Thought of the day — Paul Thomas

I was thinking back to something Monique Alexander said at the show after accepting her award and it was just a small comment that didn’t even register in my head at the time but it was something to the effect of how her and Paul Thomas have had their problems.


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Don’t know why I started thinking about it but when I did suddenly my mind wondered to thoughts of the time Paul Thomas was on the set of one of the movies he was directing for Briana Banks and how he brought her to tears, as he discussed how much he hated girls with big fake boobs and how it disgusted him and how looking at them made him want to toss his lunch.  Mind you Briana Banks was about 10 feet away at the time and heard every word.


Then I flashed to the behind the scenes footage I seen once of Paul Thomas working with our very own Love Twins, Lacey and Lyndsey and while directing the girls in a scene made an off hand remark, perhaps not realizing the behind the scenes camera was nearby about how stupid they were and he hopes to never have to work with them again.  Of course I should mention that one of the twins were only about 3 feet away when he made the nasty comment.  I remember watching that footage and thinking to myself what a total douche Paul Thomas was for being so mean to those girls.  They were only doing exactly what he told them to do.  Then scolded them and called them idiots for following his direction. Years later I hear he is still bad mouthing the Love Twins.


Then I remember hearing something about Paul Thomas and Jenna Jameson having issues working together and recall something in the Vivid Valley series where he makes some nasty remarks about her.  With so many Vivid girls having problems with the same guy, did nobody over at Vivid think that maybe just maybe it’s not a problem with the talent it’s a problem with the ego of the director?


Then I let my mind wonder a little more and remember a comment Devon once made about him more than 10 years ago.  It’s been far to long to remember her exact words but I think the phrase “ass hole” was used a few times to describe him.


Is there anyone this guy gets along with?  Apparently not many of the Vivid girls.


Since he’s such a dick to so many of the Vivid girls and this has been a long standing issue going on years now, why do they continue to employ him?  Is it because he wins awards?  Because seriously wouldn’t it make sense that the movies would be better if they had a director who worked better with the girls so you would in theory have a chance at winning even more awards?


In an interview Briana Banks did in Vegas this year she makes a side little comment about enjoying drama free sets.  One can’t help but wonder if the drama she refers to is that which Paul Thomas tends to create with his hostile work environments.


Why would Vivid pay a man to work with their girls who goes out of his way to make them feel like inadequate pieces of shit?

Monique Alexander Does Leave Vivid

It seems that as I spoke about yesterday, Monique Alexander has in fact left Vivid.  Monique Alexander and Vivid have enjoyed a long lasting relationship and by all accounts it has been a good one for both of them.  Monique got stable work and some decent publicty while Vivid got one of the hardest working Vivid girls they’ve had in years.  Monique performed in more scenes for Vivid than any of their other girls.  She was from what industry insiders say “very stable” and considering the business we are in, that’s saying a lot.


Although I can’t get anyone to go on record but I did get a friend off the record to confirm that Monique Alexander decided not to renew her contract with Vivid.  She fulfilled her obligations with her last contract and at this time chose not to renew it.  I have a friend who has a call into Monique Alexander directly to try and see if she can give us any back story as to why she decided not to stay with Vivid and what her plans are for the future.  I am told however that Vivid still expects her in Vegas this week so clearly their split was on good terms if she is still willing to go be a part of the Vivid booth despite not being under contract with them anymore.

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Monique Alexander Update

I know it’s still the weekend and the good Ole’ folks at Vivid aren’t in the office yet to answer our questions about miss Monique Alexander and her status as a Vivid girl, but I found a press release issued from Vivid on December 29, 2008 will be present at one of their parties in Las Vegas. So if nothing else we know that as of December 29, 2008 the Vivid PR team was issue press releases stating Monique Alexander is a Vivid girl and will be present in Vegas with them.  So what does this mean?  Well it means really nothing.  It could be that the PR folks just are behind on the news, or that someone over at LA Direct Models just messed up and despite the fact that they updated their website since this story broke and still didn’t fix the tag, they could also just be slow and behind in the news department.  So at this point what we really know for sure is nothing.  But Monday is quickly approaching and we’ll find out then.  I already have a call into my favorite girl at Vivid who will surely give me a shout out the second she comes in.


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VIVID ENTERTAINMENT TO HOLD KICK-OFF 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY AT TABU LOUNGE ON FRIDAY JANUARY 9TH DURING AVN AWARDS GATHERING IN LAS VEGAS

Six of the World Famous Vivid Girls to be Featured by Leading Adult Studio

LOS ANGELES – (December 29, 2008) – Vivid Entertainment, the leading adult film studio, will host a gala party in Las Vegas during the annual AVN (Adult Video News) Awards and Adult Entertainment Expo events in January to kick-off a yearlong celebration of its 25th anniversary.

The first party takes place Friday January 9 at the Tabu Lounge in the MGM Grand Hotel from 11 pm to 2 am. Guests will get to mingle with the studio’s famous Vivid Girls, — Monique Alexander, Hanna Hilton, Nikki Jayne, Sunny Leone, Meggan Mallone and Savanna Samson — the elite among adult actresses. Nikki Jayne and Meggan Mallone have been nominated for the Best New Starlet honor and Monique Alexander and Savanna Samson have both been nominated for Best Actress. The winners will be announced at the AVN Awards show the next night.

In the mean time here are some free photos of Monique Alexander I thought you might enjoy

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Shay Jordan is now Jasmine Jinn?

Okay so let me get this straight … Shay Jordan is now Jasmine Jinn, well at least that is what I read over at PS Babylon.  How the fuck did this happen?  This is some crazy sounding shit that I had to look into.  I mean why in the world would an established porn star change her name.  That’s marketing suicide.  Surely there has to be a damn good reason behind this.


We know that Shay Jordan started her career as a porn star in last 2005 or early 2006 and signed with Digital Playground in August of 2006 and like most starlets who sign contracts, she seemed to have signed away the rights to her name.  This isn’t however uncommon.  We’ve known this to be common practice dating back for many years now, even as far back as Racquel Darrian with Vivid and that was in the mid 1990s.  Now a decade later this practice is still taking place.   The few times you hear about this kind of thing, it usually ends with the studio releasing the rights to the girls name back to the performer with a few exceptions such as the time Kira Kener sued Vivid after the dissolution of her contract to gain control of the rights to her name.


Teagan Presley was once under contract with Digital Playground and some would have you believe there was some legal issues with her name because the second she left Digital Playground, she started just going by the name of Teagan however Teagan herself went on record as saying that isn’t remotely the case.  While it is true about the trademark, they (as in Digital Playground) has been nothing but supportive of her career and personal circumstances despite the fact that she is no longer under contract with them.  In fact, Teagan Presley will be signing autographs at the Digital Playground booth this year in Las Vegas at the 2009 AEE show.


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So we know that Digital Playground is in the practice, similar to Vivid in gaining control of their contract performers name.  We however also know that like Vivid they tend to have no problems returning the rights to the name once the contract is over, as evident with Teagan Presley. So why this Shay Jordan name change?


Shay Jordan’s MySpace page is clearly run by Digital Playground and they seem to continue to support it and keep it updated despite the fact that she is no longer under contract with them.  That seems odd.


Shay Jordan was in the Pirates II movie but wasn’t as the premier party.


Shay Jordan is now a blonde and being repped by Goldstar Modeling.  Yes the same folks that rep Sunny Leone, Devon, The Love Twins, Gina Lynn.  These guys are showing up a lot lately.


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So I made a few phone calls and here is what I was told.  Yes it is true that Shay Jordan is no longer under contract with Digital Playground.  Yes Shay Jordan is now booking all of her work through Goldstar Modeling.  Yes Shay Jordan changed her name to Jasmine Jinn.  And she did so for practical reasons and that is because Digital Playground owns the rights to the name Shay Jordan and it would be a big legal hassle to try and get it back that could hold up her ability to work under that name.  So there you have it.  That is the reason Shay Jordan is now Jasmine Jinn.

Monique Alexander Leaves Vivid??

I noticed today on the directory listing for Monique Alexander over at LA Direct Models she no longer has the “Vivid Contract Girl” tag associated with her name that was there last time I checked, just a week or two ago.  Monique Alexander is one of the most active Vivid girls in terms of how many scenes per year she does, so I have a very hard time believing this to be true we’ll find out on Monday when the Vivid offices are open.  Could this simply be an error by someone over at LA Direct Models or could this be the first sign of Monique Alexander branching out?   First Lanny Barby, then Briana Banks and now this?  I can hardly believe my eyes.

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Rumor has it … Miss December

I heard an interesting little rumor today.  I heard that the Penthouse Pet for December of 2008, Tori Black may just very well be the next Vivid Girl.    My good friend over at Vivid is on holiday but when she returns I’ll hit her up and ask what she thinks.  For now we’ll just have to file it under unconfirmed rumor.  Will Tori Black be the next Vivid girl?  Only time will tell.


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Update : This seems to have been just a rumor.  Calls to Vivid were returned with a “We have not heard this rumor but we can tell you it is not true.”  Tori Black did however do her first scene for Vivid in January of 2009, yet this was just a scene for hire work and that means that the person who sent me this rumor was in fact wrong, so we shall file this under unconfirmed, probably not true, rumor.  The earlier work she did was for Vivid ALT.

Trent Tesoro you lucky bastard

Just heard a interesting little tid-bit.  Trent Tesoro is one of the luckiest bastards in all of pornoville.  Why might you ask?  Simple.  Because he gets to hit this every night.  I don’t know all the details but apparently they are both originally from Texas and met on the set of one of Meggan Mallone’s movies that she was making for Vivid last year.

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Kagney Linn Karter signs with Vivid? Maybe? Maybe not.

With prices dropping for the girls to do scenes, more of them are looking into the lucrative contracts that just two years ago most were turning their noses up at. The girls under contract tend to half to work half as much, for twice as much money per scene and with the newest rumors of $600 to $900 a scene, that’s more like work half as much for three times as much per scene for those under an exclusive contract with the bigger players like Vivid, Adam and Eve, Wicked and Digital Playground.


So rumor has it that LA Direct Models is currently helping Kagney Linn Karter in negotiations with a “major studio”. This is only a rumor but some think that studio is Vivid, which makes sense, since they rep a lot of the Vivid girls including Nikki Jayne, Hanna Hilton and Monique Alexander.    For those that don’t know who sh is and to be quite honest I didn’t when I heard this story, Kagney Linn Karter is the newest hot little blonde to be making a name for herself.  LA Direct News is reporting she is in the top 20 this week for searches on FreeOnes.   At this point this story is pure speculation and just a rumor but time will tell if this rumor will turn out to be true or not. As cute as she is, I can totally see that chick becoming a Vivid girl.


Shyla Stylez jealous of Nikki Benz?

I was googling something today for an unrelated story when something caught my attention. It was an ad, that normally would have gone noticed but then I remembered a story I wrote not to long ago about how the person who created the new official Shyla Stylez website basically borrowed the design of the Nikki Benz website.  That was pretty shitty of them and once the story came out they of course changed her website around thank god.  But then I found this ……..



When you Google Nikki Benz you get a PPC ad for the official Shyla Stylez official website.  Interesting.  Why would they do this knowing that just a month or two ago they were called out for flat out stealing her website design?  Are these people fucking retarded?  Or is it that Shyla Stylez is the one in charge and saying to do this?  Is she secretly in love with Nikki Benz? Wonder what Shyla Stylez obsession with Nikki Benz is?

The Hanna Hilton Math Does Add Up

Something just isn’t right here about this Hanna Hilton hooker story.  It’s been bugging me for days, since I posted that story I found about her being a call girl or escort or whatever you want to call it these days.  Here is what is bugging me about this story, my momma always said when all else fails common sense will prevail.  Common sense in this story is what is failing.



Hanna Hilton either makes $750 or $2,000 to spend 1 hour with a client as a hooker.   This may or may not be true, not saying if it is, just hear me out on the math behind it because something isn’t adding up.


So as a Vivid girl we are told she probably earns around $80,000 to $100,000 a year for her contract, which is typically paid out every two weeks, like as if she had a job.  That’s not bad money but considering she only has to work about 3 to 4 days a month for the entire year, it’s even better.


Considering the fact that she was a former Penthouse pet and popular Internet model before coming to Vivid she probably got the higher end of the new girl contract so we can safely assume she’s not doing so bad with her weekly paychecks.


This also doesn’t account for the money she makes from her own personal website.  If you take the average earnings of an membership website, assume her traffic based on data found at sites like Alexa.com and Compete.com, and guessing she probably makes a 50/50 cut with whoever is running it minus 20% administrative costs, you can pretty much guess she makes about $1,500 a month or maybe as much as $2,000 on her personal website.  That’s not bad, on top of the money she makes from her Vivid contract.  On the low end we are now talking an estimated $8,000 a month here.


That being said we also know that a Vivid girl and former Penthouse Pet and popular Internet model no doubt has quite a few requests for personal appearances.  These she can expect to make about $2,500 to $5,000 to show up to a location and be there for an hour or two.   This doesn’t account for the extra money she will make on selling her DVDs that she signs, etc.  Girls always make good money.  One girl I think it was Racquel Darrian was said to make $1 million a year alone on just personal appearances and feature dancing.  Obviously Hanna Hilton isn’t that famous yet but let’s say she makes about $5,000 a day with her sales and fees and does about 3 a year.  That’s not much but it’s also known that she doesn’t tend to do a lot of these things.  But even at only a few each year that’s still roughly an extra $15,000 – but let’s round it down to $12,000 since we don’t really know FOR SURE her schedule.  That gives her $1,000 a month in personal appearance fees and related earnings.  That puts her salary at about $9,000 a month.


Now this is the part that gets me confused.   Why would you make $750 to $2,000 when you could make $2,500 to $5,000 and not even have to have sex?  Nobody is that stupid.  I mean think about it.  Would you take $2,000 or $2,500?  I mean duh!  Of course you would want the most money and no doubt so does she.


So then why would she spend her free time making $750 to $2,000 when she could be making personal appearances and earning $2,500 to $5,000?  It doesn’t make sense.


When it comes to Vivid we are all laughing it up about how much we don’t like their movies or whatever but let me tell you this, their shit sales.  Their movies are seen in hotel rooms across America as well as on cable TV versions and PPV specials.   And that’s why someone with the Vivid Girl title can command major cash just to show up and sign autographs at your store.  May sound insane to you and me but the Vivid girls have well known faces and names in mainstream society and that is what retailers want — it draws in the fans and fans that come in are likely to buy shit.


So then we factor in any money she makes which we can basically estimate to be about $9,000 a month, not including what her boyfriend was making prior to going to jail, she couldn’t have been hurting to much?  I mean $9,000 a month?  Hello?!  That’s great fucking money by any standards.  Why would she also be hooking?  It doesn’t add up my friends.


I’m going to go on the record as saying I just don’t buy the story that she’s a part time hooker.  The numbers aren’t computing. No matter how you do the math, $2,000 an hour to blow some dumb ass you don’t know is never as great as $2,500 to stand around and smile while people kiss your ass. What do you think she would chose?