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After all the debates and hand-wringing, L.A. County has announced that it can not and will not enforce mandatory condom use in porn production in California. According to the Chief of the county’s Public Health Department, it would just be too difficult and expensive to try to police an industry that’s so fragmented. Public Health officials passed the buck to the state legislature, but as the L.A. Times notes, “not a single California lawmaker has been willing to sponsor such legislation.”

While interviewing Belladonna at the Adult Entertainment Expo, I asked her what she thought about the idea of condom mandates and her answer captured the ambivalence many performers and producers feel about the topic.

Lovely as always, Belladonna talks to me about first impressions, how she chooses scene partners, what she does in her free time, and more.

I learned a few things today. Creepy fans follow Sophie Dee into stores and peek out at her from behind shelves. Ashley Fires likes pretend to be a fembot and to have her toes sucked (though perhaps not at the same time). Asa Akira has one good and one evil Puggle.

I also learned that porn is in worse shape than I thought. In comparison to years past, this show is kind of tiny. People talked a lot last year about the show seeming smaller than years past, but I didn’t think it was all that noticeable. I almost couldn’t believe how few booths (and people) there are this year.



That said, I’m still having a great show. Joanna Angel is a spunky little cutie. Ashley Fires is the friendliest porn star in the universe. Sophie Dee’s got extremely squishy boobs and some serious junk in the trunk. Bobbi Starr is a beautiful and empowered lady. Asa Akira is really fun and totally gorgeous. And Belladonna remains the apple of my eye.

I only have a few photos up on Flickr, but I was pretty busy talking to beautiful women all day. I hope you understand.

Tomorrow will be even busier because I’ll be interviewing Digital Playground’s entire stable of contract stars including my personal faves Jesse Jane and Katsuni. I’ve also got Angela Summers, Kelly Divine, and Tarra White on the schedule. Should be fun. I’ll keep you posted!

This made me chuckle.

Nikki Benz posted a blog entry today about her experience doing a scene with Rocco Siffredi. Well-known for being very domineering and rough, Nikki was nervous going in:

I may be wrong about this, but I’m pretty sure Rocco has done the occasional movie since 2003. Regardless, Rocco’s reputation seems to precede him wherever he goes. Some girls love him and some hate him.

Belladonna, for example, loves working with Rocco. She’s a pretty rough-and-tumble performer and she likes what I can only call his mystique. I’ve never met Rocco, but I’ve seen him at the AVN show a few times and he’s definitely a confident guy.

On the other side, you have Janine. A few years ago, she did a scene with Rocco in the movie Emperor. According to Janine, Rocco violated her trust (and her desire to remain un-pregnant) by cutting the end off of the condom they were using when she expressly told him not to because she wasn’t on birth control.

Either way, it sounds like Nikki had a good time:

Update: As it turns out, Rocco may be a tax evader. Why do porn people always do this?

I had the chance to interview Belladonna at the Adult Entertainment Expo in 2009. If you love her movies, you’ll be glad to hear that she’s even more charming, beautiful and intelligent in person. Even I will admit that I was a little starstruck by her.

Bella and I talked about her herpes scare, her upcoming autobiography, how she feels about the “fucked up” things she did when she was younger, rape fantasies and more. Read on for the full interview.

Alison: I actually heard that you were working on an autobiography…

Belladonna: I am, actually, yes. [laughs] It was one of those things I didn’t want to do for a long time because I thought, I don’t want to just write a book about, for example, when I read Jenna’s book, it was like I thought there was going to be so much more in there, you know? And I don’t want to leave anything out. So it might become – I don’t even know if this exists – an autobiography in different volumes, yes, because I think there needs to be a certain volume for each part of my life.

Alison: Sure, I mean, and you’re not dead, so you’ve got a lot left to go.

Belladonna: Right. [laughs] Is it weird doing an autobiography at 27?

Alison: I don’t think so. You’ve lived what seems to me to be a pretty exciting life.

Belladonna: Really, my age should be sixty, because I’ve done it all. And I did it at a young age, so maybe that makes up for it.

Alison: Do you think that having done it so young, are there things you would go back and redo?

Belladonna: Yes and no, because you think “Oh, you know, I would’ve done it differently.” But would I be the same person I am today? And I don’t want to not be the same person I am today, so no, I guess.

(more…)

I’m currently on vacation in Orlando, but I saw this link on Luke is Back and I thought you guys might get a small kick out of seeing a few porn stars when they were young and innocent. From Hustlerworld:

Belladonna


Lexi Belle


Ron Jeremy


Weren’t they just cute as buttons (except Ron)? The Hustler post has a few more girls, so if you found this entertaining, go ahead over there and check it out.

This is my interview with Jenna Haze at the Adult Entertainment Expo in January. She’s extremely nice and just as beautiful in person as she is in her movies. We talked about her busy life, who she does her best scenes with, how her directing career is coming along and more.

Alison: How’s the convention going so far, Jenna?

Jenna: It’s good, it’s really good.

A: Have you done a lot of signings, met a lot of fans?

J: Yes, I signed for six hours yesterday and I’ve already signed for almost four hours today and I’ve got another three, so…

A: You must be pretty tired.

J: No, I’m used to it.

A: You really seem like the consummate porn star. You bring everything to your scenes every time. How do you do it?

J: [laughs] It just comes naturally. I like my job and when the camera rolls I do my thing.

A: What are your favorite things to do in your scenes?

J: Since I was under contract for so long doing only girls, now doing guys is the best. Of course, sucking cock. Anal scenes are probably my little niche – my favorite thing to do, besides blowjobs.

A: Who do you really like to work with?

J: Guys or girls?

A: Hmm. Guys.

J: James Deen, Johnny Sins, Manuel Ferrara, all yummy yummies.

A: Basically, the guys with the biggest dicks.

J: Pretty much [laughs]. I like the big ones. And Scott Nails, how could I forget Scott Nails?

A: How about girls?

J: Belladonna. Monique Alexander is my ex-girlfriend and she was awesome to work with. They’re both two of my favorite girls. Joanna Angel is my best friend, she’s always fun to work with.

I did a great scene with Gianna years ago for Fashionistas. That was amazing, with Gianna and Rocco. She’s an amazing performer and I love her a lot.

Alexis Texas, I just did an all-girl scene with her and she was fucking awesome. Slammin.

A: She has a great ass

J: Beautiful ass. I just buried my face in it. You couldn’t even see it. It was gone.

A: When doing a girl-girl scene, some performers really get into their scenes and get wet and some don’t. Is it important to you that your partner likes women?

J: Yeah, definitely. It’s always good to see that they’re really excited and really into it. Wetness is always a plus, right? Dry is not sexy.

A: How many years have you been doing porn now?

J: Seven and a half

A: And you’re not sick of it at all?

J: I have my times when I get a little burned out on work in general, not necessarily the work I’m doing. Just because I’m directing now and doing my own stuff, I’m also working for other people, I’m also feature dancing, I’m also doing my website and doing signings and stuff.

A: When do you sleep??

J: I don’t! I’ve been trying to be good and get like six hours sleep every night while I’m here, you know, but you know Vegas.

A: How do you like directing so far?

J: It’s hard. It’s really hard. A lot harder than I thought it was gonna be. It’s definitely going to be a learning process for me.

A: Do you think that since you’ve been performing for so long, you bring something special to directing?

J: I’m hoping to bring something special to directing. Once I get all my nervousness and second-guessing myself out of the way, you know. In the first movie I directed there was a lot of, “Is this hot? I don’t know. Should I shoot that? Is that good enough? Are they gonna like that? I don’t know What should I do?” So the first one was definitely very good for my first one, but I expect it to just get better and better.

A: What kind of movies do you really want to make?

J: Just hot movies. Movies of people having real sex. You know, I don’t want fake orgasms and all that stuff, I just want real sex. Gonzo, you know. Just get to the point.

I want to do a variety of stuff though. I want to do gonzo stuff, I want to do vignettes, I’ll probably never do features, it’s just not my thing. But I also want to do stuff that’s really different, really arty, really edgy.

A: When do you think you want to start getting into the really arty stuff?

J: Hopefully soon. “Cum-Spoiled Sluts” was my first movie and will be my signature series, I think. And then I’m doing my anal movie second, and then my next one will be the arty movie.

A: That sounds like fun. Is it fun getting to come up with your own ideas for movies?

J: It’s fun, but it’s also very expensive and so much work! I never realized there was so much to directing. I thought, “Oh you turn the camera on and you just tell them what you want to see and they go.” But there’s really a technique to it and I feel lucky because I have my boyfriend Jules [Jordan] to teach me. Hopefully he’ll teach me everything he knows and I’ll become the best female director in the business. [laughs]

A: I have no doubt that if that’s your goal, you’ll do it. Is it nice being with someone who’s also in the industry who understands what it’s like?

J: I would definitely never date anyone outside the business because there’s too much drama, too much headache, too much difficulty and I’m not changing what I do for anybody.

A: That’s great. You know, after this long in the business, you have a lot of devoted fans who probably know a lot about you. Is there anything you think they’d be surprised to find out?

J: I don’t know. People ask me this question a lot and I’m so much “me” on camera that I feel like I’m known to all of my fans. I always just say that I’m a dork. People don’t realize what a nerd I really am and how clumsy I really am. I fell down some stairs, actually, before I came here. So yeah, I have my moments. [laughs]

A: Well, Jenna, it was so nice talking to you. Enjoy the rest of the show.

J: Thanks, you too.