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AEE 2012

  • Dee Dee Johnson of Texas poses at the XXX Church booth, a church dedicated to porn addiction recovery, at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012 inside the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

    Jesus, lawyers and 3 other unexpected sights at the porn convention

    January 20, 2012

    By Andrea Domanick

    Skin, silicone and single men: There’s any number of racy and lascivious sights one expects to encounter at an adult industry trade show. But at the 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo on Thursday, the Hard Rock Hotel convention hall surprised with a few presentations that deviated from the deviant.

  • Max Hardcore poses for a photos with Bonnie Rotten at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012 inside the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

    2012 AVN: The best tweets of Day 3

    January 20, 2012

    By Andrea Domanick

    The third day of the 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel had attendees crammed into the Joint for a day of signings and seminars. ...

  • Patrice Sabourin of France poses for a photo with Jules Jordan Video stars at the 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

    2012 AVN: The best tweets of Day 2

    January 19, 2012

    By Andrea Domanick

    The 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo was in full force Thursday as the trade show opened its doors to the public at the Hard Rock Hotel. ...

  • Bob Rudy of Phildelphia is put in a wrestling hold by Lady Ice Queen at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas Friday, January 7, 2011.

    AVN 2012 afterparty guide: Party like a porn star

    January 19, 2012

    By Allison Duck

    This year the porn stars get their own weekend to rule the Strip, as the Consumer Electronics Show has already come and gone. Not that the tech geeks were much of a match for the adult entertainment industry’s biggest convention. Check out the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo by day and party like the porn stars by night … or at least with the porn stars.

  • Shoes at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012 inside the Hard Rock Hotel on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.

    2012 AVN: The best tweets of Day 1

    January 18, 2012

    By Andrea Domanick

    Members of the adult-film industry arrived in Las Vegas by the plane-load today for the first day of the 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo ...

  • Performer Jessica Drake favors a smoky eye to complement her platinum locks.

    AVN 101: A primer for those aching to attend

    January 18, 2012

    By Gregan Wingert

    Adult-movie fans have loads to be excited about this week as the porn convention comes to the Hard Rock Hotel. From Wednesday through Saturday the Adult Video News (AVN) will host its 2012 Adult Entertainment Expo, Adult Novelty Expo, awards and virtual expo.

  • Adult film star Alexis Texas talks with fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas Friday, January 7, 2011.

    Why porn queens and CES tech geeks have parted ways

    January 17, 2012

    By Conor Shine

    For years, the sight of badge-wearing technology nerds intermingling with buxom porn queens along the Strip marked the start of a new year and the concurrent arrival of two high-profile conventions to Las Vegas. This year, the Consumer Electronics Show and the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo are separate weeks.

  • Then-Sun columnist Tom Gorman wondered if he could attract attention at the Adult Entertainment Expo in 2006 if he dressed up as Elvis. Seems that he did.

    On being Elvis — at a Vegas porn convention

    January 17, 2012

    By Tom Gorman

    For a few hours, I was the King of Porn. As I walked around the Adult Entertainment Expo, porn industry members took my picture. Starlets posed with me, holding me tightly. Some of them caressed my shoulders and ran their fingers through my hair. This, because I was wearing an Elvis costume. Best $100 I ever spent. I know that what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas. But with the kind of attention this old man got from women with indescribable figures, I’m telling the world!