Jenna Jameson was a ground breaker becoming the first female porn star to also make herself over in to a media mogul. She successfully brokered a deal to sell her business to Playboy for an undisclosed sum of money.
Jameson was interviewed by Bill O'Reilly and she clearly came out on top. As stupid as he was with her, he also was a patron of her work whether he wanted to own up to it or pretend her videos just fell in to his lap or DVD player. Isn't it always that way?
Jenna Jameson was brilliant to make the move to sell when she did and I can only try to imagine the amount of money she made in a ground breaking savvy business deal. Like great sex, brokering prosperous business deals are all about timing.
The porn bubble, like Silicon Valley hit a wall, went bust, not for everyone but with all the free porn on line, put it this way, Hugh Hefner may sell all or part of his Playboy Mansion because he needs cash, lots of it. (Not the sole reason for his immense debt. but a factor for all in the porn world).
I made the analogy to Silicon Valley but plenty of tech and porn businesses are still thriving and enduring. The porn industry has been around a lot longer and like all our lives the tech industry has impacted the porn industry for better or worse. It is your call.
Getting back to the media mogul women of porn -- that I believe are all retired at this time....
Belladonna, the only rising porn woman mogul not to have breast implants...seems to do the "he loves me, he loves me not" but(t) with "retirement" -- "now she is retired, now she is not"....her fans want her in front of the camera but she, the last time I checked, had retired to work behind the camera. Terra Patrick did not need breast implants but the women of porn are convinced they can make far more money with implants, a painful operation that in my opinion is mostly acceptable self mutilation. An exception would be breast implants for a breast cancer survivor.
Belladonna is a fierce sexual fire ball, no limits, no boundaries and a sexual presence like no other. Some men have been known to lose an erection around her because of this small beauty's intensity is intimidating.
I don't know how much Belladonna is worth but Tera Patrick made a fortune which she discloses in the end of her new book with her now ex-husband and business partner who she seemed to still love very much but expressed concerns he used her to get in to the porn business. He ex-husband made a less than loving comment that ended up in The New York Post on Page 6 stating Tera doesn't even like sex.
The porn industry is about illusions as much as it is about entertainment and big bucks no different than the cover of Vogue...what you see is not reality. More than lighting is used to enhance the sexual performances and what you are seeing including the famous shots of men achieving orgasm made for the male audience has been known to be enhanced as well...The films made for women porn consumers don't have these shots at all because women do not find that kind of display as arousing as men if at all...There is a big difference between porn made for men and women but what has changed is women in positions of power in porn aka media moguls.
Jenna Jameson co-wrote a book, "How to Make Love like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale" . There is very little information on how to make love like a porn star but the few sex tips she gives women readers are sure to make them very popular with their boyfriends or husbands. She gives no tips to male readers on how to please women and Jenna knows how. She attacked her girl-on-girl scenes with the relish of a someone who hasn't eaten in weeks and with the confidence of a 10 time Gold Medal Winner.
Terra Patrick has no sexy tips to share. Her book, "Sinner Takes All: A Memoir of Love and Porn" is a sad book really but Patrick is a survivor and she is not throwing any pity parties.
Belladonna breaks down in tears in an interview with Diane Sawyer. Belladonna in a later statement made it clear she is no victim but in all these women's stories one has to wonder. Before you click on Belladonna's website, just a word of warning...she is not for the weak of heart and you have to be over 18 years of age to enter. Belladonna's website http://www.enterbelladonna.com/
Rather than take a waitress job these women took a different path which paid-off far more lucratively than the average service job for women. Women still earn less than men but Jameson, Belladonna and Patrick are they exception. Only they can tell you if it was worth it.
Jameson has radically altered her appearance very much like Michael Jackson. The Michael Jackson Syndrome signals all is not well. Jameson had too much surgery and none was really ever needed.
The irony is Hollywood for many years has moved closer to the fine line between porn and mainstream movie /Independent film. There is one difference between Hollywood and the porn industry and that is the AVN awards are far more interesting than the Oscars. Okay, there is one more difference...the porn industry is far more honest than Hollywood.
Neither Hollywood or the Porn world are going away anytime soon. There will continue to be a stronger presence of women behind the scenes in the porn industry in front and behind the camera. More young women entering the business now aim to become the next Jenna Jameson -- porn star and media mogul.
As soon as humans found a way to express themselves they documented sex starting with cave men and women. http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2006/5/2/12982/Cave-paintings-show-aspects-of-sex-beyond-the-reproductive Sexual displays have always been around and are here to stay. With technology and the internet, sex has become every man/woman's potential expression even with average people who have had no surgery, bleaching, altering of their genitals posting on free sex porn sites but Jenna Jameson, Belladonna and Tera Patrick have made it bankable like no other women before them moving from in front the camera to media moguls.
