Gossiping with Mickey Skee

If anyone in the business didn't know how Chi Chi LaRue stands as far as safe sex is concerned, there's a special part of the Channel 1 Releasing website at SafeSexIsHotSex.com where LaRue not only provides a detailed history of the director's movie history, but also a personal account of condom use history in videos and why as a businessman it's a must for LaRue. It's a result of all the press inquiries LaRue has been getting about the proliferation of barebacking in gay porn these days. It's a very thoughtful retrospective....

Some companies are very cautious about putting real-life lovers together in porn, but Falcon has a mix that works. Newcomers Aden and Jordan Jaric are lovers who have been making waves in Endless Crush by director John Bruno. The co-exclusives for the company are real-life boyfriends and they're pretty enthusiastic on screen. Goateed Aden and light-haired Jordan make a dreamboat coupling, and Falcon is planning already to feature them in upcoming titles....

Director Drew Warner was a bit creative for his big 40th birthday bash, which happened to fall on Oscar Sunday. He had a fund-raiser with Instinct magazine for the Trevor Project for anyone who wasn't already going to a star-studded party. A nice idea for friends, and a good cause....

Michael Lucas went right after the GAYVN Awards to Israel, and he said he had a very dramatic time. He first faced protestors after speaking at Stanford University because of his anti-Islamic stance, but when he arrived in the city he was sad to see "a once-beautiful Christian country [turned] into a terrorist's heaven." He said after walking through the old city, he was inspired to write his own manifesto pledging support to the Jewish people on his blog. Although it could make him a target and he could face ridicule among his European friends, he said he has to make a stand against homophobic practices, and it all can be read on LucasBlog.com....

Lucas Kazan, who was recently inducted into the GAYVN Hall of Fame, is back to the Czech Republic to find a few new guys to star in his next title and appear on his updated LucasKazan.com website which features XXX videos and pictures. He promises to keep me informed on what he finds....

Jerry Douglas relishes his latest Best Screenplay award for The Brotherhood, but he's working hard with Ryan Idol to get the superstar's life story on the Off-Broadway stage finally. The much-anticipated project is shaping up, and Idol is looking more buffed than ever. Meanwhile, Douglas said he's working on a more mainstream project, and details on both will be coming soon....

Blue Blake admits that 90 percent of all his hunky models in his sweaty construction crew and muscle pit titles are straight, and that's why they won't be seen performing for other companies. He's even recruited studs who have worked on his house. And then there's the classic story of how he found his superstar Robert Van Damme, who is now his great friend. "I saw him in a restaurant and told him that I wanted to put him in a movie, and he didn't know who I was until his friends told him," Blake said. "I always want to see prospective models in person. They could send me 100 pictures, but until I see the guy in person, I don't trust it. I want to see them myself." Blake's guys can be found on his website, too at BlueBlake.com....

Just after his Best Newcomer GAYVN win, Blake Riley brought down the house in Key West at the end of February while promoting Chi Chi LaRue's upcoming film Excess. The Rascal exclusive has developed a super following, especially after appearing in the Best All-Sex GAYVN winner Link V: The Evolution as well as Doug Jeffries' Bottom of the Ninth: Little Big League 3, but most tongues are wagging about Riley in his latest title, Chosen. He's on a hot and nasty dancing tour now in association with ManHunt.net and is hosting clothing optional parties (see IslandHouseKeyWest.com )....

The Athletic Model Guild is doing more good with their wins for Amazonia: Capture and Amazonia: Release. Danny Roddick, the star of the hot two titles shot in Brazil, died shortly after filming, and he loved the environment, so company owner Dennis Bell said he will still be contributing one dollar for every sale of each of the films and send it in the star's name to the World Wildlife Fund....