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Who’s that lurking in the background of Titan Media’s new title, Telescope? Hint: He’s 6’6, 240lbs, black, and mad as hell! Why yes, it’s Sword crush object Diesel Washington, who came out swinging on his blog today about being relegated to a second-tier cover spot for what is supposed to be his first headlining feature for the contracted studio. In Telescope, Diesel plays a “wealthy, well-dressed urbanite” through whose point-of-view the scintillating actions of the film unfold.

Though the clues totally gave it away, as promised, here are the answers to the Match The Porn Star With His Baby Pic contest. Look for another set of mystery children who would eventually become porn stars in the near future. (Keep sending ’em in boys… you were all so fucking cute!)

Bryan Kocis was a middle-aged suburbanite who parlayed his penchant for pederasty into a thriving business named Cobra Video—a bareback studio focusing on the Barely Legal twink set.

We thought it would be funny to send out an email to some of our porn star friends asking them to send us their baby pictures. We thought it would be funny because we were drunk at the time. We didn’t think anyone would write back. When they did (some, like, the very next day) we thought maybe we could be onto something. Maybe the only thing we’re onto is shaky ground for putting up pictures of porn stars next to pictures of toddlers—but hey, it just goes to show you that we were all sweet, innocent babies once. Or something.

Late last night when all of the grown-ups were peacefully asleep, MTV aired the documentary program TRUE LIFE: I Work in the Sex Industry profiling Jet Set exclusive Aaron James, and somewhere in the world a future porn star was born.

In the past, we’ve featured boxcovers because of both their composition and their flashiness. But today we’re featuring Damn Yankers by Jake Cruise Media because nothing screams “I’m gay!” to your house guests, family, and/or roommates like a gay porno that references musical theatre. Just imagine if this were the way that someone “found you out”! “My wife threw me out of the house after she found my ‘Damn Yankers’ DVD in my toolbox in the garage.”

“…But I swear I’m not gay!”

Greater Philadelphia’s NBC10 reported last week that Philadelphia twins Keyontyli and Teleon Goffney were caught breaking into a beauty supply store through a hole in the ceiling and trying to make off with all the cash in the business’s ATM-machine. Their methods have them possibly connected with a string of New Jersey burglaries as well, and police officials suspect that the Goffney twins may have been responsible for “at least” 35 similar robberies.

Falcon’s concocted yet another way to get rich of the asses of their models. Actually, we can’t imagine that uber-gay label Rufskin forked over any licensing fees for their new Roman underwear, named for and modeled after Monsieur Heart‘s Kardashian- proportioned derrière.

The buttock-revealing, denim bikini-cut underwear are so gay, we have a hard time calling them “underwear” (man-panties might be a more fitting moniker). How gay are they? They come with belt loops so you can hang your thumb off your hip when you want to stand in contrapposto and look sassy at the bar.

Why the Roman and not, say, the Erik? Apparently Roman has a long
herstory with Rufskin, having modeled for them before he did porn.
Since Roman is rumored

Erik Rhodes may claim on his blog to be sad and lonely (and also not to be Britney Spears)
but one can’t deny his ability to live out the porn star lifestyle in all its decrepit glamour.
Last time we had a toothache we spent a half-hour the phone convincing
our dentist that we weren’t just hung over-and that it wasn’t going
to cause us to relapse. Again. Not Erik. After finishing another photo
shoot at Loehmann’s, the man of our dreams goes to McDonald’s and washes it down with a Power Ade and a couple of doses of G.

Let’s get this straight: porn stars aren’t all whores. Most of them are just exquisite sluts. Beautiful, horny, sex addicted sluts (who still won’t sleep with us evidently, according to Jesse Santana, even if we paid them). According to the On Fire star:

“Porn stars have to struggle under the consistent assumption that all porn models are prostitutes as well.  Why should one title create another? It’s honestly a shame that a porn model can’t be proud of his or her job, without it also being assumed that sex and/or services are up for sale.”

Dark Alley Media is no stranger to controversy, but the founders Owen Hawk and Matthias von Fistenberg can expect even more blow back than usual-the independent NJ-based studio will release it’s first bareback feature in mid-March. Owen Hawk’s directorial debut promises raw holes, cum-bucket twinks, the breeding of “cum-whore” Tim Rusty (we await the results of the paternity test, but we think we know what it’ll say!) and, of course, Dolby Digital sound. Charmed, we’re sure.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford is on the receiving end of public scrutiny for his attempt to launch a new charity organization aimed at providing every student in the Alabama county with a computer. Reminiscent of a charity he launched in 2000 as mayor of Fairfield, prior donors and federal prosecutors are looking into some allegedly frivolous spending “including payments on personal credit card bills, expenses for ‘elaborate’ trips and checks written to a star of gay-porn films.”

That star of “gay-porn films” happens to be none other than Ryan Idol, last seen performing in the off-Broadway revival of “The Ritz” in Fall of 2007.

Big Brother 9 is built on secrets and lies, but contestant Crazy James has one they didn’t count on-not only is the supposedly straight guy gay, he’s also a gay porn star. The wild boy was discovered in a solo scene this weekend, but makes his small screen hardcore debut in a scene with Hunter James in the upcoming Dirty Boy Video – NakedSword co-production, Dirty Tricks.

Thirty-six hours after the awards are over and we’re still feeling a bit woozy and like it’s the day after Christmas. Evidently, we’re not the only ones. While GRUNTS directors Ben Leon and Chris Ward seem to be in good spirits and Channel 1 helmer Chi Chi LaRue seems pleased with the accolades that Link: The Evolution garnered, others have less rosy feelings about the awards.

Leading the charge, Michael Lucas announced that GayVN’s inexplicable refusal to grant Gigolo a single award is a “mystery” the bottom of which he will not rest until he gets to:

Two+ hours and countless fart jokes later, the 2008 GayVNs are over. While Derek and Romaine were limited to a five-minute intro due to bad press and an industry revolt, Lady Bunny hammed it up with Laugh-In segments and Benny Hill-style humor. High-larious. GRUNTS and Link were the big winners, but before we go back to our regularly scheduled pornography, we offer this uncensored look at the highlights of the best award show we’ve seen in awhile. Award highlights:
Best Videography: Brian Mills, H20
Best Director: Chris Ward and Ben Leon, GRUNTS
Best Picture: GRUNTS, Raging Stallion
Performer of the Year: Jake Deckard
Best Sex Comedy: The Intern, Lucas Entertainment
Best All-Sex: Link: The Evolution

It’s difficult enough for us to fathom how members of the Academy sit through all of the bloated, three-hour Hollywood period-dramas that make up the list of nominees for the Oscars, so it’s not surprising that GayVN voters weren’t keen on watching every scene of every porno up for consideration at this year’s GayVN Awards. With movies like GRUNTS clocking in at six discs of material, how were the powers-that-be supposed to know that Dark Alley Media’s 8 1/2 contained a few moments of supposed barebacking content when their DVD players were set permanently on fast-forward? We first heard the story when Fleshbot reported yesterday that the studio, infamous for raising the bar on shock value with films about Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and Guantanamo Bay, had its scenes nominated from 8 1/2 (inches, in a nod to Fellini) inconspicuously removed from the nominations list on GayVN.com, and J.C. Adams confirmed the disqualification yesterday afternoon.

We’ll be posting an entry as soon as the show is over. In the meantime, check out our liveblogging at Fleshbot all through tonight’s awards ceremony.

The circus is in town! The circus is in town! We’re battening down the hatches for this week’s GayVN Awards (which we’ll be liveblogging in association with FelchbotFleshbot and Gay Porn Blog (blow-by-blow action on the former site, followed by blow and more action on the latter following the awards, including a red carpet round-up). You’re welcome: We’re rubbing ourselves raw so you don’t have to. In addition to our regular weekend roundups for New York and San Francisco, we offer you this guide to the weekend debauchery:

You ever wanted to get so close you could practically feel Jake Deckard slap your ass or think you could reach out and touch the hair on Roman Ragazzi‘s stomach just before he comes?  Well that day is almost here, pervs.  Raging Stallion is rolling out the first gay title on the Blu-Ray format, the multiple-GayVN-nominated Grunts, with a street date of March 31.  Because of the high costs currently associated with production for the format, it is not likely that too many more Blu-Ray discs will be rolling out in the future, but for all those early adopters this 22-man, 40-scene epic should serve as a great big taste of what the future has to offer.

Michael Lucas is scheduled to speak next week on the Stanford University campus, on Valentine’s Day, as a guest of the Associated Students of Stanford University Speakers Bureau.  The event will take place at 7 PM in Palo Alto, at the Cubberley Auditorium, and expect Mr. Lucas to venture beyond the subject in which he is most expert to take on some of the weighty issues of our day.

HDK, one of the first bareback studios in the United States, announced today that beginning immediately it will begin testing all models for HIV. Previously, HDK required no documentation of HIV status, merely asking models to declare whether or not they had HIV. American barebacking studios have faced renewed criticism in recent months as new HIV rates have soared among 18-24 year olds; in December, a British bareback production company faced lawsuits after three boys contracted HIV on set, and Safe sex advocate Chi Chi LaRue’s recent PSA shifted the issue to film production itself, rather than its effect on the viewers. “Is it worth models risk their health for your fantasy?” she asked last week.

News broke earlier this week of an arrest in the form of Jet Set exclusive Nickolay Petrov (real name: Edmon Vardanyan) for allegedly “traveling in interstate commerce with intent to kill, injure, harass or intimidate another person,” according to a local ABC News affiliate.  A confrontation had transpired between Vardanyan and a Mr. and Mrs. Grigori Komissarchuk at their home in Brooklyn, New York. Disguised as a delivery man, Vardanyan approached the residence and reportedly tried to physically hit Mr. Komissarchuk. The 64- and 69-year-old spouses retreated to their residence in Sarasota, Florida, where, in December of 2006, Vardanyan surprised them by breaking down their front door and assaulting them with a hammer, leaving each of them hospitalized and Mr. Komissarchuk with a skull fracture among other injuries.

Following these violent incidents, Vardanyan evidently filmed a couple of porns for Falcon and Hot House, and then made a third attempt on the couple’s lives in April of 2007.

…And we thought accosting the elderly was Erik Rhodes’ trademark move!

Vardanyan later admitted to the FBI that he had been hired for a fee of $2,000 to intimidating the couple into paying back an overdue debt, and was later approached to snuff ’em out (sorry, we’ve always wanted to be able to use that expression) for $10,000, although he had not been paid because he “didn’t do the job correctly” according to Gay Porn Times.

Up for two GayVN Awards next week, we imagine that our once-beloved Nickolay Petrov will be skipping out on the festivities in lieu of awaiting a plea and sentencing. If convicted,  he could receive up to 20 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000.

We’ve always found the annual Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas a charming mix of perverts and penis-shaped lollipops. Where else can you see Jenna Jameson on a pedestal signing autographs, detachable penises on headless torsos and bald men fingering silicone vaginas with bad merkins? It’s always been a straight-heavy show, but in recent years the gay section has gone from ghetto to, well, practically gone. And Factory Videos owner Scott Morris fired back at AVN this week in an open letter to the industry, claiming that

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In a January 24th decision handed down by the Texas parole board, ’twas decreed that there shall be no parole for one of gay porn’s favorite convicts, Mark Dalton, until his next review in 2009. The lady-fighting Dalton was paroled in 2005 after his first assault charge, filming Super Soaked for Falcon in 2006 and a soft-core rubfest with Zeb Atlas in 2007. In May of last year, Dalton earned headlines throughout the industry when he spent 90 days in county jail for two additional misdemeanor assault charges. You’re supposed to hit ON ladies, stud — not actually hit them.

While light-hearted attacks on Derek and Romaine are fun and all, our actual enmity is much better reserved for the bare- backing companies. Thank god for Chi Chi LaRue. “I will never make a bareback movie and the day I have to for financial gain is the day I quit the business,” swears LaRue. “Is it worth watching models risk their health for your fantasy? C’mon.”

The porn community has come out in strong support for LaRue’s anti-bareback campaign with directors like Keith Webb and Michael Youens and models like Derek DiSilva declaring their support. The video has also heightened the long-simmering debate within the industry, including a highly charged email exchange between longtime safe-sex-advocate Titan Media and Cybersocket Magazine

Faces-for-radio Derek Hartley and Romaine Patterson will host the newly revamped GayVN Awards in mid-February, GayPornTimes reported today. Drag legend and Lucas Entertainment star Lady Bunny will also be on hand to fight for the microphone. Derek and Romaine will bring their celebrated sixth-grade- late-night-phone-chat brand of entertainment to help enliven our industry’s annual rite of auto-fellatio, but honestly we’re more looking forward to the following inevitabilities:

1. Jason Sechrest Storms the Stage, Performs “The Trolley Song”
The director-cum-blogger-cum-publicity agent has already expressed his dissatisfaction with Derek and Romaine being chosen over him and Angel Benton, but we’re aching to see him make those threats a reality and do his patented porn-title-song-medley- in-the-style-of-Tori-Amos. Controversial!

Globe-tramping superstar Collin O’Neal will do anything for a piece of ass, but his accidental encounter with terrorist group Al Qaeda last Thursday was adventurous, even for him. O’Neal was taking the models from his latest shoot-Jacko, Jean Franko and Jesus-through the streets of Gaziantep, Turkey when a bomb went off. (And no, it wasn’t from Michael Lucas.) A twelve-hour firefight with police ensued, but O’Neal took advantage of the high anxiety and racing blood-pressure to film a scene with the men back at his hotel room.

O’Neal is no stranger to the war-torn Middle East.

If conventional wisdom were true, and porn stars were all unrestrained, sex-addicted animals, they’d have fucked you already. Not so fast, whore-monger. We sat down with five stars to talk about what gets them hard, who wins their heart and what the challenges of finding romance as a public sex figure.

“I look at your face. I look at your ass. If those two things look good, I’m on you,” says Raging Stallion’s Jake Deckard.  Is this news to his boyfriend of ten years? Hardly. The detailed rules and regulations the two have established have keeps Jake sated and his boyfriend unwavering in his devotion. In the Lazy Susan-esque sexcapades of polyamory, everybody wins.

Not everyone is so traditional.

Looks like the Fort Lauderdale set of Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild was hotter than we originally imagined. At the last minute, Falcon’s monogamous exclusives  Aden and Jordan Jaric joined the formidable cast, which already included Brent Corrigan and Michael Lucas. Playing the Vanna Whites to RuPaul and the Lady Bunny’s combined Pat Sajak, the studio’s latest It-boys participate in “Gays Gone Wild”-the film’s titular Spring Break-style game show-as presenters.

For the couple, who popped up on the industry’s radar mere nanoseconds ago, the casting marks a serious career jump-start.

Michael Lucas railed against online gay site Queerty today, charging its editors not only with anti-Semitism, but also using his good name to generate controversy and being a third-rate Perez Hilton. Queerty responded by posting a photo of post-tween sensation Zac Efron’s underwear-clad buttocks.

The battle began when Queerty posted an item about Lucas’ ebay auction.
Comment posters with Arab-esque monikers began taunting Lucas with
accusations of bad taste, fallen empires, Semitic money-grubbing and
invoked that weary Lucas standby, the Zoolander comparison.
Lucas responded with his now well-traveled merengue of anti-Semitism,
playful self-effacement and victorious pronouncements in the
third-person.

The budget for a high-end porn shoot can run up to $250K.  We asked a porn producer where all the money goes. (Click image to enlarge.)

In early 2007, the cameras of the Tim and Roma Show went where no pedestrian faggot has gone before: The Lucas Entertainment wardrobe closet. “Look,” Michael sneered at us with dazzling, blinding eye contact not dissimilar from that of the Medusa herself, “I am a gay man and I like beautiful things. Alright? And I happen to have a good taste when it comes to clothes because of many reasons.” Citing his European upbringing and appreciation for fine craftsmanship, he continued. “When a model comes we usually don’t like what they wear, so we have all this racks of clothes as you can see, from t-shirts and casual stuff to more dressy stuff.” His racks were certainly bursting, and now it seems that the director/star (whom once infamously filmed a sex scene inside of Marc Jacobs’ NYC flagship boutique) has decided to clean out his closet to benefit the budgets of future Lucas projects.

When we asked Steve Cruz about his sex life recently, he griped that everyone wanted to ride him raw. “I feel this pressure to bareback,” Steve told us. “In the city of San Francisco, it seems like when I hook up with [non-porn] guys, they’re more likely to push me in that direction.” When he has sex with other performers, however, it tends to be safer since they’re more vigilant about protecting themselves. “Maybe regular guys think I’m disposable because I’m a porn star,” Steve mused.

In the heat of the moment it’s annoying to deal with condoms and there’s always going to be temptation. Since someone’s always trying to stick it in a la carte, we asked Steve for some advice as to how he turns down those rabid dogs.

It’s funny the things you overhear at a porn convention… but we have it from a reliable source that Sean Cody’s amateur sensation Gage Wilson, who recently defected to rival Randy Blue and officially retired from escorting, isn’t always the eager butt-boy he’s appeared to be on the site.

Not all days of the week were created equal, and sometimes, when you’re scouting for amateur gay-for-pay stars in the conservative stronghold of San Diego, you find a naughty fundamentalist Christian or three. 

…Or maybe that was just us. Either way, we’re wiped and after nearly a week at the Adult Entertainment and Internext Expos, most of the industry is still feeling the pain. While Steve Jobs was busy unveiling the Macbook Air at MacWorld and Sony was unveiling the triumph of Blu-Ray at CES, NakedSword was busy at AEE unveiling Colby Taylor as NakedSwordsman 2008 and Zack Randall was busy unveiling everything else.

Assuming you didn’t make it to the live double DP piss party at the Blue Moon “resort” in Vegas, or the AVN Awards at Mandalay Bay, we bring you dispatches from the week that was in Sin City.

Carlo Masi and Adam Champ have announced that they will not renew their contract with COLT Studio Group due to a financial disagreement. The famously affectionate models met on the set of COLT’s Naked Muscles: The New Breed over a year ago and will keep an amicable relationship with the studio. However, the models did not inform COLT prexy John Rutherford of their decision prior to the announcement, suggesting that this might be a push for further negotiation.

Re-igniting the debate about bareback porn versus safe-sex porn, former COLT Man Josh Weston has made a strange late-career choice to enter the world of cum-dumping for the cameras by filming for SX Video. His covergirl debut in Bodybuilders Bareback has some of the industry shaking their heads in disappointment, while others celebrate, leave fervent and sometimes soulless comments on porn blogs (“I refuse to sacrifice my porn to the propagandists who insist we have
to ‘set a good example’ for people,” fumes one devotee),

This may be the first year that the GayVNs best the Golden Globes in viewership, and we couldn’t be more pleased: not only has our industry’s little fete grown in recent years, the clothes are more exciting. No offense to Valentino Garavani or Domenico Dolce, but porn star fashion — with it’s reliance on mesh, mess and meth — is infinitely more exciting. We’ve got 35 days until we can bring you the new Spring Collection, so until then, here are the nominations …