AVN announced Wednesday that three official AVN Awards Show after-parties would commence at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 9, immediately following the 27th annual ceremony.

The media has been tickled pink by a certain counterintuitive CNN headline: "Does sex sell movies? Uh, not really." But few are looking behind the article to ask tough questions about the report that spawned the story.

Porn Wedding: Eric John will marry Vicki Chase on Jan. 7 at the Hustler booth at the 2010 Adult Entertainment Expo.

Mallory Rae Murphy made an extraordinary porn debut on July 24 when she lost her virginity to Evan Stone in her first sex scene.

Adult star Nikki Benz will ring in 2010 Thursday night at Vancouver hotspot Fluid.

Sunny Leone celebrates her recent lavishing with multiple AVN Award nominations New Year's Eve at Opium nightclub in Hollywood, Fla.

Joanna Angel and her Burning Angel.com girls will return to New York City on New Year's Eve for their annual XXXtravaganza which this year will be at Lit.

Porn makers had their ups, and some downs, in 2009.

AVN announced Wednesday that comedian Dave Attell will co-host the AVN Awards Show on Jan. 9 in Las Vegas.

Ron Jeremy told AVN he once shared the silver screen with late actress Brittany Murphy, and their friendship led to an excerpt in his 2007 autobiography ?Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz.?

Persia Pele wants to be a part of change in the adult industry. ?I feel like I have a sense of responsibility,? she says. ?It?s a business and it needs to be viewed that way, extremely so. It needs to be a lot more contained.?

Adult performer Priya Rai will celebrate her birthday with a party this Saturday at Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills.

The 27th annual AVN Awards ceremony in January will be preceded by a fast-paced and star-studded AVN Red Carpet Show co-hosted by adult stars Jesse Jane and Jessica Drake along with rocker Dave Navarro.

The results of a new study indicate many Americans in their 20s are extraordinarily ignorant about even the most basic facts about sex and reproduction.

The X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) announced that its 2010 awards ceremony would be Thursday, April 29 at the Highlands in Hollywood.

Back in January of 2000, AVN did one of Tera Patrick's first interviews. The then-23-year-old beauty had just signed an exclusive contract with Digital Playground, and her first DVD for them, Virtual Sex with Tera Patrick, was about to be released.

Dustin Flynt and Tara Conner, who is Miss USA 2006, will host a Christmas party at 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 at the FB Bar and Lounge.

Elegant Angel Productions has unveiled the new volume of its annual series, Performers Of The Year 2010, scheduled for release on Jan. 19.

Playboy Enterprises Inc. has reportedly hired an interim CFO to replace its current chief financial officer, Linda Harvard, who announced her resignation in November.

Although scientists had announced in February that a new lubricant, PRO 2000, had delivered, for at-risk women, "a small amount of protection ... by binding up the AIDS virus and preventing it from invading cells," a newer, more extensive study conducted between September, 2005 and September, 2009 showed "no evidence that it reduces the risk of HIV infection."

John Stagliano and Belladonna are auditioning girls for a dance number for the AVN Awards Show at the Pearl Theater inside the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 9.

A tribute to the life of the late director David Aaron Clark has been scheduled for this Sunday, Dec. 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The New Beverly Cinema.

Wicked Pictures' Vice President of Special Projects, industry veteran Joy King, joined members of the industry trade organization, the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), this week on a trip to Sacramento to lobby state officials.

Penthouse Magazine has named Texas beauty Taylor Vixen Penthouse Pet of the Year for 2010. Her all-new Pet of the Year pictorial is featured in the January issue of Penthouse, available on newsstands everywhere December 15, 2009.