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Blogs
March 27, 2013
Porn's Allie Haze, Ron Jeremy To Speak At USC
Pasadena City College got mad headlines when porn star James Deen spoke to a "Navigating Pornography" class (as if we need instruction on that!) in February. USC, of course, will not be outdone by a community college:
Blogs
November 13, 2012
Porn Condom Law Unconstitutional, Says Scholar Antonio M. Haynes
Measure B, the L.A. county initiative that passed last week with nearly 56 percent approval, is all about worker safety in adult video, say its backers. But some folks, including porn industry leaders, say the requirement to use prophylactics in porn is a restriction on free speech. Some lawyers s ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2012
Porn Condom Ballot Measure For L.A. County Sees Campaign Kickoff
The folks behind a ballot measure that asks you, the L.A. County voter, to make condoms mandatory in porn, officially kicked off their campaign this week. Measure B will be on the November ballot, and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been pushing for mandatory condoms in adult video for ye ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2012
You Get to Vote on Condoms in Porn (Really)
While the city of L.A. continues to figure out how to enforce a mandatory condom law for location porn shoots in town, the entire county of L.A. is poised to overshadow that rule with a November vote on condoms in adult video. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation late yesterday announced that its ballot ... More >>
News
June 14, 2012
Shelley Lubben's Pink Cross Aims to Rescue Sex Actresses: The Industry Wants Her to Shut Up
While the city of L.A. continues to figure out how to enforce a mandatory condom law for location porn shoots in town, the entire county of L.A. is poised to overshadow that rule with a November vote on condoms in adult video. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation late yesterday announced that its ballot ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Porn Tour of Los Angeles Will Give You Mild Version of Adult World
Huge update here people. Can you say half-price? Details at the bottom. First posted at 8:02 a.m. on June 6. Best idea ever: Tour the world of L.A. porn for a night for only $399. See where the magic really happens. Even better: L.A. Porn Tours is glitzing it up with a party bus, two live porn sta ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Porn Industry Fights Back Against L.A. County Condom Initiative
After the city of L.A passed a law requiring that condoms be used at studio porn shoots in Los Angeles, you'd think this battle was over. But it has only just begun. The L.A.-based porn industry's lobbying group this week issued a response to claims of victory over the issue by the AIDS Healthcare ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Porn Condom Mandate Supported by Majority of Angelenos
You love them, you really do. Condoms, that is. A majority of Angelenos are down with condoms in porn, as spelled out in a proposed countywide ballot initiative by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation that would mandate such a precaution for the adult video industry.
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Porn is Rick Santorum's Enemy: Should L.A.'s Adult Video Industry Be Concerned?
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is, ironically, well known to fans of kinky sex because of the alternative identity that has been attached to his name. Ironic because Santorum, a conservative among conservatives vying for the Republican nomination, is a known homophobe and outspoken prude. If ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Arizona Lawman Says L.A.'s Wayward Porn Industry Isn't Welcome in His Town
The porn industry has been making a lot of noise about a possible move out of town following the City Council's enactment of a condom requirement for location shoots in L.A. One of the places mentioned as New Porn Valley is Arizona, where some production already takes place. However, as we've said, ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Porn Industry Says Ex-Performers (Stacie Halas, Shawn Loftis) Shouldn't be Banned From Teaching
So you did a little performing in your younger days -- like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian. And? Should that mean you can't be a successful reality show star or even a teacher? The case of Stacie Halas, the Oxnard school teacher accused of having performed in adult video, has set the porn industry ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Why Porn Stars Won't Be Using Condoms, Despite City Law's Debut Today
Condoms are coming to porn shoots in Los Angeles today. Well, that's the theory, anyway. A Los Angeles city ordinance that requires condom use at on-location adult video shoots within the city is the law starting today. But like a lot of things coming from City Hall ...
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Anal Bleaching: From Porn Trend to Mainstream (Un)Necessary Evil
It's possible that you're more familiar with the Internet rumor that actress Lara Flynn Boyle bleached her anus at the behest of then-boyfriend Jack Nicholson than you are with the lawyer show she was on for years. True or not, what most of us can agree with is that bleaching your asshole sounds l ... More >>
Calendar
December 29, 2011
Vivid New Year's Eve 2012
It's possible that you're more familiar with the Internet rumor that actress Lara Flynn Boyle bleached her anus at the behest of then-boyfriend Jack Nicholson than you are with the lawyer show she was on for years. True or not, what most of us can agree with is that bleaching your asshole sounds l ... More >>
News
September 29, 2011
Porn Defends the Money Shot
Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Criticism of Porn's HIV Scare Sparks Outrage at Manwin, the Adult Video Juggernaut That Employed Performer in Question
mofos.comUpdated at the bottom with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's response. First posted at 5:09 p.m. The company that employed a porn star who might be HIV-positive today said the man did not continue to work, nor did he work with other performers, after a test indicated he might have th ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Would You Vote to Force Porn Stars to Use Condoms on-The-Job? You Might Get Your Chance in the City of L.A.
Do you want to force porn stars in this, the adult video capital of the nation, to use condoms on-the-job? It's a question you might be asked the next time you vote in a citywide election in Los Angeles. That's because AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been at war with the Valley-based p ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Porn And Condoms: California Workplace Safety Officials Get Earful on Move Toward Requiring Condoms in Adult Video
As the state of California seemed poised to hoist condoms upon every penis in the porn industry, the adult game has been kicking and fighting every step of the way. A major step came Tuesday when representatives of the state's Division of Occupational Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA) came to L.A ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Porn Industry, Johns Hopkins Expert Say L.A. County's STD Figures For Adult Performers Are Bogus
YouTubeBehind the scenes.On the eve an important state meeting on condoms in porn, the adult industry today claimed that L.A. County statistics on sexual transmitted diseases in porn are seriously flawed. While the industry has long maintained that its STD rates are lower than those of the g ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2011
Porn Star Karaoke at Sardo's: A Valley Industry Tradition, Also Featuring Fake Bono
Paul T. BradleyNicki Hunter and her superfan: a night's expectations achieved. We'll get to (Fake) Bono in a minute. Ok, you know that one where the librarian loses the glasses and becomes the master of all things sexual? All it takes is a change in music and a little lighting...and voila! ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
L.A. City Officials Can Force Porn-Makers Here to Use Condoms, But Probably Won't
Protesters want to force condoms on porn.A Los Angeles City Council committee will take up the issue of mandatory condoms in porn this week. This after the City Attorney's office recently ruled that L.A. could indeed require that condoms be used on the sets of adult videos shot under city pe ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Larry Flynt's Hustler Video Cited by State For Failing to Require Condoms on L.A. Porn Sets
HustlerLarry Flynt's Hustler Video was slammed by the state this month for -- get this -- failing to require condoms for its adult performers. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which filed a complaint against Hustler, a.k.a. LFP Video Group LLC, planned to cheer on the state's enforcement at a ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
National Health Group Urges Mandatory Condoms For Porn
Vice BooksPorn star Sasha Grey.A major health professionals' group this week weighed in on the ongoing battle over condoms in porn, and the industry probably isn't going to like it's, er, position. American Public Health Association just posted an apparently long-simmering, uh, "position pap ... More >>
News
February 24, 2011
Porn Machete Murder
Mopes and mayhem in the Valley
Blogs
February 17, 2011
L.A. Porn Lobby Claims L.A. County Public Health Officials Demanded Blood Test From Adult Performer
Put 'em up and give us your STD test results.Freeze. Now give us a blood sample. Scary enough if the people asking are carrying a badge. But in this case they weren't. At least according to the Free Speech Coalition, the L.A.-based porn lobby. The group claims this week that L.A. County ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Anti-Porn Industry Protesters Hit the Xbiz Awards in Hollywood, Try to Shame Larry Flynt, Steve Hirsch
Andy San Dimas: You lick me, you really do.We're not sure what's sadder, that sources tell us the Xbiz Awards are known in the industry as the Golden Globes of porn, or that anti-porn protesters found the Hollywood event Wednesday worthy of targeting. (If you must know, the Female Performer ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
L.A. Officials Consider Mandatory Condom Use for City-Permitted Porn Shoots
joanna8555Porn-turned-indie star Sasha Grey.L.A. leaders are pondering a law that would make mandatory condom use a condition of permitting porn shoots inside city boundaries. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Monday hailed the City Council's recent vote to have the L.A. City Attorney's offi ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Porn Star Justin Long Vows Boycott Of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Over Its Attempt To Force Condoms On Porn
Justin Long says no to AHF.The battle over condoms in porn seemed to turn into a full-on war last week after the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paraded an HIV-positive performer in front of reporters and then gloated when news dropped that the industry's main STD testing clinic was closed down by ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
Porn Industry Fights Claims By Performer Derrick Burts, Who Was No Angel (And Who Might Have Freelanced As A Male Escort)
Ted SoquiDerrick Burts, letting the porn industry have it.The porn business is fighting back against claims by the actor who sparked its last HIV scare that he was met with indifference at the adult-industry-backed clinic where he sought treatment. We even heard from readers who said the ma ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Derrick Burts, Porn Actor Who Sparked Latest HIV Scare In San Fernando Valley Industry, Speaks Up For Condom Use (But Offers Strange Story Of How He Came Up Positive)
MySpaceDerrick Burts.A performer who set off the latest HIV scare in adult film has turned against his employers and is speaking out against the adult video industry and its resistance to mandatory condom use. Derrick Burts teamed up with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which unleashed his t ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2010
Book By Ex-Porn Star Shelly Lubben Promises To Expose Adult Business As Degrading
Shelley Lubben's book offers an inside look at the porn business.A new book by a former porn actress threatens to expose the adult video industry, recently rocked by a new HIV scandal, as a place where women are exploited and sexually transmitted diseases flow freely. Shelley Lubben's just-r ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2010
Would Porn Industry Leave California, Go Underground If It Was Forced To Use Condoms? Health-Care Lawyer Brian Chase Calls B.S. On That Notion
Ed Schipul via FlickrWould the triple-X industry move out of CA if it had to deal with Jim-E?Updated after the jump with reaction from the porn industry health-care group's attorney. First posted at 3:04 p.m. The big, Mandingo-sized elephant in the room when it comes to the latest HIV crisis ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Calls For Complete Shutdown Of San Fernando Valley Porn Production Following HIV Report
Sorry guys (and freaky chicks who also like porn -- God bless), but this HIV problem in adult video is getting serious. After two major porn-production players, Vivid and Wicked, stated they were putting "shoots" on hold, the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation is calling on all adult video ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2010
State Investigate's Larry Flynt's Porn Productions After Complaint About Lack Of Condom Use
Larry Flynt's eponymous porn empire was under investigation by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) following a complaint by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation decrying the lack of condom use in Larry Flynt Production's adult videos, the AHF announced late Thursday. In ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
State Advisory Panel Considers Mandatory Condoms For Porn Industry
The Aids Healthcare Foundation is hailing the first meeting of a state advisory panel Tuesday that will weigh whether condoms should be required in adult video shoots. The California's of Department Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) advisory panel on the matter was meeting at the Cal ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
Former Porn Stars File Suit Against Porn Industry Health Organization For Allegedly Releasing Medical Records
Two former porn stars are planning to sue the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM) for allegedly breaching the privacy of their medical records. Representatives of the pair were scheduled to announce the suit Monday with the help of the Aids Healthcare Foundation, which has a ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Feds Investigate Porn Healthcare Organization For Allegedly Releasing Stars' Medical Records
The AIM crew, with founder Sharon Mitchell at bottom, right.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has opened an investigation of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Health Care Foundation, the Sherman Oaks nonprofit organization that handles STD testing for the porn industry, it was a ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
State Board Will Hear Arguments For Requiring Condoms In Porn
Condoms, porn and safe sex come to the heart of Orange County Thursday as the state's Department Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) holds a Standards Board meeting that will hear arguments for mandating condoms on the sets of adult film shoots in California. Former porn stars Shelle ... More >>
News
January 28, 2010
Rubbers Revolutionary: AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Michael Weinstein
Activist wants to save porn actors from STDs. It's been lonely
Blogs
December 4, 2009
Group Tries To Force Condoms On Porn Stars (Good Luck With That)
Porn star Belladonna.The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been on a tear against the porn industry and its often unhealthy ways. On Friday it convened a UCLA symposium of health-care groups in a step toward getting the state to force male porn stars to use condoms. God bless them for it, but ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2009
Ron Jeremy v. The Pastor
Craig GrossLuke Ford/WikiPorn has been very very good to Ron Jeremy, the cherubic hardcore star who, paradoxically, could serve as an inspiration either for the main character in Hung or a figure in a Disney film. (One of his nicknames is, after all, "Hedgehog.") After appearing in nearly 2,00 ... More >>
Film+TV
July 16, 2009
In Like Outfest
Our critics' guide to the best of the fest's closing weekend.
Calendar
June 11, 2009
BONGS, SCHLONGS AND OTHER PHALLIC THINGS
Our critics' guide to the best of the fest's closing weekend.
Blogs
June 11, 2009
The People's Porn Star: Erotica LA Preview with Belladonna
Belladonna: The People's Porn StarDespite seminars like "Expanding Your Orgasm: Backdoor Basics and Beyond With Amy Sung," and shopping for naughty gifts like RealTouch's laptop compatible interactive media massager, according to Erotica LA there is only one reason to attend the convention this year ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2008
Erotica LA's Vanilla Flavored Expo
By Pandora Young and Guelda Voien 2008's Erotica LA bills itself as an opportunity for couples to "express their sexuality." In reality, it seemed like an opportunity to buy cool stuff, see porn stars, get marginally creeped out, and then find some salvation in the booths and vendors you would lea ... More >>
Film+TV
March 10, 2005
Behind the Blue Door
Legs McNeil gatecrashes the Other Hollywood
News
September 23, 2004
3 Myths About the Recording Industry Debunked
Legs McNeil gatecrashes the Other Hollywood
News
March 11, 2004
Too Old To Rock, Too Young To Die
The shady life and uncertain future of a legendary roadie
Columns
November 27, 2003
Crashing Comdex
The shady life and uncertain future of a legendary roadie
Columns
September 11, 2003
Boogie Afternoons
A seminal moment in Malibu
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