Porn star Kayla Kayden, who also happens to be Miss Fleshbot January 2023, will be making a special appearance at the Peppermint Hippo in Las Vegas on Friday, February 3rd. This is one of those clubs that you really have to see to believe. I'm told it's an upscale, one-of-a-kind experience. The Peppermint Hippo is the only strip club located on the world-famous Las Vegas strip at 1531 South Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104. You can call the club at 702-473-9977 for additional information about her upcoming appearance. The club is open 24/7 and has no cover if you are a Las Vegas local with a local ID. I hope this is one show you won't want to miss. Kayla Kayden is well known for her amazing feature dance performance.

• You can follow Kayla Kayden on Twitter at @KaylaKayden.
• You can follow The Peppermint Hippo on Twitter at @LVPeppermintH.

 

Winners of the 2023 XBIZ Awards were revealed last night during a ceremony hosted by Joanna Angel and Small Hands at the world-famous Hollywood Palladium. Performer of the Year Cherie DeVille Female Performer of the Year Vanna Bardot Male Performer of the Year Seth Gamble Girl/Girl Performer of the Year Aiden Ashley MILF Performer of the Year Reagan Foxx Gay Performer of the Year Dillon Diaz Trans Performer of the Year Emma Rose Best New Performer Nicole Doshi Best Acting — Lead Jane Wilde, Stars (Adult Time) Best Acting — Supporting Tommy Pistol, Deranged (Wicked Pictures) Feature Movie of the Year Going Up (Lust Cinema) Performer Showcase of the Year April Knows Best (Evil Angel) Vignette Movie of the Year Goddess and the Seed (Deeper) Vignette Series of the Year Married & Cheating (Digital Sin) Gonzo Movie of the Year Fill Her Up (Evil Angel) Gonzo Series of the Year Blacked Raw (Blacked) All-Girl Movie of the Year Sorrow Bay (Lust Cinema) All-Girl Series of the Year Women Seeking Women (Girlfriends Films) Featurette of the Year SI: Sexual Intelligence (Delphine Films) Web Series of the Year Modern-Day Sins (Adult Time) Gay Movie of the Year Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios) Trans Movie of the Year My TS Stepsister 6 (TransSensual) Gay All-Sex Release of the Year Falcon Live: 4 the Fans (Falcon Studios) Director of the Year — Feature Casey Calvert Director of the Year — Non-Feature Derek Dozer Director of the Year — Gay Tony Dimarco Director of the Year — Trans Buddy Wood Best Sex Scene — Feature Movie Maitland Ward, Mick Blue & Seth Gamble, Drift (Deeper) Best Sex Scene — Performer Showcase April Olsen, Mick Blue, Alex Jones & Rob Piper, April Olsen Knows Best (Evil Angel) Best Sex Scene — Vignette Violet Myers, Vanna Bardot, Savannah Bond, Vicki Chase, Nicole Doshi, Richard Mann, Vic Marie, Brickzilla, Garland, Anton Harden, Jay, Jonathan Jordan, Jamie Knoxx, John Legendary, Tyrone Love, Isiah Maxwell, Stretch & Zaddy, High Gear (Blacked Raw) Best Sex Scene — Gonzo Angela White, Mick Blue, Oliver Flynn, Isiah Maxwell, John Strong & Zac Wild, Take Control (Brazzers) Best Sex Scene — All-Girl Olive Glass & Arial X, Love Behind Bars (AllHerLuv) Best Sex Scene — All-Sex Vanna Bardot & Seth Gamble, Money (Wicked Pictures) Best Sex Scene — Featurette Maddy May & Codey Steele, SI: Sexual Intelligence (Delphine Films) Best Sex Scene — Career-First Performance Remy LaCroix, Dante Colle, Damon Dice, Tommy Pistol & John Strong, Remy's Back With a Bang (Bellesa Plus) Best Sex Scene — Gay Brandon Anderson, Dillon Diaz, Killian Knox, Blain O’Connor, Dakota Payne & Roman Todd, “Briar Basin Ranch, Act III” (Disruptive Films) Best Sex Scene — Trans Eva Maxim & Kira Noir, Muses: Eva Maxim (Transfixed) Best Sex Scene — Virtual Reality Kenzie Anne, Ashley Lane, Jazlyn Ray & Alex Mack, Party Girls (Naughty America) Best Screenplay Casey Calvert & Mark Logan, Going Up (Lust Cinema) Best Cinematography Matt Holder, Grinders (Adult Time) Best Editing Claudia Ross, Deranged (Wicked Pictures) Best Art Direction Spideypool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures) Studio of the Year Adult Time Best New Studio/Imprint Delphine Films Cam Model of the Year Quincy Clip Artist of the Year Eva Elfie Premium Social Media Star of the Year Kazumi Cam Site of the Year — Premium Streamate.com Cam Site of the Year — Freemium Chaturbate.com Gay Cam Site of the Year Chaturbate.com Creator Platform/Site of the Year JustFor.Fans Paysite of the Year Brazzers.com Best New Site RickysRoom.com VOD Site of the Year AdultEmpire.com Erotic Site of the Year LustCinema.com Photography Site of the Year PlayboyPlus.com All-Girl Site of the Year Slayed.com Gay Site of the Year NextDoorStudios.com Trans Site of the Year GroobyGirls.com Fetish Site of the Year Hentaied.com Virtual Reality Site of the Year SexLikeReal.com You can see the full list of winners at xbizawards.com.

In 2021 Mastercard officially released its new policies regarding adult content, officially known as AN 5156. The new Visa regulation (Visa Rule ID 0003356) is part of the Global Brand Protection Program Guide for Acquirers. It focuses on merchants who allow third-party users to upload or generate content. This includes real-time or live-streaming content produced and shared on social media sites, tube sites, cam sites, adult dating sites, and voyeur programs. When it comes to user-uploaded content, the new Visa regulation states there must be consent in writing, and it needs to include several things. First, the merchant must enter into a written agreement with the content provider, and the agreement must include that the content does not have any activity that is illegal.

Maitland Ward was honored Saturday night with two coveted 2023 AVN Awards highlighting her success in both the adult film and mainstream publishing industries. The industrious star won the Best Leading Actress trophy for her riveting performance as a glamorous and profoundly jaded Hollywood star prowling the city streets in search of her next thrill in the smash showcase feature film from Deeper, Drift.

“I want to thank AVN for recognizing my work for Deeper as an actress over the past few years,” said Ward, who won 2020’s Best Supporting Actress for the Kayden Kross-led studio’s 8x award-winner Drive, and ‘21’s Best Leading Actress for the 7x award-winner, Muse. “The difference between a good actress and an award-winning actress, however, often lies in the writing and filmmaking talent, and I think we can all agree that Kayden Kross is supremely talented and elevates our work to another level. So I want to thank Kayden for knocking it out of the park each and every time we shoot a movie. I’m blessed beyond measure and I know it.”

Ward also scored AVN’s Mainstream Venture of the Year award for her stunning success as an incendiary storyteller within the pages of her blockbuster tell-all, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood, where she openly shares her (often sordid) experiences in Hollywood as a teenage ingénue who became a sitcom star at 21, then seamlessly reinvented herself in 2019 as an adult film superstar, content creator and the flawless face of Deeper.

“This book had been bubbling under the surface for a while, and I felt like I had a unique and intriguing story to tell; I am so thankful to Simon & Schuster for publishing it, Barnes & Noble for helping me promote it, my loyal, longtime fans for buying it and AVN for awarding me with a Mainstream Venture of the Year trophy. Thank you so much for everyone’s support… it means so much to me and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.”

Visit Deeper to enjoy Maitland Ward’s collection of showcase film releases, and find and follow her at:

• You can follow Maitland Ward @maitlandward.

Linzee Ryder has received a nomination for the Hottest MILF in the 2023 AVN Awards! The brunette beauty has had a fantastic year of creating exciting erotic content. Linzee treated her fans to new videos across multiple platforms, including OnlyFans, LoyalFans, SextPanther, and ManyVids. Linzee's sexually thrilling adventures have kept viewers engaged, and now she has found herself as a contender for the AVN Awards' Hottest MILF.

"I am so excited to be nominated for Hottest MILF," said Linzee. "I have the best job in the world! I would be honored if my fans, friends, and followers voted for me."

Vote for Linzee as Hottest MILF at avn.com/awards/voting/hottest-milf. You can help Linzee win the Hottest MILF title in the AVN Awards! Voting is open now!

• Be sure and follow Linzee Ryder on Twitter at @LinzeeXxx.

 

Do porn fans mind their manners at adult-themed conventions? Not all the time, as reported by New York journalist Diana Falzone in a Daily Beast article, “Porn Stars to Creepy Fans: ‘We’re Human, Not Just F*ck Toys.” Inspired by Romi Chase, who reached out to Falzone about her worries about appearing publicly at conventions due to a past physical assault, this feature includes reports of bad fan behavior by Romi and fellow adult entertainers Kendra Sunderland, September Reign, Marcela Alonso, and Gigi Dior, as well as an interview with Dan Davis the creator of popular lifestyle convention, the Exxxotica Expo. Dressed in a mini-skirt and fishnet stockings, Chase stood for more than a few images with the fan. “And at some point, we did this pose where he is facing the camera, and he put his hands around my waist,” recalled the adult performer, whose legal name The Daily Beast is withholding out of privacy concerns. “My back was turned toward the camera, kind of like a butt shot, and then out of nowhere, he proceeded to put his hands in my butt, like, underneath my skirt.”

“Hearing anything about alleged incidents from anyone who has attended EXXXOTICA such as these encounters is obviously alarming to us, and it is something we take very seriously,” said Dan Davis, director of operations of Three Expo Events, which produces EXXXOTICA, in a statement to The Daily Beast. “The alarming behavior of the few definitely casts a dark shadow on the industry as a whole. These ‘fans’ have to realize that these women are people. They are someone’s daughter, wife, girlfriend and human beings who deserve respect.”

Overly aggressive fans are a common experience at adult-industry expos, said Kendra Sunderland, a 27-year-old porn actress who rose to fame after her amateur video from a college library went viral online.

“I have been doing conventions since the beginning of my career, and there’s always somebody at every convention,” she explained. “It’s always a problem.” Sunderland said that at various conventions she’s had men put their hands underneath her skirt and inappropriately touch her without her consent.

Porn actress September Reign, who asked to keep her legal name private, recalled threatening a handsy fan at the 2017 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. “If you touch me again in that way, I’m going to break your finger, so I don’t think you want to continue to do that,” she said she told one man who’d groped her at her booth.

“Obviously, that made him mad and he walked away.”

In addition to outlining clear codes of conduct, most expos do provide security guards. Adult content creator Marcela Alonso told The Daily Beast that at the same Chantilly-based EXXXOTICA event in 2022, a fan came into her booth and began to physically assault her. “I had to scream and yell,” she said. “EXXXOTICA security kicked him out." You may read the article in its entirety here.

• You may follow Romi Chase on Twitter at @romi_chase.
• You may follow Kendra Sunderland on Twitter at @KSLibraryGirl.
• You may follow September Reign on Twitter at @xoispyseptember.
• You may follow Gigi Dior on Twitter at @Gigiasseenontv.

Vixen Media Group announced today the release of a 12-part limited series, Hotel Vixen, directed by VMG filmmaker and visionary Julia Grandi. Renowned for her visually stunning films, Julia has received several accolades, including the prestigious AVN Best Directing - International production award for her feature Jia and has also taken home the XBIZ Euro Director of the Year award three years in a row. Set in a breathtaking seaside hotel in Greece, Hotel Vixen, follows the luxurious journey of several guests and the hotel staff who will go to any lengths to satisfy their deepest desires. Episode one is available today, and additional episodes will follow across VMG’s award-winning brands, Vixen, Blacked, and Tushy, over the coming weeks. The ambitious project represents the biggest VMG feature to date.

“Hotel Vixen is the ultimate adult fantasy for viewers in need of a warm escape and proved to be a new creative challenge for our team,” said Grandi. “The storytelling, the incredible cast, and the picturesque backdrop make this such a wonderfully unique series, and we worked long days to ensure it all came together masterfully. I’m confident it will be an instant fan favorite, and I can only hope for Season 2 to happen soon!”

The new series features a roundup of Vixen Angels and industry superstars, such as: Female Cast: Jia Lissa, Liya Silver, Sonya Blaze, Lika Star, Little Dragon, Ginebra Bellucci, Angelika Grays, Zaawaadi, Kaisa Nord, Eveline Dellai, Angelina Robihood, Scarlett Jones, Honour May, and Stefany Kyler, with Alberto Blanco, Jack Rippher, Ralf Christian and red.

“It was a wonderful experience filming abroad with endless sea views and spending a month with fabulous people,” said Sonya Blaze, VMG actress. “A big thanks to Julia and the Vixen Media Group team – it’s been truly amazing.”

Between the lush Mediterranean landscape and stunning views of adult entertainment’s elite, Hotel Vixen is a delightful international escape packed with blissful beaches, sensual performances, and passionate sex.

“This was such a fun script to learn, and I really enjoyed becoming my character, the lustful masseuse,” said Stefany Kyler, VMG actress. “I haven’t worked with a cast of this size and caliber before, so it truly was the experience of a lifetime.”

Viewers can watch the exclusive series on Vixen, Blacked, and Tushy.

• You can follow Vixen on Twitter at @vixen.
• You can follow Blacked on Twitter at @blacked_com.
• You can follow Tushy on Twitter at @tushy_com.

 

While getting through frigid, uneventful, back-to-work January, TeamSkeet has a great idea - actually six great ideas - for taking the edge off…

• “The Lost Phone” from Hijab Hookup, where gratitude for a good deed reaps big rewards, starring Malina Melendez & Juan "El Caballo" Loco.
• “Hobbies for Two” from Dad Crush offers ample opportunity for Allie Addison to show bored stay-at-home stepdad Allen Swift some fun ways to fill his day.
• “Sweet Lust” from Family Strokes gets up to trouble when Bianca Bangs gets out the vibrator, much to her stepparents’ (Vivianne Desilva, Sergeant Miles) dismay, then enjoyment!
• “Maid for the Week” from Sis Loves Me plays a game of stepsibling blackmail when Ella Reese strikes a deal with Brad Newman under duress to keep him quiet about her bad girl shenanigans.
• “Freeuse to Shut Him Up” from FreeUse Fantasy finds Maya Farrell at the mercy of her annoying new roommate: her stepbrother Johnny The Kid.
• “Me and My Best Friend” from Dyked explores lesbian curiosity between two really good friends, Blair Hudson and Eliza Ibarra.

“Let’s face it, January is the least fun month of the year: you’ve got a holiday/vacation hangover, you’re forcing yourself into resolutions you don’t really want to keep and the cold winter days keep you indoors. There’s a reason Dry January takes place in January,” muses a TeamSkeet company rep. “Lucky for you, TeamSkeet offers a great escape from reality when you join TeamSkeet.com, and indulge in a fantasy world of 24/7 pleasure.”

You can follow Team Skeet on Twitter at @teamskeet.  

World-famous adult club Rick’s Cabaret New York hosted a decidedly “unofficial” After-Party for wrestling fans immediately following the WWE Show at Madison Square Garden on Monday. Over 100 beautiful exotic dancers welcomed the wrestling fans to the three-story club and performed for them on stage and up close and personal.

“It was quite an after-party,” gushed Rick’s girl Paloma. We love to show off our bodies, and the wrestling fans were really excited and enjoyed getting dances from us.”

Rick’s girl Veronica said, “We like wrestling too, and a lot of the guys have been here. They are all very nice—even if they pretend to be bad guys on TV!”

Offering a vibrant and fun atmosphere, Rick’s Cabaret (50 West 33 Street) is just one block from Madison Square Garden. Rick’s Cabaret features a private and discreet VIP floor and its own Rick’s Steakhouse, which serves lunch, and dinner and has a special late-night menu.

• You can follow Rick's New York on Twitter at @RicksCabaretNYC.