Friday, January 19, 2007
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Virtual Sex With Kira Kener
Comes out from Digital Playground February 15 (on the street and it ships Feb. 8). Also, the new Adam & Eve catalogue features Kira on the cover.
Lauren emails: " Dear Luke, Is it true that Dick Delaware (Aaron Brink) left porn for good in order to go back to fighting full-time? His profile at the Absolute Modeling page states he is still available for bookings..."
Burned
Rob Spallone calls me Friday afternoon. "There's a new company. Two lawyers. They're opening up an internet company. They drive around in new Mercedes. They're booking 60 scenes. They cancelled all.
"Dexter from Fat Dog left the industry. He met these guys. They were going to do this and that. They asked me to book them 20 scenes. I worked on it for four days. They just called and cancelled. I said, 'Are you going to pay these people something?' They said no. I said you're going to read about it on lukeisback."
Did Vivid Salesman Howard Levine Want To Take A Piece Of That Ass?
The case was thrown out of court June 29, 2005. No money was paid to Nikki Lee.
From page three of the complaint:
9. During the course of Plaintiff's employment, beginning in September 2002 and continuing at least until her wrongful termination of July 17, 2003, and continuing, Plaintiff was subject to a pervasive, continuous, non-stop barrage of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, including un-wanted sexual comments...
a. Levine began harassing Plaintiff by making repeated and constant comments to Plaintiff such as, "Damn, you look nice."
c. Levine's comments then escalated to constant comments such as, "I would like to take some of that ass."
I ask Howard about the case Friday morning.
He laughed. "I feel a need to respond. That was a completely fabricated attempt by some poor young girl attempting to get money. If anybody reads that and knows how I speak... It makes for some funny reading.
"She was trying to extort money.
"I did not sue her because she doesn't have anything.
"She lied under oath. We proved it was made-up.
"She said she had these IMs that I IM'd her. She turned them in. She just made up the IMs.
"We had a Stanford professor come in. He looked at the IMs I wrote to people over the course of a year.
"I didn't do anything I was accused of."
Luke: "You didn't tell her, 'I would like to take some of that ass'?"
Howard: "No. If you saw her, you'd understand why."
"I would never say that. I don't speak in the black vernacular. I don't speak ghetto."
Kurt Lockwood Superstar - Hotter Than A Human Torch
Paula posts: "That's one HOT pic!! Of course considering the subject,it would be hard to not be HOT!! I say leave the nipples alone..... they are perfcet as they are, don't mess with perfection!! MUAH!"
Jed Riley emails:
Seeing the picture of Kurt Lockwood Superstar, made me want to check what that numbskull was up to again. Went to kurtlockjaw.com and the 'art' section has been updated. Kurt has 'written' a one man play about Kurt Cobain. 'Written' suggesting Lockwood had a fresh perspective on Cobain. Unfortunately for all theatre goers, Lockwood's creative talent limited to him cutting and pasting a bunch of Cobain quotes together. Must have taken some effort scouring the internet, slapping it all together and clicking 'save' in word.
Heading over to myspace, we find Lockwood as a regular reader of lukeisback and fan of your photography. Seems he's stolen two of your pictures, with one as his main photo. Maybe he doesn't really hate you, or maybe he's never seen a picture of himself he didn't like. I suspect the later, as he's also sporting a picture looking dead set like a lesbian.
Lockwood has even found time to issue a 'press realase' (which Variety obviously missed) about his relationship breakup with Samantha Ryan. On any other page, we could find this as a tongue-in-cheek couple of paragraphs, yet Lockwood is deadly serious, even down to quoting himself.
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO (BEING SINGLE AGAIN...)
Category: Blogging
Press ReleaseMulti- AVN award winning adult film star KURT LOCKWOOD and SAMANTHA RYAN have decided to put and end to their two year relationship. A porn "power couple" for 2005 and most of 2006, Lockwood directed Ryan in six of his adult features for SEX Z PICTURES in which Ryan starred, "THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART 69: THE PORNO YEARS," "L.A. VICE," LORDS OF DOGGYSTYLE TOWN," "THUMBSUCKERS, vol 1 and 2," and "SORORITY SLUTS: IOTA ETA PI." The split was amicable and the couple remain close friends and will still be signing together at the SEX Z PICTURES booth at the AEE convention in Las Vegas in January.
"The individual travel commitments of our careers were becoming too difficult to negotiate. Relationships are tough in general, add in the particular pressures and constraints of working every day in adult and (as any porn star in a similar relationship can tell you) it's a real challenge. Anyway, she's a really beautiful, sexy, intelligent, talented girl with the singing voice of an angel and I hope everything works out for her for the best. It's just became time for me to move on and see what's the next horizon for me. Honestly, right now, I just want to focus on directing my new full length adult feature for SEX Z PICTURES, THE REAL BOOGIE NIGHTS, rock with my band, Porn City Punx, and really, I'm just looking forward to enjoying being single again," Lockwood said.
Howard Stern On The AVN Awards
Howard said that Larry Flynt is tough to listen to. He was at the AVN Awards so Howard played a clip of that. Larry was gurgling his words like he had phlegm in his throat. Larry started to cry during his speech but the crowd started cheering. That led to Artie doing his impression of Larry and goofing on him a little bit. Larry was crying over his lawyers who have helped him fight for the freedom of speech. Artie and Howard were coming up with some of the weird shit that Larry gets to do with his magazine because of his freedom of speech. Artie had a ton of creepy things like moose fucking and things like that. Because of the gurgling noise that Larry makes, Fred played a gurgling sound effect.
Gene Simmons was there presenting an award. Howard said that guy will do anything. JD was still in the studio so Artie asked him what he was doing over there. Howard said he looked like he had been sick since he got back from the AVN awards. Howard played a couple more clips from the Awards show and listened to some of the porn stars accepting their awards. There were also some clips of the different categories for the awards. Artie and Fred got into a conversation as Larry Flynt and JD so they were both doing their respective impressions for a few seconds. Howard cut them off and played a couple of quick clips from the AVN Awards and listened to some of the acceptance speeches from the porn stars. There was one speech where a woman accepted her award for ''Best Anal'' and as she was wrapping up the guy who fucked her in the ass came up and asked where his award was. The woman gave him her award and acted like she didn't care she got it.
I interview the Indiana girl at the Smash Pictures booth Thursday, Jan. 11.
She says she got into porn (three months ago, she's done 20 movies) "for the money. I can get sex anywhere, baby. I don't need to come here for sex."
"I'm going to become a plastic surgeon. I'm going to school right now for pre-med biology."
Luke: "How did you get the idea to do this?"
Bree: "I love sex. I love money. The traveling's fun. The attention's OK. I like being promiscuous."
"I'm taking the next semester off."
"I'm really shy in my personal life. On video, I can get into a character."
"Friends and family are not surprised. I've always had a high sexual nature."
Outside of the business, Bree has been with a dozen guys and three girls.
She lost her virginity to a guy at twelve.
More.
How Did Kira Kener Get Attorney Marty Singer To Take Her Case Against Vivid Video?
Marty must've taken the case on contingency, meaning he believes he will win.
Moxie emails:
Luke, I seriously doubt that Kira Kenner can afford to pay Marty Singer at his hourly rates of $400-$600 which could total over $200,000 for a case like this. At the same time, I can't imagine someone of the stature of Marty Singer taking a case on contingency. In looking at the damages involved in this case there is no way you are talking about millions of dollars. They are talking about $11,000.00 for two videos. The only significant damages would be if Kira was entitled to a cut of the video and website take. But I can't imagine that you're talking in the millions for that as well.
It makes no sense to me. Keep in mind that if he took it on contingency it is going to keep him from working on another case where the client is actually paying the bill. From looking over the papers I can't see how he breaks even on this one. But then maybe he knows something we don't. It's also pretty tough for a respectable lawyer to take on cases involving a porn star or escort, cause people assume your banging them. From my experience that is often the case.
Typically Marty charges $800 an hour and requires a minimum $150,000 retainer.
Hustler Photographer Anneli Adolfsson Gives Her Life To Christ
I was chatting with Heather Veitch about this at the AEE.
If you put in "Heather, MILF" in Google, the first result is the jcsgirls.com website.
Anneli's MySpace features this quote: "When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say: "Jesus, could You please get that for me?""
Body Of A Sinner, Mind Of A Saint
Current mood: highPlease understand that my relationship with God is not to judge or change thing that has no effect on the eternal outcome. All I want to do is educate whomever is hungry for facts, salvation and knowledge. You know the old saying: Knowledge is power! Well, don't you think it's about time that you enlighten yourself?! I did and I am like acid in a pile of fireants. They tremble and wither around me. To feel the love, warmth and encouragement that comes from being spiritually awakened. What a rush! And I thought prescription drugs made me high...
Goodbye AVN, Last Internext in Vegas?
It was a nice run they had, but this show is dead. The turnout of quality people is nice but the show and the booths are a joke. I think there was 20 booths it seemed. The booth concept is dead. I wish they would just dump the show to ccbill and we could have 2 ccbill shows. Anyone that paid 300 for a badge should get a full refund. Thats my 2 cents..someone correct me if I am wrong.
Whitney Stevens Interview
Whitney Stevens Whitney Stevens Whitney Stevens
According to Gamelink: "Whitney Stevens is one of the new wave of truly young girls to enter the adult industry. Born on January 1st, 1988, Whitney jumped right in with both feet, starting at the tender age of 18 and made more than two dozen movies before her nineteenth birthday. Born in Panama but raised in the U.S., Whitney stands 5’4” tall and sports a gorgeous pair of D-cup tits on a 34-25-36 frame."
I call her Wednesday afternoon (Jan 17, 2006).
She's 19, Jewish and from Palm Springs. Her bust is a natural 34DD. "Me and my sister [Britney, 21] got in together. We did our first scene in July [2006]. We've done eight scenes together [not having sex with each other but teaming up to do some guy]. I've done about 100 scenes."
Luke: "What do you love and hate about being a porn star?"
Whitney: "There's nothing that I hate except getting up in the morning."
She lost her virginity at 16 to her boyfriend. She slept with about 20 guys before turning 18. She was almost 19 when she first teamed up with her sister and took on three guys. "We hang out together all the time."
"My mother doesn't really know. My brother knows. He isn't too happy [when he found out they were doing porn] but he didn't tell me not to do it."
Her best subjects in highschool were English and Science. She was not good at math.
"I don't really date because I do porn. If I wanted to date, I'd probably date someone in the industry. It'd be easier."
Whitney says she has no heroes aside from herself.
In her spare time, she goes to the gym and to movies.
"My best friends would describe me as quiet and fun. When I first meet people, I'm shy."
Says my friend Adam: "I think I would go to shul with Whitney Stevens."
Khunrum writes:
Luke, this girl is Jewish. Do you find yourself attracted to her? Did you counsel her that she might be better off going back to school or at least getting a job at Walmart? The afternoon shift, since she doesn't like to get up in the morning.
Luke, Use your moral authority within the Jewish Community to persuade these young ladies to mend their pornographic ways and seek legitimate employment. Tell them they must consider their poor old Yiddisha Mama (I can picture her wringing her hands and wailing when the brother finally spills the beans). How will they ever grow up to marry Doctors. Lawyers or Accountants when they are waking up late and servicing porno boners?. Yes, a long restful sleep has its merits but not if you have to boff Ron Jeremy for your daily bread. Bring the rabbis in on this. Perhaps he can help. Do something. All I can think of is that old cliche...The Horror! The Horror!
Vivid Video Vs. Playboy
Vivid filed the complaint May 31, 2006. Complaint filed May 1, 2006.
Cheryl Oldham's lawsuit against Larry Flynt for sexual harassment. Complaint filed June 6, 2006. It was settled out of court.
Any good court cases I should look up?
Scorpion emails: "Whatever happened with that Scott Taylor case you brought up a couple of years ago? Was it settled out of court?"
It was settled out of court. There have been no more suits against Taylor I can find.
Jack writes:
There was a situation a few years back (circa 2001) where Paul Thomas was sued by a member of the Vivid Video editing staff. From what I was told he came into the room while the guy was editing footage, proceeded to pull his cock from his pants and masturbate while making advances to the guy. Needless to say the editor sued and it was all settled/kept hush-hush. Allthough I'm not sure if it ever made it to court, this indeed DID happen and its possible there were court documents filed.
Jon writes:
I was at the Tera Patrick party at Tao and it was a disaster. They threw one of the worst parties during the AVN convention. I was standing next to a few very important people from AVN who couldn't even get in. The lame runway show was poorly produced and much like every thing else Tera and her boyfriend attempt this was no different, it was a failure. I wish they would either hire the right people or go away and stop wasting everyone's time with their "big" plans to be Jenna Jameson.
Montana Gunn Married And Retired?
Mike emails: "I’ve heard that this pretty little hottie has totally called it a career, gotten married, and faded into the sunset. I love Montana, but she’s gone this route before. What up? Is the rumor true….? Say it ain’t so, Luke."
Bob Armstrong: Darker Gray’s not in The New York Times
The Times’ piece on December 31, “The Graying of the Naughty,” was a triumph for porn PR. And it was a smooth fit for newspaper demographics, readers over 50. De’Bella is the featured player in the story on older women in adult films. “De’Bella’s husband, Larry Schwartz, is fully supportive,” the story notes, and their daughter, Jewell De’Nyle, “started her mother down the same path.”
The paper of record leaves its readers with the impression of a happy porn family. Only those in Pornlandia who have followed the blow-by-blow accounts of this family saga know otherwise. On ADT, two months before the Times story ran, Jewell declined an appearance on the Howard Stern show with her mother, reiterating that her mom, “riding my coat tails makes her look plain stupid.” Jewell also went after her father big time, saying “He lost his job in politics that I took the liberty of trying to cover up for him because he slept with his 16-year-old adopted daughter,” Jewell’s step-sister.
Now the Times should not be faulted for leaving out a charge of statutory rape. But it does sound credible given the background of De’Bella’s supportive husband which could have been mentioned in the story, and was detailed in the Rocky Mountain News on August 7, 2004. Schwartz served as a Republican from 1995 to 1997 in the Colorado state legislature, was then appointed by the Governor to a seat on the Colorado State Parole Board. In 2001 a therapist told the police Schwartz had molested one of her clients and said two other members of his family had been victimized. The police raided his house, carting off porn mags and video tapes, many of them with pics of Jewell, and 15 comic books alleged to depict children having sex.
No charges were ever filed against Schwartz, but he was fired from his job on the Parole Board, and needless to say, it was time for the conservative politician to bolt out of Colorado. So out of a job and sunk in a scandal, where does he go? Porn Valley to set up shop with his wife and daughter.
Jewell said she started Platinum X to give both her parents jobs, put all her life savings in the company to “get them back on their feet.” I believe she is telling the truth, but here’s what I don’t understand. Along the way did her parents get control of the company? If so, how did that happen? In effect, did they rip Jewell off? Maybe I missed details on this in trolling the adult web sites. In any case, I’d like the answers to these questions.
Dana DeArmond - Homeless
you must be the worst porn star in the whole world if you have no money in the bank. i would think a porn star would have plenty of money in the bank. unless you wasted it on drugs. either way i think its a bulls,hit excuse to try and get free money. get out there and work like a real person. your a porn star so start spreadin your legs and earnin the money you w.hore!
Dana responds:
thanks dude. super decent of you. way to kick a girl when shes down. i might have some money in my bank account but i have lost everything in the world. my home. my furniture. my clothes. its going to take years to replace what i have lost. and everyone knows that i am straightedge, i do not drink or smoke much less smoke meth. and i think you mean "you're a whore" not "your a whore" f---ing idiot. what are these jackasses doing on my list anyway?
I'm thinking that many people who join porn star lists are primarily interested in porn star bodies and not so much in the complete gestalt of a person.
I Want To Know More About Former New York Porn King Richard Basciano
He now owns a lot of real estate in Philadelphia. Email Luke
Adam writes:
Two words....."Evil Angel". Look into that angle/(angel) and you are bound to find more than you ever expected to find. Some very interesting aspects. BTW.....all sides (not so secretly) cheat out the others....coast to coast..boast to boast..roast to roast.......learn to burn..burn to earn. (....but you didn't hear that from me....you heard it from that other guy.)
I Thought David Aaron Clark Was Cleansed Of Porn?
Yet I saw him at the convention in Las Vegas.
Jewel's daddy ran off to Vegas with a 19yo
Da Burglar writes on XPT: "Maybe Larry can knock that left eye straight...."
Penny Flame
Vlad writes: "Penny Flame had been promoting her site at http://www.pennyflame.net/ for a few months now. She had promised it would open on the second of this month and was taking subs for it. As you can see, the domain name has expired and I'm wondering what is going on? This does not seem like a sound business strategy if she wishes to keep her fans."
Tony Santoro Sells Third Degree for $4
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Remember, this offer is not available in any shops... 818-700-1872.
Tony Santoro beats Stuart Wall now Mike Barbella is missing. Will Santoro stop at nothing to hide the fact that 3rd degree sells for $4dollars?
Cameron Caine
CarbonT posts on ADT: "There was something refreshingly cute about her. She had that big smile and an amazing body. But she didn't always seem that comfortable doing scenes. I do wish she'd come back though."
A.C. Cream
Archibald posts on ADT: "I saw this and I felt kind of bad for the guy. If you look at the picture you can see that he's quite unhappy. The shirt, the pants and the shoes all tell me something. I know you all got a good kick out of making fun of him and it made you feel really good to be the one pointing the finger for once...but I don't know, the dude just seems spent."
Kira Kener Sues Vivid Video For $47 Million
Rich emails me Dec. 6, 2006: "Hey Luke: Do you know anything about a lawsuit involving former Vivid Contract Girl Kira Kener vs Vivid Video? Time to do some investigating, maybe the LA County Court website has some info?"
Marty Singer's complaint of July 27, 2005.
Vivid's motion for summary adjudication.
Declaration of Kira's attorney.
Plaintiffs motion for protective order
Jack IMs:
you read those legal docs in the kira v vivid case? 39K/yr for a Vivid contract? thats insane vivid admits to paying for her airfare and accomodations to shoot porn...sounds like a violation of the mann act to me.
I asked Kira Kener for comment on her lawsuit and she repeatedly replied, "No comment."
So we talked about her life and career instead. I found out she likes older men with beer bellies and salt and pepper hair.
Tim Case emails:
Dude, I was SO IN THERE! She's totally describing me!
I hope you're well. We couldn't make it to expo, as Felicia is pregnant and the strip club I manage in Dayton, Ohio keeps me busy. We found out yesterday, via an ultrasound, that we can expect a baby boy come June. I hope you're well. I read your site daily, of course, right after I read Mike South's. Keep Searching for the Light, bro.
From page six to eight of the complaint:
31. In or around February 2004, Kener was scheduled to perform in two adult videos for which Vivid Video, Inc... was to pay Kener a flat fee of $11,000 for both videos.
32. On the Los Angeles County set of the first of those Vivid videos, director Philip Tobias, professionally known as Paul Thomas, required Kener to use a marital aid (specifically, a plastic or latex dildo).
33. Meanwhile, Kener had been subjected that day to unsanitary, unlawful and unreasonable working conditions. Kener had already shot one sex scene earlier that day and desired to take a shower before performing her second sex scene of the day. Director Thomas refused to let Kener take a shower. Kener objected and Thomas only relented when Kener refused to do the scene without showering. Thomas then left the set for the night putting a man named Shilar in charge.
34. Kener had concerns about the actor she was about to work with. Shilar admitted that "it" (the area around the other performer's penis) looked "pretty gnarly" but that Kener was required to perform the scene in any event. For that performance, Kener worked first with a marital aid from the Vivid box and then with the actor.
35. The next day Kener came to work crying. She told Shilar that she refused to work with anyone else until she got tested for any venereal diseases. Paul Thomas stepped in and yelled "there's no time or money in the budget for testing. I'll just call someone else to come in and work with you. I'll let that person know that you may have come in contact with something but it's up to them if they want to work with you." Kener told Thomas that she couldn't be able to live with herself if she caught a disease and gave it to someone else.
36. Kener tested positive for a venereal disease. Since then, Kener is informed and believes that marital aids are a breeding ground for diseases.
37. Kener was told that she was to resume shooting on a Thursday after taking her medication to treat the venereal disease. That day, Kener went into Vivid's offices to obtain copies of the Website Agreement. When she was in the accounting department, a new female employee handed Kener her website folder. Another employee asked the new employee what Kener was looking at, was told, and the other male employee then left the office. Moments later, Marcia Hirsch, acting as an agent of Vivid Video...arrived and snatched the folder away from Kener.
38. On or about February 26, 2004, Kener also voiced her concerns about the shoot in that previously used marital aids were a breeding ground for certain venereal diseases. Marcia Hirsch, acting as an agent of Vivid Video...denied that Vivid allowed the use of used marital aids. Instead, Hirsch stated that Doc Johnson provided Vivid with monthly boxes of marital aids and that the marital aids were often provided in an unpackaged form because the packaging took up so much space.
[Kira tested positive for a venereal disease.]
39. Later that day, Steve Hirsch...informed Kener that her services were terminated.
I would love to hear from attorneys about this case.
Kira's attorney is the feared Marty Singer.
Kener says that Vivid began heading in a different direction in 2003. "They were trying to become like Jenna -- a household name. They wanted to be everywhere. Back in the day, they didn't advertise like they do now. There's the reality show, the book, putting girls in magazines.
"I only wanted to be at that Shannon Tweed level. She has her own section at Blockbuster. She's well known but not too well known so that she has to give up all her privacy, until her reality series with Gene Simmons.
"At the time of the Vivid reality series, I had a peeping tom. They wanted me to allow the reality people to film me at my house. There are some things I want private."
"I am intrigued by fans. No matter what your fetish, I'm not going to judge you. I want to see the world through your eyes."
Luke: "How has being a stripper and a sex star affected your relationships with other people?"
Kira: "That's hard. It's hard for me to take people seriously. When guys approach me and say they want to go out with me... As Ginger Lynn said, 'You don't know whether it is you they want or your alter ego, the person they see on screen.'
"I am more cautious and picky.
"Bobby Vitale told me a long time ago that the industry will change everybody around you. I didn't think it was true but people do act different. My friends have become more possessive and protective of me."
"It's hard to find a guy who's going to look past the porn star image. There are a lot of people who can't deal with that."
Kira was with Brad Armstrong, on and off, for about a year.
"I want someone I can learn from. Learning about business is a turn-on. Someone who can go on the basketball court with me, an even bigger turn-on."
Luke: "What do you do in your spare time?"
Kira: "Design clothes. Play basketball. I get involved in projects with other people. They bring me in to help them with projects they are presenting. I'm a lot smarter than people give me credit for -- coming up with advertising campaigns, with clothing designs, ideas for magazines..."
"I'm not the kind of person who wants to go clubbing all the time and do drugs. I never wanted to become that alter-ego 24/7."
"There's been a tremendous amount of talk about me that's just not true. It's been hard to deal with. I walked away being OK with being labeled the bitch of porn."
"Did you ever see that Al Pacino - Robert DeNiro movie Heat? That's what runs through my head when someone approaches me about escorting."
"In my personal life, I tend to find the guys with the small weewee. The guys on set tend to have bigger ones and to last longer. They know what they're doing.
"I go through long periods without having a sex. A year or so..."
"There was only one major company I would've loved to have gotten into movies with -- [Digital Sin]. Do they still make those My Playthings? That was one I wanted to do more than anything. Digital Playground was someone I wanted to work with. With Vivid, I was supplying my own wardrobe. Wicked takes pride in their make-up and wardrobe. With Vivid, you had to request a make-up artist. When Vivid supplied my wardrobe, it was ten times too big for me. It was awful. Some of Vivid's directors just wanted to get the movie shot. Others cared about making something decent. I look at the quality of Digital Playground and I was just blown away with how beautiful it was. And look at the way they market their girls..."
"Devon and Alex Taylor came in at the same time and they got more PR than me and Veronica."
"I signed my contract with Vivid in October of 1998 but didn't start filming until October 1999."
Luke: "You know that Digital Playgroun and Digital Sin would kill to shoot you today."
Kira: "I highly doubt that. There's a reputation out there that I'm a troublemaker."
"I remember one set I had extremely bad allergies. If you saw the
behind the scenes, you could hear me gagging. I said, 'You just don't
realize that I am allergic to this tree that you want me to do a blowjob
in front of.'"
"One time I came down with the flu. I couldn't hold water down. That's
being difficult in their eyes."
"There was one time when I was overworked and scared of crowds. I told Steven Hirsch that I needed one week to rest. I hadn't been sleeping. I had been shooting movies and featuring...and he said, 'CES is coming up. You have to make it through it.'
"I said, 'I need someone to stand beside me.' A lot of the fans feel that they have the right to pick you up. 'Here, let me have you pose in the flying V.' 'Here, let me do this to you.' 'Here, let me grab you and do this.'
"I wasn't OK with that at the time. When you're on a photo shoot, you have people pulling on you all the time and you get overworked."
"I've always looked up to people who can look in the mirror and say, 'God, I'm hot.' I've never been able to look in the mirror and say that. I've always looked at other people and thought, 'Why can't I look like that?' I've always thought Chasey Lain is one of the most beautiful women who ever did porn. I've always wanted to look like her. G.K. Jordan aka Katie Price. The UK version of Pamela Anderson. She's my version of beautiful."
Luke: Do you encounter men who try to manipulate your insecurities?
Kira: "The last person I dated did that. He was outside the industry. He was awful but I cut him out quick. He did that whole, 'Just because you're a porn star, you think you belong on a pedastal?'
"Brad Armstrong and Bobby Vitale did the opposite. They built me up."
Luke: "Have you always had high self-esteem?"
Kira: "I know what I'm capable of."
Luke: "What are you proudest about?"
Kira: "Standing my ground."
Luke: "How was your [February 1999] shoot with Earl Miller?"
Kira: "He was very professional. I cried right after because it was my first shoot and I didn't want to be photographed in that way. I just felt stupid. I was standing there with my ass cheeks spread wide open and my head in the couch and everybody's eating peanuts and talking about the game waiting for the Polaroid to develop. I felt like the biggest bimbo. But I understand it now."
Luke: "When did you get the breast job?"
Kira: "Nineteen ninety seven. I had to have several because I got scar tissue. I was a 32DD before the breast job and I'm still a 32DD. I wanted to fill them out more. The only thing I regret is having the scar tissue."
Luke: "How did your parents react to your becoming a stripper and a porn star?"
Kira: "They didn't find out until 2003. My parents have always been supportive no matter what so long as I'm not hurting anybody or breaking the law."
Luke: "How would your closest friends describe you?"
Kira: "They look up to me because I stand up for the things I believe in. I don't take sides. They say I have deplorable taste in men. That's true. I should stop taking on projects. I always feel that I can fix people. I like helping people. I've always been involved in charities."
"I used to say that I'd never turn 30. I'd kill myself off. But I met a girl who said that once she turned 30, she loved everything about herself. I love getting older. You're comfortable with yourself. You've accepted yourself. You have a different outlook on life."
"When I go to Vegas, I do love the slot machines, though I do limit myself."
"I put a lot of money behind things I strongly believe in."
I suspect she refers to her lawsuit against Vivid.
Luke: "How many times have you heard, 'You're too beautiful for porn'?"
Kira: "How many girls hear that? Come on now. I loved my job. I wanted to do better quality movies."
Luke: "Why don't you do real movies?"
Kira: "I got offered some movies but I didn't feel like my acting was good enough. I wasn't ready. I didn't want my mainstream debut to be a flop. I didn't grasp acting until I did the movie 20 Candles."
Luke: "Why not take acting classes?"
Kira: "I don't live in L.A. Paul Thomas helped me with that when I was on set.
"I had a run-in with one agent. That was every bit the stereotypical agent. He sent me out on a couple of readings. Then, afterwards, I had dinner with him. He's like, 'So I sent you on this audition, why don't you give me a lap dance?' Excuse me. 'OK, we'll just be friends. Why don't you just find a girl where I can lick coke off her nipples?' I said, 'I'm going to call security in about two seconds.' He said, 'Why don't I show you what you're missing?' I said, 'You are out of your mind.'
"This was at a hotel in front of other people.
"I ran into him at another club partying... He was like, 'Are you
ready for more auditions?' I said, 'Yes.'"
Luke: "When you add up everything you've gained in the adult industry and subtract everything you lost, do you come out ahead?"
Kira gives a bitter laugh. "You can't ask me that question right now."
Fred writes:
I have not read the contracts in detail. I looked at the first one very briefly. Here is what I found interesting.
1. The agreement looks like a standard form for Vivid.
2. Only $39K/year?
3. Section 8A--the performer has the right to only "simulate" a sex act? There appears to be no limit on performer's right to only simulate a sex act. I suppose if the performer exercises this right too much the contract would be terminated (section 11).
4. 8E--performer accepts all health consequences (VD, HIV, etc.).
5. Some of the grants of rights are pretty interesting--Vivid has the right to use the performer's legal name. Why should Vivid have the right to use performer's legal name (as opposed to stage name). (See section 4C.)
6. Some of these rights look a wee bit over-reaching. Does Vivid have the right to use performer's name in perpetuity, without additional payment to performer, to sell any type of sex toy or other commodity or product? So 15 years from now, long after the performer parts ways with Vivid, and now has a contract with XYZ Corp., Vivid still can use the performer's stage name to market stuff? See section 4C.
7. Section 4C says that Vivid can trademark performer's stage name. I did not see any provision for reconveying the trademark to the performer after the agreement is terminated.
8. There is an arbitration clause in this contract. See section 12. Why doesn't Vivid move to compel arbitration? It seems to me that Vivid has the right to force performer to drop her lawsuit and have this matter heard by an arbitrator. I have not studied these materials in detail, but to me, the contract has problems from the point of view of performer. It would be interesting to go over the agreement in greater detail, and approach various current and former Vivid girls and see if they really understand what they signed away, and whether they are comfortable with it. Of course, Steve Hirsch might cross you of his list of favorite people.
I think arbitration actually would favor Kener, rather than Vivid. Arbitrators have very wide discretion that cannot be appealed. An arbitrator can sometimes be a "wild card", who might not follow the letter of the law, and might instead simply try to "do the right thing." I think Vivid is better off in court, trying to enforce the letter of the contract, and an "off-the-wall" decision by a federal judge can be appealed. BTW, I had never heard of Kener. I just took a look at Kener's web site. She's pretty good looking.
PS. 1. I note that apparently Kira's brother has an ownership in Kira's company. It's one thing to be a suitcase pimp. If your sister was a stripper and porn actress, would you really want to be part of the business? BTW, what was his part of the business?
2. My gut feel is that the Vivid contract was one-sided. However, apparently, Kira's "experienced agents" helped her negotiate this agreement. Did they really do such a hot job of looking after her interests? I wonder if any porn actress ever hired a lawyer to look over a contract of this sort.
3. No actor/actress in his/her right mind should hand over ownership of his/her name or allow another party to trademark/servicemark that name. Could you imagine if Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt signed over his/her name to a producer? It would be a disaster for that actor.
4. In her interview, Kira alleges that her Hollywood agent hit on her. Now really--are there really agents who are so unprofessional so as to do that? I'm shocked! Shocked! She must have misunderstood.
5. I get the distinct impression that Mr. Hirsch is not above playing hardball.
6. It would be interesting to see what kind of contract Wicked uses.
Brett emails: "Fred wonders why Vivid doesn't compel arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause in the contract. Two reasons why they can't: One, the lawsuit is for more than just damages resulting from a breach of the employment/artist's agreement, and the claims that do not arise out of the artist agreement (website revenue damages, trademark issues, right of publicity) would not necessarily be subject to the arbitration clause; and Two, if Vivid wanted to compel arbitration, it should have filed a petition upon receipt of the original complaint or, at the latest, filed a petition to compel arbitration simultaneously with its answer to the complaint, pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.5(c)."
Leslie writes:
Hi Luke! Since you're in contact with Kira and that she likes to help here is a place where they try to combat human trafficking and mainly those women who are moved to become sex slaves.I always thought that when a woman is making lots of money exploiting men,to level the balance,they could spend lots of that money to help women who are exploit by men.Maybe she could spend some time in there.In fact, I think they even hire peoples.
Last...remember when Devon started having trouble with Vivid?Her boyfriend had her contact read by a lawer and...she discovered she was screwed and did stay quiet until it expired.
The AVN Awards: Too Open to the Public
Attorney Michael Fattorosi blogs:
...The AVN Awards has been compared to the Academy Awards, however, they separate the “stars” from any fan that might be lucky enough to attend. Alcohol was freely available to all in attendance and drunk fans mingling with pornstars as hardcore porn is being shown on video screens usually doesn’t lead to good results. From my experience of having performers sign at my booth at various expos, some fans are already too “grabby” for most female performers and I always provide security in case something gets out of hand. With the Awards, there was no separation between the fans and the performers. Why an area specially designated for performers to sit in and be segregated from the fans was not pre-planned is some what of a mystery. This could have made the event much more comfortable for the performers I talked to. Only the floor seats were segregated.
Even Mandalay Bay must be questioned as to their preparation for the event. There were no barriers along the route through the hotel to the Awards Show and very little security along the way. It was almost impossible to safely walk through the hotel. At least at the Venetian, the walk to the event was well guarded and blocked off. At the Mandalay Bay, during the walk we were stopped on several occasions by fans reaching out and grabbing my date’s arm for picture opportunities.
I know you are thinking - what an ass you are Michael, fans deserve the right to interact with their favorite stars. Granted I agree but it needs to be done in a way that the performers feel safe or simply they will not attend next year. While I have not heard of any incidents of any fan becoming too friendly at this year’s show I can tell you that numerous performers I talked to did seem disappointed in how they were treated at the show.
Kris Roc posts on XPT: "I was at the Mandalay Bay and it was a mad house. It seemed like a free-for-all with the girls (names withheld) running and evading their "fans." How rude...lol... Oh! One person that's worth mentioning was Amy Ried. She was walking with another girl and she bumped into a guy and spilled her drink on him and herself and had to nerve to tell him to Watch where the f-ck you are going! Unbelievable."
Zenman posts: "The whores think they're in show biz. As such, they think of themselves as a 'gift' to their fans, not just the shiftless irresponsible semen holes they really are."
King posts: "All the more reason for the uppity ho's to experience the gag factor treatment. Reorientation. Would have been sweet if that guy had this pic in his wallet to show her as a reminder of what she does for a living."
Jack writes: "She did seem to have that stuck-up cunt complex. It's a shame, too, I guess that kind of beauty goes to your head after a while (porn whore or not). I had printwork to give her, and just happened to run into her while leaving on Friday or Saturday. Quite honestly, I don't even recall if she thanked me for it. I could give a f--- less, really, as I just wanted to get it off my hands. But the gesture would have been nice. Regardless, she's still a piece of ass."
Michael Fattorosi posts: "I know of one well known performer that was harrassed by a fan, ended up bloody and crying after the show in the middle of the hotel. Thats not about being a "star" - no one deserves that."
Tricia Devereaux posts on ADT:
>Star I Made Sure I Missed/Avoided: Mary Carey... Unfortunately, I wasn't able to avoid her. But I did have the pleasure of kicking her sorry ass out of my booth as she was attempting to tell me that she's a bigger star than Belladonna. Bigger freak show, I'll give her.
Consumer Alert: Covered Nipples
Attorney Michael Fattorosi blogs:
What you can take off when you strip, and do once you’re naked, depends on where you live.
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously struck down a law banning full nudity in strip clubs. At the same time, Alabama’s law–requiring that nipples, lower breast, and buttocks be covered–was reaffirmed.
Does that mean that Missouri’s strippers are less dangerous than Alabama’s? Or that men in Missouri are better at resisting these she-devils?
Homegrown Video Crew Wearing Smiles At Convention
If looks are accurate, they are on their way to a big win in their dispute with Ron Levi and Cybererotica. Expect an announcement in February.
I understand Ron Levi is back in CE's office every day running the show. I don't think he's too happy about what's happened to the company while he was gone.
Rob Spallone calls Tuesday at 6 p.m. "The top of your page -- Mike Barbella missing in action. He left here last night to go see his son. Nobody's seen him since. He didn't show up for work. No phones, no nothing. This isn't like him."
Steve Volponi from Devil's Film emails: "I, my wife and Tianna Lynn just combed the valley from Sherman Oaks to what we believe is the area Mike lives in looking for him and/or the Volvo/$7k Stereo as Mike refers to it. We even went to the Albertson's market in reseda where Mike is known to shop. We were unsuccessful in locating Barbella."
Jan. 17. Steve updates: "Much like the elusive Yetti, Barbella has surfaced. He phoned Patrick Collins saying he literally slept for 24 Hours and wasn't truly sorry."
What Happened To Bo Kenney At The Show?
LGI Bo... I heard he got arrested for drugs at the AEE.
Adult Entertainment Expo 2007
Wednesday, January 10
McKayla McKayla McKayla Sophia Rossi Sophia Rossi Mika Tan Mika Tan Lexxi Tyler Jamie Elle Harmony Carmel Moore Carmel Moore Carmel Moore Aubrey Addams Aubrey Addams pic Stormy Samanthan Ryan Samantha Ryan Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Exotica, Hillary Scott Exotica, Hillary Scott Exotica, Hillary Scott Kurt Lockwood Superstar LFP's Memphis Monroe Joanna Angel Joanna Angel at LFP Joanna Angel Joanna Angel Joanna Angel Charlotte Stokely Charlotte Stokely Charlotte Stokely LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls pic pic pic LFP girls LFP girls Joanna Angel, Joey Hart, Paris Dahl, Nikki Nine, Mya Luanna LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls LFP girls DJ Batman and the LFP girls DJ Batman and the LFP girls Nikki Nine who?, Nikki Nine Kevin Beechum and a Hells Angel girl, Nikki Nine Kevin Beechum and a Hells Angel pic pic pic pic pic Brooke Haven Brooke Haven Brooke Haven pic pic pic pic pic pic Whitney Stevens Whitney Stevens Whitney Stevens Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen Mia Rose Bill Margold Bill Margold JCs Girls and model (right) pic pic Sunny Lane at the Booble Babe booth Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Oren Cohen with Assraelis Ashley Blue Ashley Blue Micah Moore, Kevin Moore pic pic Tera Way Tera Way Tera Way Luna Stern Robert Missoni (left), Michelle Ferrari Robert Missoni (left), Michelle Ferrari pic pic pic pic pic Nikki Coxxx Nikki Coxxx Jenna Jameson gangster Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Lanny Barby, girl Lanny Barby Lanny Barby Savannah Samson Savannah Samson Stephani Morgan Stephani Morgan Savannah Samson Savannah Samson Lanny Barby Nikki Nine Nikki Nine Nikki Nine Nikki Nine Exotica? Exotica? Exotica? Audrey Bitoni Audrey Bitoni Audrey Bitoni Audrey Bitoni pic pic Franchezca Valentina Franchezca Valentina Penthouse Pet Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven pic pic Hailey Young Pat Collins and company Hailey Young Patrick Collins, Flower Tucci Patrick Collins, Flower Tucci John Douglas, Sunny Lane pic John Douglas, Sunny Lane Paulina James Paulina James
Thursday, January 11
Xeni Jardin, Memphis Monroe Xeni Jardin, Memphis Monroe Xeni Jardin, Memphis Monroe Memphis Monroe Bree Olson Bree Olson Jaime Elle Jamie Elle Vivid twins Lacey and Lyndsey Love Vivid twins Vivid twins Ashton Moore Ashton Moore Gina Lynn pic pic pic pic Adam, Michael, Mike, Rob Spallone, Leah Jeff Mullen, Scott David pic Mike South, Rachel (a stripper from Tampa Bay) pic pic pic pic pic Lori, Heather Veitch, Annie Mika Tan Mika Tan Mika Tan Vivid girls (L-R) Monique Alexander, Sunny Leone, Brea Lynn, Kayden Kross Vivid girls Vivid girls Vivid girls Vivid's Kayden Kross Vivid's Kayden Kross Vivid's Kayden Kross Dana De'Armond Dana De'Armond Dana De'Armond pic Randy West Sunset Thomas Sunset Thomas pic pic Ashton Moore Ashton Moore Ashton Moore pic pic pic pic pic pic pic Annell Julia Bond pic Caylian Curtis, girl? Caylian Curtis Caylian Curtis aka Kateriny Stankove from Czech Republic pic pic pic pic pic Julia Ann Julia Ann Julia Ann Nikki Nine Nikki Nine Roxy Jezel Roxy Jezel Flashman Flashman Mike South, Genesis model Heather Helmer Rob Spallone, Leah, Mike Barbella pic pic pic Christian, Rachel Lin Gordon, Rachel Lin Gordon, Rachel Lin Lexi Love Lexi Love pic Annie Cruz pic pic Robin Leach pic pic pic Jana Cova Jana Cova pic Marc Davis, Harmony pic pic Naughty America spokesmodel Van Styles, Drew Rosenfeld Sunny Leone Sunny Leone Sunny Leone Monique Alexander Monique Alexander McKayla? McKayla? pic Paulina James Paulina James Paulina James pic pic Tera Way Tera Way Tera Way Tera Way Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane Sunny Lane pic Claudia Antonelli Claudia Antonelli Claudia Antonelli Jana Cova, girl Jana Cova Jana Cova, girl Bree Olson Ashton Moore pic pic pic pic pic pic pic LFP girls Lorraine at Ninnworx pic pic pic pic Larry Flynt and company Larry Flynt and co Larry Flynt and co Nikki Nine Nikki Nine Jessica Drake pic Screech Sophie Dee, girls Sophie Dee and girls pic pic Summer Haze Anthony, Dion Giarusso pic pic Sophia Santi Jana Cova Jana Cova Jana Cova Jana Cova Shay Jordan Lacie Heart Ava Rose Sophia Rossi Sophia Rossi pic
Friday, January 12
Nikki Nine Nikki Nine pic pic pic pic pic pic pic pic Crystal Clear, five months pregnant Crystal Clear Stuart Wall on Jan. 11 Stuart Wall Savannah Samson? Nikki Nine Nikki Nine pic Naomi Naomi Naomi pic Emily Evermoore Emily Evermoore pic pic Monstar, Mia Rose A.C. Cream from Xcitement magazine pic pic pic Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jay Grdina and his ex-wife Jenna Jameson Jay Grdina, Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jay Grdina, Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Jenna Jameson Mary Carey Mary Carey Mary Carey Mary Carey Penthouse Pets Melissa Jacobs, Charlie Lain, Onxxx Melissa Jacobs, Charlie Laine, Onxxx Mary Carey Mary Carey, Dominic Mary Carey Mary Carey Mary Carey, bodyguard Mary Carey, bodyguard Mary Carey Mary Carey Lizzy Borden Extreme Associates girl Extreme Associates girl pic Heather Veitch, Pleasure girl pic Layla Rivera Layla Rivera pic Layla Rivera pic pic pic pic More pictures
Seka Seka pic pic Tony, owner of the BookTheBet.com Mary Carey Mary Carey Mary Carey and bodyguard Brianna Love, Stephanie Swift, girl Brianna Love, Stephanie Swift, girl Brianna Love, Stephanie Swift Nick Manning, Jessica Jaymes More photos XFanz
At this point my camera was confiscated by security because I did not have a press pass. In previous years, this did not matter.
Luckily, I had another camera in my pocket.
clip from West Coast Productions booth clip from Smash Pictures booth Summer Haze at Smash Pictures Summer Haze at Smash Pictures Summer Haze Smash Pictures Smash Pictures clip of Harmony clip clip clip clip Gina Lynn clip Gina Lynn Gina Lynn Gina Lynn Gina Lynn clip of Sunny Leone and company at the Vivid booth Vivid girls Vivid girls Vivid girls Vivid girls Vivid girls clip of Marc Davis, Harmony Nikki Nine Nikki Nine clip of Jenna Jameson and Jay Grdina at the Club Jenna booth clip clip of Mary Carey clip of Mary Carey clip clip Clip of Holly Randall, Renee, Celeste and company at the Pure Play booth Audrey Biton Audrey Biton Audrey Biton clip of Audrey Biton clip of Holly Randall at Pure Play Nikki Nine at the AVN Awards Amber Peach, Sunny Lane at the AVN Awards Amber Peach, Sunny Lane clip from the AVN Awards AVN Awards Gram Ponante reports
Email Luke photo IDs.
Scorpion writes: "Hey Luke, have you heard about the fight at the AEE opening night part? Apparently Tony Santoro of Black Ice/3rd Degree beat up Stuart Wall of Smash pictures. I'm curious as to why. I had no idea those two had beef."
Wednesday night, Tony Santoro (owner of Third Degree/Black Ice) was drunk. He got in Stuart Wall's face and accused him of saying that Third Degree sold their DVDs for $4 each. Then Tony knocked Stuart down and repeatedly kicked him.
The whole thing was caught on videotape by the club Tao who turned the evidence over to the police. A report was filed.
Apparently Tony Santoro also got in TT Boy's face about the same thing, questioning if he's saying things about their prices being sold on the market for $4-$5 per DVD yet you dont see Tony trying to throw down with TT BOY.
Friday morning, when I entered the Smash Pictures booth I noticed a bodyguard type of guy (Rudy) wearing a Third Degree shirt. He entered the booth to speak to Smash's lawyer to discuss some kind of settlement due to Stuart. Wall is filing a lawsuit against Santoro.
Travis Nestor from Third Degree/Black Ice emails:
Hey Luke, How you are doing? I just wanted to give you some information about the incident regarding Anthony Santoro and Stuart Wall from Smash Pictures. Yes, an altercation happened at the Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas. Mr. Wall was never kicked on the ground this can be verified by many witnesses who saw the altercation. The incident stems from Mr. Wall making unwanted sexual advances towards a female patron of the club then bragging about it to several other party goers (grabbing the ass of a female sales associate and friend of Mr. Santoro). Anthony Santoro has not been charged with any crime nor has been served any legal papers at this time. Your source is also incorrect by saying Mr. Santoro is the owner of both Third Degree Films and Black Ice. Anthony Santoro is the General Manager of Black Ice and does sell product for his friend Joey Wilson, the owner of Third Degree Films. Also the altercation happened Wednesday night and not Thursday as stated. There was also no incident involving TT Boy and Anthony Santoro. Thank you for making these corrections.
A source writes:
The girl whose ass was grabbed was a friend of Stuarts, Belle from New Sensations. There was zero discussion about this during the assault with Tony Santoro, this is the excuse being used since now he realizes that assaulting somebody in using violence is a criminal offense. The arguement stemmed from rumours on the 3rd Degree pricing being sold out there for $4-5.00. We'll see what happens once he's served papers.
Terry writes:
Luke, I was standing 3 feet from the altercation between Tony and Stuart and I can most definitely assure you that it was about the $4 dollar product Tony sells to everyone. He approached Stuart accusing him of spreading the news around town while hitting him with a cheap shot, which is ridiculous because I'm a retailer who does business with just about everyone in town and I can confirm that Tony not only sells Black Ice, Zero, and Third Degree for $4-$5 dollars but he also offers the "buy one get one free" deal often. This is effective when you need to get product on the shelf but it does and can flood the market. It's no secret that Tony, Greg and Joey sell their product cheap and give a ton away, but Santoro picking on a guy like Stuart makes them look even worse. Apparently Stuart has the casino tapes and many witness' so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I would also like to add that the AVN Awards were so bad that many are talking about not participating in AEE or the awards next year. The hot dogs and nacho's they offered everyone were insulting and the Criss Angel entertainment was worthy of a bad Vaudville review. This by far was the worst convention I have ever attended and I plan on doing most of my business at the Expo Mart. This was truly a sad state of affairs and many people are upset and disgusted with the whole event.
Chauncey Gardner emails: "Travis Nestor makes a valiant effort to defend his company but if he truly cared about their reputation he should be more careful and use more restraint when it comes to drugs. He ran around the show confused an strung out so Im not sure how he would be able to remember what really happened the night of the beating. Nice try, but if they can't handle the truth about their $4 dvd prices then they shouldn't be diluting the market with mediocre content."
Jenna Presley calls: "Something was said about Travis being all strung out. That wasn't the case. We went to Minxxx strip club. I was hosting a party there. Somebody put GHB in his drink. We were not on drugs. They put a lot of GHB in his drink and he was throwing up and doesn't remember anything. That's what happened. It wasn't purposely done."
Stuart Wall tells me Jan. 11 about Tony Santore: "He's known for doing this. He's done similar things in the past."
Luke: "Is he a black guy?"
Stuart: "He's an East Coast Italian guy."
Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Jan. 9, Emily Evermoore was having dinner with the Sex Z Pictures girls. She says they got catty with her and she ended up leaving. She says they were all friends with Mike Ramone and blamed her for him losing his job.
I'm told to investigate a story involving Bud Lee and Bo Kenney.
Ten times as many people que up for Jenna Jameson than for any other porn star.
Friday afternoon I run into Mary Carey. She seems under the influence of something, perhaps valium. She has two bodyguards, less to protect her from others than to protect her from herself.
Mary wants the crossover award. "I've done ten boy-girl scenes in three years. I've never swallowed cum and I market myself very well. I'm in the media constantly."
"I'm doing the Howard Stern show Jan. 31. Every time I do Howard Stern, I don't eat for a week, because Howard likes skinny girls."
Mary does a spontaneous rap about lukeisback.com and what a gangster I am.
Mary passes Wankus. He says hello. "Nice to meet you," Mary replies. He gives her a strange look.
"That's Wankus from KSEX," I say. "You know him."
Mary: "Oh boy, I'm going to hear about that."
On the way to a booth, Mary runs into Jessica Jaymes. They hug. The guards move Mary on.
"That's Jessica," wails Mary. "Jessica is my friend."
Heather Veitch says Gene Simmons was hitting on her. "I'm looking for a good girl," he said.
A camera from ABC TV's show Primetime follows Heather around Friday afternoon.
Veitch gets into a long discussion with a Satanist (Jane Bugbee) at the Extreme booth.
Jane says he was inducted into the Church of Satan by Anton LeVay.
The feud between the XXXChurch and JCsGirls is over. They used to give each other such fake greetings as, "The Lord is blessing us, I hope He's blessing you too."
Pastor Craig Gross and Heather Veitch had a long talk at the show.
Craig's former partner, Pastor Mike Foster, is now good friends with Heather and is redesigning the jcsgirls.com website.
The show is more mild since they stopped selling alcohol on the floor (about two years ago) and enforced strict rules on appropriate behavior -- no flashing, squirting, etc.... Back in 1999, girls would turn tricks in the back of booths.
Saturday night, Jan. 13, I ask Tony from BookTheBet.com if he worries about getting arrested. "No," he says. "I'm just a consultant."
Willie D writes on XPT: "Initally this morning, L-ke had a photo of Rob Spallone dressed in nothing but JoeBoxers. Nice touch of humor on DUC's part, but I imagine a single phone call to The Hovel had it removed ASAP."
Holly Randall posts: "Jenna looks so skinny it's scary. WTF is up with all these starving girls? It's incredibly unattractive, someone buy her a cheeseburger."
I think the DVD industry is dying. Could someone put together a photo montage from this year's show to the tune of "Nearer My God To Thee" ala this? I know it's Christian but I just love that song.
The most common thing I hear from journalists, including at this show: "Seriously, Luke, please don't write about me. I'm not that interesting."
Journalists know how dangerous journalists can be.
Monstar best deduced my mood at the show: "You want to cry out that Heart song, "What about love? Don't you want someone to care about you?""
Jan. 9. I leave my house at 8 a.m. for Rob Spallone's home. After messing around for a few hours, we finally leave at 11:30 a.m. with his 10-year old son Bob and his son's dog Karma as well as Mike Barbella (head of promotion for Elegant Angel) and Rob's girlfriend Leah (formerly Cameron Cain).
Rob rubs Karma's nether regions and announces with joy, "She's got the softest pussy!"
Mike says he spent time in prison for a 187 (murder).
Rob asks him not to smoke in front of his son.
At San Carlo's Deli, Rob yells at the owners for allowing cops in. Two undercover cops heard Rob blabbing about his shoot a few weeks ago. They phoned in the information and Rob's shoot got busted for not having a permit. Rob's received a year of probation.
Rob: "We were on our way to buy you a new car on Sunday and the horse fell down at the gate."
Mike: "You should try crack. It's the same high. When you come down after losing money, it's the same black hole feeling."
Rob: "I see you've tried it a few times."
Our road trip feels like Little Miss Sunshine. Rob's the little girl.
Mike: "Do you stop at the Mad Greek?"
Rob: "No."
Mike: "You don't do it right."
Barbella was supposed to ride with salesman Steve Volponi but when Steve saw Mike lighting up, he announced it was a non-smoking ride and kicked Barbella out.
Scorpion writes: "You should get Steve Volponi and Mike Barbella together in a room. No greater comedy exists I assure you."
Mike drove to Rob's house and parked in his driveway. You can only imagine Leah's delight when Mike banged on the front door and announced he was riding with them to Vegas.
Barbella has to start his Volvo with a screwdriver.
Mike won't fly out of fear of foot pollution. "Everybody has to walk together [through security] bare foot through a space two feet by eight feet. Mix together all those germs and you have created the most toxic foot fungus known to man."
Luke: "Will you have sex with a hooker?"
Mike: "No. Yes. I'll triple bag it."
Rob: "You're saying this in front of my 10-year old?"
Mike: "I'm teaching him proper etiquette."
Rob left Bob outside a CA betting place for two hours while he played the horses.
Mike: "If there's no money in porno, why is Greg at Anabolic driving three different Ferraris? The people who do it right have money."
Mike is four times as loud as Rob.
Luke: "Mike, how do you have so much energy?"
Rob: "He's a crack head."
Mike: "It's residual effects from the crack. It rewires your brain."
Barbella advises Bob: "Take your dad's dirty degenerate money and become a doctor or a lawyer."
Rob: "His college is paid for. Anywhere he wants to go. He got it when he was a baby."
Bob is tall for his age and slight. He's quiet and nothing like Rob.
Mike says that private schools in Los Angeles expell the children of pornographers as soon as they find out what their parents do for a living. "We don't want that type at our school."
We drop off Bob at his mom's home in Valencia.
During our drive to Vegas, it's "nigger this" and "nigger that."
I learn that basketball is "nigger golf."
Steve Alpani calls.
Rob: "I'm going to kill you."
"What's a nigger car? A Lincoln."
Mike: "Mafia? There ain't no Mafia. Perhaps a Jewish Mafia? Israelis run the industry. We're living on the Gaza strip."
A car goes by with two black people. Mike and Rob go crazy.
Luke: "There don't seem to be many people of color in Valencia."
Mike: "Here he goes with the bait. It's translucent."
Rob: "Mike, you should move out. There are a lot of meth labs out here."
I ask Rob: "Have you ever shot interspecies erotica?"
Rob: "You mean with a nigger and a white girl?"
Rob speculates that his oldest boy is ripping girls apart.
Proud papa.
Mike: "No matter what, I will always survive. I will always be happy. I will always have my feet on the ground and my head in the sky..."
Rob: "And a crack pipe in your mouth."
Mike: "If I don't write $500,000 worth of business at the show, I'm going to fire myself."
It takes about half an hour for Barbella and company to figure out the GPS navigation system.
Every time we pass black people on the road, my merry band of white supremacists (every group thinks it is supreme, so no big deal so long as you don't harm others) smiles and laughs.
Mike Barbella says Gene Ross's website Adultfyi.com has an Alexa ranking of 3,000. I say that my Alexa is about 22,000 (that means there are about 22,000 websites with more traffic than mine) and it is ahead of Gene's [48,700]. Mike disagrees. Rob takes my side. Rob bets his new black Mercedes vs. Barbella's Volvo on lukeisback.com vs. Adultfyi.com.
Mike calls Gene Ross and gets an answer machine.
Mike: "I'm going to call Fat Anthony [Tony Malice] at JM."
Anthony confirms that I have a better Alexa ranking.
Mike screams in frustration. He yells that I've made many mistakes.
We reminisce about the time Rob's brother Roy visited John Bone to collect money for a porn girl. John pulled a gun on him. "You better shoot me right now," said Roy, according to this story.
Rob says John ended up calling the cops.
Along the 215 highway east, Mike says: "I went to rehab there, Warm Springs."
Rob: "You should've gone there twice."
Mike plugs in his Sirius radio and we listen to Howard's interview with Jenna. He asks how she lost the weight. She said she was on a lot of hormones to get pregnant and then gave up the idea and lost the weight.
Jenna's super-sensitive about her weight.
After Dominic aka Dr. X served as her roadie, Jenna ripped him apart (including in her book). Asked for a response, Dr. X joked, "She's fat."
Jenna became furious and her husband Jay Grdina threatened Dominic's life.
The first porn event I ever attended was the 1996 FOXE Awards when Gene Ross got it on with Kim Chambers in the press room.
Steve Ornstein's sister Renee did publicity for numerous porn companies.
I walk two miles to Mandalay Bay and back Saturday night in freezing temperatures to save on cab fare.
I should've carried a cross on my shoulders and called on sinners to repent.
When John Douglas did an interview at the Extreme Associates booth, he ate a satanic wafer. He reports that it tasted bland, like rice cakes.
"I'm the last bridge that everybody burns on their way out of the industry," says Douglas.
I met him and his partner Dave Michaels on the AVN Awards red carpet in January 1999. It was the beginning of a long and beautiful friendship.
We check in at 5:25 p.m. to Green Valley Resort, 20-minutes outside of the Strip in Henderson.
Rob yells: "What's Dick Nasty's real last name?"
The CES conventioneers exchange smiles with the clerks.
Rob gets a luxury suite for $1100 a night. He's going to get comped because he bets so much.
The suite has a pool table.
"You think this is nice?" says Rob. "I stayed in a suite with its own swimming pool."
I sleep on the couch.
I tip the doorman $5. The next day, Leah gives me $20 to play the slots. I win $5:83. I don't spend a penny in Las Vegas. Whenever it is time to leave a tip or pay a bill, I disappear.
I let everyone know that I am allergic to spending money (that I don't have).
If I had money, I'd pay my share.
I stay Saturday night with Houston Don and get a ride home with Las Vegas. Not only do I not contribute my share, I don't contribute a penny.
I leave Vegas with more money than I came with. Thanks Rob, Don, and John.
I view my writing as a public service. Instead of trying to monetize my work, I happily concentrate on the things I do best and then put my hand out for charity.
Rob says that hotel windows in Vegas don't open out so people can't jump after losing their money.
On his first night, Rob wins $15,000. Then, over the next four nights, he loses $18,000.
No Toyota Camry for me.
I chat with Nikki Nine. She turned 18 in June of 2006 and entered porn in October.
I ask Rob Spallone how much he weighs. He says, "205 pounds."
"You carry it well," I reply.
"Are you being facetious?"
"Rob, that's a big word."
Rob's son Joe, a basketball player, berates Rob for being short.
"You shouldn't be mad at me for being short," Rob replies. "You should be mad at me for being white."
Wednesday morning. Show floor. Stormy says to me, "How come every time I see you, you look younger?"
Luke: "Because I'm always helping people..."
Stormy: "I'm not buying it. I think it's botox."
I chat with Brooke Haven. She's now a brunette. "New girl, new teeth, new hair," she says. "If I was your girlfriend, do you think you'd cheat?"
I try to get pictures of Monique Alexander but I've forgotten her name. So when in doubt in this situation, follow my advice and just yell "Lexi!"
Monique stares at me. "You called me Lexi? I look nothing like Lexi."
I keep running into people I don't want to run into.
As I walk past Ange Venus in a bikini, I overhear a woman say, "Is it OK to stare?"
Thursday night, there's a ferocious wind outside. Rob says, "I think the Arabs have something to do with this."
Rob yells at Ed Kail: "You lost. You're the nigger in the room."
So Ed racks the balls.
Leah gets up and heads to the bedroom.
"Where you going?" Rob asks.
"Nunya," she says, as in, "None of your business."
Rob asks me: "If you had a choice between being a nigger and a gay guy, what would you be?"
Luke: "I'd kill myself."
"Right answer," Rob says.
Saturday night, I sit next to Sunny Lane's parents (and two camera people from ABC's Primetime show) at the AVN Awards.
Thank you Sunny for the ticket.
"Sunny just french-kissed Dave Navarro!" says Sunny's mom.
Mom has Sunny's ebullient personality. The dad is quiet.
"That's our movie!" Sunny's mom yells a couple of times when movies her daughter starred in get awards.
The cameraman next to me uses his cell phone to get some light on Mrs. Lane's face so he can get some video footage.
April Storm got bit by a spider just before the show so Mrs. Lane took over her job.
Except for the stand-up comic Bobby Slayton hosting the show, all the presenters read from a teleprompter. About half of the crowd can read the thing before the presenters get around to their lame lines.
Guys around me start chanting from the prompter and mocking the porn girls mangling their lines.
Scott Taylor runs on stage to grab the mike and take Amy Ried's award while she's making her way up.
Everything Jessica Drake says is from the teleprompter, including, "What a great clip."
Sophia Rossi can either not read the teleprompter or has an impossible time pronouncing her lines.
Chuck Ortiz is pointed out. He's sitting next to his girlfriend Jenna Jameson. A heckler behind me yells out, "Chuck Liddell!"
Chuck thrashed Tito in a fight a few weeks ago.
"Tito's gay!" yells the heckler.
The host Bobby Slayton rejoins: "I'd like to see you say that to his face."
For the rest of the night, I hear chants that Tito is gay.
When Brad Armstrong wins a Best Director award, he kisses Slayton full on the lips.
"Pornography: The Secret History of Civilization" wins an award for Best DVD even though it came out in 2000.
Mika Tan wins "underrated starlet" award "for unrecognized excellence."
Jewel DeNyle's dad Larry Schwartz has a shocking dye job.
Crystal Clear was in prison for seven years because she tried to kill her sister.
You can't blame Crystal. She'd stolen cigarettes from her father and her sister told on her.
Crystal was 12.
Mike Kovacs has left Leisure Time (where he was general manager for about 15 years) and he's now at Red Light District's new mail-order company.
Rob Spallone says the show seems less crowded because so many people are smoking crystal meth that they take up less space.
Dinner. Thursday. Restaurant. Rob yells out, "I didn't say nigger, you little Jew!"
Rob walked into Nordstroms the other day and asked for the most expensive handbang they had. He bought it for $600.
He's proud that his girlfriend has never had to work during the three years they've been together.
Over breakfast, I tell Adam, a secular Jew who runs X-Cartel, that thousands of his ancestors died rather than eat bacon.
I tell him that thousands of his ancestors died rather than wear the cross (which Adam used to do).
After Adam, who tells me he's not a Zionist, tells me about an all-male lead movie he wrote for Rob, I tell him that thousands of his ancestors died rather than commit sodomy.
Adam and I hit it off so well that Rob and Ed Kail become convinced that we're in love.
Before photographing Mike South with Heather Helmer, I say, "Pull the stomach in, Mike."
Helmetcam Man Gary Gray is engaged to the producer of the former Helmetcam Man show.
Lorraine emails:
I usually don't email you, but I was surprised that nobody else voiced complaints about the AVN Awards Show this year. I thought it was a disappointing event ( with exception of the outstanding performance of John Stagliano's Fashionistas show and Larry Flynt's moving speech ).
A lot of the nominees couldn't do the red carpet, because it was closed down two thirds through - I presume because the show needed to start. The officials made it crystal clear that only nominees could walk the carpet to begin with ( as opposed to last year ). Problem was that entire groups like the Digital Playground girls and the Vivid girls were led to the front of the line and then consumed a lot of time being photographed and interviewed, ultimately preventing many nominees from being able to walk the red carpet. Same goes for non-nominee Gene Simmons and his group. I thought the organization and execution of that truly lacked competence next to respect and at least the facade of equality for all nominees. I suggest for next year AVN should have a specific schedule for the red carpet to give companies and nominees the appropriate time needed.
The award for "Best Director - Film" was read off the screen, which I thought was very disrespectful, however the award for "Best Ethnic Themed Release - Latin" or "Best Ethnic Themed Series - Latin" ( I forgot which ) was given to the winner on stage and he was given the opportunity to make an acceptance speech.
I also heard of complications for performers who had seats up in the ranks among the fans and weren't allowed to go down onto the floor, even if they were nominees and in at least one instance, won an award. Principally, I think all nominees should be seated on the floor and there should be a 'performers only' section in the ranks for non-nominees.
In closing, the event wasn't as personal as in the past. No food was offered, no company signs identified the tables and the atmosphere was more resemblant of a public lynching than of an industry celebration, which it should have been.
Keiko/Rob Longshot Rumors
1. Is keiko dead? - well now that is one of those interesting questions that has multiple answers. The girl who played Keiko is very much alive and laying here next to me while I type this. Keiko herself (the character) is no more... see my wife outgrew the persona of Keiko for many reasons, the first being that the name was stupid and got mangled constantly and was very odd considering that in reality she has not a lick of Japanese in her blood. and secondly because she got pigeonholed into the Alt/goth genre through no real decision of her own.. she and I were both always uncomfortable with our place in that whole world... yes, we like the music, but it is not how we choose to define ourselves... but we kept on being pushed to carry it further.
2.Will the girl formerly known as Keiko return to porn? That is not for me to answer... but i can assure you that if/when she does she will be barely recognizable from her previous incarnation.
3. just answer me this, Did she get fake tits? Well... she doesnt put them on the nightstand before bed., but she does have 34DD's now... but they are real... real expensive. (and really hot)
4. What about Italy? Well.... we never really had a 100% plan to go, it was based on my citizenship status and that is up in the air for a while. Not to mention the political climate in Europe is less than favorable at the moment, we do plan on visiting Japan this year though!
I figure i will take this opportunity to address a few rumours.
1.Are you bisexual? -No, not that i find anything wrong with that in any way... but it is not for me. I am only attracted to women, sorry. This all started because of something i posted on XXXporntalk one night while drunk and strung out on Klonopin... that shit will do ya in. BTW i have since quit all such substances... more on that later. anyway, i ran with the joke for a few weeks cause it was funny... but i posted later saying it was a joke. and no, i do not have a crush on Wankus... LOL, soory man, hes my friend, but if i was gay i would hope i would be able to do a little better... i mean come on.
2. Why did you REALLY go back to florida? -Well i was pretty f---ed up. I had been working for a total douchebag for a year and he had kinda sapped all the life out of me and helped turn me into a person nearly as bitter and sad as he is ( HI JOE!). anyway, i was also HEAVILY addicted to Anti-anxiety medications and alcohol and was slowly but quickly killing myself. Not to mention the addiction of loved ones, so, i returned to florida due to some family problems here and took the opportunity to clean my shit up. I am now sober, no longer such a gloomy gus, and have my shit on track... wich brings me to question 3.
3. Are you ever returning to porn? - You know, when i left LA i really wanst sure... part of me thought i was coming here to die. I originally planned that if i did return i would kill off the Rob Longshot charachter much as my wife was going to kill off Keiko, and has. Well, due to the imploring of my friends not to change my name to Rob Rocket... and the level of comfort i had grown to have with this name, i sort of injected the new persona into the old name... hence the upgrade.
4. Why blond? - can you think of any better way to immidiately dissasociate myself with my past persona? I think not!
5. Didnt you hate porn? -f--- NO!!! I have always been one of this industry's biggest cheerleaders!!!! That may have been assumed because i said some things directed at a small number of individuals.... LOOK! porn is like a family to me, even more so than my real one at times. But, like all families, your not always proud of all its memebrs actions all the time...
6. are you still fat? -do l look like im still fat motherf---er? I have some weight to lose still but i am down to 164 and happy... i should be at what i was at when i was a martial arts competitor by the time i return to the valley...
7. when are you coming back? -hrmmmm that one is for you all to find out when it happens!
8. Are you racist? anti-semetic? - hell f---ing no. i make jokes, im a big believer in politically incorrect humour because i believes that it helps tear down barriers and bring us closer to unity. I am a futurist and a utopianist, I feel it will take all of humanity working towards a better future to bring us to where we need to be, beyond the bondaries of race, religion, etc.
9. Are you a satanist? - maybe at one point in my life i would have answered this differently, but NO. I am not a negative person and i do not believe in selfish philosophies. I have evolved beyond that point of my life.
ok, this should be the last set.... 1.the Eon McKai thing..... let me be up front, to be honest the whore formerly known as Keiko and I have nothing against Eon, Joanna, Malachai... any of those people.. it all just got out of hand... allow me to explain a bit. See, post Art School K was promoting the hell out of Eon and the movie and sorta became an "alt" poster girl... well... at the same time my boss was telling me to do something similar, but i couldnt do it till I made a stink and i couldnt be supporting someone else product. To be honest, i really didn't want to shoot a goth movie... i like some fetishy stuff or some varied fasions, but i want to make movies that will stand the test of time.... but, money is a master, and i did it, i dragged her into it with me even though she wanted nothing more than to break out of that genre... I apologized to Eon later. I would hope all is now smoothed out, and in the end it workd out as good promotion for him. It's just not my thing, I like raw sex, and i like pornotypical images... im a big fan of 80's porn... gimme big tits and big blonde hair anyday.
2. did you and the girl formerly known as "keiko' ever really break up... nope, it was a work.
LFP Drew Rosenfeld's Rocker Glory?
Unknown writes:
Dana DeArmond Homeless
i left LA tuesday for las vegas. friday my house caught fire. the neighbor across the hall had left a candle burning in a plastic cup. i have lost literally everything. the walls, roof and all contents of my house are completely destroyed. the only things i own were in my suitcase i took to vegas. (a few short skirts and stripper shoes mostly) i lost some very expensive things i need for my work 24" iMac, 2 external harddrives. and i also lost things i needed for everyday. sneakers, tshirts, underwear, towels, sheets, my bed. etc. literally everything is gone. i went to the house and filmed today. hopefully we will have something edited and up on the net soon so you can see exactly how tragic this situation is. i am very lucky to be alive and to have the support of my peers, friends, family and fans. i am asking if there is anything you can donate there are over 300,000 of you and one of me. my boyfriend daniel (kakihara on my top8) has also lost everything. is there anything you can send to help us get our lives back together?
Notes from 2007 AEE
My notes, in no particular order:
1. The Blonde to Brunette Craze Continues. Stefani Morgan, as a brunette, looks incredibly hot and like mainstream star, Jessica Biel. BTW, Nicole Sheridan who I though had retired, was at AEE as a brunette, too.
2. Monique Alexander is the most normal pornstar on earth. To bad she didn't win any awards. She would be a great spokeswoman for the industry. She also had the most attractive, normal looking date/boyfriend? of all the female talent. (see below)
3. Stars Most Missed, who I wanted to talk with: Teagan Presley & Janine.
4. Star I Made Sure I Missed/Avoided: Mary Carey
5. Awards I Most Agreed With: Naomi, Best New Starlet, Stormy, Best Contract Star, and "Island Fever 4" girl/girl scene.
6. Award I Totally Didn't Understand: Vivid getting a Gonzo Award.
7. Sign that the Industry is Still in Need of Major New Star to cross market and bring in new customers: Jenna Jameson (again) getting the Cross Over award. Meaning that after all these years she is still the Most Recognized Porn Star in the biz.
8. Corporate Strategy for 2006 that Backfired: Vivid going "harder" with more anals, condoms optional, rougher sex, and (upcoming) more IR. They won fewer awards as a result of these changes than in past years, when they focused on their core market.
9. Lacie Heart, signing for new company, Digital Playground, looks great IN CLOTHES. Maybe better than nude...um, this could be a problem.
10. Male Talent & Boyfriends of PornBabes: with the exception of Jean Valjean, these are the meanest looking collection of guys this side of a Hells Angels knife fight. I guess this is why Jenna Jameson dissed the male talent recently in the mainstream press. Then, again, she was with Tito Ortiz.
11. CES Note: This event was totally over-shadowed by MacWorld in San Francisco, and the announcement of the iPhone. Like other people I know, I went to MacWorld first then made the jump to Vegas.
I Want To Add Video Clips To Lukeisback
What would be the best and cheapest and smallest video camera (with sound) to take along to sets and parties? Particularly something good at night. How can I do this on the cheap? I think I could snag some sponsors (perhaps Vivid or AVN?) for a 5-10 second commercial at the beginning of each clip to pay for the bandwidth.
I talk to Kira on the phone Jan. 15.
She's opening a new website kirakenerlive.com.
Kira wanted to correct me on some things I'd posted about her.
Kira: "I have never escorted and I never will."
"That was absolutely ugly what was put on there..."
"It's funny how you'll post anything but you won't check the facts. Some things you check the facts on...but that was blatantly rude and it's pretty slanderous. Considering how somebody tried to use that against me... You don't even realize the damage you've caused."
"Did you even bother to watch the [Vivid reality] show?"
Luke: "No."
Kira: "I have a copy of it. Savannah Samson did come to my rescue. To say all the Vivid girls hated me, you're wrong. Cheyenne Silver called me not long ago..."
Luke: "Some of the girls disliked you?"
Kira: "Of course. Why do you think Brianna Banks hated me?"
Luke: "I don't know."
Kira: "Because she dated Bobby Vitale right after me. Bobby doesn't say the nicest things about people when he's done dating 'em, especially when he's been kicked out of their house. It even said on the reality show that Brianna dated Kira's ex, when she was sitting there making horrible statements..."
Vivid terminated Kira's contract in February 2004.
Kira: "I did ask out of my contract because they were going in a direction I didn't want to go in."
Luke: "Have you made any adult movies since then?"
Kira: "I'm not going to answer that one yet."
"I really hated that comment about hating the fans. I've got so many pictures with my fans. The people who read what you wrote said it was such BS. I've always placed bets with my fans -- if I don't remember something about you, I'll give you something free. That's how I became famous with my fans. That's why my fans loved me and I had the following I did."
Luke: "What did you love and hate about your time in the Adult industry?"
Kira: "I liked doing the movies. I liked the sex. That was my sex life. Things I hated, you're supposed to become a yes person. I don't like being forced into doing things I don't want to do. The biggest thing I hated was people talking about me. They dubbed me 'the bitch of porn.' The reasons that they did that -- I'm ok with because for me to refuse to work without my test, I'm ok with that.
"There have been several occasions... When you're used to working with certain production managers and then they switch out and you work with a new one, and you're used to working with the old one, the new one doesn't know what the old one does. For instance, the old one picked up your test. The newer production manager didn't know that and yes, I shut the set down because I wasn't going to work without my test.
"There were times when I was told, 'I saw your test.' Someone is going to be there at 11 p.m. and they saw my test? Come on. I'm not going to take someone's verbal answer unless it came from AIM."
Luke: "Do you think the industry was doing everything it could to keep people healthy?"
Kira: "No."
Luke: "How often were you pushed to do things you didn't want to do?"
Kira: "In all fairness, producers and directors are supposed to get all they can out of you, but the only thing that comes to mind that just pisses me off was trying to get me to work without my test. At one time I was asked, 'Do you really think you have something?' I said, 'What? Because I have a Vivid girl label, I'm immune to everything?'"
Paperchase emails:
A small point, but defamation that occurs through the written word, such as allegedly happened on your site would be considered libelous not slanderous. Slander refers to the spoken, not the printed word. The distinction is most important in regards to what damages can be awarded.
Incidently when someone threatens to sue you for "Slander" this is usually a pretty good indication they have not talked to a lawyer, yet.
What's Going On With Jesse Jane?
Is she OK?
Jack writes about Tory Lane: "She was extremely drunk / hungover most of the time, she skipped out on Friday all together, and only spent 45 minutes at the JJV booth on Saturday."
Awards For 2006
Inspired by AVN, I'd like to give out my own awards for 2006, but I want them to be funny. I'm too lazy to think of anything, but maybe you have some ideas? Email Luke
Leslie writes:
In the wake of Nikki Nova and Asia Carrera...maybe you could have a "biggest supposely rich porn star begger" award like Dana DeArmond right now?
Reading Holly's post just though you should have a "give her a sandwhich award" :-).It's obvious Jenna is a contender this year and I think I read somewhere Jesse Jane was also in need for a sandwich but...even though I haven't seen a picture of her lately, Nina Hartley was certainly skinny as hell the last picture I've seen of her.Could be contender too.
Another funny award could be "the biggest on/off on/off on/off pornstar/boyfriend relationship" Contenders would be Mary Carey,Aurora Snow.
Another award (not really funny though):"the most prestigious video...that never came" Janine loves Jenna.
Shy Love's Legal Drama
Madness writes Jan. 9:
Luke, Sorry to hear about your subpoena. What a great way to start the New Year, huh? From what I hear, you'll be having plenty of company. Shy’s basically going to end up having virtually everyone in porn subpoenaed, either as a witness for her fraud case or her countersuit. In her deposition yesterday, Shy named at least 7 Hustler employees including Drew Rosenfield., as potential witnesses.
My understanding is that she specifically names Drew as a person who encouraged her to break off her business ties to her former partner in Viscous Media. I also hear that during the deposition she named some heavyweight mainstream ad execs, including people tied to Howard Stern. Can’t way to see a transcript of the deposition – I hear it is possibly the funniest depositions every transcribed by a court reporter. At one point Shy claimed not to know what year she graduated from high school or when she attended college.
Just for Shy’s edification, the way to solve that complex word problem is to take her age at the time she graduated, and add that number to the year she was born. That should provide you with the year she graduated, give or take a year depending on her birthday and how many grades she failed. One would have figured that someone who claims to have graduate degrees in both accounting and taxation would have been able to figure that out – of course, one would have figured that someone with graduate degrees in accounting and taxation wouldn’t be making her living getting f---ed in the ass.
I wouldn't want to catch anything she's got. I'm happy doing what I'm doing and I don't think it's fair for you guys to rag on me. I worked hard for my name and don't need anyone riding my coat tails. As for my parents their actions speak louder then words. I hope you all have someone you love one day do what my parents have done to me. I have no regrets with my choices and I have every right to protect my name against companies using it for their own gain. Better yet if you have daughters I hope they do something to rip your souls in half then maybe you'd understand.
I agree my mom has her own name I don't think companies need to use mine to promote it. She can do what she wants but for people coming down on me isn't right when they only know a thrid of the truth behind everything. One day I'll write a book then maybe it will clear the air. For instance my mom is in the hospital not doing well and my dad's in Vegas with some 19yr old chick. What a great family they really stand by each other????????? Maybe this will give you a sense of loyalty my parents have.
She's not doing well after surgery got a major infection and my dad runs off to AVN with some other girl nice of him isn't it??? Maybe if you all knew how my parents really are instead of the BS they front then you'd see how pathetic they really are. I blame him for most everything that's gone wrong between my mother and I as he brainwashed her and turned her into a puppet. Running off with a 19yr old to vegas just proves it when she lays in the hospital.
If she left him I'd forgive her for everything as he is manipulative and controlling and has done nothing but harm to our family. He's whored her out for money and pushed her into doing porn because he lost everything all his retirement etc... So he is using her and I can tell she's putting on a front and isn't happy with her life.
A buyer's observations of AEE
Jack writes:
Hello Luke, I am a new buyer for a major adult retailer. I attended AEE for the first time last week. Here are a few observations: The average height of a male porn star seems to be about 5"3 apparently. T.T. Boy looked like a disgruntled bus boy. Years of fake tanning results in your favorite porn star having a dried baked potato glow in person. Jenna Jameson and the Geico lizzard were never seen in the same room at the same time... The only difference between a video company sales manager and a carnival worker is a carnival worker has more teeth. Is there such thing as a cold sore on a butt cheek?
Porn studios raided to ensure adult-only casts
According to the LA Times: "The FBI seeks records to make sure minors haven't been hired. The industry and public policy experts question the probes' effectiveness."
This is nonsense. The 2257 regulations are not about preventing child pornography. They are about limiting adult pornography producers to the small number who can handle the paperwork requirement. A limited number of porn producers are then easier to smash.