X3 2026

This month, the fan-centric X3 Expo returned to the Hollywood Palladium with its 5th and biggest show on January 16-17 following the XBIZ LA conference. With the weather reaching 80 degrees that weekend, attendance was at an all-time high with more involvement from companies and performers signing. Agency booths made a return with ATMLA, InvisionModels, and OCModeling after an absence since the initial show.

X3 feature models Romi Rain, Violet Brandani, Anna Claire Clouds, Cherie Deville, Aubrey Kate, and Hailey Rose

The layout for the booths changed again with AdultEmpire and Elegant Angel sharing the only booth set upstairs. Ricky’s Room, Fleshlight, and Brazzers were the most popular booths downstairs.

That Saturday included a musical performance by The Game. Hate It or Love It, the crowd ate it up. I didn’t attend the XMAs on the following Sunday, but everyone looked beautiful from the red carpet shots I’ve seen.

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Exxxotica New Jersey 2025

The Exxxotica tour stopped in Edison, New Jersey, the busiest stop for its 20th anniversary tour. After covering many iterations over the past 15 years, you get a hang of the layout, the industry performers who sign, the people behind the scenes, and also the regular attendees.

I’m rather uncomfortable when strangers come up to me to talk about my work when I tend to keep my profile low online. I don’t know how they would know me from one photographer to another, but they do. It is more to my amusement when industry people who have met me over many years yet mistake me for someone else.

Loyalfans generally had the busiest booth with Brandi Love and Alex Coal holding court. The BJ Raw / Got Filled booth was also busy with Blake Blossom, Lilly Bell, and Charlotte Sins representing. Kallie Taylor was also prancing around with her best impression of AJ Lee.

Tadpole and his crew with Lillith Grace, Lola Aiko, Madison Wilde, Sophia Cruise, and Mercy Muse

Pro-am producer Tadpole had a large and busy booth at this show with multiple signers. These girls worked tirelessly all day and then shot scenes into the night. If you weren’t participating in some random orgy, Exxxotica still offered multiple parties at the host hotel to continue to network.

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