"2011: The Adult Industry in Photos" is a candid look back at the past twelve months at a business that is headquartered in the San Fernando Valley. more ›

"2011: The Adult Industry in Photos" is a candid look back at the past twelve months at a business that is headquartered in the San Fernando Valley. more ›

The mood on the set of every Star Trek incarnation has always been dictated by the actor playing the series' captain, and that has even proven true with Sam Hain's Star Trek: The Next Generation: A XXX Parody. more ›

In retrospect, LAist was either incredibly dedicated or insane (probably a little of both) to have been present for all four days of production on Sam Hain's Star Trek: The Next Generation: A XXX Parody. The first day, on the Enterprise-D bridge, ran over 20 hours, with at least one castmember falling asleep on-set until needed. more ›

When director Sam Hain told us last year of his plans to film a porn parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we could hardly contain our excitement, as his parodies of The X-Files (The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody and its sequel) were respectful of the series' established canon and received several prizes including Best Parody - Drama at the recent XRCO Awards. more ›

Last weekend, the fifth annual Fans of Adult Media and Entertainment Awards, co-hosted by Jessica Drake and Sunny Leone, were held during the inaugural edition of eXXXotica Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center. If the AVN and XBIZ Awards are the Oscars and Golden Globes of the adult industry, the FAME Awards are the equivalent to the People's Choice Awards. more ›

When LAist favorite Kimberly Kane won Best Actress (AVN, XBIZ, and XRCO) earlier this year for her portrayal of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody, it was a good omen for her reprisal of the award-winning role with Anthony Rosano as Fox Mulder in the sequel, reuniting with director Sam Hain as well as Lee Roy Myers. more ›

Continued from Part One. more ›

As mentioned previously, earlier this month, local adult publication XBIZ held their eighth annual XBIZ Awards at Avalon in Hollywood. While the AVN Awards may be considered the Oscars of the adult industry, the XBIZ Awards should not be considered the equivalent of the Daytime Emmys as TMZ joked, but rather the Golden Globes, and as a result are still highly-coveted. more ›

Last Wednesday, the nominations for the AVN Awards, considered the Oscars of the adult industry, were announced. Hosted by Digital Playground's Kayden Kross and Wicked Pictures' Kirsten Price, the 2010 edition will take place on January 9th inside the Palms Casino Resort at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas. As in previous years, it will be held the week of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, which will be on January 7th-10th at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. more ›