For several months, a project has been brewing that will have the industry talking for quite some time.  With very complex non-disclosure agreements and a lot of pleading, adult newcomer skinworXXX, LLC. launched one of the most ambitious projects to date in adult with The Search for Sun Goddess XXX Contest, and the upcoming release, Sun Goddess: Malibu Thursday night at the XBIZ Awards, very little even rumored about before its announcement.

Sun Goddess: Malibu stars Teagan Presley, Sasha Grey, Adam & Eve’s Bree Olson, and AdultBluReview’s Gianna Lynn in a scorching feature with four solo sex scenes, and one of the naughtiest four-girl sex scenes ever shot.  Director Joshua, “We knew having names this big would lend to the exposure of the project, but we weren’t sure of the chemistry since these girls haven’t shot together previously.  When the cameras rolled, we saw some of the hottest action we have ever seen, in girl/girl or boy/girl.”

An unrated trailer for Sun Goddess: Malibu can be viewed here.

Alongside director Joshua, Teagan Presley also served as an Executive Producer of Sun Goddess: Malibu, fulfilling her promise to fans she made when she left Digital Playground of producing her own movies.  “This is something I wanted to do for awhile, and I just wanted to do it with the right movie.  When Josh came up with the concept, I knew this would be a chance to show fans that even though I only work with girls now, I am still the same Teagan Presley fans have come to love.”  Presley delivers a straight-anal scene with Sasha Grey that will leave fans breathless.

“Malibu is simply a prequel.  We originally were going to produce just a tease sequence to show at XBIZ to highlight our new big project, Sun Goddess: Jamaica.  It turned into a whole feature.  This is only a small sample of what’s to come this summer.”  For the big Jamaica project, skinworXXX will add three huge stars to the all-star lineup already assembled for Malibu.  Joining Sun Goddess: Jamaica are AVN Performer of the Year Jenna Haze, Sunny Leone, and Eva Angelina.  “I’m ecstatic about traveling to Jamaica with great people to shoot a hot, and totally unique movie.  It’s a privilege to participate in a such a great project,” gushes Eva Angelina.  XBIZ and AVN Female Performer of the Year Jenna Haze “I’m excited.  It my first project in an exotic location.  Plus, it’s with the hottest girls…should be an amazing time!” Joshua adds, “That cast alone would make this project one of the biggest adult movies of all-time, but we wanted to give fans a little more, and for the first time ever, fans will get to pick 10 more girls to appear in Sun Goddess: Jamaica.”

Beginning immediately after the conclusion of the XBIZ Awards, female adult performers will be able to submit themselves via the film’s website, www.SunGoddessXXX.com, using an online submission form.  The project’s sponsors, Genesis Magazine, Adam & Eve, A-List Features and XBIZ, will help narrow the submissions down to the Top 100 girls in the business.  Fans will then be able to vote once a day and then the field will be narrowed to the Top 24.  Sounds like a reality show?  It is.

The Search for Sun Goddess XXX will be a network television show later this spring and fans will be able to tune into webisodes on the Sun Goddess XXX website next month to catch some unusual behind-the-scenes antics during the Malibu shoot, a tease of what is next for Jamaica.  Fans will pick the Top 10 girls to appear alongside the pre-announced stars, and all the stars will fly to Jamaica for an intensive four-day shoot, and then six days of after-partying where fans can join in on the chaos via winning giveaways on Genesis Online and on XBIZ, as well as mainstream media giveaways, and on SunGoddessXXX.com.

“The girls that are gonna win this contest are the girls that promote themselves the most.  With the Internet, girls have direct access to the fans, so this should be one of the biggest viral marketing campaigns of all-time, mainstream or adult, “ adds director/producer Joshua. “We aren’t looking for just the 10 prettiest girls in adult, we want the 10 girls who want this the most.”

SunGoddessXXX.com is live now, and features five user-downloadable wallpapers of the stars of Sun Goddess: Malibu, the unrated teaser trailer of the prequel, and the online submission form for stars to submit themselves into the contest.  When the contest goes live, fans will be able to browse galleries of the stars in the contest, watch video of the stars, and launch directly to the stars homepages and MySpace pages as well.

Sun Goddess: Malibu was shot using the latest in high-definition technology by cinematographer B.Skow, who Joshua proclaims as the real star of Sun Goddess, “My job was effortless.  B.Skow is a master photographer, and the results of his camera work are jaw-dropping.  Malibu has some of the most three-dimensional high-definition video I’ve ever seen.”  Sun Goddess: Malibu will be available in March on DVD and Blu-ray, with its VOD debut to follow later this spring.  Genesis Magazine will feature exclusive picture sets from Malibu, and XBIZ was on set and will give fans an inside look at not only the Malibu project, but Jamaica as well. Sun Goddess: Jamaica will shoot this summer, with a DVD, Blu-ray and VOD just in time for Awards season this fall.

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Nick Manning has a special Valentine’s gift for a very lucky lady. Ladies, here’s your chance to win a date with Adult Film Star Nick Manning, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Nick is a real gentleman off camera, and this bad boy of porn, will be a charming and gracious host when you get together with him.

Now, here’s how you enter;
Send us your name, and email, it’s that simple

Here’s some rules; Must be over 21, Must be a Southern California resident, sorry we can’t fly you out, You will meet Nick at a venue in the Hollywood or San Fernando Valley area.
Contest entries must be in by February 12th, so you just have one week. One entry per lady. Good Luck

Manning has a new release out now for Hustler “This Ain’t The Partridge Family XXX” where he plays the lead character of the teen heartthrob that was portrayed by David Cassidy in the real series.

About Nick Manning
One of the industry’s most prolific male performers, Manning won an AVN award for “Best Male Newcomer” in 2003.  A successful director as well, his production company is BoneYard Pictures, he also owns shares of Platinum Blue productions. Along with performing in over 200 adult films, he has also worked as a fashion model and appeared on The Howard Stern show. He is known for his trademark catchphrase “Droppin’ loads.” He has appeared in such films as “Any Given Sunday” and is working on the upcoming film “The Ice Man”.

Manning is represented by L.A. Direct Models

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Howard Stern knows hot women.  And when you’re named the most beautiful and sexy woman of the month by Howard Stern and his Howard TV On Demand compatriots, to what higher position can you aspire?  Why, to be voted on by men everywhere in hopes of being named Miss Howard TV of the Year 2008!

Howard TV has partnered with top Web destination UGO.com to host a run-off to see which of the 12 monthly stars will have the honor of being crowned 2008’s winner.  Now anyone in the online audience can check out and vote for their favorite woman at http://howardtv.ugo.com starting Wednesday, January 21.  There, they’ll find each woman’s multimedia entry detailing why she should be the definitive Miss Howard TV of the Year 2008.  On Thursday, February 26, 2009, the winner will be announced online at HowardTV.com and at UGO.com.  Plus she will be featured in an upcoming Howard TV original special in March 2009.

The 12 Miss Howard TV’s from 2008 who are vying for the enviable title are: Danielle DeMarco, Lisa Michelle, Brenda Acevedo, Brianna Frost, Tracy Pendergast, Gracie, Christine LeMaster, Shawn Carla, Kristy Ricetti, Alexis Pelekanos, Megan Heaton and Diamanti Damons.

On the microsite, voters can check out each competitor’s entry, including photos, a personal video, an interview, a Q&A and a blog about her experience on the “Howard Stern Show,” her life and sexual appetites.  The winning woman will be featured in a special Howard TV On Demand episode in March 2009. The winner will also be awarded with a photo shoot, a cash prize of $1,000, an appearance on UGO’s popular Foxy Fans feature and an exclusive, one of a kind specially designed Miss Howard TV diamond necklace from Steven Singer Jewelers.

Each month, Miss Howard TV spokesmodels are interviewed on the “Howard Stern Show” and then featured on Howard TV On Demand where they introduce and give an overview of that month’s programming.  All spokesmodels are also profiled on http://www.howard.tv/missHowardTV, which is one of the most popular features on the site.

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Win 100 of Brad Armstrong’s Wicked DVDs, signed copies of “Fallen,” subscriptions to the mag and much more! Click the pic to enter, or for more info hit the Contests & Free Stuff tab above!

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The February 2009 issue of GENESIS is hitting newsstands around the world this week, and it’s one of their most Wicked ever! GENESIS, “the home of porn’s hottest stars,” has teamed up with Wicked Pictures to help celebrate the release of Brad Armstrong’s 100th movie he has directed for the company, the critically acclaimed hit, ‘Fallen.’ Nominated for 16 AVN Awards including Best Feature Movie, the magazine’s cover features the star of the movie, Wicked Girl jessica drake and one of her newest contract sisters, Mikayla Mendez. This is the first time either star has been featured in the magazine, and GENESIS couldn’t be more excited.

“We have been working on putting this issue together for some time and we’re excited it’s finally come to fruition,” Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief of GENESIS, said. “We had first heard about ‘Fallen’ earlier in the year and wanted to do something special. The trailer was featured during the F.A.M.E. Awards this summer and we knew that this movie was very special. Thanks to jessica, Mikayla, Brad, Steve Orenstein, Heth, Daniel and everyone at Wicked Pictures for helping us bring this to our readers and their fans.

“Wow! The folks at genesis have really put together an amazing package this month,” Steve Orenstein, owner of Wicked Pictures said. “Between the cover, layouts, contest and free DVD full of great sex scenes they definitely know how to deliver a remarkable value for their customers during these tough times.”

“I’m so excited to be gracing the cover of GENESIS with a hot girl like jessica!” Mikayla Mendez exclaimed. “Working with her was such a turn-on! Both the cover and my solo layout were so fun to shoot and I want to thank GENESIS for the opportunity to pose for their great magazine.”

The issue features jessica in a scorching hardcore layout with Marcus London and Mikayla in a gorgeous centerfold pictorial. The incredible Holly Randall shot the layouts and cover, and she definitely delivered with two incredible photo sets. A DVD sampler featuring jessica and Mikayla is included free with the issue, and there is also an exclusive look at the making of Armstrong’s epic movie.

If all that isn’t enough, readers have the chance to win an incredible prize package in an amazing ‘Fallen’ contest. Wicked Pictures and GENESIS are giving one lucky fan the opportunity to win all 100 of Brad Armstrong’s movies on DVD. The grand prize also features a ‘Fallen’ DVD signed by Brad and jessica, a ‘Fallen’ hat and T-shirt, a one-year subscription to WickedPictures.com and jessicadrake.com, and a two-year subscription to GENESIS. There are other great prizes being awarded to five second place winners and 10 third place winners. Entry forms are available in the magazine, or fans can enter via the web by going to GenesisOnline.com or at GenesisMagazine.com/FallenContest.

“I’m so excited to be on the February cover of GENESIS with Mikayla,” jessica drake stated. “Our layouts shot by Holly are amazing and there’s even a special bonus DVD for fans to enjoy. It’s almost Wicked overload! Make sure you guys get your copy soon and bring it along for us to sign at the Wicked booth at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Vegas. It’s sure to be a collector’s item.”

The issue also includes layouts starring “Best New Starlet” nominee Tori Black in a holiday-themed set, a girl-girl sex session featuring Alexis Love and Marlie Moore, and pictorials with the likes of Lux Kassidy, Adrenalynn, Lichelle Marie and more. Also included in the issue is an interview with the red-hot Ryder Skye, Jenna Hendrix, exclusive columns from Tera Patrick, Jenna Haze, Gina Lynn and Bree Olson, DVD reviews, adult news and much more.

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AdamandEve.com, known for its quality adult products, has created an online version of the popular “Erotic Photohunt” games. These types of games are commonly found in bars and nightclubs, but Adam & Eve has launched one online! Entertainment awards season has officially started with the announcement of the 2009 AVN Awards nominations in recent weeks. Adam & Eve Pictures was nominated for many awards.

“The idea started because we wanted to provide our visitors with a fun way to celebrate our nominations at the 2009 AVN Awards,” says the Social Marketing Project Manager, Lauren Polinsky. “When we found out we had over 50 nominations for Adam & Eve Pictures alone, we knew we couldn’t pass up a unique chance like this to give our customers something fun just for shopping with us this holiday season.”

Visitors to AdamandEve.com can view exclusive images of contract stars Bree Olson and Kayden Kross while playing along in an erotic “spot the differences” style game. Bree has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Carolina Jones and the Broken Covenant, and Kayden has been nominated for Female Performer of the Year!

Visitors to the site will have the option to play up to 5 different game boards featuring various 2008 Adam & Eve Pictures titles. Just for playing, AdamandEve.com is offering $5 off each of the titles involved in the game to their customers, including Roller Dollz, Bree & Sasha, Sunshine Highway, and Surrender of O. There is even a board featuring Kayden’s yet- to- be-released title The 8th Day, a big 2009 release.  To play go to www.adamandeve.com/photohunt.

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Fresh off her Best New Starlet win at Nightmoves, HellHouse Media Contract Star Moxxie Maddron is ready to take it to the next level – and fuck her fans. The buxom raven coiffed seductress once again proves her insatiable sex drive by announcing that she will select one lucky member of her website a month to shoot a sex scene with her, starting in November.

“It’s something that I’ve dreamt of doing since the very first day in the business,” confesses Moxxie. “I get all wet and tingly when I think about one of my hardcore fans sliding their hard cock all the way up in me. It’s so naughty!”

The winning member will perform in a scripted sex scene, shot on location in the Los Angeles area. The resulting scene will be used on Moxxie’s website as well as possibly in a future DVD release.

“Once again Moxxie has gone above and beyond our wildest expectations with this idea,” explains HellHouse CEO Ty Gonty. “She has impressed us with not only her commitment to this company but her positively filthy imagination as well. This is one of those moments fans will not want to miss out on!”

Fans are being encouraged to write in to Moxxie, explaining why they think they should win this amazing opportunity and what they plan on doing in the scene. Moxxie will then select a winner, based off of the most creative and erotic answers sent in. HellHouse reminds fans that no matter how excited they are they should remember to always be respectful and to keep their suggestions legal, safe, and sane. For a complete list of contest rules please visit: http://www.moxxiemaddron.com.

For more information on HellHouse, please visit http://www.HellHouseMedia.com.

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Adam & Eve, and adameve.com, America’s #1 source for all things erotic, is thrilled to announce the launch of its “$25,000 Holiday Sextravaganza Sweepstakes!”

Beginning Sunday, November 9, 2008, and running through Saturday, December 20, 2008, this exciting sweepstakes offers six weeks of  “sextravagant” prizes to 60 lucky winners. Prizes include a dream vacation to a destination of the winner’s choice, $1,000 cash, $300 shopping sprees at adameve.com, a Vespa scooter, a Nintendo Wii, dinner and a movie, and a date with Adam & Eve exclusive contract star Bree Olson at the 2009 Adult Entertainment Expo (plus tickets to the 2009 AVN Awards Show!).

“There truly is something for everyone here,” says Adam & Eve Director of Marketing Chad Davis. “We wanted our sweepstakes to be fun… and we want people to enter every day.”

Week 1 (November 9–15) offers over 40 chances to win a romantic dinner and an Adam & Eve Pictures’ movie. One lucky winner this week will receive a Nintendo Wii and Rock Band Bundle!

Week 2 (November 16-22) gets even hotter with one person chosen to party with Adam & Eve contract star (and AVN’s Best New Starlet) Bree Olson at the biggest adult event of the year! Adam & Eve will fly you to Las Vegas in January to visit the 2009 Adult Entertainment Expo, lunch with Bree and attend the AVN Awards!

Week 3 (November 23-29) provides seven lucky winners with a $300 shopping spree at adameve.com!

Week 4 (November 30-December 6) revs up with one chance to win a stylish Vespa LX50!

Week 5 (December 7-13) provides daily cash prizes of $1000!

Week 6 (December 14-20) is the grand prize: your ticket to paradise! One lucky winner will receive a trip (or $5,000 cash equivalent) to the destination of his or her choice!

There’s no purchase necessary to enter, but customers are entered automatically with every order (limit one entry per day). Visit adameve.com for more information.

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Adam & Eve, America’s premier adult company, is known for its charitable acts and donations. “Roller Dollz,” a co-production between Adam & Eve Pictures (AEP) and Zero Tolerance, is one of the biggest adult releases of 2008. AEP is attempting to extend the benefits of the movie’s success to charity (American Cancer Society will get proceeds) by holding an auction for an autographed calendar and copy of the award-winning dvd.

“We have a team of employees at Adam & Eve that focuses on charity and volunteer work,” says Chad Davis, director of marketing. “These employees have organized the auction, and if successful, hope to do similar fundraisers for charity in the future.”

“Roller Dollz” features Bree Olson, Kayden Kross, Ava Rose, Courtney Cummz, Sunny Lane, and many more popular adult starlets! The stars also appear in a special “Roller Dollz” themed calendar for 2009. (All images featured in the calendar are non-explicit, so it’s safe to hang anywhere!) Most of the starlets featured in the movie have personally signed copies of the calendar.

All proceeds from the auction will be given to the American Cancer Society to help the fight against cancer!!! The Ebay auction includes three lots of the signed calendar and special edition dvd of “Roller Dollz.” It commences on November 6th and ends on November 16th, with the lots going to the three highest bidders. You can bid on the auction here. (Please note: Because this is an adult auction, you must have an ebay account to view listing. Creating an account is free.)

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AVN, the world’s foremost authority on the adult entertainment industry, today announced the launch of the 2009 AVN Erotic Film Festival.

The festival will run over a period of seven months and boasts cash prizes of $5,000 to be distributed among the top three filmmakers. All films must be under seven minutes in length and will be available online for open rating by viewers.

The top viewer-rated films will be then voted on by a panel of 20 expert judges from the adult and mainstream film industries. Besides a hefty cash prize, the first-place winner will also receive a production contract to direct a feature for a top adult film company.

“Nothing like this has ever been done before,” said Darren Roberts, CEO of AVN Media Network. “Erotic filmmaking and porn can be two entirely different things. The goal of this competition is to bring the focus back to the art of erotic filmmaking and to do so without depicting explicit sex. Just as some of the greatest Hollywood movies have no dialogue, great erotic films don’t have to be graphic.”

The Erotic Film Festival website at AVNFilmFest.com is now open for submissions, and will debut a large-scale national advertising campaign on Dec. 1.

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DIGITAL PLAYGROUND & GENESIS WANT YOU TO WIN A PIRATES II BLU-RAY TREASURE!

GRAND PRIZE:

One lucky winner picked at random will receive a Blu-ray player, a collection of Digital Playground’s top selling Blu-ray titles to get you started featuring Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge, a poster autographed by the members of the all-star cast, and a two-year subscription to “the home of porn’s hottest stars, Genesis!

SECOND PRIZE:

Five winners picked at random will receive a signed copy of the Pirates II DVD and a two-year subscription to “the home of porn’s hottest stars, Genesis!

THIRD PRIZE:

Ten winners picked at random will receive a copy of the Pirates II DVD and a one-year subscription to “the home of porn’s hottest stars, Genesis!

Enter to win at www.genesismagazine.com/pirates2contest

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Adam & Eve is pleased to announce its First Annual “Sex Toy Halloween Costume Contest.”  Employees at Adam & Eve have dressed their favorite sex toys up for Halloween; with dildos doubling as dinosaurs, penis palm trees and masturbators that make good monsters.  Voting is open to the public and encouraged.

“The Social Marketing group was looking for a way that all departments within Adam & Eve could participate with the website as well as customers, and this contest has become the perfect avenue,” says Lauren Polinsky of Internet Marketing, a member of the Social Marketing Group.

“I am so proud of the creativity we have in the building.  We have entries from our customer service, warehouse, catalog and internet marketing teams and we hope to make this an annual event”, says Cory Calmes, SEO Coordinator for Adam & Eve and also a Social Marketing team member.

This exciting contest is one of several Social Marketing campaigns Adam & Eve is currently working on.  Customers can vote now through the end of October, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners announced by Halloween.

The toys are open to the public for viewing and voting at www.AdamEve.com/Halloween

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The December 2008 issue of GENESIS magazine is dedicated to Digital Playground’s beautiful contract stars, like Jesse Jane®, and the blockbuster film “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge”.  On the cover, Jesse is the middle of a sexy sandwich with her “Pirates II” costars Jenna Haze and Sasha Grey.  Within the pages, the girls pull out the toys and get frisky with each other in one of the hottest threesomes ever.  The issue also includes an erotic interview with Jesse Jane, the first published photo shoot and interview with hot new Digital Playground contract girl Riley Steele™, and an exclusive behind the scenes look at the orgasmic set of “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge”.  There is also an amazing contest for fans to win a Blu-ray™ player, a collection of Digital Playground Blu-ray titles, including “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge”, a cast autographed “Pirates II” movie poster, and a 2-year subscription to the magazine.  GENESIS created the most spectacular issue ever to honor the biggest adult production in history, “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge”.

“It was a no-brainer to dedicate an issue to the phenomenon that is ‘Pirates II’,” says Dan Davis, the Editor-in-Chief for GENSIS magazine.  “In our opinion, this movie will go down as one of the best and most successful adult movies of all time as it is an amazing production that surpassed the expectations set forth from the first movie.  The exclusive shoot and cover we have with Jesse, Jenna and Sasha is simply incredible, as well as the layout with Riley, and the Blu-ray contest they are sponsoring with us is a great opportunity for any fan.  Digital Playground continues to find incredible contract stars, produce quality movies and because of their presence in this issue of GENESIS, we are sure it will be one of the best-selling issues of the year for us.”

Samantha Lewis, Digital Playground’s CEO, loves the December issue of GENESIS.  “What an amazing cover and issue.  Thank you so much to Dan Davis and GENESIS for providing us with a beautiful tribute to ‘Pirates II’.  We thought their idea for a ‘Pirates II’ contest was wonderful and were happy to provide them with a plethora of goodies. ”

“That was one of my favorite photo shoots ever!” exclaims Jesse Jane.  “And you know I love covers!  It’s always an honor.  Even better is to be in GENESIS with two of the sexiest chicks in porn.  I will never forget having Sasha on my face and Jenna buried between my legs.  I still have a smile.”

“Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge” stars Digital Playground’s beautiful contract girls Jesse Jane®, Shay Jordan™, Katsuni, Stoya™, Riley Steele™ and Gabriella Fox™.  The film costars the talents of BellaDonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Haze, Brianna Love, Abbey Brooks, Shawna Lenee, Rhylee Richards, Brea Lynn, Shyla Stylez, and Veronica Rayne.  Evan Stone, Tommy Gunn, and Steven St. Croix reprise their ground-breaking roles from the original “Pirates”.  The film also includes industry studs Manuel Ferrara, James Deen, Marco Banderas, Mick Blue, Ben English, and Charles Dera.

All hands are on deck for the epic, blockbuster “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge”, directed by award-winner Joone, and produced by Joone and his business partner Samantha Lewis.  The film released on DVD on September 27.

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Before becoming a card carrying member of the porn industry, I worked in the mainstream entertainment world for both the artists/production companies and the media. It was well known within that world that you had to make a mark to get noticed.

In the music biz, at least at that time, there were thousands of album releases a year. When I was an editor for music publications, I would get at least 20 or so CDs in the mail a day that were submitted for review. So which made it to the top of the heap? Well, of course we all knew we had to get that new Metallica or U2 album in as soon as possible since they were so high-profile. But then you had the rest of the music world who weren’t superstars trying to get the attention of folks like me and get their disc not only moved to the top of the pile, but also start the review off on a good note. One way a lot of these companies or bands would do this is by putting together some sort of kick ass press kit filled with related swag to the band or album title.

Here it is about 15 or so years later and I completely remember some of the bands who did this. Punk band NOFX released an album called Heavy Petting Zoo and decided to put an inflatable sheep in with their disc. Useful, well, no. Funny? Yes. The Ramones had custom mini bottle of tequila for Adios Amigos. That was useful if you chose to open it. I had packages from an indie metal band with a bong (bio organic natural growth system), I mean, “planter,” in it. A local band called Mars Needs Women included some vintage flying saucer toy and a ray gun to get themselves noticed and reviewed. There were special edition shirts, hats, etc.

So why am I boring you with stories of the music business and the good old days? Well, there are couple of porn companies who employ the same strategy to get their stuff noticed. Adam and Eve have done this in the past with releases such as Eden, Carolina Jones, Tailgunners and Lady Scarface. One company who consistently comes up with great promo packages is Wicked Pictures. The stuff for Operation Desert Stormy and Coming Home last year was way cool with spy glasses, ammo boxes, mirrors, and the obligatory shirts and hats. Now they have their two biggest releases of this year, The Wicked and Fallen, and have come up with their most innovative and coolest packages yet.

For Michael Raven’s film The Wicked, just releasing a really killer movie starring Kaylani Lei and Stormy Daniels was enough to get it noticed. But Wicked decided to spend a bunch of money in this lovely economy to make sure this movie got the credit it deserved. In the promo package for the movie was a blood-filled mousepad, beanie, T-shirt, candy, bag of blood and of course the movie itself. But the most impressive thing with this package is the full-color box it all came in.

The same promo box was used to promote Brad Armstrong’s 100th movie for Wicked, Fallen, starring jessica drake. The movie has been the subject of much hype. We previewed a trailer for it back in June at the F.A.M.E. Awards, and knew this was going to be a great movie. In this package was a candle with the box cover image on it, a lucky coin, embroidered hat, T-shirt, feathers, and the packaging for the movie itself is one of the best ever made in adult.

So for obviously BIG movies, why spend BIG bucks to make sure it gets reviewed. If I had to guess these promo boxes cost about $50 bucks each, and who knows what the actual boxes they came in cost. Times that by about the 300 or so they give out per movie, and you’re talking a lot of extra duckets on movies that had big budgets to produce. So why? Who better to answer than the BIG man over a Wicked, owner Steve Orenstein.

I called Steve and asked him who comes up with the concepts of their promo boxes for movies, and he told me it’s really a joint effort between their directors, art department, publicity and sales people and of course, himself.

“There are a lot of products out there and we want people to know — reviewers, buyers and customers — that there’s something special about these movies. That’s first and foremost,” Orenstein told me. In a cookie cutter day where gonzo and all-sex movies are cheaper and flooding the market, Wicked is one of the few companies who still produce primarilly feature films. Those cost lots more money, and spending extra money on things such as promo and packaging isn’t the popular choice in adult these days, but don’t tell Orenstein that.

“In this economy it’s probably not the way to do it. We spent more on trying to promote these movies than we have in the past. The boxes themselves probably cost more than the stuff in them, but we wanted to show the customers who think everything is created equal, isn’t.” And what about the unique box for Fallen? What if it doesn’t fit on some store shelves? Wicked is banking on retailers creating special displays for it, or end caps, or putting it on the top shelf where there’s more room. “The top shelf has no boundaries,” Orenstein says. “We’ve received more calls on these movies because of the promo from retailers and buyers, and even some of the other movie companies out there. Hey, I could have saved the money for retirement or spend it on giveaways… maybe I made the wrong choice,” Orenstein joked. We don’t think he did.

So you’re not a buyer or reviewer, but we’re going to treat you like one. Two random readers who email editor@genesismagazine.com will get one of these cool as fuck promo packs courtesy of Wicked Pictures, as long as you’re over 18 and can get this sort of thing in your neck of the woods, of course. Email your name, address and tell us which one you like better and we’ll put you in consideration for it.

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