At 95, SNL Lighting Designer is Oldest Emmy Award Recipient
LOS ANGELES – Lighting director Phil Hymes won his first Emmy in 1965 for a Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Magnificent Yankee, directed …
In Praise of Great Lawyers
This post marks the beginning of the redesign and revival of this site. To anyone stumbling upon it in its current state, my apologies. Changes …
Freedom! (even if I do need time to tweak)
LOS ANGELES – It has taken some time for me to be able to even focus on fixing Daily Babylon so that it was 1) …
I am Ann Oui
VAN NUYS, Calif.—Enough is enough. I am outing my pseudonym. Ann Oui is me. I should have done it long ago, but in a sense …
Will My 90-Year-Old Father Win an Emmy Tonight?
VAN NUYS—I’m on pins and needles, refreshing the deadline.com live update (sort of) from the Creative Arts Emmys show, which is taking place as I …
My Article Was Taken Down
LOS ANGELES — I wrote an article for avn.com the other day based on a brief interview I’d done with a spokesperson for a California …
The Neocon Legacy
VAN NUYS, Calif.—I remember Mr. Neocon Billy Kristol in high school like it was yesterday. He was in my brother’s grade, two years ahead of …
Agents of Destruction
Agents of Destruction LOS ANGELES—I wonder if anyone outside the porn industry will realize the significance of what happened yesterday, and the rottenness it revealed. …
The Adult Webmaster Conundrum… or Not
VAN NUYS—Here in a nut shell is the situation that faces many if not most adult webmasters today. All I am going to do below …
Manwin Caught Pilfering for Paysite
VAN NUYS—I’ve been writing about the porn industry since 1999, and have seen a lot of shady practices, ranging from outright theft on a massive …
Sasha Grey What?
LOS ANGELES—In the New York Times’ review of The Canyons, porn star James Deen’s character, Christian, is described as a “trust-fund brat and producer” who, …
The Failure of American Capitalism
VAN NUYS—The problem is not with Washington per se, but in the very foundation of American capitalism, which over time has become an entrenched system …
Google Glass and 2257 Equals Big Trouble
LOS ANGELES—The first porn video made with Google Glass has been uploaded to YouTube, and even though it is edited to not show genitalia while …
You Simply Can’t Make This Stuff Up
LOS ANGELES—I can’t write about Manwin anywhere else, so I guess I’ll have to do it here. But I’ll still need to be careful, just …
A Deplorable Ruling
VAN NUYS, Calif.—I wanted to wait a few days to see if I was rushing to judgment, but after those days have passed it is …