Sweetheart Video’s Nica Noelle is hosting a fundraiser for Stephanie Swift, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer, on on March 10 in Santa Monica.

The event will take place from 9 pm to 2 am at the V Lounge and 100 percent of the $10 entry fee will be donated to Swift’s fund.

“Stephanie has completed chemotherapy but she has yet to undergo surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes,” said Noelle, who is Swift’s close friend. “She’s been fighting heroically for months now, and it’s been terribly difficult on all levels, not least of all financially.”

“She has been so brave, and it’s been heartbreaking to watch her endure the pain of this last year,” Noelle said. “Everyone who cares about Stephanie or has ever enjoyed one of her films should attend this fundraiser, just to give moral support if nothing else.”

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I hate writing about sad things here on HM4Her. I mean, who wants to come check out hot porn and get a screen full of bad news? But alas, not everything in life is blowjobs and orgasms, which itself is pretty sad, so here goes:

Adult star Stephanie Swift has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.  The 1998 AVN Female Performer of the Year will undergo a double masectomy later this month.  A performer for more than ten years, Swift worked as a longtime Wicked contract girl and has a catalogue of 350+ movies, including a recent inclusion in friend Nica Noelle’s Sweetheart Video/Sweet Sinner productions.

“Stephanie is about to face the biggest fight of her life,” Noelle said. “Everyone who loves her is devastated. We’re all praying for her full recovery.”

“Stephanie Swift is one of the greatest performers in the history of adult films,” said Jon B., owner of Sweetheart Video and Sweet Sinner Films. “She has starred in many of our productions, and we consider her part of the family. We’re deeply saddened by this news.”

“We’re asking that anyone who has ever enjoyed a Stephanie Swift film, or has felt personally touched by this beautiful girl in any way, contribute to her well-being,” Noelle said. “Every little bit helps.”

Noelle adds that all who contribute $100 or more to Swift’s fight against cancer will receive a free copy of Stephanie Loves Girls! an all-girl Sweetheart Video feature starring Swift, Elexis Monroe and Satine Phoenix.

For more info about the Stephanie Swift Cancer Fund, check out AVN.

Sigh.  We love Stephanie Swift and her boobs and hope to see her back on the porno screen soon.

Our best wishes go out to Stephanie.  Get Well Soon!

xoxo
-J.D. Bauchery and the ladies of HM4Her

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Studio: Sweet Sinner Category: Erotica

One of the most frequently asked questions I get as a woman that works for a porn site specifically for women is for recommendations for straight movies that are more than just guys banging girls. I get this question so much that I’ve started a running list of good movies I see to make sure I have the answer on hand whenever it comes up. I mention my list because this Sweet Sinner film is going straight (no pun intended) to the top! The perfect mix of sensuality, intimacy and hardcore XXX, this movie focuses on way more than waiting for some dude to blow his load. Of course, how could it not be awesome, it’s directed by Sweetheart Video’s Nica Noelle. Branching out from the all girl movies that Sweetheart produces, Noelle started Sweet Sinner with the hopes that she could use the same formula that made Sweetheart so successful – real sex, real positions and real intimacy. Nica’s philosophy sometimes cost her getting a perfect XXX shot, but instead she was able to get something that other porn sometimes lack – the feeling that you are watching sex and not porn.

My favorite scene of the bunch was the last, with stepmother Dolores (Michelle Lay) getting it on with her step-daughter’s fiancé Jack (Alan Stafford). It’s a little risqué from the plot’s perspective, but the sex is definitely right on target. They start in the shower, where Dolores walks in on Jack, well, jacking off. Soon they are on the bed, fucking each other from one end to the other. I love that the scene doesn’t seem rushed or contrived at all. The stars are both totally into it and seem to be having a great time. Sure the housekeeper walks in on their dirty little secret, but like them, we’ll deal with that when the time comes, which is sadly in the next movie to come.

Nice work Sweet Sinner, I can’t wait to see what comes next!
-J.D. Bauchery

There are certain porn “milestones” that cause one to take a moment to reflect upon. My first scene with Stephanie Swift was one. My scene with Nina Hartley was another. And now, my intense scene with the one and only Ginger Lynn has gained status as one of the most memorable and auspicious of all.

I met Ginger for the first time at Playboy Radio more than a year ago, when I was a guest on “Nightcalls.” She let me suck on her nipples and give her a spanking On Air — tasks I considered myself unworthy of performing, but which I hoped to carry out with some degree of competence. I found Ginger to be wild and adorable in equal doses, and I wanted to find some way to work with her again. In fact, when an interviewer at that year’s AVN show asked what my biggest wish was, I responded, “to cast Ginger Lynn.”

So when my good friend Powder called me a few months back and asked if I would be a guest on Ginger’s RudeTV show “Dirty Divas” I immediately accepted. I dolled myself up in a taffeta mini dress and stripper heels, piled on the sparkly eye shadow, and headed for Porn Valley.

The show was a blast. Ginger kept telling me all night how beautiful I was and I was dizzy with the attention. Then, toward the end, she went down on me, and continued to eat my pussy even after the cameras stopped rolling. I told her I wanted to devote an entire video to her, and soon. She said she’d only agree if I would be one of her costars.
(Oh, twist my arm, why don’t you?)

So the day of our scene arrived. Ginger had instructed me the day before to “buy some cucumbers and put them in the freezer before I get there.” She’d asked if I had any “rules” for the scene (i.e., no anal, no hair pulling, no finger fucking, etc.) and when I said “No, do anything you want to me,” her eyes lit up. So, cucumbers it was.

The scene was unlike anything I’d done before. Ginger grinded her pussy against my entire body as I Iay face down on my tummy, then she made me eat her pussy while she kneeled in front of me. Then, she asked for the cucumbers. They’d been in the freezer all day and were solid as ice; long, hard and a deceptively mellow, translucent shade of green. (I resisted the urge to ask if this would make me a “vaginaterian.”)

Ginger took the cucumber and teased my pussy with it, which burned terribly and made me go numb but at the same time turned me on in ways I didn’t understand. I stuck a finger in my mouth and sucked on it to distract myself from the pain. I thought of my most sadistic lover, and I wanted nothing more than his cock in my ass to offset the pain in my pussy. So I requested a butt plug and Ginger stuck it in. So I had a cucumber in my pussy and a butt plug in my ass, and the pain and pleasure was almost more than I could stand.

Time literally stood still. In fact, I thought we’d only been filming for 10 minutes or so, but my cameraman suddenly said “We’re past 50 minutes now, just to let you know. We’ll have to put in a new tape.”
But I didn’t want it to end.

Scenes like that, which truly challenge me and introduce me to new and intense sensations, are the best part of being a performer. In those moments where I’m alone with my fantasies while the camera catches my every expression are to me the essence of true art and authentic erotica. Ginger is a true erotic performer, and she knows how to get her costars to that intense, highly personal place. It was a gift and a privilege to be her costar, and it’s something I’ll always look back on with a mixture of awe and pride. Every day I’m more convinced that the people I work with are among the most special and magical the world has to offer, and I’m so grateful to have even a small place among them.

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Studio: Sweetheart Video Category: Lesbian

I’ve been waiting for Sweetheart Video’s first release since I first got word that Nica Noelle had decided to put out her own line of lesbian erotica. Fans of hot girl-on-girl action should already be familiar with Noelle, who previously worked as Sydni Ellis, from her amazing work with Girlfriends Films. Sweethearts’ first release, Lesbian Confessions, was well worth the wait. Noelle set out to make beautiful lesbian films that feature gorgeous women having real sex (I know, it’s crazy!) and definitely made it happen. One thing I appreciate is that each scene is shot in one take. There are no edits or cuts, so you get to experience the entire encounter as it happened. I really liked the first scene, mostly because I thought that Samantha Ryan was pretty amazing. It’s hard to pick out one small scene in this thirty-minute masterpiece as my favorite, but if I had to, I have to admit I loved watching Ryan’s eyes roll back in her head as Stephanie Swift buried her face between her legs. While I love the first scene, you can’t go wrong with any because they’re all really well done. Beautiful women living out their secret forbidden pleasures for you!
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One interesting (and mildly terrifying) facet of my life as a porn actress is that I don’t necessarily know who I’m going to be having sex with on a given day. It’s a little like arranging a boxing match — who do the fans want to see go at it? Who would make good ‘opponents’? Sometimes conventional wisdom is correct, and other times — as highlighted in my last column — it’s a bit of a disaster.

And sometimes you strike gold and you find yourself in a scene with Stephanie Swift.

Most people know her as that former Wicked contract girl, the super hot, exotic-looking one who seems a little… glum. Stephanie is not blonde and big boobed, nor is she particularly bubbly. There’s something sincere about her, a hint of something genuine. A longing, or a sadness. It comes across on screen and it’s even more apparent in real life.

My scene with her was for my series, Lesbian Psychotherapist. Her character and mine have a tense exchange after which she slips something into my drink that causes me to want to do whatever she says. Before the scene began, Stephanie sat alone on the couch studying a dozen or so flash cards on which she’d written her lines. While the rest of the cast and crew joked around with each other, she was preparing. Despite the fact that she’s worked on some of the biggest productions for the biggest studios in the industry, she obviously took my small budget film no less seriously. Stephanie explained that she liked scripts, she likes to act. She prefers having something interesting to say and do, along with the sex.

Stephanie is one of those stars, like Marilyn Monroe, who goes through a great metamorphisis when she turns it “on.” When I first met her, she was in “civilian” mode: no makeup, sweat clothes, frazzled from having been stuck in traffic. But something happens when she decides to become “Stephanie Swift.” She begins to radiate genuine, high voltage sex appeal — it’s not a put on, it’s not a con. It’s the real thing. She becomes breathtakingly beautiful, the fantasy you didn’t even realize you had, come to life.

“I’m not the blonde hair, blue eyed girl with the big boobs,” she told me once of her unique appeal, “but I’m the one you won’t be able to get out of your mind.”

When our sex scene began, I realized that I was nervous in a way that I generally am not. The reality of the situation hit me — I was about to do a scene with Stephanie Swift. Was I crazy? I wasn’t nearly in her caliber — what was I thinking? I was suddenly terrified that I was going to make myself look bad; or even worse, make HER look bad. My porn life suddenly flashed before my eyes. “Sydni Ellis Gets Overly Ambitious, Ruins Career” the next day’s adult trade papers would say.

As Stephanie and I began to kiss, I immediately relaxed. She’s known for her small, delicate mouth, but what isn’t as well known is how unbelievably soft her lips are. She kisses in a slow, sensual manner that most porn actresses don’t. Stephanie takes her time; truth and realism is her thing. I suddenly felt less like I was on a porn shoot and more like I was on a date. With someone I really, really liked. And perhaps even more importantly, with someone who liked me.

The rest of the sex scene is a blur in terms of who did what to whom. I just know that I had a real orgasm, which doesn’t always happen. And after the scene was over, I felt different than I usually do. I felt like I had a huge crush on Stephanie, and I also felt I was a better porn star than I’d given myself credit for. What scene was I afraid I’d ruin? I had just done the best scene of my career!

The wonderful thing about truly gifted stars like Stephanie Swift is that they make their partners look good. When you’re with them, basking in the glow of their reflected talent, you can claim some of the credit yourself. “I had something to do with this, too,” you say, and pat yourself on the back.

Of course, I did have something to do with it. I was fully involved in the scene, really into Stephanie, and didn’t fake a thing. But I was left with the suspicion that Stephanie had a large role in getting me to that place; in her understated, humble way, that she had allowed me to believe, for that brief period of time, that it was real. That’s what all great actors do, and porn stars should be no different. In Stephanie Swift’s case, her work is her art, and the validity of her approach is apparent. It’s why she’s in the Hall of Fame, and it’s why my scene with her is by far my most memorable.

Look for “Lesbian Psychotherapists 1″ coming later this month, from Girlfriends Films.

Much love,

Sydni Ellis
Director, Writer & Performer
sydniellisxxx@aol.com
SydniEllis.net

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