Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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How to Make Money Like a Porn Star By Neil Strauss
Book description: Sin City meets How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, in this graphic novel by the bestselling co-author of Jenna Jameson's autobiography. Claudia Corvette. From her tousled bedroom hair to her name-all the porn stars in this world take their names from supermodels and sports cars-she is adult entertainment's prototypical femme fatale. Her life is the collision of countless troubled-childhood clichΙs and grown-up wet dreams, projected onto her as surely as her videos project their blue light onto lonely men around the world. From its first panel, How to Make Money Like a Porn Star draws the reader into the dark world of girls like Claudia, the men who fantasize about them, and the monsters who control them. In the hands of Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss and illustrator Bernard Chang, this adult graphic novel weaves together black humor and blacker reality. Like all great American stories, it features humble beginnings, life-changing tragedy, stripping, abuse, implants, fame, addiction, bigger implants, abduction, gunplay, downfall, and even bigger implants. Not to mention a thousand shades of latex and L'Oreal. Part parody, part morality tale, here is the truth about the porn life, its outsized visual splendor captured in a comic parade of doe-eyed centerfolds, its essence distilled in a story that will haunt every reader who has ever wondered where his next fantasy is coming from.
Luke's camera of death at it again
Eddie writes: "Apparently this girl is "sunny lane." I've never seen her but her name conjures up images of spending summer in the country so that's quite nice. Now, I'm not saying she's unattractive, but Luke's camera has done her a disservice."
Dan G posts:
Luke has outdone himself, by the way...somehow, he has managed to make Jana Cova look like s---, something I would have previously believed to have been impossible.
I must extend my congratulations to Hailey Young for passing her LFPAT (L-ke F-rd Photographic Acid Test) with flying colours...at the Adam & Eve party, she looked attractive and feminine in photos taken by none other than the 'Lens Of Doom' himself. Usually, this is something only the likes of Aria Giovanni and Sunny Leone can get away with, so bravo girl!
Cytheria Commits Grand Theft Auto?
Cytheria showed up Friday afternoon at my friend's workplace to return his car. She had been borrowing it to run her various "errands" for many days. When my friend informed her that she could not borrow his car anymore, she freaked out, screaming and yelling a bunch of her tweaker nonsense at him. Then she grabbed the keys and took off running as fast as she could, jumped in the car and sped off. The car and Cy have not been seen since. If anyone sees her, please tell her to return this car to the owner.
I took the 90-minute memoir-writing workshop with Harold Robbins' third wife Jann. She's got a book coming out about her relationship with Harold. She says he did not care about bad reviews but they drove her crazy.
Jann's working on a book with the widow Erica McClaine. It's told in the voice of Erica's late husband Clive, the British pornographer. The couple spent over $100,000 for useless alternative remedies for Clive's brain cancer.
Digital Playground Throws Party For Island Fever 4
Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Karlie Montana Karlie Montana Karlie Montana Flower Tucci Karlie Montana Karlie Montana Flower Tucci, Gianna Lynn Flower, Gianna Tommy Gunn Tommy Gunn Gia Paloma pic pic pic Lexi Love Lexi Love Lexi Love (L-R) Flower Tucci, Lexi Love, Liv Wylder, Georgia Peach (L to R) Flower Tucci, Lexi Love, Liv Wylder, Georgia Peach, Lorelei Lee & Gia Paloma Lexi Love (L to R) Flower Tucci, Lexi Love, Liv Wylder, Georgia Peach, Lorelei Lee & Gia Paloma pic Lexi Love Gianna Lynn Lezley Zen? Lezley Zen? Regan Reese Sophia Lynn and Regan Reese Sophia Lynn and Regan Reese Sophia Lynn and Regan Reese Regan Reese Angel Cassidey, Audrey Bitoni Angel Cassidey (L-R) Havana Ginger, Ben English, Audrey Bitoni Havana Ginger, Ben English, Audrey Bitoni Havana Ginger, Ben English, Audrey Bitoni, Angel Cassidey Havana Ginger, Ben English, Audrey Bitoni, Angel Cassidey Havana Ginger, Ben English, Audrey Bitoni, Angel Cassidey Mindy Main Angel Cassidey, Audrey Bitoni Angel Cassidey, Audrey Bitoni Marco Banderas with his wife Lisa Lee Marco Banderas with his wife Lisa Lee Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Sasha Grey Sasha Grey Sasha Grey Lacie Heart and her boyfriend Scott Nails Lacie Heart, Scott Nails Lacie Heart friend, Lynn LeMay Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Sophia Santi Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Jesse Jane pic Sophia Santi Sophia Santi Sophia Santi Sophia Santi Sophia Santi Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Shay Jordan Teagan Presley Jana Cova pic Jana Cova Jana Cova, Jesse Jane Jana Cova, Jesse Jane Teagan Presley Jana Cova, Evan Stone, Jesse Jane Vanessa Blue Vanessa Blue Jana Cova, Teagan, Jesse pic Teagan Presley, Jesse Jane Teagan Presley Teagan Presley Teagan Presley Teagan Presley Jesse Jane Jesse Jane Evan Stone Marie Luv Marie Luv Marie Luv Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Hillary Scott
Email Luke if you can help me with the photo IDs. AVN reports.
I arrive at Sunset Beach at 8:50 p.m. Sept. 17. With the other photographers, I get a place on the stage beside the red carpet.
Cody stands beside a desk and determines who can get into the party. "You can let any girls in," Adella tells him.
The first porn star to arrive, Katja Kassin, avoids the red carpet and goes straight upstairs to the party.
Lynn LeMay and Vivid girl Stefani Morgan arrive shortly after 9 p.m. but wait around for half an hour before they'll walk the red carpet behind the other girls.
Stefani tells an interviewer that she's dating four guys. She only wants to have fun. She's not ready to settle down with one guy.
Shay Jordan -- the Digital Playground contract girl. About four months ago, she came into the industry as Nani. Supposedly her parents found out what she was doing and she quit the business (that's what her Exotic Star Models agent said when she cancelled all Nani's bookings, and people called Nani up and said oh that is so sad that your parents found out and took it badly) only to sign with Digital?
Supposedly Playboy was supposed to have first rights on signing her (maybe for Club Jenna?).
Joan writes: "The girl on Georgia Peach's left (the one with the white blond hair and the black dress that plunges to below her belly button) is Lorelie Lee. Her MySpace page."
Rebecca writes:
I read your blurb on "Squirting" and I wanted to write and provide you with a link which I hope will help with this subject.
I applaud you for your straight on attack of child pornographers and would love to have you take the same stand on this issue. Especially given the implications for women. But I think your info needs to be updated.
Holly Randall's New Shoots
HollyRandall: This
is Veronica Saint -- a very sweet girl who is thinking about doing
her first girl/girl, but wants to shoot with Aria:
HollyRandall: This
is the shoot I did on her for the Valentine's issue of Hustler magazine
Again
HollyRandall: This
is Darenzia-- she used to be a photo editor at Penthouse when Bob was
still running the show
HollyRandall: She's a fetish model who brought all of her own latex gear--
which was great for me because I need to shoot more latex but it's so
expensive. Some of her outfits, such as this
one were custom made for her which must've cost a fortune.
HollyRandall: This of course is Mia
Rose, Ava's sister HollyRandall: She's
a really sweet girl, like Ava
HollyRandall: I also shot a content exchange with Crystal Klein again,
but I've shot her so many times I really wanted her to look different
this time. Here
we added a bunch of different colored hair extensions
HollyRandall: Here
we put her in a shoulder-length dark brown wig
HollyRandall: And here was one of my original ideas -- a short blag wig
in latex, we went with a bit of an Asian theme here
HollyRandall: And I
shot Ginger Lee again -- such a cutie I just love her thick Southern
accent.
HollyRandall: And LA Direct has a beautiful new girl that we'll be shooting
soon. We are also bringing in Valentina Vaughn for another shoot on location
and plan to shoot Stormy again too
HollyRandall: Last week marked shoot #2990, which means we'll hit the
3,000th shoot after the next 10 bookings.
Paulina James Interview
She calls me Sunday night. She says that since fifth grade she's wanted to become a porn star. "I think I was in fifth grade when I watched my first porn video. When I watched them, I always wanted to be that girl on tv.
"At Newport Harbor High School, I hung out with the popular crowd. I was on the cheerleading and dance teams. I graduated a year early. I had a 3.0 GPA. I loved the social life. I had no problem making friends. I was a good girl during the day and a bad girl during the night. I partied a lot.
"I've done a year of college. I'm planning to go back. I'm focusing on my career now. I'm working every day. I want to start my own clothing line.
"I lost my virginity at 15 to my boyfriend of one year. I still love him. We still talk.
"I've slept with about 30 guys outside of the industry."
Paulina's done about 30 scenes.
Her first lesbian experience was with her present roommate -- her best friend the porn star Kendra Devon.
"I love the people [in porn]. I love the attitudes. I've always wanted to be on tv.
"My friends are cool about it. They want to hang out with me more.
"When I first started getting into porn, I was dating this one guy. He liked the idea. 'OK, I'm dating a porn star.' His ego went whoa. Sometimes I'd come home and be tired and we'd have sex but I'd be tired. He got very controlling. Like most girls you talk to with boyfriends, they want them to stop doing porn. I don't want you doing boy-girl. Only girl-girl.
"I'm an independent girl now. I don't have the time to deal with immature boys telling me what to do.
"I told my mom three weeks ago. I was up in Vegas. My mom was all worried. 'Why are you in Vegas?'
"I said, 'Mom, look. I don't want to hide anything from you. I paid off my car three years ago. I pay my own bills. This is what I do. I'm trying to do it the right way. I go to industry parties but I go to work. I don't do drugs. I'm a good girl. My mom's a hairdresser.
"My dad's a make-up artist. He works on CSI New York and The Bold and the Beautiful. I just told him a couple of days ago. He kinda knew what I was doing. 'Where are you getting all this money? Why did you move up to Hollywood?' He said, 'Wow, if you ever need someone to talk to...'
"They're both cool with it. They both know. That's one less thing to stress about."
Hells Angels Ventura Chapter Partied Sept 10 At Lake Casitas
My source writes: "Everyone behaved, plenty of food and drink, entertainment, music, perfect weather, girls, guys, families. we had representation from at least 6 nearby chapters. i'd guess there were over 300 hells angels there and about 3000 people came through the gates overall. it ran all day until dusk. not even a disagreement the whole time (the word argument too strong) between anyone much less any problems! the metal mulisha were flawless in their stunts. we showcased all music from hip-hop to country to death metal. devon did a great job interviewing the metal mulisha riders and the cage fighters, i think she's a natural. all will be on dvd by christmas."
Girls Girls Fight Casitas Rap for internet blue shirt portrait Casitas Rap for internet treo Girls Casitas metal mal crash test dummy Casitas photo shoot
Crazy interview with Kylie Richards
Dana Vespoli pregnant with Manuel Ferrara's child
Shawn writes: "Jeez Luke, you're a little behind. Dana and Manuel have been together for quite a while. In fact they got married in Vegas in January 2005."
Tony Malice emails: "I couldn't be more happy for the loving couple."
Adam & Eve Submission Of O Party
Nina Hartley Nina Hartley Nina Hartley Nina Hartley Nina Hartley Lexi Love Lexi Love? Georgia Peach Georgia Peach Georgia Peach Georgia Peach Georgia Peach Liv Wylder Liv Wylder Liv Wylder Liv Wylder Liv Wylder Liv Wylder SugarDVD Ceo Jax Smith and co Sugar DVD crew pic pic pic pic pic Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Hailey Young, Sunny Lane Sunny Lane, Hailey Young Hailey Young, Sunny Lane Hailey Young, Sunny Lane Hailey Young Hailey Young
Every time I walk down Sunset or Hollywood Blvds, particularly at night, I feel that the world is a scary place. Everything around me seems unkosher, from the restaurants to the people, from the sodomites to the transgendered.
I wonder if I am alone in my fears? I asked Tod Hunter and photographer J.R. at the Adam & Eve Surrender of O bondage party Thursday night and found I was very much alone.
My evening began on a mellow note -- at the LA Weekly screening of The U.S. vs. John Lennon. It's a polemical documentary in favor of Lennon. I sat next to pigs masquerading as young men. They ate loudly and rocked in their seats, passing their buckets of popcorn back and forth.
I wondered if people would be better behaved at a documentary on Dennis Prager?
Is is a surprise that a documentary about a man who rebelled against traditional morality would attract a scruffy crowd?
Daniel Metcalf emails: "Are you thinking of Lennon or Lenin? I haven't seen the documentary you're citing, but even a casual read of "Lennon Remembers" (not a true autobiography per se, but a collection of Rolling Stone magazine interviews) leaves the astute reader with a distinct picture of a doting father and devoted husband who happened to write some of the greatest songs of the Sixties and Seventies."
I fled an hour into the film for the tranquility and purity of The Submission of O party.
One porn girl didn't want me to take her picture. She objected to things I'd published about her on this site. She wondered if my misogyny flowed from my Republican values.
"Why do you think I'm misogynistic?" I asked.
"Because on your site you portray women as stupid and inane."
"Do you think the women I interview could be stupid and inane?"
"Perhaps. But why do you focus on them? You're a cool guy in person, Luke, but your site..."
Penthouse Party
Jesse Capelli, friend Aaralyn Barra, Tee Reel Aaralyn Barra, Tee Reel Aaralyn Barra, Tee Reel Aaralyn Barra Aaralyn Barra Mia Starr Mia Starr Mia Starr Kayla Page Kayla Page Penthouse Pets (L-R) Melissa Jacobs, Krista Ayne, Bella Starr, Lexie Karlsen Penthouse Pets (L-R) Heather Vandeven, Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz, Navaeh, Celeste Star, Jennifer Emerson, Shay Laren, Charlie Lain Pets Pets Bella Starr, Lexie Karlsen Pets Pets Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Pets Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Heather, Martina, Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Heather, Martina, Jamie Lynn, Renee Diaz Heather Vandeven Heather Krista Ayne Lexie Pets Melissa Jacobs Shay Laren, Nevaeh, Jennifer Emerson Pic? Nevaeh, Jennifer Shay Laren Nevaeh, Jennifer Nevaeh, Jennifer Pets Pets Shay Laren Krista Ayne Pets Charlie Laine, Krista Ayne Krista Ayne Pets Melissa, Charlie Melissa, Charlie Krista Pets surround Raquel Borges in the pink
After my intense interviews Wednesday afternoon, after the life-changing conversations I had with these fallen women, I figured that I would find a glint in the eyes of my Penthouse girls Thursday night.
You can look at the pictures above and judge for yourself the impact I made on their lives.
If I could just touch one life, it would be like saving an entire world.
DuckHunt writes on XPT: "I looked at the rest of Luke's pictures and it seems a lot of girls are checking out. And people are suprised at sagging dvd sales?"
Hmm writes: "Renee Diaz is my pick for next Penthouse Pet to go hardcore. She looks good in her scenes. She's a natural."
Martin Del Toro Fired From Redlight District
Willie, the poster above is actually accurate in the statement that Martin Del Toro was fired from Red Light District Video. I'm surprised it wasn't all over the trade rags. It is true he was caught stealing heavily from the company. If there is a way to get yourself quickly banished from this oh-so-forgiving industry, committing acts of theft from a great company like Red Light is akin to the Death Penalty. They have a great core group of phenomenal directors but this two-faced, lying imbecile should not have been one of them. It really sucks because their current stable of directors are nothing but class acts who don't resort to lying, manipulating, forging, defrauding, stealing, cheating. It's amazing how stupid people are and can't see the forest from the trees. Cheating his own company for a little money here and there, stealing from the hands that feed you, then claiming everyone is lying but himself (after trying to get people to lie for him) is beyond my comprehension.
You see, if I pay more for talent or locations or photographer, I pay out of my own pocket. Red Light trusted Del Toro to shoot based on his talent but the money came out of Red Light's pocket, not Del Toro's who found a way to quickly scam his way for chump change. The trial date is set at November 22, 2006.
I already let all my friends in the industry know they have to be there including those who know Martin Del Toro closely, including his former employers, both male and female performers, agents, current journalists, and a friend of mine from the Feds. I want to see this idiot squirm under oath as everyone who knows him and the truth watches him lie under questioning. He has nobody to testify on his behalf because they all left him. Haley is not part of this smear campaign. It's likely a group of people who have been f---ed over by this colossal moron over the years. A couple of months ago, I asked him real nicely that if he apologizes to Haley, admits what he did, perhaps we can work it out without resorting to legal channels. Of course he denied everything not knowing how alarmingly armed with facts I was at that point. Absolutely convinced he was a patronizing, lying bulls--- artist who used to tell people that I f--- trannies and con girls into doing POV's and double anals for cheap, I decided to start the anti-Del Toro campaign to see where the information highway would lead me. Anyone who knows me knows I will spend money to find Haley representation on whatever she needs. The audacity he showed when he called me again was mind boggling. He attempted to sweet talk me into serving Haley papers while patronizing me and telling me how we were brothers and what a lying sack of s--- Haley was. Of course, he tried to convey to me that he was the true victim of his own ruse and he was the hallmark of honesty. That's when I realized I had a genuine snake on my hands. I have a bulls--- meter about 30 miles wide and every lie coming out of his mouth set off alarm bells. I know he conned Haley into marrying him for his green card. I have his former employer among others willing to testify that he told them such while he was sucking face with his girlfriend while married. His own girlfriend told me that Del Taco told her that he married Haley as a 'business arrangement' to get his green card. Unfortunately, nobody told Haley this at the time. She blindly accepts love for what it is and all she wants to do is pursue her education and better herself without lying, sniveling weasels like Del Taco. I know alot more now that his best friend he deceived and try to throw under the bus is willing to sign an affidavit that everything Del Taco wrote in his affidavit is pure bulls--- (including some rock thrown at his window which I truly believe he did to himself to elicit sympathy). He already let me know Del Toro forced him to sign court papers claiming he served Haley papers at an address she doesn't live in (my ex-shooting location currently occupied by a modeling agency) nor was present for. Interestingly, the house is owned by a Pepperdine Law student who is in possession of this mysterious manila envelope that didn't have a return address and has been kept unopened.
Haley lives in her own townhouse in a nice part of the Valley. Haley doesn't deserve this especially from a manipulative clown like Del Toro. She doesn't have a bad bone to her body. All I'm trying to do is bring closure for her and restore her dignity after getting emotionally bludgeoned by this soul-less, Satan worshipping retard. The minute I found out this morning from industry people I offered Del Toro a job as my Minion. $100 an Internet scene, 2 scenes a day, and I'll pay him on the spot without a voucher. I'm glad Del Taco was fired from Red Light. A great company like that doesn't deserve this cancer.
And, yes, I'm going to announce another directing deal for Haley coming up in the next few weeks. I'd love it if Haley can get this f---ed up chapter of her life over with and move on because Del Taco just f---ed his career in the porn industry up for good. As far as I'm concerned, he is not welcome at Anabolic/Diabolic. Nor any decent company that refuses to have pathological liars, factory assembly line directors who think about making the quick buck rather than further their careers and names, and thieves in their stable with a propensity for stupid antics like armpit f---ing and spitting on the lens. He actually came to Anabolic a few weeks ago in an attempt to get a job (after, of course, telling other companies he was available for work and that Anabolic was begging him to come aboard).
Unfortunately, I was on set that day and wasn't there. This imbecile claimed I was jealous of his style therefore his style, which was the future of Red Light, was available. It was funny because he had to sit in the lobby for over an hour while the staff tried to contact me. When I heard this, I couldn't fathom whether or not Del Taco was plain stupid or his intelligence was somehow impeded by Down Syndrome. I make about 8 times more money than him but I'm jealous that I can't copy armpit f---ing and zombie walking? It's odd.
When he was working under budgets for other companies in the past, he would nickel and dime everyone so he could make an extra buck or two. However, when he worked at Red Light that trusted him and paid his productions, he stole and stole and stole. Think about this, from a moron who claims he's shot 1000 MOVIES, not scenes, but MOVIES in the past 5 years (I've shot about 70 movies (not counting Internet) in three years and I'm a pretty prolific shooter). He's been FIRED now from Anarchy, Vertigo, American Hardcore, Hustler/VCA, Smash, Pearl, now Red Light and burned bridges with every single one of them.
He truly is an idiot and I have no sympathy for the guy and don't want anything to do with this manipulative f---. He probably can't even afford his steroids anymore and that lease on his car.
In addition, I contend that the use of his correct name is proper because he was a national celebrity in Hungary for marrying a noteable female celebrity 25+ years his senior, using her name to defraud investors, and taking off for America with the money.
Of course, he fled the country after some angry people beat the s--- out of him, plucked his two front teeth and left him hospitalized for three weeks. One investor who gave their life savings to him committed suicide. Those articles are also being sent from Budapest as well as other official documents. Trust me, I hate journalists who post porner's real names but, in this case, I consider it apropos considering he was a public figure in Eastern Europe. A celebrity because his wife rotted in jail for two years which humiliated her young daughter. Wanker Wang
P.S. I'm contemplating hiring on his editor he was cheating for money too. At least he can take solace that I'll never screw him out of money. I may be a prick but nobody in the industry can say I screwed them out of money or tried to cheapen their rates or took kickbacks. Del Toro is truly one dumb asshole. You'll probably see him back at Heatwave shooting blowjob videos for $50 a scene like he did before.
P.P.S. My offer to have Martin Del Toro become my Minion still stands. But he will not have access to my checks or any financial responsibility within my corporation.
P.P.P.S. Due to my heartfelt sympathy for this sniveling scoundrel, I will publicly make an offer to take over the lease of his car. I will replace it with my minion's car which is a 1991 Mazda Miata convertible for free. After all, even thieves need a way to get around.
Here is why the adult press is so screwed up
From time to time I will send in a press release about my company Paradise Visuals to one of the adult news websites. I try to only send in story's that may be newsworthy. I would have to say that 90% of the time my stories don't run. I am releasing a movie on DVD called The Devil In. Mr. Holmes, maybe you heard of it? It was the last movie that John Holmes made. It happens to be one of the most controversial movies in the history of porn. You see John Holmes retired in the mid 80's, but an Italian producer offered Paradise Visuals a large sum of money to lure Holmes out of retirement. Nobody knew that the reason John retired was that he was HIV positive. Fortunately John did not pass the virus to anybody, but did die shortly after. There's a great interview with Laurie Holmes (John's widow) on the disc, that discusses at length where John may have contracted HIV. For good measure we threw in a featurette called "John Holmes meets Ginger Lynn". Call me crazy, but I find this DVD's release news worthy. Yet, the so -called adult media has not run the release information.
Is XXXPornTalk Good For The Jews?
How many satellite suicides or psychiatric hospitalizations have been the direct result of a young woman's involvement in pornography in the last decade do you reckon? I composed this question on my lunchbreak at work. I sat on a crate and at a corned beef & swiss sandwich out of the Sanese vending machine. A 12 fluid ounce can of V-8 washed it down. The sandwich cost $1.35, the V-8 $1.00. The question is directly proportional to value of the job, the lunch, and the tier grating I stared at as it formed in my thoughts.
By satellite suicides I mean not the young pornographic women themselves, but those whose lives theirs intersected with -- be it family, lovers, friends, acquaitancers or interlopers pre or post pornography, as a direct or mo9stly or partially direct result of her involvement in the pornography. I doubt if iafd.com tallies these, but maybe someone does.
Penthouse Pets Jennifer Emerson, Bella Starr
Jennifer Emerson Bella Starr Bella Starr
As a child, Jennifer wanted to be a veterinarian. "I love animals. I have two dogs and they're my life. I don't have any kids or boyfriend. Maybe I'll still go to school one day."
She laughs.
Bella has a degree in Marine Biology.
Jennifer: "I have my associates degree in business and I also have my real estate license."
In highschool, "I hung out with the people who skipped school and were bad."
Bella: "I was president of the national honors society and I was the secretary of my senior year class.
"I started doing figure modeling for the Brooks Institute. Then I modeled for some little websites. Penthouse has been the most glamorous."
Bella's modeled for a living for two years.
Jennifer: "A lot of people asked me if I was a model. I thought that must be something. I should try it out. I did this one little backwoods magazine and I started doing more and more and built my own website (jennifer-emerson.com)."
Jennifer writes on her website: "I am thrilled to be a part of the "New" Penthouse!! Penthouse Magazine has cleaned up the magazine and made some drastic changes in the past few months. I can honestly say that it is Classy, Tasteful, and Respectful now. I do not think that 1 year ago I would have agreed to pose for Penthouse, but now their image is completely different, and I am HONORED to be on the Cover, and a part of Penthouse's new beginning!"
Luke: "How did modeling affect your relationships with men?"
She laughs. "It did affect it. To date me you have to be secure and confident and trust me and know that it is a job. A lot of guys think we're out sleeping around and that this is a big orgy. It's affected a few relationships."
Bella: "I've been lucky to have dated some supportive guys and not guys who think they can tote along and be suitcase pimps."
"My sister was in a sorority and her sorority sisters did not like it. That caused a rift for a while. The rest of my family is supportive. They love me but they're not quite sure what to make of it. They love to see my issues when they come out."
Jennifer: "I haven't lost any friends because they weren't friends to begin with if they can't accept this. Yes, I've lost certain people who are jealous and hate on you. I'm an educated person. I'm intelligent. I'm a good person. Just because I got naked for a magazine does not mean that I am the devil.
"My mom is the VP of this company and she was my issue framed on the wall at work."
Penthouse Pet Renee Diaz
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As a kid, Renee, who turns 22 in three months, wanted to be a model and a lawyer.
"I was working [in Las Vegas] at Black Angus as a hostess. I needed some extra cash. In the weekly, there's a whole [section] of adult ads. I did some website content and made $400. That was more than my paycheck in a month."
"I like getting my make-up done and my hair done. Normally I wear jeans and a t-shirt."
She's been in a relationship for three years.
"I used to babysit for my friends and all the times and the wives have said, 'She can't come over.' They're afraid I'm going to take their husbands. You've known me since I was ten years old. That's so sad."
"I'm Mormon. I grew up that sex was something done in a room. My family was supportive. They were proud of me.
"I go to church every once in a while but I don't stay through all the classes. In Mormon church, you sit there and say prayers and then you go into little classes. I have the Book of Mormon at home and every once in a while I'll read it."
Renee hasn't met any other Mormons in the industry. "Everybody is so surprised."
"At 13 [at church], they started kicking me out of the classes because I'd have questions and they couldn't answer them."
"In highschool I got along with everybody. They called me the chameleon. I could blend in with anybody."
Why Mary Carey's Mom Jumped Off A Four-Story Building
She told Mary yesterday that she needed $500.
Mary is at her side in Florida while her mom goes into surgery.
"It's inspired me to give blood," says Mary, "but I'm not sure anyone should have my xanax alcohol-filled blood."
"I don't know why God keeps trying to kill the people I love."
Mary's mom jumped off the building Thursday, fell four stories, landed on her feet, broke her legs and a bone in a back. It was her first attempt at killing herself.
Mary flew to Florida Thursday morning with her new guy Carolla. He says he'll be her boyfriend if she quits xanax and alcohol.
Mary asks that we pray for her and her mother.
Does God listen to the prayers of pornographers? That I am still alive indicates that He does not.
6 p.m. update: Mary's mom has come out of surgery and is doing fine.
Penthouse Pet Playoff
They're competing to become the Penthouse Pet of the Year 2007.
Nevaeh Nevaeh Nevaeh Nevaeh Nevaeh Shay Laren Shay Laren Shay Laren Shay Laren Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Lexie Karlsen Melissa Jacobs Melissa Jacobs Melissa Jacobs Melissa Jacobs Melissa Jacobs Melissa Jacobs (L-R) Navaeh, Melissa Jacobs, Heather Vandeven, Lexie Karlsen Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Renee Diaz Krista Ayne Krista Ayne Krista Ayne Krista Ayne Jennifer Emerson Bella Starr Bella Starr Celeste Star Celeste Star Celeste Star Celeste Star Celeste Star
The Pets -- Celeste Star (July 05), Melissa Jacobs (Oct. 05), Renee Diaz (Nov. 05) Bella Starr (Dec. 05), Heather Vandeven (Jan. 06), Charlie Laine (Feb. 06), Jennifer Emerson (March 06), Krista Ayne (April 06), Nevaeh (May 06), Shay Laren (June 06) and Lexie Karlsen (July 06) -- meet photographers at a hotel in Sherman Oaks Wednesday afternoon.
I arrive at 1:10 p.m., 20 minutes early. There's a generous food and drink spread.
Lainie introduces me to Heather and Lexie. I take the two Pets off to a table and sit them down for an hour-long chat (audio).
Aside from two video guys who show up to do fluffy interviews, I'm the only media in the room.
I try to use my powers for good.
Lexie: "Starting at 16, I wrote for newspapers (Arizona Republic, Phoenix Gazette) and magazines (Stuff, Perfect 10). Then I started modeling. I was a Playboy Playmate in 1999. I did Perfect 10. Here I am at age 28."
Heather: "Even as a child, I was pervy. I remember as a child (about seven) finding a nudie magazine and thinking the girls were so beautiful and hoping that one day I could be a naked model.
"I've always been an outsider. I hung out with four girls in highschool [in Santa Rosa, CA]. One was the class president. I was always skateboarding. The other was really into science and the other was really into fashion."
Lexie: "I was always the smart girl. I was in the AP classes. I went to a ghetto school with a lot of gangsters in Mesa, Arizona."
Lexie says she never slept with anyone she interviewed, but she did sleep with a guy named Dan in Arizona who interviewed her. "I thought I liked his personality but then I found out he was boring and terrible in bed. Then he asked me to move in with him. It was all over after that."
Heather: "When I was 17, I graduated from highschool and I joined the Army for two and a half years. I trained with men in basic training. I learned how to use rocket launches, how to throw grenades, machine guns, hand to hand combat. My actual job in the military was food inspection.
"I lived in the jungles of Costa Rica. I've traveled the world. My whole life has been about going on adventures.
"The men in the military were not attractive to me. I think I slept with two (colleagues). My first roommate in the military was a bull dyke -- muscular, short hair, she did welding for the Navy. One night I was in the shower. She came home drunk and opened up the bathroom door and said, 'Pretty, pretty Heather, why don't you come with me to my bedroom?' I remember sitting in the shower cowering. I said, 'I'm not interested. Please leave me along.'
"I first had sex with a man at 15. It was with my boyfriend to the sweet music of Rick James. The first time I had sex with a woman, I was about 20.
"In my relationships, I'm heterosexual. I am attracted to women but we're too similar. I need something to balance me out."
Lexie: "I like men. My first guy was my boyfriend at 15. It was terrible. My first time with a girl was 17. It wasn't good either. She was rough. Her fingernails were too sharp."
Luke: "How has being a nude model affected your relationships with men?"
Heather: "It can be difficult. They tend to get jealous and needy. 'What are you doing? Who are you with?'"
Lexie: "It's the same. They start out loving it. Their friends love it. Then further down the road, they start getting insecure. The worst thing you can do is try to confine me. I'm a redhead and a Scorpio. I'm Irish Italian.
"It really impacts relationships. It becomes too much for most men to handle."
Luke: "You've chosen being a nude model over being able to have a relationship with most men."
Heather: "I never think of it as that. I always have relationships with men, even if it is short-lived.
"If no man will accept me, I'll just have lots of cats."
Lexie: "Maybe I'll be married lots of times."
Luke: "How has being a nude model affected your platonic relationships with women?"
Shay Laren: "I did lose my best friend because she thought it was ruining my life. I didn't appreciate that she didn't support me in something that I wanted to do. Younger women [tend] to be supportive. 'How can I do that?' Older women are like, 'Why are you doing this?'
"I don't really care what other people think."
Lexie: "One of my friends from highschool thought it was so degrading. But you can't look at it that way. It's empowering to women. You have to have a lot of confidence to show your body. You'd think they'd respect that.
"My mom is supportive. 'Make all the money you can.' My dad thought it was great."
Heather: "My friends are alternative and far removed from this industry. That I'm in this industry is entertaining. I was very apprehensive about getting into it. I thought it would affect my traditional acting and modeling but it's only helped."
"My family support me. They refer to Penthouse as 'The House.' I showed my grandmother my centerfold. She loved it."
Lexie: "Me too."
Heather: "She saw that I was sound in body, mind and spirit and that I made these choices out of clarity, not desperation.
"I have a degree in Education from Southern Illinois University and I'm working on my masters in Nutrition."
"I'm monogamous for the most part."
I ask Lexie: "Have you ever had sex for money?"
Lexie: "No comment."
She laughs.
Shay: "I hate people calling me a porn star. I hate people talking about one breast being slightly larger than the other on every page of the internet as though anyone can have perfect natural breasts. People critiquing you, crazy horny pervs who probably have one ball sac talking about your boobs. I'm moving from Maui to here and that's hard. Other than that, I'm a positive person."
Lexie: "I have two kids (boys two and one). I'm a MILF. I love my kids. I love getting older because you become more comfortable in your own skin. Sexually it just keeps getting better. When I was 17, I didn't want to live past 24.
"Nobody has it all. I have arthritis really bad. But you have to look at the positive."
Luke: "Thank you Deepok Chopra."
Shay: "He's my hero."
Heather: "I've been having trouble balancing traveling, having fun, career and relationships. I'm driven in my career and love what I do. I hate that it affects my relationships and that I can't give people the time they want from me.
"Being I'm seen naked all the time, I'm dedicated to my yoga practice and to eating well. My friends my age are losing it and I'm only getting better. I get to look beautiful and have my picture taken and talk to interviewers.
"Ultimately, I want to live in nature."
Shay: "I want to be known as the person that everyone cherishes and that everyone can come to for advice."
Lexie: "My two year old watches me model. When I say, 'Mommy has to go off to work,' he says, 'Model!' and pushes up his shirt. And he poses."
Lexie laughs. "I try to create an environment where he knows that it is very natural and he won't be embarrassed by it. In my house, I have my covers on the wall. Not that they're explicit. I've never done anything hardcore. I do censor out if there are boobies. I just want to raise him in a world where it's very natural and a job like anything else.
"I'd rather him be able to survive in the world than to keep him sheltered from everything. People are judgmental but they're going to be that no matter what."
Heather: "I am not going to have children. My mother had a child when I was 14 and I experienced what it was like to be a mother. I'm not interested.
"If I did have a kid [and he comes home crying because he was teased that his mom was a centerfold]. Yes, mommy poses naked. Mommy was lucky one day so she could do that. This is proof that you can do whatever you want and it will be OK with mommy."
Lexie: "I wrote a book, a dating guide for divorced men -- The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating: How to Meet More Women. I had my own publishing company."
"I like to drink wine. I have a high tolerance because I come from a long line of alcoholics. A bottle is nothing."
Heather: "I struggle with television. I try not to watch it because I know it makes you dumb. It wastes you. But part of me loves TV. For years, I didn't have a TV. I recently got a TV back and I've been fighting my addiction to TV."
"I was a late bloomer. I was very athletic. I remember in junior high and parts of highschool, girls were like, 'Maybe you were just meant to be a boy. Maybe that's why you're totally flat-chested and you can do ten pull-ups and run the mile in seven minutes.' I was devastated. I used to stuff my bra.
"I was about 15 when the skateboarders started to recognize I was cute."
"Modeling has helped heal it. I did not seek out modeling. One of the people at Penthouse saw my picture on a friend's computer, otherwise I would never have pursued it."
Lexie: "Kids were mean to me. Redheads get singled out."
"I come from a broken family. When he was in his mean stage, my stepdad would say, 'You're so ugly.'"
Shay: "I still haven't grown into my nose."
He calls me from New York. "When I told people a few months ago that I was beginning to work on my Fahrenheit 9/11 Ugly George-type movie, I got a lot of guffaws. They said I was passe.
"I got development money for my movie and Michael Moore is already worried. It will have some 9/11 stuff and some incredibly beautiful babes and a lot of celebrities."
Analysts Are Split on Playboy As Ad Sales, TV Business Falter
Playboy magazine, perhaps the best known of the company's products, is also one of the company's biggest money losers. In the last quarter, Playboy's publishing business posted a loss of $1.8 million. While that was $500,000 narrower than the year earlier, Playboy executives told investors they expect ad revenue to fall about 17% on year in the current quarter.
Given the losses, analysts have said Playboy should sell its magazine to a large publishing house in a deal in which it could retain editorial control and license the Playboy brand. Licensing, which carries almost no overhead, has better profit margins, analysts point out.
Eavesdropping At Gathering To Honor Rob Spallone's Brother Roy
Roy died of natural causes in Costa Rica around September 5.
Wednesday afternoon, about 100 people from the industry stopped by Rob's Woodland Hills house including James DiGiorgio (these former partners turned bitter enemies for almost five years are now speaking civilly again after running into each other in Palm Springs Sept. 2), Marty Turkel, Ron Sullivan, Vinny D...
Rob Spallone emails Thursday: "THANK YOU AND EVERY ONE WHO SHOULD UP OR CALLED OR E MAILED ME IT MENT A LOT TO ME AND MY FAMELY AND I WONT FOR GET IT THERE R SOME GOOD PEOPLE OUT HERE THANKS AGEN TO EVERYONE."
I overheard the following:
"The Israelis ruined this business."
"Do you know the day this industry went to hell? When Dibi got whacked. After that, anyone who wanted in could come in."
"When I came in this business, there were 1,200 releases a year. Now there's that many a month. Now anyone who picks up a camera thinks he's a director."
I love it when pornographers talk about their work as though it takes some special skill. I love it when they decry the lack of standards, the lack of professionalism, the lack of integrity, the lack of unity in the industry. I love to spot other people's self-delusions (but I resent it when other people point mine out).
Marty Turkel, 72, spent two months in the hospital, enduring five surgeries. One evening before a surgery, the doctor told him that his odds of making it were 50/50.
Marty (who doesn't drive yet but is back at work at Juicy Entertainment) says he would never have made it without the care of his wife who was at his bedside every day.
Ron Sullivan hobbles in on a cane. He was recently in the hospital again because of a stomach infection.
James DiGiorgio is growing his hair long. He now has two grandkids.
Joe Spallone is retired. Since he cut his thumb off in 1998, it's been difficult to play golf. His wife Barbara works for Michael Esposito.
The Spallones are flying to New York Thursday.
Much of the industry (including Marty's salesman friend Ed Kaile) is at the CCBill gathering in Arizona.
Mary Carey: 'My Mom Jumped Off A Building'
Mary leaves me this message Wednesday: "My mom just jumped off a building [four stories]. I'm on my way to Florida. Call me."
Audio. I call Mary back and ask, "Is she still alive?"
"Yes. She's in stable but critical condition."
Mary's in tears. "That's my church calling. I'll call you right back."
She calls me back. "I was at a party last night with Kendra [Jade] and Chyna. The photos are on WireImage.com. Then I woke up this morning and there were two messages from the hospital."
Luke: "When did you last talk to your mother?"
Mary: "Yesterday. But only quickly. I spoke to her this morning while she was in the hospital. I told her to hold on. I hope she doesn't die before I get there.
"She said she had a reason for jumping."
Mary asks that everyone pray for her mom.
Chyna Gets Down and Dirty with Porn Star
Tara Reid has some competition for her crown as Hollywood's biggest train wreck -- Chyna Doll. The former WWE and "Surreal Life" star (yes, we're using that term loosely) was out partying with porn star Mary Carey ... and what a sight they were.
The two busty women were dressed in matching (and ridiculous) outfits, flirting with everyone they could, including each other, on their way out of Hollywood hot spot Shag. At one point Mary even grinds against Chyna, lifting the wrestler's skirt to an even more inappropriate length.
Lara Roxx's Middle East Peace Plan
Lara tested HIV-positive in April 2004. She caught the disease from Darren James while they were doing a double anal.
I call her in Montreal (her email and paypal is lararoxx@yahoo.com) Tuesday afternoon.
Luke: "How are you?"
Lara, 24: "I just lost my cat and I'm having my period and I'm feeling really upset."
"There's a cemetery between my apartment and the biggest boulevard."
Luke: "What work are you doing these days?"
Lara: "I'm working on answering emails that I've been getting for two years and haven't answered."
Lara takes five phone calls during our brief conversation.
Lara: "I want you to write that I'm going back to school. That I have an apartment, a car and a boyfriend. That everything is normal. I'm taking tri-therapy -- three medications to not only stabilize HIV but reduce it in your blood to an undetectable and untransmitable level. Just what Magic Johnson is doing. What else? I'm broke, as usual. Somebody who really wanted to send me money set up my paypal account -- lararoxx@yahoo.com."
Luke: "How does your boyfriend deal with you being HIV-positive and you being a famous porn star?"
Lara: "We don't talk about it. He found out on his own. He didn't try to confront me about it. I know he found out because I know how to go on his history on his computer. He did a Google search on my medication. He's trying to make me say it. When he sees that I don't want to talk about it, he doesn't force me.
"He's 36. In his life, he's gone with about 50 - 100 girls but only had sex without a condom with one. It's not even an option. If it did come to -- let's do it without the condom -- I would have to say it.
"I don't hide to take my medication.
"He's Lebanese. I eat healthy with him."
Luke: "Is he HIV-positive?"
Lara: "No. I think he might have something else, which he doesn't want to talk about."
Luke: "What about your music, your rap?"
Lara: "I put that project on hold. I can't decide which producer I want to work with.
"I don't have time to party. I need to pay my expenses. My HIV-medication costs $1,000 a month."
Luke: "How have you changed since you got into the industry and now?"
Lara: "It took me a long time to come back to my initial confidence in myself, but I'm less superficial. I used to live for my nails and my tan. I'm more interested in stuff like politics and religion and stuff going on around me and not just me, me, me."
Luke: "Have you become religious?"
Lara: "Not really, but I understand religion better and I want to learn more.
"My father's Jewish. My mother's Christian. I've always been interested in the differences. My father's an Arab Jew, and Arab Jews and Arab Muslims hate each other. Israel is invading all kinds of countries and the Americans are selling them weapons and they have no interest in peace. It makes me want to do something."
"I've never been close to my mom but that's changing slowly. She used to be open-minded. Now she's close-minded, not about me and diseases, but about political and religious opinions. She's on one side and I'm on the other."
Luke: "Did you lose any friends after testing HIV-positive?"
Lara: "Two guys who thought that I wanted them so bad that if I saw them, I would try to rape them. They cut contact with me. Remember that one boyfriend I went to court over because I didn't tell him until a few months into the relationship?
"Some of my friends have made it a point to drink out of the same glass as me."
Luke: "Do you feel sexy and desirable?"
Lara: "Yes. Why? You don't think I'm sexy?"
Luke: "No."
Lara: "I'm even sexier and more desirable."
Jewel DeNyle Cuts Ties With Her Mother
Jewel replies to the ADT question - have you cried for joy?
"Yes when I cut all ties to my mother who looks like a crack whore. I couldn't be happier washing my hands of her and I had tears of joy."
Director Michael Payne Interview
I'm a whore and a smut peddler too. but I don't feel guilty about it, I don't measure myself or anybody by the standards set by society and my ancestors. I live by my own rules; and when I say porn is the modern face of prostitution, I tend to tell it like it is, I don't tend to attack porn or disrespect people who are involved in porn. if you choose something as your profession, be honest about it. you don't need to explain or justify yourself to society.
As matrimonial commitments lose their effectiveness, traditional family and moral values collapse, and more people slip into depression and solitude , demand for porn increases. porn is the opium of the masses, the scapeway from the train wreck we call modern life; porn is the affordable, risk free, instant gratification. because of these, and many more attributes, demand, and hence production of porn is drastically increasing. however, the method of delivering the product is evolving fast. in a few years, DVD market will become obsolete, replaced by online streaming and other direct, more affordable, and more convenient methods of delivery.
Montreal Journalist Kristian Gravenor
Noticed you wrote about danni.com, which is an outfit which hired my good friend to write some scripts. My buddy was flown down a few months ago to see what could be done but it turned out that the porn actresses didn't want to do lines, or I should say they didn't want to recite dialogue. So it was a sorta fiasco as there was a flood there or something at the time and he returned without having gotten anything done. Anyway my buddy was surprised that the guy who got fired was viewed so dimly, he says that his impression was that this guy was one of the only people who really had it together in that operation.
Lara Roxx (her email and paypal is lararoxx@yahoo.com) just emailed me after a very long time out of contact, she spent a year working as a receptionist at a YMCA and has returned to finish her high school because she dreams of becoming a criminologist. She lives not far from downtown Montreal with her boyfriend, a Lebanese guy who she's been going out with since July. She was giggling and kidding around while she was talking as her boyfriend was there with her.
I Was Worried About Mary Carey, Kendra Jade, Chyna
But Mary croaked to me today that they all bought (at some trendy Hollywood store) bracelets to ward off evil.
Erica Alba (the Rhode Island stripper Mary flew out to L.A. a couple of weeks ago who then left Mary for Tawny Roberts) replies to me:
I kinda miss mary :'( and i wanna go back to l.a. aww she was fun - but uhm yeah i do have her purse and jeans.
im going to talk to mary to see if we can patch things up.. hopefully.. i dont know about porn just yet.. maybe some pics first or other jobs... hmmm mary knows all about that stuff - i LOVED l.a. i want to go back sooo bad... probably soon - me and tawny just did some talking and found out that mary was talkin s--- about us behind our backs and tawny told me that mary planned on "leaving me at some strip club" - it hurts ya know.. especially when you've been nothing but nice to someone - i still talk to tawny... i plan on going out to new york soon to visit her.
'Girls Gone Wild' Cuts Plea Deal
The California company responsible for the successful "Girls Gone Wild" series of videos has pleaded guilty to violating a federal law designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, the Justice Department announced today.
Mantra Films Inc. of Santa Monica pleaded guilty to charges that it failed to create and maintain age and identity documents for performers in sexually explicit films that it produced and distributed. The company also failed to label its DVDs and videotapes as required by federal law, the Justice Department said.
Here's a PDF of the plea agreement.
Cloud9 Content Bankrupt?
Lukeford.com reports Cloud9 Content has closed down after 5 years in business and is in the process of filing for bankruptcy.
Ben writes:
I worked for Scott Del Amo and Cloud 9 Content about two years ago. At first it was a great company to work. When I first started it was just Scott and a guy that he a friend referred to him named Mark that was living in Paris at the time. Because Mark was having problems in Paris and needed to make some money Scott invited him to come work for him in the loft in Korea Town and be the "manager" and video editor even though he only had basic editing skills. Scott and Mark both lived and worked in the loft. I answered an ad for a video editor in Oct of 2004 and met with Mark who explained that Cloud 9 had a contract with Metro Entertaiment to shoot scenes and deliver a finished master. The last editor did not have prior experience with ready to release films and so the final masters he made had video dropouts, the levels for both video and audio were wrong and the audio had many problems such as you can here constant clicking of the camera. Metro rejected every single video and told them to redo it. They fired the old editor, hired me at $1k per week and asked me to start the next day.
I started the next day and started correcting the problems of which there were many. About 4 days later my first completed video was done, they sent it to Metro Quality Control department and it passed with flying colors. Metro then starting cutting checks again and everything was good.
About a month into my gig there Scott went to Europe to marry Kelly Marie a pornstar and former Penthouse Pet. He was gone about two weeks and during that time Mark who was an admitted drug user started working less and less and to make up for it decided to hire another editor. A fat jewish guy from Arizona whose wife just divorced him and was complete wreck and a marginal editor at best.
While at Cloud 9 I edited the stuff they shot for Metro and stuff they did on their own like http://www.bethemask.com which is a staged website where its the same guys over and over again like "dez" but the website says by signing up you might get picked to do a scene with one of the girls.
Things were going okay, all my work was being approved by Metro and they were still cutting checks. The new guys work had been rejected by Metro so when Scott got back from Europe with Kelly Marie in tow he was pissed and was ready to fire him. Mark and the new editor were both jewish and Mark simply did not want to fire him when he needed a job and was gettng a divorce and etc etc. Mark talked Scott into letting him stay and told him that I would have to review all his work to make sure it would pass.
This really pissed me off because I dont like to do anyone elses job. If it would have been a gentile he would have gotten fired and thrown into the streets. The guy couldnt do the job. Fire him and move on.
This new arrangement coupled with Marks drug induced rants about how I wasnt editing as many movies as fast as I could was costing the company money and that Metro is the main source of income etc etc caused me to hate going to work. I walked into the office one last time in Jan. of 2005 and quit. I was extremely nice about it.
Long story short, Scott Del Amo can probably thank Mark from Paris for the destruction of Cloud 9 Content. Scott placed alot of trust in Mark and honestly I'm suprized it lasted this long but it was only a matter of time before Mark drove into the ground. Scott was the ONLY adult employer that I worked for that paid a fair wage, provided a decent setup and really tried his best to make everyone happy. Once he got married and decided to let someone else run the show it was never the same. I can only think that the same thing is happening at Danni.com. Scott is very smart , a great photographer and business man. Once he gets rid of Mark you will see him again.
Mark Foxman emails:
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RESPOND TO BENS REMARKS ABOUT CLOUD 9. I ALSO WORKED FOR SCOTT DELAMO AND MARK AS TALENT MANY TIMES. MARK WAS HIRED TO RUN CLOUD 9 SO SCOTT COULD SPEND TIME WITH HIS NEW WIFE KELLEMARIE. SCOTT WAS NEVER AROUND AND NEEDED SOMEONE TO DO THE WORK SO THE COMPANY COULD REMAIN OPEN AND PROSPER. MARK DID A GOOD JOB IN SCOTTS ABSENCE. THE REASON I BELIEVE THE COMPANY IS CLOSING IS BECAUSE OF HIS WIFE AND HER RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO RUIN SCOTT. SCOTT FILED FOR DIVORCE FROM KELLE AND KELLE WANTS TO RUIN HIM FROM WHAT I HEAR. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SHE HAS SUCCEEDED. SCOTT IS ONE OF THE NICEST AND MOST HONEST GUYS YOU WILL EVER MEET! YES BEN, HE IS VERY SMART AND I BELIEVE HE WILL RESURFACE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THRIVE LIKE HE DID BEFORE HE MEET HIS f---ED UP WIFE. ITS A SHAME HE IS GONE. HE AND HIS WORK WILL BE MISSED!
Ben writes: "Something tells me mark "foxman" used to live in Paris and is wanting to blame someone else for his f---ups. I dont know any male talent named Mark that worked for Scott and I edited alot footage there. Mark Foxman, who else have you been male talent for? Let me guess you have only worked for Cloud 9?"
Jed writes:
There didn't seem to be much happing on lukeisback.com today and it had been a while since I'd caught up with the world of Kurt Loc... excuse me, Multi AVN award winning actor Kurt Lockwood. Went over to Lockwood's site and found he had a link to myspace, how could I resist? Visited Lockwood's myspace site and found him offering (only to those over 18 of course) a chance to see him naked. Never been able to pass up seeing Lockwood with his pants down, so I clicked the link.
I found an even more beatutiful sight than Lockwood naked, Lockwood naked and slipping into middle age spread. There is definintely a few extra big mac's on Lockwood's face these days and he's doing a great Hoff by holding the stomach in. The best part was Lockwood approaching what I like to call "the flat back jackal" where the back and the buttocks merge into one. Normally I wouldn't pay such attention to male detail, but to see such a vain man lose his physical 'beauty' is priceless.
Girls Who Aren't Into It...
According to this ADT thread: Allie Ray, Devon, Mercedes, Tera Patrick, Krystal Steal...
Kendra Jade Parties While Her Home Faces Foreclosure?
Jeff emails: "Luke, Maybe you can shed some light in this. On your web site you show Kendra Jade partying and touring. On her yahoo group they are begging for $15,000 for her because they are about to foreclose on her house and repossess her car. See the message below (the heading is the same one used for this message. So what is the story? Is Kendra ok and partying with Mary Carey, or desperate and broke? I know you can get the stright story on this Luke."
Kendra's webmaster and friend VickiNicole posts to KendraJadeOnline@yahoogroups.com:
YOU guys, Kendra really really needs some financial help right now. Her house is being foreclosed on in 4 days!! she will literally be homeless on the street I dont understand how her friends and fans can just sit by and let this happen to her. Why dont people have souls nowadays??? Someone is in need of your help and i wrote about this weeks ago, she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, I know that atleast one of her fans on here can HELP HER OUT since none of her so called FRIENDS seem willing to. Everyone says "Wow kendra that sucks" then turn their backs on her If you are someone in a position to help Kendra out, i am sure she will be more than willing to help you out in return. She needs about $15,000 to stop the foreclosure of her house and reposession of her car. IF you can seriously help her out, send her a email at kendrajxxx@aol.com IMMEDIATELY I'm sure she would beb willing to work out some kind of repayment terms that would be mutually satisfactory. Kendra knows i would help but i am in the exact same situation as her and i know how it feels. I just dont understand people nowadays.
Kendra emails me: "I've never asked anyone for financial help, (especially on some yahoo group) nor did I ever give anyone permission to speak on my behalf or ask for money on my behalf."
Vicki emails me:
I am the webmaster of Kendra's website www.kendrajadeonline.com and i just saw on your site, that someone sent you a message I posted to Kendra's yahoo group. First, to whoever sent the message, someone can be out partying and STILL have some trying times going on at home. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Moreover, i just got off the phone with Kendra and she did tell me that her house is not going to be foreclosed on. she was able to get a loan and work out some different terms with her mortgage company. but mostly i want to say KENDRA did NOT ask me to ask for financial help for her I took it upon myself to do so after a conversation with her which i probably should not have done cause i think she likes to keep some things private. Sometimes i get overzealous with wanting to help people and don't think of the repercussions of everything i do, so i want to apologize to her publicly if i overstepped any boundaries.
Kendra Jade, Mary Carey, Chyna Party
I got calls from them over the weekend.
Mary has to choose between her friendship with Kendra and her relationship with Harold. She can't have it all.
Poked By An Acupunturist
"Do you have any phobias?" she asks.
"Homophobia," I say.
"At least you're honest. How are you doing?"
"My life is falling apart like my elbows."
"That's a good analogy."
She pokes me with needles and then leaves me alone.
When she comes back 20 minutes later, she looks at me with concern. "Are you ok?"
I say yes.
"It's normal for people to become emotional during acupunture," she says. "It releases the emotions."
She pulled the needles out and worked on my back with suction cups. "It's good you're bleeding," she says. "It's a release. And it lets me see your blood."
I don't care whether or not acupunture is scientifically valid. I simply enjoy the female attention. Where else are you going to find a woman who cares about the texture and color of your phlegm?
Skeeter, Bridgett Kerkove Update
Skeeter replies to my inquiry:
We talk several times per week on the phone and sometimes meet in person. Sometimes we meet in person, although that is rare. She is still, no matter what the absoloute love of my life. We meet in person, about three or four times per month, we talk a little bit, I give her some money and then it is over. Last week I bought our 22 month old son and 4 year old daughter new car seats and a couple of items of clothing, however it was Bridgette who brought it to my attention about the much needed replacements and clothing needed.
My memory has finally begun to rest, however, I cannot forget what I've lost. This month is my birthday, which has no meaning, without my family. It has been six years since I lost my grandfather, he was born Arland Von de Kerkover, he was the greatest, positive influence in my life for the good things I have accomplished. I'll be grateful when September is over, this month has had alot of emotion. Other then that, nothing new, nothing exciting, doing the same ol' boring stuff I have been doing for years.
Joey Wilson still has not paid me back in full, in regards to the 7 thousand dollar personal loan I gave him and his wife roseann several years ago, I was lucky enough to coleect 3 thousand from wanted pictures, however, maybe he can donate the rest to Childrens hospital and Joey's boss, Greg Alves and I can match it, maybe even Pat Myne and Chris Streams would be willing to donate also, they understand, poor Joey does not have the best money management skills.
I Got The Wrong Chinese Massage
For the first time in 17 years, I went in for acupuncture Friday. I have tendonitis in both elbows which limits my time on the computer.
The acupunturist spent four hours with me, taking a detailed history, and then poking me. I kept my eyes closed through the entire needle session.
I was told I needed to get a massage to loosen up before my next session.
So I walk into the place Sunday and get two women for $100 to massage me all over.
I expected a fondle, perhaps a rub and a tug. What I got was two ladies with a cumulative age of 100 inflicting Chinese torture. It was so bad I even said the f-word.
What Happened To Tyra Banxx?
Her myspace shows she hasn't logged on for a month and you cant book her through her agent at Gold Star?
I heard something crazy happened on one of the last shoots and I'm curious.
Diana Hardy?
Mongo writes: "Any info on Diana Hardy? She was one of the best porn photographers ever. Superlative eroticism, beautiful girls, lovely muffy delights! Would be nice for somebody like Taschen to print a book with several hundred of her photos."
The site was taken over by the police in the Charles Kelley sting years back. Who runs it now? Law enforcement, a brothel owner, an agency owner, madam, pimp or a free speech type?
Loveline
Deanna writes:
The best and most widely-exposed sex advice on the market is currently Dr. Drew Pinsky, of Loveline, the syndicated radio show. He's a straight male, doesn't devolve into anything negative, and gives the best (and most psychologically advanced) advice about sex that is available. I'd rather get advice from Drew than a dozen Dan Savages, any day of the week, even when their advice coincides. And considering all of the porn industry people that have been on the show (or phoned-in) throughout the years, I'm not alone in my opinion.
Is Khan Tusion For Real?
While I enjoy watching the rougher/kinky stuff which is what he usually specializes in, do the girls geniunely not enjoy being around him as I see so often? Or is this just part of his schtick?
Even if it is part of his gimmick, why do these girls agree to do these scenes? Nothing kills my wood more than watching a girl who is totally uncomfortable doing anything - and that's what I find everytime I check out his stuff.
Adam & Eve Unhappy With Peter Reynolds
He was fired by VCA a few months ago. Adam & Eve hired him to run their Chatsworth branch.
How Long Am I Going To Take It?
Brian emails: "Scott Fayner and Taylor Rain...have been slamming you daily on their site (lukeford.com). How long are you going to sit back and take that?"