Feb
28
Jet Set Explores Straight Guys, Camcorder Sexplay
February 28, 2009 | 5 Comments
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] Jet Set Productions has announced details on the next pair of all-male features on its release schedule — STRAIGHT EDGE, VOL. ONE and CAM SHOOTERZ. STRAIGHT EDGE, VOL. ONE is the debut installment of a series compiling content that debuted on the official Jet Set website. Eleven cast members perform in seven duo and solo scenes. The film explores the allure of ostensibly heterosexual men who nevertheless have sex with other men. The cast includes Jeremy Bilding, Kevin Cavalli, Chad Clovis, Rod Daily, Vince Ferelli, Mason Ross, Kash Satal [pictured] and Kurt Wild. CAM SHOOTERZ was helmed by Falk Lux, and is a 2007 co-production of Spritzz and Berlin Bastards. Twelve performers enact three duos and a threesome, followed by eight solo-interview vignettes. “For some reason, hot and hung young guys have a fascination with shooting video of everything they do,” Jet Set announced. “A camcorder always seems to be handy,” and in the film the models often utilize a camera in their sexcapades. CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
27
Beauty Shot: ‘Beg For It’ from Buckshots
February 27, 2009 | 8 Comments
Beauty Shot: Director Kristofer Weston, also the publicity guy for COLT Studio Group, suggested this picture as a potential Beauty Shot for our Constant Readers. As you may know, Mr. Weston is a specialist in bondage and kink; his latest for the COLT subsidiary line Buckshot Productions is titled BEG FOR IT, which he is calling “leather lite…a bunch of Abercrombie & Fitch, innocent boys being controlled and dominated by a masculine, older and more experienced top with a side of fetish.” What do we think of this image as a potential DVD insert? This current industry obsession with fetish play is fascinating; Chi Chi LaRue is also planning a cute-boy-doing-naughty-things fuck flick titled PRETTY/DIRTY. In this photo, that’s Ryan Raz staring up at Romario Faria. Mr. Raz is a newcomer to watch; Michael Lucas told me the other day that the pup is one of his current favorite performers. Also in the cast is another striking newcomer, a cute import named Philippe Delvaux. [Image © COLT Studio.]
Feb
27
POLL! Pick Your Fave Big City Video DVD Title
February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments
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New York’s Big City Video is carrying on the grand GayPornLand tradition of wackadoo movie titles. Which of these recent titles are your favorites? (You can pick two.) Feel free to suggest your own BCV titles in the comments section, too.
Feb
27
Planet Porn: Rimming with Titan Media
February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Planet Porn: That’s director Brian Mills of Titan Media, shooting a new flick in Northern California in late January. “The weather was so amazing that we were able to shoot outdoors! So, while the rest of the country was shoveling their way out of a deep freeze, the TitanMen managed to find an oasis of Spring,” he blogged recently. I know the picture could be bigger (sorry, we’re working on tweaking that feature on our new template), but can you guess the rimee (that’s easy enough), as well as the guy doing the rimming?
[Image © Titan Media.]
Feb
27
Spend ‘An Evening with Tre Xavier’
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Press Release Roundup: Performer-provocateur Tre Xavier will take part in a Q&A in New York City titled, appropriately, “An Evening with Tre” on March 20. The event is sponsored by Men of All Colors Together/New York, an organization formed in 1980, as their website notes, to “address concerns about the effects of racism in the LGBT community as well as society at large, and the ways in which racism affects our personal lives.” Mr. Xavier will expound on these issues as they relate to gay erotica, a talk he is billing as a live version of his blog. Mr. Xavier has been on the scene for several years but lately has earned notoriety for penning screeds that take the skin biz to task — as can be seen in the comments section to various stories on this site — for its shortcomings. You can see him in a couple films for Pitbull Productions (DILLON: THE ONE, LOVE OF THE DICK 4: CLASSIFIED in 2006), Man-Size by Private (69 FUCK STREET in 2007 ) and the recent BLAK! BRUTHAS LIVE AND KINKY! (Forbidden Funk Media), among others. “An Evening with Tre” will unspool Friday, March 20, at the LGBT Community Services Center at 208 W. 13th Street in Manhattan.
See also:
* “Tre Xavier Blasts Gay-for-Pay Producers, Models, Fans”
* “Tre Xavier on Gay Porn, Size Queens, Thick Skins“
Feb
26
Michael Lucas Rips ‘Entrapment’ from Headlines
February 26, 2009 | 4 Comments
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] Lucas Entertainment plans to release ENTRAPMENT next month, an all-male feature whose theme has been ripped from recent headlines in New York City. Police have arrested a number of men and charged them with prostitution; however, some have questioned the tactics involved and claimed the men were entrapped by undercover officers. Lucas Entertainment CEO Michael Lucas has moved to fictionalize these events. “Police in New York are hunting gay people, arresting them in porn stores, and falsely accusing them of prostitution,” he told me for XBIZ. “In other words, they are discriminating against gay men, as all of these incidents only happened in gay adult video stores.” CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
26
XBIZ Summer Forum Set for June
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Press Release Roundup: Registration has officially opened for the XBIZ Summer ’09 Forum, set for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas June 3-5 for three days of poolside networking, internet business workshops and a slate of exclusive special events. XBIZ is extending free registration to paid registrants of February’s XBIZ Industry Conference as part of its “give-back-to-the-industry” promotion. “XBIZ has an incredible lineup of events and special features that I can’t wait to reveal to our attendees,” XBIZ Associate Publisher Kristen Kaye said. “I have to keep my lips sealed for now, but rest assured this is going to be the sexiest Summer Forum yet.” CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
26
BigMuscle Celebrates Ten Years of Skin
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] BigMuscle.com, the popular all-male online community and social-networking site, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a variety of promotional contests and website upgrades. The site’s 20,000 members will be eligible to be spotlighted on the BigMuscle front page, in advance of a “featured profile” promo contest. Additionally, a revamped logo has kicked off a string of widgets and other bells and whistles to be added as their anniversary year progresses. “The 10th anniversary called for us to show member appreciation,” founder and co-owner Andrew J. Wysocki said. The site evolved into a social-networking platform solely due to the active interest of its members, Wysocki told me for XBIZ. “A lot of like-minded men found our site to keep in touch with friends while traveling. We do not market BigMuscle as a hook-up site. Our users tell us that it is a more casual site for friendships.” CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
25
Buenos Aires Lures Director Ben Leon
February 25, 2009 | 12 Comments
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] Video-on-demand network AEBN.net and Raging Stallion Studios have tapped house director Ben Leon to oversee a film production unit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The move came about as a result of last week’s merger between the two companies. Leon and his team will train local staff and coordinate all of the company’s production in the region. Leon tested the waters earlier this month when he traveled to Buenos Aires with Raging Stallion photographer and studio partner Kent Taylor to shoot their debut all-male film in the region. Featured players in that film include fan-favorite performers Pedro Andreas, Daniel Marvin and Max Schutler, among a cast of nine. The studio is currently set up to produce between four and six films per year, which will be folded into the planned Raging Stallion release schedule of 65 movies in 2009, and 75 movies in 2010. CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
25
Sex Break: Sizzling Jesse Santana, Luke Hamill
February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sex Break: Speaking of the Europe’s Next Gay Porn Star talent contest (see previous post), among the sponsors was CockyBoys.com. The online studio paired up with Bel Ami to send CockyBoys exclusive Jesse Santana and Guy Parker around Europe with several Bel Ami stars, including Luke Hamill and the eerily identical Peters Twins (Milo and Elijah), for a series of promo appearances. Bel Ami has now withdrawn from the contest, but before that happened, Mr. Hamill and Mr. Santana paired up for a scorching duo that is streaming on CockyBoys now. I wrote about it last month, but it got lost in the shuffle. So here ya go again: CLICK HERE.
See also:
* “Planet Porn: Luke Hamill, Jesse Santana”
* “Planet Porn: Jesse Santana, Guy Parker & Bel Ami Twins“
Feb
25
Europe’s Next Gay Porn Star Contest Alters Recipe
February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Remember the Europe’s Next Gay Porn Star talent contest we’ve written about a few times? The idea was to audition various local talent in a number of European cities, gather the finalists together for a big reality-show clusterfuck final qualification round, and then pick one winner. That lucky gent was to receive, among other prizes, a yearlong contract with Bel Ami and a modeling gig with British gay adult retailer Clonezone. Well, there’s been some behind-the-scenes shifting of sponsors and such. Bel Ami is no longer involved, and Clonezone just barely avoided liquidation recently. Ganesha Productions, the organizers, have promised me a more detailed interview soon. In the meantime, four international porn hunks have been lined up to join the revamped ENGPS jury: France’s Fred Faurtin, Germany’s Marcel Schlutt, the Netherland’s Philippe Delvaux, and Spain’s Aitor Crash. The reconfigured contest gets underway (again) in May. Stay tuned.
See also:
* “Are You Europe’s Next Top Porn Star?”
Feb
25
Sex is Funny
February 25, 2009 | 6 Comments
One of the tweaks we’ve made to the site recently was to add cartoons and other humor pieces (the single-panel cartoons we ran some weeks ago are returning soon). Our Constant Readers mostly enjoyed it; there are some who want this site to remain strictly dickly. I respect that position, but I also really, really need to laugh right now. And with GayPornLand more ridonkulous than ever — not to mention more sensitive; I just had a studio muckety-muck threaten to have me whacked over a minor detail in a recent story I mistakenly overlooked; y’know, a simple, civilized phone call would have sufficed — I think it’s time to start taking the piss out of the whole enterprise again.
Feb
24
Caleb Carter Memorial Tomorrow
February 24, 2009 | 9 Comments
Jason Sechrest has a few details about a memorial service for the late Caleb Carter. Last night, his friend and fellow porn actor Brent Summers, along with Caleb’s mother, held a celebratory wake Monday night at the Brass Rail in San Diego. There will be a memorial service and cremation burial tomorrow afternoon. Per Mr. Sechrest, Caleb’s death was ruled an intentional suicide. He left no note, although he apparently made an unsuccessful attempt earlier this month. A manic depressive, he had been weaning himself off Paxil and dealing with an addiction to alcohol (most of this I already knew, as he’d spoken about it at some length). He had apparently been drinking when he made the decision to end things. I don’t have anything to add, only that I hate that the last thing most fans will know of Caleb Carter was one terrible, final moment in his otherwise extravagant, colorful life. Well, there’s at least something I can do: I can tell you stories about him, and I will, soon. One other note: I’ve been getting emails from concerned Constant Readers about various shit-talkers on other sites who are criticizing Caleb for his many bad decisions; some of them are taking advantage of the grief of his friends to further their own agenda. Look, Caleb was deeply flawed, and often impossible. I knew that, and so did everyone who loved him, and we didn’t care because he was worth the occasional trouble. He was also a public figure and willingly exposed himself to the ridicule of the hoi polloi. So, really, I don’t give a flying fuck about the shit-talkers and ambulance chasers; some people simply have no compassion, no sense of propriety, no attachment to anything beyond the end of their own nose, and there is nothing to be done about it. As comedian Lewis Black says, “The good die young; assholes live forever.”
[Image © TheCoverCode.]
Feb
24
Beauty Shot: Delicious Dean Monroe
February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Beauty Shot: Dean Monroe. ‘Nuff said. I needed cheering up this morning and Mr. Monroe does the trick. Come back to the five and dime, Dean Monroe…! He’s busy pursuing his music career and his last onscreen appearances were COCK SHOTS for Studio 2000 and RICH KID for Private Man in 2007, I think. He did some Brit stuff for Trojan Rock‘s Alphamale Media, but I don’t know when that was filmed.
Feb
24
The Biz: Studio 2000 Revamps Website
February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Boutique company Studio 2000 has revamped its online home. The bright-yellow skin has been replaced with a more streamlined, red-and-white theme. They’re also offering a new video-on-demand widget (which I haven’t tried yet) with scenes from a handful of films including FOOTBALLERS (Julian Vincenzo, Felix Porter), FUCKED (Rod Daily, Jason Kingsley) and PLAY ON (Rafael Alencar, Jason Harley). S2K is also flacking CHRIS STEELE SUPERSTAR, a best-of compilation that features a few interesting extra bits, such as Mr. Steele’s original videotaped audition, recently recorded commentary on all of his scenes for the company, and a strip show he performed early in his career at Chicago’s famous Man’s Country bathhouse (CLICK HERE for our story on that release). Full disclosure: I worked at Studio 2000 for several years, through last summer, yadda, yadda. Pictured is S2K exclusive superhung Jake Havoc, whom I directed in T.K.O. and THE CREW for the company.
[Image © Studio 2000.]
Feb
24
Wolf Hudson Joins CockyBoys Pack
February 24, 2009 | 5 Comments
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] Online studio CockyBoys.com has signed performer Wolf Hudson to a yearlong contract that allows him the flexibility to shoot gay- as well as straight-adult content. Hudson is the latest performer to cast his fortune with a web-exclusive studio. “On the whole, I am exclusive with CockyBoys. If the right project comes along, then something can be worked out,” Hudson told XBIZ. His exclusive CockyBoys contract applies solely to the gay side of the adult business. Hudson also will film straight content for Kink.com, another online studio. “I started with the straight side and have always wanted to cross over into straight porn,” Hudson said. “But the work I have up ahead will be hard. It’s almost impossible for a model to cross from gay to straight, let alone do both at the same time. Kink.com is very cool about that, which is awesome. I want to bridge the gap in some form. The straight side is missing out on a lot of good performers. And quite frankly, they need to wake up.” CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ…!
Feb
23
Sex Break: Manuel & Francesco
February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sex Break: Time for another sex break, courtesy of the “XXX Castings” office of Lucas Kazan Productions. Pictured are Manuel and Francesco, a real-life romantic couple who have been together four years. Although both are handsome young men — I particularly like the tousled, ‘80s mane — I was drawn in by the press squib description: “Before knowing Manuel,” sez Francesco, “I used to be a slut: two, three guys every night, no commitments.” But one taste of Manuel, and a poke inside his taut buns, and Franesco was cooked (typo, but I’m keeping it). The sex has to be really good for an unrepentant slut to suddenly commit to monogamy (apparently) after whoring his way through half of Italy. Call it the Jaric Effect. Eh, it’s a nice fantasy. CLICK HERE to climb into their bed. [Image © Lucas Kazan.]
Feb
23
PZP Puts Film Production on Ice
February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
Press Release Roundup: Boutique label and twink specialists PZP Productions has put their production team temporarily on ice. They’re currently flacking TWINKS FINALLY 18 #1 starring newbie Randy Phoenix, and the only film on tap for 2009 is the November release of OLIVER TWINK: SPECIAL EDITION DIRECTOR’S CUT with bonus footage and other new features. PZP principal Peter Z. Pan wants to ride out the economic downturn. “All the other studios are doing it, but it’s hush-hush, no one’s supposed to know about it,” said Mr. Pan in the press release. “Well, there is no shame in it! The economy stinks and it’s killing many of us in the industry, not just the little guy. Who knows what’s going to happen and how many of us will still be around this time next year? Unfortunately, the only sensible thing to do now is cut back on production and hope the recession passes quickly.” The freeze has affected production of THE LAST BOY ON EARTH, their planned summer movie. “Realistically, we might not produce any new content until 2010,” he told XBIZ, adding that illegal tube sites and file-sharing sites are also taking a painful bite out of his bottom line. PZP Productions recently snagged half a dozen GAYVN Awards nominations; however, Mr. Pan said his crew cannot afford to attend the show in San Francisco. Marina Pacific handles wholesale-retail orders. [Randy Phoenix © PZP.]
Feb
23
Dept. of WEHT: Kyle Aames
February 23, 2009 | 6 Comments
Dept. of WEHT: I had a nice note recently, out of the blue, from Kyle Aames, the slim, blond, bookishly cute utility player who was fairly active between 2005 and 2007 (roughly 40 films, some of them filmed as “Kyle McDermott“). He appeared in a Studio 2000 film I production managed called IN TOO DEEP, where he was a last-minute substitution for a model who got lost on the way to the set and just never showed up, if I recall correctly. (For all I know, that kid is still circling around Encino.) Mr. Aames turned up on less than an hour’s notice, ready to fuck. Now that’s a pro. Anyway, he mentioned that he was looking to return to porn and “stir things up” a bit; over the weekend, agent Dak King sent out new promo photos of Mr. Aames, so I guess he made up his mind about getting back into the game. He was popular, and dependably good, but never quite became a big star. Some guys just fall through the cracks, but now he’s giving it another crack. I liked him in STAR CROSSED for Adonis Pictures, LUST RESORTS for Studio 2000 and NO FOLKS @ HOME for All Worlds Video. [Image © Freshmen.]
Feb
22
Hot Links: The Week in Porn
February 22, 2009 | 4 Comments
It was a busy week in GayPornLand. Awards season is in full swing, we had official confirmation of the merger of several porn biz giants, and an ex-porn actor is heading to jail. And that doesn’t even cover everything in this action-packed week. So take advantage of the “Archives” button to your left, or click through this Hot Links guide:
* “Nickolay Petrov to Serve 20 Years in Prison”
* “College Wrestler in Porn Scandal Rebounds”
* “AEBN/NakedSword Merge with Raging Stallion Studios”
* “Chi Chi LaRue to Headline Cornell U. Fundraiser”
* “Beau Breedlove Poses Nude for Unzipped”
* “Lucas Raunch Fetish Flicks Banned by Canada”
* “Crime Blotter: Jury Selection Gets Underway in Cuadra Trial”
Plus, if you will, a few dispatches from the Dept. of Self-Promotion:
* “Dept. of Self-Promotion: ‘Derek & Romaine’ Radio Gig”
* “Dept. of Self-Promotion: JC Adams Interview”
* “Two-Time Cybersocket Loser“
[Tyler Johnson © Hot House.]
