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Pornographers For Obama

Lux Alptraum — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST

Somewhat not surprisingly, Porn Valley is rejoicing in the wake of Barack Obama's election. True, a McCain/Palin presidency would have led to a great deal of porntastic source material (largely on the Palin end), but with Obama in the White House, there's hope that we might see an end to all those nasty obscenity trials (and, perhaps, even the War on Porn). Let's all keep our fingers crossed that Obama has more important things to do than harrass the adult entertainment industry... and, uh, that he doesn't find out about any of that Obama porn that's out there (or that he has a good sense of humor!). (xbiz.com)

"9 To 5" In Porn: What A Way To Make A Living

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:45:49 EDT

As disappointed as we were to learn that current Fleshbot Extreme Pornstar Showdown contestants Sasha Grey and Belladonna are not starring in a hardcore remake of the of the 1980s Lily Tomlin/Dolly Parton/Jane Fonda workplace comedy classic, we're still intrigued by the trailer for this "behind the scene" porn documentary. Tes, we know it's been done before—but this one looks well shot, well done and ... what's the word? Oh, yeah ... interesting! In addition to our other extreme candidates, Mia Rose, Audrey Hollander, John Stagliano and other assorted Porn Valley characters might wander through. We're not sure yet when it will be playing somewhere we can see it, but you'll probably find us waiting in line when it is.

· 9 To 5: The Movie (9to5-themovie.com)

Elli And Desi Foxx Keep It In The Family

Lux Alptraum — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:20:20 EDT

Remember Elli and Desi Foxx—the mother and daughter who are so close that they do everything together, even porn? Well it turns out they're even closer than we knew: in addition to living together and having the same career, they also keep a joint blog! (Well, Desi seems to be the one who keeps it, but at least it seems to be about both of them.). If you're curious to know what the daily life of a mother and daughter who both happen to be porn performers is like (and who wouldn't be), you've come to the right place: the blog is full of things like news on their talk show appearances, assorted Porn Valley drama, and—of course—plenty of behind-the-scenes porn set action. After all, you know what they say about the family who ... well, we'll let you fill out the rest of that heartwarming phrase yourself.

· Porn In The Valley (desifoxx.com)

Porn Star Husbands: How The Other Half Lives

Jonnobot — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:05 EDT

Apparently, while being married to a porn star may provide an ego boost to some guys it also involves dealing with the fact that her job involves "eight hours a day getting plowed by guys with nicknames like Thug of Porn". Then again, it also means that your wife has to deal with the prospect of getting typecast as a MILF if her colleagues find out she's hitched, so we guess it all balances out in the end. Er, doesn't it? (men.style.com)

Popshots of the Week! The Long And Short Of It

Gram Ponante — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:15:19 EDT

As the lithe Audrey Elson might tell you, sometimes the best outfit is no outfit at all. Lounging on the set of the Anabolic production of director Ivan's "Creampie Explosions 3"—yes, they said it couldn't be made—the 5'10" Elson makes a good case for never wearing anything again.

Join us after the gap for more Popshots, in which we show porn stars not as the world sees them but how they really are.

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Elson and Sascha—America's hardest-working male German porn performer!—discuss an issue common to every couple: Whither creampie?

Across town, tiny Destiny dons a kabuki mask and a strap-on (read my article in September's Atlantic Monthly: Rejected Kiss Army Accessories) for David Aaron Clark's "Asia Noir 6."

The striking Coco Velvett slowly melted into that couch for the next 45 minutes as Destiny turned into a demon.

In posh Bel-Air, bite-sized Teagan modeled her new breasts for photographer Holly Randall. "They actually bunce when I run," said Teagan.

Meanwhile, Roxy DeVille says, "Hello, Fleshbot Readers!"

"People would tell me about your ass, Teagan, " said the towering DeVille, "but I really had to see it to believe it. Oh My Fucking God."

When Earthquakes Attack

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:30:38 EDT

The 5.4 rumbler in Los Angeles and its environs may have put a scare into a few people yesterday, but the porn world bravely soldiered on as usual. The rest of the internet may have been all a-Twitter over some gal who got stuck with a hand in her vag at the gynecologist's office, but you try giving a blowjob on camera while the world is crumbling around you sometime. Did the earth move for you too, baby? (thenaughtyamerican.com + twitter.com, via Gawker; thumb via blackcockchock.com via askjolene.com)

"It Takes Two #6" To Make A Thing All Right

Gram Ponante — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:10:20 EDT

As was demonstrated by panelists at last year's Fleshbot Alpine Institute, 98.4 percent of porn DVD purchases are made on the basis of boxcover photos alone. So what do we learn about "It Takes Two #6"? Well, it is that hot-panted desert hookers still roam the earth, scenting the saguaro with their melon body spray and enticing the panamint chipmunk up their gym socks.

But Nika Noir and Jessica Valentino are not in the desert, really, unless you hold to the belief that Los Angheles is the desert. They writhe and strain in a house apocryphally linked to the Captain and Tennille (apparently the duo once stayed there, or so the story goes, and kept an elephant) overlooking Canoga Park; we see Porn Valley stretched out below them.

Then Mark Wood arrives. One can infer a lot from this photograph - it is as if most of him doesn't want to be there.

We visited this house when we told you about "Insertz. Nothing has changed!

Noir and Valentino kiss each other afterward, I guess for a job well done, but although every other part of their bodies has touched over the preceding 10 minutes, their faces never do.

Ultimately we felt like Mark Wood did.

· Red Light District (clubredlight.com)
· Buy "It Takes Two #6" (gamelink.com)

On The Porn Set With Dennis McGrath: You Are Really There

Jonnobot — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:05:07 EDT

Regular readers of Fleshbot know that there's been no shortage over the years of fancy photographer types who have set up their camera on the edge of a porn site to record their impressions of what making a dirty movie is "really" like, and although some of their efforts have turned out better than others most of the results are generally pretty much the same. Not so with the work of Dennis McGrath, however, who has recorded the on-set goings-on during various Porn Valley productions over the past several years. Even if no less an eminent authority as Fleshbot Crush Object Kimberly Kane Herself didn't call it "the most realistic look at what it’s like to be on a porn set in the valley I’ve ever seen," McGrath's photos are noteworthy for the way they seamlessly blend the workaday aspects of the skin trade with those occasional moments of sheer, unadulterated hotness that make all that tedium and standing around worthwhile.

As occasional visitors to porn sets ourselves, we can definitely say they're the next best thing to being there—minus the crafts service table and the smell of melon-scented body spray in the air.

• EXPLICIT (Photos by Dennis McGrath) (dennismcgrathphoto.blogspot.com, via blog.kanearmy.com - thanks JK)

Previously: No Love Lost: Photographs By Michael Grieve, "SFV Porn" by Vera Hartmann, Jeff Burton, "The Other Place", Jean-Christian Bourcart's "Infertile Madonnas": Deep Inside The Brothels Of Frankfurt, Elyse Butler: Sexual Tension, Strippers Of London, "Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs", "Pornoland", Larry Sultan

As disturbing as it is to hear about a proposed...

Jonnobot — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:07:57 EDT

As disturbing as it is to hear about a proposed 25 percent tax on revenues from adult entertainment in California, we're even more startled by the claim that "Every second, $3,000 is being spent on adult entertainment"—though we should also remind you that you're not spending a cent as long as you're sitting there reading about porn taxes on Fleshbot. Feel free to buy us a beer with the money you're saving the next time you see us, k? (news.yahoo.com - thanks Andre; thumbnail via CoedsNeedCash.com)

Popshots Of The Week: Seeing Stars At The 2008 XRCO Awards

Gram Ponante — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:40:53 EDT

This year's XRCO (X-Rated Critics Organization) Awards were a departure from the genuinely directionless world of porn awards shows in that they started pretty close to when they should have and, halfway through, people were still sitting down to watch.

Of course, being an adult awards show, there was much more going on everywhere but the stage. Still, we made sure to watch now and then, seeing as how we're voters. See our gallery (now fully captioned!) after the gap.

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· XRCO Awards (xrco.com)

2008 F.A.M.E. Nominations: Is It Any Wonder?

Gram Ponante — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:57 EDT

"I'm Anal Queen Jenna Haze," stated Jenna Haze the first time we met. "OMG YES YOU ARE!!!!1!!" we replied. Hence our lack of surprise that Haze has garnered the most nominations for the upcoming fan-based F.A.M.E. Awards, to be held as part of Erotica L.A. this June. Also high on the list were perennial favorites Belladonna, Tera Patrick, Stormy Daniels, Jesse Jane, Hillary Scott, and Bree Olson (but not, alas, Malabimba). Voting is open for devotees until June 6, and admission to the awards show is free to Erotica L.A. attendees.

· The F.A.M.E. Awards (thefameawards.com)
· Erotica LA 2008 (erotica-la.com)

Mika Tan Returns, Has Something To Show You

Gram Ponante — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:07 EDT

Longtime Fleshbot Crush Object and noted anti-shoulder stink crusader Mika Tan has returned to Porn Valley from an extended trip to the Mysterious East, and we couldn't be happier. This week she helped launch RudeTV, an adult internet TV station that happens to be located in the offices vacated by the defunct KSEXRadio. Tan worked her charm on callers from West Virginia and Boston, both of whom wanted her to play with dildos. "You guys are all about the dildos tonight," she remarked. "Well, all right."

The motivation for the pose above was: "Your shadow might wish you ill."

· RudeTV (rudetv.com)
· Mika Tan (mikatan.com)
· See also: "RudeTV sprouts from the grave of KSEX" (gramponante.com)

We love Nautica Thorn so much that we even...

Jonnobot — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:38:54 EDT

We love Nautica Thorn so much that we even sat through this really awkward video where her interviewer runs out of questions and you can't hear half of what she's saying because of all the background noise. Good thing she's every bit as adorable with the sound turned off. (hustlerworld.com - thanks Alex)

Porn Awards: This Time They're Urban

Gram Ponante — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:45:02 EDT

The Urban Spice Awards nominations are now open, celebrating "all aspects of urban erotica." While this debut event, to be hosted by the deliciously asstastic Olivia O'Lovely, shies away from a "Best White Performer" award, it does offer a "Freakiest" trophy—which is probably the best gauge of a performer's true merits as any we've heard of. The awards will be distributed in June in Studio City, and the dozens of nominees include Jada Fire, Candace Von, Luscious Lopez, Marie Luv, and Sasha Grey. Wait a minute ... Sasha Grey?

· Urban Spice Awards (urbanspiceawards.com)

Phyllisha Anne's Hot Boxxx

Gram Ponante — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:20:11 EDT

We like it when porn stars open stores rather than just websites. The MILFy and pneumatic porntrepreneur Phyllisha Anne will cut the ribbon on Hot Boxxx, her new "clothing and more store for hot ladies in and out of porn" at 6915 Melrose Avenue, this Sunday. Good thing, too, because most of porn's hot ladies (and their boxxxes) can't find their way south of Ventura Blvd. for fear of bursting into flame ... and many do! The grand opening will feature appearances by Chasey Lain and Kelly Wells. (entertainmentadult.com)

Casey Parker Forever! (Or At Least Another Year)

Gram Ponante — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:04:41 EDT

Delightful polyglot pixie Casey Parker has re-signed with mercurial studio Shane's World for another year as one of Porn's Only Contract Girls Whom Anyone Has Ever Heard Of. "There is no other studio I picture myself being a part of," Parker didn't actually say but a press release said she did. I just know that I'm happy she hasn't run off to play bass in Australia. See more snaps after the gap.

In the dawn of iPod Nano technology Parker stole away to pose in secret locations around Chatsworth. It was obvious then why Parker would be a big hit with fans.

"I'm going to flash this statue," she said.

· Casey Parker (caseyparker.com)
· Shane's World (gamelink.com)
· Buy "Casey Parker's California Dreamin'" (gamelink.com)

Popshots Of The Week: "Rollerdollz" Edition

Gram Ponante — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:32:49 EDT

Adam & Eve's biggest movie of 2008 is "Rollerdollz," a roller derby movie gone right. A co-production with Zero Tolerance and directed by James Avalon, "Rollerdollz" wrapped filming early this morning at a 60-year-old rink at the east end of Porn Valley as Ava Rose, Bree Olson, Eva Angelina, and Sunny Lane skated across the parquet to crash into each other in a sweaty, girly mass.

See more snaps after the gap.

The story is as American as "The Grapes of Wrath": two roller rivals settle their differences in each others' vaginas and somehow Ron Jeremy is involved. What's more, Kayden Kross adds that special element to luchador surf-guitar music.

L.A.'s Fearleaders cheer on a cast of non-nude but just as compelling extras, including members of a real-life L.A. women's roller derby league.

Penny Flame adjusts her blades, Eva Angelina dazzles the camera, and Sunny Lane ponders a return to her former career of figure skating as Alektra Blue surveys the scene. Sunny and Alektra are the cast's most accomplished skaters.

Don't ask what Ava Rose used to polish the floor; just be happy for me.

Bree Olson needlessly adjusts something (don't adjust a goddamn thing) while the referee explains a call to Sunny Lane.

A member of Glendale's Moonlite Rollerway staff told me that the rink's Over 50 club would be skating right over this spot the next day. If they had only seen Bree et al this way, doubtless they would not conclude that youth is wasted on the wrong people.

· Adam & Eve (adameve.com)
· Zero Tolerance (zerotolerance.com)

Porn Valley Dispatch: Brooke Bids Adieu-de

Gram Ponante — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:58:22 EDT

The delicious Brooke Haven, despite sharing my birthday, has nonetheless decided that she will no longer perform with guys, just sticking to the ladies from now on. In a more delicately-worded announcement, she also said that anal scenes were no longer on the menu. As this sort of thing tends to happen (sob) when performers get boyfriends (sob), we wish Ms. Haven only the best. Now we need to be alone with "Tea for the Tillerman" for a while.

· Brooke Haven (brookehaven.com)

Porn Valley Dispatch: Your Springtime Of Adult Awards

Gram Ponante — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:19:24 EST

The venerably ramshackle X-Rated Critics Awards (XRCO) and the Fans of Adult Media and Entertainment (FAME) Awards both announced their upcoming ceremonies this week. The XRCO is comprised of oldschool and die-hard porn watchers from around the world, and will hold its 24th annual fete on April 30 at the Highlands nightclub in Hollywood. Of all the myriad adult awards shows, the XRCO tends to take into account the porn world's history. The FAME Awards will celebrate its third year on June 7 as part of Erotica L.A. Nominations are now open for several categories in these fan-based honors. Why so many adult award shows? Six words: Shiny things, slutty dresses, Eva Angelina.

· XRCO (xrco.com)
· The FAME Awards (thefameawards.com)

Life In The Trenches: Brian Shackleford's "Porn Editor"

Gram Ponante — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:52:47 EST

If you are looking for the elusive missing link between porn and mainstream entertainment, the editor is the closest you'll get. Whichever side of the Hollywood sign he's on, when he surfaces after cutting up your movie, he usually hates it, and you. Brian Shackleford's mostly-Flash animated "Porn Editor," airing weekly on HBO, deals bluntly with the sadness of large breast desensitization, celebrity porn slumming, and mismanaged Avid expectations. (Ed. note: We know the feeling.)

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· "Porn Editor" (youtube.com)