Acclaimed director and producer Erika Lust, founder of the Barcelona-based studio that bears her name, brought her new book “Lust: Pleasure, Performance, Power” to a packed Dynasty Typewriter theater in Los Angeles Tuesday night for a spirited reading.
\n \n \nIn Karim Z's imagination, it all started in Rio de Janeiro. \r\n\r\nThere was sun, sand and plenty of skin. Beautiful people cavorted along the beach while the sounds of bossa nova, rock and electronic music washed over scenes of sex and excess. The performers would be Brazilian, the dialogue would be in Portuguese and music would drive the action as much as anything happening on screen.
\n \n \nFor as long as humans have told stories, goddesses have embodied our fascination with desire, temptation and pleasure.\r\n\r\nKayden Kross taps into that ancient fascination in "Equilibrium," her five-part fantasy feature for Deeper, where desire exists on two planes. On the surface, pleasure collides with duty, appearances and expectations. But beneath it lies an underworld of the psyche, where desire takes physical form and characters confront the parts of themselves they would rather keep buried.
\n \n \nJeffrey John Hart is racking up frequent-flyer miles at an impressive rate.
\n \n \nAnissa Kate has made some unique memories over the course of her 15-year career in the adult industry. She fondly remembers shooting under the starry skies of the Nevada desert, and spending the night in the middle of nowhere because the shoot was scheduled to resume early in the morning to catch the sunrise.
\n \n \nIt's the end of the world as we know it, and Seth Gamble feels fine.\r\n\r\nOn a scorching hot day in the remote mountains of Santa Clarita, Gamble is directing "The Doctrine," an ambitious post-apocalyptic drama for Adult Time's Pure Taboo label.
\n \n \nCharlotte Sins is cracking the whip. Or at least, she’s pretending to.\r\n\r\nStanding over a masked submissive on the set of her X3 cover shoot in North Hollywood, she’s a glam femdom vision in stiletto heels and retro ’50s pinup black hair. Leather whip draped over her bare shoulders, its black tip dangling suggestively between her long, tan legs, Sins moans softly.
\n \n \nWhen you hear the name Scott Nails, certain images probably come to mind. On this sweltering summer afternoon, however, the only nailing in sight is happening beneath the swing of a hammer.
\n \n \nOutside a warehouse on a scorching, treeless frontage road in Compton, there is little to suggest that a movie is being made behind its nondescript walls. Similar buildings across the Southwest frequently house adult productions, their unassuming exteriors concealing carefully lit sets where crews labor over every visual detail.
\n \n \nCubbi Thompson's signature two-tone coiffure is nearly as recognizable as the performer herself. What some might not know, however, is that the look traces back to an unlikely inspiration: eccentric Harry Potter villain Bellatrix Lestrange.
\n \n \nCherry Kiss is dabbing sweat off Seth Gamble’s forehead as he hovers over Ella Reese, a black makeup bag slung across her chest.
\n \n \nDirector Sid Knox is sprawled across the floor as Octavia Red kicks him in the stomach.
\n \n \nNot every successful performer can tell you the exact moment when they finally felt like they’d “made it,” but Zariah Aura can. For her, it was making her Brazzers debut at the beginning of this year.
\n \n \nCharlotte Sins is eating a Nutter Butter before the first double anal scene of her career.
\n \n \nThe eighth annual Pornhub Awards transformed Los Candiles Night Club in Glassell Park into a celebration of glamour, glitter, fashion and fame Wednesday night, as performers, creators and industry insiders toasted the year’s winners and danced late into the night while Diplo and Midnight Mary kept the party pulsing from behind the decks.
\n \n \nAddison Vodka sits behind the wheel of a yellow 1970 Dodge Challenger RT while Elly Clutch rides shotgun, the muscle car's black racing stripe slicing across the hood. Parked beneath the hazy California sky, the whole setup feels like something ripped straight from a Quentin Tarantino film.
\n \n \nKeisha Gray, Angela White, Octavia Red, and Blake Blossom. These are the well-endowed women who have played the character of "Titwoman" for Elegant Angel.
\n \n \nThere's a bright aura that surrounds Clémence Audiard as she sits down with XBIZ to discuss her new project, Clémence Crave. She lights up as she talks about the self-funded and self-directed production label, which has become more than a pet project. In this space, she is more than a performer; she is also the architect, curator, and heartbeat of every detail, from casting and costuming to location scouting and visual styling.
\n \n \nLongtime industry photographer and rising director Mad Creativity came up with his moniker early in his career, while searching for something that would capture both sides of his creative life as a photographer and a freelance graphic designer.
\n \n \nThe term “raven-haired beauty” may be somewhat of a cliché, but every now and then, a star comes along who truly fits the bill. Performer and fetish creator Violet Voss is just such a presence.
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