www.lukeisback.com writes: I asked Paul Fishbein for a response to criticisms of him by his former employees Gene Ross and Tod Hunter.

It’s the first time Paul has given me a comment in about six years (I could be wrong).

Regarding Gene, Paul writes: “Gene Ross’s assertion that I give the awards screeners to my stores is an outright lie. Not true…. never happened. And it’s very sad four years later after he left he has nothing interesting to write about except me. I guess I should be flattered.”

Gene sez: Maybe www.lukeisback.com should be interviewing the former AVN warehouse guys, instead. They’re the ones who packed the tapes. Then, again, maybe they went to the Salvation Army but I could be wrong.