LONDON — Ann Summers has introduced the new The U vibrator, a device that’s designed “to cradle rather than penetrate.”

The veteran retailer — which came to prominence in the 1990s with the Rampant Rabbit toy — told the U.K.’s Metro newspaper that The U has been several years in the making.

“It has a unique patent-pending design that’s shaped to cradle rather than penetrate, and unique technology to layer pleasure and build an intense orgasm experience,” the rep said, adding that some customers “prefer non-penetrative toys, and the innovation of The U will really change the offering for them.”

The U, Metro reported, “is pressed against the entire vulva area with arms that sit along the inside of it and a ‘clitoral cushion.. The new device offers up a ‘layered orgasm,’ which according to its description in The U ‘explorer manual’ is ‘not rushed’ and can be much more intense and satisfying by letting the sensations slowly build.”

Ann Summers’ designers, the rep added, “take design direction and ideas from all sorts of sources, from inspirational shopping, trend forecasting, previous sales data, and input from our supplier base, especially from the internal/motor aspect.” 

Recently, the company has also been consulting with gynecologists to better research products designed for vulva-havers’ anatomies, leading to the introduction of the MyViv line.

For more information about The U, visit AnnSummers.

LOS ANGELES — Cherie DeVille is featured in an interview for Fleshbot to discuss her career and working for Brazzers.
 
“Like a lot of performers, since last year and before the pandemic, a lot of us were forced to re-evaluate how much time we’re spending working for companies and how much time we’re spending working for ourselves,” DeVille said reflecting on recent years.

“And like a lot of performers, even though I am still contracted and happily working for Brazzers, I have been putting more energy into my products. I’ve also been putting more energy into some advocacy and journalism work, doing interviews about sex work, but outside of the sex work sphere, I feel like I’ve branched outside, a little bit, outside of the porno world, and it’s been good,” DeVille continued.
 
Fleshbot’s Ariana Lexi also took a moment to praise being able to interview DeVille.
 
“Talking to Cherie DeVille was an absolute pleasure. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to chat with someone I admire. I’m even more thankful for her generosity in sharing information and advice. Knowledge is power,” DeVille said. “This Total Package is all about empowering sex workers. She is also admired by many sex workers, including me, so it was a privilege to interview her.”
 
More information about the interview can be found at Fleshbot.

Follow DeVille on Twitter and find her social media links here.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Laney Grey is the latest guest on the “Burbank Misfits” podcast, hosted by Rawstarr (aka DJ Duck) and CW (aka DJ Eclipse).
 
Grey’s interview covers all that she’s accomplished, including being the Queen of VR and the hard work that goes on behind the scenes as well as VR being the future of adult. She also discussed what it was like being half of a porn power couple, other stars she’d like to work with that she hasn’t yet and other topics.
 
“CW and Rawstarr are so awesome. I’ve known them for years personally, and it was great to do their show and chat about so many things. I think my fans will really enjoy this interview, and there are so many ways they can listen to it,” Grey said.

The full interview can be found at BurbankMisfits; follow Burbank Misfits on Twitter.
 
Follow Laney Grey on Twitter and find her premium social media links here.

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LAS VEGAS — The third match for EvolvedFightsLez’s Annual “Fall Brawl” has been released.
 
In the match, Jupiter Jetson battles Vanessa Vega to find out who will advance to the Semi-Finals.
 
“There have been many interesting upsets this year in the Fall Brawl. After this week, there’s just one more match before the Semi-Finals kick-off. Usually, I can call who I think will win the Greatest Sex Fighter of All Time title, but this year it’s been hard with so many talented ladies pulling out all the stops in their matches,” Ariel X said.

The Jetson vs. Vega brawl can be found at EvolvedFightsLez.
 
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LOS ANGELES — Online meetup event Sex Tech Connect (STC) will host Raj Armani, the founder and COO of Besharam, for a webinar this Sunday, Oct. 23, at 9 a.m. (PDT).

“It is a privilege to be part of the sextech community, and represent India with its legacy of Kama Sutra, the intricacies of doing business in the second most populous country in the world,” Armani said. “I hope our learnings from the past 10 years will open the doors of this enormous market to the world, and welcome new-age thinkers and doers to participate in the sexual revolution that we are witnessing happen in our times’.”

During Sunday’s meetup, attendees will have the opportunity to speak directly to Armani and to network with each other. The event will be recorded and subsequently posted online.

“We’re really excited to host Raj,” said Shakun Sethi, founder of TickleLife and co-founder of STC.  “He completely changed how India experiences sexuality and we are really excited for a lot of us to learn how to get inroads in a new economy and handle all roadblocks.”

For more information, visit IMBesharam.

Click here to register for Sunday’s event and to join the STC mailing list. Follow the group on Twitter.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Will Ryder and Scott David of X-Play are lauding September Reign’s performance in their feature, “Love, Sex & Music,” for Adam & Eve.

Naming Reign their “Actress of the Year,” the director/producer team enthused about Reign.

“Show me a better performance this year,” Ryder said.

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with September,” he continued. “She had a long resume’ of work, but placing an entire feature movie in her hands took a leap of faith on our part and also from Adam & Eve. You have to understand, that if September is not believable in the role of Dixie, the movie dies instantly. It’s that simple.”

Reign praised the role.

“I’ve had some nice roles in the past but ‘Dixie’, the character I play, had some real depth to her, she was a real person with an impossible battle on her hands,” she said. 

“Love, Sex & Music” is streaming on Adam & Eve Plus.

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SAN FRANCISCO — OnlyFans CEO Amrapali “Ami” Gan told a tech industry conference audience in San Francisco this week that she does not know how much the company is making from adult content creators.

Gan and OnlyFans Chief Strategy and Operations Officer Keily Blair appeared at the high-profile Disrupt conference organized by influential tech news site TechCrunch, which reported the statements.

For the past few months, Gan and Blair have made a 180-degree turn in visibility, becoming more accessible to mainstream media and making appearances at events such as Disrupt.

According to TechCrunch, OnlyFans is “putting a lot of effort into upcycling its image from an adult content subscription platform to a Patreon-like home for all kinds of creators.”

According to the site, Gan also “confirmed that adult content will still have a home on the site in five years, and those creators can continue to make a living on it,” although she did not elaborate on that prediction.

TechCrunch noted that the platform has been busy with efforts “to position itself as more than just a platform for NSFW content and that NSFW is being ring-fenced in a more responsible way. Its top execs like to use the more general euphemism of ‘spicy’ these days to refer to the work you find on there, and they like to talk about emerging categories on the platform like cooking and fitness.”

Gan stressed that under her leadership the company is actively working with politicians worldwide “to ensure that adult content is only being viewed by those who are legally allowed to do so.”

When asked about “just how much the company makes from adult content creators,” however, Gan and Blair claimed ignorance.

“We’d have to look at every single transaction on the platform and assign it,” Gan told the savvy tech audience at Disrupt, “and we’re not collecting [that] data.”

“Why is that important to people?” responded Blair, changing the subject.

According to TechCrunch, the more than 2 million creators on OnlyFans earned $4 billion in 2021, thanks to an audience of some 188 million fans, while OnlyFans’ profit for that year was $433 million. Considering the careful accounting that necessary entails, and the company’s self-reported attentiveness to adult content, the top executive’s straight-faced assertion that OnyFans does not know how much of that revenue comes from so-called “spicy” accounts may strike some as surprising.

Main Image: OnlyFans CEO Ami Gan and CSOO Keily Blair at the Disrupt conference (Photo: TechCrunch)

MIAMI — Lilly Hall’s stars in a new scene with Nicky Rebel for AnalMom.

It begins with Hall cleaning her stepson’s room when she finds his tablet. She quickly sees the anal porn he’s been viewing and confronts him about. Hall tries to punish him with her own rear end but soon finds herself enjoying the action as much as Rebel..

“I was so happy to be back at Anal Mom for the third time, creating this great scene,” Hall said. “I had a lot of fun pretending to be shocked by anal porn, even though everyone knows I love it so much.”

The trailer can be found at AnalMom.

Follow Hall on Twitter and find her social media links here.

LAS VEGAS — Lexi Luna was recently interviewed by Billie Schwab Dunn for the Daily Star.

Luna talked about why she entered the adult entertainment industry and how her new career actually allowed her to save for retirement as well as have control of her future.

She also discussed how performers are vilified by the media, politicians and religious leaders, and shares how sex work has allowed her to become happy and successful.

“I am so grateful to The Daily Star for this interview,” Luna said. “While I’ve done countless interviews and podcasts with porn-friendly publications and people, this interview is different. Being featured in more mainstream media allows me to share the positives of consensual sex work with a new audience.”

The full article can be found at DailyStar.co.uk.

Follow Luna on Twitter and find her social media links here.

LONDON — Johnny Sins spoke to U.K. tabloid the Daily Star about his current career as an in-demand independent creator.

The 43-year-old male talent — and inspiration for many meme-makers — told the Daily Star that he “was shy and had a hard time talking to and approaching girls, but that all changed once he entered the adult entertainment industry.”

Sins, currently promoting an appearance at Sexpo Australia 2022, told the tabloid that in the beginning, he “was just interested in meeting and fucking girls,” but later realized “how much money you could make and really thought about it as a business.”

After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, Sins’ career took him to global prominence as one of Brazzers’ “go-to” male performers, before he made the switch to indie production in mid-2020 during the pandemic.

The veteran performer with the signature shaved pate told the Daily Star that a career highlight has been “building the Sins brand and SinsLife” with partner Kissa Sins.

Performers with his established fanbase, he noted, can now start  their own production companies and sell their own content.

“I started my own production company so I would have the ability to shoot exactly what I want and who I want to shoot with,” Sins said. “So instead of making a paycheck for one scene with a production company, you can sell the scene over and over for as long as possible, which makes it much more profitable.”

Because he now has these options, the social-media-friendly performer notes, he “won’t be shooting full-time again for companies.”

Sins did, however, leave the door open to making appearances in scenes “for a few companies moving forward.” He also expressed a desire to shoot in Europe, saying, “Barcelona, Prague and Budapest are a few places I’d like to go.”