> Looks like the guys from Astrux, Lenny and Phil, got Tim Connelly's daughter a job
> The Grand Vizier writes me: The most egregious of all the AVN awards was the selection of McKenzie Lee as Best New Starlet. You had a number of girls- Hillary Scott, Jeneveve Jolie, Tory Lane that are on the tips of fans' tongues. And the performer of the year? If you go down to Spearmint Rhino and put Audrey Hollander's name on the marquee, people are going to pass by and think there's an accounting firm stopping in. If you put Jeneveve's name up on the billboard, you don't have to put anything else. Put it this way, a major publication that lives off of advertising revenue shouldn't be the one to give out industry awards. You can't help but think that the advertiser who spends $100,000 a month versus the guy who spends $2,000 is going to get the nod. But no one's going to do anything about it. It's just amazing to me the industry people are willing to pay the high privilege of having it rubbed in their face at the end of every year. A couple of big name companies refused to buy tables, however.
> Ric Williams posts: Hey Gene I was surprised to see the surprised post regarding McKenzie. Anyone who has seen her work knows that she is a wild woman regarding her sex scenes. I was just surprised that Jenna signed her because she is such a Gonzo girl. Take a look at our release "Sins of the Flesh" that was nominated for Best Foreign Video, Mac had two guys she was rimming while stroking them, a real hot scene. I think that Mac is truly deserving of the Best New Starlet award, and look forward to viewing more of her work. Best regards.
> Tim Case writes: Dear Gene: I can vouch for Annie Cruz's story, www.adultfyi.com/read.aspx?ID=13895 as the party that made up the rest of Table #75 -- none of whom were having sex, by the way -- included Felicia Fox, Lisa Sparxxx, Mike South, and myself as well as the rest of our entourage. I have to admit that Annie's anal action was, at times, enthralling. Yours,Tim Case
> Mr. Metro tells me that Noel Bloom packed up his stuff yesterday at Metro. "The tom-toms were beating even before the AEE show that Metro was unhappy with Bloom even though he was at the show," says Mr. Metro. "The Bridget Kerkove scandal certainly didn't help, and the fact that Gauge was rubbing Metro's nose in the dirt at the show also contributed. On Sunday, Gauge walked over to the Metro booth with her flyers and put them on their table and no one did anything about it. And Kenny heard about it. Noel was right there but he was so intimidated, he did nothing and just froze. Noel had no control over there. Then Kenny stormed into the building Monday. Zeida also quit the day before the show. They have no salesperson."
> Gene sez: Another Metro story I'm hearing out of Vegas is that one of the VP's from back east allegedly told Eva Angelina that she was there on Metro's dime. ' We're paying you- you're going to do what we tell you to do. We want you to visit some clients in their rooms.' When Eva got upset, she was also told she could walk out of there with three or four thousand dollars and not to complain. Then Pam Anderson allegedly called her and allegedly said, listen, we own you. You're going to walk down the red carpet with our CEO- and if not, you're not going to the awards. To which Angelina said, fuck you. I'm getting my own ticket.
