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UK People - Death Of A Porn Star On Channel 4
Concluding The Dark Side of Porn season. In March 2000 porn star Lolo Ferrari was found dead, apparently of a drugs overdose. Suicide was blamed, but her mother refused to accept the verdict and two years later was granted a second autopsy. Featuring candid interviews with Lola's mother, her plastic surgeon and her husband, this is a story of fame, prostitution, hardcore pornography and, possibly, murder.
Behind The Scenes At eYada.com
From Lukeisback.com Wire Services Ltd:
Late in the year 2000, the staff of now-defunct internet radio network eYada.com ebulliently played its first and last company softball game. New York Met Keith Hernandez stood at the plate, and despite drizzly weather, Team eYada was jazzed with a sense of privileged media insiderism. Host Bob Berkowitz, formerly of CNBC, coached first base. New York Yankee Mike Mussina's brother, Mark Mussina, co-host of a sports show, played left field. On the sidelines sat Daily News gossip columnist/eYada host Joanna Molloy.
Hernandez hit a dribbler to the pitcher, shook hands with the employees, and disappeared. Shortly thereafter the game broke up. It was later revealed that Hernandez was paid for his guest innings in eyada's game.
In a similar spirit, at approximately 4:00 pm on January 7, eYada.com CEO Bob Meyerwitz, who once hosted the King Biscuit Flower Hour and had made a fortune on ultimate fighting, assembled a meeting of the staff in eYada's state-of-the-art Times Square offices, where a zip sign on the wall cycled the words: "Live Streaming Now." Proclaimed Meyerwitz, "For many of you this will be your last day."
And so it came to pass. Among the casualties were host Michael Lewittes, of US Magazine and other publications too numerous to mention. During his tenure, the then-New York Post columnist sat in his glass studio, refusing to take guests, regaling his audiences with hot juicy morsels of celebrity poop. Often he sang a self-authored theme song: "If it's a little comedy you're after, Michael Lewittes will supply the laughter/ Call me, call me toll-free at eYada. It won't cost a dime -- I'm talkin' nada!" In point of fact, according to eYada insiders, that's just about how many listeners the Yale-educated, devoutly Jewish, Upper East Side native Lewittes had.
Following the wave of firings that included Lewittes, eYada was left with 12 shows and 50 employees. According to one insider, "When eYada started in the fall of 1999, Meyerwitz apparently thought he had a business that would change the face of talk radio. Listeners could actually hear and watch their hosts on their computer screen. Chase Capital was so taken with the plan, they dumped 25-mil into the concept. Sure, there was money, and eYada was not shy about tossing it around. Some hosts made more than six figures. Others hosts and producers made yearly salaries of $65k."
Eyada shelled out for events as well, spending an estimated $40,000 on the first- and last-ever "gossip summit," in which gossip writers from all over the country were invited to discuss "the state of gossip in the Millenium" at Shelley's, a 57th Street eatery. Richard Johnson of Page Six, George Rush and Joanna Molloy of the Daily News, and of course the ubiquitous Michael. Out of town gossipists were flown in and lodged at eYada's expense. Oz star and former Hell's Angel Chuck Zito provided "security."
Attendees walked down a red carpet and were greeted by actors paid to pose as paparazzi. Inside, a lush buffet disgorged jumbo shrimp, roasted duck and the open bar dispensed cocktails in abundance. The event garnered wide media attention including spots on Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.
The dot.com shakeout was already under way, but Myerowitz, according to insiders, believed eYada to be an exception
Still, in early January and February, 2001, eYada started to unravel. Nineteen shows, mostly ones dedicated to sports and health and fitness, were canceled. Pink-slipped were marathon runner Grete Weitz and Kevin Cook, the well-respected contributor to Sports Illustrated and other major market mags. Several of eYada's 40k-a-year BBS operators were let go as well.
To create an illusion of a full and functioning operation, Meyerowitz had the skeleton staff moved from a back office and into the newsroom. Although eYada still had about 60,000 listeners a week, advertising numbers were negligible. Recalled an eYada insider, "One ad exec finished listening to an eYada rep's polished pitch, then went to his window and let out a primal scream, informing the salesman that more people heard him than would ever hear his eYada ad. Eyada's months-old billboard ads, depicting men in a sauna, stayed up because none had been purchased to replace them.
Trying to forestall the inevitable, eYada's marketing director used guerilla tactics to reign in listeners, such as posting celebrity interviews on the GO TO site. If a listener clicked onto eyada through the link, eYada paid Go To pennies for each listener. Meanwhile, producers were ordered to send out eYada links to as many sites as possible. Recalled an insider, "Howard Stern fan sites seemed to be the most productive. Ultimately eYada got its biggest boost of exposure from the King of All Media ---particularly Stern Wack Packer-turned-eYada host Chaunce Hayden, who convinced Stern to tell his millions of listeners to log on to eYada.
Stern predicted that eYada's server would be unable to handle the heavy usage and crash. For 17 minutes, eYada's "15 minutes," eYada stayed afloat on Stern's show. Hayden, with a pomp and circumstance usually reserved for unrolling Torah scrolls, implored Stern's in-studio strippers to fish out their breasts.
The simulcast-like arrangement was costly: eYada was paying for each listener to stream the show, but the post-Stern show numbers hovered around 300,000 listeners a week.
By summer, four of eYada's 11 shows were dedicated to sex. On the Thursday before the July 4th weekend, Meyerwitz announced that that eYada was on its last legs. Chase Capital was wavering and not putting forth more money. "The fat lady is standing," he said at a hastily called staff meeting. Meyorwitz proclaimed that he would make one desperate attempt to get the money.
Meanwhile, in a publicity-seeking frenzy, host Chaunce Hayden, parroting the Stern show, encouraged a guest to defecate in his hands. Despite Hayden's hands poised athwart her buttocks, the woman was only able to deliver two blasts of flatulence as nauseated eYada staffers sat by in shock.
Shortly thereafter, Meyerowitz pulled the plug on eYada, dismissing his staff with no severance and the words, "The fat lady has sung."
Whatever Happened To Azlea Antistia?
Last I heard, she owned and ran a clothing store in Las Vegas. She's been out of porn for more than five years.
I found this outdated info on Azlea.net:
This former Guess model made her XXX debut in April of 1998. Sporting large scrumptious breasts and the prettiest eyes we've seen since Chasey Lain, Azlea Antistia is certain to become a new favorite among porn fans. Originally born in Southern California, Azlea actually grew up in New York and re-located back to California later in life. She got her start in the business to have some fun and has stayed because she loves it. Her performances are genuine and it comes across on video. She works with both men and women with eager abandon, devouring her partners. When she's not doing the nasty with industry performers, Azlea enjoys fine dining, (especially French food) keeping in shape and loves to appreciate fine art.
I wrote Gram: "I hear you work part-time as a dominatrix - Master Gram. How much for a session?"
He replied: "Once again, your vaunted sources are mistaken. I am merely an industry dominaTOR."
Tod Hunter writes: "No, he works part-time as a box of chocolates. "Candy Gram.""
There have been a ton of entries this week.
Why Isn't There A Better Business Bureau For Hookers?
I am still a newcomer to the hobby. I have only been with six porn stars. I have a couple of problems with the hobby. The first problem is with discrimination. SInce, I ama minority, I have to deal with some porn stars not wanting to see me, because of my race. Besides the bigger problem with that, I can deal with that. What I cannot deal with is age discrimination. I recently wanted to see a porn star. At first, she will not see me, because I am 27. She said, "she does not see anybody under 32." Even though, I have referrals and the money, it does not matter. I had to call one my referrals to vouch for me, which I do not think I should have to do. I do not want to have to call these lovely ladies and bother them with my problems. I have enough to worry about with my race, now I have to worry about my age. I hope this does not become a regular policy.
My second problem is with common respect. We as hobbists are expect to reply to these ladies in a quick and resondable time, especially when it comes to making a despoit. A week ago, I wanted to see Rebecca luv. I emailed and phoned her weeks in advance. I left her couple of messages. I never once heard from her back. I always give respect, especially to these ladies and I try to get back with them asap. I think we deserve the same rights. Is it just me? I just think if we are required to respond quickly, then they should as well.
Montana Gunn writes:
Hi Fransisco, wow I am so sorry that you have to deal with all these problems but believe me Hun, things do happen and I am sure Rebecca, who is a very responsible person, had something going on the certain day you tried to get in touch with her. she was probably real busy or booked or lets hope nothing bad. But in any case there has also been a lot of problems with the service in NYC and some of these girls are really freaked out right now so keep that in mind as well. and be patient, really, sweetheart. A big agency that was very reputable just went down big time so most if not all of the girls are very cautious and nervous and also we all do verify all of our clients. It just makes it alot easier to ask for a reference instead of going through the personal questions you can see on my contact me page on my site i listed. good Luck and sending lots of xoxo Montana Gunn go to my site www.playmate-montanagunn.com
Jack Pointe writes on FunWithPSES:
Do you want nondiscrimination, civilized behavior, and customer service to be the norm? Then you have one choice, and one choice alone: fight for legalization of prostitution. In the absence of legalization, the risks are ALWAYS going to be higher for the hooker than for the john, and so she gets to make all the rules, and she gets to act however she wants, including engaging in discrimination. I appreciate that in the face of age and race discrimination, you make an effort to act like a gentleman and be respectful to the women you approach. I think, no matter what, this is a good idea and it will also give better results. I also think it is fine to vent here from time to time. But I can see no point in an endless hashing over of who is polite, who is not, who discriminates on what basis and who does not. For one thing, no one here will have any way to verify the veracity of such criticisms; for another, it ain't gonna change a thing.
I have said, over and over again, that the overwhelming majority of pornstars I have known are just dumb as a bag of hammers - and I am regularly pilloried for expressing this opinion. Leaving aside the question of whether they CAN discriminate on the basis of age, race, or anything else, I think the question is obvious and simple: is it SMART to engage in such discrimination? I think it's screamingly dumb to discriminate against potential clients in this fashion, and I think it's resounding evidence of my oft-stated thesis.
What Is The Correct Response To Anti-Semitic Hookers?
Jack Pointe writes:
I can also recall a certain party during a certain CES where I was speaking to a small circle of people, and apparently something I said impressed a certain pornstar who had been standing behind me where I could not see her. She whispered in my ear, "That was great. I'd love to f--k you!" I of course turned around to see who it was, and when I saw it was Jordan Lee, I said, "No thanks, I don't f--k racist anti-Semite trailer trash."
Another posts replies: "JP, that was dumb. What you should have done was f--ked her repeatedly, giving her the best night of her life, and the next morning tell her you're actually Jewish."
Sunset Thomas On Opie & Anthony
The five-hour morning radio show is available by satellite to over four million people in North America. It has no censorship.
A source inside the show writes: "Sunset was a hit yesterday. You were right; nicest person alive. I told her I spoke to you, and that you said that about her...she was very complimentary of you also. The guys got along great with her, and she did the news totally naked on air. What abs she has!"
Mike Ramone Was Lord Master Damien
Mike Ramone, AVN Editor-in-Chief, writes: "Luke, you're like the last person in the industry to know this. Geez, first Kat Sunlove, now me. Actually, your headline should be Mike Ramone Was Lord Master Damien, as I hung up my whips a while back. But you're right, those skills do come in handy when enforcing deadlines; I believe all editors should be well-versed in BDSM."
A porner writes: "I can't believe you didn't already know about Master Damien! And how come you forgot to mention that those who worship Master Damien also have penises? and how come you didn't editorialize? asking the question, 'How does a homosexual review heterosexual movies?'"
First, I have no evidence that Lord Damien worked with men or had any form of sex with men. I certainly have no evidence that Mike Ramone is homosexual or bisexual. For all I know, he's a healthy patriotic red-blooded heterosexual American who formerly worked as a dominatrix.
A porner writes:
It looks like Ramone took his MasterDamien site down. I just tried logging onto it because I wanted to lift an image from it (and send it to you) that showed one of his gay subs licking him. I wonder if one of the avn big boys recommended (for obvious reasons) he take the site down? Maybe his comment (on your site) that Master Damien is a "past tense" iteration of himself was only an hours-old "past tense" iteration?
I used Google cache to look around the site:
Copyright 2001-2004 by Lord Master Damien..Custodian of Records 18 U.S.C Section 2257. MasterDamien.com. All models 18 years or older. All records required by 18 U.S.C.2257 are in the custody of MasterDamien.com.... Sale or viewing by minors of adult-oriented fetish material on this site strictly forbidden.
Here's a cool photo of Master Damien on a motorcycle.
When I Googled "Master Damien," I found a reference to a "Master Damien" on the site Homesexsearch.com/shemale.html: "shemales belonged to Master Damien."
I found this ad for Mike Ramone's services on a dominatrix online guide: "[12/05/03] I am Lord Master Damien, L.A.'s hottest, nastiest, most sought-after professional male top. Cum serve Me in My private, fully quipped, awesome dungeon. A true Supremacist, I train men, women and couples in scenes that range from mild to wild, from sensuous to sadistically strict. Sincere beginners and older submissives/masochists are welcome to worship Me. So call now for the training you need. But have the proper submissive attitude, and be on your knees, when you do."
Picture of Mike Ramone with Rob Black at the AEE in January 2005.
Mike Ramone's castaway porn picks.
Mike Ramone's bosses at AVN knew about his dominatrix work and didn't have a problem with it. "What he does during his own time is his business."
Mike's bosses exhibit no doubts about Mike's heterosexuality and neither should you. Just because guys lick you doesn't make you gay.
JKP Fires Its CEO
A source writes: "Ron Stone, CFO of JKP, was unceremoniously canned by JKP President Jill Kelly. Rumor is that Stone (an uptight Bev Hills type) languished in his position doing basically nothing but enrich himself as the company faltered, hiding financial information and was hated by everyone at the company. I hear he could not even name a porn star if he had too! I hope Jill can continue to clean house and get rid of a few other ego driven money hungry stooges at the company."
Hot Blonde Newcomer Wants Help Selecting Her Porn Name
She writes: "I am about to take a leap into the adult industry and I have been having a lot of trouble deciding on a stage name. So I enlisted the help of a friend and created a website for people to help me by voting for my "new name." If you can take the time to vote, I'd be extremely greatful and might even let you f--- me if we ever meet."
'If Women Show, Men Can Look'
If women wear revealing clothing, men can look, says Dennis Prager on his radio show. He referred to the case in Atlantic City where various employees used security cameras at a casino to focus on women wearing revealing clothing. "It is crass for the guy to ogle, but the notion that the woman wearing revealing clothing is a victim is not intellectually honest," says Prager.
In December, the same casino was fined $80,000 for similar incidents involving two other camera operators who trained their eye-in-the-sky cameras on low-cut blouses and revealing clothing instead of craps games and slot parlors.
The hidden cameras, required by law in New Jersey casinos, keep tabs on all aspects of casino floor operations as a way to deter and prosecute theft, embezzlement, cheating and other crimes.
In a 2001 case, two women told the state Division of Civil Rights that they were fired by Caesars after complaining about voyeuristic camera work by surveillance department co-workers, who they said looked for low-cut necklines or revealing clothing on women playing at table games or riding escalators.
Female callers say they are sick of women acting like victims. If women are showing their breasts, then they should expect male attention to that part of their anatomy.
One answer to this problem is to only hire women to do this type of surveillance.
How would you like to be one of the guy's who just paid E2K $5,000. for becoming a "VIP Member"?? Or have only used $xxxx out of your "VIP" account?? I fell that E2K's accounting had to be very good on "Vip Members" as this was there "bread & butter" as E2K got paid in full up front!! What will the Feds. do with this list if they are to find it?? What are you feelings & does anyone know who was on the "VIP List" that would surprise us now that E2K is gone?
Where did "dreamgirls" come from? Out of the ashes of E2K?
Interesting to see a "new" agency coming out now? I remember LE doing a fake agency a while back with maybe,Wanda Curtis, prominently featured, anyone recall the details of that one? If it's legit, their tour dates for NYC coincide with Sophies dates for the same girls. Is this the age of cooperation between agencies? Also, they claim to have Brittney Skye available.
Porn Star Karaoke
Gram Ponante reports on Tuesday night:
Porn Star Karaoke didn't have a sponsor Tuesday night, and Sardo's met federal sausage party standards for the first time since I've been attending. The gang from XBiz was there, and thought enough to bring the latest issue of their Variety-esque trade publication, in which resided an article recounting lovingly unpleasant things about Keiko's singing. Hence the evil look I got from Herself as I walked in, despite our tearful reconciliation just one month ago. It's not like I wrote the article...
Later Keiko sang "Black Velvet" by Alannah Miles. It was so exquisite that I think she should change her name to Yay-ko. She was deep in secret counsels with Tod-Hunter all evening, like the Ents with Saruman in better times before the power of the Ring waxed anew.
The End Of The Road For Greg Lasrado?
From the Courier Mail in Brisbane, Australia:
A NUMBER of companies associated with former Internet porn king Greg Lasrado were yesterday placed in the hands of receivers by a creditor owed more than $3 million.
John Park and Lachlan McIntosh, from KordaMentha, were appointed receiver managers after a move by a group of local financiers who form a company called Velocity 10 Pty Ltd. Gregbury Pty Ltd, Cougar Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd, GDL Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd and Miajoy Pty Ltd are now all in receivership.
Mr Lasrado's assets include a substantial share portfolio, a block of land at Kangaroo Point and the old Kratzman house at St Lucia which he purchased three years ago for $6 million.
The latest move caps a troublesome year for Mr Lasrado, battling creditors after suffering a very public split from his wife Sonia Stitchbury.
In August last year the Commonwealth Bank appointed receiver managers to Mr Lasrado's GDL Investments which is listed as the owner of the vacant 1179sq m site at Kangaroo Point.
Legendary Lars, Adultriendfinder - Do They Worry About Child Porn?
Legendary Lars' operation cams.com and Adultfriendfinder.com (AFF) have merged.
AFF is about the biggest advertiser in porn. They have a text ad on my site that sets them back about $5:00 a week: "F--- Sexy Singles! Find Hot Sex, Casual Sex and More!"
I bet they are AVN's biggest advertiser and XBiz's biggest advertiser.
Neither AFF nor Legendary Lars are allowed to join ASACP, the anti-child porn organization.
AFF is like match.com but with explicit photos. AFF doesn't have 2257 paperwork for these photos. Anyone can post a nude picture, including 14-year olds. You sign up with AFF, and put up a picture of yourself having sex and it is there for the world to see.
Cams.com is another legally risky site, say critics, who tell me they believe that 14-year old girls could be making $300 a night playing with themselves in front of a camera and getting money through their PayPal account.
I took up these concerns by telephone Thursday afternoon with Ira Rothken, who is an attorney for AFF and Cams.com.
Ira: "I have represented Friendfinder since the inception of that company. I have represented Steamray since Lars' involvement with this industry. I can assure you that tremendous steps have been taken historically and passionately, whenever it came to anybody's attention that there was any type of material that was inappropriate on those sites, to come down.
"Every single person who has ever appeared through Steamray's cams, we have full and total 2257 compliance. We have pictures identification, licenses, for every single person who has performed."
Luke: "It appears from the site that anyone can sign up and start streaming on there."
Ira: "No. To stream through Steamray, you have to fill out a contract and a model release. You have to say that you are over the age of 18 and that you warrant that everything you are doing is lawful in the jurisdiction that you are doing it. Furthermore, as a precondition for anyone to be able to stream ever, we have to have full 2257 documentation, which includes government-issued picture identification. That applies wherever you are located in the world.
"It's a slow process. It's a tremendous barrier to entry -- the enormous effort [to put together] those materials. If you don't put together those materials, you don't stream. We have a database that tracks all that. We have back-ups located in other states in case that database ever gets corrupted and we have to provide that to a governmental entity."
Luke: "Wouldn't it be easy to send in fake documentation?"
Ira: "That's something that would plague the industry as a whole. I don't know a way around that unless we get DNA samples. The legal requirement isn't perfection because nobody could ever be perfect. I can tell you that we make a good-faith attempt. It is possible for someone to commit fraud on us but I can't imagine that being any rational-legal standard. If it is, then it is statistically likely that one person has committed such fraud against every major adult company in the world. But we don't know of anyone, and if we did, we would immediately remove their ability to stream."
Luke: "What about AFF? Can't anyone just put up naked pictures without 2257 [paperwork]?"
Ira: "With AFF, we have contractual warranties from every person who posts that they are over 18 and they not committing any unlawful acts. For many, but not all, we have other types of age verification mechanisms.
"We have looked at the case law and for dating services, they are different than, say, Streamray. Dating services are not creating a performance. It's not like creating an adult video.
"It would make a dating site for adults difficult to maintain if it was a condition before proceeding that there had to be 2257 compliance.
"It's something we're looking at. If it ever came to our attention that that was a requirement for entry to a dating site, where we are an enabling device, we would do it."
Digipimp posts on GFY: "If asking for id's and pics isn't age verification enough to model then what is? maybe you think they should travel to each girls home, arrange a meeting with her parents, go get a copy or her birth certificate, take her to a doctor, get her fingerprinted, do a dna test, a retina scan, go verify she has a webcam, get her id, get her passport, go to the DMV with her to ask someone if they took the picture."
CAN o' WORMS that is completely under-reported. Go to any "public" sites, like Yahoo Chat or games. Suppose you have Yahoo Messenger, and u get an IM from some 16 year old girl trapped in her home the middle of Oregon surrounded by Giant redwood trees 20 miles from her High school, let alone the nearest "fun" place or friends house.
You start talking, she turns on the cam, takes off her clothes and starts fiddling and diddling with a empty Corona Longneck, and of course, you watch... NOW if you DON'T know she is under 18, then so far you haven't done anything legally reprehensible. But if at some point during the chatting, she TELLS you "I am 16", well . . . .turn it off man....cuz if the folks or someone finds out (like checking the logs), or if the girl decides to go psychotic and says "Some Man Made me Stick things up in my ...... boo hoo hoo"...you could remotely be in trouble. Not likely, but its one of those things that if u do get caught, life can effectively be over dude. Its a hush hush thing here in the Silly Valley....I have a friend who is one of 73 LEGAL Advisers to Yahoo. Its messed....what people, including teens do and see in their own home should be private if it involves un-solicited or spontaneous private actions.
Joan Irvine, director of ASACP, replies to my inquiries:
They are a Supporter, not an Approved Member since based on advice from our pro bona attorney Larry Walters and the ASACP Advisory Council, the Best Practices require adult dating sites to adhere to 2257 Disclaimers to become an Approved Member.
The Supporter level does not have this requirement, although these sites are still visually reviewed before being accepted as Sponsors and regularly monitored via the spidering for unacceptable terms.
From multiple discussions with a number of the top adult dating sites including Adult Friend Finder, they all review photos before posting; they verify age, some by photo ID, another uses a service that checks public data bases. If someone is a Sponsor, Approved Member or a Supporter (and have all the sites entered into the ASACP database), when a surfer clicks on the ASACP button on that site, the ASACP systems verifies their status.
Inthestars writes on GFY: "On ifriends.com, there were a few incidents in the past where people slipped through. I remember in '99 there was a case where a 14 year old girl was forced to participate in sex acts with a grown man and solo for Ifriends.com webcam shows."
Ira Rothken has sued sex.com, Google, Yahoo and other sites that take gambling ads. His website is techfirm.com. The full complaint is here.
High-End Porn Company Owner Caught By Police Having Sex With A Tranny In A Public Bathroom
Though there's a police report on this (happened at a club), let me say this: He who is without sin, let him throw the first stone. If you've never been caught by police having sex with a tranny in a public place, then you get all righteously indignant.
Many of the directors and male talent in putatively heterosexual porn have regular sex with transsexuals.
Vivid Leaving Their LFP Distribution Deal - Maybe LFP Will Wake Up And Smell The Coffee?
I have heard from two reliable sources that Vivid is leaving their domestic distribution deal with Hustler this summer when it comes up for renewal.
Vivid's owner Steve Hirsch is sick of LFP's ineptitude.
The dirty truth is that Vivid has been carrying LFP Video. The Hustler stuff (outside of Barely Legal and a few others) doesn't sell. Bad boxes, bad concepts. Bad organization.
Jim Kohls, the guy who used to run LFP, was not fired a few months ago. He quit. He was fed up. He hates Larry Flynt.
Mark Hamilton left early because LFP expected him to train Dustin Flynt. Mark said there was no way he was going to train Dustin, who has an influential position in LFP's video division but doesn't know what he's doing. Dustin rubs people the wrong way because he acts like an arrogant schmuck.
It pisses Larry Flynt off to no end that gonzo houses such as Evil Angel, Anabolic and Red Light make millions and are the toast of the fans. He is jealous of their credibility and is going to dinner with different people to try to muscle his way into dominance.
LFP lets a few morons phone it in. Director Patrick Handsome gets huge budgets to shoot Euro features, and just pays some cameramen in Europe to do it. He sits on his bum in the US cashing checks. Denis Marti and Van Styles are the only guys worth a damn at LFP.
Speaking of worthless, I bet the janitor at Elegant Angel is shooting movies again now that their only real director (Tom Zupko) left.
The Con Episode On Porn
On Comedy Central, there's this relatively new show called The Con, with Skylar Stone Each week he does some type of con.
Well, this week, he conned his way into making a porn movie, and then inviting legit porn people, such as Keiko from KeikosWorld.com, who was only credited as being "K." on the show, and Shailar, production manager from Vivid Video, to his priemere party.
But the thing is, it was a dry humping porno! Basically, the 2 actors doing it stayed clothed the entire time!
To see the faces of Shailar and Keiko, and the rest attending, was priceless!
It is supposed to repeat on Thursday, Apr.28th at 12:30am EST (technically early Friday) so Tivo it if you can.
Mike Ramone Was Lord Master Damien
AVN's Editor-In-Chief offered through his website www.masterdamien.com "Hardcore Humiliation, Discipline And Slave Training."
This stuff must be helpful in running a tight ship on Eton Avenue in Chatsworth:
I am gorgeous Lord Master Damien, L.A's preeminent male Dominant. Towering over my slaves at 6'3" with a hard, beautiful body, a highly wicked, perverse mind and years of SM/BD experience, I am a genetically superior being who slave-trains wimps, sissies and sluts in my awesome fully-equipped private dungeon.
Highly narcissistic, I possess a vast European designer fetish wardrobe and love dressing up for session head to toe in leather, rubber, latex, PVC, military/police uniforms and My huge collection of boots.
My required donation is $150 an hour. For outcall, my required donation is $200 an hour. I will consider a sliding scale fee, or exchange of services, for genuine hardship cases.
I see clients during the week from roughly 6pm-Midnight and on the weekends around-the-clock.
Now make that call. But be on your knees and assume the proper worshipful attitude when you do.
(Pictures copyrighted by Mike Ramone aka Master Damian, I believe their use here is newsworthy and hence falls under the doctrine of "Fair Use")
Mike Albo writes on AdultStarsNews: "The self-described "gorgeous" dude looks an awful lot like a cheesy version of former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford. Can a stint in a tribute band be far behind?"
What's Up With Sineplex?
I read on pornogossip.com: "Sineplex is about to fold while one of there principals hides in Russia [Javier] and the other [Jayson aka Jay Sin] bangs trannys."
I read this ad on CraigsList looking for a new advertising salesman.
Their previous ad manager, Dean Sussman, is due to leave the company April 28.
A source says: "I suspect Javier owes people money. That's why he's hiding out. The only reason that company didn't fold 18 months ago is that Dean Sussman is a good salesman and a hard, loyal worker.
"Owen Pierce, who ran all of their web operations, quit about a month ago. He had equity in the company."
What is the real deal with Courtney Simpson?
XXXbitionist writes on XPT:
Is she really new talent discovered by Nicole Brazzle? How old is she? it isn't like it matters but we are talking about a 4 year difference. Was Brazzle ever really her agent/friend? Why the switch to LA Direct? How many names have she used? Is she simply attempting to make the switch from internet porn to DVD? Is she in reality who she says she is? I mean we found her name on the Sun Devils site but rare is the 23 year old that cheers in college?...(they usually have their own gym and all star team by that point) Just don't know how to take the lies/publicity..or if I am apprehensive because of her affilication with Brazzle.
Jeff Steward writes:
This is so typical of porn whores. Nobody ever really knows them. One day they are in your life and you think you know them and then the next thing you know they are gone. The few weeks after they disappear are real eye openers because all of these things you thought you knew about them turn out to be bulls---. If I've seen it once I've seen it a thousand times. Whores are a strange breed indeed and its best to not try and figure them out. Each answer only leads to more questions. So to answer your question, the real deal with Courtney is that she is a whore. Nothing more and nothing less.
On Set With Nautica Thorn, Avy Lee Roth, Denis Marti
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I drive to Denis Marti's LFP set in Bel Aire (at Giorgio's house).
He looks like a soccer player.
"Everything I say can be used against me, right?" he laughs.
Nautica Thorn smokes a cigarette while we chat.
Denis grew up in Sardegna, an island off Italy. Three years ago, he moved to Prague.
Duke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Denis: "Many things. Like every Italian, a soccer player. Then I wanted to be a writer. I studied literature at a university [got a degree in English and Spanish literature]. Then I realized that I was not a good writer."
Denis speaks Italian, Sardegnian, Spanish, Czech and English.
Duke: "What did your family expect from you?"
Denis: "They expected something like a university career.
"My father works in a factory as a department manager and my mother directs a professional school.
"I have a younger sister."
Duke: "Have you gotten her into the industry?"
Denis: "Oh no. Why would I?"
Duke: "Have you tried to talk her into it?"
Denis: "No."
Duke: "Would you direct her in a scene?"
Denis: "No."
Duke: "Would you work with her in a scene?"
Denis: "No."
He laughs. "I'm a normal boy. I have nothing against it. It's her life. I'm not like, 'Oh, she's girl. Therefore, she can not do it.' She has her job."
Duke: "Do you think there's something wrong with incest?"
Denis: "Yeah."
Duke: "How did you get into the porn industry?"
Denis: "I met this girl in Rome about six years ago. We had a one-night stand. She turned out to be working for a [porn] production company in Italy (ETM, the distributors of Rocco Siffredi's movies). She said they were casting for guys and asked me if I wanted to check it out. I was curious. I checked it out.
"The guys were all having a hard time doing the scene. I was like, this must be terrible. I don't want to do this.
"I was not there to do it. I was just there to see.
"At the end of the day, they said, it's your turn. I said, I'm not here for the casting. They said, come on. Try it. Don't be shy.
"I did it. It was easier than I thought. Then they started calling me..."
Duke: "What were you doing before you got into porn?"
Denis: "I was a publishing advisor. I was reading new novels and poetry."
Avy Lee Roth walks up. "Take those pictures off your website," she commands. "I look awful."
Duke: "I'll take new ones."
Avy: "I liked the interview. You printed every word I said."
Denis has done over 1,000 sex scenes (about 40 in America).
Duke: "What do you love and what do you hate about your work?"
Denis: "I love the freedom, especially now that I'm directing. I have control of the production. I hate that the relationships between people are sometimes superficial. That happens everywhere. When you work with people, sometimes it's just work and you don't go deeper. It's difficult to have a sentimental [romantic] relationship when you do this."
Duke: "Do you mainly date people inside or outside of the industry?"
Denis: "Mainly outside."
Duke: "How do they feel about your work?"
Denis: "They accept it. But deep inside they don't like it."
Duke: "Do you have trouble sustaining a relationship for long?"
Denis: "It becomes difficult. Relationships are difficult regardless of what you do. It's not like it makes me crazy. I'm happy with my life."
Denis says he's never been married and has no children. He's never dated a porn star for long. "It's never happened. I don't know. Maybe they don't like me?"
He laughs.
Duke: "Could you give me a psychological profile of the type of girl who works in porn?"
Denis: "I don't think there is one. Every person is different."
Duke: "How does your family feel about your work?"
Denis: "They would prefer I was doing something else."
Duke: "What pays better? Doing pornography or reading poetry?"
Denis laughs and tosses off a latin phrase that poetry does not provide bread.
Duke: "Do you still write poetry?"
Denis: "Yes. That's one of the things I like most about this job -- it gives me time..."
When he was younger, he published in some literary magazines in Italy.
Duke: "When are you going to come out with your first book of poetry?"
Denis: "When my dick stops working."
Marti writes poetry in Italian, Sardegnian and Spanish.
Duke: "Which poets would you compare your style to?"
Denis: "Pablo Neruda. His appreciation of the beauty of nature, and that includes women."
When I compared Marti's body of work to Neruda, I noticed a stunning similarity -- they had both produced a lot.
Pablo's collection España en el Corazón reminds me of Denis's masterpiece 2 Dicks In 1 Chick #5.
Marti reads Neruda in the original while I cannot, despite taking Spanish for three years in school.
Nautica tells Denis he has soft hands. "I haven't worked a day in my life," he says. "I went from studying to porn."
Denis tells Nautica and Avy that the most important thing for them to remember while doing their scene with him is "eye contact" (presumably with the camera).
Nautica has been in porn since late 2002 and done over 100 movies.
She's half Japanese, a quarter Puerto-Rican and a quarter Hawaiin.
She finds out that Denis is not circumsized. "I have a hard time," she confesses. "Maybe it was just that guy."
Giorgio walks into the kitchen holding a DVD. He asks to come with him to watch his movie The Passion of the Reefer.
"It's a porn?" Nautica asks.
"No," he says.
"It's not a porn?" she asks.
"No."
We follow him into the livingroom.
A topless Wally Wharton, attired like an angel, dances in the company logo.
Denis says he doesn't write any poetry dedicated to porn girls.
Duke: "Do you do double-anal?"
Marti looks at me.
Duke: "You know. Rub your dick against another guy's dick while you're both inside her anus."
Marti: "A few times."
Duke: "Do you prefer to rub your penis against another guy's penis or rubbing it [alone] inside a woman?"
Denis: "Inside a woman."
The credits roll. I read "Michael Esposito as Donnie Motherf---er."
This is a reference to the Esposito of Gentlemen's Video who buys a banner ad above. This Esposito is not in the movie but the movie's director, Jeff Coldwater, hates Michael and named a character with Tourettes Syndrome after him.
Giorgio shows us his favorite scenes. One closes with two guys driving off into a setting sun that dips below the horizon. "Not bad for porno people," he says.
He forwards through the scene selection. "I want to show you the scene with me."
Denis, Nautica and I are his couch captives.
"This scene is shot in film," Giorgio narrates. "Super-16. Can you see the difference?"
Denis, Nautica and I flee to the changing room. Avy has a suitcase filled with lingerie, most of which she doesn't want to wear. Holding up some red stuff, Avy says it makes her look too fat. Other stuff is too old. Other stuff she's worn before and she doesn't want fans feeling ripped off seeing her on one boxcover in an outfit that she uses again in today's scene.
I know many fans lose their boner when that happens.
"I don't want the fans to say Avy Lee Roth only has one dress for movies," she says.
Each outfit that Nautica lifts up, Avy says it is "old, old, old."
Next pair of lingerie, she says: "No! They make me look bad."
Denis: "Then why do you have them in your bag?"
Avy: "They make my ass look big."
Denis: "That means they make you look like girls."
Nautica: "It makes you look like a woman.
"It makes you look like a whore. A professional whore. Not a low-class whore."
Avy didn't bring a copy of her HIV-test. This causes 25-minutes of phone calling until one of Avy's three agents faxes it to the set.
Nautica has cool-looking Marlboro cigarettes for girls and brings us outside for a drag.
Duke to Nautica: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Nautica: "I wanted to be everything. I wanted to be a veterinarian but when I saw my dogs get their first shot, I couldn't do it. I can't poke people.
"I grew up in Hawaii."
Duke: "What kind of crowd did you grow up with in America?"
Nautica: "The really bad ones that like to watch porn and smoke weed and drink instead of going to school 'cause school sucks. School is for losers."
She starts giggling.
Duke: "What kind of student were you?"
Nautica: "A really good one. I got As until [9th grade] I met a bunch of friends and we hung out at my place and cooked breakfast and watched Asia Carrera."
Duke: "Did you graduate highschool?"
Nautica: "No. I moved out here."
Duke: "How did you get into porn?"
Nautica: "I was a dancer (at the Body Shop on Sunset Blvd and Cheetahs in Las Vegas). I graduated to doing porn. I'm a high-class whore."
Duke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"
Nautica: "I love all the new cocks and hate all the old ones."
Duke: "What else?"
Nautica: "I like just having sex. I think I'm a nympho. My boyfriend of four years, we just broke up, we had sex every day."
Duke: "Did he know you were doing porn?"
Nautica giggles: "He kinda found out."
Duke: "How?"
Nautica: "I told him I was sucking dick. He's like, oh, ok. I hope you're getting paid for it."
Duke: "Why did you guys break up?"
Nautica: "I was f---ing around on him. I thought we might as well break-up."
Nautica still lives with and fornicates with this guy she broke up with.
What kind of breaking up is that?
"The kind that I can go and have other cocks."
Don't you do that anyway?
"Yeah. Technically, I guess we're still together."
Don't you get enough sex at work? Why must you have more?
"Because I'm different off-camera. I'm very sensual."
As opposed to on-camera, when you are un-sensual?
"I'm much more of a whore."
Avy Lee Roth drags on her cigarette. "I can't believe I'm getting so old."
She's 25. "Since I got married, I've become an old lady."
I drive to Mulholland Drive and Rob Spallone's Bang My Tight White Ass set.
I meet Mallory Knox, who's just finished her first scene with Silvio. It's the second scene of the day. It is 12:50pm.
Rob Spallone calls director Ron Sullivan and tells him to tell me not to write anything bad.
Production manager Kenny Carolina tells me: "You might as well leave."
The shooting house overlooks the San Fernando Valley and is owned by Ariel, the distributor.
Mallory and I walk out by the pool and do an interview.
She and her boyfriend Mickey live in Florida. They first got into porn eight years ago.
"I was a dancer on stage," she remembers. "Peter North came up to me and asked if I wanted to be in a movie.
"I used to do it for fun with the dancing. Just once a year for extra money.
Mallory has only devoted herself full-time to XXX the past two months. Previously, she and Mickey (together ten years) did about ten scenes.
"The last year or so we've done some hardcore stuff. Him and I decided we were going to go fullbore and the last few months I've been....every dick..."
Duke: "When you guys getting married?"
Mallory: "We already consider each other married. The whole reason we got into this full-fledged is that we want to save money for our wedding. As soon as we get enough money saved up, we'll set a date."
Duke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Mallory: "A fashion designer. I found I enjoyed modeling."
At age 21, she started stripping.
Duke: "What kind of student were you in highschool?"
Mallory: "College-prep."
Duke: "What kind of crowd did you hang with?"
Mallory: "A little bit of everyone. I wouldn't have sex with the guys at my school. They talked too much. They didn't stand a chance."
Duke: "How old were you when you lost your virginity?"
Mallory: "Twelve. The first time I posed nude was when I was 15."
Duke: "Who did you pose for?"
Mallory: "Some pervert off the street. He offered me $100 for 20-minutes. I went off on him. 'I'm not a hooker. Who the hell do you think you're talking to?' He said, no, no. I'm just going to take pictures.
"He took a roll of film and handed me $100. There was no sex involved."
Duke: "Were you traumatized by the experience?"
Mallory: "Not at all. I've never been a shy person."
Duke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"
Mallory: "I love that everybody in the porn industry has a certain kind of attitude that you just don't find elsewhere. It makes you feel like you belong to something that is not always out there for everybody.
"What do I hate about it? Directors that schedule you for an anal shoot and then make you sit there and wait for five hours before they let you have anal. So if anyone hears me, always make the anal go first."
Duke: "You obviously have no problem doing interracial."
Mallory: "No."
Duke: "Were you always like that?"
Mallory: "No. Once I got into the business, it became obvious that 60-70% of the work is interracial. I don't look at it as a personal thing. I look at it as a job."
Duke: "What else do you love and hate about the business?"
Mallory: "I love my freedom and the money and that some day, someone will remember me."
Duke: "What are your ambitions?"
Mallory: "I've already paid off my house in Florida and I'm thinking of buying one out here.
"This is where I'm from. I haven't been here in ten years."
Duke: "How did your family and friends react to your becoming a porn star?"
Mallory: "My mom had a cow, only because she doesn't want me to get AIDS. I tell her everything. When I posed when I was 15, I told her about it. She was not happy about it but there wasn't anything that she could do.
"Now they're fine with it. They just think it's funny. I only have a handful of friends. I met them through the industry. Childhood friends I haven't seen since childhood. I can only imagine what they would say."
Duke: "What do you say when strangers ask you what you do for a living?"
Mallory: "I usually tell them I'm a porn star."
Duke: "Your big breasts scream porn star."
Mallory: "A little bit. If someone seems like they will be creepy when they find out I'm a porn star, I just tell them I'm a model. I've had people ask me to be an escort a million times."
Duke: "You don't do escorting?"
Mallory: "I tried it one time (six weeks ago). And the fricking escort service sent a cop to my room. The very first time. I said, it's not worth it to me.
"I got busted. I guess that usually the first time they just give you a ticket. I didn't even have sex with him. I didn't even ask him for money. He asked to see my tits. Then all the cops run in.
"I said, wait a minute here. I don't know what the escort service told him. I went off on them. 'I didn't do anything.' They said, 'That's what they all say.'
"I pissed them all off. The person in charge said, 'She's not getting OR (you sign yourself out). Let her sit in jail for two days.' It's not worth it. People say you are in and out in an hour and you make cash. I don't want to worry that someone is going to choke me out.
"Once in a while, I meet a director who wants to top this ass. I might give in but that's because I know they're in the industry."
The first scene was LT and Holly Wellin.
Urbano is shooting here at the same time.
Free Speech Coalition Speaks Up
Dana Harris writes in Sunday's edition of Variety:
Like everyone else in showbiz, people in the porn industry just want to be loved and respected -- even by the government. So they're working at being taken seriously, but the timing is curious.
The FCC's campaign against indecency has gained momentum since President Bush's re-election, and newly ensconced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has vowed to significantly ramp up anti-obscenity prosecution under his watch.
Oh, well. Undeterred, the Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit trade org led by a 60-year-old former dominatrix from San Francisco, is stepping up efforts to remind politicians that porn means jobs, tax revenue and First Amendment rights. In other words, they're not just pretty faces.
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Sunlove -- known as Mistress Kat when she was working as a professional dominatrix -- is the former publisher of Spectator, a weekly mag that bills itself as "The Voice of Erotic San Francisco."
I've not heard these stories.
Diary of a Porn Virgin
From Channel 4 in Britain: "Following the personal journeys of newcomers embarking on a career in adult entertainment. From the initial approach to a glamour agency, to the first photo shoot and HIV test, Diary of a Porn Virgin uncovers the motivations and moral dilemmas faced along the way."
What a daft bitch the blonde one was. She went into it for entirely the wrong reasons and had far to many hangups to work in modern porn. She simply wasn't good looking enough to have so many restrictions. On the plus side she said she had no regrets at the end so good for her I suppose.
I wonder how long it takes/took her to realise her site won't make anything either. She really hasn't the looks for good success at 'glamour'. But then the hubby drives a Porche so I doubt she needs the money.
Is UK TV slowly showing more and more? Couple of shots of guys with semi's stroking themselves and even a little pink flashed now and again.
JoeA writes:
Sorry my place was a mess for Sahara's first shoot which was for SportXXX and my birthday party which they showed a few glimpes of... It was great to be called Sahara's "Mentor and Friend" as she and I fell out just after filming for a while, and I was told that there was going to be a different ending to the one used... And she isn't on her way to Porn Vally... It's been cancelled for a second time...
The programme was all I expected after the director told me what it would be... And so I'm happy with it as I know Sahara is, specially after her being in Closer mag last week, The Sun on 25th and she's in the Sport on Sunday next weekend, but just a topless pic, no story as far as I know.
The other bonus has been that as soon as the programme ended... sign up's to the pay site and to the Yahoo group went nuts... Over 50 to the Yahoo group in 30 mins and a nice double figure number to the pay site in the following hour... That was the best publicity we could have had even though the sites name wasn't mentioned... So... I'm now available for wedding, barmitvahs and funerals...
Luke, why do I have to do your work for you?
Few weeks ago I mentioned the Chicago Outfit guy that would place ads in the local free weekly demanding that "members of organized crime syndicates" stay away from him, since that was a condition of his parole. That guy, Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, was just charged in a pretty huge RICO indictment issued yesterday.
Of all of the counts, people will probably cling to the one involving the murder of Tony Spilotro, portrayed by Joe Peschi in the movie Casino, and his brother out in a cornfield in unincorporated DuPage County back in 1986.
Here's some relevant parts of the indictment, Luke:
COUNT SIX
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in the summer of 2001 and continuing until approximately November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German,"
defendant herein, knowingly did attempt to commit extortion, as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (2), which extortion would have affected interstate commerce as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (3), in that the defendant would and did attempt to obtain money as "street tax" from an adult entertainment club operating in a suburb of Chicago, with the consent of a representative of the club, induced by the wrongful use of actual and threatened force, violence, and fear;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1951 and 2.
COUNT SEVEN
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in October of 2001 and continuing through November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German" defendant herein, knowingly participated in the use of extortionate means within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(7), to collect and attempt to collect from the former owners of an adult entertainment store operating in Indiana, an extension of credit, within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(1); that is, the defendant did expressly and implicitly threaten the use of violence to cause harm to the former owners of the store in an attempt to obtain a sum of money from them by November 1, 2001; In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 894 and 2.
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There were rumors circulating--the departing FBI SAC even gave an interview stating as much--that several politicians were going to be implicated in a coming Outfit bust. Only a couple of cops were implicated here. I heard this morning that the second Grand Jury will be called back, and that a second indictment will have to do with shaking down, money laundering through and other business involving strip clubs and adult stores--but I don't know anything first-hand. Should be an interesting summer.
Da Burglar writes:
Oscar Goodman, mayor of Las Vegas for the last 5+ years, was Spilotro's Mouthpiece. It has long been thought that Good ol' Oscar has known many tidbits about the Ant's Murder that actually dont fall under attorney client privilege, but being the good Goombah-ass-kisser-extraordinaire that he is, he has kept them to himself and enjoyed being Emperor of Sin City (not the porno company.)
There has been a federal Racketeering Holy War against the Vegas strip club Crazy Horse Too (CH2) since 1997. Oscar used to represent CH2 owner Rick Rizzollo, and other Bonnano Affiliates (like Vincent ferraci, whose father supposedly knew Spilotro.) Since becoming mayor, Oscar has taken a lot of heat for some dubious actions that have clearly favored Rizzolo and CH2, and he may have seen the writing on the wall/indictment and quietly shared a few details to help the frustrated feds, in exchange for the feds allowing a "deal" in the CH2/rizzolo matter and leaving Oscar alone. The Feds have invested 7 years, countless man hours, documents, wiretaps and Dollars, as well as significant opportunity cost while other cases have been ignored, trying to close the CH2 case.
I dunno....a couple of fellow morally aloof professional friends in Vegas have been blabbing about s--- I normally ignore, but didnt for some reason this time. Probably because drug addicted strippers played a minor role in the whole sordid affair.
Anyway, Da Burglar's "Unsubstantiated-but-still-probably-somewhat-true" Rumor mill has met its yearly quota. Thank you for watching. If you want to do research yourself, check out Vegas Columnist Steve Miller here:
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