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Primetime Fucks The Adult Industry And Doesn't Even Leave A Tip on the Dresser
By: Mark Kernes 1-24-2003 (reprinted from AVN)
LOS ANGELES - There are several things that mainstream entertainment is better at than porn. Mainstream, for instance, has better writers than porn; writers who can convey subtlety and pathos, and on the news side of the business, they can propagandize with the best of 'em. And that's exactly what America got to hear Thursday night on ABC's Primetime, when veteran newswoman Diane Sawyer hosted the episode titled "Young Women, Porn & Profits: Corporate America's Secret Affair." "Girls with a Hollywood dream get to do something most of us could never imagine," Sawyer intoned. "Be there as an 18-year-old makes a decision she can never take back... Fortune 500 corporations reaping profits and looking the other way as young women go further and further... We follow a teen along the road from her first movie to the roughest side of raw, X-rated fame. Tonight an unprecedented two-year look inside the business: Porn, big money, shattered lives." Actually, the show's title was highly misleading. Despite all the hype throughout the show about how General Motors and DirecTV were making billions of dollars off of the backs of poor deluded 18-year-olds who were tricked and coerced into performing more and more graphic sex acts, Sawyer wasn't able to get any of the major companies to speak on camera, and had to settle for a PR guy from AOL Time Warner. But more on that later. Instead, the show revolved around porn star Belladonna, tracing her career from her entry into the business three years ago at 18 through her recent win at the AVN Awards... and managing to convey the impression that that she's trapped in a lifestyle and occupation that's eating her up inside. And to be fair, there are a couple of points where, at Sawyer's urging, the brunette breaks into tears, claiming that her constant smile is really just a façade... but somehow, those moments seem at odds with the fact that after a year in the business, doing gangbangs and double-anals, Belladonna left to go home, but came back allegedly because "the money was too good" - so good, in fact, that she managed to put her sister through college with it, and even brought her mother, who clucked in disapproval at her daughter's profession, out to Los Angeles to be her assistant for a series project that never worked out. But Bella isn't the only one who's been exploited. In fact, but for a 60-second clip of some major stars talking about how they liked the fame and money, Sawyer didn't manage to find anyone who was happy in XXX... and she talked to plenty of them, including actress-turned-producer/director Ona Zee. And then, of course, there were the inevitable "experts" like former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who's never spent a single minute on a porn set, yet knows all he needs to know about one. "They're not protected," Koop said disapprovingly. "They don't even have workmen's compensation. We have an industry that is making billions of dollars a year, is spreading to cable television and the Internet, and yet their employees are considered to be throw-away people... They [companies] don't want to get involved, and people don't care whether they get involved or not. You have to remember that even the people who enjoy looking at pornography really despise the people they're watching, and they have no sense of protection for them." It probably escaped Koop's attention that most performers are treated quite well on the set, are usually well-paid for their long hours considering the level of expertise many of them bring to the business, have HIV and STD tests on a monthly basis, and have a lower proportion of those diseases than does the average California citizen, according to statistics gathered by Miss Sharon Mitchell of AIM Healthcare. And as for whether those who watch porn despise the performers... well, maybe Koop's been looking at too many porn gossip sites, where the creeps who do feel that way tend to accumulate, and not enough time listening to the adoring fans who line up for autographs at the trade shows. But Koop was undeterred by the suggestion that performers come into the industry willingly. "I don't think anybody deserves the kinds of things that happen in the pornographic industry," Koop said after having been baited by Sawyer's question. "Remember, these are kids, most of them; these are ordinary people who have made bad decisions or who have been pushed into bad decisions... What happens to youngsters who are used in the pornographic industry is almost indescribable."
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...another angle:
Primetime Fucks The Adult Industry And Doesn't Even Leave A Tip on the Dresser
By: Mark Kernes 1-24-2003 (reprinted from AVN)
LOS ANGELES - There are several things that mainstream entertainment is better at than porn. Mainstream, for instance, has better writers than porn; writers who can convey subtlety and pathos, and on the news side of the business, they can propagandize with the best of 'em. And that's exactly what America got to hear Thursday night on ABC's Primetime, when veteran newswoman Diane Sawyer hosted the episode titled "Young Women, Porn & Profits: Corporate America's Secret Affair." "Girls with a Hollywood dream get to do something most of us could never imagine," Sawyer intoned. "Be there as an 18-year-old makes a decision she can never take back... Fortune 500 corporations reaping profits and looking the other way as young women go further and further... We follow a teen along the road from her first movie to the roughest side of raw, X-rated fame. Tonight an unprecedented two-year look inside the business: Porn, big money, shattered lives." Actually, the show's title was highly misleading. Despite all the hype throughout the show about how General Motors and DirecTV were making billions of dollars off of the backs of poor deluded 18-year-olds who were tricked and coerced into performing more and more graphic sex acts, Sawyer wasn't able to get any of the major companies to speak on camera, and had to settle for a PR guy from AOL Time Warner. But more on that later. Instead, the show revolved around porn star Belladonna, tracing her career from her entry into the business three years ago at 18 through her recent win at the AVN Awards... and managing to convey the impression that that she's trapped in a lifestyle and occupation that's eating her up inside. And to be fair, there are a couple of points where, at Sawyer's urging, the brunette breaks into tears, claiming that her constant smile is really just a façade... but somehow, those moments seem at odds with the fact that after a year in the business, doing gangbangs and double-anals, Belladonna left to go home, but came back allegedly because "the money was too good" - so good, in fact, that she managed to put her sister through college with it, and even brought her mother, who clucked in disapproval at her daughter's profession, out to Los Angeles to be her assistant for a series project that never worked out. But Bella isn't the only one who's been exploited. In fact, but for a 60-second clip of some major stars talking about how they liked the fame and money, Sawyer didn't manage to find anyone who was happy in XXX... and she talked to plenty of them, including actress-turned-producer/director Ona Zee. And then, of course, there were the inevitable "experts" like former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who's never spent a single minute on a porn set, yet knows all he needs to know about one. "They're not protected," Koop said disapprovingly. "They don't even have workmen's compensation. We have an industry that is making billions of dollars a year, is spreading to cable television and the Internet, and yet their employees are considered to be throw-away people... They [companies] don't want to get involved, and people don't care whether they get involved or not. You have to remember that even the people who enjoy looking at pornography really despise the people they're watching, and they have no sense of protection for them." It probably escaped Koop's attention that most performers are treated quite well on the set, are usually well-paid for their long hours considering the level of expertise many of them bring to the business, have HIV and STD tests on a monthly basis, and have a lower proportion of those diseases than does the average California citizen, according to statistics gathered by Miss Sharon Mitchell of AIM Healthcare. And as for whether those who watch porn despise the performers... well, maybe Koop's been looking at too many porn gossip sites, where the creeps who do feel that way tend to accumulate, and not enough time listening to the adoring fans who line up for autographs at the trade shows. But Koop was undeterred by the suggestion that performers come into the industry willingly. "I don't think anybody deserves the kinds of things that happen in the pornographic industry," Koop said after having been baited by Sawyer's question. "Remember, these are kids, most of them; these are ordinary people who have made bad decisions or who have been pushed into bad decisions... What happens to youngsters who are used in the pornographic industry is almost indescribable."
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Somehow, nobody got around to mentioning that several of those "kids" make more money in one year than Koop did in his entire tenure as Surgeon General. But innuendo was the name of Sawyer's game, presenting images calculated to shock and disgust Primetime's audience... who undoubtedly tuned into the show hoping to catch a glimpse of skin, but were disappointed. Among the images Sawyer trotted out were: • The Sabrina Johnson gangbang, where the actress had to put ice on her pussy after a particularly vigorous fuck - something Sawyer reported with feigned shock. • Jonathan Morgan joking, in usual Morgan fashion, now taken grimly out of context, saying, "The new hot fresh talent is always better than the old, used..." trailing the sentence off with a chuckle. • One actress who admitted that she'd "never had this much money or attention" in her life, "so she suppresses her regret, saying 'I'll just try to close my eyes and imagine I'm somewhere else.'" And then there are the tossed-off derogations that most clearly show Sawyer's agenda shining through: • "Tonight we are going to take you into the parallel universe of pornography in America today." • "So the same day Samantha leaves Jim South, she agrees to get an AIDS test, and the next day she's in front of a camera, having sex... and then the regret. She says afterward she took a long hot shower, thinking about what she'd done." • "Angel, the girl from the Midwest who wanted to be a regular actress, says she let herself get lured in, and afterward she's desperate to get out."
• "A couple of other notes: There are four female porn stars who have spoken out publicly saying they contracted AIDS and one of them is bringing suit." (Somehow, the fact that this happened five years ago, and that the incident led to the formation of AIM Healthcare and a much more rigorous testing program in the industry get no mention.) • "It's probably not a surprise that many of these actors came from troubled homes or a history of abuse," Sawyer claimed, offering no evidence, yet continued, "Though it did surprise us how many of the performers said they came from intense religious backgrounds, like [Belladonna], from a Mormon home so strict she couldn't play with Barbie dolls because of their voluptuous bodies." And of Belladonna's choice to continue in porn? "I wanted attention. I wanted people to love me; I don't know why," said Bella, to which Sawyer rejoined, "Hers will be a searing odyssey of confusion, unimaginable choices, and a journey into a kind of hell." Turns out that "hell" was doing anal in her first feature, having her partner hold his hand on her throat during a scene, and later participating in a 12-guy gangbang set in a prison cell... for which this girl from a poor Mormon family was paid $4000. "But will she really get over that first day?" Sawyer asked rhetorically. "She said she showed up expecting one regular sex scene, but the director said he needed more, a different kind of sex... She says afterwards she was shattered but she just didn't know how to refuse." Apparently they no longer teach kids in school how to "Just say no." Sadly, Ona Zee confirmed Sawyer's coercion allegations. "You show expecting to do one thing and then you do something else and then you're trapped because you planned on the money you're going to make," Zee agreed, neglecting to mention that in the past, she herself had attempted to get actresses on her own sets to do more than was originally bargained for. Later, Sawyer shows Zee, who's described as a porn "reformer," saying, "The women want to create an overall ambiance that it's all - it's easy, it's fun, it's great; we never get a yeast infection; we're happy; we don't have to worry about it, it never hurts... I see it ['the reality'] every day. I mean, I see girls come to the set drunk, not in their bodies." Another industry member who can be counted on for a soundbite that will make the industry look bad is "veteran porn star" Bill Margold. "I get 18, 19-year-old girls who just don't understand that once you do this, you are sociologically damned forever. I do not think that people are capable, at 18 years old, of making life-changing decisions." And later, "These [people] are deluded that the X-rated industry is a stepping stone into the real world. The X-rated industry is a tombstone to the real world." At several points, Sawyer implied that just about everybody in the sex biz makes piles of money - even the house party dildo ladies - except the performers, but it's just an attempt to pit industry members against each other. And of course, the worst offenders are those who deliver porn by cable and satellite... and who were, oddly enough, savvy enough not to fall for Sawyer's entreaties for comments.
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• "A couple of other notes: There are four female porn stars who have spoken out publicly saying they contracted AIDS and one of them is bringing suit." (Somehow, the fact that this happened five years ago, and that the incident led to the formation of AIM Healthcare and a much more rigorous testing program in the industry get no mention.) • "It's probably not a surprise that many of these actors came from troubled homes or a history of abuse," Sawyer claimed, offering no evidence, yet continued, "Though it did surprise us how many of the performers said they came from intense religious backgrounds, like [Belladonna], from a Mormon home so strict she couldn't play with Barbie dolls because of their voluptuous bodies." And of Belladonna's choice to continue in porn? "I wanted attention. I wanted people to love me; I don't know why," said Bella, to which Sawyer rejoined, "Hers will be a searing odyssey of confusion, unimaginable choices, and a journey into a kind of hell." Turns out that "hell" was doing anal in her first feature, having her partner hold his hand on her throat during a scene, and later participating in a 12-guy gangbang set in a prison cell... for which this girl from a poor Mormon family was paid $4000. "But will she really get over that first day?" Sawyer asked rhetorically. "She said she showed up expecting one regular sex scene, but the director said he needed more, a different kind of sex... She says afterwards she was shattered but she just didn't know how to refuse." Apparently they no longer teach kids in school how to "Just say no." Sadly, Ona Zee confirmed Sawyer's coercion allegations. "You show expecting to do one thing and then you do something else and then you're trapped because you planned on the money you're going to make," Zee agreed, neglecting to mention that in the past, she herself had attempted to get actresses on her own sets to do more than was originally bargained for. Later, Sawyer shows Zee, who's described as a porn "reformer," saying, "The women want to create an overall ambiance that it's all - it's easy, it's fun, it's great; we never get a yeast infection; we're happy; we don't have to worry about it, it never hurts... I see it ['the reality'] every day. I mean, I see girls come to the set drunk, not in their bodies." Another industry member who can be counted on for a soundbite that will make the industry look bad is "veteran porn star" Bill Margold. "I get 18, 19-year-old girls who just don't understand that once you do this, you are sociologically damned forever. I do not think that people are capable, at 18 years old, of making life-changing decisions." And later, "These [people] are deluded that the X-rated industry is a stepping stone into the real world. The X-rated industry is a tombstone to the real world." At several points, Sawyer implied that just about everybody in the sex biz makes piles of money - even the house party dildo ladies - except the performers, but it's just an attempt to pit industry members against each other. And of course, the worst offenders are those who deliver porn by cable and satellite... and who were, oddly enough, savvy enough not to fall for Sawyer's entreaties for comments.
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"So, how many millions and millions of dollars do these Fortune 500 companies make from porn?" Sawyer asked, rhetorically. "Well, we can't tell you because they don't publicize it anywhere at all. We went through their financial statements and there's not one mention of money made from the sex movie market. But one industry analyst we spoke with estimated that the combination of cable and satellite outlets makes about a billion dollars a year on the adult movie market. And the hotel industry is also reaping the spoils. Major hotel chains, some 40 percent of all the hotel rooms in the country, offer adult movies ranging from soft to hardcore, so it's a lot of easy cash for hotels, millions. Again, you'll never find a mention on any financial statement."
After that kind of sandbagging, is it any wonder that the chairman of General Motors, whom Sawyer tried to contact, wouldn't speak to her or allow any GM employee to do so either? But after the AOL-Time-Warner PR flack admitted that some of his outlets show hardcore, but that that decision "was driven by consumers," Sawyer followed up with, "No one expressed a willingness to take responsibility for the young girls helping bring in the profits." Sawyer held Bella up as the typical ingénue, and when it was eventually revealed that the woman, who early on is heard swearing that she'd never use drugs, engaged in some drug use, and later had a whirlwind rocky relationship - a "childish infatuation," in Sawyer's words - with fellow performer Nacho Vidal while shooting in Europe for Elegant Angel, the viewer can't help but come away with the idea that all porn newcomers go through something similar. Industry insiders, however, know that that's far from the truth.
And of course, the show had to trot out Bella's parents, with mom wondering if she raised the kid wrong - "I've wondered, was it because I had a divorce? Was it because I raised her in the church, or was I not rich enough? Was I not humble enough?" asks mom - and Sawyer noting that dad was a bishop in the Mormon church... and that Bella was molested by a boyfriend at 14 and attempted suicide. For all Sawyer's talk about how porn people took advantage of Bella, it's clear that that's exactly what Sawyer herself did, leading the teen to "confess" ambivalence about the industry and bemoan her "loss of sexual privacy" and her "crying on the inside," all of which is belied by, among other things, the actress's behavior at trade shows and among friends in the industry. But no; according to Sawyer, Bella's just "another girl considered disposable by a business feeding a giant appetite" who "is no longer the new girl in the business; she's made 200 to 300 movies with scores of sex partners and she has to do ever-riskier things to earn her money." So there you have it: Half-truth piled upon innuendo sandwiched with ignorance... and all of it presented as fact for consumption by an equally ignorant public. At one point, Koop suggests that there should be congressional hearings into the mechanics of how the porn industry runs. Maybe he should think about similar hearings for "news" programs with agendas so profound that nearly every fact must be twisted to conform to it. And maybe the adult industry will finally learn that Hollywood, which comes sniffing around our soundstages every "sweeps" period, is not the industry's friend and will fuck us whenever it suits its purpose.
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After that kind of sandbagging, is it any wonder that the chairman of General Motors, whom Sawyer tried to contact, wouldn't speak to her or allow any GM employee to do so either? But after the AOL-Time-Warner PR flack admitted that some of his outlets show hardcore, but that that decision "was driven by consumers," Sawyer followed up with, "No one expressed a willingness to take responsibility for the young girls helping bring in the profits." Sawyer held Bella up as the typical ingénue, and when it was eventually revealed that the woman, who early on is heard swearing that she'd never use drugs, engaged in some drug use, and later had a whirlwind rocky relationship - a "childish infatuation," in Sawyer's words - with fellow performer Nacho Vidal while shooting in Europe for Elegant Angel, the viewer can't help but come away with the idea that all porn newcomers go through something similar. Industry insiders, however, know that that's far from the truth.
And of course, the show had to trot out Bella's parents, with mom wondering if she raised the kid wrong - "I've wondered, was it because I had a divorce? Was it because I raised her in the church, or was I not rich enough? Was I not humble enough?" asks mom - and Sawyer noting that dad was a bishop in the Mormon church... and that Bella was molested by a boyfriend at 14 and attempted suicide. For all Sawyer's talk about how porn people took advantage of Bella, it's clear that that's exactly what Sawyer herself did, leading the teen to "confess" ambivalence about the industry and bemoan her "loss of sexual privacy" and her "crying on the inside," all of which is belied by, among other things, the actress's behavior at trade shows and among friends in the industry. But no; according to Sawyer, Bella's just "another girl considered disposable by a business feeding a giant appetite" who "is no longer the new girl in the business; she's made 200 to 300 movies with scores of sex partners and she has to do ever-riskier things to earn her money." So there you have it: Half-truth piled upon innuendo sandwiched with ignorance... and all of it presented as fact for consumption by an equally ignorant public. At one point, Koop suggests that there should be congressional hearings into the mechanics of how the porn industry runs. Maybe he should think about similar hearings for "news" programs with agendas so profound that nearly every fact must be twisted to conform to it. And maybe the adult industry will finally learn that Hollywood, which comes sniffing around our soundstages every "sweeps" period, is not the industry's friend and will fuck us whenever it suits its purpose.
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And some of these "reporters" or "journalists" wonder why most of use have no desire to give them interviews or tell them our stories.
I guess we are just all victims, even if we ourselves don't think we are.
Go figure.
I guess we are just all victims, even if we ourselves don't think we are.
Go figure.
Let's remember that shows like this are NOT journalism.
These are the types of shows that have screwed over other industries. For example, one tried to do an expose on certain SUV's flipping over....and couldn't produce that result...so faked the flips with 'special effects' and tried to call the manufacturer to task!
It is NOT journalism...it is entertainment packaged as journalism.
I stated on another thread that 'the press' will always portray escorts as victims....because presenting any other point of view will not sell.
No network would produce a piece showing everyone happy, healthy and prosperous in the porn industry, because 1) it would not sell, and 2) they would be percieved as glorifying the industry.
Always be cynical....
These are the types of shows that have screwed over other industries. For example, one tried to do an expose on certain SUV's flipping over....and couldn't produce that result...so faked the flips with 'special effects' and tried to call the manufacturer to task!
It is NOT journalism...it is entertainment packaged as journalism.
I stated on another thread that 'the press' will always portray escorts as victims....because presenting any other point of view will not sell.
No network would produce a piece showing everyone happy, healthy and prosperous in the porn industry, because 1) it would not sell, and 2) they would be percieved as glorifying the industry.
Always be cynical....
always being cynical isnt necesarily good, but being critical and thoughtful and analytical is.
its easy to just think that because you saw it on TV, it has to be true. but yah know what? its all there to get your attention so you will see the adverts to sell the things you dont need.
I'm highly critical of "commercial science" where "studies" are done by "scientists" who are payed to produce a "report" that "proves that 5 out of 7 dentists recommend power tools by widgetco" and therefore because a "scientist" said it, it must be true. no, they said it because they were payed to say it.
thats not science, thats marketing crap.
just like the "journalists" who study SUVs that dont quite flip and all that junk.
its all just MARKETING aka PROPAGANDA.
this is not mind control, think about it.
its easy to just think that because you saw it on TV, it has to be true. but yah know what? its all there to get your attention so you will see the adverts to sell the things you dont need.
I'm highly critical of "commercial science" where "studies" are done by "scientists" who are payed to produce a "report" that "proves that 5 out of 7 dentists recommend power tools by widgetco" and therefore because a "scientist" said it, it must be true. no, they said it because they were payed to say it.
thats not science, thats marketing crap.
just like the "journalists" who study SUVs that dont quite flip and all that junk.
its all just MARKETING aka PROPAGANDA.
this is not mind control, think about it.
I will start by saying that Bella Donna is one of my favs. Love to meet her.
A decade ago, when I was in the swinging scene, my lady and I got to know four porn stars quite well. Back then it was common for the porn stars to be the feature at strip clubs and make US$5,000 plus expenses in a week.
They all had stories about something negative, but their experiences were overall quite positive. And the money can be incredibly good.
A decade ago, when I was in the swinging scene, my lady and I got to know four porn stars quite well. Back then it was common for the porn stars to be the feature at strip clubs and make US$5,000 plus expenses in a week.
They all had stories about something negative, but their experiences were overall quite positive. And the money can be incredibly good.
while still on the subject of porn...
Go figure... reprinted from AVN
Dick Smothers Jr. Launches Porn Career...By: Scott Ross 1-21-2003
CHATSWORTH, Calif. - With a name like Dick Smothers, you've got a choice of going into comedy or porn. Dick Smothers went into comedy, achieving fame with his brother Tom as the Smothers Brothers, but his son, Dick Smothers Jr., chose another route, performing in Cash Markman's new feature Bad Influence. Ona Zee came off a three-year retirement to play Mrs. Wilkinson, the equivalent of Mrs. Robinson, in this porn take off of The Graduate. When Markman started searching for someone to play Dustin, the young man who is seduced by an older woman, Zee suggested Smothers Jr., who had PA'd for her on a project she had directed. "We sat down for a couple of hours and talked because I wanted to make sure that he was making the right choices for himself, I didn't want to exploit him and just throw him into a situation that would cause a lot of embarrassment for his family. But he seemed to have a very clear idea of what he wants to do. He's a big fan of porn," Markman told AVN.com. According to Markman, Smother's Jr. is also a big fan of rock, and fronts his own band called Electric Dick. A large part of his motivation for stepping in front of the camera was to generate awareness of his band. Smothers considered it a win/win situation - noting that at the worst, he's getting paid to have sex with beautiful women. Smothers hopes to include music from Electric Dick into the soundtracks of adult videos that he appears in, and possibly included music videos of his band on the DVD releases of the titles he is in. So from his perspective he's in porn to gain attention for his band, but at the worst, he's getting paid to have sex with hot women "Great comedic timing. Great acting by a great looking guy - and he's not to bad in the saddle either," noted Markman of Smothers first performance, which was a masturbation tease scene in which Zee gives him a handjob. Smothers Jr. also had a boy/girl scene with Aurora Snow. Smothers Jr. hadn't told his famous father when he performed his first scene. However, after agreeing to be interviewed by the National Enquirer, he decided he should inform Smothers Sr. The initial response wasn't so great, but when the National Enquirer article came out last week, Jr. received a call from his dad. "My father liked the article. He's supportive," Smothers told AVN.com. "He called me. He said 'Thanks for getting us on the cover of the Enquirer.' – and then he told me 'Tell 'em I taught you everything you know,'" Smothers adds with a laugh. Markman hopes to have a distribution deal for Bad Influence, which also features Ava Vincent, Randy Spears, and Eric Masterson, in place by next week, and anticipates having it released by March. The Sex Idol, a play off of Woody Allen's Play It Again Sam, where he plays an adult movie critic. Ron Jeremy plays his imaginary friend in the video. Venus plays the female lead and Cindy Crawford appears as well.
Go figure... reprinted from AVN
Dick Smothers Jr. Launches Porn Career...By: Scott Ross 1-21-2003
CHATSWORTH, Calif. - With a name like Dick Smothers, you've got a choice of going into comedy or porn. Dick Smothers went into comedy, achieving fame with his brother Tom as the Smothers Brothers, but his son, Dick Smothers Jr., chose another route, performing in Cash Markman's new feature Bad Influence. Ona Zee came off a three-year retirement to play Mrs. Wilkinson, the equivalent of Mrs. Robinson, in this porn take off of The Graduate. When Markman started searching for someone to play Dustin, the young man who is seduced by an older woman, Zee suggested Smothers Jr., who had PA'd for her on a project she had directed. "We sat down for a couple of hours and talked because I wanted to make sure that he was making the right choices for himself, I didn't want to exploit him and just throw him into a situation that would cause a lot of embarrassment for his family. But he seemed to have a very clear idea of what he wants to do. He's a big fan of porn," Markman told AVN.com. According to Markman, Smother's Jr. is also a big fan of rock, and fronts his own band called Electric Dick. A large part of his motivation for stepping in front of the camera was to generate awareness of his band. Smothers considered it a win/win situation - noting that at the worst, he's getting paid to have sex with beautiful women. Smothers hopes to include music from Electric Dick into the soundtracks of adult videos that he appears in, and possibly included music videos of his band on the DVD releases of the titles he is in. So from his perspective he's in porn to gain attention for his band, but at the worst, he's getting paid to have sex with hot women "Great comedic timing. Great acting by a great looking guy - and he's not to bad in the saddle either," noted Markman of Smothers first performance, which was a masturbation tease scene in which Zee gives him a handjob. Smothers Jr. also had a boy/girl scene with Aurora Snow. Smothers Jr. hadn't told his famous father when he performed his first scene. However, after agreeing to be interviewed by the National Enquirer, he decided he should inform Smothers Sr. The initial response wasn't so great, but when the National Enquirer article came out last week, Jr. received a call from his dad. "My father liked the article. He's supportive," Smothers told AVN.com. "He called me. He said 'Thanks for getting us on the cover of the Enquirer.' – and then he told me 'Tell 'em I taught you everything you know,'" Smothers adds with a laugh. Markman hopes to have a distribution deal for Bad Influence, which also features Ava Vincent, Randy Spears, and Eric Masterson, in place by next week, and anticipates having it released by March. The Sex Idol, a play off of Woody Allen's Play It Again Sam, where he plays an adult movie critic. Ron Jeremy plays his imaginary friend in the video. Venus plays the female lead and Cindy Crawford appears as well.
Mainstream Parade...
Reprinted from Porn Gossip
Lead Singer Of Korn To Direct For Vivid
Editor February 20, 2002
According to Launch, Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of Korn, will be directing for Vivid Video. Here's what Davis had to say in the Launch article: Davis further explains the genesis of his relationship with Vivid. "I approached them and then they threw me this," he says. "They asked me if I wanted to do it or be interested. I thought about it and I'm all, 'Yeah, it would be kind of fun.' I like adult movies and I don't think there's anything bad with it if they're done cool and cutting edge. I just think I want to do the anti-typical cheesy porn--I want to do stuff that's cool." "I'll be a rock star pornographer," Davis says.
ICE T Just Finished 1st Porn Video
Editor July 17, 2002
Ice T just wrapped up his first porn video in Las Vegas, which has been directed by a mainstream video director. For years, Ice T would call AVN and inquire about ad rates because of his desire to create a porn movie. Apparently, it finally took Snoop Dogg's porn success to bring the rapper out of the closet and lay down the hammer. Produced by the powerhouse of porn Snatch Productions, the tentative title is "PIMPIN' 101". More as details come.
Britney Spears PORN GOSSIP
EDITOR September 3, 2002
Exhausted pop princess Britney Spears loves watching lesbian pornographic videos and is a good friend of one of the stars, say friends. She has befriended Jenna Jameson, a sultry porn actress who "swings both ways" on screen. And in June, 21-year-old Spears, who is now taking a prolonged rest from show business, amazed people at Club Spin in Miami Beach, Florida, by turning up at an after-hours party thrown by porn producers Vivid Entertainment. They put out such titillating titles as On Her Back, Where The Boys Aren't, She Town and Blonde on Blonde. An insider told the US magazine Globe: "Britney was surrounded by porn stars. They partied till the wee hours." A friend confided: "Britney isn't the goody-two-shoes everybody thinks she is. She loves to watch porn and has her own personal collection of hot sex videos. "Britney has an interest in all kinds of pornography. "She is particularly taken with lesbian sex, ever since she had someone rent an all-girl video for her. She and her friends watched it together and Britney is absolutely fascinated." The friend revealed that Spears and her friends rent raunchy movies from a store in California, near her new home. The blonde star and her former lover, Justin Timberlake, once lived together in the multimillion-dollar mansion. A few weeks later, Spears and the 'NSync star split up, leaving her heartbroken. She had said she would remain a virgin until she married Timberlake. She is rumoured to be dating wannabe singer Marc Terenzi. Now Spears is consoling herself with a bizarre new friendship. She is said to be fascinated by 27-year-old Jameson, who Rolling Stone magazine says "put the star in porn star". Jameson is famous for her sizzling lesbian scenes. A friend said: "Britney is a real fan and loves watching Jenna's videos. Jenna was really flattered, and she and Britney have become great pals." Jameson's fiancé, Jay Sterling, declared: "There is a definite attraction between them." He said his bride-to-be would love to perform with the pop star in a movie. An insider explained: "I think Jenna is attracted to Britney because she always wanted to be in the music business. "By the same token, Britney likes Jenna because she is in the porn business. She has had a thing about porn for a long time." Jameson was given a special backstage pass to see Spears in concert in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 12. Two weeks later, she appeared at the opening of Spears's posh New York restaurant, Nyla. Earlier this year, Spears cavorted for a night in Amsterdam's red-light district. A witness reported: "She and her friends checked out stores that sold porno stuff. "Then she and her friends convinced the manager at the bar Fat City to keep it open after hours so she and her pals could come in and enjoy the party atmosphere. "People were smoking pot - which is legal there - and men were walking into cathouses right next to the bar. Britney really seemed to be enjoying herself." Spears's career is faltering, according to music insiders. Merchandise sales at her concerts have gone down. And her latest album, Britney, is doing about half as well as her previous one, Oops, I Did It Again.
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Lead Singer Of Korn To Direct For Vivid
Editor February 20, 2002
According to Launch, Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of Korn, will be directing for Vivid Video. Here's what Davis had to say in the Launch article: Davis further explains the genesis of his relationship with Vivid. "I approached them and then they threw me this," he says. "They asked me if I wanted to do it or be interested. I thought about it and I'm all, 'Yeah, it would be kind of fun.' I like adult movies and I don't think there's anything bad with it if they're done cool and cutting edge. I just think I want to do the anti-typical cheesy porn--I want to do stuff that's cool." "I'll be a rock star pornographer," Davis says.
ICE T Just Finished 1st Porn Video
Editor July 17, 2002
Ice T just wrapped up his first porn video in Las Vegas, which has been directed by a mainstream video director. For years, Ice T would call AVN and inquire about ad rates because of his desire to create a porn movie. Apparently, it finally took Snoop Dogg's porn success to bring the rapper out of the closet and lay down the hammer. Produced by the powerhouse of porn Snatch Productions, the tentative title is "PIMPIN' 101". More as details come.
Britney Spears PORN GOSSIP
EDITOR September 3, 2002
Exhausted pop princess Britney Spears loves watching lesbian pornographic videos and is a good friend of one of the stars, say friends. She has befriended Jenna Jameson, a sultry porn actress who "swings both ways" on screen. And in June, 21-year-old Spears, who is now taking a prolonged rest from show business, amazed people at Club Spin in Miami Beach, Florida, by turning up at an after-hours party thrown by porn producers Vivid Entertainment. They put out such titillating titles as On Her Back, Where The Boys Aren't, She Town and Blonde on Blonde. An insider told the US magazine Globe: "Britney was surrounded by porn stars. They partied till the wee hours." A friend confided: "Britney isn't the goody-two-shoes everybody thinks she is. She loves to watch porn and has her own personal collection of hot sex videos. "Britney has an interest in all kinds of pornography. "She is particularly taken with lesbian sex, ever since she had someone rent an all-girl video for her. She and her friends watched it together and Britney is absolutely fascinated." The friend revealed that Spears and her friends rent raunchy movies from a store in California, near her new home. The blonde star and her former lover, Justin Timberlake, once lived together in the multimillion-dollar mansion. A few weeks later, Spears and the 'NSync star split up, leaving her heartbroken. She had said she would remain a virgin until she married Timberlake. She is rumoured to be dating wannabe singer Marc Terenzi. Now Spears is consoling herself with a bizarre new friendship. She is said to be fascinated by 27-year-old Jameson, who Rolling Stone magazine says "put the star in porn star". Jameson is famous for her sizzling lesbian scenes. A friend said: "Britney is a real fan and loves watching Jenna's videos. Jenna was really flattered, and she and Britney have become great pals." Jameson's fiancé, Jay Sterling, declared: "There is a definite attraction between them." He said his bride-to-be would love to perform with the pop star in a movie. An insider explained: "I think Jenna is attracted to Britney because she always wanted to be in the music business. "By the same token, Britney likes Jenna because she is in the porn business. She has had a thing about porn for a long time." Jameson was given a special backstage pass to see Spears in concert in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 12. Two weeks later, she appeared at the opening of Spears's posh New York restaurant, Nyla. Earlier this year, Spears cavorted for a night in Amsterdam's red-light district. A witness reported: "She and her friends checked out stores that sold porno stuff. "Then she and her friends convinced the manager at the bar Fat City to keep it open after hours so she and her pals could come in and enjoy the party atmosphere. "People were smoking pot - which is legal there - and men were walking into cathouses right next to the bar. Britney really seemed to be enjoying herself." Spears's career is faltering, according to music insiders. Merchandise sales at her concerts have gone down. And her latest album, Britney, is doing about half as well as her previous one, Oops, I Did It Again.
Generally speaking though, the American "news shows" are not very good at being critical, throughful and analytical. There was a time they were quite good at it, and fortunately shows like 60 minutes continue to do good journalistic work. But more and more, they seem to becoming entertainment shows thinly disguised as "in depth new reports".CyberGoth said:
Canadian news shows are better, but they too occasionally fall prey to marketing. I still find the British shows, especially those from BBC are top notch.
Something to think about...
You might want to consider that the adult entertainment business is not so different from mainstream entertainment. Look at TV, movies, and even professional sports. There are those who make it to the top and have huge success. We are more likely to hear about them than we are about the countless others who didn't make the big-time. But more fail than succeed.
The same is doubtless true of the porn industry. For each pornstar that we have heard of there are dozens of women who tried and failed to gain that level of success. Many of these wopmen end up making low-end films for low-end money. For some, the conditions are quite brutal.
The truth is that no one example can accurately portray an industry. But TV shows need to make every issue into something that can be covered in sixty minutes (minus comercials). As a result, they very often oversimplify these matters.
My own experience is that anytime I read or hear a news story that deals with something I know a lot about, I immediately see how they have simplified matters, glossed over unflattering details, or reinterpreted facts to suit their needs. The scary thing is, they are probably doing this all the time and often I don't have enough inside information to realise how false the reports are!
Zog.
You might want to consider that the adult entertainment business is not so different from mainstream entertainment. Look at TV, movies, and even professional sports. There are those who make it to the top and have huge success. We are more likely to hear about them than we are about the countless others who didn't make the big-time. But more fail than succeed.
The same is doubtless true of the porn industry. For each pornstar that we have heard of there are dozens of women who tried and failed to gain that level of success. Many of these wopmen end up making low-end films for low-end money. For some, the conditions are quite brutal.
The truth is that no one example can accurately portray an industry. But TV shows need to make every issue into something that can be covered in sixty minutes (minus comercials). As a result, they very often oversimplify these matters.
My own experience is that anytime I read or hear a news story that deals with something I know a lot about, I immediately see how they have simplified matters, glossed over unflattering details, or reinterpreted facts to suit their needs. The scary thing is, they are probably doing this all the time and often I don't have enough inside information to realise how false the reports are!
Zog.
Enquirer style journalism...
... I saw that piece and was so pissed I fired off an e-mail saying the usual stuff like accusing them of just doing an "entertainment tonight" style fluff piece and that they were being hypocrites in that they weren't concerned for the girls only thier own ratings, etc but haven't heard back. Funny how they "expose" exploitation of young women but don't mention the young guys in the biz, are the guys less worthy of "Primetime" concern? Considering they have nothing to say about 18 year old's going to other countries to kill people in thier homeland, seems strange that people having sex on camera gets them so worked up,IMHO.
... I saw that piece and was so pissed I fired off an e-mail saying the usual stuff like accusing them of just doing an "entertainment tonight" style fluff piece and that they were being hypocrites in that they weren't concerned for the girls only thier own ratings, etc but haven't heard back. Funny how they "expose" exploitation of young women but don't mention the young guys in the biz, are the guys less worthy of "Primetime" concern? Considering they have nothing to say about 18 year old's going to other countries to kill people in thier homeland, seems strange that people having sex on camera gets them so worked up,IMHO.
Check out this link...mega said:
http://www.setgo.com/article.html?id=84117275be999ff55a987b9381e01f96
