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emmmers · Apr 17, 2004

Courtesy of LA Times

2 HIV Cases Put a Scare Into Porn

Several major adult movie companies — including the industry's largest, Vivid — announced Thursday they would stop filming for 60 days after two stars tested positive for HIV.

The shutdown followed an urgent plea by health advocates to halt unprotected sex in the pornographic industry, which employs more than 6,000 performers and production personnel in Southern California. The positive tests have reverberated throughout the industry, sparking a mix of anxiety and indifference at movie sets, talent agencies and testing clinics.

Vivid and other companies announced that they would stop filming in hopes of heading off an outbreak of HIV in the multibillion-dollar business.

Production would stop until those actors who had worked with actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx could be tested, company officials said. The pair, who had worked together in at least one movie, tested positive this week.

But other companies dismissed the plea for a moratorium, calling it "paranoid" and "knee-jerk," and vowed to keep their cameras rolling. The industry, they said, was perfectly safe.

"I'm against any stop in production," said Tyler Cash, a producer with Sinamotion Pictures in Chatsworth. "It will put a lot of people out of business. You'll have people who will start losing their apartments. It's just not fair."

The call for a halt to filming of sex scenes without condoms was made by the Sherman Oaks-based Adult Industry Medical Heath Care Foundation, which listed on its website about three dozen actors who may have been exposed to the virus recently, and urged them to get tested.

Other top adult-entertainment groups, including the leading industry news website, endorsed the proposal.

Cash's company, along with a few others, allow actors to use condoms during filming, although filmmakers say their use "kills the fantasy" and actors are often paid more to perform without them.

James has worked for producers who don't require condoms. He reportedly contracted the virus in Brazil.

Several of those producers Thursday said they were stopping production. One of them is Jill Kelly Productions, a Hollywood company that makes four to eight movies a month.

"We're not shooting until June 8," said owner Jill Kelly. "We're just sitting around, afraid. The most important thing is safety. Safety comes before money."

At World Modeling Talent Agency in Sherman Oaks, which represents many adult actors, the phones hadn't stopped ringing Thursday from worried clients and producers. "We've gotten calls from 15 companies who are shutting down. We [the porn industry] take these things seriously. Right now, there are companies who are not only canceling future projects, but also canceling movies already in production," owner Jim South said.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health for Los Angeles County, said that although the porn industry in general has been diligent about screening actors for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the root problem is the continued practice of unsafe sex.

"This is another illustration that unless all the sex you're showing is safe, that actors will continue to be put at risk," Fielding said. "Even good industrywide efforts would be hard to be 100% successful because people are having sex outside the industry."

Sharon Mitchell, a former adult film star who describes herself as the "auntie of porn," helped found the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation with Northridge doctor Steven York five years ago.

The clinic's main goal was preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV, in the porn industry.

The industry recommends that all actors and actresses be tested every 30 days. AIM tests about 1,200 performers each month and shares its data with major porn film producers, the foundation said.

On Thursday, actors and actresses streaming in and out of the foundation's Woodland Hills office to get tested for HIV said they felt unnerved.

Some pored over a flier handed out by AIM that named those who had sex with James since his last clean test, and those who had sex with James' sex partners, looking for people they knew.

"I haven't worked with any of them, thank God no," said one actor after reviewing the names.

Actress Summer Tyme, 25, said she has worked in the industry only two months, and that the news has rattled her.

"I'm going to change the way I do things now — probably just girl-on-girl shoots. Guys, but with condoms," Tyme said. "No money is worth risking your life."

The actress said she was scheduled for a video shoot that afternoon, but panicked when she learned that one of the male performers was "quarantined" — on the list of performers who may have been infected. Although that actor later was replaced, she called and left a message saying she would only perform protected sex.

"They never called me back," Tyme said. "I guess they didn't like that."

James, friends said, was stricken by the news. "He's resting and lying low. He's very sad," Mitchell said.

Friends and colleagues described James as friendly and gentlemanly. He was tested Friday and AIM received the diagnosis on Monday. AIM sent out an alert Tuesday morning.

Roxx is a relative newcomer to the industry, health advocates said, and appears to have performed with only two or three actors before testing positive on Thursday.

"Luckily, there's a small number of people," said AIM healthcare worker Scotty Phillips.

Roxx had not worked for the last few days because she felt ill.

Despite the HIV scare, Kelly said, porn workers are still sexually healthier than non-porn people who are promiscuous.

"People are aware about their health in this industry," Kelly said.
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I predict a large part of the L.A. population will commit suicide within the next 60 days with the lack of porn.

ass_kicker · Apr 17, 2004

Originally posted by When.Karma.Attacks@Apr 17 2004, 02:36 AM
Courtesy of LA Times

2 HIV Cases Put a Scare Into Porn

Several major adult movie companies — including the industry's largest, Vivid — announced Thursday they would stop filming for 60 days after two stars tested positive for HIV.

The shutdown followed an urgent plea by health advocates to halt unprotected sex in the pornographic industry, which employs more than 6,000 performers and production personnel in Southern California. The positive tests have reverberated throughout the industry, sparking a mix of anxiety and indifference at movie sets, talent agencies and testing clinics.

Vivid and other companies announced that they would stop filming in hopes of heading off an outbreak of HIV in the multibillion-dollar business.

Production would stop until those actors who had worked with actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx could be tested, company officials said. The pair, who had worked together in at least one movie, tested positive this week.

But other companies dismissed the plea for a moratorium, calling it "paranoid" and "knee-jerk," and vowed to keep their cameras rolling. The industry, they said, was perfectly safe.

"I'm against any stop in production," said Tyler Cash, a producer with Sinamotion Pictures in Chatsworth. "It will put a lot of people out of business. You'll have people who will start losing their apartments. It's just not fair."

The call for a halt to filming of sex scenes without condoms was made by the Sherman Oaks-based Adult Industry Medical Heath Care Foundation, which listed on its website about three dozen actors who may have been exposed to the virus recently, and urged them to get tested.

Other top adult-entertainment groups, including the leading industry news website, endorsed the proposal.

Cash's company, along with a few others, allow actors to use condoms during filming, although filmmakers say their use "kills the fantasy" and actors are often paid more to perform without them.

James has worked for producers who don't require condoms. He reportedly contracted the virus in Brazil.

Several of those producers Thursday said they were stopping production. One of them is Jill Kelly Productions, a Hollywood company that makes four to eight movies a month.

"We're not shooting until June 8," said owner Jill Kelly. "We're just sitting around, afraid. The most important thing is safety. Safety comes before money."

At World Modeling Talent Agency in Sherman Oaks, which represents many adult actors, the phones hadn't stopped ringing Thursday from worried clients and producers. "We've gotten calls from 15 companies who are shutting down. We [the porn industry] take these things seriously. Right now, there are companies who are not only canceling future projects, but also canceling movies already in production," owner Jim South said.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health for Los Angeles County, said that although the porn industry in general has been diligent about screening actors for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the root problem is the continued practice of unsafe sex.

"This is another illustration that unless all the sex you're showing is safe, that actors will continue to be put at risk," Fielding said. "Even good industrywide efforts would be hard to be 100% successful because people are having sex outside the industry."

Sharon Mitchell, a former adult film star who describes herself as the "auntie of porn," helped found the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation with Northridge doctor Steven York five years ago.

The clinic's main goal was preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV, in the porn industry.

The industry recommends that all actors and actresses be tested every 30 days. AIM tests about 1,200 performers each month and shares its data with major porn film producers, the foundation said.

On Thursday, actors and actresses streaming in and out of the foundation's Woodland Hills office to get tested for HIV said they felt unnerved.

Some pored over a flier handed out by AIM that named those who had sex with James since his last clean test, and those who had sex with James' sex partners, looking for people they knew.

"I haven't worked with any of them, thank God no," said one actor after reviewing the names.

Actress Summer Tyme, 25, said she has worked in the industry only two months, and that the news has rattled her.

"I'm going to change the way I do things now — probably just girl-on-girl shoots. Guys, but with condoms," Tyme said. "No money is worth risking your life."

The actress said she was scheduled for a video shoot that afternoon, but panicked when she learned that one of the male performers was "quarantined" — on the list of performers who may have been infected. Although that actor later was replaced, she called and left a message saying she would only perform protected sex.

"They never called me back," Tyme said. "I guess they didn't like that."

James, friends said, was stricken by the news. "He's resting and lying low. He's very sad," Mitchell said.

Friends and colleagues described James as friendly and gentlemanly. He was tested Friday and AIM received the diagnosis on Monday. AIM sent out an alert Tuesday morning.

Roxx is a relative newcomer to the industry, health advocates said, and appears to have performed with only two or three actors before testing positive on Thursday.

"Luckily, there's a small number of people," said AIM healthcare worker Scotty Phillips.

Roxx had not worked for the last few days because she felt ill.

Despite the HIV scare, Kelly said, porn workers are still sexually healthier than non-porn people who are promiscuous.

"People are aware about their health in this industry," Kelly said.
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I predict a large part of the L.A. population will commit suicide within the next 60 days with the lack of porn.
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LMFAO

Phantom Duck · Apr 17, 2004

No more porn?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Anya · Apr 17, 2004

Darn now there's no porn.

Just. Kidding. :chemist:

Dedicated · Apr 17, 2004

There is porn... just not new porn...

Maëlle · Apr 19, 2004

While we're talking about porn; Bush wants to eliminate it from the web.

Will · Apr 19, 2004

Originally posted by Anythingbutreal@Apr 19 2004, 05:16 PM
While we're talking about porn; Bush wants to eliminate it from the web.
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.........ROTFL!

As if that will happen.

John. · Apr 19, 2004

Originally posted by Will+Apr 19 2004, 05:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Will @ Apr 19 2004, 05:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Anythingbutreal@Apr 19 2004, 05:16 PM
While we're talking about porn; Bush wants to eliminate it from the web.
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.........ROTFL!

As if that will happen. [/b][/quote]
I'd like to see that son of a b***h try! :chemist:

Maëlle · Apr 20, 2004

Originally posted by Will+Apr 19 2004, 05:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Will @ Apr 19 2004, 05:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Anythingbutreal@Apr 19 2004, 05:16 PM
While we're talking about porn; Bush wants to eliminate it from the web.
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.........ROTFL!

As if that will happen. [/b][/quote]
It's a ridiculous project I know but he really wants to do it! I read it on MSN.ca this afternoon. If I can translate the thing I'll post it.

Ander · Apr 20, 2004

George Bush can kiss my ass. If the RIAA can't stop pirated music, George Bush (heh, bush) can't stop internet porn!

TeMpEsT · Apr 20, 2004

Aw man that blows, Lara Roxx was awesome.

:whistle:

Tomi · Apr 20, 2004

awww....no more porn.....

hah...jk...serves em right thou....

Neil · Apr 20, 2004

Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection

And Bush can't stop that. First of all, he would only be able to stop porn in the USA. What good is that? There's still tons of porn from almost everywhere else. Another thing. The adult industry is the most fiersome and competitive market on the internet. They will do anything to make money, even if they screw you over for it with dialers and such. It also draws in more than 70% of the money spent on the internet, and also has the widest target market.

emmmers · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Neil@Apr 20 2004, 09:16 AM
Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection
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And of course you dont watch porn right?

ass_kicker · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by When.Karma.Attacks+Apr 21 2004, 01:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (When.Karma.Attacks @ Apr 21 2004, 01:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Neil@Apr 20 2004, 09:16 AM
Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection
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And of course you dont watch porn right? [/b][/quote]

Maëlle · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by When.Karma.Attacks+Apr 20 2004, 08:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (When.Karma.Attacks @ Apr 20 2004, 08:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Neil@Apr 20 2004, 09:16 AM
Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection
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And of course you dont watch porn right? [/b][/quote]
I don't know if Cassie would like to know the answer to this

Suffice · Apr 21, 2004

=o, i dont like HIV

Neil · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by When.Karma.Attacks+Apr 20 2004, 08:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (When.Karma.Attacks @ Apr 20 2004, 08:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Neil@Apr 20 2004, 09:16 AM
Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection
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And of course you dont watch porn right? [/b][/quote]
Where did I ever mention that?

Cassie · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Anythingbutreal+Apr 21 2004, 06:34 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Anythingbutreal @ Apr 21 2004, 06:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by -When.Karma.Attacks@Apr 20 2004, 08:39 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Neil
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@Apr 20 2004, 09:16 AM
Of course it had to happen. Sooner or later. BUT... Vivid isn't a really big internet company compared to the DvDs and such that they ship out. They're more the people who advertise in the back of magazines and such. No worries there, those movies are the ones with the really corny stories and plots anyway. Who wants plots? Fat 36 year olds who live in their parent's basement? Even then they just say because it has a plot that it's art and they're perfectly normal with there 999 DvD collection
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And of course you dont watch porn right?
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I don't know if Cassie would like to know the answer to this [/b][/quote]
I know the answer to that question as a matter of fact.

I suppose I don't mind, as long as it's because I can't be there. We have our back-up solutions. :whistle:

Omar · Apr 25, 2004

All the HIV actors can join together and make their own films. What can happen now, double HIV?

How about a LIVE movie where one person dies during the scene? But the other people don't stop, they continue without him/her.

It's PORNO SURVIVOR

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