Vietnam:
Sex video kills TV career She is the Paris Hilton of
Vietnam. This petite soap star has scandalised
the conservative nation after a sex video with
her boyfriend was posted on the Internet. Unlike
Hilton, however, Hoang Thuy Linh, 19, is
unlikely to capitalise from the scandal as her
show has been cancelled and she has been forced
to make a tearful
apology. 3-11-2007
The
new China dolls The Shia
practice of sigheh or temporary marriage that
makes way for prostitution
Pay
me or I will sell nude phone clip HK TV star threatened by man who
finds her lost handphone. When her boyfriend lost his
handphone in a taxi, the Hong Kong television star
probably didn't think much of it. Then she received an
SMS from a stranger. 8-9-2006
Philippines: Male prostitution for reel For some reason, Pinoy filmmakers have
stopped doing movies about bar girls and female
prostitution. Not that there are no more girlie bars and
prostitution dens in the Philippine archipelago. It's
just that our filmmakers seem bent on making us pay
attention on male prostitution instead.
31-8-2006
Korea: 'Alone in Love'? Think
about it. Just how many times did you ache over the loss
of a loved one, feel defeated after numerous searches
for the "right person" and vow never to fall in love
again? No wonder you are ready to cry out, "I give up on
love! Just give me someone to marry."
7-5-2005
Actresses' book 'Sexual Connotation' riles Thai conservatives Former senator Rabiabrat
Pongpanich hit out hard at Juraluck "Ying" Kittiyarat
for the sexual content and explicit photographs of the
actress and her farang boyfriend in her book "Sexual
Connotation". My first reaction was: "Not again? Not
another prudish reaction based on her narrow idea of
Thainess?" 1-5-2006
Bollywood: Mona Chopra nude MMS controversy A controversy started with the
circulation of a two minute MMS clip, which allegedly
shows upcoming actress Mona Chopra undressing. The clip
allegedly shows a woman taking off her clothes as she
argues on the phone with someone from the production
unit over the choice of outfits she is required to wear.
5-4-2006
Singapore allows film fans to see Brokeback Mountain Promotional material for Brokeback
Mountain in Singapore will carry a consumer advisory
saying "mature theme, sexual scenes". Cinemagoers in
Singapore will be allowed to watch gay cowboy romance
Brokeback Mountain without censorship from Friday.
19-2-2006
Hong Kong: Woman of the Year Hallyu star actress Lee Young-Ae, born
1971, topped the list in Hong Kong for Woman of the Year
in 2005. On December 31st, RTHK, a public network in
Hong Kong, released the results of a mail-based poll of
1,398 citizens. 13-1-2006
'Balzac' unfulfilling sex in the city of Moscow At first glance, it is very much a Slavic
"Sex and the City." Four attractive, well-dressed
girlfriends meet at chic cafes to kvetch about life,
love and sex. 9-1-2006
Egypt film tackles issues of sex, hypocrisy A young man on the back of a Cairo bus
kisses and gropes the woman next to him as he peels off
her Islamic headscarf. The scene from an independent
film about sex and double standards in Egypt shows
little nudity but provokes gasps of surprise from an
audience in this largely conservative country.
3-1-2006
Desperate Housewives fail to turn on Chinese Chinese broadcasters tidied up Wisteria
Lane, the fictional suburban setting for the American
comedy series Desperate Housewives, cutting out some of
the sex and violence before its debut on state-run
television. 22-12-2005
Asian porn DVDs flood Britain Apart from Asian porn DVDs being sold
illegally, British authorities are grappling with a
massive influx of pirated copies of Indian films that
has affected revenue of several cinema halls in towns
such as Leicester and Manchester.
12-12-2005
K-pop goes global with sex appeal The
Korean pop scene operates in two ways: a few big
entertainment agencies ambitiously try to raise global
entertainers, or there is a big focus on sex appeal,
especially among female dance-pop singers.
27-10-2005
Girlie mags must stay abreast of the net If sex sells, then the internet has
become the primary place to purchase it. But the growth
of online adult content is likely to mark the end of an
iconic, if widely reviled, cultural phenomenon: the
'girlie magazine'.
13-9-2005
Thai minister orders investigation of porn broacasts The Minister
attached to the Prime Minister's Office has ordered the
Public Relations Department to investigate the problem
of pornography having been televised through Channel 11.
Meanwhile, state officials are suspected of having been
involved in this matter.
5-10-2005
Film on Nanking horrors to be shown in the US The decapitated
heads of Chinese soldiers hang from poles. Women and
young girls are kept as sex slaves, gang raped and their
genitals are mutilated. Babies are stabbed with
bayonets. 1-8-2005
Is Hindi cinema becoming more uninhibited? In two
recent releases, Kya Kool Hain Hum and Bachke Rehna Re
Baba, all stops seem to have been pulled out to
titillate the audiences with raunchy acts.
29-7-2005
India bans four X-rated TV channels Continuing its drive against pornography
on television, the government on Tuesday said it has
banned transmission of four channels. The channels that
were found to be violating provisions on content are -
Bluekiss, Bluekiss Express, Bluekiss Promo and TB1-XXX.
Broadcast watchdog bans TV porn channels in Turkey Turkey's
broadcasting watchdog banned four adult television
channels Friday, saying their erotic programming flouted
Turkish cultural values. The channels, Adult Channel,
Exotica TV, Playboy TV and Rouge TV, are available at
night via Turkey's only satellite broadcaster,
Digiturk.
New Japanese sex
laws could crimp adult film industry A new round
of Japanese laws aimed at protecting those under 18 from
the child porn trade and other crimes could mean a crimp
in legitimate adult entertainment content shooting
online and off.
Cell
porn a tough sell With new functions to send e-mail, take
pictures and listen to music, the mobile phone has
turned into a portable minicomputer. But the operators
of phone networks are resisting new services that proved
popular on the traditional personal computer:
pornography and violent video games.
Jammu 'porn queen' sues police Former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta, who was
involved in a pornography scandal, has filed a Rs 1
crore suit against the Jammu and Kashmir police for
"coercing" her to make confessional
statements.
Women in Japanese porn get
head jobs without acting "I studied
sexuality during my postgrad course, so I've always had
something of an interest in working in a place where sex
was always out in the open," Rui Oda, a 25-year-old
woman working in the porno industry, tells
Spa!
Porn
crosses over A wave
of confessionals and self-help guides written by current
or former stars of pornographic films is flooding
bookstores this year, accompanied by erotic novels, racy
sex-instruction guides, histories of sexual particulars
and photographic treatments of the world of
pornography.
Pornography
trade prospers in China "Yellow movie," she whispers to two
passing men - the Chinese slang for pornography. Holding
her belly, she guides them to a grassy area, lifting a
clump of sod to reveal several knockoff discs from the
United States and Japan.
Soft
or hard, Mumbai wants porn A host of celebrities
in India's freedom capital yesterday enthusiastically
endorsed writer Salman Rushdie's view that porn was
vital to freedom and that a free and civilised society
should be judged by its willingness to accept
pornography.
