> Tony Batman told me this week that he was no longer doing p.r. for Gold Modeling.
> Jimmy D posts on www.simplyjimmyd.com:I’ve spoken to a few people who recently returned from Florida where they attended the Expo Mart. By all reports, it was a smashing success! Some industry insiders are saying they met buyers they’ve never met and, while this is about to sound like I have things in the wrong order, deals were hatched and consumated by many.
Interestingly, a common thread I’ve heard involves AVN’s annual, Vegas-venue, AEE show. By all reports, many of Expo Mart’s attendees were saying their companies aren’t going to participate in next year’s AEE. It seems the cost hasn’t justified the benefits in recent years. Many of them were especially dissapointed with last year’s event. Fewer companies will mean fewer girls and fewer girls will mean fewer fans and looky-loos.
I guess we’ll all have to wait and see what happens. It’s still almost a year away, certainly enough time for AVN to take a look at what its been doing to meet the needs of participants and what it might do to keep these many companies attending their convention.
> Gene adds: The rumor going around is that AVN sold AEE.
> I got so many calls yesterday that I have to post this- apparently Mike Barbella and Jeff Krull got into a real altercation at Extreme Associates Thursday afternoon. Punches were thrown, people were standing on chairs- I hear Krull got the better of the deal. Then, again, I heard another story that Barbella did.
> Nickey Milo posts on www.pornstarperformance.com: I think that is it, I had two scenes booked with Friday this morning, call time is 12 and at 11.45 I get a call from Friday, with the Capital F on her pussy saying, “she can make it tomorrow”. I called her three times this week and spoke to her to confirm her and also yesterday saying not to be late cause there is 5 other talent coming. Of course she said don’t worry. Now I know why every agency is finished with her. So am I, just in case you do not know who she is I will post a pic of her later. She called me for work, I did not call her , now if she ever calls I will say not anymore, SHAME ON ME…
> AVN is announcing that Ric Williams has acquired the North American franchise for an Internet-based television system called IP2-TV, a portable set-top box that will allow subscribers to access more than 200 broadband TV channels, and a password-protected service for adult content. But it’s also commonon knowledge that Williams’ adult company Black Widow Pictures is on the auction block.