Archives for January 2010

Sex is one thing. Enjoying the company of a beautiful young lady at some of the finer Manhattan restaurants or waking up with her the next to her in a luxury hotel the morning after a perfect date is a whole other. Now you can pay for both of these different experiences at the same time in a package known as "The Girlfriend Experience." Steven Soderbergh's exploration of this experience is not only beautifully shot but it is also oddly just as removed as it is engaging. The same can probably be said about the experience itself.The recent works of Steven Soderburgh have left a lot to the imagination. The progressively less endearing and logical Ocean's Eleven series of films. Or the astonishingly pretentious Bubble and Che. Add the fact the the Girlfriend Experience was from the writing team behind Ocean's Thirteen and the remake of Walking Tall....well one seemingly had the recipe for disaster!

Except...

The Girlfriend Experience is nothing short of both a return to form for Mr. Soderbergh and a revelation as a film. And it is reminder that some director's may work best within the medium of a smaller personal film. The film is a ostensibly about an escort and the rogues gallery of lonely men who frequent her as a band-aid for their sadness. but, then Mr. Soderbergh pulls back to reveal an exploration of emotional, spiritual and financial loneliness. Using the backdrop of the impending elections of the 2008 election, the film is set in the high powered wealthy world of Wall Street in the Pre-bailout era. Where money and power flowed.

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PETA Ads are always pretty risque with their outspoken "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur." Did this new ad with porn star Sasha Grey go to far?

Let's just say, we'd rather wear fur than look at someone's butt crack. Ewwww. People for the Ethical Treatment of Other People Say, please cancel this ad! Worthy cause but unworthy advertisement. "Too much sex can be a good thing. Have your pets speyed or neutered."

Peta has decided to use porn star Sasha Grey as their new spokesperson to help encourage people to get their pets spayed and neutered. In regards to the Peta ad, my question is, what does porn have to do with pets? Unless, we're talking beastiality, which we are not.

Its one thing to use a spokesperson who may have a strong concern for an issue but the ad is absolutely uncalled for. What is wrong with our media filter here? Do people need to use sex to help turn their brains on so that they can make decisions about their everyday lives? The Peta ad is a photo of Sasha Grey with her butt crack showing posing on a bed.

Our (ahem) good friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have a new ad campaign, and it's actually kinda funny: They are using a porn star to promote having pets spayed and neutered. It's a nice change of pace after listening to crusty, old Bob Barker tell us to get our cats' tubes tied for the last several decades, but a few prudes aren't diggin' it. By a few, we mean the majority, according to a recent poll from the research group MediaCurves. The campaign features a picture of porn star (oh wait, sorry, "adult entertainer") Sasha Grey with a message about spaying and neutering pets (see above). We would argue that too much sex with Sasha Grey could hardly be considered a bad thing, but too much sex in the ad itself is what has people peeved.

According to the survey, an ironic 69 percent of those polled find the ad at least somewhat offensive. If the majority finds the ad offensive, its members should probably avoid some of Sasha's films, particularly ones with titles like Rich Little Bitch, Fuck For Dollars 3, or  Gang Bang My Face. The ad may have lost PETA a few supporters, too. According to the survey, those who had viewed PETA in an "extremely favorable" light went from 13 percent to 10 percent after people had seen the ad.

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Porn star Sasha Grey does not just write for Newsweek; she poses for PETA, too. Grey and her butt crack really want you to have your cats and dogs spayed or neutered—and hey, we don’t disagree.

Adult film star Sasha Grey is doing her part for a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign, encouraging pet owners to neuter and spay their furry companions. Yowza. See more sexy PETA ads after the jump. R&B star Kelis recently made waves with PETA for wearing fur. Addressing her fondness for animal coats, Kelis wrote, "It's not just the look of fur. It's warm as hell and feels glorious, ever rubbed faux fur on your body? Nothing luxurious about that.

PETA responded, "Please know that animals killed for their fur endure immense suffering. Foxes, minks, coyotes, and rabbits - and even dogs and cats - are bludgeoned, strangled, genitally electrocuted, and even skinned alive for their pelts."PETA recently handed director James Cameron a Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film for "the inspiring message in his blockbuster" Avatar.

Adult film star Sasha Grey says she wouldn't enjoy performing for 3-D HD television viewers -- and she's not so sure they would enjoy watching her. "I personally don't want to see adult films in 3-D, I think that's a little too much," Grey told Forbes during an interview at the recent Adult Entertainment Expo. ""It kills the fantasy."Grey, who has also starred in the mainstream Hollywood film,

The Girlfriend Experience, added that 3-D televisions and goggles could be cost prohibitive for Americans for some time to come. The cost of the 3-D system could run into the thousands of dollars.

Sasha Grey, who is probably the most sought after and viewed porn star in the industry today, recently commented on the advent of 3D porn. Speaking at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas recently, Grey told an interviewer from Forbes that porn movies in 3D were "a
Sasha Grey and 3D Porn: Not a Great Experience?
 little much" and that it ruins the fantasy. One of the key exhibits at the Adult Entertainment Expo was 3D porn technology. While not widely available or affordable yet, the technology exists for 3D porn and many think it is the next big thing in the porn industry.

Sasha Grey has quickly become the face of porn in many ways. Her arrival on the porn scene roughly coincided with the proliferation of Porn 2.0, which is the latest link in the chain for the porn business. Last year, Sasha Grey appeared in Playboy Magazine and also starred in a crossover movie, "The Girlfriend Experience".

Like it or not, and plenty of people do not, pornography in many ways has helped push the technology envelope and taken technology based business to higher levels faster. Porn, for example, was the first big business really to make money online. In the early days of the Internet, porn sites often had the best features and technology on the Internet. Even before the Internet, porn helped propel the demand, and therefore the financial viability of the VCR industry.

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Not everyone in Las Vegas last week was hyping 3-D television. While television manufacturers at the Consumer Electronics Show insist the new sets -- which rely on funny glasses -- are the next big thing, adult actress Sasha Grey was skeptical.

"I personally don't want to see adult films in 3-D, I think that's a little too much," Grey said during an interview with Forbes at the Adult Entertainment Expo. "It kills the fantasy. I think once 3-D entertainment becomes easier for the media consumer or the average consumer to be able to consume it and to be able to afford it, then it will be popular, but right now it's still at the high-end of the market where it's a specialty item."After the jump: the star of Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience" talks about what the R-rated film says about today's economy, what she's doing with her new venture Greyscale Entertainment, and a surprising piece of advice she got early in her career.

True, sex is probably the last thing you’d expect adult film star Sasha Grey to be speaking out against, but that’s exactly what she’s doing in a brand new PETA advertisement. The nookie-free poster which is geared towards helping people spay and neuter their animals was revealed yesterday at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.

About the campaign, Grey says: “I think spaying and neutering is incredibly important. [I]t keeps the animals out of the shelters and there’s too many unwanted animals out there already.”We couldn’t agree more! What do you think about Sasha’s hot new sex-free ad? See a full photo of the ad after the jump, chime in, and share your thoughts!