Jenna
Jameson True Hollywood Story
2003-08-05 08:42:45
Howard Stern played clips from the upcoming E! True
Hollywood Story featuring Jenna Jameson.
Jameson's voice: "I first got on to his [Howard Stern] show by sending
my picture to him. I remember him talking on the radio about me saying
I just got this picture of this girl who says she's an adult film star.
She looks like a super model. I was, like, whatever. But he automatically
booked me for a show."
Announcer's voice: Jenna appeared on the Howard Stern show in December,
1995. Stern was mesmerized.
Announcer's Voice: he insisted a few months later that Jenna audition
for a role in Private Parts, a movie based on his best-selling book.
Jameson's Voice: I actually had to do a cold reading with Howard. I
cannot tell you how scared I was. That's a lot of pressure for a girl
that was 22 at the time. And I nailed it. [Stern agreed with that assessment.]
It was my first major role in a big screen movie.
Jameson: I met Nikki Tyler on a shoot for Suze Randall for Cherie Magazine.
We locked eyes and I fell in love with her. At the time I as living
with my father in northern California. I wanted my own place but I didn't
have the means to do it. And she took me in. I moved from my father's
house to L.A. to pursue my career. She was very motherly to me. She
was always there when I needed her, when I was vulnerable, and I thought
I couldn't go on. She was the one who kicked me in my ass and said quit
crying.
She was pretty much the only woman I've ever truly loved in a relationship-way.
That's probably because I was looking for a mother figure.
After I left home my father moved. That was earth-shattering to me.
My father leaving felt like he was abandoning me. There was so much
anger. I've lost my mother. To have my father leave me in my time of
need, which is what I thought at the time, killed me. And I just dove
deeper into drugs: speed, one line a day. Just a little pick me up.
No big deal. Then it got to be okay, five or six lines then it became
non-stop. It got to the point where my nose hurt so then my boyfriend
introduced smoking speed to me which was the worst thing he could have
done. Because when you smoke speed it makes you want it so much more
every five minutes. For my little heart I was just a mess. I couldn't
eat. I weighed 80 pounds... I didn't know where my dad was. I didn't
know what I was going to do. My boyfriend came to me and said I'm leaving
you. And I remember getting to the point where like I have to suck it
up. I called my dad. he said you don't sound good. Are you okay? Daddy,
no, I'm not okay. I'm hooked on drugs. I want to quit.
Larry Massoli: I told her immediately I'll get in a car and drive down
to Las Vegas and I'll pick you up.
Jameson: Dad, I can't make the drive. I'm too sick. I hadn't eaten in
weeks. I couldn't even get up and walk. I said, dad, I'm going to fly.
I have a friend that'll take me to the airport and walk me to the gate.
Larry Massoli: When she got off the plane I was absolutely floored.
She only weighed about 75 pounds, extremely sick, very weak...she had
to come off the plane in a wheel chair.
Jameson [breaking down crying]: I remember being so ill that I couldn't
look my dad in the eye. I was embarrassed because I was always the strong
one.
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From E! Online: Her videos have sold hundreds of thousands of copies,
and she has earned numerous lifetime achievement awards--all before
the age of 30.
As you'll learn in this hot new E! True Hollywood Story, premiering
August 10 at 8 p.m., Jenna Jameson started out as a pretty little ballerina
in Las Vegas. But her naked ambition and hypercharged sex drive soon
led her to help add to the sin in Sin City.
She was dancing in clubs by the time she was 16. A year later, she was
stripping. Eventually, she made up her mind to become a porn star, and
the rest is history.
Tune in to this steamy Story to find out how a fear of abandonment and
a desire for attention turned an adult-film actress into a real heartbreaker.
Jenna Jameson grabbed the adult-film world by the balls and made it
her own. Her acting ability and enthusiasm aroused her costars, as well
as the millions of fans watching at home.
Watch also as Jameson makes acting forays into the non-porn world--and
follow her on a tour of a typical day.
But first, follow our timeline, and learn some fun facts about one of
the most successful women in porn history.
Porn Yesterday: A Jenna Jameson Timeline
April 9, 1974: Jenna Marie Massoli is born.
February 20, 1976: Her mother dies of skin cancer.
1988: Young Jenna begins competing in beauty pageants, peeks at her
father's porn magazines and secretly prays that she will grow up to
be as beautiful as the models.
1989: Jenna goes through puberty and blossoms into a busty teenager.
When she goes on dates, her father answers the door dressed in his full
police uniform.
Early 1990s: She follows her brother's footsteps and begins taking drugs,
especially acid.
1990: Loses her virginity and feels a power over men.
Summer 1990: Jenna enters a wet-T-shirt contest and wins. She strips
nude and holds the trophy aloft, to the delight of the crowd and the
horror of her brother. She's 16.
Later in 1990: Her first serious relationship is with the man who gives
her the trademark double-heart tattoo on her butt. The tattooed word
Heartbreaker was added later...by her brother.
Fall 1990: Jenna leaves home to move in with her tattoo-artist boyfriend.
He takes nude photos of her while she applies for jobs as a dancer in
Las Vegas.
1991: She uses a fake ID to apply for a job stripping but is told to
reapply after she has her braces removed. That night, her brother helps
her use needle-nose pliers to remove the braces. She goes back to the
strip club the next day and gets the job. After six months, she is making
$2,000 a night. She has yet to finish high school.
Later in 1991: Jenna Massoli chooses her new last name, Jameson, out
of a phone book. She likes that it is also a brand of whiskey.
1992: After her father moves to California, Jameson fills the void by
taking speed. Eventually she flies to California, where her father helps
her detox. She is 18.
Spring 1993: After modeling for magazines, Jameson decides to go into
adult films--with her father's blessing.
1994: Early on, she does only girl-girl scenes. Her first film with
men is Cherry Pie, in which she plays a character named Betty Blueballs.
1995: Her first adult-film contract calls for her to earn $6,000 for
each of the eight movies she makes in her first year. Her first big-budget
production is Blue Movie.
December 1995: Jameson sends photos of herself to radio host Howard
Stern. She appears on his show, and he later asks her to audition for
a role in his movie Private Parts.
December 1996: Jameson marries porn star Rodney Hopkins, known by his
stage name, Brad Armstrong. They separate 10 weeks later but continue
to appear in adult films together.
March 1997: At the premiere for Private Parts, Jameson meets Marilyn
Manson. They hang out all night and go back to his hotel room. They
date for a while.
Late 1990s: Jameson appears in several episodes of E!'s Wild On.
Summer 1998: Jameson works with studio owner Jay Grdina, also known
as Justin Sterling. She thinks he's arrogant. He thinks she's bratty.
A few months later, they see each other at a party in Las Vegas and
sparks fly. They soon move in together.
January 1999: Jameson wins a lifetime achievement award from Adult Video
News.
May 1999: Jameson is honored with a lifetime achievement award at the
"Hot d'Or" adult-film awards in Cannes, France.
Early 2000: Jameson forms Club Jenna, her own personal license and brand.
In addition to producing adult films, the club runs a Website that now
sells novelties, including a remote-controlled electronic fart machine
($19.95) and a mold of her entire pelvic region ($179.95).
December 2000: Jenna opens the last of her presents from boyfriend Jay
Grdina: a T-shirt that reads Merry Me with a ribbon holding an engagement
ring. One problem: She has never officially gotten a divorce from her
first husband.
March 2001: Jameson and first husband Hopkins finally legally separate
and divorce.
July 2001: Jameson voices a cartoon of herself on the animated series
Family Guy.
November 2001: Jameson participates in a debate at the Oxford Union
in London about the benefits of pornography. Pitted against antiporn
activists, the audience votes her the winner, 204-27.
2002: Brianna Loves Jenna becomes the year's bestselling adult video,
selling about 100,000 copies on video and DVD.
Also in 2002: Jameson does voice work for videogames Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. She also makes a cameo as a
stripper in Analyze That.
January 2002: Jameson becomes the first adult-video star to be laser-mapped
for her own anatomically correct action figure.
May 2002: Jameson makes her MTV debut in the Eminem video for "Without
Me."
August 2002: Jameson spars with Bill O'Reilly about the business of
pornography on The O'Reilly Factor. After the interview, he requests
copies of some of her films.
October 2002: Jameson inks a six-figure deal to write How to Make Love
Like a Porn Star, an autobiography with sex tips.
February 2003: Jameson stars on the NBC show Mr. Sterling as a politician's
girlfriend. The show lasts five episodes.
March 2003: Vivid Entertainment signs her to an unprecedented seven-year
deal in which she'll direct and star in 15 movies.
June 2003: Jameson and Grdina are married.
Pushing My Luck With Holly
Randall, Jenna
Jameson
I walked around the LFP set yesterday amazed at how well
I was treated. Vivid sales manager Howard Levine even complimented me
on my shoes.
I don't like to ask people for things aside from interviews,
but my new friend Cam pushed me to put together my best work for a book.
There are chapters on Jenna and Holly.
I got Holly to give me some pictures which she emailed
me in .tif format.
Once I'd gotten my photos, I risked overstepping my boundaries.
To give the following context, remember that Jenna said
in her autobiography that Suze exploited her.
Holly, the eldest child, is hyper-protective of her family.
I remember five months ago, after she read my memoir, she was convinced
that I was out to destroy the industry (that she dare not show it to
her parents) and that she couldn't have any part of that and she was
exhausted from all the flak she took from being associated with me...
HollyRandall: did you get all the files you needed?
Luke: umm, do you have one of jenna j?
HollyRandall: oh crap
HollyRandall: why don't you get one from her?
HollyRandall: mine are so old
Luke: ok
HollyRandall: seriously she looks nothing like how she looks now
HollyRandall: in what we've shot of her
Luke: ok
HollyRandall: it was all pre-chin job
HollyRandall: hey have you heard of this new Mark Spiegler girl, Sasha
Gray?
HollyRandall: i'm surprised there isn't a post about her on XPT, she's
all the rage
Luke: yeah, i did a story on her 2 weeks ago
Luke: did you meet her?
HollyRandall: we shot her
Luke: is she ok?
Luke: serious?
Luke: ER?
HollyRandall: hahah very funny
Luke: she's the new Maya
Hills [the last 18-year old Holly was excited about because she
was doing porn and was beautiful yet she had her life together and Holly
said she was going to have this terrific porn-enhanced future, that
porn was a stepping stone to greatness for her, and I said to myself,
oh please]
HollyRandall: oh please don't go there
Luke: Jenna replies: Depends on what your going to write about me…lol
J
Luke: I knew she's say that.
HollyRandall: yeah well maybe she should think about what she writes
about other people too
Luke: may i quote that? [garble]
HollyRandall: what the hell is that?
HollyRandall: sanskrit?
Luke: I was trying to say, may I quote that? the type went screwey
Luke: you don't know ancient middle eastern languages
Luke: I could never stand your ignorance!
I reply to Jenna:
I did an interview yesterday with Max magazine from
France and I said that you had always treated me very nicely, even
when I had stuff in my column that was mean. That you understood my
job better than any porn star. But yeah, I'm going to revisit that
dramatic '99 roadie interview and your response with Nikki Tyler so
I understand if you don't want to send along a picture.
Jenna responds: "OY VEY.
"In response to Holly’s barb -- I understand being
protective of your mom. But I spoke the truth. Period. I was 18 and
knew NOTHING about the industry. I would expect someone with your mother
experience and the fact that she is a woman, to be less of a shark.
Sorry, I tend to speak my mind."
Holly is like a mother bear looking after her cubs, only
her cubs are her parents (in addition to her siblings and her friends).
"Totally understandable."
Former
Hustler magazine Editor Allan MacDonell painted the same view of
Suze as Jenna and Tera Patrick.
Let's be real folks. Porn is all about pimps and hos (I
don't exempt myself from this critique). If you're in the biz, you're
either a pimp or a ho. If you're a pimp (photographer), you try to squeeze
as much as possible from the talent and pay them as little as possible.
If you're a ho, you try to get as much money as possible for as little
effort as possible.
Any other approach to porn doesn't last, so it doesn't
matter. The only reason to be in this business is money (and attention
and immortality). There's no nobility in producing porn. All you do
is exploit the basest human emotions by preying on the weak and getting
them to do things that will forever hurt them and those who care about
them. To make or do porn is to wreak havoc on the vulnerable (I've wreaked
plenty of havoc on the vulnerable through my gossipmongering so I am
not saying I am better than the people I write about). See what happened
to that teacher Tericka Dye (ex-porn star Rikki
Andersin) who can never hold her head up in polite society again
(without an extraordinary amount of fortitude and accomplishment on
her part and unusual forgiveness by those around her).
A friend of mine who is a pornographer responded to Rikki's
plight thus: "I've sold a lot of copies of Wet Cum Shots 6 that she
stars in. I doubt she'll be able to get a job anywhere. She may as well
just set up a webcam and just masturbate online for Steamray."
Yay for porn and for the way it empowers women!
See what happened to Brandy
Alexandre and her job at Forest Lawn.
Jenna's book was gentle on the industry. She was far tougher
on herself than on porn. That girl went through hell (much of it, after
she was 18, of her own creation).
I haven't read Suze's book Suze
(written by her husband Humphry and published in 1977) but from all
indications (Suze and Humph were kicked out of the Playboy circle because
of it and suffered other indignities) Jenna was no more harsh towards
her early employer and friend Suze than Suze was to her early employer
and friend Hugh Hefner.
The big difference is that Jenna's book was a bestseller
and Suze's wasn't. Jenna became a mainstream celebrity. Suze didn't.
On page 180, Allan MacDonell writes about Suze Randall:
Randi Dench had spawned her ambitions during London's swinging '60s
and had flirted and f---ed at the fringes of '70s celebrity. Her autobiography,
long out of print, had named names and dimensions. Dench's blab-all
tome had alienated her men's-sophisticate benefactors, and she'd been
reduced to shooting for magazines lesser than Hustler. I complimented
Randi on her test shots and warned her not to bug Eleanor about a
perceived increase in bra size. Dench, mindful of her reputation for
bawdy exuberance, had immediately accosted Eleanor in an open workplace
and bellowed, "Come on, Eleanor baby, don't be bashful. Show
us those new tits!" This act had been cited as proof that I had
created a hostile, sexually harassing atmosphere.
I knew something about how Randi's attentions must have
made Eleanor feel. About a year and a half earlier, we had all three
scouted prospective models at a world series of exotic dancers in
Toronto, Canada. Randi had been drinking heavily, in her defense,
but I had not, and her continual groping of my crotch and struggling
to unbuckle my trousers while in crowded coffee shops had caused me
no small amount of awkward emotions, much to Eleanor's delight.
On page 239, Allan writes:
All the skin photographers I met reinforced the prejudice
that theirs, more than any other, is a craft of deception. The girls
are fooled into believing they are receiving free money. The viewer
is duped into believing the photographer has captured the girl in
a moment of ecstasy. One photo shoot visit too many ruins the illusions.
Afterward, you look at a "nude glamour" shot, and you see
a strained expression held for the duration of a camera click. If
you are not careful, your cynicism penetrates beyond the illusions
of the photo layouts, and nothing in real life seems authentic anymore.
Kami Andrews writes me: "I've felt that so many times
and not had the words for it. I wish I could express myself like that."
On page 101 of her book, How to Make Love Like a Porn
Star: A Cautionary Tale, Jenna Jameson begins:
...And because Suze was a woman and spoke in a charming
British accent, she could get away with saying things that I would
have wanted to strangle most guys for.
...To keep all of my body in focus and in the light,
I had to bend and contort into all sorts of unnatural positions that
were supposed to look effortless, just as I had at my shoot with Julia
[Parton]. But this time, I had to hold the positions much longer and
wait for them to meter the light, take a Polaroid, and check the light
again before they even started shooting. I was so out of shape from
my unhealthy lifestyle that my knees would suddenly start knocking
during a pose or my lower back would spasm when I arched it for too
long. But I knew that if I moved even an inch, they'd be pissed because
they would have to remeter the light; and all the other girls, who
were posing so effortlessly, would be annoyed. I really wanted to
please Suze, so I was willing to hold my knees over my head for twenty
minutes straight, until my spine felt like it was going to snap.
...We had no permits to shoot there, so Suze blocked
us from the beach dwellers with big white sheets. For the shoot, she
wanted us to pour oil on each other. As we were doing that, she asked
Erin to pour some directly on my ding-ding. I pulled back.
"I'd rather not do that," I said. "It'll
get infected."
"Fine," Suze sighed.
...Though she is a great person and a talented photographer,
Suze, I soon realized, is also a shark. Her specialty is naive young
girls -- much like myself -- who are so happy to have a modeling opportunity
that they'll do anything. Once she sank her teeth into me, she didn't
let go. She shot me until I was half dead.
The pay was three hundred dollars a day, but sometimes
she'd cram three different photo shoots into a day. And I had no idea
how much she was getting paid for the photos or how many magazines
she was selling them to. I was only supposed to be in L.A. for two
days, but she kept me for a week, shooting nonstop.
...But I began to feel like Suze was taking advantage
of me. My pictures appeared in every sex ad and foreign nudie magazine
imaginable. And since I'd signed away the rights, she was raking in
all the money. Whenever I asked her for a few chromes for a promo
shot or to make a modeling book, she'd refuse. I'd ask her instead
to shoot an extra roll for me at our next session instead, and she'd
say she couldn't. She made her living off enthusiastic new girls like
myself, and I understood that and was grateful to her for making me
an international cover girl. But there was a bigger problem -- she
was stringing me along, telling me that each shoot we did just might
be a centerfold in Penthouse. However, nothing we did ever appeared
there, and that had been my dream from day one. And with every picture
of mine that was published somewhere else, my chances of ever being
a Penthouse Pet plummeted lower and lower.
So I added Suze to my mental shitlist of people I could
not trust and decided to stop working with her. (pg. 172)
Last October, Holly called me spewing with rage over this
passage by Tera Patrick in the book Naked
Ambition: Women Who Are Changing Pornography:
I lived at Suze Randall's home for a while, and while she
wasn't busy hitting on me she was getting me published in every magazine
imaginable. In retrospect, she probably paid for that house off the
pictures she shot of me...
Holly gave me my copy of the book Naked Ambition. She
inscribed it: "To Luke - For your reading pleasure and assured
scathing criticism. Love [I can't read the name but I assume it is Holly]."
Holly noted her mom was in her fifties when she met Tera
and unlikely to hit on her. And that Tera's pictures would pay for no
more than a few square feet of her parents Malibu ranch.
HollyRandall: I just can't believe she blamed my mom for
not getting into Penthouse-- that's what made me mad
HollyRandall: it just makes no sense-- if she was such a shark then
why wouldn't she want to sell Jenna to a magazine that would pay her
the most amount of money?
HollyRandall: why would my mom deliberately keep her out of Penthouse?
HollyRandall: it was the fact that Bob [Guccione] didn't like Jenna's
look at the time, and that's the final word-- my mom did everything
she could to get Jenna in Penthouse
HollyRandall: it was the Penthouse accusation that pissed me off, because
it was totally untrue
HollyRandall: look no one is on Jenna's level, and i admire her for
getting where she is
HollyRandall: but whether or not she was aware of the Penthouse issue,
the fact is that it's not true, and it's in print forever and everyone
who reads that will think the wrong thing about my mom
HollyRandall: I'm glad she understands I'm protective of my family,
I'm sure in my situation she'd feel the same way
Jenna didn't blame Suze for not getting into Penthouse.
She blamed Suze for leading her along, telling her that this next shoot
just might get her into Penthouse. Jenna blamed Suze for taking advantage
of her naivety. Jenna blamed Suze for leading her on.
Holly takes after her mother. She's generous and charming
but makes a lot of promises that she not only does not keep, but claims
to have no memory of ever making. Some of this trait is probably endemic
to photographers who prey on the dreams of models.
As Holly told me after one of my protestations of love,
"I need someone more stable than you and you need someone more
stable than me."
12/11/06
Jenna
Jameson Files
For Divorce
Jack writes: "You could check out the records of the Maricopa
County (AZ) Superior Court cases of criminal defendants named John
"Jay" Grdina (born 10/11/67) who were defendants in a
trail involving wire fraud, money laundering, and running a criminal
enterprise."
Jason
Sechrest blogs:
After months of separation seeing Jenna Jameson dating fighting champion
Tito Oritz, the queen of porn has finally filed for divorce from Jay
Grdina, also known as performer/director Justin Sterling. I have heard
there was no prenup involved in their marriage and Sterling currently
remains an active part of running the multi-million dollar Club Jenna,
Jameson's company, which was sold to Playboy earlier this year.
All this just in time for the release of Club Jenna's new movie,
Jenna Love Justin. (That box art is outta control! Loving it!) You
know, she could've been a real bitch and renamed the movie Jenna (Doesn't)
Love Justin. Jameson and I used to joke that she would some day make
a bi movie with me and it would be called Jenna Loves Jason ...And
Bob.
Though there were rumors of abusive behavior, Jameson is citing irreconcilable
differences. I once heard a rumor that Jay was so dominant in the
bed room, he would literally drag her to the toilet, dunk her head
in it and fuck the hell out of her. ...And now she's dating a professional
fighter. I could say she has bad taste in men, but... frankly, I think
it's all so very hot. I wish I'd been there to spit on her face during
the whole thing too. And she knows I mean that with total love.
April 9, 2007
From
the New York Post's Page Six:
Jameson, who reportedly underwent a botched and career-threatening
vaginoplasty operation, has lost so much weight that she's almost unrecognizable
and was a disappointment to fans at last weekend's Exxxotica convention
in Miami Beach. According to one insider, "She was contractually supposed
to show up for a total of six hours in two days yet arrived late both
days and blew off the event 45 minutes early on the second day of her
appearance." The source continued, "When fans openly asked her about
her [botched surgery] and why she was so thin, her people cut them off.
But she shouldn't be standing in front of an old photo of herself when
she's about 40 pounds skinnier than she was."