Luke and a video crew from the Canadian National Film Board will hang out at Rob Spallone's studio in Encino Hills Monday. Director James DiGiorgio promises "an all-girl f----fest with plenty of anal and some interesting watersports!"
Houston will supposedly bang 500 guys Saturday for Metro's Houston 500. I hear that the company's had an impossible time coming up with enough men and are hiring all the male talent they can. Fifty of these 500 will be women who'll do Houston with strap-ons. The highest number she's banged is 30 women. Another time she did ten men.
With Metro publicist Susan Yanetti (formerly of Vivid), Houston appeared on the Los Angeles CBS affiliate KLSX FM 97.1 (which hosts Ed Powers) Wednesday 8:30 - 10 PM. Luke F-rd appears next Thursday, February 11, on the show at 8PM.
Houston said she'll retire in five years and is "very single."
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Houston began doing porn magazines at age 18. She entered porn at "age 25... My parents do not support my gang bang. They live in the San Fernando Valley, like me."
Planetpixis will go online next week with www.adamfilmworld.com. They already operate www.joeysilvera.com and www.buttman.com. "All the "major" studios are aware and willing to coperate with us (adam)," said a source. "We will offer the same exposure as AVN for a reduced ad dollar."
Porn historian Dr. Sam Eugene Stetson was interviewed last week by
an editor at Hustler, David Buchbinder. Sam gave him his opinions on
current product, the overabundace of anal, pierced body parts, tattoos,
fake tits, etc.
Sam wants to know about a gay film called "Streetfighter"
that puts people in animal costumes? Also, do you know if Jim South
had a hand in a film called "Ways of a Harlot"? You can reach
Dr. Stetson at: sestetson@hotmail.com
AVN publisher Paul Fishbein told Luke Tuesday afternoon: "We're buying IA 2000, the internet trade show and magazine. We've been working together six months. We thought we'd own the whole thing by now but a lawsuit has derailed that. Joe Elkind sued our partner Steve Hearne (who AVN have been buying out on a progressive basis). We've been trying to get these guys to settle so that we could take over. It's going to take another few weeks, and then we'll own the business 100%. Everything that I wanted to tell you about the deal is under "confidentiality" [legal term requiring no public comment]. The magazine IA 2000 will eventually become AVNonLine. We published a January issue and one coming out in March. It will be substantially improved... We had no control over the magazine... We now publish the magazine. We've got lots of great stories and a huge number of advertisers."
For the latest developments, check out the YNOT board.
In an effort to take over as quickly as possible, Paul Fishbein apparently tried to buy Joe Elkind off. Fishbein sent a letter 2/1/99 to Elkind offering him numerous inducements to settle his suit, such as free exhibit space, free advertising etc... Hearns, according to the YNOT board, is widely hated by his peers who long for AVN to take over IA 2000.
A sample message from JoeE [Joe Elkind?]: "Steve Hearn BACKED
out of the SETTLEMENT this AM between IA2000
AVN and Cyber Entertainment Network... Spoke with FM last night and
CE [Cybererotica] and CEN are looking at doing a competing SHOW.....
He [Hearn] is trying to raise the price to AVN and screw everybody...Anybody
who had a booth in DEAD MAN'S
LAND in Vegas, We will file a LAWSUIT For YOU!"
It appears that Joe Elkind jumped the gun, made an announcement that he had settled with AVN, which scuttled the deal, because Hearn became upset at AVN effectively buying off his bitter enemy Elkind.
The 2/1/99 edition of Publisher's Weekly hacks into Luke's coming book
A HISTORY OF X from Prometheus:
"A history of pornographic film that achieves neither coherence
nor
climax, Ford's book suffers from the disregard for narrative and
production values typical of pornography. Though Ford (who runs two
Web
sites covering the porn business) makes sporadic efforts at delineating
the development of sex in films, such attempts tend to get derailed
by
his rambling, defensive discussions of favorite porn figures and by
collections of often contradictory quotations, grouped approximately
by
topic. Even when a particular subject catches Ford's interest -- the
Cosa Nostra, for instance, discussed at length in Chapter 5 -- he fails
to shape it into a readable story. Nonetheless, such interludes of
relative lucidity offer a welcome respite from Ford's offensive
generalizations about, among others, Jews ("Though only two percent
of
American population, Jews dominate porn"). Perhaps most disturbing
of
all, Ford doesn't appear to be especially well-informed on his topic;
he
barely mentions gay porn and the vast majority of his many, many plot
synopses are quoted from other sources. He's not even clear on whether
porn should have plot and character or whether they're just annoying
distractions. Finally, there's not much new here. Even porn devotees
will find little of interest, unless the pictures (not seen by PW) prove
more alluring than the text, which reads like a very rough draft."
Many of you have read my new book. Give Amazon.com the harsh truth.
Joshua S. writes to Luke: "f--- what the negative critics say about your book. I mean if you were trying to write a Hemmingway type novel, sure expect the big criticism. An expansion and history of what you put on your website is exactly what I'd be looking for. Every morning here in NY you're the first website I hit when I get to work. Please post up where and how I can get your book when it comes out."
Luke impersonated a porn expert this afternoon. His tiny tawdry guest house hosted the glamorous cameras of Entertainment Tonight as he played the white collar expert on porn star salaries. It will probably air Monday. Making sure I had the correct information, I phoned Gene Ross at AVN Wednesday afternoon.
Luke: "I hope you weren't upset by my calling you a 207-pound bully who threw my ass out of the AVN office Tuesday?"
Gene, his mouth full of French fries: "You played it right down the middle Luke, as always. And after a couple of donuts, I'm now up to 208 pounds."
I read Gene Brandy Alexandre's comments on the newsgroup alt.cult-movies.erotica: "They [AVN Awards] may not be fixed, per se, but I have personally experienced how they can set you up so you can't possibly win.
"My
movie Best Butt(e) in the West was nominated for Best Anal-Themed
Video. It's not an anal movie--never has been, never will be [does have
one anal scene]. It's like they wanted to recognize me as having
made a good movie, but there are other companies, perhaps those who
don't cram ads for two movies on one page, who are more "deserving"
to win.
"I approached Gene Ross with the situation and he said that's the
only category it could go in and have a chance to win. Besides, he said,
if it has one anal scene it's an anal movie. I countered with the question
as to why, then, are all the Buttman movies nominated in the Best Video
category when they have significantly more butt and anal in them? He
shrugged and gave no response. It didn't win. A movie with anal in it
did."
Gene: "It was called Best Butt(e) in the West. It sures sounds like an anal movie... Coast to Coast [production company] thought it was an anal movie... But I guess I don't know an asshole from an elbow... When you start putting 'butts' in a title, you're painting yourself into a corner.
"This was seven years ago and that was the only category it stood a chance of winning. And we always took the tack that we would place certain nominations in the categories in which they had the best chance [of winning]. So we were being more than fair to people. This year, Jace Rocker's Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down... We put that in Best Sex Comedy... That was one of the reasons that we started that award [in 1991], because there were some decent comedies coming out that would never had stood a chance [for Best Film, Best Video Feature] against the more dramatic things. It seems to be a prevailing thing in this industry that people want to see drama and comedy is a red-headed stepchild in this business. We wanted to recognize the stuff that Jim Enright and Scotty Fox did lots of - comedy. They weren't getting a fair shake against the more dramatic videos. John Leslie was doing the darker stuff for VCA..."
Arch Stanton: "Of course it never dawned on AVN that the more
categories they 'create' the more winners they'll have. The more people
they keep happy the better. Good marketing scheme. When a movie wins
best picture in mainstream Hollywood they say this generates a number
of sales for the
movie. Does AVN have any such impact on any of their awards?"
Torris: "I don't know which I find more pathetic. Brandy's grovelling
for
consideration for an AVN award or Ross's bobbing and weaving
explanation of award criteria."
Gene: "We were helping Brandy, so what's her bitch?"
Luke: "Isn't it hard to do porn comedy?"
Gene: "Comedy is difficult..."
Luke: "For those of us trying to jerk off..."
Gene: "I understand your malady, Luke. My consolations... Comedy has always been a disproportionate part of the sex movie industry."
Luke: "ET's coming to my hovel to interview me as the expert on porn star salaries. So how much do these girls make?"
Gene: "The IRS is coming to interview you... Entertainment Tonight, good lord, Luke, you're moving up in the world. Well, you're the expert. You tell them.
"It ranges, anywhere from $200 - $1500 [per scene]... It depends on the type of sex, whether there is a boxcover... Is she a contract girl? Contract girls get a stipend per month. Buffy was making $5000 a month from Cinderella (CDI) [as its contract girl], and often only doing one scene a month."
Luke: "I think few girls make more than $100,000 per year from porn."
Gene: "Well, they supplement it by dancing on the road... Fan clubs. Web sites. Jill Kelly works two weeks a month on the road, hauling in, probably between $5-$10,000 a week. That's $120 - $240,000 a year. That's almost as much money as I make."
Gene and I concluded that porn's leading ladies probably earn well over $250,000 a year. Some may make more than $500,000.
Luke: "What percentage of porn women don't have drug or alcohol problems? Saturday night on KFI radio, I said 50%."
Gene: "You're more optimistic than I am. Every one [porn girl] has some kind of jones... abusive boyfriend, alcohol... To say that there is a girl free and clear of any kind of [severe psychological or social problem]... I don't know. Every one seems to have something they're dealing with... That's reflective of life too, but here it is under the microscope.
"What prompts a woman to work in the sex business? From prostitution to adult films. There has to be some circumstance bringing them to the table. If the woman says 'I love sex,' I don't think that's the only reason. There have to be others factors. Jim Holliday will tell you that a lot of them just hear the sound of the cash register. Dr. Robert Stoller [wrote books Porn and Coming Attractions] about women in the sex business."
Brandy Alexandre responds: "Luke? Hello, Luke?? Mr. Ford? Where
is your hard hitting reporter hat? Don't you think it would have been
prudent to counter with something like, "So, Mr. Ross, what you're
saying is nobody actually watched the movie to know whether or not it
was an anal movie?"
"It's when you follow up responses with more questions that you
can get at the juicy stuff. I mean, these nominations come from them
having watched the movies to know that they were in some manner outstanding
over the rest of the dreck. Right? I think you missed a very valuable
opportunity to paint HIM into a corner with what appears to be nominations
based on lots of things, none necessarily having anything to do with
the movie.
>"This was seven years ago and that was the only category it
stood a chance of >winning.
"Quite frankly, had the Buttman titles been placed in the anal-themed
video
category--where he so clearly states such movies belong--and then place
Best Butt(e) in the West in the Best Video category where it belonged,
the chances for winning would have been 100% better.
>"We were helping Brandy, so what's her bitch?"
"They were not and they know it. You just didn't follow through
Mr. Ford. I'm so disappointed in you. I want a divorce. At least a trial
separation."
>"What prompts a woman to work in the sex business? From prostitution
to adult>films. There has to be some circumstance bringing them to
the table. If the>woman says 'I love sex,' I don't think that's the
only reason. There have to be>others factors.
Brandy: "Asking Gene Ross or a working porn star is not going to
get you a straight, honest or non-media designed answer."
A few weeks ago, CSP owner Bryan Lambert basically told fellow southerner Mike South to "shut up and blow me." Now it appears that Mike did just that. He's ditched LBO and signed with CSP (only Mike's sixth change of distributor in two years). South says:
"I told Bryan to shut the f--- up...He
told me I shouldn't talk to my future boss that way....I liked his style
so we hooked up at CES...the rest is history. Until Bryan the only person
in this biz who dealt with me 100% straight up was Greg Alves when he
was at Elegant Angel.
"I talked to one other company but they have shooting restrictions
that I cannot live with, they are a good company [Fallen Angel?] and
the guy there is definately straight up and honest. With CSP my product
is my own and it lives or dies by my hand.
"I think that this is the best move I have made in this business.
Bryan Lambert is a stand up guy, he has a good credit rating, his checks
do not bounce, and his business practices are sound. Bryan and I share
common goals as well, we both want to be known for bringing new talent
to the business, talent that nobody else has. I am pleased to announce
that under this agreement I am bringing back the Southern Belles line."
Luke launched three loads over the past week to the new video from All Good Video, Shut Up and Blow Me 4. Danielle Rogers appears, but her breasts look like someone spilt boiling hot soup over them.
Due to Luke's diligence in citing sources, he reports:
Opening blonde Malitia reminded Luke of a tease he met at a Jewish singles Super Bowl party Sunday. By intercutting the two chicks in his mind, driving his heels into the carpet and screwing up his eyes, Luke shot off load one. Credit for eruption number two several days later belongs to tall sexy blonde Charlese. Big breasted blonde Joelani took a healthy squirt right in the eye, causing Luke's third eruption. Ford's all-time load launching champ is the Evil Angel vid Never Say Never to Rocco Siffredi, which accounted for 67 eruptions over 18 months. In second place, Joe D'Amato's Midnight Obsession inspired 11 bursts.
Rob Spallone stars in the February issue of AVN. Mark Logan aka Bryn Pryor writes about "agency wars" that pit the likes of Spallone (Star World) against Jim South (World Modeling). I think Spallone will be pleased with the article and South unhappy.
AVN's Kensington Smith writes about sexual harassment in the 2/99 issue:
Circumstance has made porn one of the only jobs most performers can
hold. And when they are confronted by - yes, it's stereotypical and
there are exceptions, but it's also true - older (white) men who wheedle,
whine, scream, cajole, manipulate, emotionally blackmail, and subtly
coerce them into sex in exchange for whatever, is it any wonder they
give in?
These people are fodder for a multitude of unfortunate walking contradictions
like Luke F-rd, Regan Senter, and unnamed, more powerful, clandestinely-operating
others who, at the same time they are obsessed with pornography, revile
it. These people excuse their own behavior by arguing that everybody
in porn chose to be here.
From "The Finger" at www.newtimesla.com on the Annabel Chong documentary at the Sundance Film Festival:
There’s nothing that puts the fear of God into a digit more than watching a young USC coed/porn star gangbanged by 251 guys on film and then walking out into the blinding snowscapes of Mormon country.
Sex opens with a clip of Chong on Jerry Springer.
Then she’s shown in a classroom at USC, where
she’s clearly pissed off about what’s being said in a
feminist theory class. (She’s pursuing a master of
fine arts degree at the university. Really!)
Chong takes a moment to describe her upbringing as
a “Singapore-Chinese, middle-class Protestant.”
She wanted to be a ballerina, but gave up on that
dream and moved to L.A. (Between all the serious
talk are shots of her in a supermarket buying
cucumbers to be used for “anal sex preparation.”)
Then comes the search for 300 men willing to
participate in The World’s Largest Gang Bang
video. Before the freak show begins, Chong boldly
declares that she’s “willing to take the risk of
AIDS” because “sex is good enough to die for.”
DC writes to Luke: "I am wondering why your page does not have
a writeup on scat (eroticization of excretary activities especially
defecation) while you have sections on other "sick taboos"
such as necrophilia and child porn.
"Nothing gets me more aroused than the thought of seeing a beautiful
woman passing huge turds (I've seen films where people actually play
and even eat s---, but that is a little too much for my taste). It's
just hard for me to believe beautiful goddesses would do what us
mortals have to do.
"As a resident of Southern California which is supposed to be the
capital of porn, I just can't find films that feature scat. Some of
my internet contacts tell me they are available, but only in San
Francisco and NY, and the rest of the country prohibits such films due
to "community standards."
"f---! So anal sex is more acceptable and natural than defecation
according to law enforcement agents? Can't think of anything more
natural than defecation and gee, I thought anal sex comes with all
kinds of risks such as AIDS and tears in the rectum.
"I was able to locate some Japanese films that feature scat, but
air
brushed out pussies do not appeal to me."
"Dear porn actress Cassidy," writes chosen1446@prodigy.net
on RAME. "Someone please forward this to her. I'm talking about
the short-haired,
brunette Cassidy who did a lot of pornos (i.e., Cat and Mouse) in 1992.
I've seen about 5 movies with you in it. I'd like to know if you're
married
or dating seriously. I live in the midwest. I think you live in L.A.?
Anyway, I'm not a "stalker'. I find your movies to be nothing more
than like
those video dating service tapes, serving that purpose. Y'know, like
those
dating services that use videos to match people up....I think I've found
the
one I like! Actually, I first saw you on the cover of Buttman vs. Buttwoman,
and I only look for tapes with you in it. Many may say that it's dangerous
(either way - you to me (an unknown on the net), or me to you) to seek
a
relationship with a "money-grubbing", "morally-corrupt"
porn actress, but I
don't think so. I perceive you don't like making pornos (you quit in
92, and
I think you don't like the love-making scenes (by what I saw from your
reaction in Backway Inn), and, I think you are somewhat modest (by what
I
saw in Buttman vs. Buttwoman when he asked you to pull up your skirt,
you
seemed reluctant and embarrassed (and you spilled a beer on yourself).
I
heard you married and divorced? Give me a try. I won't break your heart,
and I know where you're coming from (I'll tell you why). IF not involved,
would you please give me your phone number? :) "
www.jimgunn.com is now online:
- A complete Jim Gunn filmography, including many boxcover pictures.
- A production news section, with hyperlinked pictures of some new talent.
- Jim Gunn's new monthly column Have Gunn, Will Travel, detailing his
exploits in the making of adult films.
- A guestbook for fans to ask questions and give feedback about any
topic.
- Media articles from both the mainstream and adult press about Jim
Gunn's
work.
- Information for webmasters on how to make use of Jim Gunn Productions'
services.
- And of course the usual contact info, a links page and much more!
Kid Vegas asks: "Will Jim Gunn's new web site include the picture of him from the March '99 issue of Dirty, showing him getting his 1-inch cock sucked at Anna Malle's party in Atlantic City?"
Gunn replies: "Jealous, eh Kid Vegas? Actually, thanks for telling
me about the picture. All I know is that we were hanging out at a party
and one of
the adult press photogs who was bored, probably Dominic (Dr. X), asked
the girls to create some "hot" scenes. I think XXX threw me
on
the bed to make it lok like something was happening at the party and
she
pulled my completely flaccid dick out of my pants to make a phoney photo
op. Trust me, dude, there's plenty of girls in the biz that could tell
you I have an average if not above-average size prick. This is the
first I heard of the pic being published.
"Luke, It's one thing if they say, hey, Jim you suck or your movies suck. Quite another, if they're giving the false impression that I have a small penis!"
Kid Vegas: "Tell Jim Gunn that his movies DO suck, and he only wishes he could personally lense my impossibly large cock. Stay tuned to the March AVN for ALL the details. I am the WHORE MASTER!"
Mike Cline writes to Luke: "We met at the 1999 CES show in Vegas.
In fact, I was the fan quoted in the LA New Times article concerning
your work and comparing it to an X-rated version of Entertainment Weekly.
We talked briefly following your in-depth interview with Randy West,
who was signing at the show.
"Let me just say this to Luke F-rd's detractors. Yes, there is
spurious and false rumors that get spread occasionally at this site.
But don't blame the messenger--blame the source. We all know that there
are people out there with an axe to grind against others, and that they
make irresponsible and false statements that then get attributed to
Luke. I've met Luke in person, and let me say that I found him to be
a friendly and likable individual--he is not bitter or angry at the
porn world. He performs a valued service to the many fans of adult entertainment,
and I look forward to reading his website every day. Keep up the good
work. . . and snap more pictures with that camera of yours. . . I like
to see the ladies."
