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Thursday, December 3, 1998

Gina Ryder has rocketed to porno prominence on the strength of an intimate connection with World Modeling agent Jim South, says a source (who says she is a fellow female performer who wishes to remain anonymous). Jim, Gina and Chuck Martino say the charges are nonsense.

Hours before I published anything, I sent the charges to Jim South at World Modeling. I hear that the reason he did not want to respond was that he did not want to give me added fuel to burn him with. This web site has aired numerous charges against the polite, intelligent and hard working Texan.

Sin City's production manager Chuck Martino, whose ex-girlfriend Shay Sweet lives with Gina, says the charges are nonsense, motivated by jealousy. Chuck spoke with Jim and Gina Wednesday and he says they are bewildered and annoyed by the wild charges.

Wednesday morning I received this E-mail from a female performer: "I'm upset at how close Gina and Jim are getting due to the fact that Gina is supplying Jim with oral pleasures one or two times per week. Gina Ryder's bragging consists of how every girl in the business is a dumb bitch giving up their assholes as fast as they give up their cunts. She states that she is all condom and no anal and is further ahead in her career because she has people in the palm of her hand by using her brains and pussy the right way. She stated everything here is politics. I am friendlier, bubbly and know how to make these directors think on my side. It is all so stupid how easy it is when you f--- the right people and I will f--- who I have to just to beat out the next girl. She also states that being drug free allows her to outsmart most everyone in her one main objective, her stardom and that every girl in this business either smokes pot or some other drug and that f---s them up. Her reasoning behind the blowjobs for Jim is that it has motivated him to get her more work and that is a fair trade. She slammed so many other actresses it was literal suicide. She also stated that she has a scapegoat for anything that is against her. Whatever that means."

I had an IM conversation with my source Wednesday evening.
FEMALEXXX:    how much longer before today's news is up?
Luzdedos1:    i'm checking it out, thanks
FEMALEXXX:    meaning?
Luzdedos1:    how are you?
Luzdedos1:    i emailed jim south, had someone talk to gina ryder etc
FEMALEXXX:    hmmm. i see
FEMALEXXX:    you will get denials you know that.
FEMALEXXX:    i have first hand knowledge trust me
Luzdedos1:    yeah, i guess... how sure are you about thisinfo?
FEMALEXXX:    very sure.
FEMALEXXX:    it's no different than the rumors you wrote about jim and other blowjobs
Luzdedos1:    yes, this is happening in present, the other stuff was in past
FEMALEXXX:    gina is fooling a lot of people. that's why she got rid of her husband. check out reb's office. she is registered there behind jim's back. she makes it out to be so loyal to jim ask reb if gina is there and then ask jim if he knew this. she is sly
FEMALEXXX:    yeah it is happening.
Luzdedos1:    fascinating...
FEMALEXXX:    it's true. go to reb's tomorrow.
FEMALEXXX:    don't reveal me. or you can lose alot more
Luzdedos1:    do you have any reason or personal problems with gina...has she been decent to you? i will keep you anon
Luzdedos1:    can i say a fellow female performer?
FEMALEXXX:    she is sickening. she walks around all bubbly and friendly and is a two face.
FEMALEXXX:    yeah say fellow female performer
Luzdedos1:    hmm, thanks
FEMALEXXX:    gina even had dinner with him and the poker buds.
Luzdedos1:    right
FEMALEXXX:    she is a real smart girl stealing work by f---ing for free
FEMALEXXX:    when did you send someone to chat with her?
Luzdedos1:    how do other female performers feel about her?
Luzdedos1:    i emailed jim this am...and then things developed on their own...and folks called me, called her...
FEMALEXXX:    chuck called gina? that's interesting.
Luzdedos1:    yes, chuck called me this pm to talk about gina/jim
FEMALEXXX:    what were his feelings on it?
Luzdedos1:    he's pro gina, if you gave jim a bj, would it help you get work?
FEMALEXXX:    No cuz he really likes gina in a different way. it is so obvious.
FEMALEXXX:    did you get any responses about her and tt boy?
Luzdedos1:    tt boy is out of the country, so that sounds strange
FEMALEXXX:    i know that she went out with him two weeks ago then and a week before that. her husband found her with hickees and rug burns. that's what started the mess she says her husband let her go out with him
FEMALEXXX:    did chuck talk to her?
Luzdedos1:    yes
FEMALEXXX:    today?
Luzdedos1:    this pm
FEMALEXXX:    hmmm she denied it?
Luzdedos1:    yes
FEMALEXXX:    she is on a set today.
FEMALEXXX:    for legend
FEMALEXXX:    i thought you printed the truth. everything is a cover up. boy i am disappointed in you LOL
FEMALEXXX:    well. what was her response?
Luzdedos1:    she denied it all...it is sucha touchy issue, 'cause all i've got is one source, you saying x... then others saying y...so it's tough...
FEMALEXXX:    well. you have printed far far far more touchy subjects. this is fact. i would just print it and watch. then go to rebs and print that proof tomorrow. it is there. you will have that to back up this. trust me. remember i advised you about the adult check on your site. i am looking out for you as well. just print it today. you will uncover another scam
Luzdedos1:    thanks,
Luzdedos1:    other scam?
FEMALEXXX:    just make sure you reveal that she is registered at rebs behind jim's back. jim thinks she is an angel.
Luzdedos1:    good point
FEMALEXXX:    go to reb's. trust me, LUKE
Luzdedos1:    i WILL
FEMALEXXX:    print it today. i love this stuff. LOL
FEMALEXXX:    yeah. Gina says TT f---ed her so rough she was scared but enjoyed it. she believes he raped her but she liked it gina feels tt raped gina (herself) because she thought it would just be a date, gina got scared but let him do it and later liked it
FEMALEXXX:    that's what got her husband hurt gina came home all roughed up.
FEMALEXXX:    kinda date raped. don't get carried away on gina LOL
Luzdedos1:    have you been raped lately?
FEMALEXXX:    Gina is a weirdo. she acts very friendly but her husband told me she used to freak out at home and break a lot of stuff. she would throw him out while driving and s---. LOL
FEMALEXXX:    no i have not been raped. dork
Luzdedos1:    ok
FEMALEXXX:    i want to check out her attitude once it gets out.
Luzdedos1:    thanks
FEMALEXXX:    her little lie is coming out. i love it. she always goes to the back room with him and comes out about 10 minutes later. NO LIPSTICK pretty f---ing obvious LOL
FEMALEXXX: He is gonna have her go with him personally to avn awards. I tell you she is a player. Conniving.

Martino says Sin City will shoot four gorgeous new girls in the next two weeks. "Two are from Texas, one 19 and one 20. Both are latin. Natural. They're to die for looking. They can't wait to f--- in movies. They did their first one yesterday in Texas and they're coming out here Monday. And we have one from Georgia, drop dead gorgeous. She's coming out on the tenth. And the girl from Florida looks like Janine. She's 5'10, big blonde hair, big tits. Beautiful. Coming to work for me on the 13th and then for the White Rabbit movie (Alice in Wonderland) on the 21-24th [of December]. Sunset Thomas has the lead. Also stars Jill Kelly, T.T. Boy and Nina Hartley.

"Poor Gina Ryder," said Chuck Wednesday afternoon. "Watch it Luke, people are using you. She just broke up [with her husband]. Those things that you are writing about her are not true. I hire her all the time. She's not blowing Jim South. She gets work because the girl does a great f---ing scene. Jim South has never even told me to use her. I've shot her ten times. She doesn't use drugs. She's a good person... She shows up on time. She's very professional. She's one of the girls in this business for the right reasons.

"If you really love someone you lent them go. You don't talk s--- about them like a kid. That's sad. The only way he can get through [to Gina to hurt her] is through you. People are using you to get back at people they're mad at...

"Now, her ex-husband is back in Texas because he doesn't have a choice. Is this worth hurting her career when it's an ex-husband telling you this? To ruin someone's reputation over hearsay is wrong. You're fulfilling his anger.

"He emails her vicious s--- all the time... She knows where it's coming from. This is a nice girl. Everyone likes her. I understand why he's doing this. I'm human. But it isn't right.

"Jim South does not tell us which girls to use. We want to see a picture and we want to shoot the girl. Jim doesn't want to get involved in this... It's stupid."

***

Nena Whett, perhaps best known for her frolic with Regan Senter in Extreme's The Pornographer, phoned Wednesday morning to say that Jasmine St. Clair has been harassing her.

"She called me from Tom Byron's house," says Nena. "Using the name Denise Sperry, she set up a fake shoot for me to go to... She called back several times last week to talk about it. She gave me a bogus cell phone number almost identical to Tom Byron's number.

"She sent me to Iverson Ranch [in Malibu] and gave me two pages of directions... She told me what to wear. She suggested that I wear the outfit that I wore in The Pornographer. Iverson Ranch has a new owner and they haven't shot [porno] there in a year. I drove out to Iverson Ranch Monday.

"I've talked to Rob Black and told him that I want to punch her [Jasmine] out. Even Earl Slate believes that she did it."

About two months ago, Luke got some strange calls from someone purporting to be Raven McCall, saying that she, Raven, now lived with Earl. It was not Raven who called me. Earl and Raven suspected it was Jasmine. St. Clair denies that and denies having anything to do with Nena Whett.

"I'm sick of these people trying to use my name to get publicity," Jasmine told me Wednesday evening.

Nena: "You can tell her [Jasmine] that I am still going to do a scene with her boyfriend Earl. She's crazy. She's done this before with Earl. She sets up these crazy shoots. She's done things to Kendra and other girls. Earl told me that she had to pay him $15,000 for things he did to her. I've heard that she [Jasmine] has speed problems.

"This supposed shoot was with friends of mine, Cartier and Cameron [females]. They did a DP with Earl. Nobody else knows these girls except Extreme. Cameron got kicked out of Extreme's office for being really drunk and she's not very attractive, so she doesn't get much work.

"Jasmine called Regan but she won't talk to me on the phone because I'll know her voice [recognize it as "Denise Sperry]," says Whett.

"I talked to Tom Byron. He did not know what was going on. I said, 'somebody called me from your number [to set up the shoot]... And it was a girl.' The only person crazy enough to do this is her [Jasmine]. When I see her at the CES, I'm going to punch her out."

Luke: "I loved you in The Pornographer with Regan Senter. My favorite part. The guy has such style. Seeing him slam that thing into you and see you writhing in ecstasy. Then he comes on your bottom."

Nena: "That's horrible. Gross.
"I just did my own movie - Nena Whett's Toxic Adventure from Mickey Blank. I've done about 20 videos."

***

As reported on KFI radio, a little known porner, "Dan Steele," (Daniel Arthur Mead, 38) was sentenced Wednesday along with his Canoga Park roommate (Scott Catalfamo, 25) for producing GHB. Dan mainly works as a stripper but he's done the odd porno. "He was always asking me for work but I wouldn't hire him 'cause he couldn't keep his dick hard," a leading porn producer told me Wednesday afternoon. Steele and his mate were arrested in mid August.

"I thought Dan Steele was that kinda seedy looking blond guy who straped on the fake dick a la Dixie Dynamite/Leanna Fox and did a few films as Long Dan Silver," says a source. "He was exclusive to kind of a looker in the late eighties...Suzanna Something."

Jasmine St. Clair mixed it up with new gangbang girl Spantaneous Xctacy on Howard Stern Wed.

During the early '80s, Gloria Leonard almost produced the first million dollar porno. "It was during my tenure as Publisher of High Society Magazine," the FSC President writes to me, "I had terrific relationships with many of the magazine wholesalers/distributors of the day - a group came to me wanting to fund the first million dollar porn movie. I actually tried talking them out of the idea, explaining that I could produce ten excellent money-makers for that much dough but they wanted to go ahead anyway. Attempting to anticipate what might be the one element which would bring theatre goers of all stripes to see such a movie, I hit on the idea of having a well-known author write the screenplay. Norman Mailer and I had appeared on a talk show together and developed a friendship - I invited him to lunch and explained the project I had in mind. I was even willing to buy rights to an already existing property he had written - about Marilyn Monroe. He was more than receptive to the idea and wanted to do something original. Although his price was high, it would have still left more than enough for a big budget feature! The problem at the time was that he was completing his tome, "Ancient Evenings" with a commitment for a Broadway play immediately thereafter. We would have to wait for close to a year but were thrilled at the prospect of having one of America's foremost literary figures create an adult movie. However, deals such as they tend to be, started to fray around the edges and regrettably, it never came to pass - for a variety of reasons. Interestingly, a few years later, as they were turning his book "Tough Guys Don't Dance" into a movie (which turned out to be a big bomb) he called me to read for one of the principal parts and though he thought I was terrific (and I was), the part went to Francis Fisher (Clint Eastwood's ex). Just as well - no one went to see it anyway!"

A fan: "Some time ago I found Veronica Brazil in one of the sex trades, called her, and arranged a bachelor party in which that bombshell vixen serviced me and 22 of my pals in a major hardcore gangbang--full of d.p.'s and massive loads of cum shot on her face. Now I cannot find her anywhere. How do I get a hold of this fox?"

A leading porner: "Rob Spallone's a loose cannon. Luke, pick your friends a little more wisely. Anyone who condemns Sharon Mitchell, who has worked harder, longer and with more compassion than anyone in this industry, is an ungrateful son of a bitch. We should be kissing her ass."

Talking late Wednesday afternoon, Rob was in no mood to kiss Mitchell's ass. "Sharon's done nothing for me but use me and BS me," said Rob. "If someone cares about the industry, they should call me up and get my side of the story... And if they don't, I'm going to go off on them. I'll give you such scoop it will make their head spin. These people are in it for the money.

"Luke, I'm a changed man. I don't look for trouble. I just want to work things out with people."

Rob's moving his talent agency Thursday into a home in Woodland Hills.

Pat Riley writes on RAME:

I don't believe most viewers want to see "the action"; they want to see a passionate erotic scene. The talentless hacks who pass for directors have interpreted that as the more explicit the better.

As you correctly point out there are only a limited number of things one can do with the copulation part. The variation comes in new people and new ways in which they get together. This doesn't mean mechanics!

Choose girls who are top of the line. There is absolutely no reason I should have to put up with a defect in my fantasy world. The girl next door is Alyssa Milano, not some hideous Rodney girl, nor a whorish contract girl.

No bolt-ons.
No tattoos.
No piercings.
No scars.
No flabby bellies.
No stretch marks.

The girl should look pretty with no make-up (I'll bet Alyssa Milano does). While you're at it fire all the make-up people; they do a lousy job.

Change the girls and guys regularly. Porn is not a career. I don't for a moment buy all the closed shop bulls--- about not being able to use someone who can't keep it up for two hours and cum on cue. This is just the director's ineptitude in being unable to shoot the sex in real time. OTOH I don't want to see the losers one sees in the gang bang movies. Given the greater ease of a male doing
one or two porn scenes and still having a life after porn trolling the college campuses is probably the best way to get them. No silliness please! You do not set up a "become a porn stud" recruiting stand. You meet a (probably) porn fan who goes to the school and let him get the word out.

On the subject of cum shots. Lisa (the movie) showed you don't need to do one continuous sex scene. Let them have a break. Alternatively, what's wrong with a little premature ejaculation? Very erotic. Shows that the guy really wants the girl. What's wrong with a little speech here? Girl strokes guy's dick. He says "Stop, otherwise I'll cum." Sometimes he's too late.

It is essential to have a rationale surrounding the sex. I'm going to take a scene from one of the Forbidden Films/Dane Productions movies that I thought was good but could have been better (I'm going to make it better).

The players were Monti and Brian Surewood and the idea was that Monti was doing her first time as a hooker and Brian was the john however in the course of the scene she takes the money and then has second thoughts and says she can't go through with it (she returns the money). He sits down with her and essentially sweet talks her into screwing him anyway. That's a good innovative scenario. Most directors would not have thought of the idea of raising the "I can't go through with it" idea and for them it would have been just another hooker screwing a john.

But there are some problems with the scene. It all takes place in the attic bedroom of what looks like a suburban house. There's no explanation of how Monti picked him up, nor of why she needs to become a hooker. So let's remedy those faults:

Surewood, Monti, and Monti's roommate Linda (after Linda Tripp--with friends like this who needs enemies?) work at the same company where not-gorgeous but not too nerdy Brian tries to get Monti to go out with him on a date. She gives him the brush off. Monti gets laid off as part of a restructuring (the real reason for what follows might be needing cash to pay off her drug dealer but laid off is much more palatable) and can no longer make the rent for the apartment she shares with Linda. Linda tells her she has to leave but suggests that maybe she (Monti) can suck the money out of Brian. Monti is not happy and not so sure she can go through with it but eventually authorizes Linda to make the offer. Brian is not too happy with this either but Linda emphasizes he should consider this as a gift, not prostitution and eventually he agrees. He turns up at the apartment, heads off to the bedroom with Monti, she has her change of mind...and back to the original plot line.

The point is that now I can relate to Monti and her predicament, and to Brian and his views. They become real people. I can put myself in his place.

When we get to the sex itself, have it take place in a comfortable situation where prying eyes are not likely to observe. The proliferation of pool scenarios is because of laziness on the part of
the directors. I don't buy for a moment that anyone prefers having sex where other people can watch, nor do I want to have sex in uncomfortable surroundings. Bed, couch, and shag rug in the living room are places of choice.

I want to see some kissing and body fondling with the girl clothed. I want him to put his hand up her skirt, down her front, etc. The fact that I the viewer can't see his fingers going into her pussy is
unimportant. Whenever we have kissing in these sort of situations it doesn't seem to be erotic and I don't know why. Probably has to do with the same old porn studs and same old girls. The guy has to show evidence that he's really wants to screw the girl, this girl, at this time and I suspect the idea of "no emotional involvement" is so ingrained in the current crop that they can't do a good job.

He either undresses the girl or she undresses herself but I want to see it. Sheesh. This is so obvious. There's a whole industry devoted to girls taking off their clothes indicating there must be considerable demand. Why can't p/d's get it! However when you do see it it tends to be functional, not erotic. Again I don't understand why. Possibly something to do with the camerawork. The camera guy is bored and not turned on by the girl so he doesn't focus on the action and the pacing is poor. The editor probably also bears some responsibility.

Which also brings me to a statement made by Hart Williams a couple of months ago about oral sex in which he said that the girl has to keep her hair out of the way and "cheat" the shot so that we (the viewers) can have good visibility. Wrong. The art of the cameraman and the editor is to give us the feeling, not the explicit. The artificiality of the close-up long drawn out dick in mouth scene detracts from the erotic value (same with the penis pistoning in and out of the vagina). Less is more.

But you shouldn't have to have oral sex to get the guy up. If he has gone through a period of kissing and fondling the girl he should be rock solid when his dick comes out of his pants. There's nothing worse than Alex Sanders having kissed and undressed the girl to then have a limp dick when he takes off his clothes. Hell, even with a whorish low grade contract starlet or an old whore like Randi Storm and in my testosterone-depleted state <g> I'd be hard as a rock. Wouldn't you? Again they (the p/d) are not letting this run in real time and there's no chemistry between the couple.

When they get naked I want to see some girl-fondling (provided the guy hasn't already lost it. Kiss her tits, her belly, her body all over (no silly feet, thank you), her butt, her shoulders, her neck, etc.
Kiss her and fondle those parts. Have them lie together face to face. I don't care if I can't see his dick at this point...or her pussy. Clasp each other. Say some things, praise the girl's looks, eyes,
butt, etc. Her saying things like "I want you inside me" are great (not all the time...think up something else and change it). Let her stroke his dick while he's fondling her. Have some fingers in
vagina...manual stimulation of her.

Couple. Have her insert his dick. I don't want to ever see any f---ing lube! Got it. Nor any vibrator. If the guy can't turn her on, replace the f---ing guy! Nor do I ever want to see any yeast infection results--the white stuff you see on his dick when he's screwing her. If it's missionary (the most likely) get rid of the only-in-the-porn-industry "L" position. I don't care about the "from the top" view so much as I want to see passion. Unless the two are of really disparate weights (in which case I don't want to see them at all) the girl is quite capable of supporting the guy's lower body on
hers. We are not doing push ups here! Kiss the girl. Stop. Take a rest. The girl's legs should be bent and slightly raised to give her appropriate leverage. As the climax arrives she should fold them and her arms around the guy, pulling him to her. Of course this will preclude the much-loved (on this group) facial and is risky with the poor acting and tendency to lie prevalent in the industry. Above all I
do not want to see the guy pull out, cut while he does god-knows-what, and recommence with him jerking off on her face while she waits patiently. Really spontaneous that! While they're screwing I want to see primarily middle distance shots of their whole bodies and close-ups for their, particularly her, faces. You can throw in a few up-between-the-legs shots of the oil pump pumping if you wish but let's keep it to a minimum.

In doggie, get rid of the "L" position. Have the guy lying flat on the girl. Have him manipulate her clit by putting his hand under her. I won't see it directly but that's unimportant, I know what he's doing.
Have him hold her shoulders (also in missionary) essentially to pace her. Kissing her neck is usually good for most girls.

Use cowgirl sparingly. Someone else wrote a good post about how the squat position was unlikely to be too erotic for either party. I concur. Essentially cowgirl is (or should be) just the reverse of
missionary with the girl taking the initiative. She kisses the guy, etc. The only major difference is that he now gets to fondle her butt. Let's have him do that.

I don't think much of reverse cowgirl at all. You've already explored every inch of the girls body in the foreplay part so it's artificial and unnecessary.

Spoon is useful for pregnant girls or for the "break" portion of the scene but is usually unflattering to the girl (even non-pregnant girls look like they have a big belly).

Do not cut the scene immediately after the cum shot (even if it's not visible). This is the time for some afterplay...fondling, kissing, sweet nothings. If the p/d really wants to get ambitious he can have them curl up together and go to sleep.

All of this is not brain surgery. Almost any couple off the street screws like this normally. You do not need to direct the minutiae but you do need to get new people who actually want to have sex together and you have to dispell the notion that you want a "porno scene".