AEE 2005 Convention Coverage
Adult Entertainment Expo 2005. 01/08/2005
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Studio............AVN
9414 Eton Ave
Chatsworth CA 91311
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Pre-Show:
Press Pass.
Adella from Digital Playground sent me an email months before
the show and said she would set up a Press Pass for me to
attend this years convention. I took her up on the idea and
all I provided her was my basic info and she did all the rest.
Painless and effortless on my part. Lots of work and I am sure
headaches on her side.
Thank you Adella for doing this and thinking of me.
Thank you AVN for permission to have a free Press Pass.
Interviews.
I received many emails with Stars line-ups and interview
times. I picked only one person to interview, Danni Ashe.
Parties.
I made a reservation to attend the only party that I ever
attend, the ADT Party.
Dinners.
I accepted an invitation to attend a pre-show Digital Playground
dinner that invited guests included:
Rog, Mike South, Jimmy D. and Dr. Jay.
Felicia Fox and Tim Case.
Samantha Lewis, Adella and Joone.
Jesse Jane, Teagan Presley and Devon.
Wednesday:
Travel.
Arrived at Dayton airport at 4:00am for my 6:10am flight
to Las Vegas with stops in Cincinnati and Salt Lake City.
All planes were on time and no problems except there was
about a 30 minute delay in Salt Lake City due to a snow
storm. Arrived around 12:45pm and took shuttle to casino.
Badge.
1:30pm Arrived at the Press conference room and talked
to a very hard working Adella as she was putting together
bags of goodies that included Digital Playground DVD's.
2:00pm I got in the short line to get my free Press Pass
and it only took a few minutes to have it printed and given
to me.
Terry and Jeni.
Meet this young couple and we were companions the rest of
the trip. Terry is also known as PL on Adult DVD Talk.
Terry reviews for World Class Adult Reviews
Interesting note: Terry and his better half Jeni is the
couple I met at Hustler Hollywood, Monroe Ohio and we are
always the first 3 people in line when Porn Stars visit
for in-store signings. Also, there is 35 years difference
in age.
2:30pm thru 7:00pm
We hung out at the Casino that is connected to the Convention
and watched the stars walking around and about. Terry and I
got into a 'contest' to see who could name the most stars.
Terry won easily stars.
Terry saw Tyla Wynn walk by with Staci Thorn and he said hi
to them. They stopped and talk with us and it appeared
that this was the first time someone recognized Tyla and
she was very grateful.
Tera Patrick and hubby walked to within 10 feet of me and
Tera looked me directly in the eye and turned abruptly and
walked the other way.
A very popular major contract star walked by us and we
smiled and she refused to even smile or nod her head.
And, she did the same when she returned later!
All the other stars would either smile, nod or wave
to us. And most of the stars would divert and come over
and shake hands and say hi to us.
We also walked in the casino and the casino shops and
saw a bunch on Porn Stars, Directors and Studio
owners!
7:30pm to 10:30pm
Digital Playground dinner. The orginal invite was for a
get together at a pizza place and Mike South was going
to buy. It ended up at a very swank restuarant that was
way beyond my budget and featured a menu of food items
that I could not pronounce and had no idea of what they
were. I decide to miss the event just as Adella walked
by and talked me into going. I decided what the heck, time
for a new life's experience. In addition to the DP contract
gals (Jesse Jane, Teagan Presley and Devon) and the DP
hotties (Adella and Samantha Lewis), we had Britney Skye,
Felicia Fox and Mike South's hot date that I never got her
name.
I must say that the dress code for the ladies was cleveage!
Lots and lots of cleveage!
We were split up into 2 large round tables with 10 people at
one table and 11 people at my table. (Rog did not make it).
I can only say that Jimmy D. and Mike South were not only the
life of the party but also the life at my table. Jimmy D.'s
first question to Mike's date was, 'Do you masturbate using
your left hand or your right hand?'. Jimmy D. is the funniest
man on the planet of the world. I have never laughed so much
in my life. And, shucks, I had Felica Fox on my left and
Jesse Jane on my right. If I wasn't laughing, I was looking!
Jimmy even made a hilarious remark about he had better be
good or 'Den will give me a bad review and start deducting
points!'. The food was served and the drinks were flowing.
I must also point out that the guests including at the other
table a very famous couple from Florida that hosts a very
famous awards show and a group of guys from a very popular
company that distributes DVDs.
Also at my table was Jesse's 21 year old brother and 2 of
his best friends. And, with Jimmy D. was a guy who was rather
quiet and had a video camera.
After the dinner, Jesse and Teagan and Devon took off for
a hot nitespot that featured '4 live bands'. They were in
7th heaven as they told us good-bye.
The quiet guy moved in next to me and we started talking
and it turns out he was not a porn related person, but
rather a guy who did some 'legit' work with Jimmy D. and
was doing his first ever porn documentary. He went around
the room and very quietly talked with people with most of
us not even knowing he was filming. I talked to Samantha
Lewis about this and she didn't even know who he was or
what he was doing. All his questions were more of a gee
this is really neat. I know he told me he could not
believe how nice and normal Felicia is and what a great
couple Felicia and Tim make. He asked me more than once,
'What is the name of the Company putting on this shindig'.
And, he was very interested in what he would be seeing at
his first ever convention'.
I hope I wasn't duped, but my feeling is that this guy is
a good friend of Jimmy D's and he was amazed about Jimmy's
porn life and was tagging along. If he ever does publish
anything on this dinner and the convention, I am sure it
will be positive and flattering.
On 03/21/2005 Jimmy D reported on this guy and has
a picture of him. His name is Bill Day and he has
just released a movie documentary: Missionary Positions
I am very happy that I went to the dinner. I will never
forget having Felicia and Jesse sitting next to me. But,
the hit of night for me was Jimmy D.!
I want to thank Adella and Samantha for a great evening
and for urging me to attend. No, I will not give any
'browny' points to Digital Playground in future reviews.
Thursday:
Breakfast.
It is a tradition that a bunch of the ADT posters and the
lovely Tricia Devereaux get together at Denny's prior to
the opening of the show. Terry, Jeni and I were late and
had to sit by ourselves and did not get to share in their
large group discussion fun.
Opening Ceremonies.
Seka & Seymore Butts were to cut the ribbon and open the
AEE 2005 Convention. A very large line was waiting and
waiting for them to appear. By the time they cut the ribbon
10 minutes late, the crowd was yelling their frustration.
This was the only 'blurp' in the entire show. AVN is to
be congratulated for a job well down.
Highlights:
* Major Studio.
As we walked to the show, we were immediately behind 2
Asian stars that were talking quite loudly. We seemed to
stay together with them and I actually ended up going to
the same booth that they were signing at. I was talking
to the PR guy when he was interrupted and told that he
had a problem in the dressing room. To the gals credit,
they both immerged a few minutes later and gladly signed
and talked to their fans with great big smiles on their
faces.
* Wild Life Productions / Powerhouse.
Had a great talk with Bobby Rinaldi and he clued me in
on some of his new series that will be introduced in 2005.
He introduced me to The Coach. He is a real nice guy and
does all of the Behind the Scenes for Bobby. He also is
the person who coined the phrase, Most Valuable Pussy
(MVP) that I am using in my voting this year.
Wild Life Productions award winners:
Missy Monroe Best New Female Performer
Audrey Hollander Best Female Performer
Otto Bauer Best New Male Performer
Lee Stone Best Male Performer
* Ariana Jollee.
Just as sexy as ever and lots of fun to talk to.
Poor gal had a hoarse throat and could only whisper
to us. She is not married.
* Isabel Ice.
She was signing when I went up to her and when it was her
time to sign for her, I went into a rage and said that she
was the gal that caused me to wreck my car in Paris because
she was walking down the street nude (in a BTS). She
started giggling and laughing and proceed to tell us all
about that scene in detail with her ever so sexy Wales
accent. What an absolute joy to talk to. The most positive,
perky, cheery, geniune gal at the show.
* Melissa Lauren.
She is very quite, very shy, very friendly and very nice.
She looks even hotter with her new brunette hair color.
She is a looker and hot.
* Jewel De'Nyle.
Looking as good as ever with her hot new hair style.
Always so much fun to talk to. We discussed her last
movie. Jewel talked about her Howard Stern appearance.
Talked with her Mom and she is such a delight.
* Missy Monroe.
Last year she was one of the hits of the show with her
T-bottoms and 2 small strips of electrical tape covering
her nipples. So guess what, this year she was back for more.
She had this little tiny 'hands' that covered just her nipples.
I am not sure, but I think she showed the most amount of skin
at the show.
* Selena Silver.
She is now a blonde. She is another one that appears to be real
quite until you start talking to her and then so loves the
attention. Very genuine gal with a good head on her
shoulders.
* Avy Scott.
Avy was at a booth that I never heard of before. Avy
looking good and as nice as can be. I apologized to her for
not nominating her this year (she won last year). I told her
that I only saw her in a few performances for the year. I
told her that I nominated Cadillac Highway strictly because
she did anal. We talked about 2 minutes and it was very
nosy around her, but I think she said she signed a contract
and would only be doing work for this internet company. I
sure hope I heard her wrong! (Booth is Naughty America).
* Jules Jordan.
Jules was just in an aisle walking around when I stopped him
and talked about his tremendous success. He is very humble,
but he is also very proud.
* Mike John.
Mike was just walking around and he actually came up to me
and we had a nice talk. He is a great person and it is sad
that I don't get to review his DVDs anymore. Besides being
a great director, he is the goofiest guy going with his
crazy facial expressions. Mike John is a real gentleman.
* Sammy Rhodes.
Sammy is hot. She is very nice and doesn't seem to realize
that she is on her way to stardom. It was nice talking to her.
The next Avy Scott.
* Gia Paloma.
One of the most popular gals at the show. I walked past her
a few times and didn't know her. Finally Terry said he had
a few boxcovers starring her that he wanted signed. Gia is
now a blonde!
* Keri Sable.
Another one of the most popular gals at the show. I only
talked very briefly. Every time you walked by, she had
lines of people waiting for an autograph.
* Francesca Le' and Mark Wood.
They were at the new Juicy booth. I called Mark to the side
and told him that I nominated him for Director of Year and
that stupid me didn't end up nominating Francesca for anything
this year. He immediately held up his nomination certificate
in the air and called her name and when she looked over he made
fun of her not getting a certificate. She came over and hugged
me and said no problem and said that Mark would be sleeping on
the sofa tonight.
* John Knowles.
John is one real cool dude. We were just having a nice talk
when he mentioned one of the pioneers of the adult industry.
I was amazed because John is not that old and the guy he was
talking about passed away 10 years ago. We kept talking and
talking and we ended up back in the 8mm days. The 'history'
of porn is being lost. We had a great time talking about the
past and talking about 2005! Thank you John for your time.
* Michelle Lay & Reno Ash.
Talked to Reno first and gave him his nomination certificate
and he was very nice. Michelle joined us and was very happy
and very nice.
* Tommy Kaye.
Tommy is an independent Producer/Director who worked
primarily with Puritan. He told me they have been sold. He
actually stopped me walking around (saw my name tag) and
wanted to talk to me. This is the first time I ever recall
somebody I didn't know doing this. We had a nice talk and
he sure is putting out good movies. I sure hope he works
something out and continues his life's work. Good luck
Tommy and hope to be reviewing your stuff in the near
future.
* John Stagliano.
John Stagliano is Mr. Buttman to me and I still get tongue
tied when I talk to him. He talked with me for a few minutes
and I sure hope I didn't say anything too stupid to him.
* Tricia Devereaux.
Always so nice and a fun person to talk to. She is Evil
Angel's MVP. For you newer people to porn, take your
hottest rank star of today and multiply her heat by
10 and you get Tricia in her heyday!
* Jayna Oso.
Jayna made my top 24 nominees and when I had to cut it
down to 16, she didn't make it. She had a great year &
very generously signed and talked to me. I'm sorry.
* Sophie Evans and Toni Ribas.
Had a very nice chat with them. I told Sophie how much
I enjoyed her Behind the Scenes. What anice couple.
* Misc.
The other fun thing I did was go with Terry & Jeni as they
visited the various gals and had them sign the boxcovers.
ADT Party:
We were 35 minutes late and as we were walking in Mark Spiegler
and about 10-12 of his gals were leaving. Sorry we missed them.
A bunch of the ADT guys were there. It is always great talking
to all of them.
Victoria Givens was at the party, but I didn't know who she was
and didn't talk to her.
Melissa Lauren was there and in the corner talking to Coffee Ron.
I did get to talk to her for a few minutes. She is so sexy
and nice.
Isabel Ice was at the party and telling her wild stories about
her introduction to anal. She sure has a great time and she
told me that she would do porn even if she didn't get paid.
Steve Holmes was there and he hung out with Isabel quite abit.
(Can you blame him?).
Manuel Ferrara was there and sure seems to be a real gentleman
and spent most of his time talking to the ladies.
Francesca Le' and Mark Wood arrived and I had a nice talk with them.
Sure hope Mark doesn't have to sleep on the sofa.
Selena Silver and Kent Silver were there and it is always great
talking with them. Is she good for porn or what?
John Dough was talking about his new adventures with his new company
and he explained the new concept at VCA.
John Knowles was at the party, but he was so engrossed in talking
with Terry and Jeni that I didn't want to impose.
Jerome Tanner was at the party, but I didn't get to him. He was
much more subdued from last year's party.
Erik Everhard was at the party and he very generously gave me 2
DVD's to review:
* Cum Asshole Overload #3
* Ass Obsessed #3
Kami Andrews arrived and the party got down. (Or, I should say that
Kami got down on her knees with 1 breast exposed.). Go get'em Kami.
Rog was at the party. I have to admit that Rog is the person I enjoy
talking to the most. What a great guy who does so much for us all.
He is fun to talk with and sure knows his stuff. Rog is a true
gentleman as well. Rog, thanks for sharing your time and knowledge
with all of us.
Sun Chen was the hot lady bartender. Somehow I forgot about standing
in front of the bar most of the night and what a great bartender
Sun is. Thank you for refilling my glass so many times and for
being both so sexy and so nice.
Bryan Xin was alot of fun to talk to and I had fun teasing him
about his BTS where he always seems to 'mug' for the camera.
He was also very kind to share with me his future direction.
Somebody is going to get a real good Director.
Then, most of the talent left and along with Jim Gunn, Jeff and
Peter of IFAD and the very knowledgeable ADT guys we got into
some very interesting and serious discussions. I know that I
learned alot and it helped me with some of my views on things.
(I guess there is 2 sides to every story/issue).
I also talked about the pros/cons of posting my reviews on
IFAD. Yes, I will start doing that again. They have agreed to
help this Internet 101 guy with any tech problems I have. So,
start checking out IFAD and some day soon you will be able
see reviews from Rog, Terry (wcareviews.com) and CAVR.
Thanks for a great party and the great discussions.
Got home at 1:45 and was dead tired.
Friday:
9:00 thru 5:00
Nicole Henderson.
Nicole is the new PR gal for Shane's World. We had a
great discussion about College Invasion #4 and the 'fight'
in the behind the scenes. She gave us some additional input.
Terry and Jeni wanted to leave the ADT Party last night to
attend a well publized 'Industry Party' at another casino.
Nicole said she went and it was 2 hours late getting started
and the promised 'Talent' did not show. She was not impressed.
Danni Ashe.
I had a 10:30 interview slot for Danni for just 5 minutes. I
told them in advance if they had something more important to
do that it was okay to bump me. Terry, Jeni & I arrived at
9:45 to verify our time and we were told that she would be
doing a 'live' TV interview and could we re-schedule for
later in the day. I told them that it would not be necessary
that all I really wanted to do was say hi and thank her for
her tremendous contributions to the industry. They said we
could see her right now and we could stay for 15 minutes. We
were ushered to an small room and Danni was sitting on a sofa
and she jumped up and introduced herself to us. She thanked
me for a trophy I sent her in the past and we just small
talked for a few minutes. She is a class act and not only
the most downloadable gal on the internet, but the nicest
gal on the internet. Thank you Danni for the very warm
conversation.
Carly Milne.
I had never seen Carly before and when she came to say hi
to me I thought it must be a mistake. Damn, talk about hot!
Thank you for setting things up with Danni for me and thanks
for allowing Terry & Jeni to talk to with Danni also.
Marcelle LeBlanc.
She is the PR gal for Private USA. We saw her and told her
we missed not seeing her at the ADT Party. She talked to us
and was very nice. I apologized to her for an email I had
sent her a year ago and she didn't even remember it and
said she was not mad at me. Sure made me feel better.
WCP.
For the last 3 years I have visited this booth and asked to
be put on their screeners list. The answer is always yes, but
this time I think they actually mean it.
Jada Fire.
She is just play nuts! If you ever wondered if her BTS talk
is real or not, it is real. She loves to put you on to the
point you don't know if she is telling the truth or not and
then laugh and tell you the real story. No one has more fun
in life than Jada.
Ice La Fox.
She is really hot looking and very nice. Might be a tad on the
shy side. Smiles when you mention her Mom (Angela D'Angelo)
was in porn.
Tina Tyler.
She was sitting in the back of the Lexington Steele booth
and smiling and looking as hot as ever. She waved to me
and we got to talk briefly. Sexy outfit and new hair style.
Mandy Bright.
Talked to her briefly. I sent her last year's certificate
via postal systems and she did receive it. To me, she
looks alot different in person than on DVD.
Jennifer Main.
We have tried to hook up for years and have never been
able to do it. But, this year we did. It was very nice
meeting you.
Brandon Iron.
I didn't get to see Brandon until 4:30 pm and it was a pleasure
to talk to him even if it was only briefly. Always a gentleman!
Dee.
As I leaving the show, I saw her in a booth with her back to
me. I knew it was her and I stopped and waited for her to turn
around. It was Dee! We could only talk 60 seconds, but it sure
was a nice cap on the convention.
Missing.
The following people I saw and I wanted to talk to but just
didn't make a connection:
* Mark Kernes AVN
* Scott Taylor Digital Sin
* Robby D. Digital Playground
* Mark Kismet Hustler
* Wankus KSEX Radio
* Wendi Knight Zero Tolerance
Certificates not passed out:
* Paris Hilton MVP
* Grip Johnson Skin Tight
* Jane Darling Star
* Nikki Loren MVP
* Pandora Dreams Starlet
* Sunrise Adams MVP
* Suzie Carina Starlet
* Vicky Vette Star
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Special Note: I didn't take a single note during the various notes
and I didn't do an update each night. I just wrote these
notes after an all night air plane ride home.
I know I have forgotten alot of stuff and I will be making
revisions to this as time goes by.
My apologizes to anyone I forget. It is an age thing.
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