[lvrj.com]- The new marquee stars of 2009? Rest assured that in an austere season, we’re not talking about the likes of Bette Midler and Cher anymore.

Tera Patrick? That’s more like it. Holly Madison? Less likely, but at least you’re on the right track now.

Patrick is the hard-core sex star with the most mainstream name recognition since Jenna Jameson. And she has entrepreneurial skills, building her Teravision production company into big business. Now, Adam Steck, producer of “Thunder from Down Under” and “American Storm,” confirms a deal with Patrick to develop a burlesque show and try to place it on the Strip.

“It would take her out of the porn world and into the burlesque world and make her more mainstream, which is a desire she has,” Steck says. But he stresses that it’s too early in the process to talk about a specific showroom or target launch date.