LAS VEGAS – The coveted AVN Awards celebrated 33 years Jan. 23 at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. An estimated 500 performers strutted the red carpet. The gala ceremony that followed was as full of glitz and glamour as any Academy Awards presentation — admittedly...

LAS VEGAS – On Jan. 23, two days after celebrating the “O” Awards given for excellence in their specific segment of the adult industry, novelty manufacturers and retailers gathered again for the granddaddy of all adult entertainment awards shows, the AVN Awards. Sixteen pleasure...

LOS ANGELES – Following the appearance of one of the company’s DVD box covers on a popular prime-time sitcom, adult entertainment studio Irritable Angel is celebrating what it calls “an unprecedented moment of mainstream exposure” for its brand. “In Thursday night’s new...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – A 2016 ballot initiative and new regulations from Cal/OSHA could place a de facto ban on adult content production in California, according to a noted First Amendment attorney. Attorney Jeffrey Douglas, who also serves as chairman of the board of directors...

PHOENIX – Private Gym, the first exercise program designed specifically to strengthen pelvic floor muscles in men, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with boutique distributor Entrenue. Featuring a unique graduated weight system and customized training regimen, Private Gym...

LOS ANGELES – Certified sex educator Elle Chase will curate a special selection of sex toys and accessories for sex-positive retailer The Pleasure Chest. An authority and noted sexual health expert specializing in feeling sexy at any size, Chase will combine her expertise in...

By Kenny Byrnes Special to YNOT PORTLAND, Ore. – One of the most important movies ever made in this country, once thought lost to history, has been unearthed. The film is part historical document, part cautionary tale and part prophecy. Until recently, the only surviving copy of...

LAS VEGAS – As the first day of the AVN Novelty Expo closed Wednesday, novelty industry insiders gathered in the Real World Suite at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to await the announcement of 2016’s “O” Award winners. As they have in previous years, the seventh-annual “O”...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Effective Feb. 1, longtime entrepreneur and HIV/AIDS activist Eric Paul Leue will replace Diane Duke as executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, the adult industry trade organization. Duke resigned effective Jan. 1 in order to pursue other...

BURNS, Ore. – Militant militiaman Jon Ritzheimer’s video tirade about “a box of dicks” had less to do with his distaste for so-called hate mail than with a legitimate concern about lack of lubrication causing painful insertion. Thankfully, irreverent game designer Max Temkin...