The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed male porn star. The character was modeled on American porn actor John Holmes. The film was later expanded into Anderson's successful 1997 breakout film Boogie Nights.

Nearly 800,000 emails, passwords and usernames attributed to accounts on the Brazzers porn site forum have been leaked. Originally reported to Motherboard by vigilante.pw, a breach monitoring watchdog, the hack contained over 900,000 individual records. Aside from inactive or duplicate accounts, that meant some 790,724 unique email addresses, usernames and plaintext passwords are now out in the ether.

Megaupload.org used to be where you'd go to access the vast amount of films hosted by Kim Dotcom's Megaupload service. But once Dotcom was hit with US criminal charges, that site and many others were grabbed by the FBI, and visiting them produced nothing but a government seizure banner. No longer. Today, a visit to Megaupload.org (NSFW) brings up what can only be described as softcore porn.

Anti-pornography groups have succeeded in their efforts to get Starbucks and McDonald's to block porn on the chains' Wi-Fi networks. Earlier this year McDonald's (MCD) responded by putting filters in place at most of its U.S. restaurants, a change that was disclosed this week. The company had already had the filtering in place at its U.K. restaurants.

Highly religious people in the U.S. may have a love-hate relationship with online pornography, but new research suggests they don’t want to admit it. A study published June 2 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention aimed to find out how people who self-identified as very religious (based on how they rated the importance of religion in their lives and the degree of their religiosity) would react to paradoxical findings about religious individuals’ porn use.

While it seems like the porn industry takes over many industries, virtual reality may take the cake. While we are still in the early stages of the VR industry, the adult side of things has already begun to infiltrate the space. In fact, VR porn searches have increased a staggering 10,000% over the last 20 months alone, and the trend does not seem to be letting up any time soon.

In protest of North Carolina's new anti-LGBT law, popular porn website XHamster.com has banned all computer users from the state. Since 12:30 p.m. ET Monday, the free porn-sharing site has blocked IP addresses from the Tar Heel State, citing a belief in equality for all. “We have spent the last 50 years fighting for equality for everyone and these laws are discriminatory which XHamster.com does not tolerate,” the site's spokesman told Huffington Post. “We feel this punishment is a severe one.

Former adult film star Bree Olson has a message for young girls: Don't get into porn. Olson was one of Charlie Sheen's live-in "goddesses" who shared his home with other women during his 2011 meltdown. Olson estimates she was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in the adult film industry before she gave up her career and parted ways with Sheen. Since then, she's been trying to transition into mainstream life, but it hasn't been easy. Olson shared her struggles...

Nearly four years after Los Angeles County passed new requirements for pornographic performers, the porn industry has spread to nearby counties like Ventura County — and much of that filming is happening in residents' homes with or without their knowledge, the NBC4 I-Team has learned. Private citizens believe their home is being rented out for a few days — perhaps never knowing it's become the set of a raunchy pornographic title.

Ok so the Barna Group, at the behest of Josh McDowell Ministries, has done a study on porn use and teens/young adults. It turns out that young people (big surprise) are most sexually liberated than the previous generation (just like with every generation before them):

Maybe you support Cam Newton and the Panthers. Maybe you root for Peyton Manning and the Broncos. Maybe you don’t know, don’t care, and won’t watch Super Bowl 50 this Sunday. No worries, friend: There is always porn. Internet Rule 34 states, “If it exists, there is porn of it,” but football didn’t need the web to get its porn gloss. “I think football porn has been a thing as long as there has been football,” says Robert Rosen, author of Beaver Street...

Despite the wealth of studies that suggest masturbation is healthy for you, the state of Utah is considering whether to pass legislation curbing people’s ability to watch pornography for health reasons. Senator Todd Weiler filed the resolution, SCR. 9 Concurrent Resolution, on Friday declaring that pornography is creating a “public health crisis”.

Plush Talent, a New York City-based agency representing adult film stars, recently started giving new clients a welcome guide to the porn industry. Along with tips on social media (“Twitter is a must have for every porn star, period.”) and taking photos for producers (“Don’t use filters”) the guide has a section on “Reputation.” It begins: “The adult industry is a lot smaller than you think and everyone talks, especially if they run into a problem with someone.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the adult-film superstar, who stands accused of sexual assault by nine women, opens up about the allegations against him. After a lengthy back-and-forth with James Deen’s publicist and lawyer, the embattled porn star agreed to an interview by email with Aurora Snow of The Daily Beast—and only on the condition that the interview be published in its entirety.

One of the world’s most prominent fetish pornography companies on Monday announced it had severed ties with high-profile porn actor James Deen, following allegations made by three women that he sexually assaulted them. Kink, which bills itself as “the largest producer of BDSM and fetish pornography in the world,” said it would “cease all ties” with Deen after his ex-girlfriend, Stoya, also a porn actor, accused him on Saturday of rape.

Dustin Brown wanted a secure grip on the two knives he had selected to slaughter the children. Before leaving his Morton, Illinois, home on the afternoon of October 13, the 19-year-old wrapped each knife's handle carefully with duct tape. He then pulled on a pair of grippy gloves. The one-mile journey to the public library gave Brown one final chance to rehearse the plan he had contemplated for the last two weeks. Five-inch blades jingled together in his backpack all the while.

Playboy practically invented the American porn industry. But last month, the iconic magazine dropped a bombshell. Beginning with the March issue, Playboy is dropping full nudity from its magazine. Playboy Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders told CNN Money that the decision was made partly because of a proliferation of porn on the Internet.

The European Union has voted through legislation that will require all internet providers to treat online traffic “without discrimination” – effectively ending porn filters established by David Cameron. The ruling, which has been greeted with dismay by anti-porn campaigners, will come into effect by the end of the year and is part of a broader move by the EU towards “net neutrality.”

Employees cannot be sacked for watching porn during their lunch breaks if it does not impact upon their ability to do their work, Italy’s highest court has ruled. According to Italian media reports, the Court of Cassation ruled against major car manufacturer Fiat after it sacked a factory worker in Termini Imerese, a town in Sicily. Bosses had caught the man watching adult films at work, but he argued that his viewing was limited to...

Have you always wondered about the academic side of porn and what it really takes to become a top adult film star? That’s what we thought. Well, thanks to one ‘Italian Stallion’, a group of aspiring actors looks set to ‘graduate’ from the ‘University of Porn’, courtesy of Italian porn actor, Rocco Siffredi.