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Richard Abowitz covered Las Vegas for more than a decade as a senior writer and editor at Las Vegas Weekly. For many years Abowitz wrote the Movable Buffet blog and print column for the Los Angeles Times. Abowitz is currently Entertainment Leader at PennLive.com/Patriot-News in Harrisburg, PA..

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My Wild and Crazy Porn Star Halloween

NSFW

The first AVN Halloween Porn Star Party brought 80 acclaimed porn stars and fans paying up to $2,000 a pop together for a two-day hotel bash in Vegas.

Richard Abowitz | Published Nov 04, 2015

The Banks’ War on Porn Stars

Controversy

Several porn stars have taken to Twitter to complain that Chase has shut down their accounts, and the Department of Justice has been accused of being behind the moral policing.

Marlow Stern, Richard Abowitz | Published May 07, 2014

The Queen of Cam Girls

Web XXX

Who is LittleRedBunny? That’s what the adult industry is asking after a red-haired girl with a French accent became the hottest cam girl on the Internet.

Richard Abowitz | Published Mar 02, 2014

My Night at the NSFW Oscars

There Will Be Nudity

Remember when porn meant something? At the lackluster 2014 AVN Awards, an event long-billed as the Academy Awards for the adult industry, things got a little weird.

Richard Abowitz | Published Jan 22, 2014

Can Porn Stop Its HIV Crisis?

Pull Out!

As many as four performers may have been infected in the past month, but the industry is divided over whether its current testing system is enough to stop an epidemic. Richard Abowitz on the factions and the fear.

Richard Abowitz | Published Sep 12, 2013

Porn Professor Comes Clean

Addicted to Love

Hugo Schwyzer built a successful, if divisive, career as a ‘male feminist’ and porn advocate. Then his life fell apart—on Twitter. He talks to Richard Abowitz about what fueled his epic meltdown.

Richard Abowitz | Published Aug 12, 2013

Porn Stars Hate Celeb Sex Tapes

Unreal

Celebrity sex tapes that ‘accidentally’ leak? Yeah, right. The people who really do have sex on camera for a living dish on why these tapes are stupid—but inevitable. By Richard Abowitz

Richard Abowitz | Published Jun 21, 2013

Porn’™s Dirty Whistleblower

Q&A

Rob Black is out of jail and spilling industry secrets. By Richard Abowitz.

Richard Abowitz | Published Apr 21, 2013

Porn Stars Who Brunch

Sizzle

Fresh off wins at the industry Oscars, Joanna Angel and her staff hit the second annual Porn Star Brunch.

Richard Abowitz | Published Jan 22, 2013

L.A. Porn Industry’s Last, Best Hope

MEASURE B

Richard Abowitz interviews the lawyer taking on the Los Angeles ballot initiative that requires performers to wear condoms.

Richard Abowitz | Published Jan 20, 2013

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