Jamie Colette

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Photographer Jamie C Parker

Introducing JamieLos Angeles-based portrait photographer and ICU nurse Jamie Colette accidentally found herself pursuing fine art nude photography, and she hasn’t looked back.

“Getting into erotic photography was kind of an accident. It was a running joke in Chicago that everyone would do their first topless shoot with me, and it was usually the model’s idea!” Jamie tells Penthouse.

“I think they felt safe with me, which is so humbling and flattering. I was just trying to shoot more portrait work, to get better at it, and it just evolved from there. But it’s just so much fun shooting with women. The female body is so beautiful, and I just love creating art with other women — and making them feel empowered and sexy while doing it.”

As a female photographer, Jamie’s work offers a fresh perspective on the naked female form — one that extends beyond sexuality — and showcases the duality of women.

“Women are just so powerful. Besides being physically beautiful, we are just such complex creatures. Women can simultaneously be strong and soft. We can be sexy while nude or in a full suit. I just love capturing the dichotomy of that,” she explains.

The photographer admits being a woman behind the lens comes with its advantages.

“Shooting with a female photographer often gives models a sense of comfort and safety. I find I can empathize with models, when they talk about their insecurities or even things they love about themselves,” Jamie reveals.

“I often say I shoot women the way I would want to be shot if I were in front of the camera, so I think that really gives me a different perspective.”

In terms of the way she approaches a session, Jamie says, “My approach to photography has changed over time in that I have gotten more and more comfortable with pushing boundaries — and less concerned about what people think.”

For the budding photographers out there who might be wondering what gear Jamie uses, she says, “I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark IV, and I do pretty much all my shoots with my 35mm or 50mm lens! Lighting can be so unpredictable, so I always have a Speedlight on me. It’s nice to have the option if I need it. I also love the look of flash photography in the right context.”

Naturally Jamie C has a dazzling Instragram we would encourage you to visit @colettepark — which may not be all that intuitive. Of course it could be that our budding author here simply failed to draw the connection between the woman Jamie, and what seems to be her persona, colettepark. Or we could be way off, because we found no information at all on the topic. Seems like it would have been nice, but what do we mere digital geeks know? … We DO know that although we would never simply lift a photo from an Instagram account without permission, we loved this self portrait so much that we risked running a snip of it here. You will need to visit Jamie’s IG account to see the complete shot and get the full impact. It rocks.

colettepark a.k.a. Jamie

In a manner of thanks, we can also give credit to all the models “colettepark” thanked in her reveal about her Penthouse appearance. Sadly, the magazine did another remarkably poor job of identifying the models in this layout, but we understand it includes @with.that.nina, @dom_beauclair, @miav.me, @skyebluehatesu, @indi.willi, @lenajacksonslens, @kianuki, and, @dianalorena. Thanks, Jamie Colette (as a guess)! You let us know when you’d like to run another round with Digital, and we’ll see if we can dig a little deeper in the well (with due credit to the Oak Ridge Boys). … Our theory would be that Jamie might well have to look up that reference because she does not happen to be really, really old.

Playing with Wax

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Wax Sex … Got a Light?

When we say wax play, we’re not talking about waxing your body hair. We’re talking about lighting a candle and dripping, drizzling and pouring warm melted wax onto bare skin in the name of getting your rocks off.

For some couples, erotic wax play is about shared sexual exploration, which can build trust and increase intimacy in the relationship. For others, the thrill comes from the dangerously exciting sensation of experiencing short, sharp and hot flashes as molten wax hits the skin—and not knowing where it’s going to land next. And for the extra kinky folks who roam among us, wax play is about the power dynamic that comes with a sadist consensually tormenting a writhing, willing submissive by dripping almost too hot wax on their naked flesh in the pursuit of painful pleasure.

Not all Wax Candles Are Built the Same

When it comes to choosing candles for wax play, not just any candle will do. The type of candle you decide to use will ultimately decide whether your wax play experience is going to be a totally painless or moderately painful one.

Avoid using candles you normally find around the house. These are likely to be made of beeswax, which typically burns at 170 F and can injure the skin. Also, don’t use candles that are scented or have artificial coloring, as they’re likely to contain chemicals or oils and be made of paraffin wax, which burns between 120 F and 135 F, and can potentially burn or otherwise irritate the skin.

Stick to body-safe candles that have been specifically created for pouring and dripping on skin. You’ll find most wax play candles are made of soy or shea butter, which don’t generate as much heat and have a medium burning temperature.

Also, candles designed for wax play are typically categorized either as wax play candles or massage oil candles. Basically, these candles are great for dripping on the skin, but will leave traces of wax behind, whereas massage oil candles melt at a lower temperature and will be the consistency of massage oil as they’re poured onto the skin, making them ideal for a sensual rubdown.

Before You Play

If you’re going to quite literally play with fire, it pays to play it safe.

Before you start lighting candles and exposing each other to naked flames, make sure everyone’s onboard with the planned activities. Surprises are good in the bedroom, but spontaneity is not your friend when it comes to beginners wielding lit candles and hot wax. Have a chat before the lighter comes out, discuss your boundaries and come up with a safeword for cooling down the play in case things get a little too hot.

Fire can be unpredictable, so wax play necessitates even more forward planning. Prepare a dedicated space in your home for your adventure. Make sure it’s free from clutter and that there are no flammable objects looming close enough that a cheeky flickering flame could lick. If you’re going to set up on your bed, couch or rug, make sure you lay down a tarp, sheet or towel that you’re happy to have destroyed. Nothing kills a boner faster than having to pick stubborn chunks of dried wax out of the bedsheets, upholstery or carpet.

And finally, make sure you have a bucket of water, a wet face cloth and a first aid kit nearby in case of an accident. It might sound like overkill, but it’ll save you one hell of an awkward conversation by preventing an inferno and avoiding firefighters having to come to your rescue.

How to Start Wax Play

Once you’ve set up your designated play area, discussed safewords and foraged for your arsenal of body-safe candles, you’re ready to start getting sexy with wax.

Have your partner lie down on the tarp, towel or sheet and massage their body with an oil or moisturizer. This helps set a sensual mood and relax any jittery nerves, but it’s also a bit of practical prep because a slippery coating on the skin will make for a friendlier removal process at the end.

When you’re ready, light one of your candles and drip small amounts of wax onto your own arm at different heights, so you can test the temperature. When you’re happy with the level of heat, slowly splash a few drops onto your partner’s body to see how they react. This is going to immediately let you know how they’re feeling about the temperature. Stay at a slow speed and play around with dropping the wax from various heights. The higher you lift the candle, the further the wax has to travel—therefore the cooler it’s going to be when it hits the skin. If your partner is reacting positively, get creative by experimenting with the height and speed at which you allow the wax to hit the skin. Also, feel free to make patterns and layers on their body.

When you’re done turning your lover into a human candle, remove the wax by gently sliding a credit card under it to tease it off the skin. Wax can be clingy, so hope for the best that you haven’t coated any body hair—or it’s likely to be literally waxed off in the removal process.

The concept of wax play can sound a little freaky to the uninitiated, but we guess you could say it doesn’t take much to warm up to it!

We’re not saying you “should” try this adult play, but if you want to, getting the right tools will be very important. You do not want to end up in the emergency room with one of those embarrassing stories. It must be more popular than we may realize if Amazon advertises it, and think of the bright side: You will not have wasted your money if this does not work out for you. You can always cast some spells or something.

The Bond That Binds

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Creating a Strong Bond

Eon Productions, started by the famous Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and makers of all 25 James Bond films, will need to get their skates — or Thunderball-style jetpack — on soon and make a call.

And it’s a big call.

Finding the right Bond is like no other casting job on the planet. You’re not signing someone for one movie. You’re recruiting someone for a whole generation in tradi-tionally the world’s most prestigious film franchise. Someone who needs to bring the next group of Bond fans along for the ride and not piss off the traditionalists too much.

Daniel Craig held the role for 15 years to complete his five films — the longest ever tenure. Roger Moore did seven Bond movies in 12 years, and Sean Connery did six in nine back when they used to bang them out a bit quicker — plus 1983’s comeback flick Never Say Never Again. Even Pierce Brosnan held the role for seven years. Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby are the only brief incumbents and perhaps highlight when you get it even slightly wrong.

Given that a Bond film premieres on average every three years or so, and they take a long time to make — from development, to casting talent and the lengthy filming process — the announcement needs to happen soon. Like yesterday.

Whoever gets the nod this time can probably expect to occupy the role for a decade. The question, though, is not only who will it be, but also the philosophy and context behind how the chosen star will play Bond, and even more importantly who exactly will they play?

Spoiler alert: James Bond died in the last movie, No Time to Die. Properly died.

Sorry, perhaps that reveal could have had more buildup. But yes, James Bond went to his maker, taking Daniel Craig with him. So unless there is some Lazarus-like resurrection or a cheesy plot twist of Bobby-Ewing-in-the-shower proportions, then Bond 26 might not even be a James.

Spoiler alert No. 2: Lashana Lynch was introduced as a new 007 in No Time to Die. A black female. So it shows there is plenty of stretch in the role.

Lashana played her part in No Time to Die, but she failed to demonstrate enough presence to carry a Bond movie alone. She may be back for Bond 26, but not in the lead role. Indeed, the bookies odds on the next Bond still seem to be favoring a male, with Bridgerton alum Regé-Jean Page the current favorite, followed by Henry Cavill, Aidan Turner and, perhaps the people’s choice, Tom Hardy. Cillian Murphy from Peaky Blinders is also in contention, while Idris Elba is an outsider.

The new star’s introduction will be interesting. Will he be the long lost son of James Bond, perhaps? God knows there must be plenty out there.

Moreover, there is the question of what philosophy they will adopt.

The days of Roger Moore’s Carry On, Bond-style sleazy corniness is long gone. Daniel Craig played things largely straight, strong and disciplined. But in No Time to Die — arguably the best Bond movie ever — he really came of age. A knowing, mature, softer vulnerability made Bond seem stronger and more real than ever. And in an age of post-COVID and #MeToo, there are a few things any new Bond will need to navigate. Will Bond be a reckless free spirit after the lockdown years, or an ultraconservative straight-edger? A green smoothie — shaken, not stirred?

Expect the next Bond to be a man, possibly Black, unlikely to be gay (yet), with empathy and compassion, a more selective approach to his love life, but strong and healthy with a ruthless streak when needed.

Ah, He/She/They Bond, we’ve been expecting you.

Now the magazine article ended there, and we consider that just fine — y’know, for one of those quaint printed publications with limited space and all. We, however, live in a much freer world, and thus decided to bend the theme a bit here by dropping in a SFW gallery of Jezebelle Bond from her PenthouseGold collection. (Jezebelle does a lot of work there that definitely qualifies as NOT SFW, just to be clear.)

We cannot be sure if you prefer our Bond to the magazine version, but you can certainly let us know. If you do not have the time to contact us now, however, we can leave you with one of the few absolutes in life, regardless. Should you ever have the opportunity to meet Jezebelle Bond in person, you will be both shaken and stirred. Of that we can assure you.

War Gaming IRL

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How the War in Ukraine will Affect War Gaming Globally

While some titles draw from the jingoistic anti-USSR propaganda of the ’80s, others — especially war games — draw upon Russia’s sacrifices while battling against Nazi Germany in World War II.

As one of the world’s largest economies, Russia has become a thriving marketplace for war gaming video games and — like its Western counterparts — has largely benefited from its own thriving video game industry, including Owlcat Games, which produces the Pathfinder franchise, and Battlestate Games, the makers of Escape from Tarkov.

Following the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russian gamers have been steadily deprived of online services previously offered by Xbox and PlayStation, and efforts by pro-Ukraine activists in the West have been underway to cut Russian gamers off from PC games. Further efforts by Western governments have compounded the difficulties faced by Russian developers, who struggle to earn payments from the sales of their products.

As the current news cycle continues to foment tensions between European and Russian players, who mostly have nothing to do with the war — they simply want to enjoy video games — the impact of the conflict on video games themselves cannot be understated.

Russian game developers will undoubtedly have to turn their focus toward local markets or be forced to find workarounds…

The much-anticipated sequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has been stalled in development due to the “special military operation” affecting Ukraine — especially in the cities of Odessa and Kyiv, where the developer GSC Game World is located. While gamers themselves may pine for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, the developers themselves have much bigger things to worry about — like staying alive.

Even ahead of the invasion, a number of other Ukraine-based studios left the country due to troubles following the Euromaidan protests in 2014. One of Ukraine’s premier game studios 4A Games, the developer of Metro 2033, moved its operations to Malta.

European studios, including those in neighboring Poland and the Czech Republic, have offered their assistance in relocating Ukrainian games professionals to their offices. Some, like The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, have held fundraisers for the Red Cross in Ukraine and provided additional visibility to highlight the plight of average Ukrainians.

War Gaming Taken Personally

The game industry’s efforts in the ongoing conflict have also taken punitive, if questionable, actions against Russians by suspending sales of their games in Russia and Belarus.

Some developers have even gone as far as to censor Russian content by removing characters or altering their stories. Ubisoft, for instance, removed all biographies from the Spetsnaz operators in their action game Rainbow Six Siege. Amazon, meanwhile, halted the localization of New World into the Russian language, impacting even Ukrainian gamers who speak Russian, and EA Games removed Russian teams and players from FIFA 22 and NHL 22.

With Russia’s access to a Western audience cut off by sanctions for the foreseeable future, Russian game developers will undoubtedly have to turn their focus toward local markets or be forced to find workarounds as some studios, like Owlcat Games, already have — by setting up their businesses in not-so-hostile territory and catering to the Western market by proxy.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and the Russians are incredibly resourceful people. 

Of course beyond war gaming there are many more personal stories about how the global situation impacts individual human beings — the ones that live. Indeed, had COVID-19 not changed the world enough, now we have a (formerly presumed) super-power nation acting aggresively and independently. That macro view fails to put enough weight on the microeconomics view, however. At our core, we are all one people.

Strange Life Moments

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Strange Life. Normal Life.

We have mentioned this before, but one of our favorite features in the new incarnation of Penthouse Magazine has become the “Debrief” section which features little blurbs of strange life things … for lack of a more elegant way to put it. This time around, we have some of the strangest because, well, that seems rather the point, after all.

Follow Me On Only Fins

It’s no secret dolphins are among the horniest of sea creatures, but a new study has found the marine mammals share more in common with humans when it comes to sex than everyone previously thought. Research conducted by evolutionary biologists Dara Orbach and Patricia Brennan at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts found female bottlenose dolphins experience sexual pleasure through a clitoris, like humans.

The findings suggest not only do female dolphins possess a prominent and extremely sensitive clitoris, their anatomy positions it in a better spot than that of a human, making sexual stimulation unavoidable.

“Since the entire pelvis of dolphins is so different to humans, it was surprising to see how similar the shapes were,” says Brennan.

It makes sense, considering previous research has shown female dolphins have sex all year round, even when they’re not ovulating, that they frequently have lesbian dolphin sex and masturbate each other, and that they’ve even been known to use live eels as sex toys, suggesting that the amorous animals have sex for fun and not just for reproduction’s sake.

The more you know. …

If nothing else, this does add a whole new dimension to those crazy noises Flipper always made.

Lemmy See Your TattooAshes to Ashes, Dust to Tattoos: The Ultimate Tribute

A couple of Motörhead’s roadies have paid tribute to Lemmy Kilmister by getting tattoos infused with his cremains.

In 2015, the Motörhead creator and frontman passed away at age 70, just two days after being told he had cancer. His dying wish was that his ashes be split among golden bullets engraved with his name and given to his closest friends. Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and MTV host Riki Rachtman were among the special few gifted mini bullet urns of the singer’s ashes.

But it was Motörhead’s former road crew, tour manager Eddie Rocha and production assistant Emma Cederblad, who took their dedication to a rock-star level. They paid the ultimate tribute by getting permanent remembrances of Lemmy tattooed on their skin with ink blended from his ashes. Rocha went for a portrait of the late star, while Cederblad opted for a spade tattoo tribute.

Gone by not forgotten, the legend will be further immortalized in an upcoming biopic directed by filmmaker Greg Olliver.

Full disclosure: Some of us may have already forgotten him. Why have Motörhead when you could have Skynyrd those people figure.

Strange Life PicklesI’m Kind of a Big Dill

The Portland Pickles baseball team has found themselves in a right pickle after their salty mascot shared an unintentional dick pic(kle) on Twitter.

Furry mascot Dillon took over the team’s Twitter page for a day and shared a suggestively cropped, low-angle photo that made it look like the big green guy was exposing himself. Following mass social media hysteria, the team jumped in to explain that the erect green object in the center of the shot was actually Dillon’s pickle-shaped thumb.

“It’s come to our attention that this photo can be misinterpreted as a disturbing image,” the next tweet read. “Dillon would like to go on record and say that he was trying to give his fans a thumbs-up.”

It was too late, though. The pervy pickle post went viral and jarred fans, with one person tweeting, “Can safely say that I did not expect to see mascot anatomy on my timeline tonight.”

There’s a first time for everything.

Perhaps, but a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. We try to use ours every day. Of course we also live a strange life.

Strange Life with a Google Street ViewPutting the Mafia on the Map

A convicted murderer who was on the run for more than two decades was caught after being spotted on Google Street View.

Mob boss Gioacchino Gammino, now 61, became one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives after escaping from a prison in Rome in 2002. Though he was on the lam, he was sentenced to life in prison the very next year for a long ago slaying.

The mobster had been using a fake name and working as a chef before setting up a fruit and vegetable shop in Galapagar, Spain, where he was spotted by authorities on Google Street View. A scar on Gammino’s face helped police confirm the henchman’s identity.

Upon being arrested again, a shocked Gammino said to the police, “How did you find me? I haven’t even called my family for 10 years!”

Google really needs to change its name to Karma. Everyone already knows that can be a real bitch in one’s personal and strange life.

Strange Life with Sultan Gustaf Al GhozaliLaughing All The Way To The Bank

A student from Indonesia has hit the jackpot, becoming a millionaire overnight after selling thousands of his selfies as NFTs.

Every day for five years, computer science student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali took a photo of himself. Each photo is virtually the same and features the 22-year-old staring expressionless at the camera. The student decided to take advantage of the NFT trend by uploading his selfies to the blockchain as a joke.

“I was thinking it might be funny if one of the collectors collected my face,” he says.

Ghozali priced his photos for a mere 0.0001 ETH ($3), but the NFTs went viral are now selling for more than $12,000 a pop. He reportedly sold over 200 selfies in the first day, and since December has surpassed $1 million in NFT sales.

Strange Life with Sophia UristaUrine Trouble Now

When you gotta go, you gotta go. But Sophia Urista, frontwoman for the rock group Brass Against, found herself in hot water after relieving herself on a fan’s face during a live show!

A video that went viral shows the singer bringing a new meaning to the term “livestream.” She called a fan onstage during a live performance at the Rockville metal festival in Florida, then dropped her pants and emptied her bladder all over the stranger’s bald head and face for a solid 10 seconds.

Before the incident, Urista exclaimed to the crowd, “I gotta pee. And I can’t make it to the bathroom. So we might as well make a show out of it.”

After being waterboarded with the singer’s bodily fluids, the man was seen spewing some of the liquid in the direction of the audience.

What seems like pretty standard rock ’n’ roll behavior was slammed as “disgusting” and “pure trash” by horrified internet commentators and fans. On a post that promoted the band’s upcoming European tour, one person wrote, “Will you be pissing across Europe?”

The singer issued a public apology on Twitter following the backlash. Or rather, backsplash.

Other that pointing out that the name Urista does have some similarities with the word urethra, we really have no comment on the next in a very long history of bizarre stage performances. You can follow Urista and her strange life on your own, should you desire. … We do not kink shame here.

We do have some interest in the NFT issue, however, since people (universally seeking big chnunks of change) have been saying Penthouse should definitely be in that game. Should you have a theory one way or the other, we’d love to hear from you via our Contact Form.

Lana Rain

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15 Questions with Lana Rain

Companies normall start with sort of a bare basics (as it were) list of stats or fun facts about a model, but this time around ManyVids simply rolled out the questions and let ‘er rip (literally). Of course that could be because of the lengthy and extremely well-reasoned answers Lana provided. You do not see this depth of rumination in many model submissions anymore. We find that sad. … Of course that also means that Lana Rain makes us quite happy.

Thus we shall share.

When did you start creating content?

I started creating content in 2015. Over time, I realized that I had a more natural ability to create content than I did to livestream, so I started to focus more on that. Creativity was always my strong point, and I felt like I was always lacking in the social department, since I spent most of my time alone growing up messing with things like photo and video editing.

When did you start to get into anime?

That’s a much deeper question for me than one might initially think upon asking, but I’ll try my best to answer. I have always had an affinity toward anime ever since I watched it on TV as a kid. Because, unlike regular Western TV shows, especially during that era, where nothing within itself was taken seriously, anime showed me a side of life that was worlds apart from what I was accustomed to everywhere else; this is not what I needed in a world where I already felt didn’t make sense because of how everyone treated each other and themselves. I loved the attention to detail, the colorful and vibrant hair — which, at the time, was absolutely unique to me — and designs that felt like the idea of beauty in aesthetics were given consideration, all of which contrasted with what I would see people wear around me. Most importantly, continuity opened me up to my earliest experiences of storytelling and world-building. Details like power levels and differences between characters and villains were all taken into account and given importance and thoughtful consideration. By contrast, in American cartoons, everything was forgotten by the next episode like it didn’t even matter, and most elements were built upon shallow jokes. I guess cartoons sort of reflected how I felt the children in my school treated everything, which was shallow, fickle and fleeting. So all I wanted to do was run away from that because I was essentially doing anything and everything to find some sort of logic and structure in life that I could understand and attach myself to.

How do you come up with ideas for your content?

I don’t know if I could have been as creative as I am without being able to cosplay for my videos. There is something fun about picking a character — since I already love to cosplay — and then figuring out what kind of story I could apply to that character after researching the story they are from and their personality.

Who are your top five favorite characters to cosplay?

  1. Rei Ayanami Plugsuit (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
  2. Motoko Kusanagi (GitS: SAC [Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex])
  3. Exusiai (Arknights)
  4. Shinobu (Demon Slayer)
  5. Bowsette (Super Mario)

What food have you never eaten but want to try?

There are too many to count, but I’ll try to name some I can remember off the top of my head. Sea urchin pasta, meat tartare burger, all the unusual raw fish and sushi that they offer in Japan. I want to see what fruit is like in Southeast Asian countries. I know that stuff like durian and even some commonly known ones like mangoes taste way better over there. I have a close friend who swears by the fact that mangoes in the Philippines taste so much better that she says it’s basically a different fruit.

Do you believe in extraterrestrial life?

I don’t think it’s a matter of belief. For me, it’s more a matter of the fact that nothing is stopping the open possibility, especially with how little we know about our universe or the structure of our reality.

What movie can you watch over and over again?

While I enjoy some movies, I’m really not much of a movie person. The idea of rewatching movies over and over gives me anxiety for whatever reason, so probably none.

If you could have a superpower what would it be?

It depends on how realistic in terms of practicality I’m supposed to take this question. Does everyone else have superpowers, or am I the only one? If it’s the latter, then it would have to be teleportation because it doesn’t intrude upon other people’s perception of how reality works, on top of still being able to play into normal life.

What mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

It’s not a mythical creature, but the megalodon existing again would be awesome. It scares the ever-living hell out of me, but things that I feared in nature the most were also always the most beautiful to me.

What type of content can someone expect to see when they subscribe to your VIP FanClub on ManyVids?

Most of my VIP FanClub content is short masturbation clips for people who are more into that kind of stuff over detailed scripted videos.

What game have you spent the most hours playing?

I don’t really play games that often. Most competitive games that I like I’m not passionate enough about for me to take seriously, given my goals and restrictive schedule. If I play a game these days, it is really just because I care about the story, such as the NieR franchise. But if I had to think back to my past, it would probably be Pokémon Silver. I didn’t know how to read English when I was five because I was put in a French school. So, my silly young self had the genius idea to restart the game countless times to figure it out and see if I could do anything different to get past certain points. That Sudowoodo pretending to be a tree pained my existence.

Where was your favorite travel destination?

Unfortunately, I haven’t had the luxury of being able to travel much yet, but so far, out of the few places I’ve been, Colorado was definitely my favorite place. I was blown away by just how many iconic nature spots there were all over the state, and I could see mountain views from just casually driving through the state, which was a wonderful experience. Estes Park was just magical, and I barely got to scratch the surface of it. I would absolutely potentially buy a home there in the future.

Do you speak multiple languages? If so, which ones?

I’m from Quebec, so I learned French before actually learning English; I eventually forgot most of it because I stopped using it. I don’t have any particular motivation to learn it again either. I would much prefer to learn Chinese or Japanese.

What is your favorite thing to do on your days off?

The past year, I’ve been really invested in learning how to draw. Unfortunately, I had to dedicate the year to other things, so I barely got to do it, but the few times that I did went very well. This year, I plan to put more focus and hours into it, which I am honestly really looking forward to. I don’t really have time to do casual things like play video games or watch stuff unless I absolutely want to watch something, but I consider even that as productive time since I use it as well needed inspiration.

What is a quirk you have that no one knows about?

I’m not sure if this is considered a quirk, but due to my Asperger’s, whenever I become interested in something, I tend to become hyperfocused, allowing me to learn new things very quickly. Despite all the negatives I experienced throughout my life due to having Asperger’s in the kind of society we live in today, there are definitely a few things that I consider to be very useful.

Naturally it would not do for us to fail at providing a handy-dandy link to Lana Rains at ManyVids. We naturally encourage you to visit her there, but if you want to make an impression, doing a little reasearch first could not hurt. You might at least start at Fandom before wandering off. Granted, that link while handy certainly suffered on the dandy scale. It happens.

Murph Memorial

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Murph Memorial: Honoring the Past

Michael Murphy - US NAVY File PhotoThis past winter, on a group chat with old comrades, one suggested we all do a Memorial Day workout together, either virtually or in person. The workout in question is a CrossFit beast named the Murph, after deceased Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy, of Lone Survivor film fame. Popular each Memorial Day, it consists of 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 squats, bracketed by a mile run before and after.

Swearing proved a not-unpopular answer to that particular ask; most of us on the chat are out of the military and all over the spectrum of workout motivation. But when it became clear that the person suggesting the activity meant it as a way to focus on something positive in the future — instead of grieving an impending personal loss — we started talking about potential plans.

Twenty years ago, nearly all of us were seniors in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; the last is our former instructor, who commissioned us as military officers the spring after 9/11. We knew we were graduating into a sharply changed world, but like any early 20-somethings, we had no idea what was in store.

If we had innocence left at the end of our adolescence, we soon lost it. We all deployed overseas, some multiple times. Our experiences varied wildly; some saw infantry combat, others flew above it, and some of us deployed in support roles. We were stewards, holding our places in line for as long as we stayed in.

I was lucky to be with a headquarters unit; the troops I deployed with survived the war, but a few fell in the years after it. My favorite watch chief, who worked with me at a subsequent unit, died of cancer about a decade after we returned from Iraq. In recent years, at least two more former comrades have had obituaries listing “sudden” death, typically code for either suicide or a drug overdose. In 2019, veterans were over 50 percent more likely to take their own lives than civilians, and substance use disorder is associated with suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts among veterans. Though I’m lucky I’ve known only a few who’ve succumbed, doubtless my old ROTC buddies — some of whom lost friends in Iraq — have stories of former colleagues that echo those fates.

Our entire generation of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was chronologically young, if emotionally aged, when we returned from the war. But now we’re staring middle age in the face, with the requisite slate of middle-aged losses and shifts in perspective; we’re deciding what to remember and what is best forgotten. In the 17 years since our first deployments ended, my friends and I have endured divorces, friends’ and parents’ deaths, cross-country moves, and career 180s. Some of these changes were hard-fought and came slowly, while others barreled our way at Formula 1 speed. We used to meet up with some regularity when we were all stationed near Washington, D.C., or San Diego, but these outings waned as we scattered to disparate corners of America. Now, when we find ourselves in the same pocket of the country for a spell, it’s a bonus. Though two of the seven of us are still in the military, none of us can lie to ourselves that we’re the same people we were when we met.

That’s been especially true in these past few years; in a pandemic, nothing is normal. The entire nation is reeling from loss piled upon loss, in addition to deaths: jobs, human contact, a sense of civil discourse. We’ve been forgetting the feeling of what we recall normal life to be. Further layers of impermanence have tested friendships, too. Political and personal values — and even attitudes toward civic responsibility — morph over time, straining bonds forged in once-shared purpose. The conflicts we fought in are in theory over, only to be replaced by remote strikes and support for proxy forces.

In the aftermath of the United States pulling out of Afghanistan last August, even the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged with startling frankness: “At this moment, it may seem like all is lost, like your service or your sacrifices were for nothing … Remember that now is just one moment in time and that things will continue to change.”

I related to that statement. In the aftermath of ISIS taking over Iraq in 2014, I certainly questioned my service. The survival of my fellow troops seemed the only purpose worth fighting for.

So amid the storms of 2022, a Murph on the horizon might seem like no big deal. But when the world’s problems seem overwhelming, taking on a local, personal challenge is a good place to start. So push-ups and squats have become part of my workout routine. I only started running consistently a few months ago after a four-year hiatus; my right foot finally healed after breaking a bone. I haven’t attempted pull-ups in years. Admittedly, performing several hundred of each exercise doesn’t seem likely.

But one former sister-in-arms is a CrossFit instructor and competitor. She offered us tips about breaking the Murph into chunks. There are adaptive forms of the workout, too, for those who don’t quite possess the strength and stamina for the original.

Muscles, minds, marriages and belief systems can all break down between youth and middle age. In midlife, as in war, one cuts one’s losses. By remaining adaptive, we decide what bits from the past can be honored and salvaged in order to build something new. The results — like my old bones or our relationships with each other — may be rickety, but this is a start that can help us grow in the years ahead. For those of us lucky enough to come home to celebrate decades of Memorial Days, the Murph is just one more thing that helps us measure how much our bodies have aged — and our hearts, too.

Teresa Fazio is a former Marine Corps officer and the author of the memoir Fidelis. You can find other veteran insights in these digital pages, but you should look locally for ways to support them in your community. All politics is local, as we understand it.

Noel Leon

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The First Noel Leon

Age: 28
Height: 5’6″
Measurements: 36C-25-35
Fun Fact: Attended a Catholic School for Girls

Noel Leon has captured the hearts of more than a million fans from across the globe on Instagram, but the quirky model and writer from Venice Beach tells Penthouse that growing up, you’d most likely find her hiding in a corner with her nose in a book.

Openly bisexual, Noel says she finds liberation in living her truth unapologetically.

“Society will always put people in boxes. But living in a decade that actually allows women to do our thing, with men or women, while being able to not care what others think is truly liberating,” she explains.

As for some advice for the men and women who are keen to court her, Noel says, “My ideal first date would be a brutal game of tennis where I annihilate my opponent, before eating sushi in silence while reading a brutally honest PDF of each other’s red flags, pet peeves and positive attributes—bypassing the willy-nilly casual conversation. OK, maybe not all of that.  But definitely sushi and tennis.”

Game, set, love match?

So the magazine told us that, and we could of course had been happy with the openly bisexual part, dropped in some more pictures, and called it a day. … Then we watched some of Noel on Instagram, and that ignited a spark of deeper interest. We quickly put together another “10 Questions” list and sent it to her, hoping we might gain some deeper insights into the quirky and compelling woman. Noel answered, and we did.

Naturally we have included that Q&A after the quick gallery here, because although we said we wanted more than just more pictures, we did not say we meant to ignore them altogether.

How will it make you feel when people begin to recognize you as a Penthouse model?

I shun my ego from notions of notoriety. Therefore, I prefer people not recognize me in any fashion. Although, I do hope they admire my pictures in Penthouse, seeing seduction as an art form.

How have your friends and/or family reacted to you choosing nudity as part of your current vocation?

My family’s reaction has subdued over the years: from shock to indifference. However, my friends and I hold similar views, seeing nakedness as a natural state. American culture has commodified the female form, making nudity acceptable only in certain forms of consumption. Therefore, playing a part in removing the taboo is empowering.

What are your long-range plans?

I split my time between my two passions: writing and performing. I just wrote a Christmas movie based on my fist book, which will air TBD. I’m currently editing my second book, For the Love of Bagels, and working on its film adaptation. I’ve also been performing stand-up comedy (in different characters) at large venues weekly in the hopes of one day being on SNL. My ultimate dream is to write for/perform on SNL and make life-affirming dramedies.

Can you tell us about the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

The Oh, Hello Show on Broadway created by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney consistently makes me chuckle. I specifically watch their “Too Much Tuna” segment whenever I need a dopamine hit.

If someone with no concept asked you to describe a Penthouse Pet, how would you do that?

A Penthouse Pet is a woman who owns her sexuality as a creative life force.

Speaking of pets, do you have any?

I have a Pit Bill … Whitney Houston. But, she’s not a pet. She’s Whitney Houston reincarnated.

When you watch a favorite movie or TV show, do you identify with any of the characters?

I closely identify with Gilda Radner’s “Rosanna Danna”character on SNL.

If you could change one thing about your best friend, what would it be?

I wouldn’t change anything about my best friend. Because, according to the Butterfly Effect, changing even just one thing about her would throw off the entire course of history.

What would be the first thing Noel Leon would do if she won the Lottery?

I don’t entertain luck. Fortune is best visualized in the context of hard work. Hypothetically, (if after focused efforts) I amassed a Mega Lottery chunk of change, I would finance any fleeting fancy, any creative inspiration I contrived. And, I would finance other people’s passions, paying it back.

What’s your favorite kind of donut?

Do-nut ask me that. My heart belongs to bagels.

If you were wondering about the title, we have actually had a different version in our relatively short digital history. If you knew all the other strange things that happen around Penthouse, you would not even be surprised.

Honestly, this Noel had us at “shun my ego” because — and we can assure you of this — you will not find many famous personalities, Social Media or Hollywood, who would not get one of those full body shivers if they even considered that option. Of course they would never consider that options either, so they’re probably safe. … Take some time and look through the Noel Leon video clips on her Instagram page. Full disclosure, we’re still waiting on the Kindle version for the review, but you paper fans can also grab her book from Amazon. She’s an artist, a comedian, and she writes. Come to think of it, that seems unfair. She can probably cook too. She should definitely come show us, and if she cannot, we know some excellent homes with fine cooks in them she should visit.

Penthouse Club Tampa

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Back And Better Than Ever

Before we get started into our clear goal of sucking up enough that we get invited to a free dinner at the Penthouse Prime restaurant, we should explain that Penthouse Clubs corporate has all sorts of highly-trained professionals that do all sorts of highly-trained professional things — like write press releases. Not wanting to in any way harm our chances for “medium rare with a view of the boobs” we have decided to comment when necessary in this itty-bitty, super easy to ignore, type. Pay no attention to the fan behind the curtain.

Boasting a premier nightlife experience, a celebrated steakhouse and the world’s most beautiful women, The Penthouse Club in Tampa, Florida, is back — and better than ever!

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitality management company Kirkendoll Management (KM) was forced to temporarily close The Penthouse Club in Tampa, FL while the country was in lockdown. After acquiring the club in 2018, KM had been planning to remodel it in late 2020 and reopen just in time for Super Bowl LV in Tampa in February 2021. However, once businesses shut down after the initial COVID wave in March 2020, KM decided to take advantage of the mandatory closures and accelerate the construction schedule.

When The Penthouse Club — Tampa shut down on March 19, 2020, it thus began a $2 million full-blown renovation of the club, which included gutting the entire interior of the building and making significant changes to the exterior structure, all with the goal of transforming the space into the ultra-modern establishment that defines a top gentlemen’s club, nightclub, and superlative culinary destination all in one.

Penthouse Club Tampa - Old/New Outside

Complete with multiple stages, elevated VIP seating, 10 private rooms, two full bars, and Penthouse Prime — a five-star steakhouse with a dining room overlooking the main stage — a great team accomplished their vision combining elegance, comfort, and style.

Penthouse Club Tampa Old/New Inside

KM’s Chief Operating Officer (Nightclub Division) had been looking forward to the remodel for quite some time.

“The space itself is really incredible, but we felt like the previous footprint was dated and didn’t support the premium nightclub atmosphere we were looking to create,” Rolling explains. … “One of our top priorities was to relocate the entrance from the middle of the building to the corner, which allows for a much more open and connected space. No matter where you are in the club, you can still see the main stage and feel like you’re part of the party.”Chuck Rolling, [that] COO

For the record, the press release did not in fact include the illustration we have provided to the side below, a decision we made for two simple reasons. We find having thought-provoking illustrations generally preferable to not having them, and besides, who doesn’t like a happy bartender?

Happiness at Penthouse Club TampaLarge exterior signage accentuates the new corner entrance featuring the brand’s iconic PENTHOUSE wordmark, capitalizing on lighting that completely changes the landscape of the entire lot. No one can drive by The Penthouse Club on Westshore Blvd. and not notice the floor-to-ceiling LED lights that illuminate the façade of the building with different colors and patterns.

For the lighting and sound system, KM worked with idesign — leading lighting and sound engineers for nightclubs around the world — to build and program a series of custom LED panels surrounding the main stage, in addition to the exterior lighting.

“What idesign did with the lights is really more like visual artwork. Everything is fully programmable and customizable, and the lights and videos sync to the beat of the music, so it feels more like you’re at a concert than a nightclub,” says Patrick Palacios, Marketing Director of Global Licensing. “From the outside, the entire building looks like one huge, animated billboard. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Eddie Suqi, KM’s Director of Licensing for Penthouse Clubs, was on site in Tampa every day during the renovation and led the creative direction for the new club.

“It’s not often you get the chance to pull a space back to a shell and build a whole new concept. What I wasn’t anticipating was how many small details needed to be worked through to get us from a shell to something spectacular,” says Suqi.

“We weren’t just picking paint colors and bathroom tile. We were really trying to reimagine the club experience from a guest’s point of view and asking ourselves how we could improve it.”

One of Suqi’s favorite features? “We added USB ports to all of the chairs and seating areas, so you can charge your phone,” he explains. “Not a night goes by that someone doesn’t comment how useful those are. It’s very gratifying!”

Long before KM purchased the club, the steakhouse at The Penthouse Club — Tampa was known amongst the city’s night owls as a hidden gem. Open until 2 a.m., it was the best late-night option in the Westshore area and consistently had tables full of regulars.

“After we bought the club, we kept hearing how much people loved the steakhouse. We decided we wanted to bring it back and make it better than ever, so we rebranded it Penthouse Prime and outfitted a whole new kitchen and elevated dining area as part of the remodel. We offer a traditional steakhouse menu with some Tampa flare, and always feature seasonal specials and killer desserts. It’s probably the most unique dining experience in the whole city.”Eddie Suqi

At this point, much as did Lucy Ricardo on many occasions, we have some explaining to do. By now most everyone should be familiar with our hard and fast — so to speak — rule about not putting adult material out in free areas where sensitive eyes might run across it. While we still believe that absolutely, we did decide to make an exception today, simply in this one specific area: FOOD PORN! … Now at least you know why we’ve been looking for that free dinner invitation.

Experience Tampa’s hottest new nightclub in person and call ahead to reserve your VIP table or make a reservation at Penthouse Prime. Be a rebel: Leave the house with your phone at 20%. … You know where to charge up.

You can visit the The Penthouse Club — Tampa from 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Monday-Friday and 6:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Penthouse Prime, the club’s attached steakhouse, opens for lunch and dinner, with the full dinner menu available until 2:00 a.m. every night.

In addition to encouraging you definitely to visit Penthouse Club — Tampa when you happen to be in the area, might we also suggest planning a trip to Tampa specifically for that purpose? A lot of places have beaches, but how many also have a place where you can get a 20 oz. bone-in ribeye along with a topless visual feast? … OH! Speaking of visual feasts, you probably noticed the header image we chose for this article happens to feature the four Pets who appeared live in Tampa at what we understand was quite an event, even by Florida strip club standards. In case you do not know them all by heart yet, we can give you more information on (left to right) Kenzie Anne, Hanna Carter, Carolina White and Amber Marie right in these (ever superior) digital pages. We end our celebration of Penthouse Club with this photograph of aforementioned Amber Marie, conveniently posing on the Penthouse Club — Tampa stage. Not only does Amber call the Tampa area home these days, but you might be hearing more about her soon. … Maybe. … How would we know anything?

Penthouse Pet Amber Marie on the Penthouse Club Tampa Stage

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Sarita Natividad

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Social Premiere Sarita Natividad — Penthouse May/June 2022

Height: 5’1″
Measurements: 32DD-25-33
Hometown: Gult Shores, AL
Fun Fact: Once Ate “a whole chunk” of Wasabi

Quick Facts

Her favorite pastimes: Fishing, yoga, paddle boarding and hitting the shooting range with friends.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish and  Portuguese!

Her ideal meal: A tomahawk steak and a spicy margarita.

Her celebrity crushes: Ashton Kutcher and Megan Fox

According to the Sarita Natividad Copywriters

Bubbly blonde Sarita Natividad is a true beauty. The Alabama-born babe now calls Florida home, but she has amassed fans from all over the world. Sarita regularly shares cheeky pics on Instagram — and has attracted nearly 1 million followers there — but she also has a growing audience on both TikTok and Twitter.

This globe-trotting gal has been a model for six years and traveled to more than 20 countries, but the longtime college football fan still has a soft spot for the Alabama Crimson Tide!

Sarita tells Penthouse she worked as a bartender for eight years and really enjoyed interacting with patrons. But if she had to choose another job, she’d love to be a food critic. The tastemaker admits, “I think about food waaay too much and want to try everything!”

As per usual, a Subscription to Penthouse would have given you slightly more revealing photos, but honestly — shameless plug aside — once again.you will not find the kind of nudity you may associate with Penthouse even there, so don’t go looking for back issues just for that. People can be interesting even when they wear clothes (well, sort of wear clothes) we have found.

Did/do you play any sports?

I was very athletic growing up. Volleyball and track were my favorites.

What is the most exciting place you’ve ever had sex?

Photo Booth at a bar.

What is the sexiest quality a person can possess?

Having a sense of humor.

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Spain.

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Steak

If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?

Be a guy and do the helicopter ‘til I run out of breath.

How many pillows do you sleep with?

Two. One for my head and one between my legs.

What qualities do you like most about yourself?

How humble and kind I am.

What gets you in trouble?

I talk a lot.

Sarita Natividad has the appropriate availability on social media via Twitter, Instagram, or on TikTok. Of course when possible we also shout out to the Photographer and the Stylist, because … well, around here you never know when you might need a photographer or a stylist. We like to make them happy.

Film Flam & NFTs

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Gaming & Film: As the Pandemic Wanes

Gaming 2022: NFTs in Video Games

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are the latest trend in the world of art. They can cost as little as 0.1 ETH ($327) for a less-than-popular creation, to much more than 52 ETH ($170,000), the entry point for a highly sought-after Bored Ape NFT.

Beyond their artistic and monetary value, which is undoubtedly dictated by market demand and hype, NFTs are being considered for use in video games by executives at Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and Square Enix.

Video games have long featured a sort of prototype of NFTs in the form of skins and other aesthetics in titles like Fortnite, Call of Duty and Valorant, where players can spend hundreds of dollars dressing up their avatars.

However, unlike NFTs, these digital items hold no value — inherent or otherwise — and they can’t be traded in most titles. Their availability is more or less unlimited.

While many mock NFTs for being little more than limited edition JPEGs, their value exists on the blockchain, where they can be traded back and forth while earning the original artist royalties for his or her production.

Like it or not, it’s the future of art — and it isn’t solely determined by hype. The investment of numerous corporations, including Facebook’s Meta, in the development of the metaverse, and smarter NFTs that are made up of more than just images, could potentially extend their expiration date.

The future of NFTs isn’t in Bored Apes or algorithmically generated profile pictures. Instead, they offer much greater potential in the metaverse, where an NFT could literally be a room environment populated by numerous interactive objects — or even a full-fledged virtual avatar for use in a video game — or even a Pokémon that can gain experience, skills and be fully customizable. An NFT can be anything virtual.

For their implementation in video games, being limited in availability gives them a leg up over the typical microtransaction by offering players a new way to invest their time and money. Instead of buying custom cards in Hearthstone, how much cooler would it be if Activision Blizzard turned the game into a full-fledged trading card game? Players, many of whom are already eager to collect virtual cards that can’t even be traded, would certainly embrace the ability to monetize their accounts and trade their virtual possessions to other players and engage in a digital economy.

Given that NFTs are stored on a blockchain and not a centralized server, each of these items cannot be duplicated or counterfeited. Each item is unique and holds value.

And instead of paying for loot crates or season passes, players could equip and trade their aesthetics on a virtual marketplace with NFTs for their characters in games like Call of Duty and Overwatch — and potentially carry them over to future titles, or display them outside the games themselves on a metaverse client capable of translating their digital possessions.

That said, NFTs are not without their downsides. The technology is ripe for abuse, and as knowledgeable consumers, we cannot trust video game publishers to always do the right thing. Greed trumps all, and the implementation of NFTs could very easily be used to lock away exclusive content and otherwise deprive players, who’ve already paid a lump sum to buy the game, of gated content.

Imagine the pay-to-win games on mobile phones — which are the best example of greedy microtransactions — becoming more mainstream, and video games stop being about having fun and more about being able to empty your wallet faster than your opponents.

There’s also the possibility of scams. Without a unifying currency, or payment standard, many of these NFTs would depend on unreliable tokens pushed by publishers and studios intending to make a quick buck rather than foster a viable economy. An EACoin or a FortniteCoin isn’t going to be worth anything outside the games these publishers develop.

It may be years before the industry comes to terms with NFTs and implements them in ways that aren’t exploitative. As for now, any implementations for the technology are premature at best and are cash grabs at worst.

Collecting and showing off your collections certainly isn’t for everyone. It’s for a specific group of people, but it’s one that NFTs highly appeal to, and one that the game industry would not do well to neglect.

Of course the counterpoint would be: Anything purely digital can be duplicated — perfectly. So, y’know … maybe we can trust Hollywood instead.

Film 2022: The sequel to 2021

A meme made the rounds at the end of 2021, which said: “Nobody claim 2022 as ‘your year.’ We’re all going to walk in real slow. Be good. Be quiet. Be cautious. Don’t touch anything.”

It seems the film industry felt very much on board with that ethos and entered 2022 with extreme stealth and a “don’t rock the boat” mentality.

In the wake of two years of COVID-19, the whole world has ended up being conservative and playing it safe. A sense of fearing the unknown has become the norm–and maybe we’re all looking for a hero, too.

In 2021, Marvel absolutely dominated the box office, taking five of the top six spots with various franchises. Only Fast & Furious 9 (yes, nine!) broke on at No. 5, with No Time to Die, the best James Bond film in years — and possibly ever — coming in at No. 7.

Expect more of the same this year, with Marvel to continue pumping out blockbusters: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, another Spider-Man outing, and a Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

Don’t forget DC Comics’ biggest name, either. The Batman will be the latest movie installment of the Dark Knight’s adventures — featuring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, Colin Farrell as The Penguin, and Paul Dano as The Riddler — and will no doubt make for compelling viewing.

If you’re feeling a sense of déjà vu, then mention of The Matrix, Jurassic Park and Top Gun should get your ’80s and ’90s juices well and truly flowing. The Matrix Resurrections is perhaps the most interesting sequel, with the themes it covers more relevant than ever. In some areas, timing of restrictions may likely mean the unvaccinated can get to the theater to watch it — and may make up a fair portion of the audience. The red pill or the blue pill?

Top Gun: Maverick has been waiting in the wings for a couple of years due to COVID, much as the Bond film did. You can’t help feeling cheesiness is on the way, but hey, we like cheese and we like Top Gun. Jurassic World: Dominion will no doubt ramp up CGI effects to newly found heights, as will Avatar 2.

Remakes of Death on the Nile and West Side Story are also worthy of a mention, although not necessarily a viewing, as is the sequel to Sing (Sing 2) and the prequel to the Kingsman franchise (The King’s Man).

Forget innovation and quirkiness — although you will be able to find some, if you look hard enough — and enjoy high-quality familiarity on the big screen as a comfort to the craziness we’re dealing with in the real world at the moment.

Everybody stay calm, sneak into 2022 and watch a bunch of stuff at the theater that isn’t going to shock you. And (whisper it) all being well, we can go completely crazy in 2023.

Whatever else the Pandemic did, it fundamentally changed the world, and we still have not quite come to grips with what that means or how it will play out. At the risk of being overly political and risking the wrath of Our Local Brand Police, we will say this about the next couple of years with absolute certainty: No matter how crazy 2023 turns out to be, 2024 will rock some foundations one way or another.People may start talking about 2024 on November 9th of 2022. You’ll see.

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Nufseee Erotic Art

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Nufseee — Sexually-Charged Erotic Visuals

Nufseee is a Russian artist who creates sexually charged erotic art and NFTs using digital painting, watercolors, acrylics and oils. Read on to learn more about this fascinating creator.

How did you become an artist?

I have loved drawing since childhood. In kindergarten, I was approached with requests to draw. Then I entered art school and continued to draw until high school. Once there, I had to prepare for exams and think about my future profession.

Around age 14 or 15, I was already working part-time doing portraits. I was the youngest artist in my small town who was taking commissions for portraits. But the very first painting I sold was to my parents’ friends. It was a Venetian landscape painted in oils. I had a lot of free time as a child, so I painted every day and independently studied the most interesting part for me — drawing people.

I had a long break, about three to four years, because I chose another profession by mistake. I was told that artists live in poverty and nothing good awaits them. And I broke down. During my first year at the university, where I was studying to be a chemist-technologist, I realized my mistake and returned to drawing again.

I drew on canvases and painted on clothes. I managed to take part in an exhibition in the city of Krasnodar twice, and in time my paintings sold again. A year later, I gave up again. I thought my work was terrible and I couldn’t do anything myself. I stopped drawing. I tried to find myself in something else, and I dropped out of the university. After another two years, I came back with a new outlook and ideas. I worked a lot with a psychologist, and now I am again confident in what I am doing

What draws you to creating erotic images?

I see in this a certain power of feelings and emotions, natural aesthetics that many people are shy about.

Where does your inspiration come from?

I get my inspiration from people and observations of this world. I am a visual person. Anything that seems beautiful inspires me. But as strange as it sounds, I am often inspired by myself. I just feel this world differently. It’s the same with sex. For some, sex is just sport and lust. For me, it’s something more. It’s a fascinating, beautiful game of emotions and pleasures.

What mediums do you use most often?

I am currently painting in digital. But I like to paint with watercolors, acrylics and oils.

What’s the process for creating your erotic pieces?

Usually I have an idea in my head, and I look for suitable references, which I sketch and rework to fit my idea. Or I see an inspiring photo, which I re-create as I see fit.

Who would you say are your biggest artistic influences?

I try not to be someone’s fan. I take a little bit of inspiration from any artist I encounter. I try to take something useful from everyone.

What’s your experience like as an erotic artist using Instagram?

Not the best. Now I’m trying to do more self-censorship of my posts because Instagram has blocked my most explicit and hottest pictures.

Do you ever struggle with censorship?

I realized it was useless, and I try not to take risks now, because I heard many stories of how Instagram deletes accounts like mine after a while.

What do you personally find erotic or sexy?

The sexiest thing is to be natural. To experience real feelings and emotions.

Tell us something interesting about you or something that we might not expect.

Sometimes I paint myself when I cannot find suitable references. And I have done it very often. I also study porn, looking for beautiful compositions.

Artists in Russia must be having a pretty tough time of it these days, so if you find yourself wishing to connect, you can try Instagram, Twitter, or even OpenSea. Positive vibes help everyone.

Megan Hilton

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Temporary Lodging with Megan Hilton

Height: 5’3″
Hometown: Medellin, Columbia
Measurements: 32C-20-28
Fun Fact: Loves Cats

The ever-so-sultry Megan Hilton enjoys relaxing at home during her free time, but she also has a hunger to explore the world. “Those who travel are enriched, grow personally and are nourished by other cultures and other ways of life,” she says. “All this improves our knowledge and makes us better.”

It’s hard to imagine Megan could be any better than she already is, but we’re eager to see where life takes this intriguing performer.

What is your favorite thing about your hometown?

I love the weather, the people and the food!

If you could do anything for a day, what would it be?

I’d like to be a pilot, so I could travel anywhere in the world. I love seeing new places, and one of my goals is to visit every island in the Caribbean.

If you could live anywhere, where would you choose?

I would live everywhere where there is beach, hot sun and cool nights.

Describe your ideal date.

My perfect date would be on an island in the Maldives with a tall, strong and muscular man. Someone’s who’s smart, thoughtful and romantic.

What’s your favorite type of movie?

I am a hopeless romantic, so any romantic movie.

What is the most daring thing Megan Hilton has ever done?

I try to be a good girl, so I don’t do a lot of daring things. But I definitely have a naughty side.

So we were not entirely clear on the difference between “daring” and “naughty” in a practical sense, but we can tell the difference between a few questions with answers by Megan Hilton and more of those questions and answers. Truly we have a dizzying intellect. (And we also have apologies to S. Morgenstern, Rob Reiner, and Wesley for stealing that line from The Princess Bride.)

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why?

Being a world traveler, as I LOVE to travel!

What are your pet peeves?

People who are late or always have excuses for something.

How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

LOL … You mean to get me out of bed? About an hour or two …

What are you most proud of?

Being able to give my parents a roof over their head and having my own condo.

What is the sexiest quality a person can possess?

Being honest, friendly, and helpful.

Oddly, Ms. Megan Hilton has very different accounts at Intstagram (bymh03) and Twitter (MeganHilton398), so naturally we linked them both. You can find out many things there more interesting than “a stunning goddess who gives her all in front of the camera and leaves her fans satisfied.” … Good grief. That’s almost embarrassing. … On the upside, we do remember the “movie” they made called “Medellin” in the excellent television series from HBO named “Entourage” — so that was fun.]