THE PIPELINE: JANUARY 2004
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Happy New Year my friends. I trust you all had a sane and safe new year. I’d like to welcome you back for another volume of the Pipeline, the 2004 edition. As 2004 opens and we ready ourselves for a new year in porn, the news is typically light. With everyone preparing for the big Adult Expo gathering in Las Vegas, there is a quiet before the storm. That gives a chance to look back on some of the best of 03 and try to figure out what might be heading out way in the year to come.
Red Light District hit the scene just about two years ago and shot right up to the top of the porn world. They made major headlines by recruiting some of the top talent and directors in the business in mid-03, but finish the year amidst a storm of controversy. First we had the exit by Lexington Steele and now a rift in the company may have Dion Giarrusso on the outside looking in. At this point, details are scarce and rumors rampant, so we’ll hold off on anything more until it becomes clearer. Needless to say, this is going to be one of the biggest stories of 2004.
As Santa Claus readied his sleigh for his annual trip, the fans had their final say in the 2003 Rog Reviews Fan Faves awards. With new security measures, this year was free of the controversy and ballot stuffing that has plagued the awards in recent years. Taylor Rain followed her win last year as Best Newbie by defeating Aurora Snow for Best Female Performer. Last year Rocco Siffredi shared Best Male honors with Lexington Steele. This year, Rocco defeated Erik Everhard to make it two in a row. Evil Angel also repeated as Best Company, knocking out Red Light District in a close race. Jules Jordan made it a triple-treat for Evil Angel with his third consecutive win as Best Director. He is the only person to hold three RRCC trophies for the same category. The Best Newbie award was won handily by Amee Donavan as she nearly doubled the votes garnered by German import Katja Kassin. Britney Spears remained everyone’s most wanted celebrity, winning the poll for the fourth straight year in a very close race with Jessica Alba. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and we look forward to an even higher voter turnout next year.
It was another banner year from our friends at Evil Angel. 2003 began with John Stagliano sweeping the AVN Awards (and the RRCC awards) with his brilliant “Fashionistas.” There wasn’t an award that this incredible piece of pornography didn’t win as critics united to fill Stagliano’s trophy case with a boatload of awards. Thanks to the continued efforts of directors like Jules Jordan, Joey Silvera and Rocco Siffredi, Evil Angel dominated the biz once again. They also welcomed Nacho Vidal back to the fold along with his on again-off again girlfriend Belladonna. Adding these two high-energy performer/directors to the fold further cements the Evil Empire at the top of porn’s food chain and sets them up for an even bigger 04.
Last year Tera Patrick made herself the most talked about woman at the Adult Expo when she showed up on the floor and made her way to just about every booth she could find. With her contract situation at Digital Playground still in question, Tera had people wondering just where she would end up. Speculation was naturally high as the most sought after free agent shopped her services around for months. With the help of her KSEX show, Tera kept herself (and her new tits) on everyone’s mind. Just last month she put an end to the speculation by inking a deal with Vivid and dropping her last name. Tera fans will now have a few years’ worth of movies to look forward to. (And at least three dozen comps to follow.) It also means that she will likely stick to doing her real life boyfriend Evan on screen, creating plenty of problems for Vivid script writers. I can pretty much guarantee that this move means that I won’t be getting to interview Tera any time soon, but I wish her well.
Since the fans have spoken, it is only fair that I get my voice as well. The third annual Rog Reviews Critic’s Choice nominees have been named. The winners will be announced during the www.adultdvdtalk.com party at Adult Expo in Las Vegas. Six nominees have been chosen in seven categories this year. The Worst Movie category has been dumped for 2003, but may return in 2004 if Lizzy Borden makes another “Fossil Fuckers” movie.
Best Female Performer
Jessica Darlin Carmen Luvana Sabrine Maui Taylor Rain Avy Scott Nicole Sheridan Aurora Snow
Best Male Performer
Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Brandon Iron Rocco Siffredi Lexington Steele Michael Stefano Nacho Vidal
Best Newbie
Cindy Crawford Amee Donavan Jesse Jane Audree Jaymes Kitty Loni Gen Padova Mari Possa Crystal Ray Alicia Rhodes
Best Director
David Aaron Clark Robbie Fischer Mike John Jules Jordan Joey Silvera Vince Vouyer Thomas Zupko
Best All Sex Movie
Banana Cream Pie- Video Team Flesh Hunter 6- Evil Angel Hellcats- Evil Angel Lewd Conduct 16- Diabolic Me Luv U Long Time 2- Red Light District Nasty Nymphos 35- Anabolic Nice Rack 10- Anabolic Once You Go Black You Never Go Back 1- Evil Angel Service Animals 12- Evil Angel Young Ripe Mellons 2- Red Light District
Best Feature
After Midnight- Sin City Compulsion- Elegant Angel Exile- Sin City Flesh Circus- Elegant Angel Mandy the Perfect Gift- Simon Wolf No Limits- Digital Playground Opera, The- Elegant Angel Ozporns Go to Hell- VCA Rawhide- Adam & Eve Spacenuts- Wicked
Best DVD
Fashionistas- Evil Angel Flesh Hunter 5- Evil Angel My Plaything Carmen Luvana- Digital Sin Once You Go Black You Never Go Back 2- Evil Angel No Cum Dodging Allowed 2- Red Light District Private: Gladiator- Private Sakura Tales 3- DVSX Sodomy Sandwiches- Evolution Erotica Spacenuts- Wicked Virtual Sex with Jesse Jane- Digital Playground
There will obviously be a lot more to talk about next month after the Adult Expo and I am sure that the year will start off with a bang. Many of our early 04 questions will be answered. Where will Lexington Steele end up? What will happen to RLD? Who is going to emerge as Anabolic’s top director? What will the year hold for Tom Byron’s Evolution Erotica? Will Extreme weather the legal storm and come back stronger than ever? Speaking of comebacks, which once retired porn queens will grace (or curse) us with their presence again? Will Mayhem’s ever expanding roster be able to keep things hot for raincoaters? Just where the hell is Jake Steed? How will AVN change now that Tim Connelly is on board? These and many other questions will be answered in upcoming volumes of the Pipeline. Stay tuned everyone; it’s going to be a great year.
