I remember when you knew when you were getting fucked…………
OP/ED BY Mariah Milano
As many of you know I have been in this business since 1998 and have seen the massive changes from the companies on top to the stars who have come and gone and those who have left only to come back again. My father’s side of the family has been in the mainstream film business since the 1960s with both my grandfather and my father being scenics, otherwise known as specialty painters and then my father went on to open one of the top set construction companies for television and film. I used to hear him bitch about how undermining and conniving the film industry was and how he was "screwed so many times he should be in a whorehouse." One of the things I always liked about the adult industry was that you usually knew who was fucking you and you got a pretty even shake at the end of the day. Not any more. Companies are basically colluding to lower performer rates due to their lack of intuitive initiative to have gotten on the internet wagon when they should have and now they are paying the price. Think about it. Hustler was one of the only big adult companies to have their foot in the door in the late 90’s when technology advanced to have streaming video in your home at high speed. Vivid ignored the advancement and in my opinion still do. They went with pay per view television rather than beefing up their online presence. Now they are existing on celebrity videos and being a Vivid girl means next to nothing anymore unless you’re Kim Kardashian or Shauna Sands. Look at any of their sites, circa 1997. The giants now are all online production companies and the old production houses are relics, even though I love to shoot for Wicked and the people there like Brad Armstrong are among my favorites, and to me still have the straight up business sense that once made this business great to be a part of.
Since my return to doing professional shoots in 2007 I have had my paycheck from Playboy bounce (that was in October of 2007 and they have never made it good!) and shown up to a shoot with one price quoted and when the shoot was done they said my ass wasn’t as big as they thought and they shorted me $1200 on my check, and my agency did nothing about it since they didn’t want to piss of Evil Angel who distributed the fucking assholes video line at the time. In the 240 movies I shot from January 1998 to December of 2000 I never got shorted on a check or was paid differently than what I was hired for. I only had 2 or 3 shoots cancelled with a $200 or $300 kill fee and in the last 3 years I have had more than 20 cancelled by the production company on short notice with no kill fee, which was a standard procedure in the past. Brazzers did pay me a kill fee this year because they had to cancel the morning of but only when I went into the office and demanded that they pay me a kill fee out of fairness and to cover the expenses I had taken on to stay an extra day out of town.
I recently spoke to Randy West who said he just couldn’t take the way things were run anymore. He could still make money even in his 60s. He shot a great product and everyone who worked for him will tell you he was respectful and paid a great rate for each scene. I can’t imagine that Jules Jordan still has the same passion he once had when he broke into this business as he’s had law suits with his former production company and the nonsense that he’s had to endure as the content theft and tube sites have robbed us all of our ability to create original products and be paid accordingly. I love Jules and we speak regularly and I think he still puts out one of the best raw products on the market.
The issues don’t stop at the production company level either. The performers have become as big of a problem as they have. The belief that you are a "movie star" with mentions on Entourage or being seen on HBO Late Night inflating their egos and making them nearly impossible to speak to. Yes I have a high opinion of myself and a big mouth, but not because people recognize me in public or because I get paid to show up places and party. Don’t get me wrong, when a 20 year old girl gets her first taste of success and fame it’s bound to go to her head. It’s hard not to let it, I know because it happened to me. I was making well over $20,000 a month my first year in the business and spent every dollar shopping and being stupid. But what about the veterans who have been around for a while? What’s their excuse for their behavior? Why is it that you can become a friend with someone and they stab you in the back when an opportunity comes along that they think might benefit them, which won’t? The desperation of some of the older girls in this business is sickening. They tell you one thing then go behind your back and betray friendships or don’t hold up their end of the deal with link trades or shoots or whatever. I know that getting traffic to your site is tough these days, especially quality traffic but I just want to know when burning bridges with successful people to get into bed with unsuccessful people became a solid business plan?
The conventions have become a joke, considering that there seems to be one every month now. It’s nothing more than a dick measuring contest with the big companies and an attention whore parade for the girls needing to be validated by their drooling fans. I am just disenchanted by the state of this business and the people in it have become too wrapped up in their own egos to be able to be loyal friends and do the right thing, even if it doesn’t move you to the next level.
There’s a great line from the movie Tommy Boy where Tommy is trying to sell a guy brake pads and they guy says there isn’t a guarantee on the box. Tommy says, "well I can take a dump in a box and slap a guarantee on it if you want me to but all I sold you was a guaranteed piece of crap." That kind of sums up my opinion of the state of adult industry these days. The sites are awesome the video is HD and the forums are filled with guys proclaiming their love for their favorite stars, but if they are putting up tube sites and whoring out their content and undercutting the performer wages they are the shiny piece of crap with the guarantee on it, and no one has much of a choice but to make that deal with the devil.
I’ll put my numbers up against any girl who runs her own site, traffic wise and income wise, but personally I haven’t changed and I know it. Love me or hate me, I’m the same. I can’t say that about most of the girls I’ve seen come into this business in the last 12 years. I was friends, good friends, with a certain contract girl at Wicked and did one of her first shoots with her back in 1999 and now she acts as if she is a fucking Hollywood movie star. She is a valid porn star and has earned her success and I believe she is still a sweet girl down deep, but this facade of hers is sickening, especially since I knew her back in the day. She’s still ok with me but the better than everyone attitude is a huge turn off. Everyone asks why I moved to Florida and didn’t stay in the LA area where the industry is…I would bet my answer is the same as Bree Olsen’s when someone asks her why she still lives in Indiana.
I just would love to see the business go back to the way it was, when you knew who was sticking their dick in you and if you were going to be getting fucked in the ass at least you could get some lube out and prepare for being bent over. They say all things go in a circle and history repeats itself but I don’t see it in this case. I can only hope.
Here’s a toast to Randy West and Brad Armstrong and Larry Flynt and Paul Thomas and Christy Canyon and Bruce Seven and John Stagliano and the rest of the legit legends of this industry…. you’re legacy means so much more to me now.
Mariah Milano
What is the point of all this?
I wonder who the girl is that she says was a good friend and turned into an asshole? Is she talking about Sasha Grey?
“did one of her first shoots with her back in 1999”
Not unless Sasha started in the business when she was 11 years old.
The piracy problem is slowly but surely being worked on. Plus there are some new revenue streams on the way.
Porn grew every single year from the mid 70’s until 2005. Something had to give, unfortunately it was more like the fucking Boulder Dam bursting.
the point is that the business has gone from people having a good time and making money to cut throat just like Hollywood. People are climbing over each other without any regard to friendships or loyalty or anything else and it’s hardly mentioned by anyone, so I mentioned it…and no, it’s not Sasha Grey. I don’t know her other than having met a few times.
Well I’ll always love ya Mariah. I rem you from way back..u were a little skinny girl lol but was adorable. Thank u for all that u are. I know im ten years late lol
Mariah you have heard the saying “There is no honor among thieves.” Well the same said saying applies to pimps and whores.
I wonder if the person who shorted Mariah Milano $1200, on a check, is Justin Slayer. I looked at Mariah’s list of movies on iafd. The only companies, during the last few years, that are formerly associated with Evil Angel are Justin Slayer and Jules Jordan. Since she speaks favorably about Jules Jordan, it’s not him that she is referring to.
Jamie Gardner
Mariah is 100 percent right. I do not think there is much loyalty left in adult. It is a shame considering even 5 years ago it was different.
That was a good read, Mariah.
I think your spot on. This biz has changed big time.
Its worse than ever for the performers and the crews. Its better than ever for the pud pulling consumer fanboys who get it all for free. It used to be the other way around.
I remember the early to mid-ninties…you would rent/buy a VHS tape with a hot woman on the boxcover. You watch it and discover that woman has only one scene and the other females are C list talent at best. On top of it, the camera and lighting were horrible. Russ Hampshire videos were notorious for this. The consumer was getting fucked in the ass (as well as Tonisha Mills).
Its a fucking shame for the porn side. With all the gorgeous women entering the biz these days like Sunny Leone, Priya Rai, etc. these companies should be making big time money. In turn, performers would be getting more work and paid better. The internet really fucked things up for the jizz bizz.
Not too long ago, the porn world was a much simpiler game. You had 2 agencies, World and Reb, and not nearly as many performers. Speaking of performers, it seems the A list talent has dropped off the face of the earth. Solid performers like Dave Hardman and Tony Tedechshi….Im positive these 2 hardcore perverts would still be doing movies….but why arent they? My guess is there is not alot of work out there…..and when there is work it goes to the pretty boys like Rocco Reed. Im not surprised by the backstabbing and shit talking among talent.
The changes have been especially bad for the males. Erectile dysfunction pills have put guys like Kyle Stone on the brink of extinction.
One positive I find is the amount of legendary performers coming back and doing the MILF videos. Nina Hartley still fucking rocks and looks like she gets a lot of work. Same with Amber Lynn and a few others. Too bad they didnt have MILF videos in 1989. Im sure Seka and Lil Oral Annie would have done a few.
I join you in a toast, Mariah, to the true legends of porn. The ones that respected the biz and didnt rely on pills to perform. Tom Byron, Elle Rio, Angela Baron, Barbara Dare, Tracey Adams, Vanessa D’oro, John Leslie, Frankie Leigh, Crystal Breeze, Frank James, Jerry Butler, Kari Foxx…and so many more.
It will never be the same.
Justin Slayer is correct. I was only going to shoot girl girl when I returned but he called my agent, or HJ his partner did and offered a crazy rate to have me shoot for them. I thought it over and came to the conclusion that an inter-racial scene with the top black performer would be a great way to return to the business. I showed up on time and did the scene. During the shoot he had 5 or 6 of his friends there all asking for blow jobs, off camera of course, and blowing weed smoke in my face even after I turned it down.
After the shoot they handed me my check and it was $1200 short of the agreed amount. I handed it back and said it was wrong when HJ and Justin said “well we thought your ass was bigger and this won’t work for the movie we had in mind, so we’re putting you in another movie instead that doesn’t have the same budget as the one we wanted you for.” I called my agent who himmed and hawed and made a good show but in the end did nothing. HJ contacted me years later when he read me post on Adult DVD Forum about what happened and said it was a misunderstanding and he would pay me the money. Then after I told him where to send the check he offered instead to donate the money to a charity lol then he said he had a friend in need in New York and was giving the money to his wife instead. Fuck them both…a perfect example of the new people in this business being pieces of shit.
Damn. I didn’t know Justin Slayer was such an asshole. I’m not buying his films no more–most of them lack a certain amount of passion anyway…
I wonder if CJ Wright is the same way?
Mariah is referring to jessica drake.
I’m reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyyyyy surprised it was Justin Slayer – rolls eyes –
Mariah is talking about Stormy, she’s a real bitch.
I don’t know Stormy and never shot with her. I met her once and asked her who she was and when she told me Mr Pete and Alexis Texas almost died laughing. She was so pissed and said “Stormy Daniels” like I was living in a cave all my life for not knowing. She looked like an old lady to me and I find out she’s younger than I am lol I was NOT impressed to say the least. But no it’s not Stormy.
And Justin is not a strong performer and is more into his nonsense positions than he is the sex. watch his scenes and you’ll see what I mean. the same rhythm during the entire scene and no passion at all. The scene could have been so much better but I was not turned on and would say I was bored by the end of it.
How would you know what these conventions are like when you yourself have said you don’t go to them? You had to apologize last time because you said 90% of the women who go to conventions go to work as prostitutes. You apologized because your own friends go to these conventions and they complained to you. I’ve seen your best friends photographed at these shows. Are they the “hookers” you’re always complaining about? Oh of course not. Everyone except YOUR friends are the hookers you’re always complaining about.
If I worked in this industry, I wouldn’t hire you for anything. You wouldn’t promote the product and you would criticize all the women you see as competition. People go to these conventions to represent the company they work for, are under contract for, are promoting their new website, their new film, or their new sex toys. Are you not invited to the conventions and that’s why you’re always bitter?
You say others are wrapped up in their egos but just by reading your Twitter, you’re such a famous porn star, most female porn stars are hookers, they turn tricks, look like trannys, and are ugly & fat. I feel like I’m back in junior high after reading some of your things.
Every single industry has their shows and conventions and award shows which they must attend. If you choose not to attend, you’re a fool missing out on an opportunity to promote yourself, website, and newest projects. Don’t claim that these conventions are a joke when you even admit you don’t go to them. These shows are always usually the only time when many porn stars get to meet one another when they probably wouldn’t have a chance to other wise.
All you seem to complain about are “hookers” and people who don’t run their own websites. I’ve come to find that many who claim to run their sites never do and wouldn’t even know their way around the CSS. No one cares if you know how to code or who exactly runs the website. All they care about is if you actually participate in the website.
You claim a pimp (agent) told you that the women have told them that they don’t use condoms for an extra $300. Bullshit! No one is telling their pimp that they made any extra money because that means they’ll lose a percentage of that money. And no pimp will freely admit that they have women working for them that might be exposing their other clients to possible STDs by not using condoms. And that silly little AIM test you hold on so deeply to only tests for three STDs. The condom that most high-end escorts use will protect them from most STDs unless the condom breaks, which is rare.
Jules Jordan? Are you joking? Go read Mike South’s site about Jules Jordan. This is news to you or you just don’t care because he might put you in his movies?
Interesting posting…
I’m pretty sure she is referring to Jessica Drake (who has always been great to me). Back in her early years, she had quite a reputation which was even discussed on some of Jim Holliday’s audio commentary tracks but she has long since mellowed out from what I’ve seen.
Slayer works best with those he really, really likes. It’s a shame that he and HJ shorted Mariah, perhaps not an uncommon experience given that he was shown the door at Evil Angel.
Stormy has always seemed to be an acquired taste with a huge chip on her shoulder, even back when she was married to Pat/Bart/Danny. When she is in a good mood, she is really cool but she is one of the most sensitive performer/directors when it comes to constructive criticism or someone dares to disagree with her.
Off topic…slightly, but the Entourage mention brought a thought to my mind. I saw an episode recently where Adrian Grenier’s character was on the set of his newest film, the director was Nick Cassavetes played by Nick himself. Now Nick has a first rate pedigree, with his dad John and his mom Gena Rowlands. But I bet John would roll in his grave if he knew Nick was in such a swallow piece of work as Entourage. Colonel, here’s a great question for your opinion: John Cassavetes could have been the greatest actor of his generation but chose to make his almost experimental movies, what do you think of his acting ability? His movies were painful yet brilliant messes. I think of Husbands which featured himself, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara. Ben Gazzara will be remembered, sadly, for his role in Roadhouse and not work like Anatomy of a Murder of the movie he did in the late 50s about a military school.
it is NOT Jessica Drake…I have always liked Jessica and have no issues with her at all. We spent a day last year together when I shot for Brad and she is as sweet as she was when I first met her in 2000. The girl I am speaking of is no longer contracted with Wicked and doesn’t work much.
And Darrah if you worked in the industry you would be as broke as you are now because no one would work for you. I talked shit about girls who bring even higher risk into the business who fuck for more money to go bareback. is that a problem to you you fucking Femi-nazi?
You don’t know Jules and I do. He is a very sweet respectful person who has made it huge in this business. I have never heard anyone say shit about him other than to love working for him and he puts your name out there. And I have been to shows and I hated it. I have been asked several times to sign and I turned them all down for US shows. I went to the show in New Zealand last year and it was awesome. I am signing at the Sexpo show in Australia this fall as well and might do the Barcelona show too.
And Darrah you must be a lame fuck because I’ve broken dozens of condoms in my 30 years honey. They do break sometimes if you do things right.
I have no problem with girls who I see as competition because it isn’t a competition. I have friends who I love that are big time stars that I wish the best for. I love Nikki Benz and Puma and Kristina Rose and Alexis Texas and many many more that I consider my friends not competition. So once again Darrah, you are wrong in your assumption!
I remember Nick Cassavetes on the late night Skinemax movies lol when he was very young lol
As far as why I write this stuff it’s because to me it needs to be said. A lot of the fans don’t see what has happened to this business from the inside and probably wonder what the fuck happened to everything. I don’t write it to talk shit about other people who are doing the right thing and not hurting others or bringing risk to the rest of us. I don’t and I wouldn’t.
“And Justin is not a strong performer and is more into his nonsense positions than he is the sex. watch his scenes and you’ll see what I mean. the same rhythm during the entire scene and no passion at all. The scene could have been so much better but I was not turned on and would say I was bored by the end of it.”
That’s EXACTLY what I always thought! I mean, Slayer has some great camera angles and cinematography (lighting & color) and the dude has a sick body. But the most of the girls look uncomfortable in his films because of his positions and he seems to fuck too deep (Lex seems to be this way too sometimes–but not nearly as much as Slayer).
Add this to your description of his character and he’s on my XVIDEOS list from now on…
@origen01 did you say cinematography?
LOL
Please.
Great stuff Mariah.
Darrah is probably a dead fish in bed.
She wants to be a PR person in porn, but wants to do it on the internet because she does not want to reveal her real information. How the fuck will they pay her? Or, even more importantly, who the fuck wants a Fem Neo-Nazi to represent them?
Love this quote “The condom that most high-end escorts use will protect them from most STDs unless the condom breaks, which is” rare” She’s been listening to Shelley Lubben again.
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The only time she has “been” to LA is when she wrote it in her location on MySpace. But she lives through Twitter and openly asks for more followers.
But she (non-industry) tells you if you want to know about Jules Jordan, you should read about him on Mike South’s website.
That’s coming from someone who has to use a free website to spread her propaganda.( because then someone would know her real info)
Hadn’t bothered me, harassed me, threatened me, mentioned my name, or emailed me in a week. But of course, it ends.
Please show Mariah your picture. You make cracks like that to me but forget that I know what you look like.
I won’t be paid. It’s already being worked out.
No, it’s called statistics.
How would you know if I’ve been to Los Angeles or not?
I was trying to talk to them about something business wise. But because you had it all splattered throughout XPT where you’re a moderator, I stopped and reached out in other ways.
You do know Mike has been in this industry longer than Mariah has, right? I don’t need to be in the industry in order to point out someone’s blog.
Mariah; Your are a legend babe!! The 305 rules now!! and we hold it down for the keeps baby!! stay cool , will be home in the 33140 next week! Yeahhhh whooooo!! get the fuck of LA!!! booked solid too!! stay up everybody and good luck in Caliphonia!!!
Fuck off Sure Bill, you misogynist douchebag. If you were actually good at your job you would know that producing quality porn takes professional technique.
How can you complain about tube sites and piracy when you do scenes for the biggest offender in the industry, Brazzers? Same with Bang, Penthouse and Reality Kings. All piracy supporters.
Larry my friend, as to your question about John Cassavetes, he’s a brilliant man as an actor as well as a director. I like some of his early works, most notably Faces and Minnie & Moskowitz.
Ok, if not Jessica or Stormy, perhaps Alexa Rae or Temptress?
I think she’s talking about Tera Patrick…
…never mind.
“Please show Mariah your picture. You make cracks like that to me but forget that I know what you look like.”——–And, your point??
I don’t care ! this is one fine latina BABE from Miami!! the land of the”good money and Good Snow, that built Miami….LOL
I can honestly say that Mariah is one girl who seems to have gotten hotter looking with age, and I’m not just saying this. I’m also aware that in spite of the fact that I’m generally more of a fan of the all natural vs. surgically enhanced look. Hey, Mariah, where’s my baseball? :p
(Cindi, why the fuck do you suddenly have ALL my comments on moderator mode?)
Redgoat, has Derek Hay gotten anymore emails about me? Well don’t worry yourself over that anymore. I’ve already talked to him, a line of communication has been opened up between the two of us now, and all future problems between he and I will be handled like this from now on.
I’ve also informed everyone in the real world that should be informed on my end, including law enforcement, that if anything happens to me & my family, who they should look into.
Darrah, you are a worthless cunt.
Don’t worry about who I am talking to and what I am doing, just like you say to me.
So, to make a blanket statement saying that I would be blamed if something happened to you is reckless. Frankly, I hope you get hit by a car in Malden driven by an ex-porn star. And, I wouldn’t go near that slum, so they’d have no reason to blame me.
As far as babbling about the “real world”, I think you have a very blurred line as to what the real world is. You go to the factory to work every day, come home and tweet to faceless “followers”. That’s not the real world.
The real world is Freedom Of Speech and this right I will continue to apply to my hatred of you.
So, get off your soapbox and get real.
Nobody gives a fuck about you like they don’t about me.
You seem to take this internet thing too seriously.
Dry up and drop off of the face of this earth.
“I’ve also informed everyone in the real world that should be informed on my end, including law enforcement, that if anything happens to me & my family, who they should look into.”
Did you tell them about your alcoholic daddy and that he might be a suspect if not me??
Or DYFS from years ago??
I have the emails and Derek knows I have the emails. You didn’t think I would directly contact him, did you?
This has been going on for close to a year all because of what I wrote about Jeff Steward and Tony Malice though they never cared considering I was still allowed on XPT.
Twitter is what millions of people use everyday. I’m not anti-social as you are and can communicate with people without it reaching into the real world, unlike you.
If you had left me alone the thousand times I told you in private and publicly, this wouldn’t be still continuing today. I told someone from XPT the other day about the latest about you and he couldn’t even believe that you were still going on about it because he thought it was over and how boring it had become.
Malden is a slum? It was named the best city in Massachusetts to raise a family by Business Week.
You’re the one that takes the internet too seriously.. I never took what happened on a forum into the real world.
And once again, leave me alone and forget I exist the way I have tried to with you.
You’ve said a million times not to forget that you know who I am, where I live, and what I look like..
That’s not real world????.
And BTW, I got the same private message from the XPTer telling me just to keep it off of XPT because they were tired of hearing from you whining about it.
I believe I only screamed that at you one time only after your repeated abuse of me.
I think I know who you’re talking about and it’s not her. The person I told, we rarely talk anymore. I contacted to say hello and your name came up.
Waaaahhhhh. Someone on XPT thought it was getting old. What a revelation.
I’m not the one doing this, you are.
Drop this and walk away and the rest in your group from XPT. Walk away. It’s getting to the point on my end that I will no longer be able to control the outcome. People are watching now. Walk away, never mention my name again, and be done with it. Walk away.
For me, I won’t be replying back because this is the end of it between you and I.
They can watch all they want. You are a fictitious person and you put yourself out there.
You rip others and I have every right to rip you.
I invite someone to contact me or try to control an outcome.
You know where I live, right?Follow through on your threats.
Let’s just say this: Please,please,please have someone contact me.
If you do not act, you just make yourself look really stupid.
On top of that, the legal system gives me an opportunity to confront my accuser( since you say people are watching)and I will travel to Boston with bells on.
Legally, your name will be put out there on court documents, so it would be within my rights to expose the world to who you really are.
Hopefully the people watching me realize what the laws are and how they work both ways.
I’m walking away laughing at you.
wtf happened to this thread? lol
What happened is someone who should know better but refuses to leave her alone. As she said, we’re watching.
Are you talking about yourself in the third person again like you did at XPT??
If you ( or “we’re”) watching, how many fingers am I holding up?
Not her. Do you want to get to know me?
Sure…..One of your personalities needs Zoloft.
Flip a coin.
This new tactic is spooky….
Your move.
Put up or shut up.