The Contract Report for March 2011

Lots of little changes here and there for the contract stars so I thought I would make a little summary post about which companies still have which girls under contract.  I think I got everyone.  If I left anyone left let me know please.

  • Bluebird Films has under contract Gemma Massey and Dylan Ryder.
  • Vivid Entertainment has under contract Capri Anderson.
  • Wicked Pictures has Lupe Fuentes, Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kaylani Lei and Stormy Daniels.
  • Digital Playground has Stoya, Bibi Jones, Selena Rose, Jesse Jane, Riley Steele, and Kayden Kross.
  • Zero Tolerance has Kagney Linn Karter.
  • Elegant Angel has Ashlynn Brooke.
  • Adam and Eve has under contract Teagan Presley and Alexis Ford.

 

Movie Review for Stroke It

When a friend of mine called to say a movie that I had wanted to review for awhile now was about to be on Playboy TV I got so excited.  I love Vivid movies, they are normally so high quality.  The movie I was going to be reviewing is called Stroke It starring Meggan Mallone.  This was one of the first movies she did for Vivid and it was filmed prior to her boob job so she still had the very tiny little breasts.  Playboy TV tends to rename the Vivid movies they show for some weird reason so they were calling the movie “All the the Wrist”.  By the name(s) of the movie one would tend to think this is one of those handjob gonzo titles but in fact that wasn’t the case.  I think it was just some random name they came up with that was remotely relating to sex because the movie wasn’t about hand jobs at all.

The movie was directed by B. Skow who years later Meggan Mallone would go on to move in with, leave porn for, get engaged to and eventually have his child.  They call this movie an “all sex” or “gonzo” film.  This is basically just another way of saying this movie isn’t a feature film.  It’s just a collection of sex scenes typically of a similar nature.  There is no pretense of a story, instead these kind of movies have themes like all big boobs or all blondes.

I want to say that I am normally a huge fan of Vivid movies.  In fact, they have until recently been some of my favorite adult films.

This movie was a sad, sad attempt at a Vivid film.  It wasn’t even that hot in terms of sex, with the exception of Meggan’s sex sscenes the rest was just really odd and uninteresting.   In one scene there was no sex at all.  It was a girl in the shower giving us a close up look at her shaving her hairy pussy.  Who the hell thought it would be sexy to watch a girl shave her hairy pussy?  It was un-sexy, and well downright nasty.  Not my cup of tea to say the least.

There is a scene in the movie with Evan Stone who I normally really like but this scene was really badly done.  The directing in this thing left me going WTH?  It was cheesy and forced.  I didn’t like it at all.

Minus the 3 Meggan Mallone scenes, this movie was a total and complete waste.  I was highly disappointed.  It was like they gave some guy they just met off of the street a camera and said go for it!  His lack of experience clearly came through in the way he shot the girls.

I love Meggan Mallone.  I love Vivid movies but I have to say what I don’t love is this movie.   If I had to give it a rating I guess I would give it a 3 out of 10.  If you care to see the movie for yourself you can watch Stroke It online on the official Vivid website.

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Vivid Signs Capri Anderson as the newest Vivid Girl

CAPRI ANDERSON SIGNS AS NEWEST VIVID GIRL

After 17 Car Crashes and an Incident with Charlie Sheen at The Plaza Hotel She’s Ready to Move on to Stardom

LOS ANGELES – (March 3, 2011) – Capri Anderson, who captured headlines when she was part of Charlie Sheen’s incident at The Plaza Hotel in New York City last year, has signed on as a Vivid Girl with the world’s leading adult film studio.

“Capri is exceptional in so many ways and we think she can fully develop her potential as a Vivid Girl,” said Steven Hirsch, founder/co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment. “Actually, we had cut back on our contract actresses program recently, but Capri is so exciting that we decided to reopen it just for her.”

Capri was the toast of the web, the leading TV talk shows and the hottest gossip and entertainment outlets in the country after she spent one evening with Sheen last November. What apparently started innocently enough as a dinner appearance with Sheen, turned into a nightmare when she reportedly had to lock herself in Sheen’s hotel room for protection. In retrospect, her experience with Sheen seems like the beginning of a dramatically downward spiral for the actor.

The 22-year-old dark blonde, 5’6″ beauty with pouty lips and smoky green eyes was born in Van Nuys, though she has spent most of her life in New York and Florida. She recalls a fun-filled childhood with a focus on dancing but also with enough studying to get her into the National Honor Society.

While a college student in Miami, she made a sex tape with her boyfriend and sold it to a website to make money. “We thought that a few people in our neighborhood might wind up seeing that tape, but it turned out it was most of Dade County. I totally blew my cover,” says Capri, “but it was my introduction to adult entertainment and I can honestly say that it changed my perception of myself. It’s helped me become a woman and given me new found confidence. Becoming a Vivid Girl is a very exciting giant step for me. It means I’ll be surrounded by top professionals who will bring out the best in me.”

“I’m not sure yet how I’ll get to the Vivid movie sets since I have a bit of a problem when it comes to driving. So far I’ve been in 17 crashes and as a result I’m now very resourceful when it comes to transportation. I walk or use buses, trains, taxis, bicycles and every once in a while, I’ll get up my courage and borrow or rent a car. I feel confident in every area of my life except driving and so I’m putting off a decision to buy a car,” she says.

Capri says she’s definitely the romantic type and loves to be affectionate with guys she cares about. “Of course a sense of humor in a man is paramount because I love to laugh and have a good time. He also needs to be independent, intelligent and have a strong sense of romance.”

She works out through dancing and has favorite studios on both the east and west coasts where she can be found two or three days a week. She has an apartment in Brooklyn and is looking for one in L.A.

When she’s not dancing, she’s playing soccer or baseball and loves to go clubbing. She reads and goes to art galleries for relaxation and has already started a modest art collection. She’s rarely without her iPod which holds a collection of mostly classic rock, jazz and dub step music.

Vivid’s taking names and whooping ass

VIVID ENTERTAINMENT FILES SUIT AGAINST INTERNET COMMERCE GROUP (I.C.G.) OF PHOENIX

LOS ANGELES – (September 14, 2010) – Vivid Entertainment, LLC., the world’s leading adult film studio, has filed a lawsuit against I.C.G. – Internet Commerce Group Inc. of Phoenix, claiming copyright infringement.

The lawsuit was filed in the Federal Court of the Central District of California on September 10, 2010. It claims that I.C.G. has engaged in exploiting unlicensed videos for profit through its operation of three web sites, www.FemaleStars.com, www.icelebonline.com and www.CelebrityHardcore.com.

The lawsuit seeks an injunction and damages of $150,000 per copyright violation for a minimum of 10 violations.

Vivid Entertainment claims that I.C.G. owns and operates subscription-based Internet websites that make money from performing and distributing Vivid’s protected videos to its members.

“This is the first of many lawsuits we are prepared to file and we expect to prevail in all of them. We spend millions of dollars to promote our content and we’re not going to let illegal users profit at our expense,” said Vivid Entertainment co-chairman Steven Hirsch.

About Vivid:
Founded in 1984, Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films, innovative marketing and a licensing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing, and a range of other products. TV audiences have gotten to know the company’s management and talent through two recent seven part series on Showtime, “Debbie Does Dallas…Again” and “Deeper Throat.” In addition to its Vivid-Celeb imprint famous for celebrity sex tapes, the company is known for its popular Vivid-Alt and Vivid-Ed labels and recently announced the launch of a new Vivid SuperXXXhero imprint. The Vivid website, www.vivid.com has a loyal following of fans of Vivid movies, from the industry’s largest archive.

Vivid Release Party

VIVID TO CELEBRATE RELEASE OF MISS LUCIFER’S ‘MALICE IN LALALAND’ STARRING SASHA GREY, ANDY SAN DIMAS AND KAGNEY LINN KARTER WITH GALA PARTY ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 11TH AT BOUDOIR


Critically Acclaimed Movie Combines Animation, Live Action, Hot Sex and Rock ‘n Roll Score


WHO: European based Miss Lucifer Productions and L.A.’s own Vivid Entertainment, the world’s leading adult film studio, are hosting a release party for the highly anticipated and critically acclaimed breakthrough movie “Malice in LaLaLand.”

WHAT: The movie stars Sasha Grey, Andy San Dimas, Kagney Linn Karter, Ron Jeremy, Keni Styles, Kristina Rose, Juelz Ventura and MacKenzee Pierce. Guests will be able to meet with many of the stars, take snapshots and get autographs.

A strong buzz has already begun for the Joachem Goldstein/Lew Xypher movie that was shot on 35mm, produced by Miss Lucifer Productions and will be distributed by Vivid.

In his AAAAA review of the movie, Peter Warren of AVN said “Within no more than the first 30 seconds…it becomes abundantly clear that what you’re watching is something unlike any porn film ever made.”

“Malice” combines animation, live action, hot sex scenes and a rock ‘n roll score with remarkable post production and special effects.

WHERE: Boudoir, 755 N La Cienega Blvd / 310-659-3900.

WHEN: Saturday, September 11th starting with photo ops between 10-10:30pm PST.

FOR MEDIA LIST: Jackie@vivid.com by noon PST on Friday, Sept. 10.

Laurence Fishburne’s daughter makes porn movie

A-LIST HOLLYWOOD DAUGHTER MONTANA FISHBURNE MAKES XXX DEBUT WITH VIVID ENTERTAINMENT

Sexy 19 Year-Old Daughter of famed actor Laurence Fishburne Sees Adult Movie as Important First Step in her Career

LOS ANGELES — (July 30, 2010) – Gorgeous Montana Fishburne, the sexy 19-year-old daughter of the Tony and Emmy award winning actor Laurence Fishburne has made “Montana Fishburne,” her first-ever adult movie, with Vivid Entertainment. The DVD of the movie will be released nationwide and available online at vivid.com on Wednesday, August 18th.

The movie is more than an hour long and follows the uninhibited Montana as she engages in wild, erotic adventures in a car, a hotel room and even in public while visiting a mall!

“I view making this movie as an important first step in my career,” said Montana. “I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape by Vivid. I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it.”

Clearly, Montana shares the same sentiment with the release of this “thrill-sex” through the Vivid-Celeb imprint. Visitors to vivid.com will be able to see a portfolio of sexy stills from the movie.

“Montana made up her mind to make this dvd before we met her,” said Steven Hirsch, Vivid’s founder/co-chairman. “She grew up in the entertainment business and was well aware of our company. In looking at the careers of many current leading female personalities, she saw a path to success and hopes to follow it.”

Hirsch adds, “When we first met, we were impressed with not just her beauty, but how self-possessed she is. Her performance in the movie is scorching, and we think that she will bring that same passion to all of her endeavors – whether in adult or the mainstream.”

About Vivid:
Founded in 1984, Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films, innovative marketing and a licensing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing, and a range of other products. TV audiences have gotten to know the company’s management and talent through two recent seven part series on Showtime, “Debbie Does Dallas…Again” and “Deeper Throat.” In addition to its VividCeleb imprint famous for celebrity sex tapes, the company is known for its popular Vivid-Alt and Vivid-Ed labels and recently announced the launch of a new Vivid Superhero imprint. The Vivid website, www.vivid.com has a large and loyal following of fans of Vivid movies.

No More Vivid Girls?

There is a report on Mike South that Vivid has released all of their contract girls.  I mean, well let’s be real … they only had two anyway which was Lia and AJ Bailey and rumor has it their DVD sales were beyond horrid.

The real stars like Sunny Leone, Savanna Samson, and Hanna Hilton have long ago moved on.  So really what Vivid did today doesn’t much surprise any industry insiders.  I mean what did they really lose? AJ Bailey and Lia 37?  Big whooop.  They weren’t STARS like real Vivid girls and they had no potential to ever really be big stars like so many of the Vivid girls in the past did.  Here is Fame Registry’s list of top ranked Vivid girls.  This list was last updated just the other day and look how low AJ Bailey is. She’s been a Vivid girl for well over a year now. She should have at least risen some in terms of popularity.

Here is the rumor I heard.  Steve Hirsch made his money on some big Playboy TV deal.  He personally bank a shit load of cash and since then just hasn’t really had any interest in continuing to work.  To quote an insider …. “He doesn’t really give two shits about Vivid or anything work related anymore“.   This seems to be true because they haven’t even tried to get REAL contract stars for a long time.  I mean how in the fuck do you let someone like Madelyn Marie slip through your fingers?

But just as rumors started to swirl that Vivid will close their doors all together Vivid started making ungodly amounts of money on their celeb line.  By this time they already ditched Vivid ALT all together.  They ditched Paul Thomas and then just started doing gonzo shit with B. Skow.  Then the celeb sex business really picked up for them so they kept going with that.  Then Batman XXX came out and they did extremely well with that.  AGAIN THESE ARE ALL JUST RUMORS. So the RUMOR is that they just decided to go with what is making them money hand over fist which is a celebrity line of sex tapes like the Kendra movie, a series of big budget parodies, and a few random gonzo movies here and there featuring girls they book like any other studio.  No more “contract stars” like they did in the past.

Vivid Releases All their Contract Girls A Mikesouth.com EXCLUSIVE!

Expect this trend to continue.  Word is Wicked will be next but the will keep Jessica Drake and Lupe Fuentes for the time being.

By MikeSouth
July 15th, 2010

Vivid, the company that started the contract girl craze, has released all of their contract girls.

Vivid will no longer be using contract girls.

Vivid and Smart TV

HIRSCH TELLS MEDIA EXECS PORN CAN LEAD “SMART TV” ERA

Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment, will tell film and digital media industry executives on Wednesday, June 16th that porn can lead consumer acceptance of the new “Smart TV” era – just as it did with VHS, DVD and VOD. He will be speaking atThe Next MEDIA Conference during The Banff World Television Festival at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in the Canadian Rockies. It’s the world’s premiere television content creation event. Steven will point out that Vivid is “not waiting to see what happens; we’re making sure that we are shaping what happens.” As he hosts a panel on adult entertainment with Scott Coffman, President and CEO of VOD leader AEBN and Darren Roberts, CEO of AVN Media Network, Steven plans to reveal that Vivid is developing new tools to distribute its award-winning adult films, celebrity sex tapes and sex education videos through the web, mobile and VOD, channels that “will be crucial to the future of our company and for the entire adult industry.Because at this point an entire generation of consumers is used to getting so much adult content free, we are studying whether or not to change our online subscription model,” he will tell an audience at the Banff conference. “We believe that we need to offer our consumers a variety of content that cannot be pirated. We’ve been preparing for Smart TV or true convergence for some time and we’re making deals now that will position us for this development. This means working with TV manufacturers, cable companies, and other key players.

The future of the adult industry is at stake and we are determined to make this work. In addition, since we were the first in the industry to create a profitable mobile program we will continue to develop this effort. We’ve been on top of 3D developments and are fully involved in this technology as a growing number of consumers gain access to 3D at home. “Because of our size and position in the industry, inventors of new technology come to us first. At any given time we have several pilot programs running that explore the feasibility of the latest innovations for the way we do business. Vivid has been a key driver for all types of technology – from VHS and early web-based content, to interactive DVDs, on to a full function interactive website to burning your own DVD. Today we are in a position to be early adopters of delivery vehicles and concepts that are not even off the drawing boards as yet.”

Conan O’Brien likes his porn!

THE TONIGHT SHOW’S CONAN O’BRIEN DROPS IN TO VISIT VIVID ENTERTAINMENT   

 
LOS ANGELES — (August 26, 2009) – The welcome mat was out at Vivid Entertainment headquarters on Cahuenga Blvd W. when Conan O’Brien came to call with The Tonight Show sidekick Andy Richter.
 
As part of an ongoing series of segments in which they meet their new neighbors in Los Angeles, Conan, Andy and a crew dropped in to visit with studio founder Steven Hirsch and some of the Vivid Girls.  The taped episode was broadcast on NBC Tuesday night.
 
The segment started with O’Brien standing in front of the Vivid Plaza sign with a cut to a Vivid promo from Jenna Jameson saying “at Vivid we know all about great sex.” O’Brien then meets Hirsch in his office, where he was in conversation with Vivid Girls Sunny Leone and Monique Alexander.  Accepting Hirsch’s invitation to take a tour of the offices accompanied by Meggan Mallone and other Vivid Girls. His first stop was the conference room where he saw two actresses sitting on a table rehearsing a scene. “‘The Iceman Cometh’ I presume,” O’Brien cracks.
 
As the segment moved along O’Brien walked through the vault where 25 years of Vivid movies are stored and viewers saw him sneak a master tape off of a shelf and hide it under his shirt. The next stop was the editing suite, where he found Richter engrossed in watching a Vivid movie and munching on popcorn.
 
The segment closed back in the conference room, where Conan distributed Choco Taco® bars to all of the girls, who gave him a “Welcome to the neighborhood!” shout-out.
 
“We’re all fans of the show and we were delighted that they wanted to visit with us,” said Hirsch.  “Everyone involved in producing the segment was fun to work with and we’re hoping that they visit again since we’re right across the street from the NBC studios.”

Easy Come, Easy Go

At first she was Paizley Adams (or by some accounts Paisley Adams), and then she was Cassidey. She signed with Vivid, left Vivid. She was a free agent for awhile, retired for awhile, came back and then signed with Vivid. She left Vivid, was a free agent for awhile, singed with Ninn Worx_SR in November and less than 6 months later she decided that’s not working out for her either. She said everyone is nice and all but she needs to “roam free” and “do her own thing”. Officially she said she wanted to appear in more dance clubs as a feature performer that her contract with Ninn Worx_SR apparently prohibited her from doing.


Cassidey as Paisley Adams


Interestingly enough, I had heard that Cassidey actually is at a point in her life where she’s sober, going on about a year now and for the first time really in her entire adult career she is focused on what it takes to be successful. The news of her leaving Ninn Worx_SR, came just a few days later. Coincidence? Perhaps ….