How do you make alt-porn even alt-ier? The Echo Park Film Center knows, with Honey Bunny v2, a video-remix of 2008's Honey Bunny. Re-imagineer Margie Schnibbe is on hand for every moan & groan, and for all the would-be Jeremih's out there, it's her birthday. If you prefer your alt-film on the straight and narrow, EPFC also hosts Los Angeles As A Character, a series of experimental shorts that slice & dice our city into delectable bites: some friendly, some alienated, others just plain confused. To take it WAY back, EPFC teams up with Los Angeles Filmforum for D.W. Griffith in California, a program of ultra-rare reels from film pioneer D.W. Griffith, produced locally before he went off & produced the ultra-popular (and ultra-racist) Birth of a Nation. No stranger to controversy, Griffith takes on evolution & the decimation of Native American populations in these shorts, as well as showcase early cinematic techniques & melodrama. more ›

She wants fame through the camera lens, so maybe this deal is more to her liking than a non-profit's offer of free round-the-clock childcare: Local adult industry company Vivid Entertainment has offered OctoMom Nadya Suleman up to $1 million to star in a film for their Vivid-Celeb imprint line, according to TMZ. more ›

Hollywood Boulevard's World of Wonder Storefront Gallery--known in the past for their explicit Golden Girls Gone Wild exhibit and most recently RuPaul's Drag Race--this week opened a large retrospective with Vivid Entertainment Group looking at the porn company's artful 25-year history. more ›

As mentioned last Friday, the adult industry has gathered this week for AVN's annual Adult Entertainment Expo and Adult Movie Awards in Las Vegas, with the convention running through Sunday at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, and the awards show on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. And while Thursday, the first day of the convention, was only open to members of the adult industry and press, it will be open to the public from today onward. more ›

Even though Southern California is the nexus of the adult industry, next week the industry and its fans will convene in Las Vegas for AVN's annual Adult Entertainment Expo and Adult Movie Awards. more ›

Last Thursday, artist/director Vena Virago (MySpace) celebrated the release of her new Vivid-Alt (MySpace) movie , "Virago offers a unique insight into her own persona as artist and pornographer, delivering a multifaceted work that exists as a film, a performance piece and an art show." more ›

Last Sunday, director Benny Profane (MySpace) celebrated the release of his new Vivid-Alt (MySpace) movie , his first directorial effort for the imprint, with a party at the Redwood Bar and Grill in Downtown LA. more ›

It is estimated that 200 firms, 6000 workers and 1200 actors produce 4000-7000 adult films a year in Los Angeles. Yes, there are more porn-related, adult industry jobs than software jobs in this town. With $4.3 billion in sales and rentals (which is still nothing compared to the $12 Billion made from toys and books), the Adult Entertainment Industry puts $4 billion in revenue back into the local economy. “It’s in an industry producing... more ›

Earlier this month we asked our readers how they'd feel if we started covering the adult video world, you know since it's a huge part of the LA economy and everyone who commented were totally into it. The only thing they asked us to do was to keep the nudity after the jump. Deal. OK after the jump, enjoy a lil photo essay from last week's "Man's Ruin" dvd release party sponsored by Vivid-alt,... more ›