pornography

Stories 301 - 320 | << Prev   Next >>

LiLo Driving Porn King's Ride

Turns out strapped-for-cash star really can't afford $115K car

(Newser) - So how is La Lohan, who hasn't had steady work in many moons, driving a $115,000 Maserati? Turns out the ride isn’t hers—it belongs to porn king Dennis DeSantis, TMZ reports. DeSantis, producer of Origami So Horny among other, er, classics, apparently isn’t requiring LiLo’s...

Hubby of Top UK Minister Billed Taxpayers for Porn

Home secretary's future in gov't in doubt

(Newser) - Jacqui Smith, the British home secretary, was fighting for her political future today after revelations that her husband had billed the taxpayer to watch pornography at their house. The $15 rental fees for two adult movies were bundled into the minister's Internet bill, which he expensed to parliament. Smith has...

Girl Faces Kid Porn Charges for Posting Self Nudes

14-year-old may have to register as sex offender

(Newser) - A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been charged with possessing and distributing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her MySpace web pages, reports WPIX-TV. If convicted, the girl may have to register as a sex offender. The case highlights increasing problems with children posting or texting racy...

Jobless Women Turn to Porn, Stripping

(Newser) - With unemployment rising, more women are moving on up by stripping down, the AP reports. The adult entertainment industry, is receiving a barrage of applications from women seeking good pay and job security in fields ranging from porno to exotic dancing. "You're seeing a lot more beautiful women who...

Idol Skirts Phone-Sex Number
 Idol Skirts Phone-Sex Number 

Idol Skirts Phone-Sex Number

Show deals with scandal over phone-sex line

(Newser) - Tonight's American Idol includes changes that will turn “the entire theme and concept of the show” on its head, the AP reports. Last night's show, however, had all it could do to deal with the fact that 1-866-IDOLS-13—presumably the number to vote for the new 13th contestant—dials...

Cable, Satellite Providers Push Pay-Per-View Porn

(Newser) - Times are tough, and for cable and satellite TV companies, that means—more porn. Comcast is following DirecTV's lead and ramping up advertising for adult pay-per-view channels, reports Advertising Age. The spots will generally run on guy channels such as Spike TV and ESPN in the wee hours. Meanwhile, the...

GOP States Buy More Porn
 GOP States Buy More Porn 

GOP States Buy More Porn

(Newser) - Church-going Republicans are more likely than liberals to buy pornography online, New Scientist reports. In a nationwide study of purchases at an adult entertainment company, researchers found that eight in 10 of the most porno-consuming states voted for John McCain last year. "One natural hypothesis is something like repression:...

Octu-Mom Offered $1M to Do Porno

Plus, second Octu-Fam video released

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman may not be getting her own reality show, but she could make $1 million starring in a porno, TMZ reports. Porn distributor Vivid Entertainment also promised Suleman and her 14 kids medical and dental insurance if she makes more than one. The offer comes on the heels of...

Fox Newsman Posed in How-to Sex Book

(Newser) - If you ever wanted Aaron Bruns, the Fox News producer busted earlier this month on child porn charges, to demonstrate sexual positions for you, you’re in luck. It seems Bruns posed naked for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra Illustrated. “Someone had to pay Bruns,...

FBI Probes Super Bowl Porn Snafu

(Newser) - Comcast, the cable company whose Super Bowl broadcast exposed thousands of Arizona viewers to 30 seconds of pay-per-view porn, has partnered with the FBI to investigate the incident, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The company has denied responsibility for the “malicious act,” which included the display of a...

Porn Star Seeks La. Senate Seat

(Newser) - Louisiana GOP Senator David Vitter will meet a substantial opponent in his 2010 bid for re-election: porn star Stormy Daniels, CNN reports. A grass-roots “Draft Stormy” campaign, unaffiliated with the state’s Democratic Party, has encouraged the buxom blond to run on a platform of the economy, women’s...

Comcast Apologizes for Super Bowl Porn

Cable company blames 'malicious act' for randy interruption

(Newser) - Comcast has apologized to Tucson-area viewers whose Super Bowl coverage was interrupted by a porn clip, reports the Arizona Daily Star. The cable company blames a mysterious "malicious act" for the graphic content that flashed across viewers' screens, and is offering a $10 credit to those who saw the...

Porn Interrupts Super Bowl Broadcast
Porn Interrupts Super Bowl Broadcast
SUPER BOWL

Porn Interrupts Super Bowl Broadcast

TV station probes mystery switch from gridiron to graphic

(Newser) - Tucson-area Super Bowl viewers were startled when coverage suddenly cut to a very different kind of action in the final minutes of the game, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The game was interrupted by some 30 steamy seconds from a porn channel, featuring full male nudity. Only Comcast customers were...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

(Newser) - The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set strict fines and jail time...

'Long Island Lolita' Does Another Porno

This time, Amy Fisher stars in an adult pay-per-view special

(Newser) - A porn movie featuring “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is making the rounds again—but this time it’s her idea, the New York Daily News reports. Fisher, 34, fought the release of a sex tape leaked by her husband before relenting last year. Fisher, whose real claim to...

Porn Sucks Kissing Out of Intimacy
 Porn Sucks Kissing 
 Out of Intimacy 
OPINION

Porn Sucks Kissing Out of Intimacy

Smut appears to be kiss of death for old-school practice

(Newser) - Pornography is changing our most intimate practices, Susan Walsh observes for Salon—and looks to have been the kiss of death for, well, kissing. “When I was growing up in the ‘70s, making out was an essential precursor to even the most casual sex,” she writes. Now,...

Dow and Dirty: Investor Pushes Porn Hedge Fund

AdultVest, claiming 50% growth, sinks money into porn for iPod, among other things

(Newser) - Looking for a conservative investment? Forget bonds and go for bondage—or, at least, that’s the pitch for AdultVest, a hedge fund its CEO tells the Atlantic is an adult-entertainment industry first. The spiel: AdultVest is up 50% in the past year (based on “very conservative” appraisals), and...

Porn Kings Want Federal Bailout

$5B sought to 'rejuvenate sexual appetite'

(Newser) - Recession depression has hampered America's sex drive, claim Larry Flynt (of Hustler fame) and Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild). The adult-entertainment kings want a federal bailout for slumping DVD sales, down 22% in the past year. Placing themselves alongside Detroit’s automakers in national importance, the duo says Congress should...

Bad Porn Spurs Flynt V. Flynt
Bad Porn Spurs Flynt V. Flynt

Bad Porn Spurs Flynt V. Flynt

Hustler mogul sues to block nephews' use of his name on 'knock-off' smut

(Newser) - Larry Flynt is taking his nephews to court to stop them from slapping the Flynt name on what he considers to be low-quality porn, reports the Los Angeles Times. The porn mogul accuses his kin of tarnishing his famous name with "inferior products" and "knock-off goods,"...

Hef's a Big (Movie) Lover
 Hef's a Big (Movie) Lover 
Interview

Hef's a Big (Movie) Lover

A Playboy considers posterity

(Newser) - The bathrobed Casanova whose empire helped steam up the small screen is turning to the big, silver one as he considers his legacy, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Everything I learned about love, I learned from the movies," says Hugh Hefner, whose biopic is nearing production. "The...

Stories 301 - 320 | << Prev   Next >>