Austin Escorts In The News!

Joanna arrived and tried to pimp out how amazing this challenge was. In a small montage she helped April, Rami, and Kara, as Mondo voiced-over how amazing Joanna was. Her on-camera critiques started with Gordana. Joanna called the pink thing a night dress and worried that comfort shouldn’t be the first thought that someone would think about to dress a celebrity. Over at Mila’s workstation, Mila explained the classy/mod inspiration and she thought about a headband, but forgot about Miss Piggy having ears on top of her head. Kenley was excited, until Joanna asked about Giraffe print which I didn’t see was a problem, like Kenley we both knew that Piggy loved wearing leopard print. She’s also worn leather and feathers, so it’s not like she’s anti-animal based products. Austin was convinced that he and Miss Piggy were kindred spirits. He explained his insane bow idea, but Joanna called it “gift wrapped” but Austin explained how the challenge was all about whimsy. Mondo wanted childhood happiness with his 60s-isnpiration; Joanna continued to give him a pep talk as if he was destined to win this whole season.

See the full article from “TVLatest.com”

SXSW picks Hunter, Raid
By Patrick Frater Thu, 02 February 2012, 13:26 PM (HKT)
Festival News
There is not much that is not English-language at the South by Southwest Film Festival (9-17 Mar 2012), but the Asia Pacific region has some representation.
The increasingly influential film and music event in Austin, Texas includes Daniel NETTHEIM’s The Hunter and Catherine Scott’s sex worker documentary Scarlet Road both from Australia. From Indonesia is Gareth Huw EVANS’ The Raid Serbuan maut (pictured).
The main competition includes Asian-themed Eden, by Megan Griffiths about a Korean-American woman forced into prostitution. It stars Jamie Chung and Beau Bridges. Another section includes The Taiwan Oyster, directed by Mark Jarrett, about teachers who return from the US to Taiwan to bury a colleague.

See the full article from “Film Business Asia”

Naomi risks failing her physics course because she’s been too busy working on her party planning career. When her TA tells her that she won’t pass the whole year if she doesn’t pass the course, Naomi comes up with a plan. She invites her TA to Liam’s relaunch party in the hopes that he’ll let her off the hook.
Guilty of Arson
After Dixon and Austin trashed Holly’s sorority house with toilet paper and eggs, it burned to the ground. They’re not responsible for the arson, but they’re afraid of being suspected. When Annie’s sorority friend needs a place to crash, Annie volunteers the boys’ pad, but their guilt makes them reluctant. Later, the police arrive to investigate and find lighter fuel in Dixon’s room. Annie discovers that her friend planted it there. Setting Dixon up was the only way to protect herself from being arrested for prostitution and Annie from losing face in the public eye. Annie must come clean to Dixon about her escort job, but before she can, Austin takes the fall for the arson.

See the full article from “Kidzworld Media”

Over dinner, Bre overhears Austin and Dixon discussing their acts of vandalism surrounding the arson. The next day, the police are knocking on their door. Because Austin isn’t home at the time, Dixon is solely under arrest faced with counts of arson. Eventually Bre admits to Annie that she actually set the house on fire because if it was vandalized, the police were going to have to search it, and there was a good chance they would find evidence of their escorting. But Bre couldn’t come forward because if she was found guilty, she would surely get jail time, whereas Dixon would get some community service. Annie was at a crossroads. She couldn’t come forward to Dixon without admitting she had a hand in the prostitution scandal. Boy, do I love a moral tug-of-war. In the end, Austin comes forward, taking full credit of the vandalism and arson. I guess that means “So long, cowboy.” It was fun while it lasted.

See the full article from “Ology”

… A major goal of the University of Texas is to create an educational environment that reflects ‘the basic demographic reality’ of the state, as UT President William Powers Jr. puts it. Judged against that standard, the Austin flagship is making progress on some fronts, losing ground on another and holding its own on still others when it comes to the freshmen who enroll from Texas high schools. Overall, the university has a long way to go before the number of black and Hispanic students reflects the state’s diversity.” — UT reports mixed results on enrollment diversity, Austin American-Statesman
New in The Texas Tribune:
“Nearly five years into a legal battle over the constitutionality of Texas’ $5-per-patron strip club fee, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up the adult entertainment industry’s case against the state.” — U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear “Pole Tax” Case

See the full article from “Texas Tribune”

Saturday saw the U.S. premiere of Andrea Arnold’s “Wuthering Heights.” Anyone who has seen Arnold’s “Red Road” or “Fish Tank” will recognize her unique style in this invigorating take on the classic novel. By shooting the film in a square 4:3 aspect ratio rather than the usual widescreen approach, Arnold eschews the usual David Lean approach to literary adaptation, choosing to focus our attention on the beautifully expressive faces of her non-professional actors rather than the blustery vistas of the English landscape. This film joins Cary Fukunaga’s recent “Jane Eyre” as encouraging examples of what can be done with too often told tales.
Bruce Willis was in town for the premiere of “Lay the Favorite,” the new film from director Stephen Frears. The shining light of the film, as she so often is, was Rebecca Hall, the consistently impressive actress who here leaves behind her usual classiness to play a naive stripper from Florida. When she goes to Vegas with dreams of being a cocktail waitress, she runs into Wil …

See the full article from “Austin 360 (blog)”

Most pregnancy resource centers continued their programs unimpeded, but those who spearheaded the attack went on to greater fame. Prime Time producer Ben Sherwood is now president of ABC News. Ron Wyden is now in the U.S. Senate. Fitzsimmons in 1993 was one of the top 50 “hired guns” on Capitol Hill, according to Washingtonian, and in 1995 he testified to Congress that partial-birth abortions occurred only when a mother’s life was in jeopardy or an unborn child had a medical condition that would prevent his survival. Two years later Fitzsimmons told the American Medical News, “I lied through my teeth.”
 A new century brought the third attack on the centers. The most highly publicized part came in 2002 under the leadership of New York’s attorney general at that time, Eliot Spitzer: He later went on to the governorship, then left office in disgrace as his patronage of prostitutes received exposure. In 2002 Spitzer’s extracurricular activities were still secret but he openly praised NARAL, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, saying it was “instrumental” in his election and “made a difference not only for me but for candidates through the state who care about choice.”

See the full article from “World Magazine (subscription)”

Bring nonperishable food items (no glass containers) or pet food, pet blankets and other pet products.
For more information, call the library at 251-9185.
— Marques G. Harper, American-Statesman staff
ROLINGWOOD
Prostitution charge reduced
The charges against a woman accused of running a prostitution ring in Rollingwood were reduced to misdemeanor prostitution on Jan. 12, according to Travis County court records.
Daifei Li, 45, was charged with aggravated promotion of prostitution, a third-degree felony, in August 2010 after she was arrested in a sting operation on the Rollingwood-based massage parlor she was running.
According to an arrest affidavit for Li, some reviews on an escort review website said that her massage parlor, Massages by DiDi, was providing sexual acts for money. The affidavit alleged that Li was controlling, supervising or managing multiple prostitutes.

See the full article from “Austin American-Statesman”

Here’s how the contest worked out: Everyone who bought a Lisa Ann Fleshlight in the month of December from Fleshlight.com/DateLisaAnn was entered into the contest. The lucky winner will be flown toLas Vegas to accompany Lisa Ann to the 2012 AVN Awards. The winner will also receive passes to the 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. 
…
The 29th annual AVN Awards Show will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21 at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. The annual AVN Awards Show is the premier gala of adult video and recognizes titles, individuals, and companies for contributions to and excellence in the industry. One of the largest adult trade shows in the world, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo brings together an exciting and unique experience for everyone within the adult entertainment industry. The lucky winner will gain access to the AEE Fan Fest, giving fans never-before-seen access to the industry and its participants.

See the full article from “AVN News (press release)”

That enthusiasm for films in all of their forms and formats has inspired a group of filmmakers to dig into the historical significance of the VHS tape. We take home video for granted these days, but in the early ’80s this was a huge deal. There was no streaming, no one was mailing video tapes to your house, it was all up to you. We finally had the ability to see whatever we wanted whenever we wanted without relying on repertory film screenings or late night cable selections. The power was in the hands of the people.
Rewind This! A VHS Love Story is just that, a labor of love among three fans who have spent much of their own time and money putting together this document. Normally I’m not one for pimping Kickstarter campaigns, but co-director Josh Johnson bribed me with a tape of Penelope Spheeris’ Dudes at Fantastic Fest, so I’m in the bag for these guys. They just opened their …

See the full article from “Twitch”