Jan 27, 2022 3:49 PM PST

LAS VEGAS — Trans BDSM label Femtop has released a new all-girl gang-bang featuring performer and label founder Roxxie Moth.

“The new scene is Roxxie’s first-ever onscreen gang-bang and features a lineup of cis female strap-on tops: Electra Rayne, Taylor Nicole, Luna Sapphire, Chloe Kreams and Kyla Keys,” noted a rep. “It is also Roxxie’s first time performing double-anal and fisting.”

Moth added, “I’ve wanted to shoot this scene for a long time, so I was super-excited when it all came together. I’m grateful to all the girls for bringing it to life.”

Visit Femtop.xxx and find the studio and Roxxie Moth on Twitter.

In related news, Femtop recently released its first feature-length title, “Tranpires.”

Jan 27, 2022 3:38 PM PST

VISTA, Calif. — Paradise Marketing has earned a 2022 XBIZ Honors win in the category of “Condom Manufacturer of the Year,” marking the fifth year in a row that the company has prevailed in this category.

“We want to thank the team at XBIZ for supporting us over the years, and for honoring the company with this much-appreciated award,” Founder Dennis Paradise said. “As always, we are committed to bringing our retail customers the very best in quality merchandise and customer service. I’m so happy to be recognized for what we try to do best on a daily basis.”

“We proudly carry the best condoms of any wholesaler in the business, and we are especially proud of our natural rubber latex Paradise condoms, which offers ultra-smooth lubrication and unparalleled strength and reliability,” he continued.

Winners of the retail edition of the 2022 XBIZ Honors, presented by Satisfyer, were announced Wednesday night during an exclusive live broadcast on XBIZ.net. Find a full list of recipients here.

Follow Paradise Marketing online and on Twitter.

LOS ANGELES — Winners of the retail edition of the 2022 XBIZ Honors, presented by Satisfyer, were announced Wednesday night during an exclusive live broadcast on XBIZ.net hosted by Dr. Sunny Rodgers.

In addition to honoring the best of the best from the business community, select categories from the flagship XBIZ Awards were also presented.

A list of winners follows:

Retail Account Exec of the Year
Kit Richardson, Museum of Sex

Pleasure Product Account Exec of the Year
Mira Waidelich, Satisfyer

Business Development Exec of the Year
Nancy Cosimini, Blush

Marketing Exec of the Year
Phoebe Grott, Nalpac

Progressive Leadership Award
Kim Patterson, Enchantasys

Community Figure of the Year
Kate Kozlova, Svakom

Brand Ambassador of the Year
Jade Leon-Buchan, Sensuva

Senior Leadership Award
Scott Watkins, Doc Johnson

Chief Exec of the Year
Elliot Schwartz, Nasstoys

Businesswoman of the Year
Briana Honz Watkins, Swiss Navy

Businessman of the Year
Oscar Heijnen, Shots

Legacy Award
Jackie White

Legacy Award
Jiro Takashima

PLEASURE PRODUCTS

Pleasure Products Company of the Year — Full Range
Satisfyer

Luxury Pleasure Product/Line of the Year
Le Wand, COTR

Luxury Brand of the Year
LELO

Sex Toy of the Year — Powered (Vibrating)
Kurve, Hot Octopuss

Sex Toy of the Year — Powered (Non-Vibrating)
Premium Eco, Womanizer

Sex Toy of the Year — Non-Powered
Icicles No. 86 with Suction Cup, Pipedream Products

Couples Toy of the Year
Epic Duo, Satisfyer

Innovative Sex Toy of the Year
Balldo, Nadgerz

Male Pleasure Product of the Year
F1S V2, LELO

LGBTQIA+ Pleasure Product Brand of the Year
New York Toy Collective

Fetish Line of the Year
MasterSeries, XR Brands

BDSM Pleasure Products Company of the Year
CB-X

Adult Game of the Year
Cum Face Game, The Inappropriate Gift Co.

Subscription Box Brand of the Year
Love Drop

Excellence in Product Packaging
Satisfyer

Lingerie Company of the Year
Kix’ies

Sexual Health & Wellness Brand of the Year
Aneros

Sex Enhancement Product of the Year
Stimulating Sensual Oil, High on Love

Sex Lubricant of the Year
4 in 1 Playful Flavors, Swiss Navy

Sex Lubricant Company of the Year
System JO

Sensual Bath & Body Product of the Year
The Sex Stone by Kate McLeod, Chakrubs

Condom Company of the Year
Paradise Marketing

International Pleasure Products Company of the Year
Lovense

Progressive Pleasure Products Company of the Year
Bellesa

Boutique Pleasure Products Company of the Year
Clandestine Devices

New Pleasure Products Company of the Year
VUSH

Sexpert of the Year
Amy Baldwin

RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION

Retailer of the Year — Chain
Deja Vu Love Boutiques

Retailer of the Year — Boutique
Circus of Books (West Hollywood, Calif.)

Online Retailer of the Year
PinkCherry.com

Online Retailer of the Year — Boutique
BBoutique.co

Retail Education Program of the Year
“All Lubed Up” Live Webcasts, System JO

Home Party Company of the Year
Bedroom Kandi Boutique Parties

Distributor of the Year
Holiday Products

International Retailer of the Year
Orion

International Distributor of the Year
EDC Wholesale

Jan 26, 2022 5:37 PM PST

LOS ANGELES — Bad Dragon has announced the company will serve as exclusive presenting sponsor of the 2022 AltPorn Awards.

The awards, along with AltStar Magazine, are produced by AltPorn.net and highlight alt.porn, counterculture, subculture, punk, goth, emo, tattooed and “creatively offbeat smut.”

“The wonderfully depraved and creative artists over at Bad Dragon are famous for their unique and varied custom colored fantastical silicone toys,” noted an awards rep. “Their variety extends from dildos to strokers to packers to sheathes you can wear down there to accessorize that fursuit.”

“Bad Dragon‘s swag is so much fun that it looks like Thunderdome at AltPorn HQ whenever a package comes in from them, as individuals on the AltStar team wheel-and-deal for who gets a kaiju T-shirt or a bad dog plush or a mousepad with dragon boobs,” the rep added. “Our team is thrilled to have Bad Dragon returning as presenting sponsor for this year’s event.”

The 2022 AltPorn Awards will return to an in-person event sometime this spring; details regarding pre-noms, VIP gift bag sponsorship, ticketing, press passes and more will be released over the coming weeks.

Visit AltPorn.net and follow the site on Twitter.

Click here for a list 2021 AltPorn Awards winners.

Jan 26, 2022 5:23 PM PST

NEW YORK — Petit Mort Magazine is offering a box set featuring its first four issues in celebration of the launch of its Winter issue and first year in print.

Valentina Fox, Selene Kitt, Lucy Sweetkill and Rosie Averett are featured on the four covers, with the complete box set clocking over 400 pages.

“This marks a momentous occasion for us, and we are thrilled to offer a new way to commemorate our first year,” Founder and Editor-in-Chief Penelope Dario said.

The publication is billed as having been created by adult performers and entertainers; in addition to the box set, Petit Mort will also launch exclusive merch with current cover model, Averett, including apparel and prints from the magazine.

“This magazine celebrates the creative and intellectual talent of the adult industry and holds space for this expression in all its multitudes,” Dario added.

Visit PetitMortMag.com for details and follow the publication on Twitter and Instagram.

Jan 26, 2022 5:04 PM PST

SACRAMENTO — Liv Revamped will headline Gold Club Centerfolds in Sacramento across four nights this week, starting tonight.

“This exotic, all-natural gonzo queen has become one of the most-wanted performers on the top studios and directors’ sets in the U.S. and Europe, a champion of inner beauty and a breaker of stereotypes,” a rep declared. “Club attendees are going to be enthralled across all fours days over Liv.”

The starlet will headline two sets Wednesday and Thursday nights at 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. (PST), four shows Friday at 12 noon, 10 p.m. 12 midnight and 2 a.m. and Saturday at 10 p.m., 12 a.m. and 2 a.m.

Revamped will also sign autographs at the adjacent Gold Club Centerfolds Boutique, from 6-8 p.m on Friday and Saturday.

“I’m super-excited to finally do my first feature in the U.S. and ready to put on a show the next four nights at Gold Club Centerfolds. If you’re in the area or plan to be, definitely stop by. It will be a night — or lunchtime, if you catch my show at noon on Friday — that you won’t forget,” she said.

“I’ve got new DVDs and other merch that are must-haves for my true fans. I can’t wait to see you guys,” she added.

Find Gold Club Centerfolds online and on Twitter for additional information.

Follow Liv Revamped on Twitter.

HOLLYWOOD — Hulu has unveiled the first three episodes of streaming series “Pam & Tommy,” a retelling of the saga of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s infamous sex tape and the origins of internet web porn in the 1990s.

Reviewers have already been able to screen the episodes, which will premiere Feb. 2, with subsequent episodes dropping weekly.

The show highlights the role of adult industry characters in the distribution of what critics are calling “the OG sex tape,” after a disgruntled handyman allegedly stole it from the couple in 1995.

The sex-tape-snatching electrician is played Seth Rogen, who also co-produced with longtime comedy partner Evan Goldberg. Nick Offerman plays an adult industry fixer who helps Rogen’s character commercialize the tape. The first few episodes were directed by Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya”).

Current adult performers who appear in the series include Aiden Ashley, who is reported to have shared a scene and dialogue with Rogen.

“Pam & Tommy” is based on a 2014 Rolling Stone magazine piece by Amanda Chicago Lewis.

“The Pam and Tommy sex tape is the most infamous stolen celebrity artifact on the planet,” Lewis wrote, “with a wink usually accompanying the word ‘stolen.’ It wasn’t the first time a video of a famous person fornicating appeared in the public realm, and it certainly wouldn’t be the last. But it was a porno that appealed to people who didn’t usually watch pornos, a voyeuristic dive into the guileless intimacy between two tabloid darlings: Anderson, perennial Playboy cover model and star of ‘Baywatch,’ and Lee, the hard-partying drummer from Mötley Crüe.”

What their sex tape taught, Lewis explained, “is that an unassuming individual could acquire a piece of content, offer it up to the internet and watch it ricochet around the planet. How, exactly, this footage traveled from a locked safe to screens and store shelves worldwide warns of everything that was coming in the next two decades, everything that would shift in technology and culture and celebrity.”

“Before Kim Kardashian, before TMZ, before RedTube, before the ‘Fappening,’ there was Pam and Tommy,” Lewis wrote.

To watch “Pammy & Tom,” visit Hulu.com.

OS ANGELES — Acclaimed adult director Cass Paley, who helmed a vast number of 1990s titles under the artistic name Wesley Emerson, passed away today, friends and associates confirm.

The 73-year-old Paley had been on life support for the past few days, as industry friends said their farewells.

Besides a remarkable career directing adult films in the Golden Age of video production, Paley gained mainstream attention as the producer and director of “Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes,” an acclaimed 1998 documentary about porn’s first male superstar.

Paley’s “Wesley Emerson” IAFD page shows almost 200 titles made during an era in which big productions and not individual scenes were the measure of an adult filmography.

Born in New York City in 1948, Paley amassed the bulk of his credits between 1992 and 2007, overseeing productions for top companies of the era like VCA, Video Team, Odyssey, Adam & Eve, Jill Kelly Productions, Wicked and Sinsation Pictures.

From 1982 until 2001, Paley also produced documentary and music video material for artists such as Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, Lou Reed, The Replacements, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. His archive is now part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame collection.

In 2016, Paley co-produced the well-received “X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time!” documentary.

Industry Reactions

Kylie Ireland told XBIZ she had done over a dozen movies with Paley during her time as a contract performer with VCA, and later promoted his films as the company’s publicist.

“Cass was always very hands-on,” Ireland recalled. “Every movie was his pet project. He wanted to work with the dialogue so it would work the best for you. He’d get very excited about all his movies! He would put personal pieces of your own self in the characters and the dialogue.”

She especially noted Paley’s skill in working with performers. “He knew how to draw acting from you, even how to make you cry if the scene needed,” she recalled. “Cass had such a passion for making movies. And it’s rare now. We’re losing that in the business. But personally, I’m crushed. It’s hard to lose all these people. They’re family.”

Ireland said that she will always remember, with a smile, “how mischievous he could be and how his eyes sparkled when he teased you.”

Fellow VCA contract star Chloe Nicole described Paley as “one of the good ones,” saying that he “will be sorely missed.”

“My heart and prayers are with you all through this difficult time,” Nicole added. I hope he will finally find some peace, away from any pain or suffering now.”

Veteran director-producer and Paley collaborator Eli Cross told XBIZ that “Cass was one of the rare, great gentlemen of the home video era. He was kind, warm, funny and always ran a low-pressure set. Everyone loved working for Cass Paley. He’ll be missed.”

“We lost another legendary member of our industry this week,” wrote Alana Evans today on her Twitter account. “Cass was one of the sweetest men. He was so warm and kind, funny and talented. Rest in paradise, Cass.”

“My teddy bear, Cass Paley,” Alexandra Silk posted on Facebook during the director’s last convalescence. “Thank you for all your hugs and love and good times. I love you, Cass!”

LOS ANGELES — Blush Erotica’s latest release features Kyla Keys and Chris Cardio in a scenario developed by Megan Hussey and Stacy Lyle and shot by The Sinematographer with voiceover by Mary Cyn.

“The Divorce Party” features the newly separated Keys developing special plans for her friend (Cardio) that he is eager to enjoy.

“Kyla and Chris have such great onscreen chemistry,” The Sinematographer enthused. “This scene was amazing to produce and turned out so hot.”

A trailer can be found at BlushErotica.com; follow the studio on Twitter.

Follow Kyla Keys and Chris Cardio on Twitter.

LOS ANGELES — Retired performer Alicia Rio passed away on Jan. 17 at the age of 51, according to industry friends who spoke with family members.

Rio was a prominent performer throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, gracing several iconic box covers in the VHS and DVD eras with her signature buxom brunette looks.

Born in Mexico, Rio grew up in Pasadena and entered the adult industry in 1992. Her IAFD page shows over 300 titles for top studios of the era such as Heatwave, Moonlight, Gourmet, Caballero, Las Vegas Video and a plethora of others.

Describing her beginnings in the industry, Rio told an interviewer that after graduating from Cal State with a degree in finance, she worked in government in the San Gabriel Valley as deputy city treasurer. After being passed over for a promotion, Rio said, she answered an ad in the L.A. Express for nude modeling.

“I didn’t quit my job,” Rio told the interviewer. “I did adult movies for about three months, still working for the city. So, I was conservative, and wore glasses in the day, and then Alicia Rio wild and crazy at night, for about three months. Then I decided to really make the big jump and quit my job. But, it was normal. I’m literally made for this business.”

After a hiatus in the late ’90s, Rio returned in 2002, shooting for Elegant Angel, Vivid, Wicked and many other studios until the mid-2000s. In 2005, Rio received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Free Speech Coalition.

Rio was also a prominent, in-demand feature dancer billed as “the Latin Queen of Erotica.” Last November, when a fan praised her adult work on Twitter, she replied, “Thank you so much! I enjoyed all of my performances!”

In 2020, friend and rep James Bartholet reported that although Rio “no longer does traditional studio shoots in adult, she produces her own indie content and has also been in talks with mainstream companies for their projects.”

“I will always be thankful to the adult industry,” Rio said at the time. “I have so many good memories of working with all of these companies and performers, but mainstream is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.”

“My ultimate dream is to be in a feature film with Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek,” she added, “where they meet their girl crush — me.”