'Boobs on Bikes' draws thousands

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, [UPI] -- Massive crowds lined the streets of Auckland, New Zealand, to watch a parade of 20 female porn stars riding topless on motorcycles.

The women, wearing knee-high boots and black leather pants, joined the much-anticipated "Boobs on Bikes" event to promote an erotica exposition, after city councilors unsuccessfully tried to halt the event.

Auckland Mayor Dick Hubbard described the parade as "morally repugnant."

Airport embarrassment could lead to jail

CHICAGO IL (UPI) -- A man who panicked out of embarrassment when asked about a suspicious object in his luggage at Chicago's O'Hare airport and said "bomb" could go to jail.

Mardin Azad Amin made a preliminary appearance in court Wednesday, charged with felony disorderly conduct as a result of the Aug. 16 incident in which he was too embarrassed to tell airport screeners the suspicious object was part of a penis pump.

Twice when asked to identify the grenade-shaped device on the X-ray screen, Amin replied "a bomb," the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.

The 29-year-old Amin later told investigators his mother was standing nearby and he didn't want her to hear what it really was, the report said.

The charge carries a possible prison sentence of three years, prosecutors said.

Cardinals Stadium owners say no to Pink Taco

[Arizona Tribune] - In all the hoopla Monday surrounding the Pink Taco’s play to win the naming rights of the new Arizona Cardinals stadium, nobody asked the stadium’s owner what it thought.

The Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority, which owns and operates the facility, has a certain amount of input on naming rights thanks to a use agreement with the team that deals with community decency standards.

“We certainly have the ability to help direct the naming rights,” said Charles Foley, authority chief financial officer and treasurer. “On this one, we’re absolutely arm-in-arm and see eye-to-eye with the Cardinals on it. There’s no way the stadium would be named what the Morton group (Pink Taco owners) wants it to be named.”

Foley said the authority does not have ultimate say on the name.

“It’s just like when we were choosing a stadium management operator, the Cardinals had input into who that choice would be so you just work closely together,” Foley said. “You meet a couple of times, you compare notes. Nothing has happened on the naming rights deal. We haven’t asked to be involved and we certainly don’t have the right to be involved as the Cardinals are negotiating with companies according to what we’re seeing. Once there looks to be something on the table, the authority has contractually the ability to place its input on that name.”

VFW post scraps male dancers

O'FALLON IL [AP] -- A Veterans of Foreign Wars post has scrapped plans to hire a male dance troupe in G-strings as part of a fund-raiser for U-S military personnel and their families.

VFW Post 805's cancelation of the all-ladies event dubbed "Hot August Night" came after administrators in O'Fallon questioned the event's decency.

The show was to have taken place Saturday, featuring scantily clad performers from a group called "Men of the USA."

Post commander Chip Shaffer says the event would have raised $3,000 to $4,000.

O'Fallon officials say the show didn't seem appropriate and would violate city codes regulating illicit dancing, sexually oriented establishments and alcohol sales or consumption within certain distances of a school.

Spokane approves sex shop limits

Spokane, Washington [sr.com] - Spokane City Council members last week voted unanimously to end a five-year legal battle with three neighborhood sex shops through an agreement that gets the shops to comply with limits on the sale of explicit material in neighborhood and office zones.

The council said that constitutional free speech protections prevent them from getting tougher on neighborhood sex shops.

"We can't eliminate this business, federal regulations don't allow us that latitude, but we can certainly control it," said Councilman Al French.

The resolution approved Monday directs the city attorney's office to enter a consent decree in federal court that will force three sex shops to limit the amount of explicit material sold in the shops. The decree ends a city lawsuit against the sex shops, and allows them to remain open if they change their business practices.

Assistant City Attorney Milt Rowland said the stores operated by World Wide Video of Washington Inc. will have 120 days to come into compliance with the consent decree or face closure. The stores are at 1811 E. Sprague, 3813 N. Division and 4811 N. Market.

An attorney for the company already has signed the decree.

Rowland said the city is going to seek compliance from a fourth store at 54 E. Wellesley, which is under different ownership and was not involved in the city's lawsuit against World Wide Video.

Under the consent decree, the World Wide Video stores must reduce the floor area devoted to adult material to no more than 20 percent and inventories of explicit material to no more than 25 percent. Any adult material must be partitioned from the rest of the business and access limited to adults.

Also, the stores will no longer be able to advertise triple-X merchandise, which Rowland described as a victory for the city because the courts would not impose such a restriction.

Rowland explained that federal courts have given cities power to regulate the stores to reduce what they call the secondary effects of pornography on the neighborhood, but can't force them to stop selling adult material.

Explicit wrappers are sometimes discarded as litter, and the stores can be a magnet for illegal activity, city officials have said in explaining the secondary effects.

The consent decree, which has the force of a permanent injunction, requires the stores to keep their outdoor areas cleaned up and to lock their trash containers. Employees will also be required to check outdoor areas for illegal activities.

The city also gained the right to check the business records of the store to enforce the decree and bring civil contempt proceedings if violations are found.

The city's 2001 anti-porn law seeks to turn neighborhood sex shops into more conventional boutiques with gifts, lingerie, other clothing and furnishings. The law, which was amended and strengthened in 2003, uses the zoning code to prohibit adult sex shops in residential and office zones and within 750 feet of any homes, schools, day care centers, libraries, churches and playgrounds, as well as any other adult entertainment shops.

The law sets a general limit of 30 percent explicit material in neighborhood shops. The consent decree with World Wide Video sets a tighter limit of 25 percent of the inventory.

One adult sex shop is located in the downtown area in a commercial zone away from residential and office uses and does not have to comply with limitations on the amount of explicit material it carries.

Council members said the consent decree will likely not change the three shops into mainstream businesses. "I'm under no delusion this is going to change the nature of this business," said Councilman Rob Crow.

AdvertisementIn other business, the council unanimously approved a resolution calling on the planning department and Plan Commission to come up with new regulations that would protect views along the Spokane River from being lost to tall buildings.

Any measures limiting building height are not expected until 2007 as part of a broader update of the city's shoreline master plan.

The council also approved spending $260,000 to hire a California-based consultant to perform an organizational efficiency study to help the city find ways to increase revenue or reduce costs. The study is part of an ongoing effort to end the city's perennial budget problems that led to a voter-approved, two-year property tax increase for 2006 and 2007.

Wacko Killer Had Huge Porn Stash

MINEOLA, N.Y [AP]. -- A man suspected of what police are calling the "psychosexual" killing and dismemberment of a retired teacher kept an extensive pornographic video collection that is currently being examined for possible links to the killing, Nassau County police said Tuesday.

Detectives also have contacted counterparts in northern California, Arizona and south Florida to determine whether there are any unsolved homicides that match the description of the Long Island case because the suspected killer was known to have spent time in those locations. Suffolk County detectives also are aiding in the investigation because they have two unsolved homicides involving decapitations.

Evan Marshall, 31, of Glen Cove, is being held without bail on a second-degree murder charge in the brutal slaying last Thursday of Denice Fox at her home inside an exclusive gated community in Glen Cove. Police said Marshall, who lived on the same street, kept the victim's body parts inside several trash bins in the basement of his home - except for the head, which was found in his 1990 Toyota when he was arrested on Friday.

Two large kitchen carving knives, which have been recovered, are the suspected murder weapons. Marshall, a bedding salesman, had been scheduled for a court appearance Tuesday, but it was adjourned until Aug. 30. His defense attorney, William Keahon, declined to speak with reporters. Assistant District Attorney Mitch Benson said the case was being referred to a grand jury for possible upgrade of charges.

Fox, 57, was a retired New York City special education school teacher who had just moved to Glen Cove with her family several months ago; police don't believe the suspect and victim knew each other.

Detective Sgt. Dennis Barry of the Nassau homicide squad, who on Saturday called the killing a "psychosexual murder," said detectives had seized several boxes of pornographic videos and other materials from Marshall's home and were currently examining them for possible clues.

"It is our hope that it will give us some motive with respect to this crime," Barry said at a press conference Tuesday.

Marshall had no violent criminal history, with arrests only for petit larceny and driving while intoxicated, authorities said.

On Thursday, Fox's daughter called Glen Cove police after she came to her mother's home and found blood in the vestibule. Police canvassing the neighborhood were allowed into Marshall's home by his mother, Jackie, and soon made their grisly discovery.

Neither Marshall, nor his mother, have cooperated with the investigation and both have retained lawyers, Barry said.

Marshall also is suspected of using his car to run down a woman walking on a road about a mile away from the Fox home on Thursday morning. The woman was hospitalized, but her injuries were not life-threatening.

Nassau police have contacted the FBI and police departments in several jurisdictions for possible links to the Fox killing.

"We know that he had relatives out in California, we know that he went to Arizona State University, we know that he spent time in southern Florida," Barry said. He said Marshall has relatives in the Boynton Beach, Fla., area, as well as in San Francisco and Newport Beach, Calif. Marshall also was enrolled in an unspecified rehab clinic in Miami. A spokeswoman at Arizona State University in Tempe confirmed that Marshall graduated in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in history. He was a student there from 1994 to 1997.

So far, police in those areas have not responded to the inquiries from Nassau County, Barry said.

Nassau police also were looking into possible links involving two unsolved cases in neighboring Suffolk County, where a woman between 30 and 40 was found in November 2000 in a remote area near the Long Island Expressway with her head and hands removed. In 2003, a man's head was found in a frozen pond in Moriches.

Paris Hilton music video censored in India

NEW DELHI (Hollywood Reporter) - Paris Hilton is too hot for Indian censors.

The country's Central Board of Film Certification has issued an "Adult" certification for her new music video "Stars Are Blind," which means it cannot be broadcast on any channel.

An official at her local label, EMI Virgin India Ltd., reported that the board said the clip had sexual connotations.

"In fact, we had edited the video and sent a fresh copy, but they weren't happy with that," said Narendra Kusnur, the label's manager of international A&R (artists and repertoire).

Since the marketing campaign for Hilton's debut album "Paris," released in India Tuesday, has been sponsored by a shampoo company, the "Stars" video will be streamed on a promotional Web site, http://www.clinicallclear.com, once details are worked out.

"To the best of our knowledge, there are no rules yet regarding censorship on the 'Net so we plan to use the online platform to generate buzz," said EMI Virgin marketing manager Kaveri Khullar.

Groups target hotels selling in-room porn

NEW YORK [AP] -- Pornographic movies now seem nearly as pervasive in America's hotel rooms as tiny shampoo bottles, and the lodging industry shows little concern as conservative activists rev up a campaign aimed at triggering a federal crackdown.

A coalition of 13 groups -- including the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America -- took out ads in USA Today urging the Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether some of the pay-per-view movies available in hotels violate obscenity laws.

Though porn is now cheaply and readily accessible on the Internet, the activists chose to target the hotel industry in part because of the well-known corporations that cater to vacationers and business travelers.

Precise statistics on in-room adult entertainment are hard to come by. By some estimates, adult movies are available in roughly 40 percent of the nation's hotels, representing more than 1.5 million rooms. Industry analysts suggest that these adult offerings generate several hundred million dollars a year.

The ad mentioned no hotel companies by name because of legal concerns but it did target the two main suppliers of in-room adult movies -- South Dakota-based LodgeNet and Denver-based On Command, a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.

Spokesmen for On Command and Liberty Media declined to comment on the ad, and LodgeNet's spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment. However, officials for two of the biggest hotel chains, Hilton and Marriott, defended the policies that make adult movies widely available.

The leader of the campaign against in-room porn is Phil Burress, a self-described former porn addict who heads the Cincinnati-based Citizens for Community Values.

Burress and his allies have had some success regionally, pressuring about 15 Ohio and Kentucky hotels to stop offering adult movies. But he says a national campaign would be difficult because nearly all the big hotel chains have similar policies -- porn is available at some but not all of their affiliates.

Though unable to cite specific cases, Burress contended that the availability of in-room porn is making hotels more dangerous and will result in more sexual abuse cases

Trina Michaels in City of Industry

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Join Trina Thursday, August 24th through Saturday, August 26th for three nights of sexy stage performances, up close and in your face lap dances, and autographs.

Michaels, who began feature dancing last year and hails from the southland, has not had many opportunities to perform locally and is excited to do so for her hometown crowd.

“I haven't performed much in the LA area, so I'm excited to be local! I hope every chair gets filled so I can show these boys (and GIRLS!!) an arousingly great time. If I don't walk away all hot and sweaty, then I didn't do my job right!”

A performer who learned her craft by jumping in feet first, Trina’s first feature dance show was her first time on stage ever. Nervous, but excited she knew she just had to get out there and get started and the rest would come natural.

“I enjoy just going out there and having fun. I love being flirtatious and sexual and knowing that the guys and girls are having a good time. It really helps when the crowd gets into it. I feed off their energy and it makes me put even more of my energy into it.”

Michael’s costumes and themes include a cute punk outfit, hardcore leather and chain, the typical school girl outfit with a not so typical twist, a cowgirl outfit complete with hat and boots, and in cities that have baseball teams she gets into the spirit of things by wearing her “All American Girl” local jersey and hat.

After each stage performance, lap dances, polaroids, autographs, and merchandise including 8X10s and adult films that feature Trina performing in hot, nasty sex scenes are available for purchase.

The Spearmint Rhino is located at 15411 East Valley Blvd. City of Industry, CA 91746. Please visit www.spearmintrhino.com or call 626-336-6892 for more information.

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Paramount Cuts Ties With Tom Cruise

LOS ANGELES - Paramount Pictures and actor Tom Cruise called an end to their 14-year production deal on Wednesday as the chairman of the studio's parent company took a parting shot at the movie star's off-screen behavior.

"As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone told the Wall Street Journal in an interview posted online. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."

Paula Wagner, the actor's longtime partner in his movie company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, struck back at Redstone, calling his comments about the three-time Oscar nominee "offensive" and "undignified."

"Whatever remarks Mr. Redstone would make about Tom Cruise personally or as an actor have no bearing on what this business issue is," she told Reuters. "There must be another agenda that the studio has in mind to take one of their greatest assets and malign him this way."

Five films starring Cruise and co-produced by his company, including the "Mission: Impossible" series, have generated theatrical revenues totaling over $2 billion worldwide during the past decade. And Wagner said his films accounted for about 15 percent of the studio's overall box office gross over that period.

Moreover, Wagner insisted that she and Cruise chose to leave the Paramount lot and establish a new venture financed through a private, revolving equity fund of $100 million.

"We in fact made a decision not to continue our relationship with Paramount Pictures," she said.

Viacom and Paramount executives declined further comment on the situation.

The war of words between Redstone and Wagner marked a bitter end to one of the most lucrative production alliances between a major Hollywood studio and an A-list star.

And it followed other signs that Cruise's stature had been damaged by a string of publicity faux pas ranging from his manic, couch-hopping profession of love for actress Katie Holmes last year on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to his strident denunciations of psychiatry.

Although Cruise recently topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's 100 most powerful celebrities, his latest film, "Mission: Impossible III," opened in May to lower-than-expected ticket sales.

Days later a USA Today/Gallup poll found that Cruise's star power had dimmed considerably in the eyes of the public, with more than half of those surveyed registering an "unfavorable" opinion of the actor.

Many cited his off-screen behavior during the past year, including his intense public discussions of his faith in Scientology and his blunt criticism of actress Brooke Shields for taking medication to treat postpartum depression.

Cruise also became the butt of jokes, and a frequent target of tabloid gossip, for his high-profile romance with the much younger Holmes, who recently gave birth to Cruise's first biological child, a daughter named Suri.

Last month, the Los Angeles Times reported that Paramount Chairman Brad Grey was in talks with Cruise/Wagner seeking to slash the amount of money the studio pays for the production company -- from over $10 million to $2 million a year.

Wagner disputed those figures, and said the collapse in talks with Paramount did not stem from a disagreement over money but from an opportunity to go "in a new direction."

The departure of Cruise/Wagner from Paramount comes as all the studios are taking new measures to curb expenses in the face of escalating production and marketing costs and slumping growth in DVD revenues.

Cruise's latest film, "Mission: Impossible III," went on to amass $393 million in ticket sales around the world, a tidy sum but far less than his 2005 release from Paramount, "War of the Worlds," which topped $590 million globally.