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C Co on d, tt te e R Ro on n J Je er re em my y
R Ri ic ch hi ie e C Ca al lh ho ou un n
MOVIELINE CALLS HIM
THE ADULT INDUSTRY’S
ANSWER TO RYAN GOSLING
Calhoun admitted to not having seen
nr ra ad , R Ro oc ck ke et ‘ ‘D De ev vi il l o on n a a C Ch ha ai in n’ ’ C Ca as st t PERFORMERS APPEAR
FRESH OUT OF THE
MTV TURNS TO PORN
ON RUSSELL BRAND’S
HOSPITAL, STAR GETS
STARS FOR OSCAR PICKS
FX TALK SHOW ‘BRANDX’
OSCAR SHOUT-OUT
ON VIVID SET
Rising starlets Teal Conrad and Raven
If there was any doubt as to the breadth of
With the “Oscars of Porn” (i.e., AVN
Since he’s played Ryan Gosling’s character
Rockette, along with fresh-off-the-GTL-
Ron Jeremy’s celebrity, it was summarily
Awards) behind them, adult stars were
in two porn parodies, Movieline.com posits
bus male performer Chad White, made
squashed when Seth MacFarlane mentioned
able to turn their full attention to the
that adult performer Richie Calhoun is
an appearance on a recent episode of
him during the first few breaths of his
brouhaha surrounding the Oscars of ...
Gosling’s “porn doppelgänger.” In an inter-
comedian Russell Brand’s FX talk show
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BrandX.
Awards.
MTV asked them to do in a segment for
Calhoun talks about playing Gosling’s roles
Beginning with a bit in which the
Joking about the number of rejections
its site NextMovie.com.
in Smash Pictures’ Diary of Love (the parody
entire audience was asked to stand up
Oscar organizers must have gotten from
Visiting the set of the Vivid
of The Notebook) and Wicked Pictures’ Crazy
and then take their seats based upon a
potential hosts before they arrived at him,
Entertainment feature Devil on a Chain
in Love (a parody of Crazy Stupid Love).
series of questions singling out who
MacFarlane cracked, “From Whoopi all
shortly before Oscar night, NextMovie’s
among them had done porn, Conrad,
the way down to Ron Jeremy, it eventually
Jason Fisher asked a number of adult’s
Rockette and White were of course the
found its way to me.”
top stars to share their Academy Awards
only ones left standing, and Brand pro-
As he quoted just prior to invoking
predictions. Kimberly Kane (pictured
ceeded to invite Conrad to join himself
Jeremy’s name, the Oscars draw approxi-
above in Devil, which she directed and
and guest Drew Carey on stage.
mately 1 billion viewers around the world.
which comes out in September), Skin
Taking cues from the audience,
And regardless of whether all 1 billion of
Diamond, Tommy Pistol, Veruca James,
Conrad and the two comedians then
those people actually know who Ron
D. Snoop and AVN’s own Unsung Starlet
acted out their own faux porn scene.
Jeremy is—or whether he was referenced
of the Year, Brandy Aniston, all got the
“I had a wonderful time on BrandX.
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chance to offer up their forecasts.
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Russell Brand and Drew Carey were a
that his name made its way into one of
Aniston correctly predicted Argo’
s Best
heartthrob—if that’s your goal.”
MacFarlane’s opening lines would suggest
that he has officially reached household
status on a global scale.
Good thing Ron made it through his
recent heart surgery well enough to be able
to bask in this, easily his biggest taste of
the spotlight ever. (Photo of Jeremy at AEE
by Hew Burney)
The Notebook before accepting the role, but
watched it prior to shooting in order to
mimic some of Gosling’s mannerisms.
“He does a very good job with his choice
of projects: he’s a complete dick who’s
actually the sweetest guy on earth,”
Calhoun said of Gosling. “That’s pretty
much every movie he’
s ever been in. I think
hoot, they were hilarious,” Conrad told
AVN. “I have people from home that
didn’
t know what I do, who texted me
saying, ‘I saw you on Russell Brand!’ It
was the first time for me being on a TV
show. It was very cool to be a part of a
live improv show.” (Photo courtesy T eal
Conrad)
Picture win, though she hadn’t seen it
(too busy “making my own movies,” she
said). Inevitably, Fisher asked the NILF
question (Nominee I’d Like to Fuck), to
which Veruca James answered Joaquin
Phoenix. “He always looks really troubled,
and troubled people bleep really well,”
James opined. And as far as advice to the
nominees on how to handle the stress of
the show, multiple AVN Award nominee
When asked if he had mainstream aspira-
tions, he said, “Though I like acting and
acting is fun, it’
s not as important to me as
I think it should be for someone who’s an
actor-actor. On top of that, what doesn’t
appeal to me is the public scrutiny and the
expectation of good behavior. I have no
interest in behaving.”
(Above, Calhoun with Remy LaCroix in
Broken Hearts, directed by Jim Powers and
Kane said, “Take a Xanax.”
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being released May 16 by Smash Pictures)
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O OC C W We ee ek kl ly y p pr ro oc cl la ai im ms s n ne ew w l lo oc ca al le e f fo or r
‘ ‘A Am me er ri ic ca a’ ’s s P Po or rn n P Pa ar ra ad di is se e’ ’
While many observers associate the San Fernando Valley as the epicenter of the adult entertainment industry, Orange County, just
roughly an hour south, is overlooked as a porn mecca. So said the OC Weekly story in its annual Sex Issue, which featured adult star
Tasha Reign (pictured at left) on the cover.
OC Weekly boasts that Orange County is “America’s Porn Paradise.” To show Orange County’s impact on the adult industry, the
CROSSOVER REPORT
paper highlights who it believes to be the top 20 adult stars that are either “natives or current residents, with the rest spending form-
ative years here before moving elsewhere.”
Among those named in the expansive cover story are Carmella Bing, Devinn Lane, Billy Glide, Amber Lynn, Dani Daniels, Janine,
Aurora Snow, Jelena Jensen, Savannah, Lupe Fuentes, Eva Angelina, Jenna Jameson, Peter North, Jenna Haze, and most curiously
ranked at No. 1, Nadya “Octomom” Suleman.
“To dismiss OC’s porn culture as our seamy underside, as a somehow-illegitimate trade, is to ignore sharp businesswomen (and a
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couple of men) who learned how to turn their curves (and cocks) into lucrative franchises, with business strategies straight out of the
halls of Chapman University or UC-Irvine (which, incidentally enough, have former students on this list—betcha they’re not getting
shout-outs in the alumni newsletter),” OC Weekly wrote.
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