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Black Ice signs Rico Strong

Black Ice has signed performer/director Rico Strong. “Rico brings another perspective to our movies. Being both, Puerto Rican and Black, his appeal will cross over to ethnic groups,” said Black Ice. Details of the deal were not disclosed. Strong had been a college football player and an exotic dancer before joining the adult industry last year. “I’m impressed with Rico’s commitment to his craft,” said Black Ice President Greg Alves. “It’s not often that you find a 21-year-old with the drive and determination that he has.” Strong stars in Black Ice’s White Girls Got Azz Too Vols. 1&2, Crazy Big Booty and Phat Black Wet Asses

Metro XXX

Metro XXX has announced that a previously developed plan for reorganization has now been put into full swing, according to Sales and Marketing Director Mara Epstein.will the resignations of three personnel earlier this week helped accelerate the move, which had been scheduled for later in the first quarter. “The activities that took place here over the past few days actually benefit us,” she said. “They allow us to move quicker in a plan that was put into place some time ago.” She said that “over the next few weeks you will see changes implemented to manifest a strong infrastructure, something that has been long overdue. “We are looking to increase the size of our team, and we welcome motivated, dedicated applicants with strong work ethics, from outside or within our entertainment community, in sales, marketing and production. “We are excited to be in a position to go forward and provide customers with the type of quality product they deserve.”

Vanessa Blue hosts Roulette

Hustler Video Adult Director Vanessa Blue will host “Roulette,” which is billed as an “urban erotic cabaret,” at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in tonight in New York. “Roulette” stars “The Punany Poets,” who will help transform the tradition of open-microphone poetry into a full-scale stage production complete with monologue, dance and song. The lyrics are performed against a live band that combines jazz with hip-hop and rhythm and blues. “Roulette” also stars comedian Sheryl Underwood. “The cabaret runs a rigorous course from the rude awakenings of sexually transmitted disease to offering empowerment to those who have suffered molestation and answers to those seeking safer sex demonstrations,” according to the promotional material.

Wicked Pictures VoD

Wicked Pictures and Playboy TV, have agreed to help each other expand their distribution – into each other’s sector. TDM, owner of three adult channels (Playgirl TV, Cheri TV, and High Society TV), will help launch Wicked Pictures VoD over cable, and in turn Wicked will distribute titles from Playgirl Home Video. “We’re taking some of the Wicked library and marketing it to pay-per-view and video on demand,” said Graff, the founder and president of TDM.  “I believe that Wicked TV will become an instant player with the cable and satellite companies.  “We’ve proven with Playgirl TV our ability to secure wide scale distribution, and I’m thrilled to be working with Steve Orenstein and his team to make Wicked TV a reality.” TDM, a joint venture between Graff and Blue Horizon Media, the publishers of Playgirl, High Society and Cheri, launched Playgirl TV in May of 2004. In addition, Wicked will be distributing Playgirl Home Video.  “The Playgirl brand is one of the strongest names in adult entertainment,” said Orenstein.  “Playgirl Home Video will satisfy the increasing demand for adult entertainment for women.  We couldn’t be more excited about our partnership.”

Hannah Harper and Gina Austin

Sin City contract stars Hannah Harper and Gina Austin will be guests on Wet Radio to promote Barrett Blade's rock and porn synergy, Rock Hard; Making the Video. The pair of Penthouse Magazine Pets who are also known by the name of their dance act, Sinsations, will be interviewed by Ryan J. Afterward, they will be handing out signed DVDs and poster giveaways to fans. Rock Hard; Making the Video is benefiting from the  interactive micro-website available at sincity.com/rockhard. “Coming from Warner Brothers records and having a real music deal with a major label, I wanted to show the porn world a little bit of what it is really like inside the music industry,” Blade explained. “OPM is an amazing band that keep getting bigger and this is an excellent opportunity to showcase them to a new audience.”  The result was Rock Hard; Making the Video, an inside look at a day in the life of a rock and roll band while they film their next video and all the action that goes down on set. Blade directs the music video for track four of the album, "Luffly," which features both Harper and Austin, as well as Texas Presley, Sophia, Cassie Courtland, Alex Divine, Joey, and Avena Lee.

Mary Carey on the Rise

Pornstar Mary Carey appeared on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” and MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country.” The exclusive contract performer for Legend talked with Cavuto and Scarborough about her recent attendance at the “United to Victory” dinner with President Bush. Carey went to the Republican dinner at the invitation of the National Republican Congressional Committee, and she was able meet and interact with Congressional leaders and administration officials. Carey garnered national attention in June 2005 when she attended a similar dinner with Bush, in which she was accompanied by her former employer, Kick Ass Pictures President Mark Kulkis. “I did this one on my own,” Mary Carey told. “I wanted to show people that I do not need someone telling me what to say when I make statements and attend these sorts of events.” The starlet said of last Thursday's “United to Victory” dinner, “It was really great to attend the event. Everyone was very supportive of me at the dinner, and afterward, a bunch of people did shots with me at the bar.” She went on to comment that, “There were all these fiscally conservative guys hitting on me.” Carey even admitted to “Scarborough Country” host Joe Scarborough that she “got hit on more at the dinner than I did at the AVN Awards Show.” “It was also different from the AVN show, because at the dinner I had to sit at the third from the last table,” she explained. “At the AVN Awards, of course, I was right up front.” Carey explained that she plans on attending some Democratic events in the future to “find out what their stance is all about. I still plan on going on the ballot as an Independent, so I want to get as many ideas as I can from both Republicans and Democrats.” The starlet said that she will continue a similar platform in 2006, as her first run for governor in 2003. Carey said of her detractors, “I’m promoting making love and having sex, and I think that’s a lot better than the violence some other people are promoting. “I might have sex on camera for a living, but that’s just my job.” Carey will be announcing her California candidacy this May. Her first title under her contract with Legend, Mary Carey on the Rise, is available now.

Federal Breast Inspectors

Hustler Video is set to release Federal Breast Inspectors. The title is directed by Caesar Bonobo, and as Hustler VoD puts it, “investigates the mysterious power of breasts.” Bonobo points out, "The Breast Inspector fantasy is universal. What young person has not come across the famous words, 'Excuse me M’am; Federal Breast Inspectors.' So, in a sense this film is long overdue. It is time to reveal the truth behind this universal fantasy." Federal Breast Inspectors stars Chloe Dior, Katie Morgan, Eva Angelina, Devon Michaels and Cherokee, and hits stores this week.

Miss Passion

Photographer/filmmaker Suze Randall has announced plans to release two of her most famous 1980’s hits, Miss Passion, which stars Ginger Lynn, and Love Bites, which stars Amber Lynn, through Pure Play Media on Monday. Miss Passion, a campy, “New Wave” satire, is set in the remote future where a bevy of young beauties compete to be hailed as the sexiest woman in the universe. To win the title they have to prove their prowess on stage and in front of a video audience of billions. The MC is none other than a punked-out Suze Randall herself. She introduces the outlandishly attired judges who include a Minister of Pornography and a spokesperson for Women Against Frigidity, who is played by Lisa DeLeeuw. The first contestant is curvaceous brunette Crystal Breeze. Next up is the lovely Rachel Ashley who gets a fiery screw from Craig Roberts. And then it’s Ginger Lynn’s turn to get into a fierce coupling with two studs. This big-budget feature from 1984 was shot with 3 cameras, one mounted on a crane. Love Bites never enjoyed wide distribution because shortly after its release in 1985 it was discovered that one of its stars, Traci Lords, was underage. The title was immediately pulled from distribution. The premise of the movie is that a mosquito, whose bite causes acute sexual arousal, escapes from captivity and induces an epidemic of abandoned sexual behavior. Perhaps the most memorable scene stars Amber Lynn who gets bitten by the mosquito in an elevator and then runs rampant with her male fellow passengers, which include Peter North. Another scene, which takes a swipe at the Moral Majority that was so influential at the time, shows what happens when the mosquito bites the leading bigot who immediately fancies himself as the emperor Nero and sparks off an orgy of his sexually repressed followers. The movies have a combined running time of 120 minutes.

Nice Rack 12

Anabolic Video director Sal Genoa says, “If you love 100 percent natural tits, then you will love my new adult video called Nice Rack 12.”  Nice Rack 12 stars Alexis Silver, Giannia, Brandy Talore, Tera Bond, Bailey and Lora Black. All of the girls will share with viewers details such as when their tits began to grow and if they ever used them to their advantage. “Eighty-five percent of the video shows just tits," Genoa said. "Tits standing still or wildly bouncingaround. I guarantee that you will jack off during the entire video because all you see are ultra huge natural tits. “This a typical Anabolic video. High quality girls and hardcore sex," he added. Nice Rack 12 hits the streets Monday.

Girly Strap-On

Melissa Doll makes her first appearance as an exclusive Doghouse Digital performer in the debut volume of Girly Strap-On, a new series that streets on Tuesday. Girly Strap-On features 15 girls in five scenes that includes strap-ons, three-ways, fourways, DP’s and more.

Melissa Doll, the petite brunette Canadian who signed a year-long exclusive contract with Doghouse Digital in September, appears in a three-way with Ania and Zophia, two bisexual girls whose off-camera romance helped drive the scene, according to Jon B. “Women who really love having sex with women always turn in better girl/girl scenes and this is no exception,” Jon B told. “Ania and Zophia love to share women with each other in their real life, and Melissa was more than willing to be shared.” Ania and Zophia both wore strap-ons for their threeway with Doll. “They fucked me as hard as any two guys would, that’s for sure,” Doll said. “I still can’t believe I get paid to get to have sex this great.” Rounding out the cast of Girly Strap-On are Shelby Belle, Brooke, Ocean, AmyLee, Kream, Kate Klimax, Kelly Dee, Kelly Summer, Melissa, Krystal, Vanessa Gold and Starr.

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