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What's With Hailey Young And Brandon Iron?
You know there is nothing to ask me about Brandon, I am so tired of hearing about this bulls---. Hillary [Scott] I dont know why you have a problem with me and think I have slept with Brandon or am still trying to. I think Brandon is a great person but to be honest with you I have never once hung out with him, I havge worked for him a few times and that is it. Hillary I think you are a great person also, every time I seen you guys I would try to talk to you and you ignore me, now if Brandon ever cheated on you it wasn't with me, you guys have some issues between the two of you that you need to deal with but leave me out of it. If I did anything wrong I would understand but having everybody think these things b/c this is what you think, is just stupid. Yes me and Brandon would talk over the phone every once in a while but it was always Brandon calling me when you guys were not getting along, again that's not my problem. I never went out with him. I didn't think if somebody talked to aqnother person of the opposite sex in this biz it meant they were cheating on the girlfriend but i guess I am the idiot, people are not allowed to be friends? I have told him not to call or message me anymore b/c I dont want this drama over nothing. So that's all I have to say about Brandon.
I think there's something going on between Hailey and Jim South Jr. Those guys are always chatting on the 'puter.
I email Brandon: "Hey white boy. Why you be breaking the heart of that fine thing Hillary? Quit your cheating ways."
He replies: "I am going to hell and just want to get there faster."
How Big Are The Biggest Porn Companies?
Here are some numbers in millions of dollars of sales for 2004 from Hoovers:
Vivid: 100
Private: 32
LFP: 150
Playboy: 338.2
Ron Cadwell (CCBill) Interview
By Rodger Jacobs
If you are a business owner selling over the Internet, choosing an online processor is a mission-critical decision. Since 1998, merchants around the world have trusted CCBill and company icon and CEO Ron Cadwell as one of the foundations of the adult industry.
Tempe, Ariz.-based CCBill, which began as Cavecreek Web Hosting in 1996, is one of five companies within CWIE Holding Company Inc., and now employs more than 200 professional, technical and support personnel — a long way from its more humble beginnings.
Devon Claims Digital Playground Stole Her Name
Hey whats up everyone!!! I smoked a few bowls for all you!! Anyway right now im invisible. i swear im invisible. i smoked too much! jk. haha. na but "Devon" doesn't exist anymore. Digital stole my name and i can never use it again unless i work for those fags. yeah f---in right!!!!!!!!!! to be honest at first i was pissed off but its all about "f--- it" and i kinda feel bad for those people cuz thier like that. lol. you know like an indian giver in kindergarden:) i have no clue what my name is gonna be, maybe use my real name, but im gonna keep it real always and always:) So yeah they tricked me when i signed my last contract and it sux cuz i feel bad for the other girls that work for them also. Whats funny is i believe that everything happens for a reason so im gonna play them fools. haha. i think they punchlined thierselves without knowing it:) seriously im pumped though because this is bigtime for me that ive always been this fake girl that was told what to do named "Devon" and now im free to be myself. Plus im not worried about s--- cuz i don't care how much money anyone has or whoever they think they are, if we were all kickin it partying having a badass time, outside of business being fake for them, those peps could never hang or roll with our crew. my girlies are crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol you know whats funny is i could picture the owner of the company smiling and laughing probably after i signed that contract signing my fake name away. they lied and and they f---ed tera patrick over to. she's still in court with them. anyway though just wanted to let you all know that for now on i guess im not "devon" anymore but im still that little blonde stoner biiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttcch. haha. anyway im not sure what to say but luv you all and smoke one for me and i will for you.
I used to worry that Devon had a drug problem. Thank God I can now sleep at night.
Cody Bangs from Digital Playground responds:
Digital Playground does not own the name Devon. So no clue why the real Devon would say that. Jesse Jane is a registered trademark of Digital Playground yes. Sophia Santi is a trademark of Digital Playground. But DP doesn't own Devon. Just like DP doesn't own Teagan's name. Devon is free to use her name and work somewhere else. Maybe she was high while writing that since she did mention being a stoner there.
Christian X writes: "Someone make a timeline for what she has done since getting the boot from DP."
Alexander Portnoy writes: "And you thought that it was a tragedy when Faust lost his soul. Big name performers don't even get to keep their fake but nonetheless established names. Now that's downright demonic."
Cody Bangs writes:
Make a timeline of how many movies Tera has shot for DP in the 3 years she was there. Island Fever, Island Fever 2, Forbidden Tales, Virtual Sex with Tera Patrick... that's it in 3 YEARS! Almost 1 movie a year and you get all that publicity.
Tera Patrick went by other names before she was with Digital Playground like Sadie Jordan. How come Tera can't just use Sadie Jordan now after DP spent millions of dollars promoting the name Tera(branding toy lines for example)? If you came into DP with your own name like Teagan or Devon, you can keep it because you created the name, not us. That's the major difference.
Well, put yourself in Digital Playground shoes. When you're one of the biggest(if not the biggest) PR machine in adult, and you've spent millions of dollars promoting a name and one day, she says, "Oh by the way, thanks for spending all the money and time promoting my name, I don't need you anymore." Now, if that name was hers to start with, it'd be a different story. I think the main thing is people DO NOT UNDERSTAND that Tera was never her name to begin with.
Jim South Jr posts about Piper Parker on pornstarperformance.com:
This girl started with us. In the end she was missing shootings and not returning calls. Over the past couple months (from what I heard) she went to several agents. She came back and we gave her 1 more shot. Immediately after emailing her pictures I got repsonses from clients saying she is the worse flake and that is why she has been with so many agents. Tried reaching her for 4 days and when I blocked my number and she answered, her excuse was her car broke down. Had her booked for a Playboy Jenna interview yesterday and she was a no show. Talked to her this morning and she said she was in a car accident yesterday. Bottom line no matter what happens, she is not showing up to shoots.
Seymore Butts On Big-Breasted Evangelists
Adam Glasser aka Seymore blogs 5/18/06 on MySpace:
So i was asked to appear on g4's "attack of the show" show. they said they wanted to discuss the mainstreaming of porn and my tv show and just generally have some fun. i knew g4 billed itself as the "gamers" network and was one of my sons favorite channels.
When i told brady [who was born in 1996] i was going to do the show he immediately got on the phone and told all his friends. the limo picked me up at 10am, getting me to the studio in culver city by 10:30am. I was greeted by their talent coordinator and taken to the green room as i had about 20 minutes before i was needed on set. there were about 6 people in the green room as i entered and introductions started immediately. the second person i met was a pretty blonde with tan skin and large breasts. she extended her hand and said "hi, i'm heather veitch"... within seconds i matched the name with stories i'd read about a group of former strippers turned evangelists.
i started to smell "ambush" and sought out the shows producers. they explained to me that heather was there to offer a "counterpoint" to our discussion. i was not told about any "counterpoint" or about any religious discussions for that matter. this was sure to turn into a debate... and while i'm sure that heather is intelligent and well-spoken, i would have had no choice but to shred her like a head of lettuce at a salad bar. with all the ammunition provided by the incredible hypocrisies of organized religion, it would have taken little time to pound her into submission.
however, that was not in the plans when i woke up this am and was greeted by brady telling me to make sure he got home from school in time to watch the show. while i am not a "believer", my son's mother [Taylor Hayes] is "christian" and i tend to avoid the subject with him to avoid confusing him anymore than he already is.
i have previously made the decision to let him make up his own mind on the subject. that all being said, i told the producers i had no interest in doing the show anymore. while they tried to play it all down and tell me that heather could avoid talking about religion, i knew it was a last dich "say anything" producer ploy and refused. after huddling amongst themselves, they proposed shooting the segment without heather. we shot the piece and everyone seemed happy. i walked out with a g4 tote, t-shirts and beanies for brady and got to meet the wrestler, kane, on my way out.
Allison writes:
I think you should decide on what faith to have Brady explore. Being Jewish *by you* or Christian *by his mother and in Jewish law "traditions", Brady is not Jewish by blood* He should learn a lof about Faith in order to understand others views when he is older and for him to be able to debate his thoughts. Such a touchy subject just like the "Sex Talk" and I have to say I totally understood his mother being a little shocked/reserved about the topic. That is her little baby and always will be in her eyes and talking about sex just shows he is growing up and maybe she still wants him to be inocent/child like a little longer. Hell, todays kids are mini adults. Whatever way you and his mother decide on raising him. Just make sure you raise him to have respect for himself and others and Not to get all caught up chicks at a young age . Hope Brady is a outspoken adult, just like his dad.
Heather Veitch comments:
I am the big breasted christian chick. I want everyone to know that I was not told that you did not know that I was going to be on the show. I totally hate it when shows try to punk me and set me up for something that I did not sign up for. Also, in no way did I want to ambush you. It is never my goal to attack people in the sex industry. I realize that a huge portion of christians are jerks and I do not want to be a jerk for Jesus. I am glad that the show went well and I am also glad that you had the balls to stand up for yourself.
SDC writes:
Well Uncle Seymore, I'm a f---ing hypocrite! Why? Because not only do I go to church (Evangelical Free), butt through the church I joined a "Purity Platoon." Granted you truly give a s--- about your fans; you should read some of my blogs!
You are my God; my mentor. I idolize your movies and still am in love with Alisha Klass! Anyway, I'm more than familiar with G4 and quite frankly think that channel fits sex and gaming quite well...because Lord knows there's a lot of gaming geeks who masturbate to Lara Croft!
I love sex/porn. I think it's a very creative outlet for sexual fantasies and think that sex and religion do share one common unbreakable bond...the can both be ridiculed for being addictive! Religion is conforming like sex is addictive. That's my discovery on my supposed walk with the Lord.
I truly feel like I'm leading a double life. One minute I'm meeting Ron Jeremy at a sex convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the next I'm meeting Pastor Joel Osteen in Richfield, Minnesota. Butt then again, I have a thing for celebrities! Maybe I'll meet you one day, who knows!!! (God willing???)
The Purity Platoon I joined through my church isn't all bad, but at the same time don't expect to wield your civil rights of freedom of choice. My joining the Purity Platoon all came about when I was talking with the Pastor of the church and told him about a goofy day I had. I bought Joel Osteen's book YOUR BEST LIFE NOW and then headed over to a sex store to buy the TEEN OBSESSED: The Voyeur Life of Celinne DVD. Quite the confusing day... So, off to the Purity Platoon I go.
Members of the Platoon wear a dog tag that reads REMAIN PURE OR DIE (I'll take the DIE) and we have homework to do. We are to pray to God to help us avoid any sexual thoughts whatsoever. Are to only look at people from the neck up. Cannot masturbate, view pornography, avoid the flesh and seek the spirit, call our Purity Partners at any time if we are having a difficult time with sexual impulses. Going to the extreme of nearly avoiding any type of media and even reciting bible verses to avoid sexual arousal. The main event of the Purity Platoon was the destruction of all my porn (and I had a hell of a lot and you were included, sorry Uncle Seymore) via bonfire.
As the leaders of the Purity Platoon say, "Dan, God can't give you better, until you let go and release what you have in your hands." or something like that. Years worth of dirty magazines, shirts (PORN AGAIN XXX, limited edition 1994 Playboy Cover Shoot of Jenny McCarthy, PORNSTAR and yes, even your www.TeamTushy.com t-shirt!) 133 porn DVDs up in smoke. A cheap crappy plastic love doll of porn starlet Star E. Knight, sex gag gifts...all in the name of the Almighty God who helps my f---ing cocky ass nephew "Hepatitis KC" get laid while I have to listen to it all and then go home to read M.A.C.K. Tactics because God made me a f---ing pussy introvert!!! Sometimes, it really f---ing sucks being -SDC-!!!
So, why did I join Purity Platoon and burn all my porn??? For one simple reason, deep down...God knows I want to get real tushy! I'm sick of just watching and want to do some actual f---in'!
What's Going On With Cytherea?
Gary@clubcytherea.com aka Cytherea Productions emails:
Luke, Please post this on your site as we at Cytherea productions have heard she is shopping these titles around. This recently appeared on lukeford.com:
"Cytherea and her husband Brian are doing well, they look good and they look happy! Despite other reports Cy looks amazing and she has a level head about her, ie: she's all business these days. Recently Cytherea and Brian ended their distribution deal for their own line of titles.... and will be meeting today to sign a new distribution agreement with a new company to distribute their titles."
Contrary to Brian and Cytherea's claims, they do not own any of the Cytherea Productions movies, nor do the have the authority to end or sign a distribution agreement for the titles, further Brian and Cytheria have no authority to bind Cytherea Productions Inc. to any form of contract. Cytherea Productions titles are currently distributed through Pulse and will continue to be.
A check of records indicates that Gary no longer owns the trademark to Cytherea's name.
I call Brian, Cytherea's husband, Thursday morning and he says this is the first he's heard of all this. He says he'll get on the phone with Gary, who he says is his business partner in Cytherea Productions.
I asked Brian if he was back in his house. He said they will be in a month or two. There was some kind of fire, supposedly, and he and Cy went to live in a hotel and it sounded like they were going through tough times. At least his cell phone kept working during this crisis and when I'd call him, he sounded normal and in control.
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The video clips were taken with my tiny DiMage X31 (cost about $250 two years ago). There's no sound.
As I walk up to the LFP studio May 16, a guy stops me and asks if I work here. I say no.
He says his friend, pointing to a Latino guy covered with tattoos, has a ten inch dick and wants to work in porn to make money. "He just got out of jail. He's on the phone now with his pregnant girlfriend."
I say that I doubt LFP is looking for guys [though they are starting up a gay line called His, run by Jim Steele].
I go inside.
I meet the beautiful new assistant Grace. She's hotter and younger-looking than any porn girl. LFP's head of production, Drew Rosenfeld, tells me to be nice to her. It's just the third day on the job for his wife's sister.
I sit down with John E. Depth and boom across the room: "OK, Grace, watch a master at work."
She gives a little smile, the kind you give to guys who are hitting on you and you want to politely tell them to buzz off.
I look earnestly into John's eyes, wish they were Grace's breasts, and say: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
John, with equal earnestness: "That's a good question.
"I wanted to play sports."
Luke: "What did your parents expect you to become?"
John: "They just wanted me to go to school and graduate college and after that the ball is in my court."
I look up. Grace is paying me no mind. Sheesh, even with that LA Weekly cover, my street cred (she's got tats so she must be ghetto, right?) is zero.
Luke: "Are your parents together?"
John says yes.
I about fall off the couch. "Not many people in porn have parents who are still together."
John: "That is correct."
Luke: "You had a happy childhood?"
John: "Yeah."
Luke: "Are there any similar things people have been saying to you your entire life?"
John: "People always thought I was entertaining. I was a practical joker. I was into the arts, writing poetry. This was destined to be."
Luke: "What crowd did you hang out with in highschool?"
John: "Guys who were into music."
Luke: "The band?"
John: "Oh no. This was the age of hip-hop."
Luke: "Was there a hip-hop band at your school?"
John: "No. Hip-hop hadn't hit the mainstream yet."
John says he graduated from college with a degree in "English. Media journalism. North Carolina Central in Durham. An all-black college. It was like the [1983-87] TV show A Different World.
"If only it had more variety of people, a mixture of white and asian, it would benefit you more in the corporate world.
"When I graduated college, I became a flight attendant. That's where I got my training in different cultures."
John says got into porn on a dare. "I just wanted to do the layouts in the magazines with the girls. One thing led to another. Here I am."
Luke: "How are black people treated in the Adult industry?"
John laughs. "You're going to open up a can of worms. As a black man in porno, you're treated better than in corporate America... I did the law firm thing. I was a paper pusher.
"The advantage of being a black man in the industry is your penis. You got a big penis and you're black, pretty much good."
Luke: "How did your family react to your getting into porn?"
John: "My Mother didn't like it because I'm the youngest."
John's girlfriend of the past two years is Diana DeVoe.
Luke: "Do you do interracial?"
John: "Yes."
Luke: "It doesn't interfere with your feature dancing bookings?"
John: "No."
I wander outside and run into Hillary Scott and Jasmine Byrne. I snap some photos. As Jasmine raises her top, Hillary tells her, "He doesn't put pictures of naked boobies on his site. Nor profanity."
I go into the dressing room.
Kat says she hasn't had a boyfriend since she entered porn two years ago. "They'll try to take advantage of you. They think you're stupid and that you make a lot of money and they stop paying for you. I drop them. I don't like relationships."
Naomi, Kat and Victoria are working on their seventies dance movies.
"You were alive in the seventies," Naomi says to me. "How did they dance then?"
Victoria is married to male perfomer Sean Rivera, whose mother worked as a secretary for Western Visuals a decade ago.
Alana Evans is a swinger. She used to be much less discriminating with her sexual partners until she had a nightmarish situation in 2001.
Alana: "She [ex-performer Cheryl Dynasty] told her boyfriend that she was going to leave him and move in with Chris [Alana's boyfriend of almost seven years, they are about to marry on their seventh anniversary -- November 14] and I. We had no idea. I had already kicked the chick to the curb because she was a loony bin.
"She bailed on him. One morning, he parks outside our house and blocks our car in and asks for her. I say, 'Dude, I haven't seen her. We're not friends anymore.' He said, 'Oh, that's cool. I was going to come over and kill you.'
"He opens a backpack and pulls out a gun and holds it by the handle. He said he was going to kill Jules Jordan because Jules had just done her first boy-girl scene.
"After that incident, I told everybody I knew what she had done. She got kicked out [of performing]. She now works behind the scenes for one of the major companies in the business.
"I don't want to deal with nutty little chicks."
Alana's asked why her relationship has lasted so long.
Alana: "We have rules. If a chick is totally psycho, he's not going to f--- her. If a guy is totally disrespectful to him, I'm not going to have sex with that guy."
Have you ever fallen in love with one of your co-stars?
"No."
I interview Naomi. She says that as a kid, she wanted to become an attorney. "I almost finished law school. I worked as a legal analyst for four years before I got into porn."
Luke: "How far did you go in law school?"
Naomi: "Four-and-a-half years."
Luke: "How much more do you have to go?"
Naomi: "About a year-and-a-half. I was an apprentice, so it is a longer degree."
She says she got her undergraduate degree in Political Science.
Jeff Mullen (credited as the director Will Rider) walks in: "This is the scene where Britney and Jasmine are walking down the hall. They don't realize they are in 1974."
"It's like Goodfellas," says Jeff about his set and movie. "Only not quite as good."
He turns to a girl. "You can wear panties."
Naomi: "I chose it over Liberal Arts because Political Science is the study of the way things work. So no matter what happens, your degree doesn't out-age itself."
Luke: "Were you a good student in highschool?"
Naomi: "I was homeschooled, so of course I was good. My parents taught me. I graduated when I was 13."
Luke: "Why were you homeschooled?"
Naomi: "Because my parents don't believe in governmental systems."
Luke: "Are they anarchists? Christians?"
Naomi: "They're Jews. When they came here, they were highly disappointed with the country. My father is from Israel. My mom is from Slovakia. My dad wants us to go back to Europe because of the war and everything."
She has five brothers and sisters. "I'm the oldest daughter and the second oldest child."
Naomi got her first boyfriend at 13. They married when she was 18. After about six years, they split ten months ago and Naomi immediately got into porn.
Luke: "How old were you when you lost your virginity?"
Naomi: "If you consider complete penetration, I was 15."
Luke: "Did you get into porn as revenge on your ex?"
Naomi: "Oh no. I consider porn to be a great thing.
"I've always been a sexual person. I consider [America] to be so close-minded [about sex] and outside of the industry it's not openly talked about. I thought if I could be one person in a group of people enjoying sex, exploiting sex, and talking about it and being a symbol of freedom..."
She hates her seventies outfit. "The thing I hate the most [about porn] is wearing ugly clothes. If I don't feel secure in how I look, it's hard for me to perform confidently in my scene."
Luke: "How did you like your scene with Khan Tusion?"
Naomi: "It was funny. He was trying hard to diss me because I'm a Jew and he's Jewish. It was so phony. Because I knew what he was doing, it wasn't affecting me. But the girl I was doing the scene with was crying. Both scenes I did for him.
"He was offering me money to feel sad and to cry. I said no."
She says she's done at least 100 scene. "I work almost every day."
Naomi says Victoria in her afro looks black. "You're a beautiful black girl," says Naomi. "There's nothing wrong with that. My dad has a jewfro. It looks just like that only he's Jewish. My hair was always permed straight."
Though she went to school for it, Naomi never got a bat mitzvah.
"I want to take care of my family so they never have to worry about poverty."
Luke: "How did your family react to your getting into porn?"
Naomi: "They're very supportive. They love me. They trust my judgment."
She says her ex has not reacted well to her becoming a porn star. "I left him but he knew it was coming."
Luke: "How long did you know you were going to leave him?"
Naomi: "Probably two years. I still love him but he makes bad choices and he chooses not to change. It was eating at my heart and my soul being with him. The stronger and stronger it was for him to go in the wrong path, the stronger was my decision to leave him. Finally, I just did it.
"I don't date now."
Luke: "Did you lose any friends over it?"
Naomi: "I don't have any friends. From being married and taking care of my boyfriend and husband all those years. I have my family and my ex."
Johnny Castle, 26, from New Jersey started in porn last May. He moved to Los Angeles in February. He loves it here. He's done over 100 scenes.
"What I love most is the freedom. I have a lot of time on my hands. I pick my own schedule. Usually, at most, you work a couple of hours a day.
"What I hate most is that it's not accepted. It's more accepted out here. There's a big family of people who all do the same thing.
"I've always been in long relationships. It's good to have my own time. It's tougher to have relationships when you're working in this industry."
Later I overhear Naomi talking with Kat and Victoria and other porn girls about how they spend their money. Naomi is the most emphatic about using hers to take care of her family but the other girls sound a similar note.
I ask Hillary Scott if there's any drama in her life.
Hillary: "I had an assistant living with me. A person that was a close friend. He was HIV-positive. He's a former drug addict. I let him live with me. At the time, I was directing, so I needed a PA on set. He was like my best friend. I totally trusted him. One day he disappeared. I called him and called him for two days. Finally I reached him and he's in Chicago. He just split.
"He said, 'I don't like the way you treat me.' I said, 'What are you talking about? I got you off drugs. I gave you a job.' He tried to pull the act that I was a bad person to work for.
"As soon as I realized what happened, I looked at my bank account and sure enough he's been writing himself checks [to the total amount of $2,000]."
This HIV-positive ex-friend (her gay cousin's ex-boyfriend) gave Talon, T.T. Boy's brother, a blowjob.
Hillary says that if a penis is over ten inches long, she charges more for an anal scene.
Luke: "How much do you charge for Asians?"
Everybody laughs. She says she's never worked with an Asian. "It's not anti-Asian discrimination. I don't know. I never seen an Asian man's penis."
To help Jeff Mullen get everyone's attention, Hillary shows her breasts.
I look away to avoid the moral pollution. When I get married, things are going to be special in a way that porners will never understand.
There are three behind-the-scenes cameras rolling around the set and and several still photographers (Bill Diehl shoots the boxcover) and several press photographers and several journalists, including Gram Ponante and AVN's Carlos Martinez.
A source says: "The story of why Jessica Sweet is no longer Britney Rears is a much better story than Hillary Scott is now Britney Rears."
Jessica is still doing scenes while putting herself through beauty school.
The ratio of porn DVDs sold to VHS is now about 80/20.
The Dominos pizza guy drops off about 20 boxes of pizza. Alana Evans says to him, "You sure there isn't some other way we can pay for this?"
Jeff Hawkins (the head of LFP Video) brings his girl Ora (of the past three-and-a-half years) to her first porn set. She brings a beautiful Israeli friend.
"I'm in charge of the big picture," he tells her.
The two women get tired of the set quickly and leave.
I interview Melissa Martinez. In porn for five months, she's done about 25 scenes. Before that, she was a stripper and wrestled nude in hot oil. Before that, she worked for over a year in retail (Forever21).
"I don't make a good stripper. I don't like asking guys if they want a lap dance.
"I don't like 9-5 [regular jobs].
"I was a good student in highschool. I ended up with a 3.89 GPA. I just didn't go to college. I would love to. Right now, I have to settle some things out, move out on my own. Take care of myself and then jumb back into it. That's the good thing about porn. It's so easy to go to school, do [porn], and still make a decent living."
Luke: "What do you love and hate about being in porn?"
Melissa: "I hate that it's so repetitive. This is my first feature. I have a small part but it's still better than the gonzo.
"I love sex. I love meeting new people every day."
Luke: "How's your family reacted?"
Melissa: "They don't know. My sister knows and my girlfriend knows but everybody else thinks I'm modeling. I eventually want to tell my family but not while I'm living at home. If I'm not under your roof, I can do what I want. It's hard not telling them. I hope they'll understand. For any parent, it's a shocker. It's a risk I'm willing to take."
Luke: "What crowd did you hang out with in highschool?"
Melissa: "I didn't hang out with anyone from highschool. Everyone I talked to was outside of highschool. I chose not to associate with people from my school."
Luke: "Were you with the stoners?"
Melissa laughs. "I still am. I'll never let them go."
Luke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Melissa: "I wanted to model. I wanted to do something in fashion. I hope that is still an accomplishment within reach."
Melissa stands 5'5".
Luke: "How would you compare porn to stripping and wrestling?"
Melissa: "As stupid as it sounds, it's more of a career move than working at a strip club every day. You see girls doing lapdances to pay the bills and feed their kids and it's sad. Porn is an actual business and an actual career and I can see myself going somewhere, whether it be further in the porn business or in modeling. This way is easier for me to expose myself and exploit myself."
Luke: "What are your favorite and least favorite parts of your body?"
Melissa: "I've wanted to like my boobs, my small boobs. I've wanted a breast job of course. But being naked and hearing, 'They look nice on you. Don't get a boob job.' I've learned to like them and I think they're my favorite part now.
"My least favorite is my butt because I don't have one. I need to work out. I need to do some squats or something."
Luke: "How does it affect your love life?"
Melissa: "It doesn't. I have a girlfriend. I've been with her for a year-and-a-half now. It's easier than having a boyfriend. She shot with me once. Other than that, she's not in the business."
Melissa works with guys on camera. "I've only done one or two girl-girl scenes in the business."
Jeff Mullen's All Media Play business partner Scott has owned hair salons in West Hollywood all his adult life. "He's the only straight hair dresser in West Hollywood," says Jeff.
As I sit on the couch with Johnny Castle, he rubs his penis through his shorts. Call me old fashioned, but it makes me uncomfortable, though not to the point where I stand up and move away.
Britney Rears? The fact that I can say that name with a straight face tells me I really need a vacation.
The Texas Legislature is now out of special session and I'm completely out of material to write about, until the next NSA wiretap/phone tracing/massive government intrusion scandal breaks. I've been reduced to writing about how much I hate The Da Vinci Code. No Mary Carey news, nothing about about her gubernatorial bid? No imminent threat of an ass herpes outbreak in the adult biz?
By the way, nice work with the video clips. Were those taken with a secret, undercover, hidden Lukecam on your lapel, or did they actually let you on set with a Handicam? And the pictures of Kat, priceless. She's much too cute to be in porn. She should consider a career move to teachers assistant at a community college. Or a blogger's wife... but then she really wouldn't be making the kind of money she's used to.
A Quick Chat With Wankus
Wankus: Having a boring news day? Lets talk about my childhood. I wasn't
raped as I child but I have to ask myself, "why". Was I not attractive
enough to the priest? Did my uncles think my brother was more fun to touch
funny? I need therapy to get through this rejection.
Luke: Where does it hurt?
Luke: Show me on the doll
Wankus: that's sickly amusing
Luke: It's ok to break down and cry.
Wankus: I'm surprised Spallone hasn't made a porn like that yet.
Luke: My photos bring out your inner beauty, they show your wounded inner
child
Danni.com's Poet-CEO Layne Thr-sher
Dr. Love writes:
The cat's out of the bag about Layme and Danni.com. I was one of the people who saw the writing on the wall and quit before my soul was hijacked and held hostage by that place. At one time there were confident/talented people there but soon after Layme took over they were of course fired, a threat to his reign I am sure. All I can say is they had me. I wanted to stay and I liked it there but there was no way I could stay. I offered to consider staying at a very very low rate for what I do and they didn't even consider it. The next month their site was down for a month. I actually enjoyed posing as a friendly FEMALE customer service rep. If you read this Richard W. Sam in Sandusky and Walt, "hey sweetie!! I miss you and I am still going to send that photo of me soon! Kisses xoxo"
Those were strange days. It is indeed a shame the layme web site is password protected. You would have loved the video of him playing the star spangled banner on his guitar, horribly, in front of a van full of mexicans on the beach. I think it was a fourth of July. He recorded it and posted it as his claim to fame. I wonder if he is enjoying all this attention brought about by his failure at danni.com. I wouldn't be surprised.
As soon as members started to thread Layne Thr-sher and John Des Jardins to Danni.com in the Danni Red Room forum there is now a notice when one tries to get into the forum that it is closed down do to massive postings of falsehoods etc. I think that All one has to do is Google "Layne Thr-sher" and "John Des Jardins" to find out what is going on and also Danni Ashe there will be mass amounts of unhappy members, because that is how were comunicate with eachother. The [Danni Red Room] has become a family of friends and now we are cut off from that -- very unfair and sneeky.
Some of the members belong to other forums and we are finding eachother, but I have never incountered anything like this except in the G.W. Bush admisistration. If I believe that you are 100% right and Danni Ashe is no longer any part of DHD.
Porners And Their Incomes
I've looked through myspace.com and I've noticed that dozens of porn people list their incomes. Most porn people don't list what their incomes are. I listed Kenny Knoll but he's phasing out his involvement with being a webmaster for adult websites.
Nic Andrews Director Income: $250,000 and Higher
Melissa Ashley Income: $100,000 to $150,000
Belladonna Income: $250,000 and Higher
Tylene Buck Income: $250,000 and Higher
Seymour Butts Income: $250,000 and Higher
Mary Carey Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Annie Cruz Income: $250,000 and Higher
Erik Everhard Income: $250,000 and Higher
Scott Fayner Writer about x-rated industry Income: $250,000 and Higher
Nina Hartley Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Jenna Haze Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Jenna Jameson Income: $250,000 and Higher
Jessica Jaymes Income: $250,000 and Higher
Jules Jordan Director Income: $250,000 and Higher
Kenny Knoll Webmaster for Aurora Snow's website Income: $75,000 to $100,000
Taylor Kurtis Income: $100,000 to $150,000
Melissa Lauren Income: $250,000 and Higher
Jack Lawrence Income: $100,000 to $150,000
Carmen Luvana Income: $250,000 and Higher
Kelly Madison Income: $250,000 and Higher
Ashton Moore Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Gia Paloma Income: $250,000 and Higher
Bionca Pureheart Income: $100,000 to $150,000
Taylor Rain Income: $150,000 to $250,000
RayVeness Income: $75,000 to $100,000
Alicia Rio Income: $100,000 to $150,000
Courtney Simpson Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Vanilla Skye Income: $45,000 to $60,000
Lexington Steele Income: $250,000 and Higher
Van Styles Income: $150,000 to $250,000
Lily Thai Income: $250,000 and Higher
Lexxi Tyler Income: $250,000 and Higher
Rob Walkan writes: "I canceled my membership with Danni.com mostly because of this. and the letting go of staff that I have made friends with. I can not believe the super ego on this one."
Dear Red Room Members,
Please be advised that effective immediately, the Red Room Message Boards will be taken offline for a period of six-eight weeks set to return in early July utilizing new software.
The message boards have recently become a breeding ground of speculation and outright untruths at times, created by a few posters who would rather tear down than build up. This has created a situation in which we are defending ourselves for things that are either insignificant or not truthful. This continued, inaccurate speculation and fabrication is completely destroying the primary purposes of the Red Room which are to build a strong community and to provide support to users.
We have always afforded posters the freedom and anonymity to say what's on their minds but unfortunately times are changing and we must secure a system that has tighter security, the ability to track user conduct and, if necessary, allow us to take the appropriate actions.
As we have said many times, we continually look for ways to improve your user experience. Our ability to do this for requests made in the Red Room has drastically declined because of the volume of posts and their impact on our staff. In order to handle your questions, comments and complaints more efficiently while we are retooling the boards, we are providing you with direct links to email support and of course you can always phone our customer service line.
We thank you for your continued support and ability to rise above the chatter, and we hope you continue to enjoy the ride. Sincerely, The Danni Staff
If you find yourself saying to someone, "As I have said many times," it is a good sign that the other party no longer believes you or has an interest in what you are saying, and it is time for you to change, or at least change what you say, so you might get heard.
I Remember When I Had An Alexa Ranking Of 12, 987
Yeah, I treated people like crap (particularly Holly, I ordered her around, subjugated her, and stared at her with my objectifying male gaze) but I was on top. Then I injured my elbow posting too many photos of myself and becoming extraordinarily aroused.
Now I'm wallowing at 16,185 and getting shellacked on XPT.
But I'm a better man for my humiliation, and, dare I say it, a better Jew.
I email Holly's dad Humphry Knipe: "I understand that you've become insufferable to live with since you got that prize [Independent Publishers award for historical fiction]."
He replies: "It's the stress of working on the acceptance speech for tomorrow night's awards."
Kaylani Lei Back In LA
The rumor mill has Kaylani Lei is back in Los Angeles. Her relationship with the Kiwi footballer did not work out and the engagement is kaput. With her Wicked contract over, she's planning to put up her own independently run website again. Her last film for Wicked is 'Curse Eternal'.
Robert Lombard writes me:
Kaylani is starring in MRG Entertainment’s late night cable feature set for release worldwide including HBO/Cinemax titled, “Surrender”. Cast also includes: TIFFANY TAYLOR, JENAVEVE JOLIE and mainstream actors, Tom Stone, Keith Phillips and Adam Rush. Principle photography commenced Monday May 15th and will wrap Saturday May 20th.
Pushing My Luck With Holly Randall, Jenna Jameson
I walked around the LFP set yesterday amazed at how well I was treated. Vivid sales manager Howard Levine even complimented me on my shoes.
I don't like to ask people for things aside from interviews, but my new friend Cam pushed me to put together my best work for a book. There are chapters on Jenna and Holly.
I got Holly to give me some pictures which she emailed me in .tif format.
Once I'd gotten my photos, I risked overstepping my boundaries.
To give the following context, remember that Jenna said in her autobiography that Suze exploited her.
Holly, the eldest child, is hyper-protective of her family. I remember five months ago, after she read my memoir, she was convinced that I was out to destroy the industry (that she dare not show it to her parents) and that she couldn't have any part of that and she was exhausted from all the flak she took from being associated with me...
HollyRandall: did you get all the files you needed?
Luke: umm, do you have one of jenna j?
HollyRandall: oh crap
HollyRandall: why don't you get one from her?
HollyRandall: mine are so old
Luke: ok
HollyRandall: seriously she looks nothing like how she looks now
HollyRandall: in what we've shot of her
Luke: ok
HollyRandall: it was all pre-chin job
HollyRandall: hey have you heard of this new Mark Spiegler girl, Sasha
Gray?
HollyRandall: i'm surprised there isn't a post about her on XPT, she's
all the rage
Luke: yeah, i did a story on her 2 weeks ago
Luke: did you meet her?
HollyRandall: we shot her
Luke: is she ok?
Luke: serious?
Luke: ER?
HollyRandall: hahah very funny
Luke: she's the new Maya
Hills [the last 18-year old Holly was excited about because she was
doing porn and was beautiful yet she had her life together and Holly said
she was going to have this terrific porn-enhanced future, that porn was
a stepping stone to greatness for her, and I said to myself, oh please]
HollyRandall: oh please don't go there
Luke: Jenna replies: Depends on what your going to write about me…lol
J
Luke: I knew she's say that.
HollyRandall: yeah well maybe she should think about what she writes about
other people too
Luke: may i quote that? [garble]
HollyRandall: what the hell is that?
HollyRandall: sanskrit?
Luke: I was trying to say, may I quote that? the type went screwey
Luke: you don't know ancient middle eastern languages
Luke: I could never stand your ignorance!
I reply to Jenna:
I did an interview yesterday with Max magazine from France and I said that you had always treated me very nicely, even when I had stuff in my column that was mean. That you understood my job better than any porn star. But yeah, I'm going to revisit that dramatic '99 roadie interview and your response with Nikki Tyler so I understand if you don't want to send along a picture.
Jenna responds: "OY VEY.
"In response to Holly’s barb -- I understand being protective of your mom. But I spoke the truth. Period. I was 18 and knew NOTHING about the industry. I would expect someone with your mother experience and the fact that she is a woman, to be less of a shark. Sorry, I tend to speak my mind."
Holly is like a mother bear looking after her cubs, only her cubs are her parents (in addition to her siblings and her friends).
"Totally understandable."
Former Hustler magazine Editor Allan MacDonell painted the same view of Suze as Jenna and Tera Patrick.
Let's be real folks. Porn is all about pimps and hos (I don't exempt myself from this critique). If you're in the biz, you're either a pimp or a ho. If you're a pimp (photographer), you try to squeeze as much as possible from the talent and pay them as little as possible. If you're a ho, you try to get as much money as possible for as little effort as possible.
Any other approach to porn doesn't last, so it doesn't matter. The only reason to be in this business is money (and attention and immortality). There's no nobility in producing porn. All you do is exploit the basest human emotions by preying on the weak and getting them to do things that will forever hurt them and those who care about them. To make or do porn is to wreak havoc on the vulnerable (I've wreaked plenty of havoc on the vulnerable through my gossipmongering so I am not saying I am better than the people I write about). See what happened to that teacher Tericka Dye (ex-porn star Rikki Andersin) who can never hold her head up in polite society again (without an extraordinary amount of fortitude and accomplishment on her part and unusual forgiveness by those around her).
A friend of mine who is a pornographer responded to Rikki's plight thus: "I've sold a lot of copies of Wet Cum Shots 6 that she stars in. I doubt she'll be able to get a job anywhere. She may as well just set up a webcam and just masturbate online for Steamray."
Yay for porn and for the way it empowers women!
See what happened to Brandy Alexandre and her job at Forest Lawn.
Jenna's book was gentle on the industry. She was far tougher on herself than on porn. That girl went through hell (much of it, after she was 18, of her own creation).
I haven't read Suze's book Suze (written by her husband Humphry and published in 1977) but from all indications (Suze and Humph were kicked out of the Playboy circle because of it and suffered other indignities) Jenna was no more harsh towards her early employer and friend Suze than Suze was to her early employer and friend Hugh Hefner.
The big difference is that Jenna's book was a bestseller and Suze's wasn't. Jenna became a mainstream celebrity. Suze didn't.
On page 180, Allan MacDonell writes about Suze Randall:
Randi Dench had spawned her ambitions during London's swinging '60s and had flirted and f---ed at the fringes of '70s celebrity. Her autobiography, long out of print, had named names and dimensions. Dench's blab-all tome had alienated her men's-sophisticate benefactors, and she'd been reduced to shooting for magazines lesser than Hustler. I complimented Randi on her test shots and warned her not to bug Eleanor about a perceived increase in bra size. Dench, mindful of her reputation for bawdy exuberance, had immediately accosted Eleanor in an open workplace and bellowed, "Come on, Eleanor baby, don't be bashful. Show us those new tits!" This act had been cited as proof that I had created a hostile, sexually harassing atmosphere.
I knew something about how Randi's attentions must have made Eleanor feel. About a year and a half earlier, we had all three scouted prospective models at a world series of exotic dancers in Toronto, Canada. Randi had been drinking heavily, in her defense, but I had not, and her continual groping of my crotch and struggling to unbuckle my trousers while in crowded coffee shops had caused me no small amount of awkward emotions, much to Eleanor's delight.
On page 239, Allan writes:
All the skin photographers I met reinforced the prejudice that theirs, more than any other, is a craft of deception. The girls are fooled into believing they are receiving free money. The viewer is duped into believing the photographer has captured the girl in a moment of ecstasy. One photo shoot visit too many ruins the illusions. Afterward, you look at a "nude glamour" shot, and you see a strained expression held for the duration of a camera click. If you are not careful, your cynicism penetrates beyond the illusions of the photo layouts, and nothing in real life seems authentic anymore.
Kami Andrews writes me: "I've felt that so many times and not had the words for it. I wish I could express myself like that."
On page 101 of her book, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, Jenna Jameson begins:
...And because Suze was a woman and spoke in a charming British accent, she could get away with saying things that I would have wanted to strangle most guys for.
...To keep all of my body in focus and in the light, I had to bend and contort into all sorts of unnatural positions that were supposed to look effortless, just as I had at my shoot with Julia [Parton]. But this time, I had to hold the positions much longer and wait for them to meter the light, take a Polaroid, and check the light again before they even started shooting. I was so out of shape from my unhealthy lifestyle that my knees would suddenly start knocking during a pose or my lower back would spasm when I arched it for too long. But I knew that if I moved even an inch, they'd be pissed because they would have to remeter the light; and all the other girls, who were posing so effortlessly, would be annoyed. I really wanted to please Suze, so I was willing to hold my knees over my head for twenty minutes straight, until my spine felt like it was going to snap.
...We had no permits to shoot there, so Suze blocked us from the beach dwellers with big white sheets. For the shoot, she wanted us to pour oil on each other. As we were doing that, she asked Erin to pour some directly on my ding-ding. I pulled back.
"I'd rather not do that," I said. "It'll get infected."
"Fine," Suze sighed.
...Though she is a great person and a talented photographer, Suze, I soon realized, is also a shark. Her specialty is naive young girls -- much like myself -- who are so happy to have a modeling opportunity that they'll do anything. Once she sank her teeth into me, she didn't let go. She shot me until I was half dead.
The pay was three hundred dollars a day, but sometimes she'd cram three different photo shoots into a day. And I had no idea how much she was getting paid for the photos or how many magazines she was selling them to. I was only supposed to be in L.A. for two days, but she kept me for a week, shooting nonstop.
...But I began to feel like Suze was taking advantage of me. My pictures appeared in every sex ad and foreign nudie magazine imaginable. And since I'd signed away the rights, she was raking in all the money. Whenever I asked her for a few chromes for a promo shot or to make a modeling book, she'd refuse. I'd ask her instead to shoot an extra roll for me at our next session instead, and she'd say she couldn't. She made her living off enthusiastic new girls like myself, and I understood that and was grateful to her for making me an international cover girl. But there was a bigger problem -- she was stringing me along, telling me that each shoot we did just might be a centerfold in Penthouse. However, nothing we did ever appeared there, and that had been my dream from day one. And with every picture of mine that was published somewhere else, my chances of ever being a Penthouse Pet plummeted lower and lower.
So I added Suze to my mental s---list of people I could not trust and decided to stop working with her. (pg. 172)
Last October, Holly called me spewing with rage over this passage by Tera Patrick in the book Naked Ambition: Women Who Are Changing Pornography:
I lived at Suze Randall's home for a while, and while she wasn't busy hitting on me she was getting me published in every magazine imaginable. In retrospect, she probably paid for tha thouse off the pictures she shot of me...
Holly gave me my copy of the book Naked Ambition. She inscribed it: "To Luke - For your reading pleasure and assured scathing criticism. Love [I can't read the name but I assume it is Holly]."
Holly noted her mom was in her fifties when she met Tera and unlikely to hit on her. And that Tera's pictures would pay for no more than a few square feet of her parents Malibu ranch.
HollyRandall: I just can't believe she blamed my mom for not getting
into Penthouse-- that's what made me mad
HollyRandall: it just makes no sense-- if she was such a shark then why
wouldn't she want to sell Jenna to a magazine that would pay her the most
amount of money?
HollyRandall: why would my mom deliberately keep her out of Penthouse?
HollyRandall: it was the fact that Bob [Guccione] didn't like Jenna's
look at the time, and that's the final word-- my mom did everything she
could to get Jenna in Penthouse
HollyRandall: it was the Penthouse accusation that pissed me off, because
it was totally untrue
HollyRandall: look no one is on Jenna's level, and i admire her for getting
where she is
HollyRandall: but whether or not she was aware of the Penthouse issue,
the fact is that it's not true, and it's in print forever and everyone
who reads that will think the wrong thing about my mom
HollyRandall: I'm glad she understands I'm protective of my family, I'm
sure in my situation she'd feel the same way
Jenna didn't blame Suze for not getting into Penthouse. She blamed Suze for leading her along, telling her that this next shoot just might get her into Penthouse. Jenna blamed Suze for taking advantage of her naivety. Jenna blamed Suze for leading her on.
Holly takes after her mother. She's generous and charming but makes a lot of promises that she not only does not keep, but claims to have no memory of ever making. Some of this trait is probably endemic to photographers who prey on the dreams of models.
As Holly told me after one of my protestations of love, "I need someone more stable than you and you need someone more stable than me."
On the one hand, I have no right to criticize Holly because she's given to me 10x as much as I've given to her (my giving was principally in the form of listening). On the other hand, I have to write the truth, even if it makes me look ungrateful.
John writes:
The tension you set up between you and Holly by getting at the realities of exploitation makes for a strong read, picking up on contradictions and hypocrisy. Their emotions being set off by their on delusions and belief of so called "polite society" being any different than the porn biz.
When Diane Arbus photographed those on the fringe of society, the dispossessed, the freaks of human life, I doubt for a miniute she thought that a multi-million dollar business would spring from the so-called "serious" photographic world. I seriously doubt that she paid any of those people she photographed with such intensity a single dollar. Now that's exploitation. Even worse is the market in Lewis Hines work who strove to uncover child slave labour in the early 20th Century.
Yet at the same time I am a hypocrite. Would I sell my street shots? Hell yes. Just as you have thoses banner ads. We are all hypocrites, porn or no porn.
Jane: I suggest that you don't dredge up that old stuff on Jenna. She
is way too rich and powerful now. Don't alienate her.
Luke: has that ever stopped me?
Jane: no.. but I think you ought to start being more cautious. You're
not a kid anymore
Jane: Start thinking about your future. Your van isn't going to last forever.
And aren't you tired of living in the hovel? Wouldn't you like to live
in The HillCreste apartments instead?
Luke: I am never going to become less outspoken.
Jane: There's a difference between being outspoken and lacking caution..
think this over, Luke, very carefully. She has alot of cash, she could
be someone who helps you. Don't sling mud at her.
Jane: I think it is cool that Hillary is the new Britney Rears.. She deserves
a nice payday
Jane: you should have gone for an upskirt
shot here.
Luke: I don't make pornography
Jane: you're on a porn set!!
Jane: hello!
Luke: I'm a journalist, you are a pornographer.
Jane: you're a pornorazzi / porn journalist dude!!
Jane: embrace it!!
Jane: How did you get invited to that shoot? It looked like fun
Luke: i'm friendly with Jeff Mullen
Jane: Holly was right to be mad about the Tera Patrick comment in that
book about her Mom. Tera thinks that she is on Jenna's level. She's not.
The moment she left Digital Playground, any opportunity she had to get
to Jenna's level ceased.
Jane: Have you
seen these two young girls who look underage battling for #1 on YouTube?
Jane: I know
this one is definitely going to get recruited for porn.
Jane: she's only 17
Jane: I'll bet you're really digging the underage blonde one. She is totally
your type.
Jane: Why do feel that masturbating on a webcam for money is not empowering?
I think it is cool that a woman can make money without leaving the privacy
of her home.
Jane: Mary Carey seems so emotionally needy
Jane: I hope she gets therapy
Jane: I don't think she's really happy with what she has and she's in
the top 2% as far as porn recognition goes
Jane: I wonder if Metro is going to put out a Best of Rikki Andersin compilation..
there's definitely a market for it..
Mary Carey Calls
Mary: "Will you listen to me on the radio today? I'll say hi to you."
I sigh.
Mary: "You know who knows about your website? Alan Colmes. When I did his radio show last Tuesday, he said to me before we went on air, 'Who's this Luke guy? Is he a Jewish guy?' I said yeah. He said, 'I've been reading his stories about you on his website. Are these true?'
"Everyone asks me that. 'I'm like, How did you find his website, Alan? He said, 'I really did my research on you.' He knew everything about your website.
"He was asking me if you liked porn or didn't like porn. I said that you don't like porn and that you're a writer and you try to help people.
"I said everything's true. He records it.
"Alan said, 'Oh no. It sounds like you've been going through some tough times, Mary.'
"I said, 'They sound tougher than they are because I'm dramatic.'"
I'm Useful
Jenner calls back Wednesday afternoon to say he got paid by American Hardcore. "Now I know that you are very useful to the industry other than your gossip column. I was contacted by six other individuals who also didn't receive payment. I told them not to post anything until my check cleared."
Prodigy X calls. "Have you ever been to one of the bukkakes?"
Prodigy X: "We have one tonight and it's going on for the next three Wednesdays in downtown LA.
"As far as adult entertainment is concerned, are you against the whole thing? Do you just report on it?"
Luke: "Yeah. I'm not a fan. I mainly just report on it."
Prodigy X: "You dislike porn?"
Luke: "Yeah."
Prodigy X: "Wow, wow. What you're trying to do is stop it?"
Luke: "I'm just trying to write the best column I can. But if you ask me if I like porn, I don't like porn. I don't watch. I don't use it. I don't think it's good for people."
Prodigy X: "I feel that too much porn can corrupt a person's mind.
"I have this great idea..."
Luke: "I'm sorry. I can't help you sell your porn idea. I can't help you get a deal. I just write my column. I can't help people make porn."
What Percentage Of DVDs Manufactured Are Porn?
DVDWatch predicts 6743 billion DVD videos manufactered worldwide in 2006 and 3.3 billion in North America. I've never seen an estimate of fewer than 10% of U.S. VHS and DVD sales being porn. That lowest estimate (extended worldwide and equating sales with manufacturing) means there were 674.3 million porn DVDs manufactured worldwide in 2006. Does that sound right?
Seymore Butts Bumps Heather Veitch Of JCsGirls From 'Attack of the Show' On G4 Gaming Network
Heather calls me Wednesday morning. "I was going to do this show with Taylor Wane and Seymore Butts. They did not tell Seymore I was going to be on the show. He comes in the green room. I'm like, 'Hi, I'm Heather Veitch.' And he says, 'I know who you are.'
"He says, 'I've read a lot about you.'
"Immediately he goes outside and has a big long talk with [the producers]. He didn't want to do the show with me because of the religion. They were trying to tell him that she's not going to bash you.
"It wasn't necessarily Seymore's fault. The show didn't tell him I was coming. That's the worst. That happens on shows. They try to trick you. You think you are going to be talking about this but it's something else. Seymore was like, no way, I'm not going to be talking about religion.
"So I was bumped off the show.
"I told them I'd rather not do the show and not offend him. My priority isn't doing television shows. In fact, I'm so sick of media. I started turning down a lot of things, even Christian shows. It takes up so much of my time, I can't do the real ministry."
Heather says she's moving to Vegas.
Who Would You Love To See Dead?
That was a poll running on the VideoTeam.com blog by Suzie Genova (daughter of pioneering pornographer Bobby Genova).
President Bush & Dick Cheney, Paris Hilton & Nicole Ritchey, Mel Gibson & The Passion Of The Christ Movie, Russell Crowe, Jessica Simpson & Nick Leshay, Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, Michael Jackson, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston, Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline, Oprah Winfrey.
I expect to see death polls on XPT but not on VideoTeam.com.
VideoTeam executive Christian Mann responds to my email: "I knew that we ran polls, but I wasn’t aware of this one or the nature of the questions. The answer to your question is that this specific poll did not have my blessing and will be removed from the site."