Wednesday, December 13, 2006

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DMan writes:

I see you were a good friend to Roy. Before Roy died we met as friends and he was having problems with the sport book he was working with. I tried to give him money a place to live. But he was a man and would not take a dime. He worked in my office and was loved here. He was like a father to my daughter and her boyfriend. And everyone in the office called him uncle Louie. I keep hearing talk about him being on drugs. Its a lie he was straight and just not happy with life.

He asked me to hire a girl PATTI LIBERMAN. A sport book person she lied and stole money from a dead man. For the record Roy paid for his own funeral with his pay that was owed to him. That's the way he would want it done. he didn't want anything from anyone. If possible I see you make posts. Roy was a stand up man. Took nothing from anyone, and the girl he girl Patti liberman that he got a job here stole money from him after he died. We even gave here 850 dollars witch was rosy severance pay to give to his mother and she kept that too. We all made a beautiful poster with everyone saying good buy. And I am now hearing stories that she didn't even give it to his mother. And I know for a fact His brother Rob gave her a cash for the ashes that was paid for and plane fair that was paid for.

I see you knew louie. All i can think of him saying is. Come on kid its o.k, dont worry about it get back on the phones.

Tightfit to Release Israeli Porn Series

Tightfit Productions is set to release Assraelis, the first in a series of adult features that are entirely shot and cast in Israel. This will mark the first time a production company has released and distributed Israeli porn in the United States.

Jenna Jameson Files For Divorce

Jack writes: "You could check out the records of the Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court cases of criminal defendants named John "Jay" Grdina (born 10/11/67) who were defendants in a trail involving wire fraud, money laundering, and running a criminal enterprise."

Jason Sechrest blogs:

After months of separation seeing Jenna Jameson dating fighting champion Tito Oritz, the queen of porn has finally filed for divorce from Jay Grdina, also known as performer/director Justin Sterling. I have heard there was no prenup involved in their marriage and Sterling currently remains an active part of running the multi-million dollar Club Jenna, Jameson's company, which was sold to Playboy earlier this year.

All this just in time for the release of Club Jenna's new movie, Jenna Love Justin. (That box art is outta control! Loving it!) You know, she could've been a real bitch and renamed the movie Jenna (Doesn't) Love Justin. Jameson and I used to joke that she would some day make a bi movie with me and it would be called Jenna Loves Jason ...And Bob.

Though there were rumors of abusive behavior, Jameson is citing irreconcilable differences. I once heard a rumor that Jay was so dominant in the bed room, he would literally drag her to the toilet, dunk her head in it and fuck the hell out of her. ...And now she's dating a professional fighter. I could say she has bad taste in men, but... frankly, I think it's all so very hot. I wish I'd been there to spit on her face during the whole thing too. And she knows I mean that with total love.

I've actually been trying to get ahold of Jameson to book her for an appearance at a gay nightclub in West Hollywood. How hot would that be? You know she has a huge gay fan following! I can't get ahold of her to save my life though. I think you have to go through Tito to get to her or something and that just scares me. Girl, if you're out there, give a holler at your favorite fag: jason@jasoncurious.com

Jeremy Steele emails: "Having been a fan of the UFC since it began in 1993, I consider Tito Ortiz to be one the biggest assholes ever, flipping the bird to Ken Shamrock and the Lion's Den, disrepecting people and talking shit, etc. Someone told me it's just to get attention and make publicity, but either way it makes him an asshole. Chuck Liddell never has had to behave like that and I wonder if after Chuck beats Tito again on December 30th if he'll take it out on Jenna."

Michael Esposito's Gentleman's Video Burglarized Friday Night

There was over $100,000 worth of damage.

Michael says: "They took all kind of DVDs, outside product, sleeves, blank discs, cases, finished goods, and made a mess of the whole back."

Luke: "Do you have any idea who might have done it?"

Michael: "Nah."

"It's OK if you want to write a little story and warn people about this."

AVN Awards

Derrick Pierce emails:

Hey Luke!! While I am new to the industry....I would not call a multi platinum artist & producer like DJ Quick & Too short, substandard entertainers. While some might not like their jondra, they are still big sellers. Some should label their thoughts as opinions as opposed to some type of fact.

Bottom line is AVN is the benchmark for some type of validity in regards to the biz. We ( producers, talent, directors, distributes etc....) have a choice to participate. If one thinks that the practices of AVN are substandard then they should do something about it. Publish works better than what is out there. MY OPINION is that AVN, in my very limited experience, is quite comprehensive in its reporting's within the industry & is very professionally put together.

Jon replies:

Derrick Pierce must not only be new, but he must also be from the mid-west if he thinks Too Short and DJ Quick are the kind of talent worthy of a show that makes so much money. Too Short shopped his porn idea around for a few years while many passed on even calling him back so I'm certain that his performance price was cheaper than 3 pages of AVN advertising. As far as Derek's limited experience and AVN's comprehensive reporting, we can assume that Derek gets his current event updates Saturday mornings on Nickelodeon. His suggestion with regard to publishing something better is accurated and can be found in the day to day reporting at X-Biz. This of course is not a bias attitude but an opinion based on an honest comparison. If AVN paid closer attention to the people within who run the day to day they might find the magazine's problem, but I think often times one can get too busy counting money and not pay attention to maintaining the actual money making machine. Derek seems like a nice enough guy but as long as the attitude at AVN is "get ahead by giving it" Mr. Pierce's opinion will only get him so far......

Derrick Pierce responds:

Wow Jon how insightful of you. 1st things 1st. Who are you? What have you done that puts you in the position of knowledge in regards to the business? How many magazines have you been an editor for? How many literature distribution endeavors have you been a part of? I give respect where respect is due. I am curious to know why you would associate 2 west coast artist with the Midwest & then trying to belittle them in such a fashion. How long have you been in the music biz? How long have you been booking big talent for live concerts? How many arenas have you help sell out? Just curious to know where you come from Jon, because someone said some thing about opinions........

As far as reporting....the term "comprehensive" is subjective in nature. What is an abundance of information to one is insignificant to another. This is no jab at XBIZ, as I am a subscriber to both publications. I just prefer AVN if for no other reason, because it has production value. The articles are similar in composition, after all its porn, not national policies. My limited experience is in time only. I try to be as humble as possible when I speak about the biz because I have so much to learn in regards to being a success. I have been beyond fortunate to be surrounded by some real quality talent both in front of & behind the camera.

Nickelodeon......cute. Did you think of that all by yourself, or did the kids you were baby sitting help while your wife (or husband for that matter) was out making the real money?

See Jon this type of verbal banter is neither constructive nor is it even warranted. I was speaking to the point in my previous post, so respect that when you reply as I will you. To the point.... I was merely commenting on the fact that you might have a discord to the music of Short & Quick. They are both VERY talented & successful artist, who to date, have about 20 records under their belt. They have both gone platinum plus. So what do you think would be suitable entertainment, the Bee Gees? Side note, I took time to make sure the spelling of your name was correct, please spell mine correctly. Its really annoying.

Jon responds:

Derrick, Let's start with my 7 years as Editor In Chief for Hits Magazine (which of course qualifies me in both the magazine world and the music world), and then let's move on to the word "Jondra" which I can't seem to find in the dictionary. When we have finished searching for your made up word perhaps we can move on to the "comprehensive" pictures that grace 95% of AVN Magazine. As I have said before unless you are methodically working an angle for a GAYVN Award no one at AVN is going to care about male talent and their choice of news reporting. In fact, in seems as though no one has told you that male talent isn't taken seriously at all.

Anthony Thomas emails:

I agree with Derrick, just who do you THINK would perform for the AVN Awards? Nevermind, the only so-called major awards show with no mainstream medai coverage for obivious reasons. There is nothing wrong with either performer and your comment smack of being anti-hip-hop/rap music.

Must I remind "white" America that rock artist LEFT YOU a long time ago. They are no LONGER the dominate force in music. Is that a product of payola in the music industry? I don't think so directly, its just a show of focus in middle america which change is usually the slowest in coming, that black culture which is firmly rooted in American popular music is the theme music for this generation and the next and for many to come.

Rock just doesn't have the message people want to hear anymore and Nikki Sixx can't get up there talking about smokin in the boys room anymore, he would get laughed at all but you 30 something kids I used to know in high school here in the San Fernando Valley.

So when you can name a mainstream artist that is willing to perform at the show that everybody can agree on, then you let me know. Until then, take what the hell you can get and be happy. Be lucky the feds haven't taken anymore freedoms away from you.

Jon emails:

Anthony Thomas,

First of all who said anything about rock? You must be african-american because somehow you have turned it into a "white rock" and "black hip-hop" thang. This has nothing to do with music GENRE. This has to do with AVN economics and what they are WILLING to pay for with regard to ANY talent. I'm not partial to the kind of entertainment, but TOO SHORT was 1986 and CRAZY TOWN was a one hit wonder. You have missed the point because you are too busy making this an anti hip-hop issue that just doesn't have any legs here. Let me repeat my point- AVN makes alot of money selling tickets to a show that refuses to spend more than 10k on musical entertainment.

Now with ticketmaster selling tickets to fans, Fishbein getting a cut of the actual convention and tables at 2k a pop thats a pretty hefty some of cash, but the the awards show continues to bore people. It is also myopic and pressumptious to assume that any music is a theme for any generation. Bitches and money and guns might be your theme music but mine like most is a broader spectrum that incompasses more than one type of style.

Michael Raven emails:

For Jon, the Editor and Chief of Hits Magazine: Are you kidding me? Editor and Chief? I sincerely hope you employed a few worthy proofreaders before heading to press.

"at 2k a pop thats a pretty hefty some of cash, but the the awards show continues to bore people. It is also myopic and pressumptious to assume that any music is a theme for any generation. Bitches and money and guns might be your theme music but mine like most is a broader spectrum that incompasses more than one type of style."

Any high school grammar student can see what's wrong with this paragraph. Aside from your horrific sentence structure, misuse of conjunctions and abuse of articles, it appears you are also too lazy or perhaps too arrogant to utilize spellchecker. Does any of this really matter you ask? The short answer is a simple, no. It might offer some credibility however, if in the future should you decide to point out another's grammar and spelling mistakes in an attempt to humiliate them, make sure that your's is in order as well. The worst that can happen is that you at least won't come away looking like a fool.

Jon emails: "I almost forgot to mention that few people care what porn directors think, especially porn directors who think they are cut out for the mainstream world. At what point are you going to make the transition. Huh? It's one thing to be a hack in the film business its quite another to be one in porn. Stick to making your over budget jack off movies because no one cares truly what you have to say unless you are yelling at a P.A to pick up wet wipes. Michael Raven will never be Michael Ninn."

Michael Raven emails: "Instead of addressing your laughable retort and sophomoric attempt at an insult, I will agree with your one point that remotely resembled truth. Michael Raven will never be Michael Ninn. Michael Ninn is the ultimate visual stylist and the most creative this industry has ever seen. You are right, I will never be him. He is by far, the best."

Derrick Pierce emails:

Jon Jon, it seems that your napoleon complex is kicking in. Relax, its only Michael Raven...right? I hack director, right? Tell you what superman, we will keep our 10-15 Billion a year biz to ourselves & you can keep your 49.95 that you might have spent on one of Ravens movies, which you also might have had the misfortune of seeing me in. Remember me, that performer that doesn't matter? I would love to compare scholastic notes with you but as Raven already pointed out, you probably have your GED framed in your office at HIT magazine.

BTW your mag must do really well because I was looking for reading material while I was going to the gym & just could not seem to locate a copy or your publication. Maybe I can pick up a copy from your office? I don't mind paying for it, as I do have a job. It isn't much, according to you. I wonder what your tax returns look like......

Jon emails:

First of all I have never spent 49.95 on a poorly made porn feature directed by Mr. Raven. If I WERE to spend money though it would be on a Michael Ninn title. He clearly has more talent than everyone in porn.

Hits is one of the biggest trade publications for the music industry. We can all assume that your genius IQ (responsible for getting you into a line of work that calls for you to stick your dick in things) was the reason why you could not find the magazine.

By the way what kind of scholastic notes would you be refering to? The kind that would somehow define your intellectual ability?

"I was looking for reading material while I was going to the gym & just could not seem to locate a copy or your publication."

This speaks volumes. Just curious while you were looking for the magazine did you actually find the gym? Try looking for Details Magazine. I'm currently one of the Senior Editors.

Oh I almost forgot , you can keep your 10-15 Billion a year industry for two reasons-

1.Those numbers are incorrect and fabricated.

2. I can get up in the morning and tell my family and friends what I do for a living without making them feel sorry for me or shameful.

Derrick responds:

Nah Jon, I did not make it to the gym I forgot where it was & my damn navigation just stopped telling me where to go. Actually my ADD kicked in & I ended up following a butterfly into the park to look at the pretty birdies..... I would love to pick up details magazine. They have a very nice style section. I think my favorite article to date was the one with Vin Diesel (sp). I thought it was very coy how the interviewer was trying to ask him about his sexual orientation & he never gave a direct answer. He also spoke about his whole dungeons & dragons fascination. Sounds kind of familiar, actually.

You don't seem to be able to grasp the questions that both Anthony & myself have asked repeatedly. I don't know how you feel about D&D though. Even the article that you referenced made speculation as to what the industry is worth annually, SO....... let me get my calculator...how do you turn this thing on?? oh there we go. Sorry I to stupid to do much else so it took me a minute to figure out this simple procedure.2005 approx 13,000 DVD sales. 1000 pieces is WAY to low as it takes about 2-3000 pieces to break even. so lets see at 2,500 pieces...carry the 2......21,22,23....wait...32,500,000. that is just the pieces that are sold. That is not considering companies that sell double or triple that, like some Vivid Titles, & Wicked, & Evil Angel.

But I digress, as the more people who think this business is less lucrative, the better in my opinion. I have no problem with what I do. It is not shameful nor should sex be swept under the rug. I like what I do for a living. Make my own hours, have sex with the girls you jerk off to. Obviously you are a huge hypocrite, trying to drag the industry through the mud, along with some of its talent. All the while reading , siting, & referencing posts from an adult oriented website. That senior editors job must leave you with a lot of free time for you to be so involved with something you seem to loath. Unless that editors line was a typo & you meant to say janitor.

Jon Jon, I have dealt with people like you my whole life. Stick my dick in things? They are called women, you know those female creatures that you have hated yet lusted after from afar. You are so very typical of a little person that was always treated with disrespect, so that is the only way you know how to treat others. But you are not even man enough to say who you really are. You are what we call a coward hiding behind pen names & walls of thickness. But that is OK Jon Jon, until you can say it to my face (or Anthony's, or raven's) you are insignificant & meaningless. I will no longer grace you with my extra attention as that is what seems to get you off. Feel free to post about real topics. Like the questions that you never answered. I am very easy to find & you seem like we could have some semi intelligent conversation. Having a big mouth online is easy. Face to face is a whole different thing. BTW if you would like to step up into manhood, put your $ where your mouth is. Say who you are & answer the questions that have been posed to you. Then we can carry on like real people.

Jennifer writes:

Jon, If you have such an issue with porn and its stars/starlets, you probably shouldn�t be spending your workdays surfing it and its related sites. A better use of your time would probably be honing your sentence structure and grammar. (Forgive me, but both could use work.) I�ll also take a shot in the dark here, but what I get from you is that you�re a sex (and possibly love) addict who either 1) Hasn�t sought treatment or 2) Couldn�t handle it when you did. If #1 is indeed your case� and you live in the L.A. area, I have a number to a really good therapist. I wish you the best of luck.

Jon replies: "I know who you are. You are a joke in our circle. What purpose do you serve? Why don't you actually make a living as a writer instead of proof reading everyone else with talent. Im not writing an article here dummy Im writing as I speak which is why I'm less concerned with structure. I have the misfortune of covering the AVN Awards and thought I would point something out about AVN magazine. I'm not into porn because I think it degrades women and men in today's society. In fact alot of the women are like you and have nothing to offer or anything to add."

Michael Raven emails:

Call me an idealist, but I get up every morning hopeful that before I leave this earth we could see such a paradigm shift in our society that people might actually be less offended by forms of sexual expression and more concerned with the latest video game little Johnny is playing. "Games" or other forms of popular "entertainment" that feature some of the most gruesome forms of torture and pain one human can inflict on another are all the rage and yet we still "turn or bow our head" in shame when people engage each other sexually on screen. What strikes me as shameful is that anyone should ever feel guilt about sexual expression. We join the vocal collective in "preaching" about the sins of sexual entertainment yet eagerly indulge in the latest Ultimate Fighting matches or one of the current cinematic celebrations of violence on the big screen. While I would agree that there is a time and place for everything and that some things are best left in private, no one should ever feel shame over something so beautiful as sexual expression. If such shame exists, then it might be an indication that ones own sexual appetites are for unhealthy activities, but that being subjective in nature is an entirely different discussion altogether. You speak of porn as being degrading to men and women in one breath, yet you attempt to engage others here using insults and angry rhetoric. Your apparent need to humiliate others with name calling and dubious facts are not exactly what I would call professional use of your education in journalism and certainly makes for an interesting contradiction at best. While I must admit a certain admiration for the somewhat clever use of plebeian vernacular, it belies your true heart and intent. A pointless and ultimately futile attempt to bolster your own self-esteem at the "perceived" destruction of another's.

Colt writes:

Wait a minute, am I really supposed to believe that, with his apparent lack of language skills, "Jon" is a senior editor at Details? And can we infer from his latest post that he will be covering, against his wishes, the AVN Awards Show? With his obviously unbiased attitude regarding porn and AVN, his bosses have certainly picked the right man for the job.

However, with each new post from this gentleman, it seems more likely that he's just another frustrated Net monkey with way too much time on his hands.

If he is currently a senior editor at Details, it might explain why that magazine is about the fruitiest thing on the newsstands these days. Well, except for Playgirl.

Say A Prayer For Kat

Cougar writes:

I was quite saddened to read what is currently going on with Latin XXX star Kat. For those of you who haven't already read or heard- according to several sources, Kat is in such serious trouble with drugs and alcohol that the people closest to her fear for her very life. One friend of hers stated that if her present pattern of abuse continues, she may not survive to see her next birthday. From what has been said about her behavior, she also appears to be close to a nervous breakdown.

With that, I would like to start a prayer chain. It may sound strange, starting a prayer on a XXX fansite, but remember- this isn't about personal moral beliefs. This is about a young woman's life.

I urge anyone here who believes in God, or even at least thinks there might be a God, to join me in this prayer:

Father, we all come to you joining hands across cyberspace, to pray for our sister and our friend Kat. We ask that you heal her of her horrible affliction of substance abuse. Father we ask you touch her heart, mind, and soul that she may find peace in your love, and comfort in your compassion.

We ask you to spare her mortal life and restore her physical and mental health. Regardless of how well she knows you, she is still your child and you love her all the same, no matter what she does. No matter where she is, you are always with her. Heavenly father, we all know that the evil curse of addiction is just another one of Satan's cruel tricks to try and destroy what you love most- us, your children.

With that, I say this: SATAN, I BIND AND REBUKE YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST! I COMMAND YOU TO TAKE YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF KAT RIGHT NOW!!!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO HER, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE NO MORE POWER OVER HER BODY, HER MIND, OR HER LIFE! SHE IS A CHILD OF GOD AND THE DEVIL CANNOT AND WILL NOT HAVE HER!!!

Kat will live, she will be restored, she will be healed, and she will rebuild her relationships with those who care about her. It states in the Bible that when two or more people agree on something, it shall be done in Jesus' name. All here who agree say: amen!

I Retract The Playboy Buying AVN Story And I Apologize To AVN, Paul Fishbein, And To AVN's Employees

A few weeks ago, without giving Paul Fishbein adequate time to respond, I published a story that Playboy was buying AVN.

I had four separate sources telling me this, including two sources who have been giving me accurate information for a long time.

When AVN stoutly denied the story, my sources stood by it. So did I until now.

Now, based on everything I know, I conclude I was wrong about Playboy buying AVN.

In my writing on Playboy buying AVN, I included the shot: "AVN's employees will be the last to know."

I apologize to AVN's employees for making them fear for their jobs.

Emily Evermoore Wants Us All To Get Along

Emily emails me:

I can not believe the entire ruckus this supposive voice mail has caused! I guess I should be thanking who ever started this for I have gotten exposure but it is hard to enjoy it when it is at the expense of some one else! Mike Ramone is a good reported and a real person and like everyone he deserves respect. As for Luke don�t nock him for not having a copy of the voicemail in question for I don�t even have such a recording. After all Paul Fishbind and AVN have done for porn I can not believe how cold the porn community is being to him. We must not forget if not for his company there wouldn�t be the AVN awards! He made the awards, he made the convention, and he made it so that they where big and recognized in the mainstream world. Not to mention no company has to give AVN money nothing is mandatory about his show or magazine. Then there is also all the hatred over him helping me and I am sorry this is so bothersome to everyone but let me clarify�..Paul met with me after hearing the gossip about Mike to insure that his business was not being ran in such away not to bribe me. The help I received from him was because of a few reasons� One being that I am personal friends with a long standing friend of his (which is what made the meeting possible) Another reason being due to him being proud of my new found Sobriety ( 2 months sober!!!)And the third reason because I am self represented. I encourage anyone without an agent that needs additional exposure to contact AVN that�s what its there for. I am not a perfect person far from it but the people getting hurt from this are good people. Please think about the hardships caused by this! I am just a girl with a passion for sex and attention but not this kind! I just want to make rent and be as fair as I can. All this needs to just blow over. Come on lets give some one else the gossip page.

AVN Awards

Jon writes: "My sources at AVN tell me that people arent buying tickets for the show. The fact that it's at Mandalay Bay and the fact that people just dont care that much has Paul pretty upset. He has been scrambling to get tickets sold which is why he doubled up on the catagories."

I emailed Paul Fishbein this note Dec. 6. I did not get a response.

AVN didn�t �double up� on the categories. They added 16 more; check it out yourself; compare last year�s awards categories to this year�s; altogether, there�s more than 100 categories. I'm told that the additional categories have nothing to do with selling tickets for the show; it�s just a reflection of all the product that�s out there.

Jon emails:

Luke, "Doubled up on categories "was a figure of speech meaning he added more categories. Also my sources at AVN are pretty reliable and they confirm the issue with tickets and some of the methods used to get peoples money. They have also informed me that for as long as they have worked there the AVN nomination list is constantly being added to and changed because of disgruntled advertisers that don't get enough nominations. The awards show is put together with the least amount of money which is why there is never a noteworthy performance by a decent band. Paul Fishbein is too cheap to pay for real entertainment that matters so he can turn a bigger profit on the show tickets. So people pay 2k for a table hoping they kissed enough ass to win an award while they must sit through one of the worst shows ever to come out of Vegas, all so Fishbein can go on vacation to Hawaii twice a year after buying a new car. It's laughable that the companys even participate but I suppose they must pay for their ego's too. I guess attending anything that might celebrate what they do is a bonus from all the time they spend in a bubble hiden away from the rest of the world.

I'm a normal person in mainstream who deals with trade publications like Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Premiere Magazine. I think that the AVN Magazine and show is such a joke that it reflects the ignorance of companies who blow their money on advertising that can never be quantified except at the end of the year with a glass award paid for by ads and bought tables.

Asia Carrera found Don Lemmon's life insurance policy

She writes Dec 7:

I have no explanation why there's a complete blank when I try to remember buying that policy... but you know what? It dawned on me today that my "amnesia" is actually the closest thing to a miracle I think I've ever experienced. Because I realized that IF I HAD KNOWN about this policy when Don died, I am almost positive I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. There are no words for how deep my despair was in the weeks after his death. I was prepared to give babyD to my friends to raise, because I didn't feel up to the task. I just wanted to die, I was so devastated. The ONLY thing that kept me from going to be with Donny was that I couldn't walk away from Catty, leaving her with no family and no money. But if I had known about a life insurance policy at that time, I would have probably sent Catty to live with her aunt & uncle on Donny's side, sent BabyD to my friends, and sent half the insurance money to each family and then gone to be with my husband.

Kira Kener Vs. Vivid Video

Rich writes:

Hey Luke Do you know anything about a lawsuit involving former Vivid Contract Girl Kira Kener vs Vivid Video? Time to do some investigating......maybe the LA County Court website has some info?

Stephen Michael Cohen Released From Prison

His attorney was shot hours later.

Mickey G Jailed

Lynn LeMay's trying to get Mickey G. out of jail. She says he was just defending himself when Roxetta came over with another bloke.

Avi Mirman Is A Professional Person And Does Not Want His Name Tarnished With Porn

Jeremy Rosenthal emails:

I�m writing this email to inquire about some content that is on your website. There is a post found on 2/3/2005 that points to the name Avi Mirman multiple times and we wanted to see how we can have this post deleted or how we can have Avi�s name removed from the post to protect him. What options do we have to have this post removed? Avi is a professional person and we would not like to see his name tarnished in this fashion.

Emily Evermoore: 'I Don't Care If I Commit Career Suicide'

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According to All Media Play:

Facing financial difficulties at home due to slow business at his architectural firm, Mike Brady reluctantly tells his wife and kids that the entire household will be on a budget for the next few months until business picks back up and the cash crisis ends. The kids get together and decide to help out by taking on odd jobs, holding car washes and pitching in wherever they can to help save the family house from bank foreclosure. Wild fun and mayhem ensue especially when Marcia unwittingly applies for a job as a �figure model� and finds out she�s starring in a porn movie. With the extra cash, the Brady house is saved and the family lives happily ever after.

Marcia: Hillary Scott
Jan: Aurora Snow
Cindi: Leah Luv
Greg: Ben Bratt
Peter: James Deen
Bobby: Mikey Butders
Carol: Alana Evans
Mike: Mike Horner
Alice: Lynn LeMay
Sam the Butcher: Ron Jeremy
Rock �n Roller: Kurt Lockwood
Veronique Vega, Paulina James

On Monday, Dec. 4, I emailed Emily: "According to this post, AVN's Mike Ramone left a message on your machine asking for some sexual favor?"

She did not reply.

When I met Emily Tuesday at the LFP Studios in Chatsworth (for All Media Play's pornographic spoof of The Brady Bunch), I did not bring up my email, but she quickly said to me: "I am not going to confirm or deny."

She smiled and continued: "Let me just say that AVN has suddenly decided to do a feature article on me next month and they're putting me in their awards show and they've hooked me up with Wicked, Vivid and Digital Playground.

"I don't care if I commit career suicide."

On March 26, 2006, Rob Black emailed his former contract girl Kami Andrews:

Your welcome you did a realey good job in the scene. So far its coming out reley good. The movie is going to be real good i'm prity excited about it. Side note you have to see Mike Ramone this time around. It would be good for us. I realey would like to get a editors choice for this. He keeps breaking my balls about you. He has a hard on for you so we got to do it it would benifit us. There is definitley some award nom shit in this movie and taking care of him would put it over the top like I said its all politics but what do we care we do what we got to do to win. next year were noy going away with out any glass. I feel the turn coming for us it feels likebefore I ruined everything with wrestling. When we ruled this bizz talk later Rob

N-Word writes: "We've been through this Rob, it's not glass it is Lucite, which is a plastic polymer."

I asked Mike Ramone (circa May 29) about this. He said he had never solicited sex from any porn girl, not Kami, not anyone. He said that he would never offer an AVN award in exchange for sex even if he had the power to give AVN awards, which he does not. Mike gets but one vote (out of 40) in the awards process. He does not have the power to bestow AVN awards.

Kami and Mike never hooked up.

I told Mike in late May that I wouldn't print this email unless more developed on the story. I finally decided to run it Dec. 5 after reading related threads on ADT and XPT and talking to Emily Evermoore and people who knew her.

In early 2006, Kami made several comments online that then AVN editor Heidi Pike-Johnson used her influence at AVN to hook up with Kami's then lover/boyfriend Ivan.

I emailed Rob Black about his email to Kami and Black responded to me Aug. 1: "Yo I thought this issue came up before a couple weeks ago, and you talked to Mike and you said you wrer not going to run it. So I take it that you are going to run this email. What ever I know Mikey asked you not to but if you want to I cant stop you I think its uncool but what ever. That was a private email between me and Kamie she know wants to share that with you for no reson what so ever. To embaress Mikey and AVN. Thats kind of fucked and for you to play into it is kind of fucked but like I said what ever it dont do nothing to me. So if you want to do it I cant stop you and I got no coment on it either. Talk to you later RB"

Sir Greenly posts on XPT: "Kami ceased being Extreme's contract girl in early 2005, I believe. Also, Extreme hasn't won any AVN awards since 2000, (I looked it up) so Kami must realey, reley suck at sucking cock."

Tod Hunter emails:

A feature article plus hookups with Vivid, Wicked and Digital Playground? This has Ramone's fingerprints all over it, much like his categorical refusal a few years ago to nominate Aurora Snow as Best New Starlet so his fave, the too-long-in-the-business Justine Rom�e, could stay in -- and then the next year Snow "won" Female Performer of the Year after being followed around for three days by Dan Miller for a post-awards cover story. Makes you wonder what Rom�e did to make such an impression on Ramone.

Tod Hunter wrote Nov. 30, 2005:

Okay, there was a big party at the Burbank Airport and I was there and I took pictures and I'll probably write that up this week, and Vicky Vette was at the Spearmint Rhino in the City of Industry over the weekend and I took copious notes, but what I really want to talk about today is the AVN awards.

I notice that Paul has gotten really greedy and is now demanding 45 copies of every nominated video for his video stores, and director Mason sent me a gracious e-mail saying that I was wrong about which video of hers would get a bunch of nominations, and there weren't that many so I feel kinda dumb on that score, but I did notice a couple of things I thought I'd share with you.

First, what are the three things the AVN brain trust looks for when considering their awards? 1. Brutality. 2. Misogyny. 3. Ad purchases.

So I think that explains the Reuben Sturman Award to Rob Black. Brutality, check; Misogyny, check; and I guess Rob's paying his ad bills again.

A few years ago, in the nominations meetings, Mike Ramone declared that he thought Justine Rome� was "hot," and she was in as a Best New Starlet nominee. (That's the way Mikey used to run the meetings. His favorites were in, and everything else had to be discussed.)

A few days after the nominations were announced, an Internet columnist pointed out to me that Justine Rome� had been in the business for a couple of years, well past the 18-month limit. And oh by the way, we had managed to miss Aurora Snow, at the time within the 18-month limit and a promising talent on her way up.

I pointed this out to Mike, that we had a golden opportunity to declare Rome� ineligible and get Aurora Snow in there. Mike said "[That Internet guy] is an asshole, fuck him. Justine Rome� is in." Of course AVN looked like fools, and by the strangest of coincidences the very next year Aurora Snow not only won Female Performer Of The Year, she spent the entire Adult Expo being followed around by crack reporter Dan Miller for an extensive story, and she even got her picture on the cover. (http://www.adultvideonews.com/archives/200303/index.html)

Serious overcomp for Mikey's devotion to Justine Rome�, don'cha think? This year's egregious fuck-ups come in the category they are now calling "Best Mainstream Adult Release."

But before I start, let me give my bona fides on the mainstream front: I worked in mainstream television for 10 years. (Game shows. I went from one part of show business that gets no respect � to another part of show business that gets no respect.) I have two Emmy nominations, and I joined the TV Academy and judged the Emmy Awards, daytime and prime time, for seven years. I was a regular attendee at the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, and worked there as a volunteer in the Public Information Booth and joined paid staff for the last few years of its existence as an editorial assistant for the Catalog. Let us continue.

Inside Deep Throat was nominated. The company affiliation is listed as "Universal Home Video." Okay, that's a slip, the company is actually called "Universal Studios Home Entertainment," it's kinda like saying "Home Ticket Office," everybody knows what you mean. The credits on the film read: Imagine Entertainment in association with HBO Documentary Films presents a Brian Grazer production in association with World Of Wonder a film by Fenton Bailey/Randy Barbato "Inside Deep Throat." See "Universal" there? Me neither. It does say "A Universal Release" though, over in the corner. Did I mention that all this was on the DVD box? Even Paul Fishbein, when he gave his condescending "kudos" to Brian Grazer, knew the difference, and gave his props to Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment, and World of Wonder.

That's nothin'. There's an Aurora-Snow-type oversight that's really egregious: Chlo� Sevigny in The Brown Bunny. Sevigny was nominated for an Oscar� for Boys Don't Cry (she didn't win, but Hillary Swank did), and she actually sucked dick in The Brown Bunny. Why did she get overlooked? Maybe they couldn't make that two-dot doohickey over the "e"? Maybe they decided they put one Chlo� in the Hall of Fame, and that was enough? Maybe Mike Ramone didn't think she was "hot," so she wasn't in? Maybe it didn't count because she didn't gag. Or do anal.

I'll tell you one thing: Don't bet against Chlo� Sevigny for Female Performer of the Year next year.

As Ron Jeremy gets out of his car, he holds up a big cardboard cutout of his face. "This is probably the most conceited thing ever," he says. "I got it from Virgin Records."

ABC's Primetime was there when Sunny Lane learned about her six AVN nominations. She started crying.

Sunny had her lawyer (Tera Patrick's, Mike B.) and publicist (April Storm) present when she was interviewed by Primetime.

There's a black man picking up trash in the parking lot. I fear this is not sending out the right message to America. As pornographers, we have a responsibility to be role models.

There's tension on set. Alana Evans warns: "This is the wrong day to snap at me."

Hillary Scott notes that I've been particularly spiteful towards the industry of late. "Why do you do that?" she asks. "Why don't you do something else with your life?"

Jeff Mullen tells the cast: "Your the Bradys. OK, we don't know that yet for legal reasons, but you're having fun."

In the dressing room around noon, Emily is interviewed by a BTS camera guy. "Your honesty is refreshing," he says.

Emily says she worked as a prostitute for two years before entering porn.

Emily (who entered porn March 9): "I worked at the Bunny Ranch for four days and then I had a fight with Dennis and they kicked me out. He's a fat pig. He doesn't know what he's talking about."

Ron Jeremy: "Don't sugarcoat it. Tell us how you really feel."

Camera Guy: "How would you compare escorting to porn?"

Emily: "Escorting is safer. They're tested in porn but I got gonorrhea."

Jasmine Byrne's getting upset. "Can you guys do it in the kitchen?" she asks.

There are about 16 people in the dressing room, including eight media people.

"It's so hot in here our make-up is melting," says Jasmine.

A minute later, she asks Scott if she can say something.

Emily: "Scott [David] thinks I'm saying things that are bad for my career."

"The Bunny Ranch is trashy and it's trailers. You feel like a ho when you're there."

Frustrated, Jasmine speaks up: "You're giving every other porn star a bad name by talking about escorting."

Emily: "I'm talking about my life, not porn."

Jasmine: "You are a porn star and you're giving us a bad name."

Emily: "I'm just talking about myself."

Jasmine: "That's all I want to say to you."

Emily: "Obviously you don't agree with my views and that's fine. Most porn stars don't agree with my views."

Ron Jeremy gives his views on porn and escorting until the tension in the room convinces him to shut up.

Emily: "Most porn girls don't want to hang out with me because I'm not a porn star. I'm a prostitute who does porn. They don't like that. They think they're better than us because they get paid by the producer and not by the guy who's f---ing them."

A girl: "I think you better stop."

I ask Emily: "So what do you love and hate about working in porn?"

Emily: "He [Scott David] just asked me to stop. Why are you trying to egg me on?"

Later, I sit down with Emily and try to get her to open up.

Emily: "I'd tell you about my drama but you'd twist it."

Luke: "Why do you think that?"

Emily (born Nov. 23, 1984): "Because I've read your website. I've talked to KB. You tell the dirt side. You hear what you want to hear and you only write what will bring out gossip. If you hear something bad, you'll tell ten people. If you hear something good, you'll tell five. You want the publicity. I don't want the negative side because I have a lot of negatives in my life.

"That look is just so conniving. Your aura reads: 'Stay the f--- away!' KB's aura reads nicely."

Luke: "I'll ask you some innocuous questions."

Emily: "I don't know what 'innocuous' means."

Luke: "Innocent. Harmless."

"What crowd did you hang out with in highschool?"

Emily: "I wasn't allowed to go to highschool, baby. I grew up a ward of the state. I was in orphanages, group homes, residential treatment centers. I didn't get to be in the public. I was the forgotten children."

Luke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"

Emily: "Stable. In the public."

"That's why I'm very careful about what I tell you because I have a lot of darkness."

Luke: "Don't tell me anything you don't want published."

"What do you do in your spare time?"

Emily: "I don't have any spare time. I self-represent. I'm an agent. I'm a porn star. I'm also trying to be a mainstream actress. I go to mainstream instructions twice a week, scene study. I've got to network for porn. I also have to look for a place to stay."

Luke: "What do you do best at?"

Emily: "Sex."

"I went from being the forgotten children to being a porn star. There are no limitations."

Luke: "What are your dreams?"

Emily: "I'm fulfilling my dreams."

"My big fear growing up was that I would live and die and nobody would ever notice. That my life would make no difference to no one or anything. If you Google my name, 400,000 things come up. I'm not just another forgotten child."

When I Googled her name, I got 22,000 results.

Emily: "I've gotten myself sober [for about 45 days]. I have bad risk management. I have horrible impulsiveness, but I don't always see that as a bad thing."

Luke: "How would your closest friends describe you?"

Emily: "I don't have any close friends."

Luke: "Why?"

Emily: "When I came to California, I came alone. I had no family. I shortly fell into the drug scene. I recently quit drugs, so I had to quit talking to the people I was associating with. I've only been sober for a couple of months, so I'm not ready to make new friends yet. I'm not ready to judge who would be good for me. I find it very hard to find sober people in porn."

Dr. X asks Emily: "What would you like Luke to write nice about you?"

Emily: "Luke doesn't write nice. I would like to see him write anything nice because I think it would help his aura and his karma."

"Luke is probably very conceited. I've read your site and you're probably quite thinking you're the s---.

"He needs to write both sides to the stories."

"More and more, I'm trusting people less and less."

Luke: "What's it like having fans?"

Emily: "I don't have fans. I've got 28 movies out. I got in to porn and then my kidney failed and I got out of porn and then I got into porn and then I got into drugs. Then I got out of porn to quit drugs."

I sit in the dressing room and overhear one porn girl say, "I'm attracted to men who are like my son."

Another tells a story about a girl who was blowing a guy who'd injected his penis to get hard.

She found her mouth filling with blood.

A DVD of The Brady Bunch plays on a big TV.

Aurora Snow seeks a computer and a quiet corner so she can do her homework.

She's accompanied by Jay Ashley who's put on about 30 pounds since I saw him last and now has a pot belly.

1 p.m. There's a mad search for a shirt. It's the fourth crucial article of clothing that's gotten lost on this two-day shoot. Scott David calls on everybody to join the search.

When it's finally located, Leah Luv cleans up, folds the clothes, and puts them in bags which she labels.

Ron Jeremy asks Leah if they've worked together.

"I f---ed you in BTS (Behind The Scenes) for The Anal Princess Diaries 2," she replies.

Paulina James, 20, puts on a 1970s-type skirt and exclaims, "I look like I'm 12!"

Later, when she's asked her age by Ron Jeremy, Paulina says: "I'm 15. I'm using fake I.D."

Ron: "We're all going to jail."

Paulina has been in porn for three months. She says her parents support her decision.

"I grew up with a family that was very comfortable sexually. I could be open with my father when I lost my virginity at 15. We have a close relationship. I live on my own. I'm very independent. They're proud of me for that. I went to college and took business and law."

Paulina brought her mom to the Corruption party last month.

Paulina's mom calls. Paulina tells her: "Let me call you back. I'm on the set of The Brady Bunch with Ron Jeremy."

Paulina tells Ron: "My mother's heard of you and she's seen you on TV and she thinks you're fun."

Emily tells an actor in today's movie: "Don't judge your character. Be your character."

She fears I will portray her unfairly.

"No, I won't," I protest. "I'm a friend of KB's."

Emily says she became promiscuous at age 12.

Lynn LeMay says Jim Lane has bounced checks on her and others. "The last person who bounced a check on me was Mark Carriere and that was 15 years ago. I sat in his office and every person who walked in, I told them that Leisure Time had bounced a check on me. After three people, I got paid."

Lynn LeMay is dating Bud Lee.

Emily says Lifetime wants to make a movie about her life.

Luke: "Why did you tell them more than you did me?"

Emily: "Because they're not out to destroy my life."

Luke: "I'll treat you like a delicate flower."

Emily: "Do you even like flowers?"

Luke: "Baby, you can drive my car."

Emily: "Really? I just wrecked mine."

The sound guy complains he hasn't eaten yet.

"I don't give a s---," says Jeff Mullen aka Will Ryder, the director.

Scott David walks over to Dr. X and Gordon taking innumerable photos of Paulina posing dirty with a teddy bear.

"How many pictures can you take of the same girl?" Scott asks.

"It's for my website," says Paulina.

"How much are you going to pay me for the use of my set?" asks Scott.

Her cute face falls.

Paula used to date a 50yo guy. She's not sure if he was married.

Ron Jeremy reminisces going backstage with Slash and Guns & Roses. It used to be that you'd find drugs everywhere. Now you go back and find a nursing mother and granola bars.

Another bloke says Slash told him that Ron set Slash up with a girl. Slash and the girl went into a room and she started blowing the rocker. Then Ron came in and pumped her from behind.

Jeff Wozniak, former AVNer and Sin City publicist, now writes for Mayfair and another British magazine.

He asks Hillary Scott if she can squirt. "I can piss," she replies, "and make sounds like I am coming. So yeah, I can squirt."

I ask James Deen what he does when not working. "I watch TV," he replies. "I'm probably the most uninteresting person ever."

A Disgusted Performer emails me:

Are you all taking crazy pills over at AVN. First off you gave her [Emily Evermoore] a soap box in your July issue in which she proudly tells the tale of how she was picked up walking the track in Vegas at last year's show. Nice to see you guy's encourage illegally prostitution with dirty street walker's.

She goes on to boldly state that she is not a porn star she is a "HO" and basically says that porn stars are Pre Madonnas.She thumb's her nose at they entire industry and the assholes over at AVN are to lazy to read there on craptackular interview's.

So it should not surprise any one that the AVN plan's on harboring a convicted drug felon hooker to be part of the circus show, I guess you carny folk stick together.

I have an idea why don't you morons at AVN have a real porn star be part of your show, not a hooker who has only done 13 movies up on that stage. I don't know how she (Emily) will find the time to be interviewed or even be part of the award show between responding to her seedy prostitute craigslist ads which she post using her stage name. The potential jail time she is facing for her drug conviction and the pimp that she claims that she is hiding from who is in Vegas. All of this making her a bit unreliable.

But then again it's no big secret that the girl is a total joke. Just ask any agency in the valley about her track record, she has been kicked out of everyone of them. Ask any producer, she has flaked on half her shoots and the other half that she does grace with her presence she is high as a kite, to the point were she is sent home. Ask the DJ's over at K-SEX how many times she has left them without a guest, standing there with their dick's in the wind.

She (Emily) needs to return to the streets or should I quote her "All you need is 50.00 bucks and a hotel room"

She (Emily) does not deserve to be up on that stage.

On a final note if she is up on that stage the AVN will not only embarrass themselves even more than they already have but insult every actor or actress that does deserve to be up there.

Good Luck AVN you will need it!

Luke, I love you but please...

Tony Malice posts on XPT:

Luke, I don't know man. I've kinda held my tongue as a professional courtesy, but man please work on the photography. You are in a position of access to get good photos of people, but you are just not doing the right thing. I'm not sure if you deliberately post bad pictures so that you can make the porn folks look bad, or if you just really have no eye for this... But here's some tips!

1) COMPOSITION! Dude. Your composition is god awful. Think about what you are framing in the shot and why.

2) Stop with the extreme closeups. They are just terrible. I don't think there is ever a reason to post a closeup of two peoples' heads.

3) What is with the cropping? When you take a picture, compose it so that it needs as little cropping as possible. It's my opinion if thought and care goes into the actual shot you don't need to crop it at all. Maybe you are cropping some of the pics and that makes your closeups appear so extreme...

4) Why post the blurry, out of focus pictures? I am sure that plenty of 'real world' photographers get pictures that are messed up, out of focus, and poorly composed. Their secret to success, however, is they don't post them. They toss them!

5) When you go to an event Luke, sit down afterwords with your pictures and pull out the best 20 or so and post them! We don't need 13 pictures of the exact same pairings, it's not like we're disecting the Zapruder film looking for the 4th bullet. One or two pics will do.

Bornyo posts: "I disagree, Malice. I love the innocence, good humor and vigor conveyed in this photo of a cute girl with a healthy tongue."

N-Word posts: "I think Luke posts the worst possible pictures of people on purpose. On his home hard-drive he has gorgeous, perfect pictures of everyone in Porno."

Eddie posts: "Every time I'm around a camera, I aim to take photos in the Luke style, however i'm unable to accurately ape the "extreme close ups of girls looking hideous whilst picking their nose" method. I'm not being sarcastic when i say i want to -- you just can't learn it in school kids. The best thing about luke's photography however is that whenever he's around jasmine byrne, who appears to be even more omnipresent than Sunny Lane, luke takes about 25 photos of her."

Chris emails me: "Malice does not have the visual sophistication to understand your work, it is photography that's going towards being original. Luke is doing stuff that may make him a "name" photographer. I know one hell of a lot more about photography than Malice."

2257 Tidal Wave To Swamp Inept Pornographers?

Attorney Gregory Piccionelli writes in the December issue of XBiz World about his Oct. 12 meeting (along with Jeffrey Douglas and Paul Cambria) with FBI agents about 2257 records inspections:

...[O]nly one [search] resulted in no reported violations and only one was "nearly perfect.

The most common violations that the agents have reported to date have been illegal identification documents, including copies of IDs where the photographic area is little more than a large black dot; missing identification documents; and failure to cross-reference the records as required by the regulations.

Emily Evermoore Finds Niche in Adult

Eddie Adams writes in AVN:

The sexy, whip smart Kansas native sat down with AVN.com recently after coming back from her short hiatus. Now the 21-year-old Evermoore, who has only shot a handful of titles for companies such as Hustler, Shane�s World and Evolution Erotica, is back and eager to show what she�s got.

Sasha Grey - Porn's New It Girl

Willie D posts on XPT:

You wanna root for the whores to do well because it makes you feel good about yourself when you get off. But there's always a Crissy Moran-style train wreck coming.

Like many of the whores who enter porn very young, they quickly fall into the delusion that there was no porn before them, and porn will die out when they retire with their vast fortunes. Jogging my memory, only a few really came close to grabbing porn by the tail instead of the reverse: Marilyn Chambers got a percentage of some of her film sales. Traci Lords, we all know that one. Ginger Lynn was gonna be the first millionaire until she started driving down White Line Highway. Savannah...the list goes on. Jenna was a hot chick with a bit of luck, who (surprise surprise) was shystered by her soon-to-be ex. If you're lucky, you had some fun along the way, bought a few handbags and stashed some money away. 'Cause folks, they don't do it for free, and if porn whores didn't get paid for what they do, all but about six would run away from the Valley as fast as they could.

Being the new "it" whore in porn is so transitory, how many whores are on the list for "Best New Starlet" who have already retired? There were some last year. Before that it as Keri Sable, before that it was...etc. She will go all-out and pack a year or two of over-the-top performances into her anus. One day she'll wake up and not want to do it, and when she calls to cancel her stock will plummet faster than Enron. If she really thinks that, at age 18, her ability to take 2 dicks in her ass will carry her through life, I suggest you take a look at any number of the retired whores on MySpace whose profiles avoid the subject of porn like the plague.

Holly Randall posts:

I think what makes Sasha different is that she has an intention to stir things up, to make people talk. She does DPs and all that fun stuff to make a statement-- or at least that's what she portrays. It's up to you if you believe her or not, at least she's not the average idiot who is obviously doing those kinds of scenes to buy her next Gucci bag. Call her stupid, but she's working a different angle than most of the girls in this industry. You may say she's no different, but I work with these girls and I can tell you she is.

What statement does it make to do a double-penetration on camera for commercial distribution? I agree it makes a statement. I'm just not sure what that statement is.

Jewel DeNyle's Mom DeBella

She posts on ADT:

I enjoyed being on the Howard Stern Show. Howard and his Staff were very kind to me. I do not regret anything that I said or did. I am having a great time. This thread is about De'Bella not anyone else. I am going to do a story for the LA Times on Monday, a reporter and photographer will be on set. I should have the right to promote myself without others bringing up other subjects that do not relate to to topic that I am promoting. I am enjoying my life doing porn. other Porn Stars surely enjoy themselves also. I am myself. Please talk to De'Bella. I am also gong to be on a radio program in Shreveport Louisanna in Dec. with DJ Love.

Marcus London Vs. Derek Hay

Derek Hay responds to my inquiry:

Even though we have a schedule of 53 shoots today, a company record, I feel compelled unfortunately to carve out a few minutes more of my time in response to Marcus London's interview. As someone recently said if one does not defend oneself, one may mistakenly be presumed to be guilty.

Firstly, he knows well enough that he has not been banned from working with Direct Models talent and I suggest you challenge him to name one producer or director to whom any Direct Model agent has said that. I state firmly for the record that is untrue.

Secondly, it is well known in the industry not just here at Direct that Mark and his girlfriend Devon have not only moved to the new agency run by Lisa Ann but have rather, assumed a role as the recruiters there. This, they have done very aggressively. In fairness to Mark to my knowledge most of this has been by Devon to my knowledge, and not by him. Many producers have told us that they have received calls from them asking for girls phone numbers and many girls have told us they have received calls, some of whom have no idea who Devon and Mark are and have never known or spoken with them previously. They are understandably upset not only at receiving such solicitations but also that their privacy has been invaded in this way, by the distribution of their personal numbers.

If the company that was considering Mark as a director and has learned of this activity, now chooses not to employ him for fear of such activity spreading onto their sets, that is absolutely their decision. Mark was very discreet about whom he potentially had a deal so I am not aware who this company is. There most certainly has not been any such directive that Direct would not work with this company if Mark works there or whatever this allegation is supposed to be. In the first place we would need to know who it is, since he was careful to not tell us, and apparently hasn't been employed there, one can but wonder.

Mark is absolutely correct in stating that I have directed our talent not to participate in content shoots with him. Any reasonable person would immediately understand why, Daniel into the Lions Den, as it were. Needs no further explanation. He has set out his position with CTM and there for now it shall be.

The agents in the industry have for the most part a pretty good inter company relationship, in which up to now, we do not openly solicit one anothers talent. Phone calls do not get made in the evenings asking girls to switch agencies. Girls inevitably move around as they find more work some places than others or some organizations better to their liking than others. Most of us recognize that we all swim in the same pond and it should not be sullied with that kind of low ethics behavior.

Finally, Mark overestimates himself when he states: "I am out to destroy him in the industry." I am gravely disappointed at his actions, though whilst certain of those of his girlfriend less certain about his. Nevertheless, certain that he is keenly aware of the actions of his partner and I absolutely asked him to tell her to stop, much preferring the English man to man than any discussion at all with his girlfriend. Much of Mark's success in the US Industry is due to the work of Direct, and its staff, we do not so easily forget someone who spent a long period with us.

The last comment regarding BJ and HJ's is beneath him, and he knows it.

Erica McLean Shoots Barely Legal 69

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I stop by Monday afternoon. I'm given an address of 4208 and I end up standing on a street corner near downtown L.A.

I call publicist Jason Sechrest who calls the set which sends out a bloke named Lucas who sports tattoos and piercings.

Then I'm brought within the warm welcoming bosom of Erica's shoot.

"Hi," I say, "Jason Sechrest sent me."

"Hey everybody," says Erica to the crew, "This is Jason. Say, 'Hi Jason.'"

Everybody says "Hi Jason."

I don't bother to correct anyone.

The girl scheduled for the first scene (Kaycee Dean?) did not have an up to date AIDS test, so a replacement (Renae Cruz?) had to be rushed in.

The scene calls for Renae Cruz to paint the Virgin of Guadalupe while Jeremy Holmes walks by and looks up her skirt. Renae accidentally spills paint on Jeremy's crotch and to remedy her error she blows him.

Erica to Renae: "Say, 'This is from my culture.' You're going to be up there [on the ladder]."

"Say, 'This is a tribute to my heritage.' Can you remember that?

"Hike your skirt up so we can see your panties."

"What are the three positions that you like? Do the 69, reverse cowgirl, cowgirl, doggie... Soft and hard."

"That's it. You look great. Isn't she adorable?"

On December 6, Renae will have been in porn for three weeks. She's worked almost every day.

Of Filipino and Brazilian heritage, Renae is an army brat.

Before her boob job in August, she measured 34B. Now she's a 34C.

According to her MySpace:

i dont make babies.... i make money

i dont talk about my life with anybody my drama my business... i let the haters and the wannabes do that for me......... i wanna be jus like paris hilton or adriana lima but truth is, im not--- im me

dont come at me wit that relationship shyt stuff off the internet oohh Nooo..

but the seven things that he must have or be [she then lists five, leaving us in suspense about the other two qualities she seeks in a man]...

Renae blogs:

i just realized why i dont like to like and love because in a way you become weaker to somebody else, somebody takes power of you,, somebody can make you a nobody, and have you do things that you would normaly never do, which personally scares me.

...its amazing how much one can really do?.. one lonely number but with infiniti possiblities... because afterall, its amazing how much just one day can change a lifetinme, how one man can change one heart, how one dollar can multiply to a million, how one idea can change a whole meaning, how about how one smile can change a sad face.

Luke: "How did you pick up English?"

Renae: "English is my first language."

Luke: "How did your family react to your getting into porn?"

Renae: "My stepmother loves it. She calls me four times a day. 'What are you doing now? How did your scene go?' My dad doesn't want to know. My little sisters don't need to know."

Renae just graduated highschool in Massachusetts. Then she stripped in Las Vegas for a week and then started doing porn.

She first had sex at 15 and by the time she was 18, she says she had had sex with about 20 guys.

Luke: "Do you regard yourself as a slut?"

Renae: "No. Just sexually open."

"I liked the dancing part [of being a stripper]. I just didn't like asking people [if they wanted a lapdance]. I can talk all night."

"I don't have boyfriends. I have boys who are there for me, except for one of them who got mad [when she entered porn] and doesn't talk to me anymore."

Erica spent much of 2005 working on her memoir with Jann Robbins.

"My husband [Clive] was given two months to live [in August 2004 but he lasted eight months] and these people [quacks] came in like vultures. Ozzy Osbourne said it well: 'If it wasn't for who we are, it wouldn't be happening.' A normal person if he has cancer -- there aren't that many sharks who are going to come in.

"It's a love story. It's a story about hope and craziness. It's a beautiful story. It will save other people. According to Kundilini, if you save one person, your baby will be a healthy and happy child."

"Our take on Adult is to make it look great, to make everybody look professional, like family. Anybody, you, me... You'd never pick me out for what I do or where I am. It just adds a touch of class. It's just an amazing story. Clive's a colorful person. He was in the music industry. He travelled extensively with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens' manager... Then Larry [Flynt] brought him over here in 1975.

"I met Clive in 1989. We got together in 1991 and married in 1992. I did production for him. We started Barely Legal in 1999. There was no Hustler Video.

"I worked for Playboy for five years as a make-up artist but they would put me in scenes when someone wouldn't show."

"I was by his side 24/7 until he went to the spirit world [March 29, 2005]."

Luke: "Do you think the alternative therapies helped Clive live longer?"

Erica: "I don't think so."

Jeremy Holmes, 31, says he's done about 130 scenes during his eight months in porn. He began in Florida working for Bang Brothers.

"At some point, I should let my family know. I want to be a success at it and win an award. 'This is what I've been doing.' They think I'm out here trying to be a mainstream actor.

"All my friends are supportive of me."

"I left Florida with the mission to be A-list male talent.

"I've wanted to be a rock star for a long time. I've always had a creative side. This is a rock star lifestyle, or at least that's what people think.

"This by far is the toughest job I've ever done."

KSEXradio.com's Listener's Choice Awards

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Email Luke photo IDs.

Jason Sechrest disappears behind the building with his boyfriend Mikey.

"He was throwing up," Jason later explains. "We've been up for six days straight."

About 50 members of the Vagos biker gang mill around.

A spunky blonde named Kendall Key says she's the content manager at AVN. She chats up photographers and encourages them work with her.

"I don't normally go out," she says, "but I made an exception for this s---hole."

The tall sophisticated-looking blonde camera-woman from ABC's Primetime shoots BTS (behind the scenes) footage but is anxious not to appear in anybody else's footage.

Overhearing a porn girl says she's been in the industry for less than a month, the blonde remarks with astonishment that she's been around porn longer than that on her one story covering Sunny Lane and Adam & Eve contract girl Sophia Lynn.

The ABC girl was scheduled to return to New York Dec. 5.

Bornyo writes on XPT:

Most people wouldn't believe it but when Luke went to the KSEX Listener(s?) choice awards he snapped a picture that enabled police to capture a purse-snatcher. The perp tried to play it off at first but when the reality of the flash set in he went ballistic and chased Luke thru the room scattering whores and the fans in attendance.

Tensions were high until Zenman was able to reunite the purse with it's owner. Luke got free water and some celery sticks to dip in the wing-sauce. (He doesn't eat fowl).

Marcus London Vs. Derek Hay

Marcus calls me Sunday night.

Luke: "I have a working relationship with Derek. If someone makes a comment about him, I will always let him respond."

Marcus: "That's cool. I left him amicably recently. My girlfriend Devon Lee left him too. We wanted to get our own work and not pay a commission to Derek but you can't do that with Derek.

"I was at a party with some of his girls. He found out. He got worried that we were making a play at his girls, trying to recruit them to someone else.

"We took a few of his girls out to clubs, parties, etc. He rang one of the girls up while she was at my house and basically threatened her that if she didn't come home, they were going to throw her stuff out on the sidewalk.

"He texted me to call him. 'Have you lost your balls?' I said to myself, 'You want a row? Good.' I rung him up. I put him straight. He said I couldn't have anything to do with his girls.

"I said, 'Derek, I am the last person to make girls leave you. You do a very good job of that on your own. I am not going to make money getting girls to leave you, so I'm not interested.'

"But if girls call up and say they're unhappy and they're going to leave Derek and can they stay at our house for a while, I'm not going to say no. I'll help anyone who needs help.

"We had a big row. He threatened that me and him are going to have to get it on some time.

"From that point onwards, he wouldn't let his girls work with me. I had a directing gig with a company. But they've sent me an email saying they don't want to use me as a director because they use a lot of girls from L.A. Direct Models.

"I understand that business decision.

"He's made it his life's work to...eliminate me from the business."

Derek Hay responds to my inquiry: "Marcus London has not been banned from working with Direct Models girls. His girlfriend has been solicting Direct Models talent to join another agency. He has been asked to tell her to stop. That's all that involves Marcus and us I believe."

Emily Evermoore Vs. AMA

She emails me:

I only Breezed over your stories about joe and dennis for ama but I am sure the bad things said are right! Joe and Dennis have fucked me by saling content they never paid me for they also will make cut in there filming or "redue" pick ups saying the one pick up was "bad" one shoot took 12hr. for a ganzo! I later found out they produced 2 movies that day!!! Not only that but they took stills there are now selling on there site for way to much and NEVER paid me these stills were supose to be for three films he told me he would be filming but after stills for all three films he told me he would have to film the rest another day AMA is the skum of the earth as for his to wifes....I use to be in the drug seen (I have been sober for 2months!) the addition his lovers suffer are not a sex addition. LADIES AVOID WORKING FOR AMA!!!!!!

Mike Argent emails:

Joe Ama - this guy reminds me of a pick pocket or some guy that sells you a vcr on the street but when you get home and unwrap the nice pakaging it is a box of rocks. He should be on every agents black list and everyone else - get cash up front before you shoot or forget it he will bail back to Las Vegas or Colorado He had me shoot in his unpermitted location with no showers or bathrooms, negotiated with the talent and gave me a list of stuff to shoot (little did I know he told them only 1/2 of what was on my sheet) He then put the talent through a grueling shoot. Shot 6 complete scenes with stills, video and acting scenarios which I completed in record time with no brakes and no food or water supplied by Ama Joe Many hours later the talent laughed when he tried to blame me for taking too long. They complained that they did twice what was agreed upon at the start of the shoot to no avail. He just called the agent and tried shift blame and squirm out of paying more, but I am sure the agent knew what was up or found out after talking to the talent.

The talent loudly stated they would never work for him again and stormed out after thanking me for being nice to them and assuring me it was not my fault. Three weeks later he only paid me 1/3 of what we agreed apon even though every single still was perfectly exposed and video was way better than his "features" that were shot by the shakiest camera camera I have scene and were certainly not capable of ataining over 2 stars from avn I heard he has hired (set up scam) many camera people just to get the talent cheap and keep them longer that agreed upon and blame it on them (set up scam) I was going to call the labor board on him but seemed like too much trouble, may still...

Agents - bear in mind any producer is responsible for his employees actions.

Talent, industry professionals, suppliers and everyone else - Stay away from this lying, cheating, rip off artist. Why spend so much time, energy and effort trying to rip people off when if you treat them right riches will come back to you tenfold?

Cutbacks At Free Speech Coalition

Steve writes:

I'm sure you've heard about the Free Speech Coalition "cutbacks" announced today with Layne and Kat getting the axe . It stinks of some crafty internal politics, though then again it would not surprise me if they were receiving some hefty paychecks for a non-profit organization (especially Kat's position as a lobbyist). In my experience Kat and Layne were one of the few shining people on the FSC roster who ALWAYS went out of their way to help me with legal questions and support; I can say I'm pretty sad to see them go. Any word on real story behind the decision? Were they the results of Michelle Freridge's incompetent leadership (she thankfully stepped down from)? Or is FSC really in that dire of a financial siutation?

People In Glass Houses

Anna writes:

Luke, I am not a fan of snitches....but in this case maybe Joe and Dennis had it coming to them. I recall getting a forwarded email from an anonymous email program to both the local police department of the area of where I used to reside and the current sheriff�s office of where I resided at that time stating that I was operating an illegal business in adult to these law enforcement agencies. This had occurred at a very unusual time sine Joe had taken a model away from me (Vicci Valencorte) at the interenext 2003. He had said that he would "take good care of her" and the next thing you know she�s off in Denver shooting for her new website and living with BiSexual Britni. Now I maybe wrong but......I am sure if you print this it might get them to think.

Jenna & Tito

Confucy writes on JBM:

Jenna and Tito were on Fox together. Jenna said she loves strong men, and Tito was the strongest man alive. She said she was in love with him. What a combination. She has poor taste in men. When asked by the reporter what she was doing these days, she said she had sold out to Playboy and would not specify what she was paid. She sounded as though she was no longer in porn. He is such a braggart...how come Jenna isn't pictured on his website?