“Dear Penthouse, I’ve never done anything like this before, writing to a magazine to confess something, but this was too wicked and delicious not to.” “There’s been this one fantasy I’ve had for as long as I can remember . . . ” “I’ve been married for going on four years now. I […]
I miss porn parodies. Sure, they still exist. Every year, a few major porn spoofs appear. But it’s nothing like the sea of IP that crowded the new release lists when I started at DVD Empire well over a decade ago. One of the very first blogs I ever wrote was about Vivid’s take-off of […]
January is one of the most exciting months in the adult industry’s calendar. It’s a moment when porn’s best and brightest talents assemble for the biggest award shows and expos at AVN and XBIZ. At the X3 2024 Expo in Hollywood this past weekend, Adult Empire saluted its glorious past and looked to its promising […]
Every year, a new performer has a breakout movie, an exciting studio hits the bestseller lists for the first time, a trending sex toy debuts, and a groundbreaking genre captures audience imaginations. The six primary Adult Empire bloggers offer their picks for what will trend in 2024. Pornstars Scarlett Alexis “Over the past year Scarlett […]
What was wild, sexy, and new in 2023? Find out in this retrospective, which looks at Adult Empire’s year through the lens of the AE blog. January 1/7: AVN announces its award winners. 1/14: XBIZ announces its award winners. 1/17: VICE interviews classic pornstar Ginger Lynn in a notable mainstream crossover. 1/17: Porn noises are […]
Author and sex therapist Rachel Wright helps scores of clients and readers discover, contemplate, explore, and accept their sexual selves. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, The Huffington Post, and many other notable publications. She has also candidly discussed her own explorations of polyamory to educate audiences on the biggest misconceptions about open […]
Hey, celebs watch porn, too. Don’t think for a moment they don’t! Sure, their fame and fortune mean that sex is likely more readily accessible than it would be for the average person. But sometimes, a quick fix with some good ol’ adult entertainment is all anyone needs, ultra-famous or not. Samuel L. Jackson once […]
Well, they don’t call it the “boob tube” for nothing. Pesky FCC regulations have always kept explicit nudity and sex off the network airwaves. Love scenes are usually implied, and bare body parts are seen only through a haze, if at all. Thankfully, porn spoofs are more than willing to fill the gaps! That’s why […]
Maitland Ward‘s new book, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood, is one of the most candid, funny, fast-paced pornstar memoirs in years. In this excerpt, drawn from Adult Empire’s recent in-depth interview, Ward discusses the book, which debuted in stores everywhere this week. https://publicvideo.adultempire.com/open/maitland-ward-book-090922-porn-video.mp4 Photograph by Robin Roemer, courtesy Simon & Schuster Browse […]
Why do people judge themselves for watching scenarios in porn that they’d find unremarkable on Netflix? In this interview clip, Tasha Reign considers the differing attitude people have toward porn versus mainstream content. https://publicvideo.adultempire.com/open/tasha-reign-double-standards-072122-video.mp4 Transcript Dallas: Some of those [porn] studios, they do really push it with some very provocative scenarios that are definitely quite […]