36 h. ago Two NYPD officers are charged with robbing and forcibly touching a sex worker

Two New York City police officers are charged with robbing and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint of an illegal brothel

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6 d. ago Shocking marriage secrets of Hawaii doctor 'who tried to murder his nuclear engineer wife at beauty spot'

A Hawaii doctor who allegedly tried to murder his nuclear engineer wife has a complicated background that includes a sex worker ex-wife.

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1 week ago Mortuary worker charged with removing genitals of convicted sex offender

Amber Laudermilk, 34, reportedly stabbed the man's groin twice with a scalpel before cutting off his penis and stuffing it in his mouth at the Texas mortuary she worked in

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2 w. ago Morgue worker cut off sex offender's privates and shoved them in his mouth before cremation

Amber Laudermilk allegedly mutilated the body of convicted sex offender Charles Rodriguez as she prepared his corpse for cremation as an embalming student watched in shock

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3 w. ago Wife of man killed by sex worker and her pimp in Las Vegas sues his hotel

The wife of Jeffrey Jacoby has sued Las Vegas’ Venetian and Palazzo for failing to alert her husband about the robbery threat

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3 w. ago Widow sues Las Vegas hotel after husband died during sex worker hook

Jeff Jacoby, 55, was in Las Vegas for a work conference when he met sex worker Cheylee Kessee at the Palazzo hotel. He was later found dead from a fentanyl overdose

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3 w. ago Widow sues Las Vegas hotel The Palazzo after husband dies during £775 sex worker hook

Jeff Jacoby, 55, was found dead in his hotel room at The Palazzo hotel in Las Vegas having had a fentanyl overdose during a meeting with a $1,000 sex worker

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3 w. ago Failed asylum seeker who was not deported despite repeated crimes against women is jailed after raping a sex worker

Iranian national Salih Mahmoudi, 42, struck in the early hours of the morning on August 21, 2023.

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3 w. ago Anora is nothing new – Hollywood has always been obsessed with sex workers

Mikey Madison is the latest in a line of actors dating back to Louise Brooks to win Oscars depicting the sex trade. Why this is, and whether it lessens the stigma of such work, is an open questionAnora emerged triumphant from last week’s Academy Awards presentation, winning five Oscars including best actress for Mikey Madison for her performance as Ani, a sex worker who elopes with the feckless son of a Russian oligarch, only to find herself at odds with his powerful family and their henchmen. As in his previous films, writer-director Sean Baker shows generosity and affection for the marginalised characters, and especially for its heroine. Even when she gets roughed up, it’s played for laughs and you’re confident she won’t meet one of the sad fates of screen sex workers of yore, such as Louise Brooks as Lulu, stabbed to death in Pandora’s Box, or Vivien Leigh as Myra, who throws herself under a lorry in Waterloo Road.Madison said in her acceptance speech, “I also just want to again ...

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3 w. ago JAN MOIR: Why is everyone pretending there is nothing wrong with being a sex worker?

Anora is the first film since Pretty Woman in 1990 to present being a prostitute as an everyday, unremarkable career option for a smart young woman. And shouldn't we be worried about that?

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4 w. ago ‘I want to see that movie’: Brighton Beach residents on Anora’s Oscar triumph

Mikey Madison called out the Brooklyn seaside setting on Oscar night. How did locals feel the morning after?Anora’s Mikey Madison may have won the Oscar for best actress, but the real star of Sean Baker’s madcap anti-love story was New York’s Brighton Beach.Situated on the southern shore of Brooklyn, next to Coney Island, the tight-knit Russian and eastern European enclave retains a midcentury, pre-gentrification charm. In the film, it is the fairytale setting for Madison’s Anora, a sex worker who falls for and marries the childish son of a Russian oligarch. When the honeymoon period abruptly ends, Anora’s husband runs away and leaves her the hostage of his father’s goons – and Brighton Beach’s boardwalk begins to feel more sinister. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Sex worker who consulted Mikey Madison in Oscar Best Picture Anora reveals which scenes went too far

Andrea Werhun says she risked being 're-traumatized' by the most brutal moments in the movie, including when Mikey Madison's character 'Ani' is assaulted by a pair of Russian mobsters.

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4 w. ago Inside controversial world of sex workers who service disabled people

Legal licensed sex workers Hannah Whitmore Foxx and Jupiter Jetson, both of Nevada, revealed how they cater to and adapt services to clients with physical and cognitive disabilities.

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last month Anora sweeps the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress and Adrien Brody wins for The Brutalist

Sean Baker’s film picked up five awards including best picture while Israel-Palestine documentary No Other Land also gets major winOscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updatesSee complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetLow-budget comedy Anora has triumphed at this year’s Oscars winning five Oscars, including best picture and best actress while Adrien Brody took home best actor.Anora, which follows Mikey Madison’s sex worker who gets married to the son of a Russian oligarch, premiered at the Cannes film festival last year and has become the fourth Palme d’Or winner to be named best picture. Continue reading...

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last month Anora dominates the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress and Adrien Brody wins for The Brutalist

Sean Baker’s film picks up five awards including best picture while Israel-Palestine documentary No Other Land also gets major win• Oscars 2025 – follow live Academy Awards updates• Complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetLow-budget comedy Anora has triumphed at this year’s Oscars winning five Oscars, including best picture and best actress while Adrien Brody took home best actor.Anora, which follows Mikey Madison’s sex worker who gets married to the son of a Russian oligarch, premiered at the Cannes film festival last year and has become the fourth Palme d’Or winner to be named best picture. Continue reading...

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