Sep 30, 2022 4:08 PM PDT

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Aliya Brynn stars in a new scene from Porn Pros, “Sexual Splits,” opposite Kyle Mason.

In the scene, Brynn “demonstrates her incredible flexibility while satisfying the hung stud’s thick prick,” said a rep. “The nubile sex goddess milks Kyle for his load, taking every last drop on her face and in her open mouth.”

Brynn enthused about her co-star.

“I loved working with Kyle,” she said. “Don’t miss our new scene, it’s amazing.”

Click here to watch “Sexual Splits.”

In related news, Brynn was named All Adult Network’s Girl of the Week this week. The publication posted an article about the performer.

“A true California girl, this breathtaking blonde continues to show why she will become a major name in the industry,” writes All Adult Network’s Art Koch.

To read the full article, click here.

Follow Brynn on Twitter.

LOS ANGELES — XBIZ is pleased to announce that the pre-nomination period for the 2023 XBIZ Exec Awards begins Saturday and runs through October 15.

Qualified industry members may submit entries via XBIZ.net.

The annual XBIZ Exec Awards honor the best of the best from the adult business community, recognizing outstanding creativity and leadership, and celebrating exceptional career achievement across a wide variety of prominent industry roles. Symbolizing the pinnacle of professional achievement, the XBIZ Exec Awards trophy is the most prestigious career honor in the adult industry.

Held in conjunction with XBIZ’s January events series, the Online Industry edition of the XBIZ Exec Awards is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, while the Retail edition will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14.

To enhance inclusivity, several category changes have been introduced with the 2023 editions.

The marquee categories Businesswoman of the Year and Businessman of the Year have been combined into the all-inclusive Businessperson of the Year.

Additionally, two new Online Industry categories will recognize content creators who are increasingly taking on business roles: Creator Brand Ambassador of the Year and Creator Businessperson of the Year.

Stay tuned to XBIZ.com for upcoming event announcements.

LONDON — Tommy Pistol stars in “On the Edge,” a new film by Canadian cult horror auteurs the Soska Sisters, who today announced the film’s Oct. 29 world premiere during London’s FrightFest Halloween festival.

Canadian filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska “have a long history with FrightFest,” wrote the Hollywood News’ Kat Hughes, announcing the festival lineup today. “They first appeared at the festival with ‘American Mary’ in 2012. 2019 saw them return with their re-envisioning of David Cronenberg’s classic, ‘Rabid.’ Now, 10 years after their FrightFest debut, the Soska Sisters will return for a third appearance. The two will be in attendance at the annual Halloween event with their latest project, ‘On the Edge.’”

Hughes reported that “On the Edge” also marks the Soska Sisters’ return to acting. “The pair will play the two women in the life of one man, Peter (Tommy Pistol, billed with his mainstream performing name ‘Aramis Sartorio’). ‘On the Edge’ joins Peter as he books into a thirty-six hour session with dominatrix (Jen Soska) Mistress Santana, a woman who may or may not be the actual devil. A departure from the medical horror upon which they have built their FrightFest names, ‘On the Edge’ might be their boldest project yet.”

The festival synopsis of the plot reads: “Family man Peter gets more than he paid for when he books a 36-hour session with the sadistic Mistress Satana who seems more intent on making him suffer for his sins. Is it blackmail? Is it torture? Or is it the Devil come for his soul? Will Peter’s faith save him from his own personal Hell or is he already damned? A brilliant depiction of how Kink Culture can heal past trauma and be a source for shocking redemption.”

FrightFest Halloween runs all day Oct. 29 at Cineworld Leicester Square, London. “On the Edge” plays at 8:15 p.m. GMT.

NEW YORK — The CEO of Automattic, the company that owns Tumblr, said it is impossible for the internet to be “porn-friendly” currently because, among other reasons, “credit card companies are anti-porn.”

Matt Mullenweg discussed the current status of adult content in a blog post on Wednesday. The statements were first reported by computer news publication PCMag.

Automattic — also the owner of popular blogging CMS WordPress — acquired a failing Tumblr from Verizon in 2019, after the platform’s numbers crumbled following its deletion of all adult content.

“The casually porn-friendly era of the early internet is currently impossible,” Mullenweg wrote, unequivocally adding his assessment that “credit card companies are anti-porn.”

As XBIZ reported, and seemingly despite Mullenweg’s pessimistic assessment, Tumblr announced last week that it had introduced a new feature enabling users to label posts as featuring “sexual themes,” defined as content which “contains sexually suggestive subject matter, such as erotic writing or imagery.”

The news was shared via a post on Tumblr’s staff blog and first flagged by tech news site Mashable.

Mullenweg’s post, “Why ‘Go Nuts, Show Nuts’ Doesn’t Work in 2022,” explains that “in 2018, when Tumblr was owned by Verizon,” the company “instituted an adult content ban that took out not only porn but also a ton of art and artists — including a ban on what must have been fun for a lawyer to write, female presenting nipples. This policy is currently still in place, though the Tumblr and Automattic teams are working to make it more open and common-sense, and the community labels launch is a first step toward that.”

The CEO described himself as “personally extremely libertarian in terms of what consenting adults should be able to share, and I agree with ‘go nuts, show nuts’ in principle,” but expressed his view that “no modern internet service in 2022 can have the rules that Tumblr did in 2007.”

Tumblr CEO Spells Out the State of Corporate Censorship in 2022

Here is Mullenweg’s summary of the current situation for adult content on mainstream platforms:

– Credit card companies are anti-porn. You’ve probably heard how Pornhub can’t accept credit cards anymore. Or seen the new rules from Mastercard. Whatever crypto-utopia might come in the coming decades, today if you are blocked from banks, credit card processing, and financial services, you’re blocked from the modern economy. The vast majority of Automattic’s revenue comes from people buying our services and auto-renewing on credit cards, including the ads-free browsing upgrade that Tumblr recently launched. If we lost the ability to process credit cards, it wouldn’t just threaten Tumblr, but also the 2,000+ people in 97 countries that work at Automattic across all our products.

– App stores, particularly Apple’s, are anti-porn. Tumblr started in 2007, the same year the iPhone was released. Originally, the iPhone didn’t have an App Store, and the speed of connectivity and quality of the screen meant that people didn’t use their smartphone very much and mostly interacted with Tumblr on the web, using desktop and laptop computers (really). Today 40% of our signups and 85% of our page views come from people on mobile apps, not on the web. Apple has its own rules for what’s allowed in their App Store, and the interpretation of those rules can vary depending on who is reviewing your app on any given day. Previous decisions on what’s allowed can be reversed any time you submit an app update, which we do several times a month. If Apple permanently banned Tumblr from the App Store, we’d probably have to shut the service down. If you want apps to allow more adult content, please lobby Apple. No one in the App Store has any effective power, even multi-hundred-billion companies like Facebook/Meta can be devastated when Apple changes its policies.

Aside: Why do Twitter and Reddit get away with tons of super hardcore content? Ask Apple, because I don’t know. My guess is that Twitter and Reddit are too big for Apple to block so they decided to make an example out of Tumblr, which has “only” 102 million monthly visitors. Maybe Twitter gets blocked by Apple sometimes too but can’t talk about it because they’re a public company and it would scare investors.

– There are lots of new rules around verifying consent and age in adult content. The rise of smartphones also means that everyone has a camera that can capture pictures and video at any time. Non-consensual sharing has grown exponentially and has been a huge problem on dedicated porn sites like Pornhub – and governments have rightly been expanding laws and regulations to make sure everyone being shown in online adult content is of legal age and has consented to the material being shared. Tumblr has no way to go back and identify the featured persons or the legality of every piece of adult content that was shared on the platform and taken down in 2018, nor does it have the resources or expertise to do that for new uploads.

– Porn requires different service providers up and down the stack. In addition to a company primarily serving adult content not having access to normal financial services and being blocked by app stores, they also need specialized service providers – for example, for their bandwidth and network connections. Most traditional investors won’t fund primarily adult businesses, and may not even be allowed to by their LP agreements. (When Starbucks started selling alcohol at select stores, some investors were forced to sell their stock.)

Mullenweg concluded by prophesying that any platform attempting to be open about adult content “will have an uphill battle under current regimes,” and urged users who disagree to “please try to change the regimes” rather than “attack companies following legal and business realities as they exist.”

POMPANO BEACH, — M.D. Science Lab, makers of the iconic Swiss Navy brand, has released a new “Brand Image Assets Lookbook” created for its retail partners.

“It seemed fitting to start the year with New York Fashion Week and to also celebrate the last fashion week of the year, Paris Fashion Week,” said M.D. Science Lab’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Briana Watkins, ACS, M.D. “We are constantly looking for ways to better serve our retail partners.”

Watkins added that “being able to provide them with intentional images in various sizes will help make their lives easier and eliminate tasks that may disrupt their valuable time. Plus, our visual images are created to help drive their sales.”

Swiss Navy has a history of participating in Fashion Week events and was an official sponsor of this year’s New York Fashion Week x Runway 7 fashion show in February.

The “Lookbook,” a rep shared, “contains a variety of images designed to build consumer awareness, increase sales, create customer loyalty and give retailers a competitive edge in the marketplace. New lookbooks will be introduced quarterly, and assets are available for download and can be created in a variety of sizes depending on retailer needs.”

Cheryl Flangel, M.D. Science Lab’s senior sales executive, noted that store owners are already using the “Lookbook” images in their stores and on their websites. “We’re thankful that we’re able to help retailers with fresh brand assets to strengthen their relationships with their own customers and are looking forward to hearing more positive feedback from others,” she said.

Swiss Navy’s first quarterly “Lookbook” is now available to retailers on the company’s B2B website.

For more information, visit SwissNavy.com.

Sep 30, 2022 2:27 PM PDT

MIAMI — Kendra James, reigning XBIZ Cam Awards winner for Best Fetish Clip Artist, has released four new fetish clips this week.

Cosplay fans can enjoy James in “Batgirl Magically Controlled to Please,” available on KendraJames.com. Ashlynn Taylor plays the title superheroine, satisfied that she’s finally caught Circe, played by James. But Batgirl is sadly mistaken once she’s mesmerized by Circe and succumbs to her demands, including foot worship, lesbian domination, oral, and more. 

Available on FetishGirlfiend, “Kendra James and Ama Rio: The girlfriend Futa!” sees James and Rio romping in a FUTA fantasy scene. 

And two new clips are up on KendraClips — “Kendra James and Ama Rio: Supergirl submits to Her Cousin’s Super Dick!” and “Ultra Girl Powerless Bondage Predicament – Kendra James + Shinybound.”

In the first, Supergirl James manages to take down Evil Supergirl Rio with a kryptonite bracelet, but then she is dominated by Evil Supergirl’s strap-on. In the second clip, James’ Ultra Girl visits a house looking for Supergirl only to be overcome by a waiting Black Mask, who strips her of her powerbelt and gags her.

Follow Kendra James on Twitter and find all of her social media links here.

LOS ANGELES — Wicked Sensual Care (WSC) has selected Letha Lamb of Frisky Biscuit Couples Boutique in Rome, Georgia as the latest Retail Superstar.

Each month, a new “superstar” in the pleasure products space is interviewed for the WSC newsletter.

Reflecting on her career, Lamb shared how she started working in this industry.

“I got into adult retail like a lot of people — by accident,” Lamb said. “I found my current store while I was shopping with my husband; I happened to notice the hiring sign. But ever since I began working at The Frisky Biscuit, I have felt that adult retail is the perfect career for me. I absolutely adore my job, as I get to save sex-lives, one day at a time.”

Over the course of her career, Lamb has become known for her product knowledge and zeal for consumer assistance.

“Having an extensive knowledge about the products that are carried by my store allows me to reliably equip customers with anything that may be needed. Thoroughly assisting customers not only gives them resources for their own sexual health and wellness, but also make them feel comfortable and empowered,” Lamb continued. “For everyone’s comfort and experience, I also pride myself on the comfortable atmosphere of my store.”

For Lamb, she credits the people she works with as the favorite part of her job.

“My store owner and my co-workers are my family. Everyone I have met in my career has shown me extreme kindness and made me feel comfortable with myself. The way we can joke with each other, be there in each other’s time of need, and work hard as a team to make our store a safe space for everyone makes my co-workers easily one of my favorite parts of my job,” Lamb described. “I genuinely enjoy helping customers, whether that means helping them find their perfect corset or lingerie, helping them reintegrate sex into their lives, or simply providing basic sexual health and wellness resources. The way a customer’s face lights up when I help them find exactly what they’re looking for is amazing.”
 
Wicked Sensual Care Sales Director Jennifer Brice took a moment to praise Lamb’s work.

“By being so personable and outgoing herself, Letha Lamb exemplifies what it means to truly lead, rather than just manage, her employees,” Brice said. “Creating an atmosphere that values sharing information in downward, upward and peer-to-peer directions empowers her staff to work together and be the most effective in their roles. This ability to empower is what drives success. This is where Letha truly excels.”

A potential “retail superstar” may be nominated by sending their name, store name, location/city, store social media handles and a brief paragraph — a photograph is optional — about why they deserve to be a superstar to team@wickedsensualcare.com. Superstars may also self-nominate.

Visit WSC’s B2B portal and follow the company on Twitter.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The annual “Heaven  & Hell” adult industry Halloween costume party returns to Station 1640 nightclub in Hollywood on Friday, Oct. 28, from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.

“The annual Halloween costume party, thrown by adult movie director Will Ryder and producer Scott David, will be joined by spooky co-hostesses Vanna Bardot, Nina Elle, Riley Steele, September Reign, Cassie Del Isla, Lucy Doll and Misty Stone,” said a rep. “Hundreds of adult movie stars, cam girls, directors, producers, starlets, sexy wannabes, crew members, company executives and scads of sexily costumed women” are set to adorn the red carpet and press the flesh throughout the night.

Red carpet sponsors include XBIZ, Adam & Eve, X3 and Hot Movies as well as Ryder’s latest romantic comedy, “Love, Sex & Music.”

Talent agencies whose rosters will be in attendance include OC Modeling, Spiegler Girls, ATMLA, Nexxxt Level, Foxxx Modeling, Hussie Models, 101 Modeling, East Coast Talents, Ideal Image Models, Zen Models, Nexxxt Level, Coxxx Models, Society 15, The X Agency Models and Elite Talent Direct.

“Those in the adult entertainment business will enter via a special industry-only private walkway located down a ‘scary’ side alley that pours into a large outdoor industry party area,” added the rep. 

September Reign will serve as celebrity bartender on the VIP patio, which is sponsored by Hot Movies.

The first 250 models and cam performers, aged 21 and over, will be admitted for free and receive VIP wristbands until 11:30 p.m., courtesy of Adam & Eve and Hot Movies.

Performer guests and other members of the adult industry will be admitted for $20; Ryder himself will personally greet industry guests.

Station 1640 is located at 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood; there are abundant local parking lots and the subway is two blocks away. An RSVP is not required. Press will be admitted for free and provided credentials to shoot in the VIP patio lounge.

Sep 30, 2022 12:05 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS — Princess Dandy stars opposite Chris Cardio in the newest scene from BBW XXX Adventures, “Session After Care.” 

Directed by The Sinematographer, the scene finds Dandy after a sexual session that has left her looking for more. “Thinking of all the ways she wished she was pleasured and to take the edge off, she reaches out to a reliable friend, Chris Cardio,” a rep said.

Cardio responds to her request and gives Dandy the attention she wants.

“We’ve all had the experience of having a less than satisfying sexual encounter. This scene is about the quest to get off,” said Amazon Amanda, site founder and scene producer.

Further information about the scene can be found at BBWXXXAdventures; follow the studio on Twitter.

Follow Princess Dandy on Twitter and find her social media links here.

Sep 30, 2022 11:34 AM PDT

PERTH, Australia — Scarlet Lyone released her first merchandise this week on her OnlyFans — Scarlet Lyone hoodies. 

With a double-lined hood and platinum silver tips, the apparel is being offered to fans as part of a package valued at over $500 that includes one-off hard copy nudes and an exclusive video and gallery.

“My hoodies will be available for purchase via my OnlyFans page from Saturday, Oct. 1,”  Lyone explained. “The first run will be offered exclusively to the US.”

“I can’t wait to see some of my fans wearing my brand and what it represents,” Lyone continued. “Two years into my career in the adult industry, I have no one else to thank except my fans and all of my viewers over the past couple of years who watch me on a daily basis and who have made all of this possible from day one, it has felt like a complete dream.”

Visit Lyone’s OnlyFans here and follow her on Twitter.