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HBO's Pornucopia
Harri Patel writes: "Christian Mann is nothing like what I expected."
Video Team owner Christian Mann writes on ADT:
About your post: what did you expect? In truth, I consider myself a private citizen, albeit in a publicly visible industry, so I didn't think anyone had any preconceived notions about me whatsoever. I assumed that no one would even know who I am.
My exposure on this show to date has been two fast "soundbite" quotes, so I'm not sure how any impression can be made. I believe there will be more coverage of our company and ethnic product in general in episode 6. Since I don't thirst for publicity, I would be fine if all the footage of me personally winds up on the editing room floor.
Kevin Blatt writes: "HAHAHAHAHAHA You didn't thirst for it so much that you spent the time to have them set up for the shoot, sit in front of hot lights and a camera for an hour, and never hoped to sell any product out of it either?"
Christian responds: "KB: you missed my point: I was refering to coverage of me PERSONALLY. Of course I wanted publicity for Video Team. That's the main reason I consented. The fact that discussing ethnic porn and VT required my interviews has to do with the fact that I am the only spokesperson qualified to accurately explain on our behalf."
Harri writes: "Geez, relax. I'm John Q. Public. Whatever hazy mental picture I had formed of you based on your comments here, to Luke, etc., was just different from the brief glimpses of you on the programs, that's all."
Christian writes: "I just wasn't sure if I knew you. In any event, that's the real me... sad but true. I'm just a middle-aged, boring-as-hell, pseudo-intellectual, sober guy who has been doing this for longer than I care to admit."
Hollywood Hookers
Anna David writes in the August issue of Details:
Prostitution will always have a home in Hollywood, where one of the most popular roving parties in town is a weekly strip club and brothel that requires a constantly changing password for entry and is attended by big players such as a top action-movie director and his producer. Populated with hookers, strippers, and successful men, these underground shindigs might be held in a Hollywood Hills house one week and the downstairs of a closed Valley restaurant the next. After paying the $30 cover, guests are free to roam a location that's been subdivided for privacy by walls or even just hanging sheets. "You can get lap dances, blow jobs, or whatever," says one semi-regular. "It's an unspoken law-no one will say anything about what goes on there." If this is a town where the captains of industry manufacture perpetual adolescence, they've found the perfect professional partners. "Most men in the entertainment business who have money," says Adam, the executive who knew just what to give the boss who had everything, "will find themselves dabbling in hookers, just because they can."
Tabetha calls at 9:57am. "I was on Howard Stern this morning. I thought you should just know that Nick [Manning] proposed to me."
Duke: "Congratulations."
Tabetha: "I guess Nick called them last night to ask them if it was ok for him to do that on the phone. They checked him out and said yes. I got there an hour early. Everybody was kinda weird.
"Howard asked me if I had boyfriend. I said yes, and he does porn. He asked, are you in love? I said yes. It's a new love. We've only been going out for four months.
"Even my brother called this morning to say congratulations.
"We're going to be fighting over mirror space. I'm going to get the bigger bathroom with more closet space. We don't even live together yet. Now we're going to go house-shopping together."
Tabetha has been married three times (Kenny Gallo, Don Osterholt). She plans on making a movie soon.
"Someone called in and said we were degenerates and he hoped we weren't going to have children together. We both don't want to have kids, so no, we're not."
Aviator Bullies
Calling all Aviator dissers! Are you being bludgeoned by readers, frowned at by fellow critics, or otherwise being pushed and kicked around for not supporting Martin Scorsese's latest?
I'm doing a riff for tomorrow's column on Aviator bullies, and I'm getting a distinct street thug vibe from admirers of this film. It's like I'm a struggling tavern owner in 1931 and Jimmy Cagney is striding into my place, grabbing me by the collar and slapping me silly and threatening worse if I don't buy his brand of bootleg beer.
I'm getting attacking letters from people accusing me of starting to go after Scorsese and The Aviator the way I went after Peter Jackson's Return of the King last year, and I swear to God I'm getting this "we're gonna get you if you don't fall into line" feeling from the film's more ardent defenders.
Has anyone else gotten roughed up in the course of conversations about this film? Has anyone else noticed an attitude from its defenders of "all right, we're not tolerating any dissent here....either get with the program of suffer the consequences." These are mafia tactics, pure and simple. I am a bar of iron and I will not bend.
Grant Michaels replies on XPT:
You're a funny bastard, Smelly Monkey! I have to admit that pic of me looks rather gay! I don't know what the hell I was doing....I think that f---ing pink curtain was tickling my neck....and i was getting so bored of all the media hoorah over Chasey Lain that day.....who was just looking scruffy and very retired! I did not work with Chasey...I worked with Monique Fuente's. But to answer your Q....there is nothing gay about me...straight as an arrow. I won't even do "group" or DP's....sorry to disappoint you.
Compare and Contrast Reporting On Alyon Technologies
AP: "An Internet company whose software downloaded itself onto computers and dialed up pornographic Web sites while billing $4.99 per minute will forgive at least $17 million in customers' bills as part of a settlement with the government."
AVN reports: "SECAUCUS, N.J. - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has apologized in a letter to Alyon Technologies Inc. and its chief executive officer, Stephane Touboul, for causing "any harm" to the New Jersey-based billing services facilitator by actions the FTC now admits were improper in handling a longstanding federal civil prosecution of the company. The formal apology, dated Sept. 9, 2004, and released today by Alyon, is part of the final agreed-upon settlement of the FTC's case against Alyon."
Tabetha Stevens Is Engaged To Marry Nick Manning
Tabetha said it on the Howard Stern show this morning. Nick Manning phoned in and proposed. She accepted.
They've only been going out for four months. They have spoken about getting married.
Gene Ross interviews Nick Manning.
From Marksfriggin.com:
Tabitha said that she got sick one night and had a 107 degree fever. She was throwing up and hadn't gone to the bathroom for 4 or 5 days.Howard had Tabitha get into the RoboSpanker after that. She left her shoes on but that was about it. She got into the RoboSpanker and Robin was the one with the best view of her from behind. Howard had Tabitha's boyfriend Nick Manning on the phone to talk to him before they did the spanking. Howard said that Nick had something to ask her. Nick quickly blurted out that he was calling in to ask her to marry him. She said ''yes'' within a few seconds and it all sounded kind of planned but Tabitha said she wasn't expecting it at all. She asked if she could still have sex with other guys and Nick wondered if she wanted him to be faithful. They're cool about that stuff and they will work things out after. Tabitha told Nick to go to work today (as a porn star) and once he's done with that, he's done. She said the whole thing is kind of weird. Nick said he'll be having sex with Jennifer Love today at work. Howard spent a couple more minutes talking to Nick about this engagement thing before getting to the RoboSpanker.
Zolar called in and told Tabitha that she and her new fiancee can't have kids. He said that they're degenerates and can't ruin the world by raising kids.
Mary Carey Stands Me Up Again
On my second attempt to have lunch with Mary Carey, I don't hear back from her about our scheduled lunch.
A few days ago, I spoke with another industry writer who'd been invited to lunch by Mary Carey. He had heard she was a flake and refused.
I spoke with Nicole, 23, for 30 minutes Saturday evening, December 4. She has a strong rural Tennessee accent.
Duke: "How did you get into the industry?"
Nicole: "I was asked by a photographer to do nudity pictures [in March 2004], and then I was asked to do porn and I've been doing it since."
Duke: "How long were you with Mike?"
Nicole: "Mike who?"
Duke: "Wait. I'm confused. Is this Nicole?"
Nicole: "Yes sir. Nicole Brazzle."
Duke: "Your fiance in Iraq?"
Nicole: "Oh, I thought you meant Mike an agent.
"I've known him [Mike, her late fiance] for quite some time. We were together but I do porn. It was different. Then when he asked me to marry him [October], that's when he got shipped back to Fallujah. He was going to retire after six months because he had been in the Marines for five years. That's when it all happened."
Nicole met Mike in his home town of New York through a friend.
Duke: "How did he feel about you working in the adult industry?"
Nicole: "He was ok with it. If you go to XXXPornTalk, he went on there."
Gene Ross writes: "The following are the list of men killed in Iraq during that time frame, taking into consideration time differences. The only Mike listed is with the army as a staff sergeant. Brazzle, by the way, has also taken a lot of criticism for making the announcement in tandem to promote not only an upcoming party but her talent agency."
This casualty list also does not include any Marine named Mike or Michael for the date November 29.
Duke: "When did he first go to Iraq?"
Nicole: "He's been a Marine officer for five years. But he got shipped out to Fallujah [last month]."
Duke: "When was his first time in Iraq?"
Nicole: "I have no idea."
Duke: "Did he fight in the war?"
Nicole: "Oh yeah."
Duke: "When did he die in Fallujah?"
Nicole: "He died on the 29th [of November]."
Duke: "When did you find out?"
Nicole: "I found out that night. I was calling everybody at 3am and I was just bawling. Then they [the Marines] sent me a letter."
Duke: "Were you always opposed to the war in Iraq?"
Nicole: "What do you mean?"
Duke: "You wrote to Adultfyi, 'Why they have our men out there, I will never know.' You called it a bulls--- war."
Nicole chuckles: "I said that? I don't meant it like mean. I don't see why we have our people out there. If we are out there for a reason, but I think it is bullcrap."
Duke: "Did you talk to Mike about the war?"
Nicole: "I tried not to very much because it hurts but I did talk to him. He told me he was doing it for me and everybody else in the world. Every person that dies is for every person who lives... I respect everybody who goes, Marine, Army, all of them, but I don't understand why we have to go out there."
Duke: "When you were a little girl, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Nicole: "A teacher. Not a porn star. I got to teach as a substitute teacher but I never finished college to be a teacher. I got three kids. I stayed home for five years."
Duke: "What prompted you to get into adult?"
Nicole: "I had worked for Abercrombie. A photographer who shot me asked me if I would do nude photography, so I did. From there, he told me to put it on a website called 1modelplace. I put it on there and I was asked by a whole bunch of people to do porn, so I flew down here."
Nicole says she's made about 100 porn movies. "I have my own show called Nicole Brazzle's Real Deal. I go to Porn Star Karaoke and interview people. When I'm finished with all twelve of my episodes, we hope it will go on TV.
"I don't want to be one of these people who's out-shot and then broke. I have a family to take care of.
"I host another show. My next step will be to have my own production company."
Duke: "Why did you start your agency?"
Nicole: "Because you can't always be talent. I want to be behind the camera. I don't want to get out of the porn business. I enjoy it."
Duke: "There are so many agents out there. What's special about your agency?"
Nicole: "I don't know if there's anything special. I guess we'll see where it goes. I have a house for the girls. I'm a girl and they can talk to me."
Nicole Brazzle is having a party. A crew from the Howard Stern show will cover it.
Duke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"
Nicole: "I love the money and the people. I hate the gossip.
"I'm going to be in this industry for good as long as it treats me good. I don't want to be in front of the camera forever but I do want to have my own production company."
Duke: "Do you have breast implants?"
Nicole: "No sir. I'm totally natural. I have not done anything to my body.
"I like to go out and party and have fun but I have never drank, never smoked, and never done drugs. I go to PSK (Porn Star Karaoke) every Tuesday and I party as hard as anyone else, but when I walk through that front door, they give me a glass of water. Everybody knows."
Duke: "How does your family deal with you being a porn star?"
Nicole: "I'm from Tennessee. I went to court because of all this. I won but they weren't happy at all. My town is more of a Bible belt and we go by morals and not by what's the law. They [Nicole's parents] don't like it but I make a lot of money. They know that I do. I told them. My daddy don't like it whatsoever. My momma has dealt with it now. They don't dislike me more or less. They just wish I wouldn't do it. But when I'm in Tennessee, it's a whole different ball game."
Duke: "Have your friends from high school recognized you in porn videos and contacted you?"
Nicole: "Yes sir. They think it is neat. We lived in a small town. We only had one school. I guess that's where I got my accent because it's extremely small. Everybody knows everything. When I walk in there, wow. But the adults don't like it at all."
Duke: "How old were you when you lost your virginity?"
Nicole: "Sixteen. I got married at 15. I had my baby [five days before turning 17]. I had a child every year [through 18. All three kids had the same father. Nicole was married to him. They divorced when she was 20.] I don't sleep around in my personal life."
Duke: "Why did you get divorced?"
Nicole: "He was cheating with my used-to-be-friend. They have two kids together now."
Duke: "How does he react to..."
Nicole: "He don't like it. My kids' momma is a porn star."
Duke: "You have full custody of the kids?"
Nicole: "Yes, but because I did porn, I had to go to court. It was hard but I won."
Duke: "You had to show that you were a good mother, even though you were a porn star?"
Nicole: "Yeah. It wasn't hard to show that. I've had custody of my kids eversince they were in my belly. I stayed home with them for five years. It wasn't that. It was the whole fact that I did porn, and that was not good in the eyes of the Tennessee judge.
"I had to get a different judge outside of my town. Then I won. We had three trials. I lost the first two. Then I won. My life is crazy."
Duke: "That must've been a lot of expensive bills?"
Nicole: "Yep, but my babies mean everything to me. Just because I do porn doesn't make me any less of a mother. They are the ones who come first."
Duke: "Is it tough raising kids in the industry?"
Nicole: "No sir. It's not like you are gone all day. Being in the industry gives me more time with my kids. I want two more kids. I like to have a family."
Duke: "Do you get recognized when you go to the supermarket?"
Nicole: "People recognize me everywhere. All I have to do is talk and they know who I am. I think I'll bring some girls from Tennessee down and we'll all have the accent."
Duke: "What is it like having fans?"
Nicole: "Interesting. I talk to them on Instant Messenger. I invite some of them to meet me in person. I do all the forums and answer any of their questions. I do MySpace. It takes about two hours a day.
"I might shoot four days a week or three days. At first, I was shooting five days a week, all the time."
Duke: "This is good. I'll write it up and I should have it up tomorrow."
Nicole: "Oh, that's what you were doing. I thought you were just asking me questions."
Duke: "I write an Internet column at lukeisback.com."
Nicole: "Oh. I want to go on there. I've never been to your site before."
Lance Boil writes to XPT: "It's not that she's having a party so soon after her fiance's death. It's the way that she cheerfully intermingles her mourning with plugs related to her career that unnerves me."
Nicole Brazzle writes: "Thank You to everyone that has been there
for me through this hard time. I also want to say that YES, I am having
a big party in OC dec.17th. It has been scheduled for some time. Ya'll
dont know what I have been through in my own time. When I am out I have
to be fun, happy and work hard.Just because I have a man that died dont
mean I can stop my hard work. I have three kids that I love more then
life its self, and they are who I have to take care of."
Steve - The Certified Sex Whacko
Sex Addict Steve, 34yo gentile, writes a sex advice column with Ari Goes Down, 32yo Jew.
He calls me Friday afternoon, December 3, 2004.
Luke: "What's your day job?"
Steve: "I am a district manager for an insurance company."
Luke: "How did you hook up with Ari Goes Down [they've never met or even spoken on the phone]?"
Steve: "I went online and put in, "sex in the city blog," and her name came up. I emailed her and she emailed me back. That's how we hatched the whole idea for the he-says, she-says thing that we do.
"When I started my blog (May 31), I looked at it as sex in the city for guys."
Luke: "Were you a regular watcher of Sex in the City?"
Steve: "I've never watched it. I know what it's about. It's one of those shows where if I watch an hour or two, I get the impression that I've seen every episode."
Luke: "Why did you start the blog?"
Steve: "A [30yo] female friend of mine found my digital camera with some compromising photos [the girl (Lila) in the photos was 17]. She said to me, I am so disgusted with you, that if you don't go to therapy for your sex problem, I'm never speaking to you again.
"The therapist, who was a total quack, said to me, I want you to go to the drugstore and buy a notebook and write down your thoughts. I thought, why don't I just get a blog and write it all down there, and give this guy the URL? I never dreamed that people would find it. Two hours after I posted my first entry, someone posted a comment, and it just snowballed."
Luke: "Do you think you are a sex addict?"
Steve: "I think I'm anti-social. I enjoy the manipulation, the pursuit and that I'm convincing someone to do something that I want."
Luke: "How many women have you slept with in your life?"
Steve: "Forty."
Luke: "How much time do you spend with pornography?"
Steve: "At least half-an-hour a day. TheHun.com is useful for that. I'll never buy another DVD again."
Luke: "Do you think porn's a problem in your life?"
Steve: "No. The only thing that has been a problem for me is resisting the urge to pursue this girl or that girl. There's a part of me that knows that this is a mistake. I know it is a mistake and I ignore that."
Luke: "What's the longest you've been monogamous?"
Steve: "When I was engaged, I was monogamous [with that girl] for two-and-a-half years. I was in my early twenties."
Luke: "Why didn't you get married?"
Steve: "I refused to set a date. I wasn't ready. We were progressing and I had just gotten laid for the first time when I was 21. I met this one when I was 22. I had just lost 50 pounds. I was not used to having anyone be attracted to me. Things were progressing. She was putting pressure on me to make things more permanent. Out of a sense of panic, and not wanting to lose her, I proposed. It was for the wrong reason and deep down inside, I knew it. When she asked me, twice, to set a date, and I put her off both times, the next thing I knew, she wouldn't take my phone call. She wouldn't see me. She wouldn't talk to me.
"I want to get married. I want to have a family."
Luke: "Do you think you can be monogamous?"
Steve, pause: "Yes. The only reason I hesitate is because I've never done it before."
Luke: "Do you find that the older you get, the younger you like 'em?"
Steve: "It's never changed. I've always... One of the ones lately was 16. It's just the idea that she's this young-looking girl, high school age. You can have a field day with the speculation that I was this big fat blob in high school that no girl would look at twice. Now I'm back trying to screw all the girls who wouldn't look at me. Remember that first video with Britney Spears when she's in the tartan skirt and the braids... She's dancing down the hallway of a high school and she's got the whole schoolgirl skirt-and-kneesocks on... And I'm thinking, any guy who looks at that has got to be turned on by that. I'm just the one who admits it and does something about it. It's like the blogger version of Eminem."
Luke: "What about pre-pubescent?"
Steve: "No. That's just gross."
Luke: "I assume you're successful in your work."
Steve: "I'm the youngest district manager in the history of the company.
"The girl I'm seeing now is 23. I met her out drinking with my friends. The one before that, she was 27, she stoppped and asked me directions."
Luke: "What are the thrills and spills of dating a 17-year old?"
Steve: "Thrills are that some of this stuff she's never done before. This [Lila] had done about everything. It's that she's young and inexperienced and you're giving her these experiences. There's an enjoyment that this person looks up to you and admires you in a way that an adults doesn't. You know the spills -- immaturity.
"When I was with Lila, she was so attractive, that anywhere I would take her, she'd get a lot of attention. It was always the wink and the high five thing.
"I was at a friend's wedding with Lila. We're on the dance floor and the bride is glaring at her. How dare you show up and be hotter than the bride? My friend was the groom. He told me later that his wife pulled him aside and said, who's the little bitch?
"That's why my [30yo female] friend told me I was out of control because she saw I was with this girl who looked like a Playboy Playmate. I think there was cattiness there."
Luke: "Do you make home videos with these girls?"
Steve: "I've made videos before. I usually watch them a few times and erase them. I don't want to end up the next Tommy Lee.
"You are the first person I've spoken to on the telephone from my blog. I have Ari's number but I've never called her.
"I've always envisioned [marriage] with someone ten years younger. I could go all the way with the [23yo] girl I'm with now. Eventually I have to get to the point where I have to know that I'm not doing any better than her. She's a law student and smart and devoted and dedicated."
Luke: "Does she read your blog?"
Steve: "No. There's only one person in the world who knows [that he writes his blog] is my therapist, who I haven't spoken to in six months."
Crazy Larry Flynt Story
I was waitin on the 10th floor in the famed lobby of the LFP offices for an appointment....routine done it a million times. I am watching a young asian woman approach the receptiion area when i see her feet are filthy.... it caught my eye.... She begins to tell Reception that she is there to see Larry Yada Yada Yada.... It is clear within seconds this chick is spun.
So she starts saying she has powers and that she has voices telling her she has to see larry right now to show him how good she is at anal.... She then eye locks with me and starts getting really nervous and talking to herself and keeps telling me " I know all about you....i know you are going to tell them....all of them blah f---ing blah.... so i hang up the call i am on and keep the phone to my ear so I can pretend i am not paying any attention....she then tries to make a break for the hall toward larry's office.
Reception flips and tell her to come back....i am assuming sucurity was called at thius point them like a scener from a weird film...... the girls leans on the desk to tell reception that she has this card that talks to her and it was telling her to go down the hall.....the card was one reception just handed her....... so she is yammering on about nothing when i was frozen....
Larry was coming down the hall with his man doug...... they glided behind her without as much as a slight sound without the girl ever seeing them....... it was thew most bizarre 15 seconds i have been in since being at war..... she would have attacked i guarantee....she was only 80 pounds so doug would have just grabbed her and stuffed her in his pocket and then to the street.
Video Team Sold To Metro?
An employee at Video Team sent a friend: "I just wanted to say this will be my last week here at VideoTeam. Sadly, VideoTeam is no more. We have closed our doors forever."
Gene Ross reports the same thing.
I called and emailed Video Team owner Christian Mann. He did not respond. Neither did a source of mine at the company.
Jack writes: "Are you and Gene Ross sharing the same crack pipe? You're both wrong about Video Team. The company has not been sold to Metro or any other distributor or production house. Last Friday there was indeed a small blood letting with a number of people let go but the company itself is still up and running."
What's New With Selena Silver?
Selena replies to my inquiry:
I am signing for Smash Pictures at AVN (hoping I win in the category I was double nominated for!); I just got done shooting for Wicked and Club Jenna; shooting this week for Seymore Butts and next week for Platinum X. I am trying to cut down to 2-4 movies per month. I had a very nice appearance on Playboy Radio a couple of weeks ago and they had me come back and record a bunch of stuff. Had a mainstream movie audition today - apparently the producer is a fan of my work and wants me to make a cameo, so I just got back from the IMG offices. I am flying to North Carolina on Friday to do a signing at an adult store. My online store is shocking me with how many movies it is selling... I took 30 orders just week! This months SelenaSilver.com chat is Dec. 19 - I have Keri Sable and Eva Angelina coming over to the house for dinner and drinks and then we are going to do the web chat for a couple of hours together (still drinking, of course!). lol It looks like I might be directing a line starting in January. I have started dancing 4 times a month in training for my feature tour - which I am starting the end of January. Went to Belladonna's baby shower, which totally rocked.
Oh, I built my first every snowman back east at Thanksgiving! (I have only seen snow like 2 times). That was fun.
The New Face Of Xbiz
Anon writes: "I hear Alec Helmy has brought onboard the new face of Xbiz, his name is Mathew Levy, he's supposedly brilliant at sales and marketing and is planning on making a big splash in Las Vegas. They had interviewed a ton of people from from adult and mainstream during the past three weeks [to replace Lori, who was fired]."
Rodger Jacobs On Dead Porn Stars
Hyapatia Lee understood the marketing potential of a dead porn star. In a tear-stained plea to her loyal fans, the former 1980s porn queen and entrant into the XRCO Hall of Fame made a brazen attempt at faking her own demise.
'Sharon Mitchell Borrowed A Thousand Bucks'
And paid it back with Adult Industry Medicine (AIM) money, says Jeff Marton of Evil Angel.
Martina Warren - Penthouse Pet For 2005.
She is on the cover of the January issue of Penthouse Magazine.
Here are Martina from last week's Penthouse Pet of the Year party at the Penthouse Club. First pic is Martina with new owners of Penthouse -- Marc Bell (left), Dan Staton (right), and Russell Frye (not pictured). Martina with Gilbert Gottfried.
Gossip
XXX Porn Star writes: What well known male talent has recently become a super-flake? Reason being his new celebrity girlfriend wont let him out of her sight.
What other known male talent recently left town..... now officially has a big fat pending lawsuit for destruction of personal property and a warrant out for his arrest for auto theft? (After his exit, he probably isnt even aware.)
Island Fever 3
Davegas writes on RAME:
I've stayed away from most of the biggest US distrbutors (Vivid, etc.) and their packaged starlets for years because I saw porn becoming very processed, which is why I've embraced the gonzo style that Buttman introduced over 10 years ago (and that many others have copied, with varying degrees of success).
That being said I decided to give "mainstream" one more look before I write them off totally. My choice was Island Fever 3 by Digital Playground and starring Devon, Jesse Jane and Tera Patrick. All three I've either heard of, seen photos on the net, or watched on Howard Stern, but I've never seen them "in action." And the theme couldn't be better. I love tropical settings.
The ironic result: a colossal disappointment. The director, someone name "Joone," pushed every possible wrong button. Annoying mood music over every scene (I've never watched a porno with no moaning, it was eerie!), slo-mo sex (no doubt to pad the running time which was barely 90 mins.) and poor editing.
The girls: I'm most disappointed with Devon. She looks like a blonde chipmunk! She definitely looks better in photos. Tera was fine but had only one (one!) scene. Jesse was used (overused?) the most. I saw her on Stern a few weeks ago and she seemed to be the most engaging newcomer I'd seen in awhile. Could I tell anything in this garbage? No, since the slo-mo and soundless boffing gave me no clues.
So I've officially abandoned porn's star-studded, semi-story-driven, condom-wearin' product. Give me Evil Angel, Private (the best Euro distrib hands down) and gonzo masters Buttman, TT Boy, Jake Steed, and the one and only Rocco.
PaulC writes: "I agree with you that Island Fever 3 was a disappointment. However, don't give up on Digital Playground yet. The previous 2 Island Fever films were much better, and 'Rush' starring Devon was pretty good too. My favourite 'feature' porn movie of the last few years was 'Dark Angels' with Jewel De'Nyle (Digital Sin). Probably cos it has a vampire plotline. Vampires have always been one of my things, for some reason."
Gemini writes: "Without question, the absolute best gonzo video made this year is "1 Night In Paris". I watched it 4 times this week."
Blacks in Blondes 2 From Adam & Eve
Chasey Lain does her first interracial, performing with Mr. Marcus. Luc Wylder directs while his wife Alexandra Silk (a product of Hebrew Academy of Suffolk) serves as production manager.
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Journalist and photographer Marc Star is about to marry.
Chasey Lain says she graduated high school in 1989. She started stripping and posing nude in 1990. She entered porn in 1992. She turns 33 on Tuesday.
I ask her about Dimitri [Romasenko, the murdered San Francisco rapper].
From the 6/27/04 San Francisco Chronicle article:
"He's helping his porn-star girlfriend, Chasey Lain, get custody of her kid."
[Reporter:] "The cops also told me Dima had a porn-star girlfriend."
[Dimitri's mom:] "I personally have the privilege to know that woman. She's very manipulative. She's telling him she'll introduce him to Dr. Dre. and P. Diddy.
"She is probably my age. Her brain didn't function that well to know his age. She was not a girlfriend. How is that possible? I have been telling my kid, with this kind of girl, you can get a headache."
"I haven't been able to locate her," Stasko [cop] said. "Apparently she isn't where she's supposed to be. People don't even know how she fits in. There's been a lack of cooperation in talking to some people in this case."
Chasey says Dimitri was not her boyfriend, just a friend. A good friend. That's what she told the FBI and the homocide detectives.
"They'll probably be asking you next," Chasey says.
Lain knew Dimitri's family but she did not get into his business.
Chasey was promoting Dimitri's record label and she had an ownership share in the company.
Chasey and I are outside. A light rain falls. She smokes a cigarette and sips a cola. She's wrapped in a red dressing gown.
"They were going to use my picture on the album cover," says Chasey. "They were almost done recording the first album."
We reminisce about the 1998's Ballad of Chasey Lain by The Bloodhound Gang. She laid down an audiotrack for the song.
Mr. Marcus walks up. Chasey welcomes him. He's over an hour late.
Chasey: "It's cold out here. We're waiting on you. They've got a bet going on how late you're going to be."
Chasey returns to me to talk about her ballad. "It was number one in Germany. I was pregnant when I went into the studio to lay down the voice track. They used my picture on the album cover and on their backstage passes."
Duke: "How did you meet Dimitri?"
Chasey: "Friends."
[Don writes: "What "friends" hook up a 33-year old porn star in LA with a 21 year old Russian mob kid in San Francisco?"]
Duke: "How long did you know him?"
Chasey: "A year."
Lain says she doesn't know who killed the 21-year old.
I meet the wife of famed porn photographer Scott St. James, 48. He used to be with porn star Sindee Coxx (who's now married to videographer Barry Wood). Now he's married to 28 year old Emma Edwards (a relationship of four years, married for two). She's stunning. Tall brunette with curly hair down past her shoulders. Slim. Elegantly dressed in tight blue jeans and boots. She writes on the set pieces for Club magazine. Marc Star is taking the photos to accompany her essay.
Emma says she can tell if the sex scene was good by if she's written so hard that the second page in her notepad has indentations.
She takes detailed notes as the Marcus-Chasey scene unfolds in the bathtub. Luc, a camera guy and a lighting guy are crammed into the bathroom.
During a break for stills, about six still photographers from the porn press descend (including Dr X, Mark Kernes).
Gene Ross showed up at the house yesterday, getting the date of the shoot wrong. He didn't come back today, preferring to watch football instead.
The Bel Air mansion is leased by Giorgio and his wife Tatziana. They edit about 15 movies a month there. Giorgio shoots camera for Platinum X and Red Light District and occasionally does scenes.
I had dinner at his beautiful home in Calabassas about six years ago. Giorgio drank a lot of wine and said that none of the big shots in the industry intimidated him. He repeatedly bellowed, "En vino verita." That's latin for in wine truth.
I hear there were about 400 people at Saturday night's KSEX awards. All the people who host KSEX shows were there along with other porn stars such as Digital Playground's Jesse Jane.
Max Hardcore began the evening his charming self but the more he drank, the more belligerent he grew.
Alexandra Silk grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home but rebelled upon reaching adulthood.
The Chasey - Marcus scene begins with an interview by Luc.
Chasey and Marcus reminisce about the time they first met -- ten years ago.
Chasey: "That was right when I had stopped working with guys. That lasted eight years."
Luc: "Chasey, have you ever done a black guy before?"
Chasey: "Yes, but not on film. Heather Hunter [black] was in all of my videos. She was one of my favorite people to work with."
Marcus: "It takes girls like Chasey to show others [in porn] what it could be."
Luc asks Chasey: "What do you like about blackness? Just a one-liner."
Chasey's stumped. Finally she says, "they have nice ass."
Luc asks her to repeat her comment as a complete sentence.
Marcus says he was watching a football game earlier in the day with some ladies. And he found out to his horror that they were watching for the view of the players' butts.
I hear Heather Hunter is shooting a music video in the next few days.
Luc Wylder remembers when AVN featured a special supplement on the Internet in its September 1995 issue. It mentioned Luc Wylder and his wife of the time Ariana hosting the first adult chat on Compuserve. Luc and his former business partner built a web site for Ariana in 1994.
Luc now owns Fallen Angel free and clear, having paid his debts to his former business partner Gigi Appleton, who has her own company.
Fallen Angel releases about 14 movies a year and it has 110 in its catalogue.
Giorgio (who has been with Tatziana for 16 years) with Geoff Coldwater made a mainstream film The Passion of the Reefer. It had a short theatrical release, which was ripped by The Los Angeles Times (but praised by the LA Weekly and other critics).
Chasey hooks up with Carmen Luvana in the second and final scene of the day.
I overhear AVN reporter Mark Kernes talking about CAL-OHSA requiring
some porn shooter to come up with a proper safety protocol within 14 days.
Years ago, Marissa Pomarico was roused from her Sunday morning dose of the Three Stooges by a shotgun blast that ripped through her mother's chest. Within minutes, four members of her family lay dead in their Staten Island home, slain by the little girl's stepfather. The murders made front-page headlines, but for 10-year-old Marissa, it triggered a tragic odyssey that ended last week with the girl now known as America's most-wanted porn star being tossed in a cell on Rikers Island. Marissa's half-sister, Kim Alvarado, was also jailed.
WITHIN the next few weeks, she was making up to $1,000 a day for appearing in XXX videos like "Teen Dreams 9" and "Peter North's North Pole 52." Fans knew her as "Brittany" and "Jewel Affair," while agents and producers knew her as Jessia Zender. One Las Vegas agency listed her as 23 years old and "available for toys, solo, BG [boy-girl] and GG [girl-girl]." She worked mostly in L.A., but also flew to shoots in Florida and Massachusetts. Kim, meanwhile, pushed her to film as much smut as possible, one photographer, speaking confidentially, told The Post. "She called me nonstop looking for work for her sister," he said. "Kim's a real wack job, probably schizoid or bipolar. "Marissa made a bad mistake listening to her, which is a shame because Marissa is real cool and dependable. If she had been on the up and up, she could have risen to the top."
A Conversation with Harlee
By Cindi Loftus of Xcitement Magazine
When you think of a Harley, do you picture a high-end energy packed classy looking chassis that turns heads? Well so do most people when they meet Harlee for the first time, just remember to use two E's.
Xcitement: Hi Harlee. Where are ya?
Harlee: I live in South Beach. So I am at home right now. I like it a
lot. I just moved here not too long ago.
X: Where are you from?
H: I am originally from Maine. But then I lived in LA for four years and
I lived in San Diego for four years before that. So I needed to get back
to the East Coast.
X: So did you think you would when you were in high school in Maine that
you would end up being a naked dancer?
H: No, not at all. Maine is very conservative. We didn't even have any
strip clubs in Maine up until I was out of high school. When they finally
opened one I had friends that went and worked there and I thought that
they were f---ing nuts. I was telling them they were crazy.
X: What kind of jobs did you have when you were in your teens?
H: I worked in a Chinese Restaurant, at my Dad's dry cleaning plant and
I also worked as a bartender when I was eighteen. The bartending is what
got me into the dancing business because the bar that I worked at was
next door to "Mark's Showplace" which was the strip club where all my
friends worked. They had a feature there every week. So features would
come over to the bar and they were always nice and had lots of money.
Made me think that I should give it a shot. So I went out to Denver to
stay with a girl friend and I tried an amateur contest out there. After
that I thought there was a potential to make good money and to be comfortable
with it. So when I came back to Maine I did an amateur contest and won
and then started working at Mark's with my little boobies. I worked there
for about three years. Then I moved to San Diego with a boyfriend who
was also a dancer and I worked at a couple clubs out there. The money
really sucked in San Diego, so in '95 I did my first feature gig. I always
wanted to feature. I thought it would be cool to wear the costumes and
not have to hustle dances. I just did my show, got paid and then did what
I wanted to do when my show was done. I also started modeling and I did
some covers and centerfolds for Easy Rider. I never did do hard-core magazines.
I did Leg Show and Leg Action, just the little fetish publications that
weren't too hardcore, cause that's not MY thing. I kinda want to be looked
at as a showgirl when I come into a club.
X: Then you went from San Diego to LA?
H: Yep LA is where I went to school. So I have a career doing make up
waiting for me when I get done dancing.
X: So how long do you think you will continue dancing?
H: Until my body can't hold up. The older you get the harder it is. It's
very high energy and I am very hard on my body on stage. There's no other
way to do it. I want to put on a good show. When I walk off the stage
I am sweating. If I'm not sweating I didn't put everything into it like
I should.
X: How much of a break from dancing did you take?
H: About three and a half years.
X: So you moved back here in July and you started dancing again in.
H: In September. I knew when I moved here it wouldn't be easy. Of course
I didn't' know that my car would be stolen.
X: How did that happen?
H: Well literally it was parked in my garage down below in a secured parking
lot that I pay two hundred dollars a month for. It was locked and it got
stolen. Unfortunately it is the number one stolen vehicle in the country
right now.
X: Would that be an Escalade?
H: YES!
X: So you shouldn't have a freaking pimp car!
H: I know if I had a Jetta or something it wouldn't have happened. But
I loved my car and I figured I would need it because I would be going
on the road a lot and I wanted to have a big SUV with "on Star".
X: So did you get it back?
H: Well they found it, but it was stripped. What ever they could take
they took. It was the rims they took it for initially. But they ended
up taking everything but the steering wheel. It's almost fixed then I
can go pick it up.
X: So did you name your self Xter a motorcycle?
H: Actually yes I did, because I love to ride. I've never owned one myself
only because of where I've lived has never been a great place to ride.
But now that I am in Florida and I have friends with bikes, I am looking
into buying a Harley trike for myself. I love the name Harlee. If I have
a little girl or a little boy I might name my kid that.
X: Do you think you would ever do porn?
H: No. I am not going to do porn only because I do well with what I do.
The money I make per show would go up if I was doing porn, but at this
point in my life I don't want to be in it another ten years so I don't
think it would be beneficial to me. I'm more of a performer. Doing porn
is not something I have ever wanted to do.
X: Well then what is the wildest sex you ever had in your personal life?
H: When I was moving to San Diego me and my ex would have sex in the back
of the U-haul truck. You wouldn't think having sex in the back of a U-Haul
truck would be all that great, but it was fun. I'm always having sex in
cars. I had sex with my ex in his Viper. It was a convertible and we did
it right in our neighborhood when we got home late one night from a bar.
Always that chance of someone seeing, ya know. And then there are the
times when you are having sex and people are watching. Those are always
fun too.
H: So you have sex in public often?
X: Well not often, but when it's called for you have to. (Laughs) You
have to make the most of it!
X: Have you had sex in public on South Beach yet?
H: No not yet, but before I leave I will. I haven't been here long enough
yet.
X: What is the sexiest thing about you?
H: When you are having sex, enjoying sex, having fun and not taking it
too seriously and just being into it is probably the sexiest thing about
me. Being able to communicate and being one with that person. I do have
a pretty big back(?), and that might be one thing that a guy might think
is the sexiest thing about me.
I do like girls. Ya gotta like women. I think a lot of that has to do
with being in this business. If you were not interested in women before
doing this you will be in a little bit of time. Just being around beautiful
women all the time.
X: How can your fans get a hold of you?
H: They can e-mail me at SpankMeHarlee@aol.com. Or they can write me at
PO Box 191584, Miami Beach, Florida 33119
Party Conversations
I went to a Hollywood party Saturday night and got into a conversation with an epidemiologist at UCLA who specialized in AIDS. I asked him about the health risks from backdoor sex. He said anal sex was risky. You could get such things as anal warts.
Just as he said, "anal warts," a beautiful woman walked by.
I felt a kinship with the doctor. We both specialize in something that can make for shocking conversations.
I spoke with Nicole for 30 minutes Saturday evening.
A few days ago, her fiance Mike was killed in Iraq. He was a marine fighting in Falluja.
Nicole operates the talent agency TNAmodels.com.
I was reading through the archives of XXXPornTalk and found a couple of posts from Mike.
Yes, it is true I am getting married. I am very happy. Yes, I will still remain an agent, I will still be doing movies and more.
Ya'll are all sooo cute. To all the Mike's out there I want to say hello and yes you can all be married to me, but only in your DREAMS...hehehe BUT, know that there is only one real MIKE that I love, and that is my woderful Fiance. MIKE P.S. So tell me y'all, you have any new ideas of a movie title I can make?
Soxfan writes: "Your should do a movie called "Be Like Mike", like the famous Nike slogan. Except you would f--- a bunch of guys named Mike, we could be like your husband."
Nicole's fiance Mike posts: "Hey yall. Meet the real Mike. i love you baby."
Nicole writes: "Hello SEXY, the real mike comes on, right above me. Well, I love you to sexy. Did you see the post? soxfan1011 wants me to make a movie called,"Be Like Mike",he he."
Mike replies 11/24: "sure we can. i'll star as Mike baby. i love you."
Five days later, Mike was killed in Fallujah.