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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