Lindsay Lohan on edge? Hmmm _ all I can think of are her two-faced friends and how they keep selling her snaps! Obviously, she can afford the best drugs. I think Lilo needs better friends!
What’s up with her Linda Lovelace biopic?
What are her friends saying about all this?
Where’s dear ol’ dad? At the Saddle Ranch again?
Does this mean she’s out as Paris’ new BFF?
Where’s that “black guy” who did it?
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If you’re Peter North, you call Richard Arnold at Pure Play Media. Arnold’s Toronto-based firm began representing the veteran performer’s Northpole Enterprises in adult broadcast and DVD channels in March of this year. The new partnership exploded off the starting line with Northpole’s all-HD “HumpHer 2 BumpHer” series, shot exclusively in limousines, as well as “Peter North’s POV Vol. 23” and “Deep Throat This Vol. 42.”
Pure Play Media has offices and operations in Toronto, Montreal and Chatsworth. Arnold, CEO and cofounder, oversees things from his Ontario HQ, where XBIZ caught up with him on a typically busy late-June afternoon.
XBIZ: What’s the history of Pure Play Media?
ARNOLD: I entered the video distribution business in Canada back in 1986, working for a guy distributing mainstream B movies. When he had financial issues I started my first company with three people. I’d buy closeouts and resell them, which meant VHS tapes back then.
XBIZ: So you started mainstream and went to adult?
ARNOLD: Along with the other stuff we began distributing some adult, but it really took off in 1991 when the rules changed for adult material in Canada. Prior to that it was only soft stuff, but [that year] it became a little looser, letting us do X or XX movies. The whole adult market opened up, but we learned very quickly that to succeed in Canada we couldn’t rely on one product line, there are too few people. In a country bigger than the U.S. we have a population a tenth of the U.S.. We figured out that, to do a good job, we had to rep noncompeting lines.
XBIZ: The Pure Play Media name has been connected with Private forever, it seems.
ARNOLD: Early on I was distributing for Private. In fact, we started with film no.10 of theirs, real early. We developed a good relationship, so in 1999 they approached me after they went public and said, “We don’t like our U.S. distribution. Can you go to California and open an office for us?” I first thought it would be too much work, but we talked more and I decided to do it. I worked like crazy, negotiated deals, and staffed the office — it was a great learning experience. We stuck with Private for a couple of years. We both had ideas to expand, but different ideas, so in 2002 we split.
XBIZ: This led to the “new, improved” Pure Play Media, right?
ARNOLD: It was 2003 when we got the new model going, and the first deals were with Michael Ninn, Score and Seymour Butts — a real strong start. Over time we added and subtracted lines, always sticking to the model. It’s tougher to do now, but we are very discerning about who we rep. Sure, I’ve turned down a few deals I’ve kicked myself over, but the model works and we stay true to the people we represent. It’s all about relationships.
XBIZ: Times are tough. How are you managing?
ARNOLD: The sad part about the business today is there is not a massive amount of good news. But we’re battling through.
XBIZ: How many people can pack themselves into a bandwagon before it breaks an axle? We’re talking parodies here.
ARNOLD: If you do them well, like anything else they’ll work. Jeff Mullen (president of parody leaders Sitcums.com and X-Play) has got a great formula, but it’s not a mystery and it’s the same for every genre — commitment to quality and hard work. The folks that will be in this business in a year or two are the ones who do good original content.
XBIZ: Yanks and Canucks — are we that different, really?
ARNOLD: Canadians and Americans are very similar. We eat just as shitty as you, we’re a little more liberal, and maybe it’s a stroke of luck but we didn’t get nailed as bad in this recession. The key difference in doing business in Canada is that we have government-run approval agencies for all movies. It’s a pain in the butt and expensive, but at the end of the day I don’t have to worry about legal liability.
XBIZ: You sound just like any other business person. Business is business, right?
ARNOLD: It all comes down to hard work. You cannot work in this industry now if you don’t know that. If you want to make a quick buck, you’re done before you start. John Stagliano, Jules Jordan, Steve Hirsch — all the successful guys are out there putting in long, long hours. I’m keeping things going on all fronts, being available to people and working hard, too. It’s not as daunting as it used to be, but there’s always a lot of hard work to be done.
Amy Fisher and Amy Fisher Productions Sign Exclusive Contract with Dreamzone Entertainment
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New York, NY: Amy Fisher, also known formerly as the “Long Island Lolita,” has signed an exclusive contract with the adult production company Dreamzone Entertainment to produce and star in her very own adult movies. Fisher created her own production company, Amy Fisher Productions, after the success of her amateur sex tape that was released in 2007. Fisher will begin production in Los Angeles on four adult movies this summer, which will be released later this year and in 2011. Fisher will become an exclusive contract star for Dreamzone Entertainment. At five feet, three inches tall, 105 pounds, incredible D-cup size breasts and the body of a swimsuit model, Amy Fisher brings out the true meaning of MILF. Some of the biggest names in the adult industry will be working with Amy, including Lisa Anne, Dale Dabone, Shyla Stylez, Evan Stone, Marcus London, Tommy Gunn, and more. The first title will focus on Amy’s trip to Los Angeles, as she goes through the process of deciding on her jump into the adult industry, all-the-while taking in the sites and sounds of Southern California, far away from her home in New York. She is introduced to those in the industry, and is slowly nurtured into the idea that making adult movies is exactly the type of career she has longed to do. “I am excited to work with Dreamzone to make my dreams of becoming an adult film star a reality,” says Fisher. “Our society loves sex. It feels so good and we should enjoy it. Sex is beautiful, powerful, and simply put, no one has the right to tell me what I can or can not do with my own private parts. This time, I get to make the choices on what kind of movies I want to make.” Fisher graduated college with a BBA in business marketing and made her way through her professional career. An award winning journalist with the Long Island Press for over five years, Fisher is truly a MILF, raising her three children with her husband, living her quiet life in the suburbs of New York. Fisher publisher her first book “If I Knew Then…” in 2004, which sold over one hundred thousand copies, and was heralded by Publisher’s Weekly as “irresistible”. Fisher found her name back in the headlines with the release of an amateur sex tape which came-to-market in 2007. Amy Fisher Caught on Tape went on to sell over 200 thousand copies worldwide, proving that her looks and namesake were still something the mass media, and population, eagerly desired and demanded. For more information, please contact Brian Gross, BSG PR, (818) 340-4422. Email:brian@bsgpr.com. Twitter @bsgpr |
