On a trip to Budapest in May, Elegant Angel owner Patrick Collins and cameraman Michael Cates shot 23 sex scenes (20 hardcore, the others soft). Collins plans to make four features using the footage, including the latest editions in the Sodomania and Big Babies in Budapest series.\n While in Budapest, Collins also signed Hungarian stud Mike Foster as a new director, starting an outpost of the Elegant Empire in Hungary. Foster will begin shooting for Elegant in July. \n "I was the first U.S. producer to go to Budapest, and Mike was the first male performer there," Collins said. "I think he's very talented and a man of integrity... in addition to being a big pervert. I look forward to seeing his first directing effort for Elegant Angel."\n Collins also intends to return to Budapest in September to shoot more scenes.\n In other news, Elegant angel Jessica Darlin is looking for new faces --- and other body parts --- for her new series Darlin's Derrieres. She's looking for pretty girls who --- like Darlin (who appeared on Howard Stern's show last month) --- "genuinely love getting fucked in the ass by a huge cock." Experience is not necessary; just enthusiasm. Interested parties should send a photo (and a signed statement that you are 18) to Darlin at Elegant Angel, 9801 Variel Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311.\n Cheek to Cheek director Craig Daze has started Dazed Productions, which has associated itself with Elegant affiliate Darkside Entertainment. Daze's first feature will be the anal-themed Dirty Dreamers, with each scene beginning with the girl in a real-life situation, which leads her to fantasize about sex, which is then played out on the screen.\n Sean Michaels recently returned from shooting two volumes of his new Erotic City series, also in Budapest. Michaels says that one of his goals for 1998 is to shoot an adult feature, and he also wants to get more of his videos in softcore versions on cable.\n Also on deck from Elegant is a new all-girl series called Welcome to the Cathouse, which "highlights girls with an intense passion for pussy," according to director Cindy Collins, who was formerly known as Nicole Lace. She is particularly excited about a threeway scene shot for the first volume with Claudia Chase, Charlie, and Stephanie Swift.\n Dion Giarrusso is turning into the iron man of Elegant Angel, directing his own S.M.U.T. line plus helming the latest in the Booty Duty and Cumback Pussy lines. "Directing three different lines keeps me busy," Giarrusso told AVN, "but I wouldn't want to do anything else. I mean, I'm getting paid to watch people have sex. So how could I complain about the long hours?"