Porn has gone mainstream. Today�s adult-film stars are writing books, making movie cameos and hitting prime time. When did America get so comfortable with hardcore?

Sometimes Bill Asher can�t believe what he hears. As the president of Vivid Entertainment Group, the biggest name in pornography, Asher makes a living lucrative enough to send his 16-year-old daughter to one of Los Angeles�s most expensive private schools.

AND HE�S NOT AT ALL intimidated by the school�s other parents�lawyers, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, even Andy Garcia. �It�s not seen as an odd thing that I�m a pornographer,� he says. �They know what I do, and they talk to me about it, it doesn�t faze anyone.� When he drops off his daughter at her friends� homes, he says, parents open up to him. He estimates that an amazing one quarter of them have asked him for work. But what stuns him most are the reviews he gets. �They talk about my movies like you�d talk about Julia Roberts,� he says. �They say, �My favorite is Jenna Jameson,� or whatever. A lot of the women will say they�d like to see more plot. It�s nice to hear the advice, but it always feels strange to me to have someone�s mother give you her take on our porn movies.� Full Story...