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* A female webmaster friend of mine is having a bad show. She's been drinking heavily every night and not getting laid. She had planned to hook up with one of the guys from StraightCollegeMen.com.
"Justin Clouse, the owner of StraightCollegemen.com," says my source, "is a controlling gay porn queen who HATES and absolutely despises any straight women that his straight college men have sex with."
My friend is mad that Justin has cock-blocked her banging his men.
My friend bought a suite with a jacuzzi but she's had no one to share it with. Last year, she and two porn stars and a couple of guys from StraightCollegeMen.com had a wild party. There were condoms scattered everywhere.
Justin Clouse began in porn with RedHeadededMen.com. He was profiled by Unzipped.
My source writes:
RedHeadededMen.com was successful enough to convince Justin's gay lover Larry to finance his next internet escapade, StraightCollegeMen.com. The money he received from his former lover, Larry, was enough to not only finance the escapade, but also indulge Justin's sick fantasies of making heterosexual men do his exact bidding to a mind exacting detail. At the AVN and Internetnext shows this year, he strictly forbade his current models from having contact with any women or any women that they were acquainted with after work. His models were forced to adjourn to a suite at Harrah's, in spite of the fact that three of them are Las Vegas residents with local homes, just so that jealous Justin Clouse would know their location. They were not allowed to leave the suites and were forced to be in bed by 10:30 PM or else they would not be paid for their services.
Justin is very jealous of straight women, because they can provide his straight college men with everything that he can't give them, i.e. sex, companionship, and children. With his previous lover, Larry from Ohio, he had literally everything that a straight woman could, besides a vagina. He had two children, a four year old girl and a baby boy whom his maid accused him of molesting (i.e. throwing the baby on the couch and causing the infant to have a swollen lip) and (and according to his own online diary, plus an older gay partner who understood his need for the swinging life (http://www.justinslife.com/99jul2.html - see the section regarding Derrick and Scott). Justin is a very self obessed gay man who documented his life online at http://www.justinslife.com/ from 1995 to 2003. He has had a website where he's looking for his perfect match at http://www.interactiveknight.com/ even when he had a lover that financed his whole lifestyle, including his pricey tuition at USC. He's from the small hicktown of Richmond, Kentucky, per his own biography: http://www.justinslife.com/where.html
Justin is considered to be a jerk in the internet gay community as evidenced by this interesting missive:
I found Justin Clouse’s journal, “Justin’s Life”, in August of 1995, and it has never stopped pissing me off. I can’t seem to stop reading it, either. It’s like picking a scab (and you should have seen me when I had chicken pox; I can never pass up the opportunity to pick a scab). I found his entries so infuriating, in fact, that in 1996 I began a parody called “Justine’s Ode to Justine”. It was extremely popular with Justin’s ex-boyfriends. Hee. This week marked the first time in eight years that I read an entry and felt pity instead of fury. He talks about how lonely he feels, and then says:
And yet with work, there’s so much to do, yet I wonder why I continue to do it. What really does it all matter? I can buy a hot tub to put in the back yard: then what? The purchase will occupy me for a few days, but that can’t be the point of life; occupying time until we die.
Oddly enough, despite his sexual obsession with straight men, he grandly considers himself a gay icon!
David Aaron Clark Dating On Camera
Jan writes: "We were watching one of DAC's movies (AZN Super Idols 2: Liliths of Spring from Video Team) last night and realised that he is pretty much dating on camera. There was a threesome scene & during the sex he starts having a normal conversation with this new girl. It was too funny! Like a full-on first-date conversation."
David Clark responds:
Just because I sometimes shoot in this style doesn't mean I'm actually trying to date them. As a former journalist, I'm a better interviewer than most of these clowns, & you certainly know that part of being a good interviewer is showing an interest & appreciation in what your subject is saying. My actual dating life, such as it is, occurs off-camera. (Well, except for certain moments of DIARY OF A MAD PORN DIRECTOR from Madness Pictures -- commercial endorsement alert!)
I do tend to talk to the girls like they're interesting, sexy new people I'm pleased to meet, as opposed to "Ass up, cumfarting bitch!", etc etc. It's part & parcel of a gonzo style done by & for those who actually get off on appreciating women instead of taking out their own frustrations on them. Each to their own!
That's a scene [AZN Super Idols 2] where I was absolutely just playing the host -- started out joking around with Marcus & Surewood about sticking them in matching luggage so we could afford to go shoot in Tokyo (a dream which may have come a step closer to reality at this past show, by the way) ... Had already shot the girl (Kammy, native Japanese, so-so English) a couple of times & was just bringing her out for the camera.
I do notice that porn seems very cold these days in that way. All this robotic "gonzo" -- I suppose at least a lot of it isn't particularly inhumane, in that you have to acknowledge the existence of the human factor before you can properly deconstruct it, as any good sadist or propagandist will tell you.
AZN is a hip-hop/illiterate/internet term that some Asian-American youth choose to identify their ethnic identity. There's an AZN TV national cable network now, as well. I watch it for the movies & the anime cuz that's how I am.
I sometimes find myself falling in love with women I interview. This weekend it happened with Montanna Rae. What a doll. She gave me her email address. She said she'd like to continue our conversation.
I kinda fell for Joanna Angel over the past year. Before her there was Hayley Rivers, Kendra Jade, Kim Kataine, Alexandra Silk... I'm not alleging that I did anything improper with these women, just that I had lustful thoughts.
Despite what many of you think, I'm a man of flesh (and not just lofty ideals). However hard my morals, I am still susceptible to the temptations of beautiful women (and not so beautiful women who pay me the least attention).
Alex Rocco, Buddy On Hollywood Mafia Blog
Two men both friends. One time they were headed on the same path. One came to Hollywood and made good, the other fought a bloody gang war in the Boston streets. It was the Irish war fought in the streets of Boston that help boost Cosa Nostra to new levels in New England. Buddy McLean and Bernie McLaughlin fought it out. Raymond Patriarca's men came into the fight and killed. Men like the Bear and Joe Barboza who would soon become well known. Joe Barboza is another California story because he was blasted here year's after becoming an FBI informant. Alex Petricone was with his friend Buddy McLean right after the spectacular daylight Hit of Bernie McLaughlin in Boston. Alex was nothing but a Winter Hill Gang wannabee when he was arrested that day. Tired of the street life Alex moved to Hollywood changed his name to Alex Rocco, lost some weight and became an actor. He will forever be known to millions as Moe Green in the Godfather, a Bugsy like character who controlled a casino. "I'm Moe Green and I made my bones when you were banging Cheerleaders." The path he choose was one already blazed by semi bad guys. George Raft, Jimmy Caan and a slew of Mob wannabees to come. Today its guys like John Groundbeef who instead of slimming down ate up until they are grossly obese. Still working the streets of LA like he is a real bad guy with his lame pal Pat "Mumbles". Work that online sports book!!! Who do you think your fooling? How about the long dead screen tough guy Luca Brazi? Lenny Montana Sr, who along with Colombo family Clown Jerry Zimmerman conned plenty. What is his son limping Lenny up to? The last bad actor in the bunch..... Bobby Milano... Zebra Force and the Gangster chronicles... Time to retire..
Is Earl Miller The Toughest Photographer?
DJJace.net writes on Oprano.com:
My wife and I shot for Earl, and he was nothing but nice and caring....we shot together, then my wife shot seperately with him. He was nothing like what is being described here Ron Vogel was by far the worst. He kept calling me by my real name and my wife "girl"..."hey girl, do this now", "don't do that girl"....etc....SO disrespectful, and when she didn't want to be in the pile driver position for 15 minutes he got upset and bitched about "girl" to his makeup artist.
Some girls are just SUCH primadonnas that when they are told to hold an uncomfortable position for more than they are comfortable with, the photographer suddenly becomes sadistic.
FusionX writes: "I can see him being a perfectionist, and holding some long sessions to get things exactly right, but sadistic? Nah, can't see it."
Gonzo writes: "[Luke's] just mad cuz Earl wouldnt pick him up when he was thumbing a ride in LA."
Jace writes: "Luke is a broke ass bitch you know, he always he bragging about his alexa ratings, you would think with the #'s boasts that he could fly first class and stay in the presidential suite."
Gonzo writes: "I wonder who he bummed a ride with and whos room he crashed in?"
Luke says: I got a ride with a reader and I stayed with an acquaintance/webmaster.
Hell Puppy writes:
I also spent some time with [Earl Miller] in Vegas, and I just cant see him being "sadistic" to anyone. Well, maybe a waitress who doesn't have any free range chicken or tuna....but certainly not a model. Use your head, he's been shooting the hottest women on the planet since the 70's. The hot ones shoot multiple times, and I saw tons of big names begging to shoot with him at AEE. This doesn't sound like a man who is a pain to work with. Perfectionist? Haven't seen him shoot, but most photographers of his caliber are. Picky? That's for damned sure. I saw him basically say "not interested" to girls looking to shoot who most of the pro-am photographers on the web would trip over each other to get a shoot with. My take after hanging with him a bit is he's a great guy, and you really cant argue with the body of work he's produced. His site has one of the most impressive collections of porn stars and centerfolds of any site on the net.
Rhetorical responds: "He is a journeyman photographer...not Helmut freeking Newton. You guys need to seriously look at the best....Avedon, Karsh...the list goes on. No offense, but this is craft not art and certainly not perfection."
* Christian's pictures. More pictures. F.U.B.A.R. Galleries.
* Morbid Thoughts writes on ADT about the top three booths:
1. Smash Pictures - The girls had on the same uniforms every day but damn those were hot uniforms and they had excellent props for photo opportunities with the fans. Plus they showed the football game.
2. Elegant Angel - Hottest group of girls with Kinzie, Tiana, Sammie, Hillary, and Kami.
3. Red Light District - I enjoyed meeting Penny, Cassie, Georgia, Dana, Holly, Rita, Katsumi but no Karina Kay!
Vicky Vette Suffers Double Tragedy
Her husband, Frank, was stricken with a horrible case of kidney stones and had to be hospitalized. After this, the couple was forced to cancel their trip to AVN 2006. A few days later, Vicky's grandmother passed away and right now, Vicky is in Norway at the funeral.
Lon writes: "Luke, have you paused to consider that you've nearly recreated the plot of American Pie 2 with your AVN antics? You're the poor bloke who glues himself to *ahem* himself, and your asian honey is the good-natured girl from band camp who plays along with the joke while you connive to gain the favor of the cosmically unattainable Holly. Wake up to your folly and follow your heart, Luke. Go for the band camp girl."
I liked that movie. Perhaps I was subliminally influenced by it.
'This is my own body, I can do what I want'
Did that line come from:
* A woman arguing her right to have an abortion.
* Dr. Kervorkian's patient.
* A sex worker arguing for the morality of sex work?
* Porn star Kara Bare to paramedics
last Wednesday after she slashed her wrists?
10 Reasons Why The AVN AWARDS SUCKED!
#1 Somebody teach Jesse how to hold a microphone. You could only hear every other word the bitch said because she swung it around so much. Just tell her it's a dick.
#2 The food sucked.
#3 The no-name music acts sucked.#4 Started way too late.
#5 Ran way too long.
#6 The cheesy metal music the band played in-between awards sucked. They should've had the DJ play there instead.
#7 Larry Flynt speech was the highlight of the show but the greatest porn figure of all time couldn't be heard at all.
#8 Too much Jenna/Randy. What year is this 2006? or 1996?
#9 The boring stage set-up looked like it was designed by a blind three year old.
#10 Whoever wrote the stupid jokes for the presenters to say before they gave out the awards needs to be shot. Whoever thought it was a good idea needs to be shot. Even real hollywood actors sound stupid telling jokes at awards show. What makes you think porn actors are going to sound any less idiotic?
It was b-o-r-i-n-g. No surprises. No longshots. Nothing. OK, MacKenzie Who? But that's a surprise in a bad way. This was AVN just spinnin wheels and blowin opportunities to shine. This show was a big step backwards from the following years. Just watch last years show, then throw in Pirates, then think even more sucky and then you pretty much have this year, Grade C+
Luke Moving to Canada?
The blogosphere is abuzz with the news that the world's number one moral leader, the Great Luke, might be moving to British Columbia.
Mr Ford is under the impression that he's very famous in Canada. "Bigger than Sidney Crosby," he claims. "I even have groupies," he says. "Hot Chinese-Canadian groupies," he squeals.
He thinks that as soon as he deplanes at Vancouver International, he'll be mobbed by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of horny Asian girls screaming: "We love you Luke! Please have sex with us!"
Holly who? Indeed...
Leslie writes: "Hi Luke! After the Bush clean-up on porn, my guess is that even though there will be some that will stay around here doing the the illegal stuff, the big players will move North and South so Brazil and British Columbia will be just in the middle of the action. Smart move! P.S. You always had (like me) a crush on Asia Carrera. That girl you spent the AVN with was a pretty close match."
Gentle reader, to you I am Luke Floored, intrepid journalist of the New Media - but I’m also something of an old-school intellectual and social theorist with the itch to gather data. Take dating. Rather than merely regurgitate the sordid details of my private dating life to the public in a book (my Jewish liberal friend Chaim Amalek thinks I should write a book entitled “J-Date Confidential”), I’ve decided to expand the parameters of “the Bachelor Project” by investigating what women really want, by letting them tell me what they want through a venue where they think they can express their deepest desires without fear of criticism. To that end I posted a series of personal ads on Craigslist in various cities, each describing the keen marriageable wife-seeking man that I am, with just a few details left to vary from ad to ad.
..........
Well, there you have it. The sort of women who answer personal ads from putative billionaires are the sort of women who say they are not at all impressed with his wealth, yet they do not answer nearly identical ads from men that make no mention of wealth. Say what you will about women who do **rn, at least a fella knows who she is right out of the box.
Got a question? I and my team of cracker-jack advisors have got an answer. Write to Just_ask_Luke@yahoo.com and we will do our best to help you out.
PS. Does anyone know how to insert a countdown clock? I've multiple uses in mind for one or two of them.
There could be several clocks: years/days/hours since Moses received the Law on Mt Sinai; days/hours until Luke turns 40; days since "X" stomped on Luke's heart. That sort of thing.
I love these chicks who insist money does not count. Like a man saying looks don't count.
* Dick Delaware is single and ready to mingle. He's looking for latin chicks. Mexican will do. "I've been turned out," he says, recovering from his relationship with Layla Jade. They still hook up at times and she helps him with the rent.
Dick plans to gain 25 pounds before his next fight. At 205, he doesn't pack the power that saw him win many Ultimate Fighting matches.
* Kurt Lockwood is the only straight male performer with his shirt off and signing autographs. I don't notice a line forming before him.
* Juli Ashton is getting married. She got JuliAshton.com back. She may be leaving Nightcalls radio soon. This may be her last show.
* Director Nic Andrews (New Sensations) appears to have lost over 150-pounds after stomach-tuck surgery.
* I thought the website of Crystal Klein's fiance Rich was worldwidepeace.com, which I found inspiring. It turns out to be instead worldwidefeeds.com, which I find despiriting.
I run into Crystal twice at the show but never Rich. He's in his hotel room working.
I'm not supposed to write about Rich. Crystal wants the world to know that she's single and ready to mingle.
* D-Money's booth (inside the bigger booths of his sponsors) at Internext giving away passes to the Players Ball was shut down by AVN because it wasn't registered.
* I see Adultshop.com.au managing director Malcolm Day holding hands with tall blonde Aussie Penthouse Pet Bree Maddox. I met them last year at the AVN Awards, the same night I met Holly Randall (she doesn't remember because she was so drunk).
* I see David van der Pool and Ron Levi in the corner with CE-Bob. I approach the two titans seeking scoop. They laugh at me.
"I've got my shirt tucked in this time," says one titan. "Last year you wrote it was untucked. It was one of my Hawaiin shirts. You've also written that I was a short fat New York Jew. I'm from Pittsburg. You always fall short [of the truth], Luke."
The other titan says he would give me something if he had it so long as it didn't hurt anybody. But he has nothing. He says fewer people want to buy banner ads, even on lukeisback. "You can look at your own site and write your stories," he says.
* Friday, 2:45pm. Heather of JCsGirls.com tells me "we're having too much fun for our own good."
* At the JM booth, Ashley Blue tells a fan: "Don't be timid around me. That's my asshole on [the poster]."
Mike Ramone: 'Adultdvdtalk.com Double Standards Alive and Well'
Wow. A reply I just posted at adultdvdtalk.com - a response to an attack on me - was just censored by their stern, humorless moderator, yet that same moderator saw fit to leave the original attack there. Talk about your double standards. Looks like some things never change over at Slow as Molasses Central. Guys, you really need to get a consistent policy going. Cause, as it is, you look like hypocrites. Or idiots. Or both. In the immortal words of Jewel De'Nyle, before you infamously censored her too - "bite me."
Last August, Ramone attacked ADT for allowing an anti-semitic slur. Haze had posted: "Has anyone seen Khan Tusion's "Cum sucking Kikes"?"
Vanity The Tranny Unwelcome At AVN Awards?
In 2003, I believe (not from personal experience) that Vanity was sucking off guys in the corner of the AVN Awards.
Scott Fayner writes for lukeford.com: "Apparently because of his/her antics last year in which he/she kept fondling the balls of some rap guy performing (Chingy? Squiggy? They're all the same to me), popular and very hard to detect Tranny Vanity was informed that he/she should probably not come."
Vanity signed Saturday at the Defiance booth with Cindy Crawford.
AKSteve - The Guy Who Punched Me At The AVN Awards
SexyCity replies to him on XPT:
You're a loser! I'm the girl that was sitting at 'your' table and I left because you were acting psychotic. The first clue that you were nuts should have been after you sat down and told me that you'd seen Luke as you were entering the ballroom and had punched him in the shoulder!
I did not invite you or your friend to any after parties. I only mentioned that I had a VIP for Sean Michael's after party and your friend, Nate, questioned how many people I could get in on the single ticket. I told him that I could only get myself in and the topic was never mentioned again. I was nice enough to talk to you and your friend and after I turned around to talked to the Aussie Impaler sitting at the table behind me, you kept tugging at me so I'd talk to you again. When I told you,'Just a moment,' you flipped out and gave me attitude saying,'You must like greasy haired guys.'
After I was done talking to Aussie, you spilled your drink on me on purpose (I had accidentally spilled a drink on your earlier but had bought you another!) and said sarcastically,'Oh, I'm sorry.'
After that, I fled and went out into the lobby for some fresh air and then went back into the ballroom with people I knew. I later saw your lame FAT ass walking out of the mens bathroom and back into the ballroom. You have alot of assumptions about people in porn, because you really are nothing more than a masturbating fan boy! Loser!
AKSteve writes me:
Apparently the girl we were sitting with is an extremely negative person. When me and my friend got there, she was sitting all alone at the table with her shoulders slumped, looking like she was about to burst into tears. We invited her to come sit with us on our side of the table. She joined us and we did our best to cheer her up. She told us she had been stood up by 2 different dates for the AVN awards, so she had to go by herself. My friend felt like as soon as we started being nice to her, it went to her head and she started acting like she was the greatest person, working for the greatest company, in the greatest industry in the world. So finally he said, "Bitch! I don't care about you or your stupid company." And she got up and left.
Oh yeah, I rapped you on the shoulder when I saw you walking by and said, "Hey, you're Luke, aren't you?" You stopped and shook my hand and told me it was nice to meet me.
Nikki Charm Is Free
Jakeem writes from Atlanta:
Shannon Eaves, alias the popular 1980s porn star Nikki Charm, was paroled from prison in early December after serving about three years of a five-year sentence for several counts of burglary and grand theft auto.
She was released in time to celebrate the holiday season and a little more than two months before her milestone 40th birthday on Feb. 21. I checked out the information with the California Department of Corrections, so you can feel free to write about it in your column. Or you can double check the info by calling the inmate information line at (916) 445-6713.
P.S. I hope you will stick with Holly Randall. She is a hottie and worth all of the trouble!
People you were surprised to see in Vegas
Skronker writes on ADT Jan 2004:
Careena Collins -- now working for Evil Angel. Still as sexy as ever. Ginger Lynn -- looking great! Hulk Hogan, so strangely inconspicuous he was barely noticed as he strolled back towards the sex toy market area.
Gia Jordan posts Jan 2006: "Rude Jude, Joey Fatone from N-Sync, Mama Jollee, Ava Devine."
Atlanta's King of Porn
How Mike South evolved from a computer geek to a well-known pornographer
By Alyssa Abkowitz
A 48-year-old ex-scientist who grew up in Atlanta's suburbs, Mike's quick to speak his mind - even at a restaurant crowded with fine, upstanding, God-fearing Gwinnettians. He worries about little (except his growing paunch) and touts a bunch of seemingly tall tales: how he once caught a 1,200-pound tiger shark, how he and his friends used to snort a ridiculous amount of cocaine, how porn legend Ron Jeremy has hailed his sexual prowess, and how he's slept with somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 women.
Reflections On The AVN Awards
CodyBangs from Digital Playground posts on ADT:
The Best New Starlet and Female Performer have very little significance on how great the star is. Last year, Cytherea and Lauren Phoenix won but I haven't heard much about them afterwards. Does anyone really think McKenzie and Audrey are going to hit it big?
I think being successful in the adult industry is all about building your fanbase or getting a company to push you into the media, getting you on magazine covers and TV shows, or a combination of both. The more people that know you, the more power you'll have.
Doesn't matter that McKenzie Lee won Best New Starlet because I still think Hillary Scott was the break thru girl of last year. Next year's Best New Starlet is going to be interesting because I can already think of 3 girls who can start a commotion and it's only January.
Lost Horizon writes: "Lauren Phoenix is a Defiance Films contract girl (so only does film work for them, thus the "photo shoots only" rule for everyone else), she runs her own model agency, and has become a professionally accredited make-up artist. While Cytherea is still a hugely successful performer who can shift titles on her name alone, and can pick and choose who she works for and when she works."
Kelly writes:
On Best New Starlet - If I'm an AVN voter, do I go with the girl that is so ambitious with all of her press releases and endless appearances at industry events that she might remind me of Reese Witherspoon from Election (Sunny Lane) or with the new ClubJenna girl who's nominatated (McKenzie)? Fuck, how do I even boil down the choices to just those two when I'm leaving out Lori Alexia, Joanna Angel, Jasmine Byrne, Courtney Cummz, Brooke Haven, Jenaveve Jolie, Tory Lane, Vanessa Lane, Trina Michaels, Keri Sable, Hillary Scott, Taryn Thomas and Kelly Fuckin' Wells, almost all of whom legitimate arguments could be made for?
The AVN Awards...can be fun to speculate about online during bouts of boredom and you are happy for those who won, sad for those who lost, but ultimately you remember it's just another subjective awards show (for an incredibly subjective medium) with a relatively small voting panel and endless collusion charges and disregard it as such...unless you're in the industry, in which case you treat this as just another chance to increase sales and work-up press releases to tout your wins and possibly proceed to mention your AVN wins on future boxcovers (like Kick Ass Pictures).
Katja Kassin writes:
The best moment for me was when Katsumi mentioned my name when she won best anal scene. that means so much to me that I had to wipe tears off my face. It's nice to win awards but if a person that you have a lot of respect for says something so amazing about you is way better.
I'm happy about my award for best solo scene. I wanted to win this because it's not Katja typical. If people speak about me they think about ass, anal, dp, interracial and all that - so it really means a lot to me to prove that I'm way more than that. I can actually perform all by myself in a more erotic than totally hardcore category.
AVN Editor Mike Ramone writes:
Tony - Paul, me and the rest of the AVN staff have nothing but respect for Joey, Chris, Pat, you and the rest of Third Degree (whose product I personally love), and we've always had a good relationship, so I'm a little surprised at the tone of your post, The truth of the matter is simple: rightly or wrongly, we felt that Third Degree had been around a little too long to be nommed in the brand new category of Best New Company. Now maybe we erred in that assessment, and if we did, our apologies, but really guy, that's the long and short of it. To intimate that you have to kiss our ass to get props from us is a little insulting, or have you forgotten that we gave you guys the August 2004 cover, thereby getting a lot of grief from a number of older companies that have NEVER had the cover? (Third Degree getting the August 2004 cover, btw, means you had to have been around for at least a few months before that, which would have placed you well outside the eligibility period for a new company.) And last year, I interviewed Joey, you and the rest of you guys for a one-year Third Degree anniversary profile that ran in our Sept. 2005 issue. I really don't remember you having to take me out to lunch to get that profile. In any event - there's your explanation, again. If you want to go on believing there's some darker motivation, well, that's your choice, but I assume you have more useful things to do with your valuable time. Here's hoping Third Degree has a great 2006.
Tod Hunter writes:
I can send you a copy of The Elements of Style if you promise to read it, Mike.
BTW, when I, excuse me, when me was at AVN, the window for Best New Starlet was 18 months. As far as "Best New Company," the cynic in me, excuse me, the cynic in I says that that award was probably cobbled up to placate new companies who had advertised enough to warrant an award but didn't have enough product -- or good enough product -- to actually credibly win one.
But I don't work there any more, so I can't prove it.
Mike replies:
Tod - this is an informal message board. Is there some part of that you don't understand?
But more to the point is that too bad you weren't such a meticulous copy editor while at AVN, as you fancy yourself in your post-AVN career. I remember numerous occasions when a lengthy piece of hard copy was given to you to proof, and you would return it to me in about sixty lazy seconds, with maybe one fly-by-night notation after your quite obviously superficial scan of it. Guess you couldn't wait to get back to writing that Insider column of yours which concerned itself with just about everything but porn. Tod - you were writing for an adult site. Was there some part of that you didn't understand also? Hell, even Gram wanted to pull the plug on it.
Tod Hunter responds:
I understand that this is an informal message board. I also understand the rules of English grammar. This makes me one up on you. I have offered to level the playing field by sending you a copy of The Elements of Style , which will help if you read it.
And as far as denigrating my abilities as a copy editor -- I had this dimwit above me who would overrule most of my changes, so as time went on I saved my changes for egregious lapses of fact like calling Boris Yeltsin the President of the U.S. or calling Jenna Jameson a contract girl at Sin City.
If Gram wanted to pull the plug on my Insider column, he never told me that. Not that I would have minded. It was a pain in the ass as much as it was a pleasure. Too bad he got fired for insufficient devotion to pornography before it ever got to that point.
You may find it hard to believe, but there is more to life than porn. My life, at least. There's more to my column, and there's more to my worldview. Your worldview seems to stop at the border between Chatsworth and Canoga Park, and that's okay. You are far more immersed in porn than I am, and that's okay too.
But I'm still here.
ADT moderator Hardware then removed Mike Ramone's response, which was:
Tod always starts these little pissing matches (guess he hasn't taken my repeated advice to, like, get over it already), but I feel compelled to answer nonetheless.
Tod writes: "And as far as denigrating my abilities as a copy editor -- I had this dimwit above me who would overrule most of my changes."
I'm not denigrating your copy editing abilities Tod. How can one denigrate something that one never saw any evidence of? And stooping to name-calling is just plain desperate. Besides, Gram is not a dimwit ...:)
Tod writes: "You may find it hard to believe, but there is more to life than porn. My life, at least. There's more to my column, and there's more to my worldview. Your worldview seems to stop at the border between Chatsworth and Canoga Park, and that's okay. You are far more immersed in porn than I am, and that's okay too."
Tod, yes, I am way more immersed in porn than you are. But like you, I also have many interests outside porn as well. You and I even share some of them, namely politics and jazz. But you miss the point. It's perfectly fine to write about topics other than porn - just not when you're penning a column for a porn site, duh.
The Suicide Attempt Of Kara Bare (Mynor)
She was living with and represented by Joel Lawrence's Gold Star Modeling. On Wednesday morning, as Joel and company were preparing to drive to Las Vegas for the show, Kara, coming down from a six-day Xanax jag, locked her door, slit her wrists, and then called Joel's assistant 20-minutes away to tell her what she'd done.
Scott Fayner broke the story Wednesday afternoon on lukeford.com: "Kara flipped out and ran down the street screaming. When paramedics arrived, Kara told them not to help her as she has done this many times. Apparently this all stems from Kara's custody battle, an infection on her cervix, and running out of pills."
Kara ran out on the street, her wrists bleeding. Joel Lawrence tried to corral her. The paramedics came after 15-minutes.
Kara screamed that Joel and company had been assaulting her.
Kara said to the paramedics that she had cut her wrists many times but knew enough not to go all the way to the vein.
That was all they needed to hear to strap her down.
She cried out, "This is my own body. I can do what I want."
"Not in California, you can't," said a paramedic. "It's a misdemeanor to try to kill yourself."
"I'm not Californian," replied Kara.
"Doesn't matter," said the paramedic. "You live within its boundaries."
Kara's parents were called in Ohio to come and get her.
"I don't have the money," replied Kara's mother. "I have to pay my phone bill."
"What would you rather have? A phone or a daughter?" she was asked.
"Of course my daughter," mom replied. "But I have to wait until Friday to see if I have the money to fly her home."
Kara's dad says, "She's been putting holes in my walls for years. I couldn't control her."
The hospital wanted Joel and his agency's information. Joel didn't want to take responsibility for Kara. She had just moved in a couple of weeks before. She was no longer his talent. He wanted to wash his hands of her and move on to the convention.
Have2Cit writes on XPT: "I wonder why they took the kid away?"
Kara's MySpace page shows she has 1041 friends. Where were they when she needed them? Are MySpace friends real friends? Is a person's number of real friends inversely proportionate to their number of MySpace friends?
Kara writes on MySpace:
I am 18, brown hair, blue eyes. I am petite at 5'2" and 100lbs. I am an adult performer and travel back and forth from LA back home to Ohio. I've been in the business since June of 2005 and have reached many of my personal accomplishments. I plan on going to college, but am not sure of my major yet. I'm the type of girl who rather sit around with a few good friends, rather than parties. Friends mean a lot to me. Everybody needs someone to laugh, talk, and cry with.
I share the same personality with only 2.5% of the world. I am a realist- rather than an idealist. I listen to advice - but rarely take it. I have to learn from my mistakes. I have my flaws, I have Obsession Compulsive Disorder but it's under control. I found this out from tickle.com. I was bored one night.
Who I'd like to meet: I've been in the LA area a lot. I have a few good friends here, but you can never have enough variety. Friends who just like to chill, friends who like to go clubbin', friends you can share your secrets with... Variety means everybody.
So I was driving my new Sentra. I was getting on the 101S in the pouring rain today.
I turn onto the entrance ramp. Stop at the light. Wait for it turn green. JUST start to go and BAM!! Some stupid kid read ended me. UGhhh. I got out. Threatened to kick some ass. He wouldn't get out of his car. Tried to drive away.
Kara blogs Oct 4, 2005:
I'm back in Cali for now and got everything (almost) situated in Ohio with my son. If it's too much to ask.. I would rather not talk about it because I don't feel like crying. And if you do ask about it, I'll probably get a little bitchy. So for your own sake.. Please do not ask. Thanks. I got my heartbroken. And that sucks. My first love and it just.. happened the way it did.
Kara blogs Aug 30, 2005: "My roommate caught me masterbating. We definatly need to get a bigger place."
Kara blogs Aug 28: "I talked to two lawyers on Friday. One told me it's an easy case because Logan's father did not have an emergency situation to take custody. The other told me that it was going to be a hard case because my job is just immoral- Not what he thinks but what my area of the country thinks."
Kara blogs Aug 25: "I am.. Not leaving the industry. I have decided that my occupation is MY occupation. It does not effect Logan directly, nor will I let it. He is not on sets with me and I don't even have sex in my personal life. Kara is not the same person as Shawna."
Kara blogs Aug 24:
I might be out of the game. I have a son who turns one TODAY.
I spend more time with my son than anyone else. I support him most financially. He's my best friend. The main reason for him [biological father] taking my son, I am moving to California with the baby. Second, I am a porn star. I am so happy being a porn star. But I am devasted without my child. I am so worried and I can't even stop crying.
Kara graduated from Midview High School in Grafton,Ohio in 2005.
She writes on ADT Aug 12: "I'm still here in LA. I've been trying to get ahold of Skooby but he ignores my calls. He has all my things and refuses to give them back because I do not want to work with him anymore."
Leah Luv replies Aug 15: "I can't get anything from Skooby because he is not my agent. Not only that, I wouldn't call him and ask him for someone elses stuff. Why would I? I dont even know Kara Mynor. Nothing personal but that is between her and Skooby. But to clear it up for those who dont know. I am a Spiegler girl."
Kara writes Oct 15: "I hate MYNOR. It made me cry when Skooby told me what my name was to be. Haha. Maybe I was a little too emotional then. But I have changed it to Kara Bare."
Kara writes Oct 18: "Interracial is in the future. However.. anal is not in sight yet."
Tom writes: "She's now on the LA Direct Model website listed as Kara Star."
Threesomebody writes: "Here today, gone tomorrow. She is no longer listed there."
Reddrose writes: "Yes it gets me how a girl can hop from agent to agent and not even last a week with the agent shes with but yet the next agent is sure quick to snag her .. (glutten for punishment i guess) HAAA Good luck to those agents. I learned my lesson on agent hoppers."
MyAdultGroups writes: "I've exchanged emails with her a bit on MySpace.com and it seems like she has alot going on in her life, like trying to get custody of her son back, a new boyfriend, Skooby drama, the fact that she can't take her son out of her home state, etc. She's only nineteen, so please cut her some slack. I do think that its personal turmoil and not bad character that is causing agent drama."
Jimmy writes: "Its not just agent drama, its how she treats people in general. I am not an agent, and she is still a twisted little jerk-off with delusional ideas and misconceptions on how to interact with others who are doing right by her and not having the ability to see what is logically correct and just. Flush this girl and her unappreciation, plenty of other deserving hotties for your attention."
Chico Wang writes: "I like this girl. Something about her is kind of intriguing. She hung out with me for a week and ended up shooting lights out for a bit. Don't really know what all the negative hubbub is regarding Kara but she did perform flawlessly for me and that's really all I can ask."
Kara tells XRentDVD.com Dec 16, 2005: "I've wanted to do it since I was 15 for some weird reason. It's so much fun and I love networking. I love meeting people. People are already telling me that my scenes are good and it is so much fun. My parents really don't approve of it that much but it is what I love to do. I had to drop them. I am really sad it had to happen that way but this is what makes me happy. Living in the Midwest, the people here are very disapproving and I can't help it. I have a son and his dad approves of it so that is all that matters to me."
Big D: Since you are not into the adult industry for the money, what keeps you making adult DVDs?
KM: It puts a smile on my face when people tell me they watched my scene and it was great and they tell me I am one of the greatest new stars this year. It puts a smile on my face and that's what makes me happy. Money doesn't make me happy because I could do soft camera but I don't. I want to have recognition from fans and have people tell me what a great job I am doing.
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Skronker writes Dec 19: "So Joel Lawrence is the next contestant, err, agent, to step into the ring. Can I book her for my bachelor party even though I'm not getting married?"
MyAdultGroups writes: "She looks heavier."
4theHeart writes: "Not to be picky but something about her eyes looks different."
Lost Horizon writes: "Dilated pupils?"
Kara Bare writes:
Hmm. I can see my pretty blue eyes.
I've gained about 10 lbs.
I've been shooting like everyday. Just got back from a 5 day trip to Ohio for the Holidays. I'll be on MTV on January 12th at 5:30pm. For the show NEXT. It was shot in October. Be sure to watch it. My real name is Shawna, which was the name I was shot under.
They called and asked me to be on the lesbian edition of the show to raise their ratings. I had so much fun!
My version of 'disorderly conduct' is being a workaholic and now I'm a sex addict.
Kara Bare posts Jan 11:
As you all have been waiting to hear.. I am not afraid to talk about the truth. So hear me out. I was taking xanex, they were not prescribed to me. I was very much addicted to them. I tok 4 one night.. I only remember taking 3. But someone told me I had taken four (the name will not be mentioned on who gave me them). The morning after.. the day I was supposed to leave for Vegas.. I didn't have any. I did flip. I did try to kill myself. I did slit my wrist. I was put in rehab for 6 days. I am withdrawing at THIS moment and it is horrible. ..Just wanted everyone to know the truth. I am okay. Still feeling depressed though. But things are getting better. I love you all for being concerned.
I am on Librium and Ativan. I am taking 4 prescriptions a day now. I have horrible withdrawls. I start to shake and studder. Gahh.
Montanna Rae Interview
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I tell her I'll be putting this interview on lukeisback.com.
She starts laughing.
"Why?"
"I'm the last person you should be interviewing. I haven't done a lot of work. I've done a lot of print work."
She turns out to have the most to say of any porn girl I talk to at the expo.
"When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
"A police officer. A private investigator. I'm in school for that right now. I've got all my [general education] classes, all my science classes, taken care of."
"How much school do you have to do to become a private investigator?"
"Six years or something. There are so many different categories. You can't take them all at one school. I live in Nebraska. I can't do it all there."
"Why don't you live in Los Angeles?"
"It's too crazy for me."
"In highschool, what kind of crowd did you hang out with?"
"I was neutral."
"What attracted you to becoming a private investigator?"
"Knowing all. I am so nosy and I hear everything and I like to find out everything."
"You'd be a good reporter."
"I'm losing my voice. I know. I took pre-med classes and realized, no, I don't want to do that. I took pre-law classes and realized, no, I don't want to do this. Then I realized that if I put them all together, I could become a private investigator."
"How did you come to do your first nude modeling?"
"It was all about money. One of my girlfriends [started her doing nude modeling in July 2004]. I did print work for fashion and glamor."
"How has it affected your life?"
"Tremendously. It's broadened my horizons. I was sheltered for a long time. It let me see what was out there. I would probably have been married with kids by now but knowing what's out there now, it changes your perspective on life."
Montana has done eight boy-girl scenes, eleven girl-girl scenes and a couple of solo scenes. "I found it exhilarating. It's a crazy feeling. At first you're shy but after that it's awesome. It's another crazy feeling afterwards when it is all over the world. To see people follow you and watch you is crazy."
Montana gets signals to wrap up the interview so she can dance.
"What do you love and hate about this industry?"
"Hate. I know how men are truly."
She gives a bitter laugh. "I hate that. My dad raised me way different. Love. It broadened my horizons on my sexuality. I would never have been so crazy. I would never have tried so many things. I would've been too shy."
"How has it affected your dating and love life?"
"Ohmigod, it's horrible. It is so bad. You have your porned-out guys who like all this crazy stuff. You have your straight guys who are respectable and who care about you and who don't want you doing porn."
"It's adversely affected your love life."
"Bad. I was in a three-year relationship and [porn ended it]. My sexuality was rocked tremendously. Afterwards, I couldn't get enough."
"Can you date porn guys?"
"No."
"What type of guy do you find attractive?"
"I like my Southern boys. Respectable. Mid-West. They're more shy. They don't talk about [sex]. If you say 'cock,' they're embarrassed. It's nice."
I interview her at the Sex Z Pictures booth Friday, Jan 6.
Steel: "Shy Love brought me in [six weeks ago]. I've done about ten scenes."
Previous to porn she worked in retail.
In highschool, she played basketball.
As a kid, she wanted to become a model.
"What are you life goals?"
"Not only to make a lot of money but to have a lot of fun."
"How have your family reacted to your decision?"
"Not many members of my family [support her decision to do porn],
but my friends love it."
Nicole Sheridan Interview
As a kid, she wanted to be a princess. "Every year I had something new -- I wanted to be a firefighter, ballerina, psychologist, teacher...
"In highschool, I was in the gifted program. The majority of my friends were conservative, intelligent, not nerds, but good kids. I was also a cheerleader. I had a couple of friends in the jock crowd. I'm the type of person who has one or two close friends. I'm not a big crowd person.
"After highschool, I went to college. I have two degrees -- Human Development and Industrial Organizational Psychology.
"I started stripping in college to pay for my second degree. Waitressing wasn't cutting it. I started doing bikini grams. Then I knew I could make more money doing nude dancing. It was the normal progression from internet to magazines to film.
"I did my first mainstream porn film in February 2000."
Nicole has been married to Voodoo for five years. They've been together six.
"I love the freedom [of porn], that every day is something different. Whether you have a good day or a bad day, it was still different from the day before. I get bored easily, so I constantly need different stimulation.
"What I don't like about the porn industry is that it teaches people some bad habits sexually. I've noticed lately these 18 and 19-year old girls coming into porn and you can tell when you do a scene with them that they've learned everything they know about sex from watching porn. You don't have sex the same way on film as you do in your bedroom. There are probably a lot of guys out there who learned how to give oral through watching porn and their women are probably sorely disappointed because you don't do it [she imitates licking from the side, opened up to the camera] like this.
"My husband and I are talking about doing our own line and letting people go. We'd tell them, 'Don't do it porno style. I don't care if I don't get to see every bit of penetration. I want it to be real.'
"I don't want a wife to see a crazy anal piledriver and have her feel like she could never live up to that with her husband.
"I knew when I did my first movie that I could never undo that. So I decided that if I was going to do this, I was going to do it the right way and make it a career. At that time, I thought it would affect my life moreso than it has.
"There are people I get s--- from and there are people who will find out what we do and think it scandalous, but the majority of people we hang out with, when they find out what we do, they're totally cool with it.
"We're the aunt and uncle in the neighborhood to all the kids. The parents know what we do and they're cool with it.
"I was afraid when I got in that I would be viewed as a negative role model. But I think [the parents] can look at what we do and see that we keep it separate from who we are as people. We're responsible with our money and we're not on drugs.
"I don't think being in the industry affects our marriage. The key to our marriage is that we communicate. We've never lied to each other. That's a promise we made on day one. If we have an issue, we don't go to our friends and bitch about it, we deal with it together. Any issues we've had haven't had to do with the industry."
"What are your life goals?"
"To be happy. To skydive in every country with a drop-zone. I've been shooting production stills for two years. I'm spending more time behind my camera. I've gotten good reviews on my work. I've been published in The New York Times Sunday Magazine (I shoot for Playgirl and the NYT was doing a series on erotica for women and I had done a series on Jean Val Jean, and they chose that picture). I'd like to take that out of the Adult world. I don't know if it is too late for that."
Who's The Toughest Photographer?
Earl Miller. Countless girls have cried on his shoots. He'll push them into painful poses and keep them there. He takes his time on a shoot. Some girls accuse him of torturing them (that's hyperbole, but he pushes them to their limit).
VH1's show Centerfold Babylon featured Earl shooting new girl Monica.
I interviewed producer/research Erik Himmelsbach Oct 2, 2003.
Luke: "How did you choose Monica to profile? What's
the latest on her? What's her porn name?"
Erik: "We followed several girls, all of whom were suggested by Earl Miller
or Suze Randall. Her porn name is Monica Temptem. Last I heard she was
back stripping in Amarillo, as well as doing internet porn and asphyxiation
videos. Apparently, the Japanese love to see pretty blond American girls
pretend to be killed.
"We followed all the girls with the hope that they would be selected as
a Penthouse Pet. None of them were, and Monica seemed the most interesting
in a car crash sort of way."
In the show, Monica seemed like a flake.
She's told people she found Earl sadistic and other pornographers have not reported the same problems that Early experienced with her. Monica did a few porn movies, including boy-girl, and seems to still be available for shoots.
He's the President of AVN (Adult Video News). I caught him on IM Wednesday morning and asked him about the show and rumors about his sex life.
PaulFishbein: Did you hear or write about all the latest about who I
am supposed to have been having sex with?
PaulFishbein: People are truly nuts
PaulFishbein: Supposedly I promised Sunny
Lane Best New Starlet
PaulFishbein: and she was taking care of me
PaulFishbein: so then she got the award and Sunny was left out
Luke: Normally I am up on your sex life.
PaulFishbein: My sex life has been so stable the last three years that
Amanda [Cherry Rain] loves hearing this s--- since it's very funny. This
stuff used to bother me.
Luke: Hey, you've got a problem with Lezley Zen. She feels like you hate
her. She feels like you had her blackballed from presenting an award with
her girlfriend Dani Woodward.
PaulFishbein: I don't understand. I don't really know her.
Luke: Did you blackball Lezley Zen from presenting an award? Did you have
sex with any of the Best New Starlet nominees or promise any of them anything?
PaulFishbein: Of course I didn't blackball Lesley Zen from anything. Lesley
Zen won an acting award from us last year. Totally earned.
PaulFishbein: She's great, why would I blackball her?
Luke: Do you hate Lezley Zen?
PaulFishbein: She won Best Supporting Actress last January for a film
called Bare Stage
PaulFishbein: Of course I don't hate Lesley Zen. Have her call me definitely.
Luke: Do you hate any porn star?
Luke: Do your feelings influence how porn stars are covered in AVN or
if they win awards?
PaulFishbein: If I did hate any porn star I wouldn't name them but no,
I can't think of anyone I hate. I couldn't inluence the voting that much
even if i did because we have over 50 voters and we are expanding it next
year.
PaulFishbein: There are plenty of girls I like who don't win so I really
only have one vote
Luke: Have you socialized/partied on a personal basis with any of the
Best New Starlet nominees over the past year?
Luke: Did you promise anyone, such as a Sunny Lane, an award prior to
the awards show?
PaulFishbein: No I didn't sleep with any of the Best New Starlet nominees.
I haven't slept with another woman in well over 3 years. I've met plenty
of the Best New Starlet nominees ove rthe past year but I haven't partied
with anyone. Met Sunny Lane at Red Light's "Dark Side" premiere
PaulFishbein: She was nice and came in here a few times to promote herself,
but was not promised anything. She's a very sweet girl who cares about
her career so she came in to drop off movies and stuff with her mother
Luke: Dani Woodward walked into the awards holding hands with your wife
[who held hands with Paul]. It looks to the world like you guys are a
threesome.
PaulFishbein: Dani Woodward and my wife are friends. We are not a threesome
PaulFishbein: We like Dani. My wife's pregnant for God's sake...although
Dani does have a fetish for pregnant chicks
Luke: Were you surprised that McKenzie
Lee won Best New Starlet? Any other results that surprised you? How
did your peers react to Rob
Black winning the Reuben Sturman award?
PaulFishbein: about McKenzie, it was a wide open field. I thought Keri
Sable was a shoo-in all year but when word got out she was leaving
Wicked, I think voters decided to vote elsewhere
PaulFishbein: I think any of the girls nominated could have one and it
would have been a good choice but McKenzie is definitely the real deal
PaulFishbein: I am very surprised that I have not had negative fall out
on Rob. Perhaps the issue of the federal obscenity law actually does trump
any feelings people may have had about Rob.
PaulFishbein: He seems to be a reformed guy and I loved his speech.
PaulFishbein: I am a very forgiving person as you know.
Hollywood Mafia Fingers Dayton
I thought I would put up a porn girl today because porn is a part of the Hollywood Mafia. The trend dates back to the pre World War Two days. They were smokers, stags or blue movies then. Guys like Mickey Cohen or Joe Sica profited from them. There were early tabloids like the Frank Sinatra backed "Paper". This is Dayton or Illana Lesa a former Vivid Girl, JKP contract girl. The guy she is with is a Hockey Player named Joe Thorton. We partied with the guy at a strip club. Dayton was my road dog... We caused all kinds of Mayhem! The Princess of Mayhem!
Speaking of Hollywood gangsters I checked on Donnie "The women Beater" Shacks today and he is still in Terminal Island where his inmate number is 19791-054 and his release date is 4-25-2007. Donnie had to do his parole violation time as he should have. The guy violated the conditions of release by just having been arrested for beating the woman. Donnie has a charmed life. Plus don't forget he was a Pall Bearer at Sonny Bono's funeral. Will, Donnie who is thankfully in bad health return to make some more bad movies in Hollywood or will he return to New York? Maybe he will take his piss bag and head east to help his "Friend" Andrew Russo another fellow Colombo Family Capo and one time acting boss run the family. I have some really good pictures of Donnie and Liz Hurley which I will post someday.
This week I have a couple of good Hollywood stories. The Boston street hood who made good in Hollywood and Ronnie Lorenzo. I have more on Ronnie "the bust out Bonanno" and his drug bust. How about the LA Family Capo who placed a bet with a bookie and then moments later the Bookie had a heart attack! The Capo still caused a beef about getting paid for his winning bet! Who is this? I also need to tell the story of Jimmy Casino, the long dead owner of the Mustang Club in Santa Ana. The guy pulled off a huge hotdog scam before the Mustang Club and of course before he was killed. What about the unassuming bagel store owner who was really a Bonanno Capo. The FBI and the LAPD had no idea he was made guy and active. They thought Mike Rizzi was just shooting the s--- with a shift manager at a Bagel shop when he ate there.
Random Show Notes
* John Gray writes: "Luke- Had to leave the AVN convention early as I flew off to Costa Rica to purchase a strip club, the oldest one in San Jose Costa Rica called Kamur, I will invite you down when we take over on 1/31/06."
* Thomas Hope and Brianna Love gave me the cold shoulder when I tried to say hello to them and photograph them. It has something to do with the pictures I took here.
* Anh Tran (co-owner of Wanted List with his friend Danny Ting) has two porn girls fighting to be his date to the AVN Awards.
* I ask Rob Spallone about the exodus of directors from Red Light District. "Nobody else will give them a deal like David Joseph gave them," says Rob. "If a company gives the director a 70/30% split, that means the company pays for everything, and then gives you $7 for every DVD sold and the distributor keeps $3. A lot of distributors have this deal with their directors.
"What David Joseph did for these guys (Vince Voyeur, Mike John, Erik Everhard), you can't even imagine. David's books are wide-open. David gave them the money to shoot the movies and then gave them royalties on their movies. The directors had nothing to lose. They say David owes them money. They owe David money.
"David is a stand-up guy. He's one of the nicest, most honest guys you could ever meet."
* Mary Carey was fighting with her boyfriend around 3am Thursday at their room at the Venetian. She called security on him. She screamed at security and fought with them. Security tossed her and her boyfriend from the hotel.
Legend co-owner Jack got a call at 4am. He thought his house had burned down or one of his kids was hurt. No, it was just Mary Carey with her drama. Jack told Mary this is your last chance.
I hear that Legend paid Mark Kulkis of Kick-Ass Pictures about $30,000 to buy her out of her contract.
* I chat with Meredith Christopher, head of production at Adam & Eve. "I stirred things up when I took over [about two years ago]. The features aren't so girls anymore."
Adam & Eve has become twisted. They have such releases as Headmaster, directed by Toni English. Students fantasize about getting it on with their teachers. One schoolgirl (Tianna Lynn) blows a priest (Father Damian played by Randy Spears) while holding a crucifix.
"This is the movie you'll go to prison for," I say.
"It's fantasy," she responds. "It's not really happening. It's students fantasizing about their teachers."
* Stormy Daniels was treated a lot better by Universal on The 40-Year Old Virgin than by Fox on The Girl Next Door. Universal had her on set for four hours and paid her $4,000 and allowed her to reschedule when she had a funeral come up. Fox had her on-set for 15-hours and paid her $160.
* Derrick Pierce has shot about 60 scenes in the past four months. His girlfriend Lexxi Tyler shot 20 scenes in 2005, all girl-girl.
* Noon, Friday. Show floor. James Dean says he's still drunk from last night.
* XXXChurch pastors Mike Foster, Craig Gross in front of their booth and Wally the Wiener. They needed the help of ten people to get Wally up. Once they erected him, they got a huge cheer from the porners.
James Robison, tele-evangelist, paid for the XXXChurch's booth and Venetian accommodation for the XXXChurch team of about ten (and their families).
* Ben writes: "Is "Rilee Ryder" also known as "Keegan Sky"? It's Keegan Sky under a new name. Look carefully and in both pictures you will see that the two front teeth are whiter then the rest of her teeth. When you factor in the eyes and pronounced eyebrows I would say its safe to say they are the same person. She must have dumped her ex-husband who brought her into the business back in 1999."
* Ben writes: "Sophie Dee is a UK national and Lee Bang is a . . .ahem . .talent agent? I wonder where is offices are located and where is business license is registered at. Anyways, sounds like the old "you need a green card, I'm an American so lets get married" arrangment."
* David Gorman and company have bought a 10,000 square foot $6 million house and plan to turn it into their version of the Playboy Mansion.
Thursday, Jan 5: pic pic pic Riley Mason pic Robin Leach, Stuart Wall at the Smash Pictures booth Smash Pictures owner Dan Quinn, Robin Leach, Stuart Wall Dan Quinn, Robin Leach, Stuart Wall Ava Vincent at the Penthouse booth pic Heather of JCsGirls.com Heather, Tanya of JCsGirls.com Tanya, Pastor Mike Foster, Heather Sweet Rex Ryder and his fiance Rilee Ryder Naomi, Sunny Lane, Julia Bond Naomi, Sunny Lane, Julia Bond Jenna Presley, Lacey Heart Jenna Presley, Lacie Heart Shane's World Shane's World Paul Cambria, Jimmy Flynt Flashman Rebecca Love Cousin Stevie, Joe Diamond Penthouse Pet Melissa Jacobs Sunny Leone Sunny Leone XXXChurch girls Stephanie Swift Kelly Wells Mark Kramer, David Clark Nyomi Marcella, David Clark Delilah Strong Delilah Strong Christie Lee Christie Lee Tiffany Rayne Tiffany Rayne Chris Justice, Alana Evans Chris, Alana Gary Gray, Lainie Speiser, Cassia Riley Gary Gray, Juli Ashton Nikki Benz, Lucy Lee Nikki Benz, Lucy Lee Tory Lane, Hillary Scott Aurora Snow Aryland Aryland Tom Byron Sandy Westgate Lezley Zen, Sierra Sinn pic pic Justine Joli, Sarah Blake
Friday, Jan 6: pic pic pic Kayden Kross Lanny Barbie, Howard Levine, Sunny Leone Lanny Barbie, Howard Levine, Sunny Leone Julia Ann Hannah Harper Hannah Harper Mike South, Layla Jade Memphis Monroe? pic pic Savannah Samson Ruby Lacey, Lindsay Love Lacey, Lindsay Love pic pic Ashton Moore Austyn Moore Austyn Moore Lanny Barbie, Howard Levine, Sunny Leone Julia Bond Julia Bond Lacey & Lindsay Love Lacey & Lindsay Love Kinzie Kenner pic pic Jesse Capelli Sophia Rossi Kelsey Michaels Kelsey Michaels European director Denis Marti, Lauren Phoenix Denis Marti, Lauren Phoenix Montanna Rae Montanna Rae Montanna Rae Vivid girl Monique Alexander, Lexi Marie Monique Alexander, Lexi Marie Lexi, Monique Lexi, Monique pic Avy Scott Avy Scott Maya Hills Sarah Blake Courtney Cummz Chrissy Cums Jasmine Byrne Jasmine Byrne Dion Giarusso Dion Giarusso, Manuel Ferrara XXXChurch pastors Mike Foster, Craig Gross in front of their booth and Wally the Wiener Nicole Sheridan Rebecca Steel Rebecca Steel Montanna Rae Montanna Rae pic Justin Snyder, Buck Adams Anthony Petkovich, Dan Patrick Kelle Marie (Pet of the Year Runner Up ’03) Linn Thomas (POM 10/00) & Bella Star (POM 12/05) Martina Warren (POY ’05) & Kelle Marie (POY Runner Up ’03) Katsumi girl, Crystal Klein girl, Penthouse Pet Crystal Klein John Douglas, Ruby pic Holly Wellin Daisy Daisy Gina Lynn, hubby Travis Knight Gina Lynn, Travis Knight Dick Delaware with photos of the love of his life, Layla Rivera Derrick Pierce, Lexxi Tyler Derrick Pierce, Lexxi Tyler Olivia O'Lovely
Saturday night, Jan 7: Guest blogger Da Burglar, Luke Grant Michaels and his civilian girlfriend before the AVN Awards Mary Carey Mary Carey Mary Carey Playboy's model of the year Erica Campbell and Crystal Klein Erica Campbell, Crystal Klein Erica Campbell, Crystal Klein Erica Campbell, Crystal Klein Sofia, Anh Tranh of WantedList Voodoo, Nicole Sheridan Stormy Daniels with MTV guy DJ Scribble Stormy Daniels, DJ Scribble Loren Mizrachi, Angel Felon Loren Mizrachi, Angel Felon Missy Monroe Tee Reel, Estelle Jayman, Raven Riley Shy Love, Brooke Haven Shy Love, Brooke Haven Shy, Brooke Shy, Brooke, Jenna Presley, Nadia Styles Shy, Brooke, Jenna Presley, Nadia Styles Shy, Brooke, Jenna Presley, Nadia Styles Shy, Brooke, Jenna Presley, Nadia Styles Kamie Andrews Kami Andrews Gia Jordan, Cheryl Khan Gia, Cheryl Khan Gia Jordan, girl Kami, Gia, girl Pat Myne, Alektra Blue pic pic pic pic Exotica and Alexis Amore Exotica and Alexis Amore Joel Lawrence, girls Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Kurt Lockwood, Samantha Ryan Samantha, Kurt Julia Bond, Sunny Lane Julia Bond, Sunny Lane Dick Delaware and the girls Divine and Savannah Stern Dick Delaware, girls Dick Delaware, girls Ruby, Jeff Mullen, Sunny Lane Ruby, Jeff, Sunny Rob Rotten, Hillary Scott Rob, Hillary Scott Rob, Hillary Anna Mills Anna Mills Anna Mills, Daphne Rosen Anna Mills, Daphne Rosen Anna, Daphne Lizzy Borden Rob Black, Lizzy Borden Rob Black, Lizzy Borden Rob, Lizzy T.J. Hart T.J. Hart Aryland Aryland Aryland girl, Crystal Klein, Charlie Lane Cassia Riley (Pet of the Year Runner Up ’06), Martina Warren (Pet of the Year ’05) and Melissa Jacobs (10/05 Pet of the Month) Charlie Laine (2/06 Pet of the Month), Cassia Riley (POY Runner Up ’06) Martina Warren (POY ’05) Melissa Jacobs (10/5 POM) Charlie Lane, Cassia Charlie Lane, Cassia, girl Charlie Lane, Cassia Charlie, Cassia Crystal Klein Crystal, Charlie Crystal, Charlie Crystal, Charlie, Cassia Crystal, Charlie, Cassia Crystal, Charlie, Cassia pic pic Crystal, Bella Star Crystal, Bella Tiffany Mynx, Gina Lynn Penny Flame? Spike Goldberg, bloke, Farrell Timlake Layla Rivera pic Taylor Kurtis, Johnny Barracco Taylor, Johnny Tia Erica Kole Nick East, girl Nick East, girl Heather Pink and her boyfriend Andrew Loraine Loraine Mika Tan Isabella Sky, Lisa Daniels Isabella Sky, Lisa Daniels Isabella Sky, Lisa Daniels Isabella Sky, Lisa Daniels Isabella Sky, Lisa Daniels Ruby Francesca Lee girl, Belladonna girl, Belladonna Belladonna Michelle B Michelle B Michelle B Michelle B pic pic Lexxi Tyler Lexxi Tyler Holly Randall's Pics Gia Jordan's Pics Viv Thomas Pics
Sunday morning, Jan 8: Goodbye Yellowbrick Road You can't keep me in your penthouse Duke Floored with Chinese chick who agreed to go along with gag that Duke nailed her, to make Holly jealous, but Duke overplayed hand by claiming to have done it 8 times in 15 hours Bye, bye, my little China girl
Email Luke photo IDs.
I commandeered my roommate's NikonD50 camera to take the photos. I found it lighter and easier to use than my own NikonD100.
Bugsy writes: "Isn't a strange coincidence that Robin Leach and Cousin Stevie could be twins?"
AnnaMills: This year was a crazy one at AVN
AnnaMills: Did you have fun?
Luke: it was ok
AnnaMills: Well I got to see Stevie Wonder
AnnaMills: I got the VIP treatment
AnnaMills: Not only that but the same guy wants to take me to the grammy's
AnnaMills: I find it amusing that I can walk down the red carpet there
but not at AVN.
Luke: what was the craziest stuff you saw/did at avn?
AnnaMills: I guess it all depends on what you define as crazy.
AnnaMills: on the drive home I saw a high speed car chase AnnaMills: that
was wild AnnaMills: being 20 feet from Stevie Wonder was pretty cool too...
AnnaMills: but if you want crazy party and sex stuff, I'd have to say
most of that stuff happens at home for me
AnnaMills: I don't have to wait for once a year to play around AnnaMills:
I guess rideing the symbian at the cybernet booth would win my vote for
AVN play time
AnnaMills: Cybernet, who is great to work for asked me to do a demo. The
people at Passion Pics let me go for a bit and I walked around tied up
by Princess Donna. She's really hot so I was already all wet from that.
AnnaMills: As I was being led around on the floor Evan Stone saw me and
said "I'd talk to you now but you all tied up!" and that was good for
a laugh. He works for their site sex and submission and I get to help
break him in on his crossing over to being a Dom cause they know I can
be a good learning tool since I'm tough.
AnnaMills: I got alot of photos I'll be sure to put on my site so my members
can see what I was up too. I rebuilt it so www.annamills.com has a brand
new look.
AnnaMills: After walking around we had some guys follow us so I could
ride the symbian
AnnaMills: I sat on it and I think I must have had 6 orgasms in 10 mins
or so
AnnaMills: I looked up and there must have been at least 50 people, it
was something else.
AnnaMills: I was totally lost in the feeling
AnnaMills: all I had on was a swim suit and some rope :)
AnnaMills: I really enjoyed it, but I wanted a good fucking after that.
Luke: did you get it>?
AnnaMills: It was saturday so i had to get ready unfortunatley
AnnaMills: but I set up plans for home :)
AnnaMills: I did make out with Sarah Blake a bit
AnnaMills: I look forward to seeing her again, but she's one of best friends
so I know I will see her when our schedules allow.
AnnaMills: I also have plans with Nina and Daphne Rosen AnnaMills: so
over all it was fun.
Luke: what do you do for a living these days?
AnnaMills: I still do porn
AnnaMills: Did you think I didn't?
AnnaMills: well I was gone a while. I mostly did fetish then I started
doing boy girl after a bit
AnnaMills: I took my time and called the shots myself
AnnaMills: I take the jobs I like and don't worry about money too much
AnnaMills: I just like to be able to make a living doing something I enjoy.
AnnaMills: Who dosn't enjoy sex?
AnnaMills: I mean some jobs they couldn't pay me enough but other jobs
I can't belive I get paid!
AnnaMills: I have my website, it pays the rent so I don't have to kill
myself
AnnaMills: I mean I'm not greedy, and maybe eventually I'll get that rich
boy friend
AnnaMills: actually its better being single
AnnaMills: I had three companies ask me to feature and I may be doing
some soft porn too and music videos.
AnnaMills: I won't hold my breath but we will see what happens.
AnnaMills: you look better every time I see you
Luke: it was all the sex i had at the convention
AnnaMills: thats good to hear.
AnnaMills: thats great.I think if people had more sex we wouldn't have
so many wars
AnnaMills: That's what we need, more sex. We don't need less. I think
the government has it all wrong.
AnnaMills: If people repress their sexual desires their animal urges will
come out in other areas. Those animal urges can be very scary.
AnnaMills: I mean a guy that has had regular sex has much better moods
then those that haven't.
AnnaMills: every woman needs a hitachi magic wand too
Holly Randall Poses Nude?
She writes on her Suze.net chatboard: "Yes, I have been considering doing another shoot, and a little more nude since I've lost weight. I just haven't had the time to book it!"