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Same As the Old Boss: Paul Fishbein on the X-cellent “X-Rated”

April 14, 2015 Gram the Man 0

“My mother turned to me, half appalled and half proud, and said, ‘I hope you’re making money.'”

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Survey: Porn stars no more “damaged goods” than you

November 27, 2012 Gram the Man 3

A recently-released study published in the Journal of Sex Research might help to deflate some persistent beliefs about the women who appear in porn films: it turns out that—for the most part—they’re just like you.

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Kiki D’Aire’s own private “Camp Erotica” [interview]

June 26, 2012 Gram the Man 2

Kiki D’aire talks with Gram Ponante about her role in 2000’s “Camp Erotica,” managing a porn agency, guys who can’t get it up, and meeting girls who remind her of her.

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AHF vs. AIM: What does winning look like?

December 13, 2010 Gram the Man 2

If it were a boxing match (and it is) the media savvy and attention-hungry AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) would have won the round

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Watching porn with other adults: Come to think of it, were we creepy?

November 18, 2010 Gram the Man 9

I can watch people being filmed having sex for hours on end (and often do) in a room filled with people, but watching the finished product with more than one special person is an occasion of creeping creepiness.

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Bad Ass Frank: I’d Prather Not Be “Pimpin'”

June 23, 2010 Gram the Man 2

Prather said his intended audience for this book is not industry insiders. “It’s written for the average person who thinks that the business is what [is portrayed] on HBO or G4.”

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David Aaron Clark sent off in non-porny fashion

December 21, 2009 Gram the Man 0

DAC also would have enjoyed having his ashes scattered on someone’s face

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Adult supervision required: Performer tests positive for HIV

June 12, 2009 Gram the Man 6

Rumor, recriminations, and the recurring dread of outside regulation hang over Porn Valley this week after it was learned that a porn performer tested positive […]

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Gerald Damiano’s visions of Joanna

December 11, 2008 Gram the Man 0

Gerard Damiano, who died in October, wrote, produced, and directed 1975’s The Story of Joanna, a gloomy and, as they could get away with saying […]

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All your friends in 9 to 5 Days in Porn

October 22, 2008 Gram the Man 4

Sasha Grey, Roxy Deville, Belladonna, and Otto Bauer and Audrey Hollander star in this German-made documentary about the life of porn performers in and out […]

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Hair apparent: The Violation of Claudia

July 15, 2008 Gram the Man 2

It was a different time when porn movies were shown in theatres, and they created an uneasy community of people with a common secret, and […]

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