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WHO’S WHO
Dani Daniels
Adult star brews up her own
Billion Dollar Blend
Performer Dani Daniels has teamed
Stoya Performer-director makes stage
up with Currency Coffee to create
debut in New York
Dani’s Billion Dollar Blend.
“Noted pornographer” (as the show
“Porn stars survive on coffee—it
notes describe her) Stoya ventures
keeps us going on set and off,” said
onto the venerated New York stage
Daniels. “This is my own blend created
in Harakiri Kane (aka Die! Die, Again!),
by me, to give you that jolt you need to
running at Brooklyn’s The Brick theater
start your day or keep you going after
October 29-November 20.
fucking all night! It’s best served hot
Written by Emmy Award winner
and black—the way I like it!”
Dean Haspiel and directed by Ian
The blend is a mixture of Ethiopian
W. Hill, the play is described as “an
Sidamo and Indonesian Sumatra
existential noir about love, life, death,
coffees. The coffee currently sells
and the dregs of immortality.”
for $50 for two 1-pound bags; go to
“Dean Haspiel about a year and a
TheBizOfCoffee.com and search for
half ago illustrated one of my essays for
Dani’s Billion Dollar Blend.
Heavy Metal magazine, and we enjoyed
“Dani has been a fan of Currency
working together quite a bit, so he sent
Coffee for over a year and she
me the screenplay that he was turning
approached us about doing a blend
into an actual play and asked if I would
of her favorite coffees,” said George
take a look at it,” Stoya told AVN.
Shoemaker, owner of Currency Coffee.
Though this will hardly be Stoya’s
“We worked with her to develop this
first time performing before a live
blend and are really proud of what we
audience, it will in fact mark her first
created. This is a blend for coffee lovers,
time doing so in a thespian capacity.
coffee addicts and coffee snobs!”
Nevertheless, she said she feels
The coffee comes boxed up with
confident she’s in good hands with
actual shredded currency. Plans are in
director Hill. “I trust Dean, Dean trusts
the works to add a Breakfast With Dani
the director.”
blend and Dani’s Dark Secret blend in
Chuckling, she also noted, “I feel the
the near future.
need to mention that I am fully clothed
Photo courtesy DaniDaniels.com.
throughout the entire play. Just so
nobody comes expecting one thing and
leaves disappointed.”
Above, Stoya at the 2013 Sex Awards;
photo by Rick Garcia
Asa Akira
Animated series features
cameo by adult star
Lauren Phillips iWantPhone.com signs performer to VIP Models
Repeat AVN Mainstream Star of the
roster
Year nominee Asa Akira scored arguably
her highest-profile moment of crossover
glory yet with a guest appearance
as herself on Sunday night’s season
premiere of Fox’s hallowed animated
series Family Guy.
In the self-mocking episode, patriarch
Peter Griffin launches a campaign
to win the show its first-ever Emmy
award. Akira’s appearance, shot in
2016, comes at approximately the 16:30
mark, and finds her taking part in a
casting couch scenario with Peter that
will ring mighty familiar to many a porn
viewer. Perhaps of most significance
about the guest spot is the fact that at
no point is Akira identified as a porn
star ... though she is identified by
name, with the (hilariously executed)
insinuation that almost anyone
watching knows precisely who she is.
“When [agent Mark] Spiegler told
me the show wanted me, I was sort
of in disbelief,” Akira told AVN. “I’ve
been a fan of the show since the very
first episode that aired, so it was really
surreal. Even as I shot it, I was scared
they’d decide not to air it, so I didn’t
want to talk about it too much. It’s over
a year later, the episode is out, and I’m
iWantClips’ mobile chat service iWantPhone has
signed adult model Lauren Phillips to its roster of
models.
“We are thrilled to have Lauren join the
iWantPhone talent roster,” said iWantPhone Vice
President Jay Phillips. “In addition to being beautiful
and sensual, Lauren is a leader, an influencer, and
professional. She’s perfect for our platform because
she understands her business, and ours.”
Phillips joins the mobile chat service, which can be
accessed through mobile phones or tablets anywhere
in the world. iWantPhone gives fans the opportunity
to peruse a roster of models who will provide a unique
erotic experience with just a touch of the screen.
“I love a platform that knows how to promote, but
makes it easy for a model to set a profile up,” Phillips
said. “I’ve literally only been working with
iWantClips.com and iWantPhone.com for a couple of
weeks and I love every minute. I would highly
recommend models to sign up and get the same
experience I am.”
iWantPhone allows models to easily access their
model profile, upload images, review commission
stats and more. They also can obtain several phone
listings for different adult genres, such as teen,
cuckold, fetish, and others.
Photo by Chris King/@ReelSeduction
in it, so now I can finally be excited
about it!”
The episode can be found on
Fox.com/family-guy.
Above, Asa Akira in Exposed (Wicked).
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Cristi Ann
Performer launches site with VNA Network
Miami native Cristi Ann has launched CristiAnnLive.com with the VNA Girls
Network. The 25-year-old performer was born in Miami and has Cuban/
Vietnamese heritage.
Cristi met Vicky Vette two years ago in Miami before Cristi had ever shot porn.
The pair stayed in touch since.
“I’ve had a members site for a while and was camming on Vicky’s
VNALive.com network,” Cristi said. “The exposure joining the VNA is giving me is
awesome. I know my fans will be as happy as I am!”
Vette remarked, “I met Cristi during a bikini contest of all things. I knew she
had talent when I saw her do the splits. You never know if a girl will make the
jump into adult. Thankfully she did. Cristi has been camming for the VNA for a
number of months. We only just got the chance in June to shoot and talk about a
new site. She’s cute, bubbly and devoted to her fans. She’s got huge upside.”
Follow her on Twitter: @CristiAnnXO.
Performers interested in the network can email at vicky@vettenationlive.com.
Pictured: Cristi Ann in Forked (Adam & Eve Pictures).
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