The Girlfriend Experience Blurs The Line Between Fantasy, Reality

Steven Soderburgh's new film The Girlfriend Experience, which stars adult film actress Sasha Grey, explores how its characters confuse fantasy and reality, and attempts to do the same for its pornography-literate audience members. [Jezebel]

Hollywood Cheers As Clumsy Madame Hits 'Reply All' To Her All-Star Client List

There was a time in Hollywood history when getting inside a madame's little black registry—the most ferociously guarded record on Earth—required iron-clad court subpoenas. Even then it was often too late, with elite squads from the L.A. Johns Recovery Unit prying their way inside whorehouse attic safe-rooms, only to discover the frantic proprietor cowering inside like a cornered racoon as she gulped down its last crumpled pages. Anything it took, really, to prevent those precious mogul and sitcom star names from entering the public sphere. Today, of course, things have changed considerably—all it takes is one accidental click of the Reply All function, and your entire client list is bounced from Hollywood inbox to inbox in a matter of nanoseconds. Scandalist.com reports: More »