Adult Legend John Leslie Remembered An industry giant, all are saddened by his passing. from AVN.com by Mark Kernes MILL VALLEY, Calif.—John Leslie, the multi-award-winning actor and director, passed away on Sunday of an apparent heart attack at his home in Marin County. He was 65 years of age. Leslie began his film career in…
NL- Forgot to run this thru spell check sorry Tim, fixed) Quite an interesting little meeting. In my opinion, the most important part of the discussion was about the gay vs. straight industry. There was the usual rhetoric about testing vs. condoms. I mentioned the gay company that recently signed an HIV+ performer to an…
From AVN.com Chief Clerk U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 333 Constitution Ave. Washington, D.C. By FAX To Whom It May Concern: As a journalist, I write to register my dismay at the conduct of the trial in U.S. v. John Stagliano, et al. case, which is currently being tried before Judge Richard…
picture from Porn.com AVN.com is reporting that Shawn Ricks has committed suicide. Story by Mark Kernes LOS ANGELES—Veteran performer/director Shawn Ricks, who appeared in more than 180 adult movies and directed more than 80 of them, was found dead on Saturday, June 26, of self-inflicted wounds. He would have been 47 on Aug. 3. Ricks’…
NL-Mark Kernes was nice enough to write a story about Lukeisback on AVN.com. Glad he likes me 😉 LukeIsBack—But Fortunately, He Isn’t Current site owner is a welcome relief from years of misery CYBERSPACE—Anybody remember Luke Ford? No? Count yourself as lucky. We first ran into Luke Ford in the mid-’90s on a Vivid shoot…
NL- I really admire Mark Kernes, and appreciate anytime he writes me for LIB. I take what he says as FACT. Mark Writes- I liked your piece on the awards (if not its headline), but you’re incorrect about one thing. You say “Does Paul Fishbein make the final decisions? Yes. He should. They’re his damn…
Cindi, There seems to be some confusion about how we choose our nominees for the Best New Starlet category, and I’d like to clear that up if possible. Best New Starlet is one of the few — and possibly the only — category that doesn’t adhere to the restriction that the work be done between…
This story is from AVN http://business.avn.com/articles/35537.html This is not a major event," says Dr. Sharon Mitchell By Mark Kernes 06/10/2009 PORN VALLEY — According to a statement just released by Dr. Sharon Mitchell, founder of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Healthcare Foundation, one female performer has recently tested positive for the HIV virus, but because…
Mark Kernes writes a cute tongue in cheek story over on AVN.com that perhaps winning an AVN award can have dire consequences. Seems both Stars of the year 2009, jessica drake & Evan Stone are on the injured list. Evan had his appendix burst and has spent 5 days in Cedars-Sinai Hospital. jessica has a…
