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  L.A. Weekly’s Sexiest Photos of Summer 2016

  September 9 at 4:19 p.m.

  Summer 2016 in L.A. was wet and wild, and oh so sexy! From the #FreeTheNipple march to August's slippery Splash House party and even the Gathering of the Juggalos, L.A. Weekly photographers were on the spot to capture the hottest, raciest, craziest girls (and a few boys) of summer. 
  

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  Peek-a-Boo Turns 15 With "Intimate Burlesque" at Pour Vous (NSFW)

  August 29 at 12:26 p.m.

  On the eve of their 15th anniversary, the Suicide Girls managed to flood Pour Vous with a mass of individuals out for a "night of intimate burlesque."

  
  

  Intimacy skewed to claustrophobic levels; people packed in like sardines. Despite the boom of the bass, a stranger's breath on the back of your neck and toxic lighting, it was easy to slip into the Suicide world  as they performed acts inspired by Star Wars, Pokemon, The Fifth Element, Fight Club and more. 
  
  

  The energy was unlike anything I've seen at a show, making it obvious why Peek-a-Boo burlesque is here to stay in Hollywood. 

  
  

  All photos by Daniel J. Sliwa.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  James Franco Shot a Bizarre Erotic Music Video at Chateau Marmont (NSFW)

  August 23 at 10:11 a.m.

  James Franco's creative output is so prolific, the man must never sleep. And maybe he should. When he's not busy acting, directing, screenwriting, teaching high school kids, ruining animated children's films with his distractingly sexy voice and whatever else he's up to this week, Franco is one-half of an arty...

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  A Cunnilingus-Themed Art Show Aims to Make Oral a More Popular Pastime

  August 17 at 9:26 a.m.

  In March 2015, Vice columnist Alison Stevenson drew a line in the sand. Or, like, a vagina-shaped series of lines. In the piece "Why I Don't Give Blowjobs," Stevenson explained that besides not really enjoying the experience of giving a blowjob, she'd come to the conclusion that it's sort of...

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  L.A.'s Best NSFW Photos of 2016 (So Far)

  July 18 at 8:49 p.m.

  Striptease, burlesque, a naked bike ride and even a glimpse at a porn set. Take a peek at 2016's best NSFW photos (so far...).
  

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  A Sex-Toy Empire Is Thriving in North Hollywood

  April 4 at 7:06 a.m.

  In 1976, when the Doc Johnson factory opened for business in the same nondescript industrial area of North Hollywood it occupies to this day, its products were not called “sex toys.” The company’s first mail-order catalog, an amazing piece of mid-'70s graphic design in the style of post-hippie bible the...