October 2007

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AVN reports: AIM Health Care founder Dr. Sharon Mitchell told AVN that while she’s been unable to verify why the agency visited the Naughty America set, "I can tell you typically these things are prompted by an employee or former talent member that could call and say that they felt they were in unsafe working…

XBiz reports: SOUTH PARIS, Maine — Gay distributor All Boys Video has announced that company facilities have been moved to Maine, and that former All Boys partner Rob Ragan will take over operations as owner and CEO of the company. “The decision was made in April. It wasn’t really necessary for me to operate the…

Sept. 25, 2007. Outside Porn Star Karaoke at Sardo’s Bar in Burbank. Video Starla (her MySpace) says she’s been in porn for about a year. Before that, she worked as a stripper for several years. Luke: "As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Starla: "A physical therapist but I…

Bob Preston writes: The Onion has turned its incisive eye on the world of porn in one of its latest videos, in which an adult star gets the Michael Richards treatment after using the N-word in an interracial title. I’ve bemoaned the culture of racism in the adult biz before, and it’s nice to see…

Sept. 30: Video Joel Lawrence says he’s been trying to have diner with Tyler Faith (who he represents) for four years. Tyler: "I need a babysitter for my dog." Joel: "Your dog is more important?" Tyler: "I don’t want to mix business with pleasure." Luke: "Trust me. Dinner with Joel is no pleasure." Joel introduces…

Other investors in the store include Dean Sussman (Nick’s perenial business partner), Rachel Roxxx and Sarah Jessie of LA Direct Models, Michelle McClaren of Exotic Star Models and Mikey Butders of Lisa Ann’s agency.

From the LA Times: On a cold morning in January, FBI agents converged on a modern brick office building in Koreatown in a mission conjured up at the highest levels of Washington: to rid the world of adult films by an obscure niche producer named Ira Isaacs. From his 12th-floor suite above Wilshire Boulevard, Isaacs,…

From Funtasticus.com: "Melissa Theuriau is considered to be one of the world’s hottest news reporters. Readers of Maxim’s US edition voted her to be the “TV’s sexiest news anchor”! Also, in 2006, “Voici”, a French tabloid, published photos showing Melissa topless on a beach which her lawyers are reportedly attempting to purge from the Internet."…

XBiz reports Oct. 8: Adult industry attorney Michael Fattorosi told XBIZ that once the "Doe 43" case — involving adult performer Brooke Ashley’s alleged HIV contraction from a bareback anal gangbang — determines that adult performers are considered employees rather than independent contractors, Cal-OSHA inspections could mean trouble for uninsured adult studios. …"This state is…