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| by Dave Michaels |
April 10, 2000
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"Adult Stars come out for Benefit
Performance"
As previously reported, Penthouse Pet
and Vivid Video contract girl
Leslie
Glass has been diagnosed with abdominal cancer and is going through therapy for
the potentially deadly disease.
Leslie
was scheduled to appear earlier this month as a featured performer at Bob's
Classy Lady, a Van Nuys, California gentlemen's club, but had to cancel the
performance for health reasons. As the dance engagement was scheduled prior to
Leslie's
diagnosis for cancer, the dance club excused Leslie
from the appearance.
The event is scheduled for 8 p.m., September 13th and is open to the
general public.
"Alicia Rio
Goes Independent"
The once AWOL porn star, Alicia Rio,
is back in town and ready to start fresh and new again.
The Latin Queen of Erotica, as Alicia likes to refer to herself as, has just started her own production company entitled, Rio World, Inc. Her first projects will be girl-girl videos and Pro/Am videos but also will be doing a
series with her fans.
The Latin Queen of Erotica, as Alicia likes to refer to herself as, has just started her own production company entitled, Rio World, Inc. Her first projects will be girl-girl videos and Pro/Am videos but also will be doing a
series with her fans.
"Annabel Chong: The Movie"
In what has got to be a first for Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival,
this years gathering of filmmakers and documentarians are abuzz over a
true-life documentary of a porn star, gangbang queen.
"Sex: The Annabel Chong Story" made its debut at the annual Utah festival showcasing the life of Annabel Chong, the star of the original "World's Biggest Gangbang". In that original outing, Annabel set the dubious record by taking on 250 sex partners, only to have her record broken later by Jasmin St. Claire, who topped 300 in "World's Biggest Gangbang 2"
The 86 minute film, directed by Gough Lewis, came about when the director saw
Annabel promoting the record-breaking attempt and came up with the idea of following Annabel around with a camera, interviewing her and various members of Annabel's friends and family.
Described by one Sundance critic as "first-rate filmmaking, a moving and
shocking portrait of self-hood and the politics and psychology of sexuality",
the film has been drawing large crowds at the week long screenings.
"ACLU Gets Temporary Block Against Internet Censorship Law"
Civil liberties groups and Internet users everywhere breathed a sigh of
relief earlier this month when a judge halted enforcement of a federal
Internet censorship law until its constitutionality is ultimately resolved in
court.
Ruling in ACLU v. Reno 2, Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr. said that the groups have
shown "a likelihood of success on the merits of at least some of their
claims" that the federal Internet censorship law violates the First Amendment
rights of adults. The government, Judge Reed said, presented "no binding
authority or persuasive reason" why the court should not enjoin "total
enforcement" of the law pending an outcome.
Significantly, the judge emphasized that the temporary restraining order, or
TRO, applies to all Internet users -- not just the plaintiffs in the case --
and that, even if the law is ultimately upheld, the Administration cannot
prosecute online speakers retroactively.
Indeed, the judge wrote, to enjoin the law now but leave Internet users open
to potential prosecution later "would be hollow relief indeed for plaintiffs
and members of the public similarly situated."
The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) -- co-counsel in the case --
welcomed the order. "Our clients,
David Talbot, CEO of Salon Magazine and Norman Laurila,
President of A Different Light Bookstores, provided compelling testimony
today that if this law were not enjoined, they might be forced to shut down
their websites altogether," said Ann Beeson, ACLU National Staff Attorney and
a member of the legal team that appeared in court today. "That may not have
been the intent of the law, but it certainly is the outcome."
Under the current schedule, the groups will return to court next on December
8 and 9 for a preliminary injunction hearing on the matter. The TRO, which
expires in ten days (on Friday, December 4), will likely be extended for
another 10 days in order to maintain the current status quo.
Barry Steinhardt, President of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, agreed.
"This is an important first step," he said. "At least for now, speech on the
Internet retains the strong constitutional protection that the Supreme Court
said it deserved in the original ACLU v. Reno case."
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