Pornography

Porn's Condom Problem Extends To Ventura County Now

The porn industry has threatened to leave L.A. over two mandatory condom laws here. And it has appeared to have shut down much production in L.A. county, with speculation putting porn shoots in neighboring Ventura County, where doing adult video al fresco -- sans Jimmy Hat -- was still legal. No lo ... More >>

Farrah Abraham Sex Tape Hits TV

The buzz about Farrah Abraham's sex tape is deafening. And now Vivid Entertainment, which scored the right to distribute the video, is bringing all the action to a television near you. Well, sort of. It depends on whether your particular LCD is equipped with premium channels of the adult variety:

Porn Condom Law Passes Key California Committee

The proposed law that would require condoms in porn throughout California passed a key committee in Sacramento last night. The state Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment said yes 5-0 in favor of requiring prophylactics for performers in adult video:

Porn Pulls Out Of L.A.

After you, the L.A. County voter, decided in November to mandate condom use in local porn production, the adult industry has nearly pulled out of town, so to speak. FilmLA, which processes permits for the city and county of Los Angeles, says it has received only two adult film applications this yea ... More >>

10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson

See also: *Veruca James, Accountant Turned Porn Star: "I'd Always Been Wild" *Top 10 Strip Clubs in L.A. *Porn Star Tasha Reign's Secret Life as a UCLA Student Los Angeles is home to lots of dreamers; would-be actors, musicians and writers all flock to our golden shores trying to find their place i ... More >>

Veruca James, Accountant Turned Porn Star

On a cold, bright day, Veruca James poses in a stark spotlight on a stage in a downtown L.A. warehouse. Her black bob is perfectly straight, her almond-shaped eyes perfectly made up. Her breasts challenge the strength of the zipper on her shiny black half-shirt. She tucks her thumb into the waistban ... More >>

Porn Sees First Allegation Of Condom Violation In L.A. County

Updated at the bottom with the industry's response. First posted at 5:34 p.m. on Monday. A porn production company has been targeted under L.A. county's mandatory condom law for the first time. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation today announced that it has filed a complaint against Immoral Productions ... More >>

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Porn Stars

If you've obsessed over female porn stars, don't fret -- you're not alone. You're weird, perverted and demented -- yes. But you're surely not alone. A new study of 10,000 women in adult film, based on information gathered from the Internet Adult Film Database [NSFW], has come up with some not-so-st ... More >>

Porn Stars To Persuade Calif. Lawmaker Condoms Are Bad For Adult Video

The adult business is going to sic a gaggle of porn stars on a state legislator who wants to make condoms the law for XXX production across California. We thought the standard protocol for swaying lawmakers was to sic highly paid lobbyists on them, flood them with campaign contributions, and ply th ... More >>

Porn's Condom Mandate Could Go Statewide Under Isadore Hall Legislation

Even as the porn industry is resisting local laws requiring condom use during adult film production, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is taking its safe-sex fight statewide. L.A. state Assemblywoman Isadore Hall is expected to introduce legislation that would make condoms the law for adult video not ... More >>

Albert Abrams' Child Porn Nets 7 Years Behind Bars For Ex-L.A. Neighborhood Councils Chief

More information added at the bottom. Albert Abrams, the former neighborhood councils chief at L.A. City Hall who once admitted he "was watching myself from a distance watching" child porn, was sentenced to 7 years behind bars today. He faced five counts of distributing child pornography, two coun ... More >>

Porn's Asa Akira Invites Presidential Loser To Co-Host AVN Awards In Vegas

Whomever loses the presidential election tomorrow has an additional indignity to look forward to: He's been officially invited to co-host the porn industry's annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Way to bounce back like Charlie Sheen after losing a job at CBS. Yeah, adult superstar Asa Akira extend ... More >>

Porn Stars Rally Against Condoms

Only in L.A. will you find hot young women begging for a condom-free experience. It's true. Some of Porn Valley's top performers are rallying against a measure that will be on the November ballot in Los Angeles County: Measure B would at least attempt to enforce condom use on adult video sets. Acc ... More >>

Porn Star Mr. Marcus Admits He Started Syphilis Scare, Masked STD Test

A performer who works under the name Mr. Marcus came forward this week as the self-admitted patient zero in the industry's latest STD scare, this one over syphilis. Mr. Marcus met with representatives of Adult Video News, news site XBIZ, his studio, Evil Angel, and the porn industry lobby known as ... More >>

Entire Porn Industry Treated For Syphilis as Adult Video Production Shuts Down Today

The porn industry went dark today. The Free Speech Coalition, the adult video industry's lobbying group, told LA Weekly that Porn Valley's major studios were complying with the Adult Production Health & Safety Services' call for a production moratorium following an apparent syphilis outbreak. The ... More >>

Porn Shoots in L.A. Could See Medical Inspector to Enforce Condom Use

As with a lot of things the L.A. City Council does, there was more bark than bite with its mandatory-condoms-in-porn law approved early this year. The city looks to be kicking this can down the road some more: It appears that by the time this rule is enforced, if it ever is, it will be 2013. That' ... More >>

Porn Condom Mandate Could See Vote From L.A. County Supervisors

Updated at the bottom: The supervisors put off the vote (but why?). First posted at 9:07 a.m. The folks who want porn stars to start using condoms have qualified just such a proposal for the November ballot in L.A. County. But before you get to vote on it, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors gets ... More >>

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Porn's Mandatory Condom Rule in City of L.A. a Law Nobody Wants to Touch With 10-Foot Pole

When the L.A. City Council voted to require condom use at location porn sets in town, it was a huge victory for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The group has been battling for years to get the smut business to clean up its act when it comes to safe sex. But as an account of the city's "working gro ... More >>

Porn-Making Parking Enforcement Officer John Dancler Appeals to Keep Job, Argues Adult Star Caught Him 'Unaware': VIDEO

L.A.'s civil servants are a hearty and sometimes entitled bunch. Take John Dancler. He's a parking enforcement officer who was caught on tape fondling a porn star for an impromptu adult video shoot next to a city vehicle. He wants his job back and was taped testifying before a civil service heari ... More >>

It's a Wrap: Condoms Are Required for on-Location Porn Stars in L.A.

Check out NSFW photos from last weekend's AVN Adult Entertainment Expo here. See our cover story on the condoms-in-porn controversy here. The movement to require condoms for porn stars in L.A? It's a wrap. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week signed the rule into law: It requires that on-location ... More >>

Porn Could See Mandatory Condoms in L.A. County Under Proposed Ballot Initiative

The folks who want to force condoms on porn stars have revealed another front in their war: Los Angeles County. In the wake of its campaign to make mandatory condom use a part of L.A. city film permits for porn shoots, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is now aiming a similar measure at voters c ... More >>

Teen Sex Three-Ways on The Rise, According to Survey of Young Females: Porn Cited as Influence

​Young women and teen girls are increasingly participating in three-ways and other "multi-person sex" acts, according to a new study, and L.A.'s porn industry might be partly to blame. The study associated multi-person sex with, among other factors, "pornography exposure." The research, obta ... More >>

Porn Condom Ballot Initiative Could be Blocked if City of L.A. Has its Way: Suit Filed to Stop it From Reaching Voters

​The city of L.A. is trying to keep condoms off porn stars, or at least off the ballot. An initiative by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation proposes to put the matter of mandatory condoms in the adult video industry to you, the voter. It collected enough signatures (70,901 of them) and turned the ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Told Porn Star Ginger Lee About His Legislative 'Package,' Clearly Sought Her Advice on Particular Policy Matters

Ginger.​We're glad U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner hasn't resigned yet. We need to keep hearing about his package. In a somewhat ironic turn of events, a porn star took the podium today to point the finger at a congressman for being prurient. Nashville adult performer Ginger Lee, who's clearly done ... More >>

Porn Stars Speak Out Against Mandatory Condoms in Adult Film (Photos)

ryankeely.comRyan Keely speaks out.​Following this week's state workplace health meeting on requiring condoms in porn, adult stars spoke out against the proposed practice. An interesting theme among some of the women: It's a reproductive rights issue. "Keep your laws off my body," former P ... More >>

PornWikileaks' Exposure of Porn Stars' Personal Info Inspires Likely Lawsuit From Attorney Corey Silverstein

Vice BooksSasha Grey, leaked?​It looks like a porn industry attorney is preparing to sue "individuals using the PornWikileaks website for illegal activity" after that site exposed the health records of the hundreds of the Valley's adult performers, according to a statement from the Free Speech ... More >>

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Porn Star Health Records Leaked, Might Have Come From L.A.-Based Industry STD Testing Service Known as AIM

joannaSasha Grey's records might be out there.​Updated after the jump: A clinic spokeswoman calls this a crime, says prosecution will be sought. A big deal was made of a months-old leak of porn stars' health records after Gawker connected the breach to the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Fo ... More >>

Adultcon by the Numbers: Porn, Stuffed Animals and Masculinity

Keith PlocekView more photos at "Adultcon: Porn Stars and Amateur Photogs"​ We saw all kinds of attendees at Adultcon yesterday - groups of men, groups of women, male-female couples, lone wolves - but the most common configuration was what we'll call Two Straight Dudes. Just what is it about ... More >>

Porn Star Party to Honor Charlie Sheen Friday in Studio City (Just What He Needs)

Carpi Anderson is not confirmed, but you never know.​You know, a lot of armchair therapists have had advice for Charlie Sheen: rehab, a year in Haiti, conversion to monk-hood. But what he really needs is a porn star party in L.A. this Friday with the theme "Winning!" And given that the event ... More >>

Porn: California Attorney General Kamala Harris Asked to Investigate Adult Industry Medical Clinic

Porn.​The war over condoms in porn continued this week. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation sent a letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking her to look into the transfer off the adult industry's main health-care and testing clinic from nonprofit to for-profit status. The clinic, ... More >>

Porn Industry Testing Clinic in the Valley Reopens After Being Shut Down by County, State

AIDS Healthcare Foundation wants condoms, not clinics.​The porn industry clinic that came under fire for providing the adult video business with an alternative to condom use -- a system of regular testing for performers -- has reopened under private ownership. The Adult Industry Medical Healt ... More >>

Better Watch the Paris Hilton Sex Tape on the Internet Now, While it's Still Free

​The homemade sex tape of Paris Hilton, "1 Night in Paris," has reportedly made millions for her co-star, Rick Salomon, and presumably satisfied untold hordes of Internet voyeurs. But all that may come to an end. XPays, the company that owns the Internet rights to the movie, has filed a lawsuit ... More >>

AIDS Activists Call On Porn Industry Health Clinic To Shut Down After California Denies Its License

Ted SoquiDerrick Burts at a news conference Wednesday.​The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Thursday called on the porn industry's health-care clinic to shut down after the state of California denied its community clinic license this week. All this comes amid allegations by an HIV-pos ... More >>

Porn Star Capri Anderson's Claim Against Charlie Sheen Nowhere To Be Found, But He Files 'Extortion' Suit Against Her

Capri Anderson has yet to bring the legal pain.​This town would be much more boring without Charlie Sheen and his cliff-diving Mercedes-Benzes (two of them), abuse-claiming exes (two of them) and jilted assaulted porn actresses prostitutes. Adult video starlet Capri Anderson came on strong Mo ... More >>

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Porn Actor Has HIV, But L.A. County Health Department Has Yet To Do Anything About It, According To AIDS Healthcare Group

diebmx via FlickrIs the county lagging on HIV-in-porn report?​Is the porn industry pushing its luck with this latest report of HIV? The AIDS Healthcare Foundation says it is. According to AHF, Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Healthcare, the group that conducts voluntary STD testing for the adul ... More >>

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Tells City Of Los Angeles To Stop Sanctioning Porn

Jenna Jameson participated in city sanctioned porn. It's true.​That hardcore stuff you watch when your wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend isn't looking? It's actually permitted by the city of Los Angeles. You hear that right: What would be prostitution if the cameras and lights weren't on is ac ... More >>

AIDS Activists Target Larry Flynt For His Condom-Free Porn

hustlermagazine.com​An HIV/AIDS health-care organization that's been on a tear against the porn industry for its lack of condom use will target Larry Flynt and his Hustler empire at a press conference outside his offices in Beverly Hills Thursday. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced (NSF ... More >>

Aids Group Claims State Law Already Mandates Condoms For Porn Industry

​Following a meeting of a California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) advisory panel on the issue of whether the state should enforce the usage of condoms in the San Fernando Valley-based porn industry, the Aids Healthcare Foundation says Cal-OSHA official indicated the law probably c ... More >>

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Lawsuit To Force County To Control Porn Industry Health Rejected

Vivid​A lawsuit that aimed in part to get the county of Los Angeles health department to force the local porn industry to require condom use on-set was rejected by a judge. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the plaintiff in the case, stated it would appeal. The county Department of Health Servi ... More >>

25 Years of Sexy - and Hilarious - Vivid Entertainment Cover Art (SFW)

Gary Busey's Angelo Pappas said it best in Point Break: "22 years. Man, L.A. has changed a lot during that time. The air got dirty and the sex got clean." When it comes to porn, the cineskin business has also changed a lot since the '80s. The plot lines got kinkier and the hair styles got a helluv ... More >>

Marriott Boycotted Over Porn

The locally based AIDS Healthcare and Pink Cross foundations have organized a boycott of Marriott hotels over porn. The protest is not about the Mormon-founded chain's in-room, X-rated offerings. No, that's just fine. The problem, according to the groups, is the hotel company's palette of on-demand ... More >>

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