Manwin Now in Control of Digital Playground

Truth be told, we’ve all suspected as such for awhile now but it seems today Adult FYI stumbled upon something rather interesting and that was news that Manwin is in fact in control of Digital Playground’s operations.  [source]

This news was revealed in regards to a lawsuit that Manwin recently filed that leaves some industry insiders sitting there going WTF?

How could a company who made millions and millions by stealing other people’s content be taken serious when they file a lawsuit to prevent another company from potentially infringing on their trademarks?

Don’t get me wrong, I do realize that two wrong don’t make a right and just because Manwin aka Brazzers stole from all of us for years, doesn’t mean anyone should now have the right to steal from them but it does make you stop and think for just a moment what kind of balls these people must have to be able to go into court with a straight face, with lawyers no doubt paid for by the millions they made by stealing from other people and complain about someone stealing from them.

 

 

Sports Agent Pimps out Bibi Jones

As if doing the janitor wasn’t enough, now news has come out that a well known sports agent has been pimping out Bibi Jones to potential clients with instructions to “seduce them”.  Obvious legal ramifications aside, the rumor is that the NFL is looking into these allegations with possible sanctions for players or any teams involved with Bibi Jones.

All of this came to light after Bibi Jones did an interview on Sports Radio [source] during which time the interviewer asked her

“How do you meet all these athletes?” and she responded by saying “For a while, I knew an agent in town and he would kind of use me to get baseball players to sign him as an agent.”

The big scandal really all began when she tweeted pictures wearing an official New England Patriots jersey and was seen with Rob Gronkowski.  A guy from sports radio immediately knew what he was seeing and grabbed an interview with her before the shit really hit the fan.  It was said at the time of the interview she didn’t know of any trouble brewing so spoke openly about hooking with sports professionals.  (see full interview below)  The rumor is the morals clause of his NFL contract will come into play here.  As far as the agent in question goes, there are only speculations and rumors right now.

 

As bye weeks go, Rob Gronkowski seemed to make pretty good use of his. The New England Patriots tight end was apparently in Arizona during the team’s off week, because pictures surfaced on Twitter of him shirtless with adult film star Bibi Jones wearing his Patriots’ jersey. Jones says she didn’t sleep with Gronkowski, but wishes it would have happened.

Unfortunately for Gronkowski, that story seems to stack up well given the fact that Jones is so open about who else she has slept with. She says she slept with Phoenix Coyotes’ player Paul Bissonnette, even though he’s denying it, and has been with Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla, as well as numerous others that she can’t divulge because some are married. She also says an agent in Phoenix used to have her sleep with potential clients so they would sign with him.

Bibi Jones joined 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston with Toucher and Rich to discuss how she met Gronkowski, the pictures with her wearing his jersey, watching her films with Gronkowski and his friends, why nothing happened between the two of them, her attraction to Gronkowski and other stars that she has been with.

How long have you known Rob?:

“I just met him this weekend ’cause we have mutual friends who played football with him at the University of Arizona.”

OK, so you just met him, but now the pictures are flying around with you in his jersey. Do you own a Gronkowski jersey or is he just walking around with his jersey?:

“I didn’t know who he was. My friends just invited me over and we were all hanging out and he’s like this huge dude. I didn’t know who he was so I asked him what he did for work, so he told me, and I was like, ‘That’s cool.’ We ended up, it was like me and six or seven other guys and him and we ended up watching one of my movies.”

Whoa. So what’s Rob’s reaction during all of this?:

“He was very polite and such a gentlemen. He wasn’t a creeper or anything.”

So, once again, where did the jersey come into play?:

“He just carries it around with him. That’s what I asked, ‘So you just have a jersey?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, for times like this.’ … He had it in his suitcase.”

Did he know you were an adult film star before you went over?:

“Yeah, that’s why they invited me over. They were like, ‘Dude, you’ve got to meet this girl. We’re friends with her. She’s a porn star.’”

But you’re saying that nothing happened?:

“Nothing happened. I wish something had, but nothing happened. … I asked if I could have some pictures with him and he said, ‘Yeah, wait, put on my jersey.’ I said, ‘OK.’ We were taking pictures. I asked him if I could put it on Twitter because some athletes wouldn’t want that since I do do adult films and they don’t want to be associated with that. He was really cool with it because I have more Twitter followers than him.”

Some of these guys that you work with aren’t the best-looking guys. Gronkowski must have appeared pretty attractive compared to some of them:

“Yeah, he was like a dream come true. I really, really, really wish that it would’ve happened, but I’m not going to throw myself on someone. … I think maybe my friends would have been mad at me.”

Did you guys exchange phone numbers or at least talk about meeting up again?:

“No, there wasn’t, but I’m sure we will. It’s going to happen.”

Now, you were hanging out with Phoenix Coyotes’ Paul Bissonnette recently as well, right?:

“You know, I did screw him, and he denied it. … He went on the radio and said that he didn’t, but he totally did.”

What? Why would he deny that?:

“Because athletes and movie stars and everything, they don’t want to be associated with people in porn. They think it’s bad. Come on, it’s 2011, things are going to happen.”

What other stars have you been with?:

“I’ve been with lots, but most of them are married.” How about the ones that aren’t married?: “Dan Uggla. There’s a lot, but I can’t say.”

How do you meet all these athletes?:

“For a while, I knew an agent in town and he would kind of use me to get baseball players to sign him as an agent.”

Jesse Jane lands cover of of Suite 23 Magazine

JESSE JANE®, THE #1 PORN STAR IN THE WORLD
HEATS UP THE COVER OF SUITE 23 MAGAZINE

All-American Jesse Jane Is Venezuela’s Most Desired Woman in the World

October 11, 2011 — VAN NUYS, Calif. — Digital Playground’s “knock-out”, Jesse Jane® continues to prove that she is the most demanded adult star in the world, with her presence on the cover of the October 2011 issue of Suite 23 Magazine.  The issue features a 10-page pictorial shot by Digital Playground founder Joone. Jesse tells Suite 23 that underneath all the glamour and stardom, she really is the girl next door. As the most sought after performer in adult entertainment, Jesse is more like the cover girl next door.

“Jesse sells magazines,” states Samantha Lewis, Digital Playground’s CEO. “Her stunning beauty and inviting smile are the reasons she has fans in every country eager to see more of her.  Jesse is more than just beautiful.  She is kind, and she works extremely hard.  She’s on top and she doesn’t show any signs of letting up.  Expect Jesse Jane on covers for a long time to come.”

Joone, Digital Playground’s Founder, adds, “I shot these photos of Jesse to pay homage to her  classic, timeless beauty. Jesse is the number one porn star in the world, appearing on more covers worldwide than any other adult film actress. We are so proud and happy for her continued success.”

To see Jesse Jane’s critically acclaimed performance in “Fighters” check out:
www.Fightersxxx.com

View the SFW trailer at :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVh–YkVrC0

 

Bibi Jones Puts DP Girls “At Risk” for HIV Exposure

When you hear something like “I know a girl that told me when she went to cali to shoot, before she shot with the male talent she went downstairs and fucked the camera guy, and i’m sure it was bare too” the last thing you think is behavior like that comes from a highly paid contract girl with one of the top rated companies in the business.  But turns out that isn’t the case at all.  According to some sources over at AVN owned GFY, Bibi Jones went on Howard Stern today and admitted to fucking guys (yes as in more than one) without a condom off set, before going to work – at least three of them including a janitor she met in the bathroom at a movie theater.

With almost every recent HIV scare in the adult industry in the last decade it was due to things like this.  So I wonder if Digital Playground knows that Bibi Jones is putting their million dollar golden girls like Jesse Jane and Kayden Kross at serious risk?

click here to see the youtube clip of her admitting to her high risk behavior

Of course she also claims that at 6 years old she was doing full girl on girl sex.  So who knows what the fuck is really true.

 If you don’t want to go through the whole interview basically after telling about wanting ot fuck her cousin she goes on to say how Jesse Jane is 31 and jealous of her youth.

Yep, Bibi Jones actually did that.  Said Jesse Jane is old and jealous of her.  So if the last ordeal wasn’t enough, going on Howard Stern and saying Jesse Jane is jealous if you wasn’t enough …. putting them at risk of getting HIV surely has to be.

 

 

DP Wins Big at the Night Moves Awards

DIGITAL PLAYGROUND WINS BIG AT THE 2011 NIGHT MOVES AWARDS
Thank you to Night Moves and to our fans! We love you too!

The highly esteemed Night Moves awards took place last night in Tampa, Florida and Digital Playground turned out to be a winner in key categories. Acknowledged by fans and editors alike, this is a big win for the feature producing powerhouse.

Digital Playground won in the following categories:

  • Best Girl/Girl Release (editor’s choice) – Cherry (Jewel Box Films/Digital Playground)
  • Best Feature Production (Fan’s choice)- Top Guns (Digital Playground)
  • Best Production Company ( Fan’s choice)- Digital Playground

“I want to personally thank all the team at Night Moves and all our fans for these prestigious awards,” Says Samantha Lewis, CEO of Digital Playground. “Night Moves has always been so good and supportive to Digital Playground. Thank you all so much!”

To check out some of the latest work that Digital Playground is putting out, follow these links to this year’s big features :

 

Meet Jesse Jane

Jesse Jane is arguably one of the most famous porn stars in the world.  She started her career at Digital Playground, the only company she has ever worked for.  For years they enjoyed a great relationship that is until this year.   Jesse Jane tweeted about her intentions of signing another 5 year contract with DP this year.  But within a few months that had all changed.  It seems DP forgot they built the entire success of their company off of a single performer and now they were risking losing that performer to another company because they weren’t treating her with the respect she felt she deserved.

Many would say that on the back of Jesse Jane alone, Digital Playground was transformed into another wanna be start-up to a true empire.  It would be rather easy to see why so many people think that, as Jesse Jane was their main contract star and every major movie and marketing campaign for Digital Playground all revolved around Jesse Jane.  So if they’ve staked their entire company image on a single performer, like KFC has with Colonel Sanders …. why the hell would you go out of your way to piss her off?

What we know for sure is that Jesse Jane made her last movie for Digital Playground the other day.  We also know that Jesse Jane’s name is owned as a legal trademark by Digital Playground.  The rumor was, until recently, that Jesse Jane would continue on as Cindy Taylor, her birth given name when she leaves Digital Playground, however Lukeisback is reporting that won’t be an issue anymore because Jesse Jane legally changed her name to Jesse Jane [source].

Kira Kener did this years ago when she left her contract with Vivid and it played a big part in her ability to get control over the Kira Kener trademark.

Many are speculating that Jesse Jane will have similar success with the courts as well.  But it will also probably cost her a lot of money to fight.  Digital Playground has been known to purposely try and drag out legal battles to try and make it to costly for the other party to afford.  Rumor is however that Jesse Jane is ready for the long haul and won’t just give up and walk away.

We know that Jesse Jane is in talks with many companies about what she is going to do after leaving Digital Playground.  One rumor was that she was going to start her own line of movies, like Jenna Jameson did with Club Jenna.  The most recent rumor is that she is going under contract with Manwin, who has recently been in talks to buy Digital Playground, although the rumor is that those talks have failed, that the owners of Digital Playground want more money than what the market considered to be “fair value” for their products.

So is the Jesse Jane going to Manwin rumor true?  We don’t know yet.  The only source so far to go on record saying it is true is Mike South.  But so far he’s only right about 25% of the time.  But still he has hit it more than a few times so it is worth considering the rumor as possibly true.

 

 

Riley Steele in new Adult Swim show

I’m laying in bed last night, half out of it while watching TV.  I can’t even remember what I was watching but it was some show on Adult Swim.  Before long a commercial came on and I caught a glimpse of a familiar face.  Did I really just see Riley Steele?  I pressed pause on my TV and then rewind (so love that feature on my TV) …. sure enough it was her.  I had just seen a commercial promoting the very sexy and alluring Riley Steele who will be featured in an upcoming series on adult swim.

Today I got the official press release for it.  I’ve posted it for you below.

DIGITAL PLAYGROUND’S RILEY STEELE™ STARS IN NEW ADULT SWIM SERIES
2010’s Crossover Star of the Year is Featured in the Adult Swim Series “NTSF:SD:SUV”

August 31, 2011 — VAN NUYS, Calif. — Digital Playground’s Riley Steele will appear opposite Jeff Goldblum in an upcoming episode of the series “NTSF:SD:SUV” airing September 1st on Adult Swim. “NTSF:SD:SUV” debuts after CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Thursday nights at 12:15am (ET/PT) on Adult Swim.

“NTSF:SD:SUV:” is described as a 15-minute live action show that will choke your brain & mentally punch your balls. Adult Swim is bringing terrorism to its knees and then terrorism is resting its ass on its heels. Because that’s. More. Comfortable. Check out Jeff Goldblum as Gunnar Gerhardt and Riley Steele as Erica from their episode entitled CRUISE ROYALE airing September 1st.

http://video.adultswim.com/promos/ntsfsdsuv.html?cid=vplayer_promos_ntsfsdsuv

Fans of Riley Steele can also check out her latest Digital Playground release “Fighters” at:
http://fightersxxx.com/

For some one-on-one time with Riley Steele, catch her live web chat on Tuesday, Sept. 6th at 7pm PST only on http://www.digitalplayground.com/

About NTSF:SD:SUV::
Also known as the National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle::, is a clandestine team of government agents working together to protect San Diego from numerous terrorist threats coming in daily from such evil countries as Mexico, Canada, Guam and more.  This team of highly trained operatives has only one job:  saving your ass so you can drive your hybrid and see your movies in 3-D without worrying about living in a country run by no-good terrorists.  As with many other acronym-ed police procedurals that dominate the airwaves, the NTSF:SD:SUV:: season of 15-minute episodes is ripped from the headlines and full of suspense, action, drama, cliffhangers, yelling, passionate love-making, more yelling, death and plenty of pregnant pauses.  NTSF:SD:SUV:: is created by Paul Scheer and stars Scheer, Rebecca Romijn, Rob Riggle, Kate Mulgrew, Brandon Johnson, June Diane Raphael, Martin Starr and S.A.M., the first sentient robot on television.  Guest stars include Jeff Goldblum, Jerry O’Connell, Gabrielle Union, Adam Scott, JK Simmons, Wilmer Valderama, Moon Bloodgood and many more.  Also, in their first role, a fleet of gas-guzzling SUVs with full accessories and leather packages.  NTSF:SD:SUV:: is produced by Abominable Pictures, Inc.  Paul Scheer and Jonathan Stern are executive producers.  Curtis Gwinn is co-executive producer.  Series premieres Thursday, July 21 at 12:15 a.m. (ET/PT) on Adult Swim.

About Digital Playground:
Digital Playground is the world leader in adult filmmaking and interactive formats boasting the largest HD library available, as well as sexy and powerful novelty lines to compliment blockbuster films. Since the Company’s inception in 1993, Digital Playground has earned over 300 awards, currently garners more than 80% of high definition sales within the adult market, and is a leading provider of Blu-ray™ titles. Female owned and operated, Digital Playground emphasizes quality first, employing fastidiously high production values in erotic film for women, men and couples. Digital Playground’s commitment to excellence, innovative technology, brilliant full-length productions and exclusive Contract Stars are the secrets to its success and makes Digital Playground the most highly demanded supplier of content for hotel, IPTV, cable, pay-per-view and mobile networks worldwide. For additional information, visit www.digitalplayground.com, www.facebook.com/DigitalPlayground, www.twitter.com/dpxxx.

XCritic Bitch Slaps Digital Playground

I think it’s probably not a surprise to many that I love Jesse Jane and Riley Steele. I think they are probably two of the most beautiful people in the adult business so when I seen Xcritic posted a new review about them, I couldn’t wait to read it. Imagine my surprise when they rated the movie 2 out of 5 stars and then recommend readers not even bothering buying it.

My first thing is wow, DP must have really dropped the ball in production values here to make a movie THAT bad. I mean hell Bill Fisher and the likes have made some horrible movies. One time he hired a hooker for $50 off of the street and filmed the nasty girl and xcritic rated that movie higher than this one.

So I had to read the summary just to see what was so bad about this movie that it got such a horrible rating.

Turns out the answer was that the reviewer felt the girls were to skinny and the sex was to aggressive to them …. in a movie named Power Fuck : Fast and Furious – which in the title implies it is aggressive sex. So to punish a movie for being the type of sex of the genre is just ridiculous. I was like wow, the reviewer trashed a movie about aggressive sex, for having aggressive sex. That totally makes sense!

I’ve read more than a few reviews at xcritic and one time I read “the sex was great but …”. I was like wait …. what? There is no but. This is porn. Really does ANYTHING beyond great sex matter? Do you really care if a girl wears pink or black or you would rather her be in a more natural setting? -rolls eyes-

So at this point I couldn’t help but get a chuckle. Not because of what I was reading, but instead because at that exact moment I was on a conference call with a client who decided not to advertise with xcritic. While xcritic hasn’t given any bad reviews for this client, they have been trashing many others lately and in some cases for no apparent reason. I mentioned this review, where they advised their visitors not to buy this movie because the girls were to skinny and the sex was to aggressive in a film that was about aggressive sex and that was that. It seems the theory is, if they are so quick to turn on other companies for no apparent reason, who is to say they won’t do the same to us later on down the line?

In the end, I’m not going to tell other people who I don’t know how to run their business but I will say in today’s economy with ad rates going down the tubes, is it really a good idea to allow your reviewers to post reviews unchecked?

I’m not trying to imply that you can’t post honest reviews, if the movie is bad, then I get it. But after reading that review and more than a few more, it seems like to me, sometimes the reviewer sounds a little jaded by their years of watching far far to many movies. Their jaded bitterness is now affecting your bottom line.

So I guess the question really is, who did someone at Digital Playground piss off to get a review like that?

Funny PR Bull from Will Ryder

I got an interesting press release today.  It always just fascinates me how little we call people out in our industry for the bull that gets said on seriously a daily basis.  The headline of this press release reads “Brady Bunch Creator Dies; Not the Bradys XXX Remains #1 Selling Porn Parody of all Time“.  REALLY?  Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, I found it a little creepy that someone would use the death of a person to promote their porno but that isn’t really what I found off about the email.

I don’t know about you but I would venture to guess that Pirates or Pirates 2 from Digital Playground, a parody of sorts of Pirates of the Caribbean, would probably be “the #1 selling porn parody of all time”.  I can’t say for sure, but then again … can Will Ryder?

Which porno parody really is the best selling “of all time”?  Would it be Pirates?  What about Vivid’s Batman?  I heard that did extremely well.  What about BatFXXX from Bluebird?  It won a ton of awards last year and they spent a crazy amount of money making it.

 

While we can pretty much guess that Will Ryder pulled his stats out of his ass, I do wonder what porno parody really is the best selling of all time.

I also wonder how many different ways he will find to exploit the sale of his movies.  Of course this is the same man that one time sent out a press release to promote the sale of one of his movies levering the story of a porn star who was raped, so seeing him promote the real death of someone to promote his movie shouldn’t surprise me.

Will Ryder I totally get that you are a PR machine and want to promote your movies but maybe before you rush to write up a press release you should stop and ask yourself, is this really tacky of me?  Should I really be promoting my movie when talking about some girl being raped or someone dying?  Also while I’m at giving advice you should really think about some of the things that come out of your mouth like you invented the porno parody genre or that one of your movies is the best selling porn parody of all time.

Those kind of things diminish any real accomplishments you may have.

You make some good movies, you should be totally proud of that.  You don’t need to just make up stupid stuff that most of us know are just flat out lies to make yourself look better.  You really don’t.  Unlike some people in our industry, you’ve actually paid your dues.  You actually make rather good movies.  So you don’t need all the bullshit hype.

 

Jesse Jane Hosts 11th Annual Skindependence Party

JESSE JANE® BRINGS THE FIREWORKS TO CHICAGO!
Come Celebrate SKINDEPENDENCE at V LIVE July 2nd

International superstar and Digital Playground contract girl Jesse Jane® will host the biggest and best Fourth of July event that Chi-town has to offer.

On Saturday, July 2nd, Jesse will be starting the holiday weekend off right for partygoers that attend V Live, Chicago’s premier dance club. Offering four lounges to dance the night away with Digital Playground’s beautiful and mesmerizing contract star, Jesse Jane.

“We are always ecstatic to have Jesse Jane promote Digital Playground at exclusive events like Skindependence. She always gets the crowd on their feet as soon as she takes the stage.” states Samantha Lewis, Digital Playground’s CEO .

This is sure to be an amazing event, to be attended by only the sexiest and hottest attendees in the city. Heads will be turning all night and dancing to the beats of DJs Alex Peace, Danny Boy, Louie Loop and Erik K will be playing the latin rhythms to round out the evening.

Get to the venue early to make sure you don’t miss the most amazing time you’ll have this summer! It’s sure to be packed!

V Live- Chicago
2047 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

For Information on bottle service and tables contact the venue at 773-701-4111

If you absolutely can’t drop everything you are doing to attend this amazing event, check out Jesse Jane in Digital Playground’s newest sequel “Babysitters 2” also featuring the amazing talents of Digital Playground contract stars Stoya™, Riley Steele™, Kayden Kross™, and BiBi Jones™! And of course directed by the always amazing Robby D.! Check out the special fan site here: http://babysittersxxx.com/