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Darrah Ford calls on Sarah Sloane

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Darrah Ford does a great story about the new Zero Tolerance contract star Sarah Sloane and even interviews the original Sarah Sloane, who is also in the sex business — well kind of, she is a sex educator and writer.  This is probably one of her best stories as she really looked at several angles.  Good job Darrah, very informative.

Sarah Sloane

Exclusive interview with sex educator Sarah Sloane. Her thoughts on Zero Tolerance naming their new contract girl Sara Sloane. Posted November 7, 2009 by Darrah Ford

Zero Tolerance just signed Sara Sloane as their newest contract girl. She’s been around for two years and has on-camera experience with men. So far so good. She worked for this contract.

But there are two problems. First problem is the name Sara Sloane can be confused with Sara Stone’s name who has been in the industry for over five years. But thanks to one of my readers, the second problem is that there is a well known sex educator & writer named Sarah Sloane. Dropping the h could have gotten Zero Tolerance and performer Sara Sloane sued!

I highly doubt Zero Tolerance didn’t know this and here we go again with another company renaming an already established porn star’s name to someone else’s already established name. All they had to do was Google the name and they would have seen the name is already taken making porn star Sara Sloane’s marketability and online presence weak.

There was nothing wrong with porn star Sara’s prior name Sarah Vandella. Now she has to register new social network accounts and everything else that comes to changing your name. That’s if the name is available considering her new name is already so familiar. The common feeling as to why porn companies do this to the women is so to fool us all and make us believe their new contract girl is brand new and fresh off the bus.

And in a weird way, this is sort of like the reverse Violet Blue debacle. Violet Blue, sex writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, sued porn star Violet Blue for trademark infringement. Writer Violet Blue won the case though porn star Violet Blue had been using the name since 2000. Though the only proof of writer Violet Blue writing under her name started in 2001.

So what does the original Sarah Sloane feel about all of this and her name being confused with a porn star? I contacted Sarah and asked her a few questions. Thank you for the reply!

Hey there – happy to add my thoughts

First off…oddly enough, this is my legal name I’ve been a BDSM / kink / sexuality educator for a while now; 2009 saw me teach over 100 classes throughout the US & Canada. I work with people in the Adult industry, as well, in my consulting business. Also, importantly, I spell mine with an “h” at the end; so domains might be mixed up but they will potentially be separate enough to avoid confusion. (you can get a “full bio” on my website sarahsloane.net)

I know of Violet Blue as a sex educator and writer, and I think she does some amazing work out there – but until you mentioned it this morning, I wasn’t aware of the legal issues that had arisen.

Frankly, I think Sarah Vandella (her previous name) was awesome, but I understand the desire to have a working name that is different if your work is going to be taking a different direction. She’s drop dead gorgeous, and I hope she has a great career at Zero Tolerance. And if people mix us up, then I’m happy to let them check out my writing & teaching bios on my site!

Oddly enough – my first thought was – wait, does she have red hair? As long as she stays blonde, we’re all good!

If you put it up, let me know – I was going to post something on my blog about being amused about it, but I’d love to just link to what you write, especially because you’re more familiar with the industry on that level than I am. Thanks for contacting me – I’m loving your blog!

-Sarah Sloane

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POPPorn Says that -A monkey could do that!

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I have this friend who through his own pure dumb luck has one hell of a job.  He makes about $18,000 a month base pay plus his expenses and he has to work at best 4 days a week.  In today’s fucked up economy he has by all accounts, one hell of a life.  He just invested in a three story townhouse with an elevator on the beach and next week he’s taking his hot, young and blonde girlfriend to buy a new Hummer.  Because he has it so good does that mean he somehow owes the rest of us anything?  I mean he has the money so why shouldn’t he give it to us, right?


Well this is the justification that the douche bags over at POPporn give as an excuse for their amateur and unprofessional behavior in a recent business deal gone bad with Zero Tolerance. They said in a recent interview that even though they went some odd $20k over budget, Zero Tolerance makes lots of money so they can afford it. Seriously these stupid fuckers actually used that as reasoning. But if that wasn’t enough they claim that ZT did nothing, that their job is so pointless, even a monkey could do it. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning.


So for some oddly particular reason Zero Tolerance decided they would do a movie deal with a adult blog site PopPorn who prior to this venture had no experience in making adult movies. In the end Zero Tolerance got some footage and a bunch of bills and headaches.  This story gets long and complicated but in the end I’m sure you’ll agree it’s amazing how fucking stupid some people really are.  ZT what the fuck where you thinking doing business with these dumb fuckers and POPporn, people like seriously give new meaning to the phrase stupid fuckers.


First we have the AVN story that broke yesterday …

Adult blog goes public with dirty laundry.  Adult news and entertainment blog PopPorn.com shot material for its first-ever adult movie last week in Los Angeles in conjunction with Zero Tolerance, but now the fate of the film appears to be up in the air.


Thursday, PopPorn issued a press release saying it was “in a battle with the studio over the release of the film,” and asserted that Zero Tolerance called the movie “unreleasable” because not enough footage was shot for a full feature. PopPorn editor Brian Bangs admits to troubles during filming, but disputed those claims.


“We shot an incredible film. There were issues on set that were a problem, sure, but it’s a great fucking movie,” Bangs told AVN.com. “I’m not sure what the issue is.”


Zero Tolerance owner Greg Alves spoke to AVN.com as well and questioned PopPorn’s claims, but said he is willing to work things out.


“I was surprised to see the press release that they [PopPorn.com] sent out, as I would never air dirty laundry in public,” he told AVN.com. “With that said, they’ve put me in a position where I need to comment – so let me just say this: The footage that they shot is phenomenal, the quality of the footage is not an issue at all; however, their professionalism leaves something to be desired.”


“From the time that they arrived here until the time that they left, they acted like they knew more than we did, were rude and quite simply, difficult,” Alves said. “I couldn’t believe that they walked into our offices after having been up the entire night before drinking and demanded that we cut them a $2,000 check for their room service bill. Clearly, they watched the movie Almost Famous one too many times. In spite of everything, however, I remain hopeful that we can resolve our differences amicably.”  PopPorn’s on set accounts can be found in two production diaries at PopPorn.com.

I won’t bore you with all the details of the POPporn version of the story but here are some of the highlights … (I should point out that their director is the Buckton guy.  This is the POPPORN director.)

Made it set just fine (I insisted on driving). BUCKTON gave cast and crew a “pep talk” which I thought was to be an apology for our fuck up the day before. Instead, he freaked out about how uncool it was that the production manager had made us late for the sex scene by giving us bad directions. This lead to some more frustration and BUCKTON actually firing someone from the production. As I said, we had no idea we could do this, but the production manager said that he was told it was our show. Ouch.


BUCKTON goes missing. Did I mention this yet? Yeah, he left the set on day two with a friend and, unbeknownst to us, the video cards from the previous two days.


Kimberly Kane and John Strong (whom BUCKTON insisted on calling Erik Everhard because he was the planned male talent for the day but cancelled) shoot a great scene, which I assume is ruined because BUCKTON kept getting in shots suggesting positions.

Now after reading all of this the story gets even more interesting.  Today these dumb fucks over at POPPORN who apparently are still demanding more money and who knows what hte fuck else from Zero Tolerance did an interview over at LukeisBack.

Exclusive info & interview-Popporn & Zero Tolerance have a “Money Problem” Popporn’s “movie?”

NL-The comedic adult site Popporn made a movie with Zero Tolerance. Surprise, surprise, now that the content is shot the problems begin, well actually there were a lot of problems all along, but now comes the BIG problem, the two can’t agree. At first I heard ZT said there wasn’t enough content shot to make a movie. Now, according to Brian from  Popporn, that is no longer the case. Now Brian’s issue is that since he didn’t know anything about making porn movies, he should have asked for more money plus all their expenses and since he didn’t, he wants to renegotiate the deal now. Here’s a Q & A with Brian to explain it all.

I’d love to hear from Greg at ZT, happy to hear his side of the story. Who knows maybe LIB can give both sides smiley faces and hearts and flowers and solve their dilema.

I interviewed Brian Bangs, Head of Popporn.com

I think your site is funny, and you make it appear as if a bunch of bubbling fuck-ups are on your staff, especially Buckton (Buckton is a Popporn staffer who was to direct the movie) Here are some of your diary entries for your “movie shoot”

…we showed up at the wrong house…

… made us late to the set..

…fired the male talent that was set to shoot a scene with Bobbi Starr…

…he left the set on day two with a friend and the video cards…

…shoot a great scene, which I assume is ruined because BUCKTON kept getting in shots…

…BUCKTON tazed himself….

…BUCKTON tried to purchase a handgun…

So did you write the diary for comedic value? Or did all of the things mentioned  really happen?

—Thank you for the compliments. The diary is a true account of some of the events that happened on set. While I am certainly not a fuck up (at least, not that I can tell) we do employ some folks who could certainly be considered that way. However, this was our first film. We’ve never done this before and after being on set it’s not like anyone can vouch for a porn set being the temple of professionalism!

So you put up money to do a movie with Zero Tolerance? What obligations did each side have as far as financing, cast, shooting, pre & post production?

—While I’m sure you understand why I cannot explain the complete details of our contract, we were provided the chance to casdt and direct a feature film based on the ideas that we presented to Zero Tolerance. We had total creative control. They were huge fans of the site and came right out and said, we think you can make a great film. I had several conversations with Greg Alves (the owner) that as we had never shot a film before, it might not be the best idea. However, he gave us the green light and we’ve always wanted to so we went for it. We agreed on a business relationship that (at the time) would be mutually beneficial to both sides, shot the film and now we seem to have a misunderstanding.

It’s clear that they really love what we did which is great to hear. At the time of my original press release, my understanding was that they didn’t think there was enough content for the film. However, after AVN broke the story, it seems that they love the film but it’s professionalism and compensation that seems to be at the root of the matter. Money is always the issue, isn’t it?

According to news stories there is now an argument going on as to whether or not a movie can be made out of what was shot. Would you care to tell us about each scene, the stars involved and how much footage was shot?

—As I mentioned above, it seems now that the content is not the issue. I think I can make sense of it a little for you. After completion of the film, I spoke with Greg Alves at ZT explaining that the film was done and that I believed that, even with the hassles on set and the issues we had, we had an amazing film. After watching some of the rough footage I thought it best to renegotiate our deal as the film was no longer just a basic gonzo release but something much more and our original deal didn’t seem fair. It seems now that that is the root issue, that we are asking “too much”.

Why would the footage not be usable?

—It appears that is no longer the issue on their end.

What happens if Zero Tolerance doesn’t make a movie out of what you shot?

—At this moment, I don’t know. We have legal options, but I’d really hate to go that route. All I want to do is come up with a good reward for the film we made. Look, hundreds of films come out a week and nothing looks like this film. I don’t see why we shouldn’t be rewarded for our efforts. We entered a deal PRIOR to making the movie. How can we know the value of that movie until we see it?

Well, we’ve seen it and it’s worth more than our original deal.

What deal do you have for distribution of the movie?

—Zero Tolerance has complete rights to its distribution.

Do you have a lot riding on the movie coming out and selling well?

—Absolutely, we’re a porn blog for god’s sake, we don’t have a bank roll or money flooding in the door. This movie has to sell well for us to continue what we are doing and that’s why it’s important for me now to make ZT understand that what we made is gold and we deserve better compensation.

What is your share of the back end?

—That’s one of our issues. While I’m not at liberty to discuss specifics, I will say that given the quality of what we’ve shot we are asking for more money and them to cover our airfare, hotel and all other expenses. We should not, as the creative engine behind this release, be responsible for these costs. We all the work, cast the movie, came up with the concept…all they needed to do was book the locations, rent the equipment and release the film. A monkey could do that!

Is there any kind of a set up or wrap around to make the movie about something, or a veil of a plot? Or is it just some gonzo scenes? Do you have a working title?

—We had a working title of POPPORN.com’s GUIDE TO MAKING FUCK but as of right now that’s in limbo.

What was your budget for the movie? How much of the money has been spent already?

—Our original budget was $30K, we went over budget slightly by $20K but again, when you see this film, it’s understandable why that had to happen. They make plenty of money to cover it, so why is it an issue?

What is the best end result you can hope for?

—The best result is for them to realize the worth that we have as new and original director’s…this movie, as I said, is unlike anything out there and we deserve to be compensated for it.

The worst end result?

—Legal action.

You can feel the love — 2009 is going to rock!

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When you take on the job as a porn gossip blogger, the first thoughts that cross your mind is how hated almost every one of them are.  Let’s be real, we all read the industry “rags” but not a one us would claim friendship with any of the folks who run the sites.  In fact, given the opportunity any of us would probably take the opportunity to slander them.  Such is the nature of our business.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten what seemed to be genuinely nice emails from other bloggers, only to read a month later them slamming the fuck out of me for a typo or whatnot.


That being said, porn bloggers actually play a vital role to our industry. We are the first people that publicists turn to when they need something “leaked“.  It’s also a great source of gossip for fans that isn’t really “news” but still relevant to the die hard fans that want to know everything they can get their hands on about their favorite porn girl.  Don’t let the phrase gossip blogger fool you.   A good gossip story can play a vital role in driving sales for an upcoming movie and studios know it.  Which is why they publicly claim to hate us, yet send us gifts all the time.


For the most part I don’t take what I do all to serious.  Sure I get a few laughs out of some of the stories that come my way, but for the most part it’s really less of a thrill than you might think.  That is until now.  Mr. Fed Ex showed up at my door early this morning and dropped off a care package that covers my attendance at the upcoming Pornstarville party.  This is the big party that is scheduled to take place after the AVN award show where an untold number of porn stars are expected to be in attendance.


Included in my little care package was four tickets, yes yes I’m bringing a few friends, 7 DVDs that feature some of the stars invited to the party and one really fucking great one from Zero Tolerance.  Goo 4 Two 5 with Amy Reid and Maya Hills was fucking great.    The first scene was great with Amy Reid in the threesome.  I don’t know the name of the guy she was fucking but who cares.  What matters is holy fuck Amy Reid has a rockin’ body.


Amy Reid


I called up Zero Tolerance to see what they had to say about the upcoming party of all parties and Dominick from Zero Tolerance said “This party’s gonna be so hott im taking off my shirt and listening to the ladies scream my name“.   🙂  So there you have it.  Go download this Amy Reid movie then come party with porn stars next week in Vegas.  It’s the only way to start your New Year off right.

COURTNEY CUMMZ SEXIFIES CLUB ALEX’S – MAY 17TH-19TH!

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COURTNEY CUMMZ Sexifies Club Alex’s May 17th-19th!

For Immediate Release: May 16th, 2007

(Hollywood, CA) Director/Performer Courtney Cummz brings her sultry body and dirty mind to Club Alex’s this weekend to stripteasingly headline the gig!

No rest for this wicked XXX girl as the Zero Tolerance contract superstar, Courtney Cummz continues her conquest of gentlemen’s clubs across the states. This week, Cummz lays down her set of strip shows in Stoughton, Massachusetts!

After a solid set of performances in Van Nuys last week, Courtney is coming to Club Alex’s to keep doing what she does best…electrify the crowd with sexual intensity! The Hardcore Hottie has several shows lined up at Club Alex’s and is intent on making her mark in Massachusetts!

“I have been traveling and performing so much lately you’d think I would be exhausted, but it’s really the opposite. I can’t wait to get there and shake my ass.” Courtney noted. “When the crowd gets going…it’s a feeling that’s hard to describe, but knowing they are there to see me naked is pretty hot!”

Courtney’s nakedness can also be seen in her latest DVD release, Whack Jobs from Zero Tolerance . Courtney not only performs in the movie but the cover girl also directed it as well! Expect a lot of nastiness from the mind of Cummz !

Club Alex’s gets Cummz all over as the reigning Hottest Girl in Porn Courtney Cummz headlines the weekend as the Featured Dancer!

May 17th – 19th, 2007
Courtney Cummz @ Club Alex’s
584 Washington st Rt 138
Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072
781.344.2175
http://www.clubalexs.com/

For more Courtney Cummz, Please visit www.CourtneyCummz.com & Myspace.com/CourtneyCummz4u

Zero Tolerance’s website is http://ztod.com

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INTERVIEW WITH MASON DIXON

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CELEBRATE THE END OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GHETTO-FABULOUS DIRECTOR MASON DIXON FROM THE ZERO TOLERANCE SIDEKICK BLACK ICE PICTURES

MASON DIXON IS STRAIGHT-UP A DIM-WIT, IS NO STRANGER TO OUR PENAL SYSTEM AND ALWAYS CARRIES A GUN TO THE LIQUOR STORE…

BASICALLY OUR KIND OF GUY!

PART ONE

FAYNER Hey dawg, is this a bad time to talk?

DIXON You mean to conversate? Naw, it’s cool.

FAYNER What’cha doing? Smoking crack?

DIXON Naw, just drinkin’, you know what I’m saying? I had my bitch over at my crib, you know what I’m saying? We made plans to watch What’s Happenin’? together, but my moms calls me up, got attacked by some pit bulls or some shit outside of her church, so I tells my bitch she gots to go! and I went down to the store to get me some malt liquor, you know what I’m saying? The Asian clerk was all trippin’ out ‘cause I got no loot and had to stick my piece in his face so he knows who he’s fucking with, you know what I’m saying?

FAYNER Are you saying you use a gun as currency? And if so, is this a good thing, a virtuous path that should be emulated? And I only ask ‘cause I know you’ve done some time for your crimes, and I’d hate to see some smart black kid ruin his life trying to be like you.

DIXON Violence is my reality, you know what I’m saying? And the fools on the street know not to step to me ‘cause I’m a bad motherfucker. I did my time on a murder rap.

FAYNER You actually killed someone?

DIXON Yeah, you know what I’m saying? But it ain’t that bad. The guy was already shot before I got there. I’m pretty sure he was already dead, and I was just showing off for my homies by pulling out my gun and shooting him.

FAYNER How did you get caught?

DIXON I forgot to get rid of the gun, and the cops matched it to the bullets in the sucka’s chest.

FAYNER I guess a gangsta gots to do what a gangsta gots to do, right? Shit. And I am feeling you, dawg, I am, and I respect the grittiness in your need to be real, but I feel that you – and a hearty portion of black men in America – spread to the young brothas the belief that if you want something you don’t need to work for it as long as you got a gun, and that being known on the block and dressing fly and inciting fear is more valuable than an education. I mean, with this being Black History Month, do you feel as though you’re a good role model to the bright-eyed young bloods in need of direction?

DIXON Fuck that, you know what I’m saying? I don’t hardly think about helping out other blacks anyway, not as much as I do about getting even with white people. I don’t understand why more blacks don’t look to whitey for what they want, I mean it’s only fair that we even out the playing field, you know what I’m saying?

FAYNER I think I do. Are you saying that you’re really fucking stupid?

DIXON Hey, I ain’t book smart, you won’t catch me reading People Magazine or some literary shit like that, but I’m street smart, you know what I’m saying?

FAYNER Street Smart?? Didn’t you just say you shot a dead guy and went to jail for it because you kept the gun and got caught with it? God damn! Whatever, just tell me about your new job shooting porno.

DIXON Yeah, it’s my new vocation. When you’re behind bars you find yourself thinking about pussy. All the time. And when I got out I had plans to continue with my music, but after I went through all the trouble stealing a great old song and laying my rhymes over it I found out that Tone Loc pinched the exact same song like 20 years ago and rapped over it about some whore.

QUASARMAN IS SO SEX-Z.. SO IS NEW ZERO TOLERANCE MEMBER SITE

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Zero Tolerance Entertainment announced today the launch of their new exclusive membership download site, Zero Tolerance On Demand, www.ZTOD.com.

In partnering with videosz.com, Zero Tolerance will offer internet users an adult site which includes video quality (streaming, as well as, downloading), expansive hi res photo galleries and high-speed downloads.

VideosZ, an affiliate programs in the adult industry, will be introducing many new webmaster options through ZTOD, including promotional and marketing tools.

“We are very pleased to have aligned ourselves with VideosZ,” offered Zero Tolerance President, Greg Alves. “We share the same commitment to provide the consumer with the finest adult product in the world.”

Echoing Alves’ sentiments was VideosZ spokesperson Andy Hartman. “We are happy to continue our tradition of excellence by pairing with Zero Tolerance.”

Other features of ZTOD include access to the entire Zero Tolerance library for download; hundreds of downloadable hardcore, exclusive crystal clear photo galleries, full dvd quality downloads of every movie, downloadable iPod trailers and the ability to preview movies before their release.

Webmasters interested in signing up to promote ZTOD and earn up to $40 per signup please visit http://www.ztdollars.com/ and start making money today.