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May 16, 2013
Jennifer Larsen, Formerly of Hustler and Porn Site Digital Playground, Commits Suicide
A former public relations and marketing executive with porn star site Digital Underground took her own life Sunday via a gunshot wound to the head, the Orange County Coroner has confirmed. That means Orange County mom Jennifer Larsen, who once worked as a talent coordinator for Hustler founder Larry ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Clock is Ticking on $156k Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Bought in Dana Point 3 Months Ago
It's out there somewhere.A California state lottery ticket worth $156,712 was purchased at Super Stop Liquor, 34469 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, and has not been claimed three months later.Better check those coat pockets.
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May 2, 2013
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April 25, 2013
[UPDATED with Cinema Spat Ends:] Iron Man 3 Dispute Between Theater Chains and Disney Doesn't Rust Disneyland Exhibit
See the update at the end of this post on the warring theaters reaching an agreement with Disney that has them selling advance Iron Man 3 tickets.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 16, 3:27 P.M.: For an idea on how psyched Disney is about the Iron Man movie franchise, you needed only to go to the Anaheim theme pa ... More >>
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April 18, 2013
Huge Decline in LA County Porn Shoots is Not Orange County's Gain ... Yet
A Los Angeles County law requiring the use of condoms in porn shoots is being blamed/credited for a migration of adult productions elsewhere--although not, apparently, to adjacent Orange County.Ventura County, where new development foes have moaned about not wanting to become the next (nearly built ... More >>
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March 14, 2013
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February 21, 2013
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December 27, 2012
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September 13, 2012
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July 3, 2012
Porn Stars Review Octomom's New Film, and Her Parenting Skills
Consider the source and all, but if a porn star says you're a bad mom, you may want to take parenting classes. If the porn star says you're bad at porn, well, practice makes perfect.Porn actress Amber Peach, whose work has included "The Sphincter Chronicles" and "Your Wife My Bitch," has weighed in ... More >>
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June 22, 2012
Soledad Goats Now at Long Beach Marina Farmers Market
We don't give Long Beach much love around here, but when it comes to Sunday farmers markets, the Marina market far outshines anything here in these fair orange acres. It's the largest market south of Hollywood, and like Hollywood, it finally has a Soledad Goats booth.
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June 6, 2012
Porn Powerhouse Wicked Pictures to Distribute Octomom Masturbation Film
Octomom Nadya Suleman has reached an agreement with Canoga Park-based adult film company Wicked Pictures and DD Entertainment to release her debut porn film.The as-yet untitled film was directed by Brad Armstrong and features Suleman self-sexing. Suleman apparently has discovered herself through the ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Boogie Nights
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March 29, 2012
Dick Baney and the Other Lost Boys of Summer
Even after the Tustin resident helped embarrass Major League Baseball into helping retired ballplayers such as himself, he's still not happy, and he has plenty of company
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March 2, 2012
Barbie v. Bratz, Part XVI: Mattel Wants Off the Hook for MGA's $310 Million Payday
We told you earlier in the week that a federal judge in Santa Ana rejected MGA Entertainment's claim for a $1 billion judgment against Mattel, which the same jurist had previously ordered to pay the smaller toy company $310 million for stealing trade secrets involving Bratz dolls. Now, the maker ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Lawsuit Announced] Opponents of Anaheim Hotel Bed-Tax Giveaway Lawyer Up, Threaten Lawsuit
UPDATE FEB 29 12:31 P.M.: The clock ticked past the Friday afternoon deadline last week given by Anaheim community leaders who vowed to legally challenge the $158 million dollar tax giveaway GardenWalk hotel project. An invitation to city officials and one of the hoteliers to sit down at the tab ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
$310 Million from Mattel Enough for Bratz Doll Maker MGA That Wants $1 Billion: Judge
Winning $310 million of Mattel's money was not enough for Bratz maker MGA Entertainment, which extended the long legal battle in Santa Ana's federal courthouse by seeking $1 billion in total damages from the Barbie manufacturer.But Judge David O. Carter dismissed MGA's antitrust complaint last we ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
Anaheim Hotel Tax Giveaway Dominates Town Hall Forum
Anaheim residents filed into an auditorium at St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church last night for a KABC-TV Channel 7 town hall. The space in the heavily Latino neighborhood is usually situated for bingo nights, but a majority of the capacity crowd attended in order to express anger for a city coun ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Meichun Cheng Huang, Irvine Toy Executive, Gets Prison Time for Laundering Drug Money
Angel Toy Co.The company literature says Angel Toy Co. distributes teddy bears and other stuffed animals around the world.According to the sentences handed down today, sisters Ling Yu of Arcadia and Meichun Cheng Huang of Irvine are spending the next three years in federal prison for using t ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
5 Most Important Video Game-Related News Stories of 2011
2011 has come and gone, and the year that seemingly slipped right past us was full of major events--some of which may very change the landscape of the video gaming industry forever. Everything from new a new Nintendo console to the death of a computer pioneer was all crammed into the previous yea ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
[UPDATED With Agreement Ratified:] Disneyland and UNITE HERE Local 11 Near Bargaining Agreement, Higher Wages, Better Healthcare For Hotel Workers
UPDATE, DEC. 8, 10:41 A.M.: The ballots have been counted and the results announced. The fierce feud is over.An "overwhelming majority" of UNITE HERE Local 11 members who cast ballots yesterday voted in support of the new collective bargaining agreement with Disneyland Resort. The newly ratified ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
OC Board Set To Waste $150k On Corporate Subsidies For Tourism
Companies worth billions demand taxpayer gifts againThe Orange County Board of Supervisors is on the verge of subsidizing local tourism businesses with $150,000 in taxpayer funds.According to the agenda for the all-Republican board's Oct. 25 meeting, the Orange County Tourism Council--which inclu ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Philip Anschutz: The Billionaire Who Puts the 'A' in AEG
Two years ago today, the single "This is It" by Michael Jackson was released in forward promotion of the concert documentary of the same name. The film gave audiences a glimpse into the King of Pop's comeback tour, and went on to become the highest grossing ever in its genre. Jackson's death, ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
AEG Wants to Build an NFL Stadium in Downtown LA (What Traffic?), OC Supervisors Want City of Industry
AEGA stadium will be built ... somewhere in LA County.An NFL stadium is coming to the greater Los Angeles area, at some point. The sponsorship deal with Farmers Insurance has been sealed, the promotional propaganda has been spread, the LA city council has voted unanimously in favor of a tentative ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
[UPDATED with $315 Mil Bond for Mattel:] Bratz Maker MGA's Total Take From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel? $310 Million
UPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:21 P.M.: In federal court in Santa Ana today, Judge David O. Carter ordered Mattel to post a $315 million bond while the El Segundo-based toy manufacturing giant fights a $310 million award to MGA Entertainment.It's the latest twist in the trade secrets legal battle the makers ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Porn Queen Fights Back:] Jenna Jameson Faces Suit
UPDATE, JULY 28, 8:57 A.M.: Unlike . . . well . . . everything else, Jenna Jameson is not taking her latest legal hiccup lying down.The former porn star of Huntington Beach is scheduled to have a lawyer representing her in Judge Patrick J. Leston's DuPage County Circuit courtroom in Wheaton, Ill. ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
[UPDATED with Correction:] XR Brands, Surf City Bondage Gear Maker, Up for Fetish Company of Year
CORRECTED, JUNE 10, 12:15 P.M.: The original version of this post reported that XR LLC of Huntington Beach makes adult novelty products for Pipedream Products. That is incorrect, according to Kevin Johnson, the Chatsworth-based company's PR manager. That's me being gagged at right as punishment. ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Jenna Jameson Faces Suit, Tito Ortiz Loses His
A theater owner is suing Jenna Jameson for allegedly faking an illness to get out of a series of Chicago-area personal appearances to promote her movie Zombie Strippers! Meanwhile, the retired porn star's off-and-on-and-off-again boyfriend/baby daddy Tito Ortiz, known around MMA circles as the " ... More >>
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May 30, 2011
Surf City Sex Stuff Seller Summer Sale
Ah, summer. You've packed the towels.Sunscreen: check.Anal Lube Natural!?!
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May 25, 2011
[UPDATED with Award Proposal:] Bratz Maker MGA Wants $339 Million From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel
UPDATE, MAY 25, 9:30 A.M.: Analysts agree that in the seven years since Barbie-maker Mattel first went after Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in court, the smaller company's fortune dwindled while Mattel remained a toy industry giant. MGA is hoping to retrieve $339 million of that fortune in ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Mattel Getting Bitch-Slapped:] Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz
UPDATE, APRIL 21, 12:31 P.M.: The sluttier, younger chick wins!A federal court jury in Santa Ana not only rejected claims that MGA Entertainment's popular line of Bratz dolls violates the copyright of Mattel's Barbie, but the panel awarded MGA $88.4 million for trade secrets misappropriated by M ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Brown University to Stop Investing in HEI Hotels, Owner of Hilton Long Beach and Operator of Embassy Suites Irvine
Brown University will stop investing in HEI Hotels & Resorts, a hotel investment company that's been accused of violating workers' rights. Two properties involved in the labor battle include the HEI-owned Long Beach Hilton, whose workers claimed they were denied their 10-minute breaks require ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz
Considering the preponderance of plastic, empty-headed bleach blondes one finds around these parts, at least a few have likely found their way into the federal courthouse in Santa Ana. But the two fitting the same description going before a judge at the Reagan today have achieved icon status with ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Sen. Lou Correa Praised for Proposed Online-Gambling Bill
Orange County state Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is better than a handful of aces, if you ask the California Gaming Association.The group is praising Correa's proposed Senate Bill 40, which would legalize online poker in California and is opposed by--one guess--yes, greedy Nevada casino execu ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Walt Disney Company: Insurance Claims, Murder and Suicide, Oh My!
Where happiness sometimes happens.Let us be clear about this very early: there wasn't some weapon-wielding costumed Mickey Mouse running down Main Street popping people, nor was some disgruntled Toy Story 3 producer slipping cyanide capsules in movie-goers jugs of soda. That said, the Walt Disn ... More >>

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