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In Deep Shit: U.S.A. versus Porn Star Robert van Damme

Internationally renowned porn star Robert van Damme was arrested by local authorities May 21 in Orange County on charges of domestic violence and contempt of court. Damme, whose real name is Robert Kovarik, had his bond set at $100,000.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say that the Czech Republic native has been hit with a federal detainer that prevents him from bonding out of state prison. Even if he were to post bail, he would be held in federal custody and brought before a U.S. magistrate judge.

A Federal immigration official told XBIZ that a Immigration detainer means federal officials believe the suspect doesn’t have the legal basis to be in the U.S. and once the local case against him ends, Damme will be transferred to the local federal facility at which point he will be processed for deportation or extradition.

Van Damme has performed for Falcon and Mustang Studios, but now runs RVD Films.

Moreover Vincent Lambert, Gayvn Judge, Photographer and Noted industry Blogger has exclusively obtained a copy of the statement that Van Damme gave to police following his arrest earlier this year.

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The GAYVN Awards ADDS new Category!

A new category has been added to the 2010 GAYVN Awards slate: Personality of the Year. The award will recognize the zaniest, sexiest, most-over-the-top non-sex personalities who operate in and around the realm of gay adult entertainment.

Personality of the Year will be the first award in the 12-year history of the “Oscars of gay adult entertainment” to be presented based on fan input.

According to Janet Gibson, chief operating officer for GAYVN parent company AVN Media Network, the selection committee will consider nominations from any personality or other industry insider through the pre-nominations website. (Email [email protected] for a username and password if you don’t already have one.) Any industry denizen may be nominated for his or her non-sexually-explicit role. Bloggers, photographers, agents, casting directors, stage-show hosts, feature dancers, go-go boys and others are eligible—including porn stars, if they also perform in non-sexually-explicit capacities.

The top three nominees will be required to appear onstage during the gala awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sept. 24 at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre in conjunction with the annual Folsom Street Fair.

Following the final performance from the nominees, all audience members will be asked to vote for the winner, who will receive his or her award that night.

“We want to encourage all personalities to submit a pre-nomination,” Gibson said. “This is an exciting departure for the GAYVN Awards, and we hope to make Personality of the Year an annual title. We’re looking forward to seeing who’s really popular with the fans, and I’m sure there will be some wild and wacky nominees and performances.”

The deadline for submitting Personality of the Year nominations is the same as for all other GAYVN Awards pre-nominations: June 15.

In order to be considered for a 2010 award, a production must have been released between Jan. 1, 2009, and May 31, 2010. Newcomers, studio marketing campaigns and web-based promotions and marketing efforts must have debuted during the same period.

Studios and individuals may email [email protected] for a username, password and link to the submissions page. Industry insiders may nominate as many titles, people and companies as they desire in any category; however, participants are encouraged to nominate only their best efforts.

Awards categories include:

DVD categories:

Best Actor
Best All-Sex Video
Best Alternative Release (includes all fetish, ethnic and niche-oriented titles)
Best Cumshot
Best Director
Best Duo Sex Scene
Best Group Sex Scene
Best HD Feature
Best Marketing – Company Image
Best Newcomer
Best Picture
Best Renting Title of the Year
Best Selling Title of the Year
Best Solo Performance
Best Supporting Actor
Best Videography
Best Web-to-DVD Release
Performer of the Year
Studio of the Year
Hall of Fame
Trailblazer

Web categories:

Best Affiliate Program
Best Blog/Gossip Site
Best Genre Site (solo, amateur, twink, bear, ethnic, fetish/leather, etc.)
Best Live Webcam/Webshow
Best Mega Site
Best Porn Star Site
Best Retail/VOD Site
Best Web-Based Marketing/Promotion Effort (single title, studio, performer, event, cause, etc.)
Web Performer of the Year
Website of the Year

Nominated websites will need to provide judges with access to their password-protected areas, if such exist. Studios are asked to provide two copies of each title they would like the GAYVN Awards judges to consider. DVDs should be shipped to arrive no later than 5 p.m. PT June 30. Address all deliveries to:

GAYVN Awards
9400 Penfield Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311

Questions about the site or the awards process may be directed to [email protected]. Industry insiders may contact [email protected] for ticket information. Studios may email AVN Media Network Chief Operating Officer Janet Gibson for details about participating in the awards ceremony

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No They Didn’t … COLT MEN and Saddam Hussein’s Conquests With Boys

Now we aren’t saying that COLT Men are now working in the CIA and could have stopped Saddam Hussein, but apparently the CIA thinks it should!

As the Washington Post reports the CIA faked a video of Osama bin Laden bragging about “conquests with boys,” and wanted to “flood Iraq” with a fake sex tape of Saddam Hussein banging a young boy.

Well of course it never happened, but the art they chose to use from the COLT Feature MuscleHeads hit close to home.  Let’s just hope director John Rutherford and COLT Men Nate Karlton and Carlo Masi have as big a sense of humor as we do!

See the entire article at Gawker – HERE


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Folsom Street Fair 2010 Poster Inspired By Recent Gay Bar Raids

The poster image for the 2010 Folsom Street Fair was inspired by recent police raids of gay bars in Fort Worth, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia. The official poster also derived inspiration from the movie The Usual Suspects, the 1995 crime capper directed by openly gay filmmaker Brian Singer.

The organizers of the annual fetish fair, Folsom Street Events, said due to the outrage sparked within the LGBT community by the raids at the Atlanta Eagle and The Rainbow Lounge in Texas they decided to use the poster’s artwork as a way to highlight  issues of crime and punishment in the community.
In a statement released on Mother’s Day announcing the poster design, Folsom Street Events said the image, which features a line up of people in various drag, leather and fetish wear, juxtaposes crimes on Wall Street, such as the Goldman Sachs scandal, against behaviors in the BDSM community which may be punishable in some states and cities. Only recently did the Oakland City Council move to end a ban against cross-dressing that has been on the East Bay city’s books since the 1800s.

“This year’s Folsom Street Fair poster is intended to draw attention to the ongoing discrimination and persecution facing consenting adults who practice BDSM,” stated Demetri Moshoyannis, the organization’s executive director. “We are extremely pleased with the outcome of this poster because it maintains the tradition of our trademark cutting-edge commentary on our community within the broader society. We are very much looking forward to producing a fantastic series of internationally renowned events this year.”

The Folsom Street Fair poster is available online at folsomstreetevents.org.

STORY CREDIT: Read More of this story at Bay Area Reporter

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Badpuppy.com Celebrates 15 Years Online Anniversary

One week ago veteran gay porn mega site Badpuppy celebrated its 15th birthday, which converts to 105 in dog years.

Founded in 1995, the Badpuppy website, which has become a household name for porn seeking Web surfers searching for the hottest gay adult playground online.

Anyone that can stay in business this log must be doing something right, and there’s no question the folks at Badpuppy understand exactly what their customers want.

While it is said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, Badpuppy proved differently in the past year by totally revamping their Puppy Cash affiliate webmaster program.  The aging program had begun to get a little long in the tooth, but after a complete retooling it is one of the best in the business.

Badpuppy delivers gay consumers not only some of the hottest gay xxx content available online but, they also provide you with steaming exclusive online content that other VOD providers envy them for.

Badpuppy  has completed a reorganization of its massive video and photo content, and the results are a big improvement. Online since 1995, the site boasts that it provides members with more than 10,000 videos. In addition to all the exclusive content in Badpuppy.com your membership provides access to dozens of smaller sites in the Badpuppy network.

The site’s content used to be somewhat of a hodgepodge and there’s still lots of variation in the type and quality of content available, but Badpuppy now has a whole page devoted to telling you about its “New Look” and content organization. Whether you remember it from “back in the day”, or you’ve just discovered it, the site does offer a large, varied, and interesting cache of porn. And to sweeten the deal, the price is only $19.95 for new members.

Badpuppy President/CEO Bill Pinyon (photo above) told Gay Porn Gossip:

Badpuppy turning 15 is just so hard to believe, What ever you’re looking for, you’re sure to find it here at Badpuppy. Because our members are introduced to multiple content updates every day, around the clock and can knowingly count on our support staff, it makes Badpuppy stand out in a crowd.

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R.I.P. Allan Gassman: Porn Performer & Activist Found Dead In NYC Apartment

Mickey Skee at AVN reporting:

Allan Gassman, who appeared on national talk shows to discuss safe, sane orgies and helped initiate safer sex in the gay adult industry, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment in April. He died of complications of HIV and a suspected drug overdose, according to friends.

Gassman was 47.

A porn performer, director and writer, Gassman documented his safe sex activism in an award-winning documentary The O Boys: Parties, Porn & Politics, which traveled the international film festival circuit, provoking many discussions and controversial panels. The documentary, which won the 1999 GAYVN Award for “Best Alternative Video,” includes interviews with sex activist and author Jill Nagle, playwright Robert Patrick, activist and performer Michael Callen, late porn star Johnny Rey and performer-activist Vince Harrington (aka Michael LaBarbera).

Continue Reading Full Story at Adult Video News

Special Memorial & Obituary Page For Allan Gassman 1962-2010

Photo Above via AVN: Allan Gassman between Carol Nelson and Steve Nelson during a performance of Robert Patrick’s play Angel, Honey, Baby, Darling, Dear. Photographer: Jonathan Silver.

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1st Industry Interview With Controversial ‘SpeedoStudent’

Online, he’s known as “SpeedoStudent” because of his penchant for wearing the sexy swim briefs. Tim Perry, a 22-year-old history major, launched his blog in December, posting photos of himself wearing Speedos. But the Speedo photos aren’t what the fuss was about. It started when he took the Speedos off and the photos — and a video — became X-rated and found there way over to his self-created Xtube landing. A story about Speedo Student’s blog and video got picked up nationally by Queerty a high traffic gay non-adult blog. The Huffington Post ran the story on its Web site and asked, Should the Speedo Student be expelled?

Just last month, Dink Flamingo – the head knocker of Dirty Bird Pictures signed Tim as an exclusive (see our photo gallery of Tim and report of Flamingo’s contracting).

Keith Witchka from JRL Charts caught up with SpeedoStudent for an exclusive first industry interview. A number of great questions were asked.


Keith Witchka: What type of guys are you personally into and who will you be working with in your first gay xxx feature film for Dirty Bird Pictures?



Speedo: I guess you’d say mostly twinks, leaning a little bit towards jocks. I like slim, lightly muscled guys with handsome faces. Smooth and tan is always a plus.  In my first DVD, I’m paired with Shawn and Kaden from Active Duty. That went very well. Let’s just say I’ve been an admirer of Kaden’s work ever since The Porne Ultimatum.

SpeedoStudent goes on to answer questions on whether he is a top or a bottom, what his fellow classmates think of him and a really direct question;




What are your feelings on bareback genre?  Will we ever see Speedo doing the nasty without condoms?

Find out if we will see Speedo Taking Or Getting The Raw Dick

READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE

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Infamous Convicted Pedophile Takes Aim At Unzipped.net’s Editor

In the ongoing media wake of the George Reker Scandal, non-adult blog, Queerty recently ran a story concerning the back and forth dialogue between Unzipped and the Miami New Times. If you didn’t already know, it was Unzipped’s Online Editor, Zach Sire (photo left) who broke the story of exactly who the male escort was that Reker hired for his European vacation.

Sires posted the escort’s RentBoy.com profile on their popular adult blog Unzipped.net. Most importantly, Sire has demanded Miami New Times to reveal exactly where the origins of their information came from that lead New Times to break the story in the first place.

It would seem to this writer that Sire’s demands can only bring more validity to the story which so well exposes one of the damnest bigots in march against gay equality.

Enter the feedback from Queerty’s post:

The internationally known convicted pedophile Nelson Garcia (photo right: New York state issued mug shot of Garcia) added his two-cents to the column by posting under his also well known online alias, “NG”.

Garcia wagers his propaganda using his comment on Queerty in an attempt to undermine the fine work Sire has done so far in getting to the bottom of the Reker’s story. Garcia would have you believe that Sire didn’t verify facts about posts where porn stars were being terrorized by another outrageously wicked online persona known as Damon Kruezer. Garcia describes Damon Kruezer as a “gay porn gossiper” in this comment. What a joke, who does Garcia think he is fooling? Anyone and everyone familiar with the Damon Kruezer (real name – Kent Barclay) story knows Kruezer is a fraud, troll and gay porn cyber-stalker who resides in Boston, Massachusetts (said to be living with his 86 year old mother) and in no shape nor form is Damon Kruezer a creditable “gay porn” anything.

Who is this “NG” anyway? Allow me to use the reference published by Perverted-Justice.com information database dubbed, Wikisposure

“Nelson Garcia, aka NG, nlsngrc, and ng1260, would like the world to believe that he is merely an online gay activist. However, the reality is that he’s a pedophile, and one who has been convicted of sex crimes”

Garcia was convicted of a felony in New York on August 11, 2003 for Promoting A Sexual Performance By A Child Less Than 16 Years of Age. Currently, Garcia is a Level 2 risk as documented on the New York State Sex Offender’s Registry. All of Garcia’s criminal acts were committed using the Internet and website forums to undermine and rally confidence in his victim(s).

Garcia continues his propaganda about Sire on his own blog, where he has a post titled, “six degrees of gay hate”. In the article Garcia poorly attempts to influence his reader into thinking that Zach Sire clouds the issue surrounding Rekers and that Sire is on a “anti-gay crusade”.

In conclusion, Gay Porn Gossip believes Zach Sire is totally correct in asking for the background, the source and more concerning how Reker was “made” in the Miami International Airport. Reker has denied any sexual activity with this escort and stands on the premise he has done nothing contradictory to his own belief and morals. Without complete disclosure of all the facts, where does Reker actually stand in the face of his peers and public opinion? When you have a half-assed case built, without that FULL DISCLOSURE it sure leaves room for doubt in the minds of many.  Disclosure was and remains the grounding force in Garcia’s crimes. Let their be no doubts whatsoever in the Reker story and let’s CATCH ANOTHER PREDATOR!

The message is clear to the Miami New Times – DISCLOSE THE FACTS!

[Editor's Note: Perhaps we should notify THE TRUTH SQUAD to add Nelson Garcia to the investigative reports being collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in regards to Kruezer's recent fraud where a gay porn fan (consumer-end user) was bamboozled  for over ten-thousand dollars in a fake movie scam conducted by Damon Kruezer.]

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GorgeousBoys.net Offers Free Adult Blog Publishing and Protection

The Gorgeous Boys Network has launched GorgeousBoys.net, a blog publishing tool that at long last won’t remove adult content and also comes with an already established traffic base. A place for adult stars to set up their own blogs free of charge, GorgeousBoys.net is an adult friendly network featuring the most beautiful porn stars on the Internet. Already powering over 23 different gay porn star blogs, the site is quickly becoming the easiest way for adult entertainers to create and maintain their own blogs, even under their own web sites and domain names.

“In the past few months a large amount of blogs hosted by Blogger have closed down and I’ve seen the problems and hassle it’s caused to blog owners,” says MARK WILSON, founder of The Gorgeous Boys Network. “All their hard work wasted and lost. So I decided to try and help some adult bloggers with hosting their blogs, protecting them from being shutdown. Just like other blog systems, this will be a free service that offers your own customizable blog on  a sub-domain (eg. yourname.gorgeousboys.net), which can then in turn also redirect itself to your own domain as well.”

For those with domain names and already established web site URLs of their own, GorgeousBoys.net can upload blogs not only to their own domain but directly to your own, giving your content ultimate exposure and a built in traffic base from the biggest performers and bloggers on the Internet from gay porn superstar BRENT CORRIGAN to gay porn’s first ever blogger JASON SECHREST.

Tools included in the blog format at GorgeousBoys.net include the ability to blog/post photos, videos, podcasting, polls, comments and more with a variety of designs and blog formats from which to choose.

Most importantly, because it is an adult entertainment network, your blog is protected from being shut down by other major blog networks that monitor and frequently remove adult content. If you currently have a blog on another network such as Blogger or Wordpress, Gorgeous Boys can help protect your content by swiftly and easily moving your posts into your new Gorgeous Boys blog account.

And above all else, it’s all FREE!

Visit GorgeousBoys.net for more info and to get started on building your blog today.

For further information, please contact:

JASON SECHREST / DV8Casting.com / JasonCurious.com

8205 Santa Monica Blvd., #1-175, West Hollywood CA, 90046
Office: (323) 848-4804  Twitter: Twitter.com/JasonSechrest

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ADULT INDUSTRY: AEBN Wants Your Help To Defeat .XXX Domains

In an open letter sent out by Jerry Ander with Adult Entertainment Business Network (AEBN) today as follows:

A serious issue of concern has been brought to our attention which could have a significant negative impact on your business and ours. We feel that this issue is important enough to contact you and ask your assistance in this matter. From all of us at AEBN, we sincerely thank you for your consideration of this matter and your support of our attempts to fight the .xxx sTLD.

The Issue: Proposed .XXX sTLD
ICM Registry has applied for and upon denial has now petitioned ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for a “sponsored” Top-Level Domain (sTLD). This sTLD would be adult industry business only as opposed to a “general” Top Level Domain (gTLD) which anyone can obtain. This may seem attractive at first, BUT there are a number of reasons this could be harmful to our industry.

First, if a business doesn’t purchase the .XXX counterpart to their .com domain names they run the risk of losing traffic and facing brand confusion or domain squatters. Sixty dollars per year is not a big deal if a business wants to protect one domain name, but for those who own multiple domain names and operate multiple sites this is extremely costly. Another expense would be the cost of defending your domain name should someone else purchase it or having to pay a premium to a domain squatter. Second, the Free Speech Coalition has informed us that a bill has already been written by the United States Congress anticipating the approval of the .XXX sTLD and was to be introduced at the federal level mandating that adult businesses be relegated to ONLY a .XXX sTLD. Without a .XXX sTLD the US Government has no way to regulate the commercial speech of the adult entertainment industry in the internet. With a .XXX sTLD the US Government can effectively regulate the speech by using ‘internet zoning’ laws similar to the ones used to drive brick and mortar adult bookstores out of business. Granted, it would have been a long process before it made it to law (if ever), however, it is a compelling example of the significant potential for censorship with a .XXX sTLD.

Another difference between a sponsored TLD and a general TLD is that a sponsored TLD is accompanied by a policy-making entity. In the case of .XXX the policy making entity is IFFOR (International Foundation for Online Responsibility) and its very name insinuates the adult entertainment industry is irresponsible. The board of IFFOR will be selected by a nominating committee put in place by ICM, the entity that is petitioning for the sTLD. ICM is run by Stuart Lawley, a person without any ties to, or knowledge of, the adult industry. Many adult industry folks may remember Stuart from an XBiz conference 3 years ago where he looked down at the audience of adult industry professionals and proudly stated that he was NOT part of the adult entertainment industry. Moreover, Lawley has stated that he will use this TLD to clean up some of the business practices of our dirty little industry. Lawley knows nothing about the industry or the people in it yet, he will oversee the selection of a board to develop policy and regulate the .XXX sTLD. He could easily obtain a gTLD, but is only interested in the sTLD complete with his policy making entity.

In order to qualify for the.XXX sTLD, Mr Lawley has to have broad-based support from the sponsorship community which is the adult entertainment industry. We do not believe he has that support, yet he is telling ICANN that he does. ICANN is trying to determine how to proceed and has put the process up for public comment. It is imperative that the adult community tell ICANN that we do not support ICM’s .XXX sTLD.

How you can help
AEBN is asking all of its affiliates to submit a public comment. It is extremely easy and should take less than 2 minutes. Please follow the instructions below and submit your comment. The comment period closes May 10th so please submit your comment today.

Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,

Jerry Anders on behalf of the entire AEBN Team

Help AEBN defeat ICM’s petition for a .XXX sTLD!


Here’s what you can do to help:

  1. Go to: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#icm-options-report
  2. Click on “Add a comment” in the bottom left of the screen (this should take you to an email with the recipient filled in, but if it does not, the email address is [email protected]).
  3. Write “Choose option # 3″ or “Deny .XXX sTLD” or something similar in the subject line.
  4. Cut and paste the Email Text below into the body of the email.
  5. If you are comfortable, sign your name and company name for added emphasis.
  6. Click “send” and pat yourself on the back for being part of a dynamic group working to defeat ICM’s .XXX sTLD.
  7. Send this information to other industry professionals; we need everyone’s help!

Email Text:

As an affiliate program for the adult entertainment industry, my business’ foundation is internet based. If ICM’s application were granted and a .XXX sTLD were to be created it would negatively impact my business. Also it would put ICANN in the position of creating an entity to impose regulations and policy for the adult entertainment community-a situation that could easily stifle what is now a robust adult entertainment internet presence.

I do not support the creation of a .XXX sTLD and believe that the ICANN Board was well within its rights to deny ICM’s application in the 2007 Board meeting in Lisbon.

It is imperative that ICANN consider the widespread opposition from the adult entertainment community to a .XXX sTLD as it makes its decision. For that reason, I support Option # 3 of the March 26, 2010 process options submitted by ICANN for public comment.

If you wish to elaborate:

Feel free to elaborate, if you like. Please be reasonably courteous and businesslike, as this is an international policy forum.

For questions or for more information you may contact Diane Duke at: [email protected] and tell her you are an AEBN affiliate. She would be happy to provide more information about this very serious issue.

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