Armin Van Burren Hollywood Palladium May 3, 2013 Armin Van Burren is on tour promoting his fifth album, Intense which just came out and is getting good reviews. His first stop was the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, and he definitely brought it. The night went something like this:
The patriotic denizens of the porn industry are dedicating their proceeds April 15 to the cause of freedom. That is, they're giving cash in support of a court challenge of Measure B, the L.A. county initiative approved by voters that requires adult performers to use condoms:
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:
If we told you that Ron Jeremy, 59, would be spending a lot of time in bed this month, you probably wouldn't be surprised. The prolific porn star nicknamed "The Hedgehog" has yet to retire. But it won't be the good time of bed enjoying Jeremy's presence. His recent hospitalization for a reported a ... More >>
Of all the things that could sideline the great Ron Jeremy -- STDs, jealous suitcase pimps, too much sex -- we were sad to hear that it was an aneurysm near his heart. The 59-year-old porn legend was hospitalized in critical condition after driving himself to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last night, ... More >>
See also: *Air Sex Championships @ Bootleg Theater. Los Angeles is the capital of real sex, what with our globally potent porn industry and all -- not to mention Hugh Hefner, Larry Flynt and the lingerie biz. But what about faking it? You'd think we might be good at it, seeing that we're also the ... More >>
Some of porn's biggest stars are speaking out against the November ballot's measure B, which would require condom use at porn shoots in most of Los Angeles County. Among those decrying the initiative, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation as a way to make adult video practice safe sex, are Ro ... More >>
Porn star Aurora Snow might have just made herself a pariah in the adult video industry. That's because she not only bravely endorsed a reviled mandatory-condom initiative that will be on the L.A. county ballot next month, but because she outed infrequent but nonetheless troubling situations in whi ... More >>
When you look at Ron Jeremy and all the strangers he's seen over the years, you probably say to yourself that condoms are a good thing with this guy. But no, the Hedgehog is anti-condoms, vehemently and officially so. He appears in this new video arguing against the county ballot measure, B, that ... More >>
Aerosmith plays to a sold out crowd at the Hollywood Bowl last night -- joined by Johnny Depp on stage.
The Bush years were not so kind to L.A.'s porn producers, and a few ended up on trial for obscenity. While one of them, L.A.'s Max Hardcore (a.k.a. former photojournalist Paul F. Little), ended up doing federal time for producing video that is now fairly mainstream, another is walking away from char ... More >>
Eric Charbonneau, Le StudioPaul Stanley and friendsSee also: Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: "I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor." If you're like most folks, your rock star fantasies require nothing more than a pair of tight jeans, an air guitar, ... More >>
The hubbub has finally died down from the "Flying Pink Pig" fiasco, but the taco-based double entendres have not. The original food truck-themed porn movie, for which Flying Pig owner Joe Kim may or may not have knowingly rented his truck to XXX filmmaker Erica McLean, is getting a sequel, "T ... More >>
Food from the Flying Pig.After Komodo and Coolhaus, the latest food truck to open a brick and mortar restaurant is Flying Pig, which will open its 77-seat Little Tokyo cafe some time in June. The Flying Pig Café will serve lunch and dinner, offer larger portions of the truck's signature item ... More >>
Carri Faber This wasn't your mother's Beverly Hills. First, this writer felt compelled to visit the Beverly Hills Cheese Store, where she discussed Bollywood music production, politics and mutants with Marky Ramone, protopunk percussionist and purveyor of his own pasta sauce, before making he ... More >>
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 >>
Save the regular-size mansions, man!A rich guy trying to build a mega-mansion in a neighborhood of just-regular mansions? How dare he! What sucks about having a Hearst Castle-sized home go up next to your Playboy Mansion-sized home in Benedict Canyon is the relative size. Must be like thinki ... More >>
photo by Siran BabayanGayngs What: Gayngs Where: Lustre Pearl, Austin, TX When: March18 Amid constant crowd chatter, the second of retro dance-pop Gayngs' SXSW shows at Lustre Pearl was a another festival example of right band, wrong venue. There was a lot to see on up there. Twenty-five ar ... More >>
"L.A. proved too much for the man," sang Gladys Knight, "So he's leavin' the life he's come to know, He said he's goin' back to find [Ooh, said the Pips] what's left of his world, The world he left behind, Not so long ago." Well, "the man" was kind of a wuss, right? You don't have to take t ... More >>
When it comes to the controversial food-truck-themed porno "The Flying Pink Pig," porn king Ron Jeremy's words have proven to be prophetic. The oracular Hedgehog told us yesterday: "We want to thank [Flying Pig taco truck owner Joe Kim] very much for suing. We appreciate it. It's like when "D ... More >>
Vince Neil: his DUI mugshot from June, 2010 (left) and a candid shot for a fan at a secret, decadent Eyes Wide Shut style party this past December According to Billboard, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil "avoided the media and quietly pleaded guilty Wednesday [today] to driving drunk last summe ... More >>
On one side, there's the angry food truck owner. On the other, the defensive porn director. In the middle is porn star Ron Jeremy, who has the best perspective on the XXX taco truck. It began innocently enough when popular local food truck The Flying Pig began showing up in promos for "The Fl ... More >>
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 >>
The Deepwater Horizon oil platform went up in smoke last month, causing what could be the nation's largest oil spill.It's sad watching British Petroleum struggle to stop the month-long Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as the Obama administration stands by, arms akimbo. BP has ... More >>
Ron Jeremy couldn't carry the team.Los Angeles might be the adult video capital of the world (as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might say), but when it comes to penis size, the city doesn't quite measure up. The chain store and prophylactic-maker Condomania states that it analyzed its sales of di ... More >>
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 >>
Only the nose hair was real
Craig Gross​Luke Ford/Wiki​Porn 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 >>
2 Live Crew, Ron Jeremy and a Germs Biopic
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A Whiskerino competitor in his natural habitiat. Sweet Jesus I've waited so long and now it's finally here. Whiskerino, the amateur beard growing competition that dares to suggest "We are alienated from our own facial hair," has finally awakened from its two-year slumber and stormed the Internet ... More >>
Nightranger paints the town
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The boogie days and nights of Ron Jeremy
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