Porn

April
7
"Star Trek," the porno remake, slated for May 12 release

Trek

Just in time to embrace the "Star Trek" juggernaut, Hustler Video has wrapped production on "This Ain't Star Trek XXX." For those who keep track of such things, it's the latest title in Hustler's trademark-skating series of porno parodies that includes "This Ain't Happy Days," "This Ain't Bewitched," "This Ain't Three's Company" and "This Ain't The Brady Bunch."

That's Evan Stone as Captain James T. Kirk, Cheyne Collins as Dr. McCoy and Ero Sennin as Sulu. Also of note: The cast includes Sasha Grey, who will make her theatrical-feature debut with the May 22 release of Steven Soderberg's "The Girlfriend Experience." 

"This Ain't Star Trek XXX" is slated for release May 12, just four days after J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reaches theaters May 8.   

January
27
On 3D porn: "Journalism is suffering enough."

Yesterday, we posted a small item about a new production that claims to be the first 3D porn film. A reader writes, to tell us in no uncertain terms, that it's Most Certainly Not So!

3d

And so we have, Mr. Symmes. Thanks for writing.  

December
31
NGTV: Where the press junkets are more entertaining than the movies

Want to hear the stars of "The Yes Men" discuss post-nasal coke drip and sex with GILFs? Or see Rosario Dawson describe "Seven Pounds" as "superfuckingfabulicious?" Then you want No Good TV, a refreshingly fearless video site that doesn't know from the seven words you can't say on television. Although the site also includes interviews with more traditionally uncensored performers such as porn stars Belladonna and Kimberly Kane (age verification required), mainstream actors appear to appreciate the no-holds-barred schtick as a welcome break from the fatuous press-junket solemnity that dogs so much movie PR, especially when their sparring partner is comely blonde host Carrie Keagan. From an interchange with Will Smith re: "Seven Pounds": 

CARRIE: Fucking awesome movie!
WILL: Hey, you can't say that on TV!
CARRIE: Yes, I can!
WILL: You'll just bleep it?
CARRIE: Nmm... no.

(snip)

CARRIE: Did you bring your "Seven Pounds" of happiness?
WILL: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

I'll take that over Mary Hart any day. Apparently, so would Mark Burnett; he took a stake in the popular online video producer last month with plans to turn it into a TV series. I hope the web version will continue to thrive, since I don't know what channel would allow Dawson's description of preparing for a sex scene with Smith -- and that would be a pity. [NGTV]

December
3
The only awards show that matters: The AVN nominations are here!

AvnTo hell with tonight's Grammy nominations. And whatever on the Sundance lineup. They've already published the only nominations that really matter -- the AVN Movie Awards, the porn industry's annual honorific orgy that takes place Jan. 10 in Las Vegas. They were released a week ago (two days before Thanksgiving?! Guys, whaddreya thinking?) and if anyone actually announced them, they'd still be talking: The nominations stretch on for a whopping 55 pages. Categories include MILF/Cougar Performer, Clever Title (my vote goes to "Charlie Wilson's Whore") and many others that I'd like to include but logic and propriety suggest otherwise. If you want to witness another endless award show for yourself, buy your ticket now; the event sells out. If you're content simply to see the list in its full bludgeoning glory, click here.


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