Very succinct and clear article from The Huffington Post on why the business of content is dying. "Content is king," many people believe, meaning that films, television shows, music, news and information are more profitable assets than the technology used to deliver them. But there’s an older, cautionary aphorism that applies as well: "Uneasy lies…
Because we always do. Porners love supporting their own kind until it causes some sort of financial hardship. Or requires any energy whatsoever. Jeff Steward? Thrown to the lions. Max Hardcore? Pariah #1. Rob Black? Hung out to dry. I know, all bad guys, right? They were asking for it, right? Bullshit. This industry doesn’t…
One of the theories circling around Porn Valley this busy morning is that John Stagliano’s rendition of his Fashionistas show during the AVN Awards mocked the federal government. Not only do federal agents typically attend the AVN Expo and AVN Awards Show, but with the show airing repeatedly on Showtime, it gave Washington ample opportunity…
All the brouhaha around the Evil Angel obscenity case is based on a Department of Justice press release which came out last night. So far, Stagliano and Evil Angel are yet to hear a peep from the feds. It seems a trend in the offending titles is squirting. Will this alter the production and distribution…
For years, Mike Albo, formerly of Hustler’s Erotic Video Guide, and currently of AVN, has harbored an unhealthy dislike for me. This week I had an amusing e-mail correspondence with a former LFP employee who contacted me concerning an e-mail in my archives attributed to her. She claims she never wrote the e-mail, and it…
Brian Barnes, p/k/a Brian Surewood, is languishing in the murdering gangbanger section of the LA County Jail. He gets to shower once every two weeks, and sees sunlight one hour per week. The D.A. is going after a murder charge on Brian, saying that road rage is a "premeditated violent act" that led to a…
It has been the buzz for a while that David Sturman’s GVA-West distribution company is far, far behind on invoices from studios. They are claiming they can’t pay the bills. But according to SFGate.com and the San Francisco Chronicle, as part of his 25th wedding anniversary celebration, Sturman bought his wife a Mercedes McLaren, which…
Former male performer, Jean Val Jean popped up on the Kardashian Reality TV Show. He appears in a segment of the show which involves Khloe Kardashian going to an acting class. Jean is also in the same acting class. You can watch the clip below: Val Jean stopped performing roughly a year ago to pursue…
From GFY: Beware Content Licenses from Arnold Stein aka Arnold T of Old Pueblo/Trampas He has been making his rounds trying to license a stack of DVD titles, many of which he has absolutely no right to license. A few of the movies are mine, and luckily I have friends in the business who called…
Carmella Bing, who dated Derek Hay (aka Ben English) and was part of the LA Direct Models roster, posted this blog entry on her Myspace profile: Its been a long few years in my porn career. Ive had my ups and downs litterally. I was with LA Direct from the start, I shot anal my…
