From The Smoking Gun: JULY 26–The Arizona man who has been dubbed the "Sultan of Sleaze" for his role in the distribution of celebrity sex tapes was arrested this week for his alleged role in an extortion plot targeting Tom Cruise, The Smoking Gun has learned. David Hans Schmidt, 47, was nabbed Tuesday by FBI…
The Chicago Tribune reports: A fight between a female porn star and the former chief financial officer of her adult video company is the latest twist in the made-for-television bankruptcy case of Veg-O-Matic maker Ronco Corp. Ronco’s CFO Ronald Craig Stone faces allegations from porn star Jill Kelly of misappropriating funds and driving her adult…
Photo Gallery. New Videos: Rob Spallone, Marty Romano Rob Spallone, Marty Romano Video Video Video Video Video Maria Menendez Interview Maria Menendez tells Jenna Haze that her last host, Adam Grayson, was mean to her Wankus, Nautica Thorn Johnny Buss Conky’s Commentary I capture on video a dispute between Wankus and the black guy behind…
Mark Kernes reports: A few retailers have noticed that Ed Powers, the man who made "Debutantes" a household word, hasn’t released anything of late … and a couple have even inquired whether he was dead. Happily, he isn’t, and sent AVN.com the following statement: "Since I started my trek back in late 1988 with the…
From LATimes.com: How should media organizations deal with assertions by public figures that they know or strongly suspect to be deceptive? All this week, blogger Luke Ford and KTLA reporter Eric Spillman debate ethics, credibility and high-profile snafus in the changing media environment. Today, Spillman and Ford debate non-denial denials. Previously they discussed the changing…
I have a long talk with John L. Gray, owner of Spearmint Rhino, Thursday afternoon. AVN reports: Ninn Worx has merged with Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide to create Ninn Worx_SR, Incorporated. "[Spearmint Rhino owner] John Gray has wanted to expand into video production highlighting the Spearmint Rhino network of gentlemen’s clubs for a while," said Ninn…
Joe emails: I found comments to Raffaella Anderson book "HARD" in english. Too bad her book is only in french, it blows all the sugar coated american porn autobiographies out of the water. From AgainstPornography.org: Raffaëla Anderson, whose ethnic background is partly Arab, is a former pornography performer, who has now become a non-fiction writer…
Conky posts to XPT: "Check it as the youngsters might say…" Steve York posts: I really think Gene (and don’t take this as kissing his ass) is the best at attributing sources correctly and with the right people when it comes to the "adult industry media"; when was the last time he didn’t correctly? Not…
PornToBorn posts on XPT: " Now that Rod Fontana has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the latest porner to "find the Lord," and is sooo concerned about the alleged recent influx of pernicious Satanic influences on the industry (guess the dude was never a big Sabbath fan), maybe he can start his own Christian…
Grant Gross reports: A U.S. grand jury in Los Angeles has charged a California man with operating an Internet-based obscenity distribution business and other offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The indictment, returned Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charges Ira Isaacs, with four counts of using an…
