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| by Dave Michaels |
March 15, 2000
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| "Legends of Erotica Induction"
Wrapping out this years Video Software Dealers Association convention and the simultaneously-held AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, was the annual industry coalition known as the Night of the Stars.
Held at the posh Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the black tie gala was highlighted by the induction of 26 porn personalities that have had a tremendous influence on the blue movie industry.
The individuals honored with the distinction, including:
Ashlyn Gere, Barbara Dare, Bionca, Constance Money, Desiree Couseau, Erica Boyer, Herschel Savage, Jessie St. James, Kelly Nichols, Leslie Bovee, Lisa Deleeuw, Marc Wallice, Mike Horner, Porsche Lynn, Randy West, Renee Bond, Rocco Siffredi, Sean Michaels, Serena, Shanna McCullough, Shauna Grant, T.T. Boy, Tori Welles, Tracey Adams, and Victoria Paris, were inducted by a panel including porn historian/director Jim Holliday, actor/director Bill Margold, and a panel of nearly 200 others.
The recipients mark the second set of such inductees with the first 25 having been honored at the previous year's Night of the Stars function. On hand from the previous year's honorees were Christy Canyon, Marilyn Chambers, Veronica Hart, Nina Hartley, Ron Jeremy, Gloria Leonard, Ginger Lynn, Miss Sharon Mitchell, and Peter North.
"Gentlemen's Club Expo / Exotic Dancer Show Set to Return to Las Vegas"
Las Vegas, Nevada will again play host to the annual Gentlemen's Club Expo and Exotic Dancer Shows this September.
Set to run for three days at the Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino, the first of the two conventions, the 7th Annual Gentlemen's Club Expo, is the yearly gathering of adult nightclub and stripclub owners. In addition to a showroom full of booths demonstrating products targeted at clubs, the convention will also present a number of workshops to discuss topics affecting the controversial industry.
Additionally, the convention will highlight several dancer showcases each night, as well as elaborate booths setup by dancers wishing to demonstrate their talents to potential bookers.
Following the industry-only event, a two-day fan convention, the 3rd Annual Exotic Dancer Fan Fair, will present many of the same performers, as well as a number of personalities from the porn world, signing autographs and entertaining the crowds. Event planners are expecting in excess of 2,500 attendees to the public convention.
Highlighting the Fan Fair will be a scheduled Exotic Dancer Pool Party and Bikini Contest that is set to take place at one of the luxurious pools at the casino resort, followed by an evening showcase party that is set to feature 15 of the top performers in the industry.
The 7th Annual Gentlemen's Club Expo is set to run from August 31st through September 2nd immediately followed by the 3rd Annual Exotic Dancer Fan Fair which will run through September 4th.
"Penthouse Pet Co-Hosts L.A. Radio Talk Show"
Penthouse Pet Sam Phillips is supplementing her income as a model and movie actress these days by sharing hosting duties with cable access favorite Sheena Metal (late of "Sheena Metal's Freakin' Rock Review") on a late night radio show heard in the Los Angeles area. Appropriately titled "The Sheena and Sam Show", the duo act as ringmasters for a weekly broadcast on the local 97.1 FM Talk Station each Saturday and Sunday in the overnight slot of 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.
Phillips, who was featured in the June 1993 edition of Penthouse Magazine, has also appeared in the movies "Phantasm II" and "Weekend at Bernies II" as well as regular appearances on L.A. radio station XTRA Sports Radio.
Sam's on-air co-host, Sheena Metal, is a bit of a local celebrity having served as the hostess of her own popular cable access show in L.A. as well as previouslly co-hosting "The Nastyman Show". In her remaining free time, Metal also fronts her own band, Sheena Metal's Beer Bong, an almost satirical sendup of the many heavy metal garage bands that populate the club scene in Los Angeles.
The format of the "Sheena and Sam" show is deceptively simple: two women talking in a very casual, almost locker room-like, style. Subjects of previous shows have included discussions of penis size (Phillips is a self-professed fan of guys with smaller pricks) to humorous discussions of anal sex, complete with listeners calling in to profess of their own experiences in sodomy.
Currently a weekend-only show, the "girls" recently filled in for the week in an overnight time slot of vacationing jocks John and Jeff.
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