Porn Gets Spanking From Religious Right

      (Newser) - Conservatives are pressuring Marriott to remove adult films from its pay-per-view programming, saying porn doesn't jibe with the hotel chain's commitment to families, the St. Petersburg Times reports . "It's corporate greed,'' said the head of a Christian group. Marriott contends nixing the flicks isn't so easy: It owns only a few of the 3,000 properties operating under the brand. More »

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      children  • travel  • movies  • conservative  • pornography  • hotel  • adult films  • Marriott

  • June 2008

    • Art or Smut? Bring Your Own Popcorn

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 9, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Art or Smut? Bring Your Own Popcorn

      (Newser) - A Los Angeles jury will watch hours of adult films in an effort to decide if they are art or obscenity, the LA Times reports. A Justice Department task force formed to battle smut has brought a case against a filmmaker whose works depict acts such as bestiality and defecation. But Ira Isaacs says he's an artist protected by the First Amendment. More »

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      art  • trial  • pornography  • obscenity  • adult films  • Ira Isaacs

  • March 2008

    • Girls Gone Wild Mogul Goes Free

      E! Online  |  Mar 13, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Girls Gone Wild Mogul Goes Free

      (Newser) - Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, who's been behind bars for nearly a year, is a free man today after cutting a deal with Florida prosecutors, E! News reports. He faced felony charges from filming underage girls for the raunchy videos that have made him millions. Francis blasted the "corrupt town, run by corrupt officials" that put him away on "trumped-up charges." He pleaded no contest to a charge of child abuse for the filming and several misdemeanors. More »

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      Florida  • Nevada  • Girls Gone Wild  • Joe Francis  • adult films  • spring break

  • December 2007

    • Porn Firm Sues YouTube Clone

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 11, 07 6:49 AM CST

      Porn Firm Sues YouTube Clone

      (Newser) - Los Angeles porn producer Vivid Entertainment Group is suing one of the many pornographic knockoffs of YouTube, claiming copyright infringement, reports the Los Angeles Times . The action is similar to Viacom’s suit against YouTube last year, which claimed the video-sharing site isn’t doing enough to prevent users from sharing copyrighted material. More »

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      Los Angeles  • pornography  • adult films  • adult website  • YouPorn  • Vivid Entertainment

  • October 2007

    • YouPorn Is Killing the Porn Biz

      Portfolio  |  Oct 21, 07 11:17 AM CDT

      YouPorn Is Killing the Porn Biz

      (Newser) - As with so many other industries, porn is under assault from the changes wrought by the internet. Claire Hoffman chronicles the challenge a free file-sharing porn site, YouPorn, poses to adult industry goliath, Vivid Entertainment, in Portfolio magazine. The ready availability of pornography on the internet has sent DVD sales, the bedrock of the industry, into free-fall. More »

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      pornography  • adult films  • Hustler  • adult website  • Penthouse  • YouPorn  • Vivid Entertainment

  • September 2007

    • Will Lust, Caution Break NC-17 Taboo?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 29, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Will Lust, Caution Break NC-17 Taboo?

      (Newser) - Ang Lee, who turned taboo into gold with Brokeback Mountain , hopes theaters will show his new flick despite its NC-17 rating. And Hollywood is watching to see if the film — Lust, Caution , an erotic spy thriller — jumps hurdles for other filmmakers. NC-17 has been box office death for movies ever since it replaced the "X" rating in 1990, the Los Angeles Times reports.   More »

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      movie  • violence  • film studio  • Ang Lee  • adult films  • Focus Features

  • August 2007

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