ANAHEIM, CA — Some days it just doesn’t pay to be a pirate.Four actors who played Jack Sparrow — the sexy swashbuckler portrayed by Johnny Depp in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy — have been fired by Disneyland amid rumors the character’s very presence at...

CHICAGO, IL — Throughout 20 years of both ups and downs in the fate of Playboy Enterprises, Inc., company heir apparent Christie Hefner has accepted and symbolized change. Now that she’s chosen to step down as chairman and CEO she’s decided to embrace change. The new year...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — A new crime-fighting strategy under consideration by the European Union’s council of ministers backs the use of covert, remote surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers.In other words, the EU wants to make legal the use of normally illegal Trojans to...

NEW YORK, NY — In the past four years, nearly 50 men have been arrested on what are being called questionable prostitution charges as the City of New York steps up efforts to “clean up” Manhattan. The cases might not stand out as odd if all of them weren’t associated with a...

CHATSWORTH, CA — Among the nominees for the 26th annual AVN Awards — adult entertainment’s version of mainstream Hollywood’s Oscars — are 40 studios and individuals competing in three brand-new categories honoring achievement on the Web.“We considered hundreds of great...

BRISTOL, ENGLAND — When the ‘bots on Mystery Science Theater 3000 opined that “booze takes a dull party and makes it better,” they weren’t just telling a joke. Thanks to plenty of first-person experience and a band of English scientists, the truth about “beer goggles” can...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — In an effort to ensure it isn’t in any way confused with any sort of “boob tube,” YouTube has clamped down even further on the types of content it will allow on its free-for-all video-sharing website.The Google subsidiary outlawed sexually explicit...

MONTREAL, CANADA — Truly, December is a month for celebration – and BrainCash is giving those who while away their days on the sexy side of the World Wide Web two more reasons to celebrate: LubeMyTits.com and IWantLatina.com.During this season of giving, BrainCash has...

CYBERSPACE — A German entertainment company seems to have hit upon a novel way of increasing revenue: Threaten people with lawsuits unless they pay up for copyright infringement they swear they knew nothing about.Tales of woe have been circulating on Slyck.com and...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Regardless of where adult industry professionals live, there are still eight important votes to cast this month for members of the Free Speech Coalition (FSC). 2009 – 2010 Board Election Ballots are currently being sent to active FSC members via both...