It has been a little over a month since the news officially broke that adult star Nikki Benz has been named the Penthouse Pet of the Year and both the adult and mainstream media have taken notice. She has been nominated for Crossover Star of the Year by both the AVN and XBiz award shows and has done numerous mainstream appearances in support of the announcement.
Just days after the Pet of the Year issue hit newsstands Nikki was off to New York on a busy trip. While in New York she not only celebrated her birthday but had daily requests for interviews with mainstream media. For example the New York Daily News talked to her for an article entitled
This Benz Handles Like a Dream. In the article she talks about her role on Cubed and how she would throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game.
Also from her New York trip came the following articles and interviews...
- Nikki Benz Feted for Penthouse Honors, photos and a brief interview
- Fleshbot Interview
- Nikki on the Opie & Anthony Show, radio interview
After the New York trip and the holiday season came a trip to Las Vegas where Nikki appearred at the Consumers Electronics Show. The media attention did not slow down at this event either.
The big news to come out of the CES show for Friend Finder Networks (parent company of Penthouse) was the announcement made by their CEO Marc Bell that they will be launching the worlds first 3D adult channel in the coming year. From the
official press release...
Continuing to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, Penthouse announces the launch of the PENTHOUSE 3D Channel. This new channel will feature original adult-oriented programming each month shot in native high definition and 3D. The company's commitment to 3D draws on the strengths of Penthouse's unique expertise in content delivery, movie making and technological acumen
An interesting note to come out of this announcement was the news of a future Penthouse 3D movie release entitled
Real Pornstars of Chatsworth California that will feature Nikki Benz. Stay tuned for more details on this release and other interviews and articles that it sounds like will be coming out shortly.
