Nerve Press Release
Nerve and IFC Present the 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema
Sites join forces to unveil 10 tantalizing film picks each day this week, with sexy celluloid from over a century of cinema
Filming pretty people sans clothing is easy; creating a memorable sex scene—be it erotic or hilariously, poignantly awkward—is hard. Nerve.com and The Independent Film Channel (IFC) pooled their vast knowledge of sexy and indie, turned the lights off, and studied over a century of movie sex to find the 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema.
Nerve and IFC will launch ten movie picks each day this week, counting down to #1 on Friday, August 3. From Shaft to Shortbus to Catherine Keener on top in Being John Malkovich, the list encompasses prison sex, piano erotica, Parisian teens and plenty of beauties and beasts.
Sifting through celluloid from 1896 to 2006 was no easy task. Fans might notice that certain standards were purposefully omitted from the list. Nerve and IFC chose the 50 sex scenes as a launching point for readers to share their opinions; much like the real thing, they fully expect a rowdy debate on what makes good sex. Visit www.Nerve.com and www.IFC.com each day this week to see the most honest, brutal, and beautiful sex scenes from the past century.
Called “one of the hottest online magazines” by Vanity Fair, and “Playboy’s body with The New Yorker’s Brain” by Entertainment Weekly, Nerve has been publishing award-winning essays and photography, stimulating reporting, and side-splitting commentary daily since 1997. Nerve features include Sex Advice From…, Position of the Day, horoscopes, film reviews, celebrity interviews, photo galleries, video and more. Nerve is owned by Nerve Media, publisher of www.Babble.com, the acclaimed new parenting magazine and community, as well as books, film, and other media.
Nerve.com Presents The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema
The online magazine I’m working at this summer, Nerve.com, just published The 50 Best Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema, a collaboration with the Independent Film Channel (IFC). IFC will be doing an Indie Sex series this week with affable host Dita Von Teese!
They’re releasing the list incrementally—my write up for Fur:An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is in today’s edition, so check it out! There will be more to come… but I can’t spill on what’s number one!
Instead, check out Ms. Von Teese. Mmm. Dita-licious. She’s perfect as a hostess of hot sex in cinema.
Mommy needs a martini!
Pray tell, gentle reader, what are your favorite cinematic sex scenes?
the internet is crazy, and some quickies
So, uh, it looks like my uber-professional “commentary” about naked parties at Penn isn’t dying anytime soon.
CBS picked up the story, and I’ve been deluged with hits from people discussing it on Fark.com and (not very flatteringly) on Crewcial. Hey, folks! I promise my life does not consist in chugging kegs and running around sans underclothes with frat boys. Really.
Someone at Fark uploaded this picture. The caption kills me:
Hey, anything for publicity, right?
In the meantime, check out these Valentine’s Day quickies:
- Zoos all over America are holding “Woo at the Zoo” tours for couples to watch some hot animal fucking. Quick, somebody alert Daniel Radcliffe!
- Having trouble deciding between a Hitachi and a Rabbit Pearl this V-Day? Fleshbot has you covered with their Valentine’s Day sex toy gift guide.
- Modern Love, the splendid New York Times sex column, has a special V-Day list of romantic bon mots this week.
- My super friend and coworker Maria Tessa Sciarrino is doing a “Lovers Rock” show tomorrow, 4-6 PM Eastern time, on the famazing University of Pennsylvania independent station WQHS.org. Listen to it!
- And for you Valentine’s Day haters out there, NPR put together a “Songs for the Dumped” playlist.
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Coming soon I’ll have a post up about this new blog I’ve been checking out, Confessions of a College Call Girl, and Sexerati’s latest series about the marginalization of sex workers, “The Pink Ghetto”. Oh, and SexandtheIvy, aka Lena Chen, is living it up in Manhattan with me this summer. Cue requisite Carrie Bradshaw theme music, except unlike Ms. B, hopefully we won’t suck.
Happy V-Day, folks! On this amorous holiday, please love (and fuck) responsibly.
quickies
- The sexy and gracious Rachel Kramer Bussel granted me an interview about her latest book on voyeurism/exhibitionism, Caught Looking, her thoughts about the all-too-bandied about Carrie Bradshaw label, and what’s next on her plate after the end of her column Lusty Lady at The Village Voice. Check it out right here—Rachel’s one of my inspirations in the world of sex writing, and her passion for the craft shows in all of her answers.
- The sex blog I write for (besides the occasional sexy entry on this one), Viviane’s Sex Carnival , is one of the nominees for the Dirty Spoke Sex Blog of the Year awards! Check it:
Click to vote here ! Also up is my favorite Ms Lena Chen over at Sex and the Ivy in multiple categories—Sex and the Ivy is one of the most frank, honest, and well-written sex n’ college blogs out there. So vote for Viviane’s Sex Carnival and vote for Lena!
- Speaking of Sex and the Ivy, Lena will be in Philadelphia for a week to chillax with me and discover everything sexy in Philly. Want to go out with us to Woody’s? Want to hobnob with Lena and Passional owner Kali Morgan on the inevitable South Street run? Let me know! I want to show Ms. Chen the best—and the hottest—this city has to offer.
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I made it into this week's Sugasm!
We’re celebrating a milestone this week. Thanks to all of our sexy writers we’ve made it to our 50th Sugasm. Congratulations!
Mon 16th Oct, 06
The best of the sex blogs this week by the bloggers who blog them. Spotlighting the top 3 posts voted by Sugasmer participants. Want in Sugasm #51? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the linklist within a week and you’re all set.
This Week’s Picks
Dear Diary - Part One (http://wetbeyondbelief.blogspot.com)
The Lure of Darkness (http://www.easilyaroused.co.uk)
Flash (http://gentlygently.blogspot.com)Mr. Sugasm Himself
50 Simultaneous Bloggasm’s… (http://sugarbank.com)Editors’ Choice
(Sugasm participants should re-post all the links above. The following links may be excluded as long as you include all the above links.)
Let go, just let go (http://sugarbutch.blogspot.com)
Sex News and Sexy Reviews
Anastasia Probes the Pornos of Michael Ninn (http://blog.johnqafterhours.com)
Doc Johnson Dick Rambone Cock (http://www.orgasmarmy.com)
Free whores of warcraft video (http://sultry.naughtyblog.net)
How to invent a sex toy - week 4 (http://sextoysinsider.com)
The Secret Porn History of Mahna Mahna (http://www.quirkysex.com/blog)NSFW Pics
Cum Shot HNT (http://stilettodiaries.blogspot.com)
Crazy Bitch HNT!!! (http://texasspitfire.blogspot.com)
Half-Nekkid Hottie (http://www.tarasnaughtyshop.com)
HNT 31 - Are You Paying Me For Sex Edition? (http://everythingoze.blogspot.com)
Lingerie Battle (http://myhotbox.blogspot.com)
Nora Marlo Nude (http://eroticandy.blogspot.com)
Pornstar Legends (http://www.internetisforporn.com)
Thick booty with a wedgie (http://phatbootysolos.ilovejulienight.com)
Valia - Vision (http://hotboxbabe.thumblogger.com)Thoughts on Sex and Relationships
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (http://saphirsatya.blogspot.com)
The “backdoor”, I went in. (http://wanklog.blogspot.com)
Big Dicks (http://www.model-chat.com)
Celebrity Sex Tapes (http://www.teen-porn-site.com)
Cock size & male ego size… a balancing act? (http://faltenin.blogspot.com)
Cocktoberfest - Day 9 (http://shayssexcolumn.blogspot.com)
From Working The Fields To Working The Streets (http://virtual-sex-tourist.com/index.php)
The Girl Inside the Steff (http://smutandsteff.com)
Longing for a Woman’s Touch Part II (http://www.taratainton.com)
The next best thing to hotel sex… (http://hard-and-fast.blogspot.com)
Of fluffers and cake frosting (https://jessicagoldharalson.com)
Perfect Porn Part (http://alwaysarousedgirl.blogspot.com
Sexual Thoughts–I’m “Coping!” (http://totalsensuality.blogspot.com)
Somebody not too bright but sweet and kind… (http://lumpesse.com)
Wrap Around (http://www.seskuality.com)
You Say Pain, They Say Play (http://cuntinglinguist.blogspot.com)BDSM and Fetish
Are you sure? (http://www.blog.sex-mad-witch.com)
Boris called me this morning (http://thediaryofanenglishrose.blogspot.com)
Darth Vader spanking (http://darkside-journey.blogspot.com)
How does that ass feel after Me raping you??? (http://www.caramelvixen.com)
I Need A Spanking! (http://accidentalmistress.blogspot.com)
The Importance of Correct Attire (http://adelehaze.com)
Knots (http://ourdreaming.blogspot.com)
Mecca-Streisand of Traffic (http://spankingkatiespades.blogspot.com)
My Tiny Dick Poll Question (http://www.spoiledebonyprincess.com)
Next day (http://bratmaster.blogspot.com)
Nothing Says Innocence Like…… (http://aliceinawonderbra.blogspot.com)Sex Work
L.A. Trip Part 2- Mismatched Whores (http://radicalvixen.com/blog)
Stimulating me…..the right way (http://www.justcalllauren.com)
A Whore By Any Other Name … (http://lipstickexplosion.com)Erotic Writing and Experiences
Playful Valia on the beach courtesy of Hot Box Babes.
Actually wanking outside (http://orgasmcurious.blogspot.com)
Almost in real time… (http://dontwakethekids.blogspot.com)
Beachside encounter (http://skyoto.blogspot.com/)
The Beauty of the Beast (http://principles-of-lust.blogspot.com)
Birthday Gift (http://confessions112.blogspot.com)
Claiming A Friend’s Pussy (http://dirtydetails.blogspot.com)
Cowboy Cocksucker (http://theholidaylife.blogspot.com)
Desperate (http://pick-up-pieces.blogspot.com)
Goose Bumps (http://masterenigma.blogspot.com)
Home cooking, part 1 (http://erotischism.blogspot.com)
Island Love (http://mandyseroticlife.blogspot.com)
Mr Henry is a voyeur (http://junohenry.wordpress.com)
My First Taste (http://talktovanessa.com)
Nature Hike (http://wantonyou.blogspot.com)
Sugar Stick (http://makemycopcome.blogspot.com)
There’s Something About Tristan (and Dana) (http://lustylady.blogspot.com)
Who I Wished It Was (http://nyc-urban-gypsy.blogspot.com)
