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fromQueerty
4 days ago
LGBT

This steamy, soapy Filipino "macho dancer" drama was so controversial it had to be smuggled out of the country - Queerty

fromQueerty
4 days ago
LGBT

This steamy, soapy Filipino "macho dancer" drama was so controversial it had to be smuggled out of the country - Queerty

Music production
fromIndieWire
1 day ago

This Is What Honest AI Conversations Sound Like in Hollywood

Mastery in the age of AI is evolving, requiring individuals to excel beyond a baseline of quickly learned skills.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

Years Ago, My Husband Was in an "Adult Film." It's Only a Matter of Time Before Our Kids Find Out.

Discussing a parent's past in adult films with children requires careful consideration of timing and the family's values on sexuality.
Media industry
fromDigiday
2 days ago

Future of TV Briefing: What publishers have to offer creators

Publishers are increasingly collaborating with creators to enhance revenue opportunities and audience reach.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Indecent exposure case at Whole Foods in Valencia under investigation

A man is being sought by law enforcement for committing a lewd act in a Whole Foods store in Valencia.
Humor
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Reflecting on Oversexed Characters in Television Comedies

Sitcom characters increasingly display hypersexuality, eliciting both sympathetic laughter and envy from audiences.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
4 days ago

AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution

OpenAI canceled plans for adult content due to safety concerns and regulatory pressures from investors and internal teams.
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Mass exodus from Los Angeles revealed in shocking new figures

Los Angeles County's population has now dipped to just under 9.7 million, marking a continuation of a steady slide for the nation's most populous county. The raw number of departures is eye-catching, but experts say the broader trend may be even more concerning: fewer people are coming in to replace those who leave.
Los Angeles
fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

Reality-TV Deconstructor

So much of the White House has always been a kind of symbolic construction. All the tackiness-I find it endearing. The bald artifice, the kind of striver-ness of it-it's like rooting for early Bethenny.
NYC real estate
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner's death could reshape the porn money-making machine

Yekaterina Chudnovsky inherits a controlling interest in OnlyFans after her husband's death, impacting the platform's future direction and business model.
Film
fromIndieWire
7 hours ago

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Intimacy Coordinators

Intimacy coordinators play a crucial role in choreographing sex scenes, ensuring safety and clarity on set.
fromEsquire
1 week ago

My Life as a Black Sex Worker in Tokyo

From a young age, I was a very sexual person. I knew I wanted to have a lot of sex, and I also figured that to do that, I would need to meet women who felt the same. I never considered making sex my career. Or at least not until one day in Tokyo, when I was with a friend who got a call about a job.
Careers
San Francisco Giants
fromDefector
1 week ago

Netflix Is Loading Up The Clown Car For Opening Night | Defector

Netflix has secured exclusive MLB opening day games, leading to an overcrowded broadcast format with numerous special guests.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 week ago

Sussing Out 'Performance TV' | AdExchanger

Advertisers view connected TV as a performance multiplier, but it remains primarily suited for branding and upper-funnel goals.
fromBloombergtax
1 week ago

Utah Porn and Ad Taxes Would Boost Litigation More Than Revenue

The proposed Targeted Advertising Tax in Utah is imposed on advertising that is bought, delivered, accessed, or interacted with using the internet, raising concerns about its legality under the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Law
Media industry
fromMoney Digest
5 days ago

The Popular Streaming Platform You Didn't Know Was Part Of Amazon's Portfolio - Money Digest

Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014 has significantly impacted its growth and consumer offerings, enhancing its position in the live-streaming market.
Digital life
fromWIRED
1 week ago

'She's Never Going to Age': Porn Stars Are Embracing AI Clones to Stay Forever Young

Lisa Ann has licensed her likeness for AI porn, creating a digital twin to reshape the adult industry and generate passive income.
Film
fromCalifornia Post
1 day ago

Fears grow of 'Detroit-Style' decline as Hollywood jobs evaporate

Los Angeles' TV/film industry faces a significant decline, with a 30% drop in jobs since 2022, raising concerns of a 'Detroit-style' collapse.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Adult content creator Bonnie Blue charged with outraging public decency in London

A woman has been charged with outraging public decency following an investigation by the Met Police. Tia Billinger, 26, of Draycott in Derbyshire, was charged via postal requisition on Monday, March 16. She will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, April 22. The charge relates to an incident in Great Peter Street, Westminster, on Monday, December 15.
UK news
#creator-economy
fromDigiday
2 weeks ago
Marketing

A new studio is betting Hollywood talent and first-party data will reshape creator monetization

Marketing
fromDigiday
2 weeks ago

A new studio is betting Hollywood talent and first-party data will reshape creator monetization

Linden Lane Films combines Hollywood production with top creators and proprietary data technology to capture brand advertising budgets traditionally held by premium publishers and platforms.
Media industry
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Uproxx joins push to pitch creator TV

Artists drive the creator economy as super creators with massive fan communities, and creator-led content now competes directly with traditional television for viewership and advertising dollars.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Smiley Face: finally, a stoner comedy for the girls who get overstimulated at the supermarket

Anna Faris's performance in Smiley Face showcases her unique blend of slapstick and absurdism, making the character of Jane both endearing and hilariously flawed.
fromQueerty
2 weeks ago

Adult film star Billy London's murder went unsolved for decades. Until this filmmaker came along to tell the story - Queerty

For 33 years, the murder of Bill Newton, also known as Billy London, a gay adult film star, who was killed and dismembered in West Hollywood, remained unsolved. Why did it take so long for Billy and his family and friends to get justice? Many people in the community (myself included) initially felt that Billy's murder wasn't taken seriously by law enforcement because he was a gay man in 1990.
NYC LGBT
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

I Was a Porn Star for Decades. Now, as "the Vagician," I Teach Men How to Have Sex.

When I went into a scene, I fell in love with that girl for the next 50 minutes. I wanted my scenes to not just appear real but to be real to me, because it made my job easier. There were very few girls who didn't orgasm in my scenes. My goal was to get the girl off, because that gave me pleasure.
Women in technology
Television
fromQueerty
3 weeks ago

Why won't TV just let older gay men have sexy screen time? - Queerty

Television depicts gay men as married parents, closeted victims, or young explorers, but rarely as unapologetically sexual older adults living openly without shame.
Independent films
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Why Universal Committed to Keeping Movies in Theaters Longer

Universal Pictures extends theatrical exclusivity windows to five weeks immediately and seven weeks by 2027, though most viewers already wait longer for streaming access via Peacock subscription service.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Night Stage review public sex enthusiasm the key to extravagant and subversive erotic thriller

An erotic thriller from Brazil blends realism with bizarre elements, focusing on public sex and its implications for identity and desire.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
3 weeks ago

Pornhub blocks access for users in Australia as new rules take effect

Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8, has begun limiting access for Australian users, with Pornhub remaining partially accessible and showing only non-explicit content. The restriction comes ahead of new rules introduced by Australia's eSafety Commissioner to reduce children's exposure to harmful material taking effect.
Public health
LA real estate
fromtherealdeal.com
3 weeks ago

Inside the Los Angeles real estate owned and occupied by Warner Bros and Paramount

A potential Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would consolidate significant Los Angeles real estate holdings, with Warner Bros. controlling 4.1 million square feet primarily in Burbank and Paramount owning approximately 1.85 million square feet.
Film
fromQueerty
1 week ago

Hollywood squirmed, but the camboy stars of Blue Film are still diving headfirst into the discomfort - Queerty

Mainstream audiences are increasingly accepting of LGBTQ+ themes in film, as evidenced by the success of heated rivalry and other projects.
#hollywood-redevelopment
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
39 years ago

First Hollywood Redevelopment Apartments Open

Lanewood Pines, a new 79-unit apartment complex in Hollywood, opens with 13 units reserved for moderate-income residents at below-market rental rates through Community Redevelopment Agency bond financing.
Marketing tech
fromwww.cnbc.com
4 weeks ago

Buy Netflix as ads, pricing power and generative AI drive growth, says CFRA

Netflix's advertising expansion, pricing power, and international growth position it for significant revenue acceleration, with advertising potentially contributing $1.5B-$3.0B in 2026.
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Access Hollywood Canceled After Nearly 30 Years

Since its 1996 debut, Access Hollywood has aired nearly 12,000 episodes. Yet its most infamous segment was one that never made it to broadcast: in October 2016, weeks before the presidential election, The Washington Post obtained footage of then-candidate Donald Trump making lewd comments about women to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush.
Media industry
#age-verification
LA real estate
fromQueerty
4 weeks ago

This bisexual Golden Age Hollywood icon's home is officially on the market - Queerty

Cary Grant's former Palm Springs estate, Villa Paradiso, is listed for $12.7 million and reflects the Hollywood icon's life during his later years as a husband and father.
fromConde Nast Traveler
4 weeks ago

Where to See a Movie in Los Angeles, the Heart of American Cinema

Los Angeles is home to more than a dozen one-of-a-kind cinemas that operate on their own terms. Some of these theaters have been around for 100 years, and in classic LA fashion some of them are owned by living LA legends-think Quentin Tarantino and Kyle Ng. Kristen Stewart recently announced she's also jumping into the mix with her purchase of Los Angeles's Highland Theatre.
Los Angeles
Media industry
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

If You've Been Waiting for Normal in Hollywood, Here It Is

YouTube surpassed Disney as the world's largest media company while accomplished independent producers like Ted Hope struggle to find industry support, signaling a fundamental shift in entertainment's structure and sustainability.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
4 weeks ago

Amazon Audiences Are Coming To Netflix | AdExchanger

Amazon Ads will enable US media buyers to use Amazon Audiences for Netflix campaign targeting through its DSP starting next quarter, leveraging commerce data to demonstrate streaming performance and conversion outcomes.
Film
fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

S4M drives users to cinemas for Sony's latest release

Sony Pictures' mobile campaign for The Dark Tower reached 2 million Singapore users, achieving 71,000 trailer completions and 24,000 ticket bookings through location-based targeting and seamless booking integration.
Media industry
fromDigital Trends
3 weeks ago

YouTube overtakes Hollywood studios, but it will show you 30-second unskippable TV ads

YouTube generated $40.4 billion in advertising revenue in 2025, surpassing the combined ad revenue of Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Skydance, and Warner Bros. Discovery, marking a fundamental shift in media consumption and economics.
Film
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Hollywood Is Dead: We Must Fight to Save the True Magic

Technological advancement in filmmaking has eliminated scarcity and bottlenecks that once created awe, diminishing the magic of cinema through abundance rather than enhancing it.
Media industry
fromTheStreet
3 weeks ago

YouTube just crushed Hollywood in a major milestone

YouTube's 2025 revenue exceeded $60 billion, surpassing Netflix and becoming the largest advertising platform, overtaking combined revenues of Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery for the first time.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Gay adult film actor/"FIGHTER for Parental Rights" hired by Project 2025 organization - LGBTQ Nation

Corey DeAngelis joined The Heritage Foundation while promoting Project 2025 school-choice and anti-LGBTQ+ education policies despite having appeared in Gay Hoopla porn videos.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Ofcom fines porn company 1.35m over age check failings

Ofcom fined 8579 LLC £1.35m for failing to implement legally required, highly effective age verification on UK-facing porn websites.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
29 years ago

A House Full of Stage Presence

The Center Theatre Group's 30th anniversary reception was held at the Wassermans' prestigious Beverly Hills home, showcasing its renowned art collection and expansive grounds to impressed guests.
Privacy professionals
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls

Crystal Hefner alleges Hugh M. Hefner's foundation holds scrapbooks and journals with sexual images, including possibly nonconsensual and underage photos, and seeks to block distribution.
fromLos Angeles Times
40 years ago

New Plans for Watering Hole of Stars

We bought the property in 1974 from the Dudley Murphy estate. In 1979, we sold 10 condos designed (and built in 1939 for Murphy as motel units) by famed architect Richard Neutra. The remaining two lots, which have a total of 83 feet of beach frontage, represent what Stern called the first Escondido Beach Road home sites available to the public in more than 20 years.
LA real estate
Law
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
1 month ago

GirlsDoPorn owner ordered to pay $75.6 million in restitution by California judge

Michael James Pratt must pay $75.6 million restitution for coercing and trafficking more than 100 women through GirlsDoPorn; he received a 27-year federal prison sentence.
Mental health
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

Online Porn Addiction Is Increasing in the UK

Addiction to online pornography is rising in the U.K., prompting calls for a national strategy and deeper research into its mental-health and economic impacts.
fromWIRED
2 months ago

I've Been Reviewing Sex Toys for Nearly 2 Decades. These Are What I Recommend

Sex toys were pretty basic back then. Most were phallic in shape-even if they weren't necessarily meant to be used internally-made of mystery materials, and required actual batteries. The first sex toy I reviewed was a bullet vibrator that not only needed batteries, but its remote control was connected to the toy by a cord that was probably no more than 10 inches in length. Stockpiling AA and AAA batteries to keep my vibrators working was just as annoying as it sounds.
Wellness
US news
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Some accused of public nudity as 17 arrested at California cafe

Garden Grove coffee shop operating as a bikini café resulted in arrests, citations for public nudity, business and alcohol violations, and the building being red-tagged.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Everything we know about The Body, Netflix's 'raunchy' new psychodrama

What do you get when you cross an all-women dance troupe with a rebellion against Catholicism and erotic '90s thrillers? Something supremely queer, I hope. In the words of Ayo Edebri: I'm simply too seated. This is The Body, a new Netflix psychodrama from queer writer-director and Blame actress Quinn Shephard, starring none other than The Traitors ' sapphic supreme, Gabby Windey (plus a host of other very talented stars) Announced back in October, the eight-part show is set to further the fascination with "raunchy" coming-of-age, sports-ish series when it's released later this year, and with a wink-wink-nudge-nudge approach to religion, too.
Television
fromDigiday
2 months ago

Future of TV Briefing: Brands are spending more to advertise creators' content, making usage rights a focal point

Of the $43.9 billion that advertisers in the U.S. are expected to spend on creator marketing in 2026, most of that money - 55% - will go towards ads amplifying the creators' content, not to the actual creation and posting of content by the creators themselves. And that spend is only increasing as creator content becomes a more popular choice for ad creative and paid amplification provides brands with the analytics to be able to more effectively gauge the impact of creators' content.
Marketing
US politics
fromWIRED
2 months ago

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They're Unconstitutional

A Utah bill would levy a 7 percent tax and a $500 annual fee on porn sites based in Utah, directing revenue to teen mental-health services.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

Contemporary Hollywood's frequent AI stories have grown repetitive, commercially unreliable, and have undermined the cinematic treatment of artificial intelligence.
California
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month ago

Some accused of public nudity as 17 arrested at California cafe

Seventeen people were arrested after a Garden Grove coffee shop operating as a bikini cafe violated public nudity, business operations, and alcohol regulations.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Casting is dead. Long live casting!

Last month, Netflix made the surprising decision to kill off a key feature: With no prior warning, the company removed the ability to cast videos from its mobile apps to a wide range of smart TVs and streaming devices. Casting is now only supported on older Chromecast streaming adapters that didn't ship with a remote, Nest Hub smart displays, and select Vizio and Compal smart TVs.
Television
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

As Hollywood holds back, television pushes back against Trump 2.0

Nikki Glaser minimized political commentary at the Golden Globes despite a turbulent U.S. year and Hollywood's fraught history with outspoken figures.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Pornhub to restrict access for UK users from February

Pornhub will restrict UK access from 2 February so only pre-registered, age-verified accounts can view content, citing failures of the Online Safety Act.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Hollywood actors and artists just made a move against AI slop

The Human Artistry Campaign's " Stealing Isn't Innovation " movement launches today with over 800 signatories. Those include many Hollywood actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well as writers such as Jodi Picoult and Roxane Gay, and musicians like Cyndi Lauper and They Might be Giants. The campaign has a simple message: "Stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft-plain and simple."
Artificial intelligence
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Advertisers must remain 'realistic' about brand safety risks on Netflix

Netflix's upcoming ad-funded tier raises brand-safety concerns after the Jeffrey Dahmer drama, making advertiser adjacency and entry costly and potentially risky.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Critics agree Pamela Anderson was exploited by Seth Rogen's sex tape series

As Pamela Anderson revealed in an interview this week, she couldn't wait to get away from Seth Rogan at the Golden Globes ceremony Sunday night. The Baywatch star told Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show that she felt yucky sitting so close to the actor and thinks he owes her an apology because he developed, produced and starred in Pam and Tommy, the Daily Mail reported.
Television
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Half of Brits watch porn on unregulated sites since age verification crackdown'

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
US politics
fromDigiday
2 months ago

Future of TV Briefing: 5 ripple effects that will shape the future of TV in 2026

But that's unlikely to put a hold on M&A activity among major TV and streaming companies. The first question becomes what do WBD's spurned suitors do in response? Paramount and Comcast's NBCUniversal are unlikely to pair up given the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's broadcast ownership rules (and the U.S. government's antagonistic relationship toward Comcast). But there are (much) smaller targets on the market: A+E Global Media, AMC Networks, Lionsgate, Starz, etc.
Television
#daniel-stern
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

8 Most Anticipated Sexy Movies of 2026

The Academy pulled a complete one-eighty last year. They honored an incredibly unsexy film as the 2024 Best Picture winner (Oppenheimer), only to award a sex-work comedy-drama (Anora) in 2025 that featured multiple scenes of Best Actress winner Mikey Madison working it for the camera. I can't tell you what changed in between each Oscars ceremony, but I certainly wouldn't mind if 2026 continued to rock these awards presentations by awarding Michael B. Jordan for getting it on with a vampire in Sinners.
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

Was Jenna Jameson the Ultimate Female Anti-hero?

Now, Lambert is back with JennaWorld, which aired its final episode on Monday, January 26. It traces businesswoman and "Queen of Porn" Jenna Jameson's life - from growing up in Las Vegas and finding stability working in porn to going all the way to the industry's financial climax and her eventual awkward, messy comedown. Jameson typifies what Lambert calls the female anti-hero.
Film
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Independent studios scramble to stay afloat as film and TV production lags

Last week, he opened a $230-million movie and television studio on the edge of the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles nestled alongside the dramatic new Sixth Street Bridge. The state-of-the-art complex has five sound stages, offices and other proper movie studio features such as a mill, commissary and base camp. "We just had all the major networks, all the major streaming platforms walk through this facility and they can't believe how nice it is," said Wainright, managing partner of East End Studios.
Film
Film
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

In Defense of Movie Sex Scenes

Onscreen sex scenes can be narratively essential but are often gratuitous, harmful, or disruptive when objectifying participants, reinforcing stereotypes, or damaging a film's flow.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Ex-Disney CEO says hardest part of his career was working with 'pig' Harvey Weinstein

Michael Eisner described working with Harvey Weinstein as the hardest part of his Disney tenure, calling Weinstein dishonest, rude, and contractually unreliable.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We're a hot button topic': is intimacy coordination the most misunderstood job in film-making?

Intimacy coordinators protect cast and crew and shape intimate choreography while the role evolves amid controversy and high demand.
Film
fromEsquire
1 month ago

The 23 Sexiest Movies of All Time

Titanic is notable for a single sensual scene that defined a generation and solidified the film's status among the most erotic movies.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Jason Segel's Mom Walked Out Of A Premiere In Tears Over His Nudity, And People Are Divided

The thing about the full-frontal nudity, it wasn't just, like, being an exhibitionist. It was that if the opening scene, your male lead does full-frontal nudity, because it hadn't really happened at this point yet, you're forced to throw out your expectations.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Filmmaker who helped crack gay porn actor's gruesome Hollywood killing wins SXSW premiere

I was so disgusted. Like, no, you can't have a murder in this sea of people already dying - that's not right, not fair. We can't let this go.
Film
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