Good thing you prefer to rent and buy online rather than subject yourself to the humiliation of visiting your local spank shack

A sex shop in Apsley, a 19th century mill town in the county of Hertfordshire, England, recently made the news. The shop didn't do anything earth shattering like hosting a record breaking gang bang inside their walls. The shop actually made news for installing a door. Yes, the construction of a side entrance to the sex shop made news because it was done in order to protect the privacy of the sex shop's patrons.

The store The Private Shop has been in business for 20 years but the location of the front door was causing some embarassment to the customers. You see, the sex shop was located right across the street from a popular pub called The Bull. Every time the sex shop door would open, it would make a loud and audible "ding" sound. This would alert those pub goers that someone was exiting the adult store and then a chorus of cheers and jeers would erupt from the bar from across the street. This boorish behavior coming from across the street was discouraging the sex shop patrons from returning for fear of being seen and publicly shamed.

In an attempt to provide a more private entrance, the sex shop owners installed a side door away from the cheers and taunts coming from the bar across from the front entrance. Customers can still use the front door but three quarters choose the door around the corner, which has no bell and a wooden screen around it. Since installing the side entrance, business at the sex shop has picked back up. Obviously consumers of adult oriented entertainment like their privacy and this was evident in the drop in business before the side entrance was installed.

Here at XRentDVD we do not have the issue of needing a side entrance, back door or any other type of way of getting in. As long as you are a legal, consenting adult, we welcome all visitors without fear of judgement or embarassment. Hell, you can shop for the nastiest type of porn while still in your underwear (or not) and no one will ever know. And the best part is that our discreet packaging of white envelopes and plain brown boxes ensures your delivery person will never know what you are going to be watching later.

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Bobbi Starr came away with the Female Performer of the Year award while also winning Best All-Sex Release, Mixed Format for Bobbi's World

Last year's Adult Video News (AVN) Awards had many honors going to porn parody releases with films like Batman XXX A Porn Parody and BatFXXX: Dark Knight taking home the most trophies. 2012 could be another deja vu year in that more parodies were the big winners at this year's awards.

Deviating from the the superhero theme that prooved to be quite lucrative and successful last year, Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody from Wicked Pictures took home nine AVN awards including Best Art Direction, Best Director – Parody, Best DVD Extras, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Non-Sex Performance, Best Overall Marketing Campaign – Individual Project, Best Screenplay – Parody and Best Parody - Comedy. The other single release that was a big winner was Asa Akira Is Insatiable #2 from Elegant Angel. That title took away eight awards for Best Director – Non Feature, Best Double-Penetration Scene, Best Group Sex Scene, Best Tease Performance, Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Boy/Boy/Girl, Best Anal Sex Scene and Best All-Sex Release.

For the past two years, Tori Black was named Female Performer of the Year by the AVN Awards. By virtue of not even being nominated this year, it was a guarantee we would see a new winner. Bobbi Starr was awarded the honor along with Best All-Sex Release, Mixed Format for Bobbi's World. In a bit of an upset, Brooklyn Lee won Best New Starlet while most insiders figured Jessie Andrews would be the odds on favorite. Don't feel too bad for Jessie Andrews, she won Best Actress for her role in Portrait of a Call Girl. That film also won Best Director – Feature and Best Feature.

Other individuals honored at the AVN Awards included Manuel Ferrara as the Male Performer of the Year, MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year India Summer and Aleska Diamond was named Female Foreign Performer of the Year.

The previously mentioned performers and movies listed above are just a small sample of all the awards that were given out at the 2012 AVN Awards. To see a complete list of all the awards, please visit our 2012 AVN Awards page coming soon.

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We're sure you'd let Tori Black take her aggression out on you!

Tori Black, award-winning star and hard-on inducing fox, was arrested this weekend for domestic battery. Apparently after leaving the AVN awards, she got into a drunken brawl with her baby daddy over their newborn's baby formula.

As per TMZ.com, "Officers responded to a domestic dispute call at Tori's Hard Rock Hotel room early Friday morning. According to the police report, Tori told cops she had been drinking before she got back to the room where her fiance and their 5-month old son were waiting. The report states Tori and her man started arguing because, as Tori told police ... he didn't have "enough breast milk" to feed the baby. The two-time AVN Performer of the Year then claims he called her an "unfit mother" ... and that's when things got physical. In the report, police say Tori admitting punching him in the back of the head, but also claimed he shoved her into a wall. According to police, they reviewed the hotel security tape of the hallway outside the couple's room and saw him push Tori "with such violent force that she flies across the hall." Police say she had bruises on her arms."

Lyndell and Tori were both arrested and booked for domestic battery.

Not sure about you, but we firmly believe that violence isn't the answer. People should just have sex when they're angry with each other... it gets the frustration out, it's a great form of exercise and it releases endorphins which, as you know, makes you feel WONDERFUL. Plus, if done right, the person you're angry with might end up tied to a bed where you can punish them to your heart's content. Check out Tori doing exactly that in Wicked Pictures' Fit To Be Tied or JM Productions' Hellfire Sex #12. You can also take a look at our Bondage or Fetish sections for a more extensive selection.

Jessie Andrews not only cleaned up at the Xbiz Awards but is expected to come away with even more hardware at the AVN Awards

Much like the Golden Globes are to Academy Awards, the XBiz Awards are usually a good indicator as to who is expected to win the AVN Awards. XBiz recently handed out their own version of the "Porn Oscars" and with the AVN Awards looming this weekend, Jessie Andrews was the big winner at the XBiz Awards.

Andrews was honored as not only the XBiz New Starlet of the Year but also awarded the Female Acting Performance of the Year for her starring role in Portrait of a Call Girl by Elegant Angel. Portrait of a Call Girl was also awarded Feature Movie of the Year and Graham Travis was honored as Director of the Year – Individual Project along with Best Cinematography and Screenplay of the Year. On top of the all the accolades bestowed on Portrait of a Call Girl, Elegant Angel was also honored as the Studio of the Year.

Coming as no surprise to anyone who remotely follows porn and adult films, Asian bombshell Asa Akira was named Female Performer of the Year. Asa Akira was also involved in two other releases that recieved awards including Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2 for Gonzo Release of the Year and for her role in Superstar Showdown 6: Asa Akira vs. Katsuni named Asian-Themed Release of the Year. Katsuni was named the Crossover Star of the Year while India Summer was crowned MILF Performer of the Year.

The porn studios that had lots to smile about after the XBiz Awards were handed out included New Sensations, Hustler Video and Jules Jordan Video. Jules Jordan Video was named Gonzo/All-Sex Studio of the Year while the meteroric rise in popularity of the Porn Parody genre, Hustler Video was awarded Parody Studio of the Year. Feature Studio of the Year honors went to New Sensations.

Although winning an XBiz Award is not a guarantee the same award will be given out at the upcoming AVN Awards but it is a good indicator of those performers, directors, titles and studios to keep an eye on. Stay tuned to XRentDVD for the complete list of AVN Award winners after the show closes in Las Vegas this weekend.

Condoms work great in all positions!

LOS ANGELES — In a stunning 11-1 vote, the Los Angeles City Council last week voted to approve the mandatory condom initiative proposed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for placement on the Los Angeles City ballot in June. The preliminary vote, which must be upheld by the Council, means the initiative will bypass the ballot and become law in 90 days if approved. The sole "no" vote was by Councilman Mitch Englander, who represents the areas of the San Fernando Valley that are home to a majority of adult entertainment companies.

The vote also is a defeat for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who had filed a lawsuit against AHF in early December to stop the proposed ballot initiative, which ties the granting of Los Angeles film permits to the use of condoms by adult performers. Trutanich had argued that the state and the not the city is responsible for the health and safety of workers and that the initiative, if passed, would be met with a lawsuit that would cost the city money it cannot afford.

"We believe that the regulation proposed in the initiative is not valid because state law exclusively governs employee workplace safety in this area and expressly preempts local governments from adopting and enforcing regulations on the transmission of blood borne pathogens in the workplace such as the required use of condoms by employees on adult film sets," Trutanich wrote at the time.

Needless to say, many if not most adult studios would take exception to the implied characterization of the industry as currently unsafe, and it remains likely that a lawsuit targeting the constitutionality of the ordinance will yet be brought against the city.

Performer health and safety has always been a priority for the adult film industry and the studios (not to mention the stars themselves) go to great lengths to ensure that the standards are upheld. Nobody wants their favorite starlet to leave the industry because she was careless, yet nobody wants the use of condoms to be a mandatory thing. Condoms should be a personal preference as it is in real life, not a government controlled issue. So before big brother decides to grab the bull by it's horn, let's all watch some bareback bouncing! Browse through our POV section and watch as these hotties tease and please a cock from your own point of view. You can also see what sales we have going on this month by visiting our Sales and Specials.