Australian Penthouse would like to invite you to Minx on Wednesday, September 1, for the NSW Pet of the Year finals!

Performances by our Aussie Babes 2010 winner, and 2010 Miss Centerfold ‘Miss Oceania’ winner, Zahra Stardust, as well as a full spread of shows by our Pets of the Month: Ayva, Jewell and Erica.

Director: Stuart Beattie

Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Deniz Akdeniz, Lincoln Lewis, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings

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IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 2

BASED on the first in a series of acclaimed novels by John Marsden, Tomorrow, When the War Began explores what might happen if Australia was invaded and occupied by a hostile foreign power.

At the heart of the action are seven teenagers, who leave a fictional country town called Wirrawee to go camping in a beautiful remote area incongruously known as ‘Hell’. While they’re there, forming and furthering romances and generally having fun, they see a large number of military aircraft fly overhead. While they acknowledge it as strange, they don’t think too much of it…until they arrive back in Wirrawee and find the place deserted.

Worried about their families, the kids split up into three groups and discover that the townsfolk are being held captive at the local showground by a ruthless, unidentified army. Led by the pragmatic Homer (Akdeniz) and resilient Ellie (Stasey), the friends decide to fight back and wage a guerrilla war against the heavily armed invaders.

Filmed entirely in New South Wales, primarily in Raymond Terrace and the Blue Mountains, Tomorrow, When the War Began is one of the best Australian movies to emerge in recent years. While it’s obviously aimed at teens and young adults – just like the book – the action sequences are as good as you’ll see in any Hollywood blockbuster and the performances are engaging, particularly from Caitlin Stasey and Deniz Akdeniz.

With six more novels in the series, the film-makers hope Tomorrow… will become an international Twilight-like phenomenon, and the potential is certainly there.

American cable station HBO is developing a show about the porn industry in California in conjunction with Entourage and Boardwalk Empire executive  producers Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson.

The series will follow the trials of an adult film company as it fights to stay solvent  as seen through the eyes of an ingenue adult actress.

James Frey is writing the pilot for the show, which he describes as: “…a sprawling epic about the porn business in LA. We’re going to tell the type of stories no one else has told before, and go places no one has gone before.”

Home from America and excited about the future, Aussie country music star Catherine Britt talks to Penthouse about her new self-titled album, songwriting, and her not-entirely-pure love for Hank Williams

The new album is simply titled Catherine Britt. Does it mark some sort of reinvention for you?
A little bit, yeah. It was actually Kasey Chambers who called me one day and said, “I think this album is really about you getting back to your roots and I don’t think you can call it anything other than Catherine Britt.” It just really made sense in the end.

How have you changed as an artist?
In a lot of ways, I guess. I started out pretty young and kinda made music that just made me feel good. When I went over to America, I got a little side-tracked. I don’t think I ever compromised, but I was starting to mentally give up. It was when I started getting in that frame of mind that I knew I had to walk away, go home and find myself again. I wasn’t inspired and I was going to start making music for the wrong reasons, and I didn’t get into the industry to write a song just for a radio station. I’m really happy to be back home making the music I want to make.

What’s your favourite track on the new album?
It changes daily, but I’ve got a real fondness for every track for different reasons. It’s a very diverse album.

There are some great, happy songs on the record…
Yeah, there are, which is surprising because I’ve always struggled to write a happy song. So yay!

Can you describe your writing process?
It’s sort of different every time. I get really inspired by other music, and life experience, of course.  I also like a project – I knew I had an album to write and that focused me. Once I start writing, it’s pretty straightforward.

You’ve known producer Bill Chambers for a long time. What was it like to work so closely with him on Catherine Britt?
I’ve known Bill since I was about 11 and he’s always been involved with my career. He produced my first EP and my first album, and then he went over to Nashville with me and co-produced my second album, Too Far Gone. After that, we kinda lost touch, but when I came back to Australia and got my shit together, I realised he was the person I needed to be in contact with again. It was actually his advice to get Shane Nicholson, Kasey Chambers’ husband, on board for the project. It just sort of became this big family affair again, which is good because that’s how it started out for me.

Will you go back to Nashville or are you home for good?
I definitely want to go back to America, but not to live. I can’t predict the future, but I don’t see it making sense for me ever again. I really love Australia and I just want to live here.

What are the best and worst aspects of being a professional musician?
The best aspect is everything! We have this very blessed, creative way of living, and then you get to tour and party and have a great time. I guess the only downside is that when there’s not a lot going on, it can get a bit boring.

Do you have any advice for aspiring country artists?
You’ve really got to put in the hard work in the beginning and keep it going or you’ll be quickly forgotten. I’ve had a lucky path in a lot of ways, but I’ve also seen a lot of things that maybe I shouldn’t have seen by 25, and I think that just comes with the industry. People sort of sit around on their couches and wait for the record labels to come to them; what they don’t realise is you’ve got to go out and get that stuff. I worked my arse off to get my record deals and write my songs.

Who are you listening to right now?
I’ve been rediscovering a lot of old artists recently, such as American minstrel performer Emmett Miller, Hank Williams and Lucinda Williams. And I’m listening to a lot of Old Crow Medicine Show – I just love their stuff!

Fantasy duet?
I hate to be predictable, but definitely Hank Williams. He’s everything to me. If he was alive, I’d marry him and have lots of duets with him!

At the end of the day, how would you like to be remembered?
As someone who always made music that was true to me, and that I never compromised.

Catherine Britt is available now. Check out www.catherinebritt.com for news and upcoming gigs.

Premier Melbourne gentleman’s club, The Men’s Gallery, is offering an exclusive membership to subscribers of Australian Penthouse magazine.

The complimentary Black Membership is an “invitation only” offer extended exclusively to Australian Penthouse subscribers.

To register your interest in securing a Black Membership, simply enter the Promotional Code listed on page 60 in the latest edition of Australian Penthouse magazine and complete the application form on The Men’s Gallery website (www.mensgallery.com.au), and you’re done!

The Men’s Gallery is Australia’s largest table dancing venue, open 7 days per week. The Men’s Gallery is the host venue of the 2010 Australian Penthouse Pet of the Year grand final, to be held on Thursday September 16, so secure your membership early to enjoy the benefits!

The Men’s Gallery
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(03) 9670 0331
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It is that time of the year again – Boobs On Bikes^® will be hitting Auckland’s Queen Street from 12:30 pm on Wednesday 11th August 2010 for our annual freedom of expression ride.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS:

C. Mason, Upper Coomera, Qld

M. Bilney, Loganholme, Qld

D. Robert, Beaconsfield, Vic

D. Stubbings, Childers, Qld

R. Berry, Grovedale, Vic

E. Donato, Wantirna South, Vic

S. Johnston, Queanbeyan, NSW

L. Courtney, Dongara, WA

T. Boulter, Port Denison, WA

M. Bembo, Avondale Heights, Vic

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June 2010 Pet of the Month, Erica Everhart, will be performing in Perth and Queensland throughout July.

Erica will be dancing at Perth’s Voodoo Lounge from July 13 to July 24, and judging Miss Centerfold while she’s there.

She’ll then head to Mackay in time for the mining expo, appearing at Showbar 140 from July 26 to July 31.

Congratulations Zahra Stardust!

Zahra is the winner of the Australian Penthouse 2010 Aussie Babes competition!

Discover more about Zahra!

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Brothel owners fear that sex workers will flee underground when prostitution is legalised in Western Australia next year.

In a bid to increase standards of health and safety for sex workers, WA Attorney-General Christian Porter will introduce legislation to regulate the sex industry.

The new legislation will require brothels to be licensed and restricted to designated commercial and industrial areas, keeping them out of residential suburbs.

Sex workers will have to register with a central agency and undergo mandatory health and blood checks.

While brothel owners welcome the regulation of sex venues, they have expressed concerns about workers having to identify themselves and share personal details on a register.

“This will lead a lot of workers into going underground,” North Perth brothel owner Donna McGuirk told The West Australian.

“We are quite lucky in WA in that we don’t have girls working with organised crime, but the sensitivity of this information that they want the girls to hand over means that many will try to work outside the system.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 10 WINNERS

J. Coad, Glenorchy, TAS.
C. Ward, Morwell, VIC.
K. Gray, Fullarton, SA.
D. Hicks, Geelong West, VIC.
D. Garret, Doncaster East, VIC.
T. Glover, Templestowe, VIC.
V. Huxley, Carindale, QLD.
A. Fowler, Valley View, SA.
E. Coyne, Glebe, NSW.
A. Webster, Noble Park, VIC.

SEGA and Australian Penthouse are offering 10 readers the chance to get their mitts on a copy of hot new RPG Alpha Protocol on either PS3 or Xbox 360 format (SRP$99.95 each).
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NEW South Wales police raids on Sydney adult stores across the long weekend is proof that the Federal Government is beholden to the interests of the Christian right, according to Australian Sex Party President, Fiona Patten.

“I challenge the Premier, the Police Commissioner and Independents in the parliament to deny that their religious beliefs are contributing to this moral crusade,” said Ms Patten.

In the past three weeks, police raids have been carried out on two Kings Cross adult shops and an X-rated DVD warehouse in the Sydney inner west suburb of Marrickville. The raids closed the shops, and 90 per cent of stock was seized. Though the sale of X-rated material has been illegal in NSW for some time, it is a ban that has rarely been enforced by authorities.

Fifteen officers spent a day breaking open tills and safes and commandeering shop records, at an estimated cost of $100,000 to the taxpayer. The raids are the most recent move in an intensifying backlash against adult entertainment.

A Sydney adult shop owner was sentenced to jail in May for selling federally classified X rated films judged by Commonwealth censors as suitable for all Australians.

“The NSW police have spent millions of dollars this year pursuing adult retailers, where this money should have been spent on solving murders and dealing with assault and property crimes,” claims Ms Patten.

Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon has also spoken out against the current state of legislation in NSW. “I struggle to think of a less productive use of NSW Police’s valuable time than having fifteen officers spend an entire day confiscating material that is legal for the public to own,” she said.

Ms Rhiannon said the currently ambiguous regulation of X-rated material was needless, and forced the material out of adults-only premises and into places like newsagents and petrol stations. “It doesn’t make sense for the sale of non-violent erotica to be illegal, given that it is legal to possess it. Non-violent erotica is classified as containing consensual sexually explicit activity between adults. It does not contain violence or coercion, nor does it depict people under 18 years of age,” she said.

But the Attorney-General’s office, and the Christian Democrats MLC Fred Nile, do not consider the ban to be ambiguous or unnecessary.

“This approach maintains the position against pornography, but avoids the outcome of criminalising visitors from the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory,” an Attorney-General spokesperson said.

Mr Nile said he wanted to take it a step further.

“Pornography, especially material that is currently illegal, is exploitative, disempowering and degrading to women and children, not to mention the significant harm it can inflict as a conditioning catalyst for sexual assault,” he said.

Mr Nile said he would be introducing a Bill to have the possession of X-rated material banned.