Could porn mogul Michael Lucas be strapped for cash?
We're told there were no survivors from Genre's Michael Lucas cover shoot.
EIC Neal Boulton explains his decision, "America loves Michael Lucas—I am just giving the people what they want." Which America?
Michael Lucas has his eyes set on a new star. We hear from NewNowNext, who heard from In Touch, who probably heard from a publicist that Lucas wants to tap reality "celebrity" Spencer Pratt for one of his cocktastic skin flicks.
Says Lucas, "He was born to be in a gay-porn blockbuster. Lucas Entertainment would do anything to be able to center our next major all-male production on Spencer Pratt." Well, at least someone other than Pratt thinks his life has meaning.
Lucas continues: "Trust me - I'll know how to show viewers the parts of Spencer Pratt they most want to see." We're not sure what part that may be, but Colin at NewNowNext suggests Pratt's corpse. Gnarly.
Pratt has, blessedly, turned down the offer.
We hope Hell's Kitchen bar HK has some hoses, because Michael Lucas whipped his out during a publicity party for his new skin flick, Gigolo. From a concerned citizen:
Things got pretty heated at HK Lounge on 39th St last Friday when porn King Michael Lucas, on top of the bar and in the full monty, realized the shirt he threw into the crowd during his strip tease was his Marc Jacobs shirt, designed specifically for him from his designer friend.To get it back, he allowed the lucky person who caught the shirt a special oral treat below the belt.
Lucas, you truly are a pillar of this community. Bravo.
We've included the Gigolo trailer after the jump. We dedicate it to Mitt Romney.
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After many, many weeks and even more whiny reader letters, we've decided to revive our short-lived Tuesday feature, Trolling Tuesday!
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Living up to his magazine's vapid reputation, Genre editor Neal Boulton reportedly wants a roll in a Michael Lucas skin flick:
Boulton, who now edits gay lifestyle magazine Genre, recently wined and dined male porn king Michael Lucas and asked him to be December's cover boy. "Neal also wanted to make a nonsexual cameo in one of my movies," Lucas, star and director of Fire Island Cruising 8, told us from Hungary, where he's filming two XXX flicks. Boulton didn't have the time, but Lucas hopes he can do one in the future.
We've received multiple emails regarding Boulton and Lucas meeting at the Soho House. We've also received a few suggestions that Boulton's doing anything and everything possible to keep his name in the press.
[Editor's Note: We stand by our original "roll" vs. "role". Think about it, genius!]
Our brave editor Andrew Belonsky has now returned from his Michelangelo Signorile-sponsored debate with Michael Lucas. So, what's he have to say?
I wish Michael weren't so full of it so I could have spoken more. Oh well. He refused to shake my hand at the end, which I thought was really very classy. He also told me he doesn't like my use of a horse's ass when discussing his insane, irrational and hateful opinions. Poor thing's so self-absorbed, he doesn't realize I do that for loads of people! But, as we all know, Michael's very particular about his pictures, so I'm proposing a new one: scum. Or smegma.
Belonsky ain't the only one with some words on the interview. A lovely reader sent us a list of the things he's learned from Michael Lucas.
Read it and weep, after the jump…
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Just a heads up, readers! Our brave editor Andrew Belonsky will be going toe-to-toe with Michael Lucas to discuss what we've described as Lucas' "virulent, disturbing Islamophobia".
Tune in to Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius radio show today at 4:30 to hear it get laid out.
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• In case you didn't know, Siegfried and Roy are gay.
They just never came out. Las Vegas magicians Siegfried & Roy are coming out of the closet in a highly anticipated autobiography soon to be released. It may not come as a big surprise to most people that the two performers are gay but it will be the first time they admit to this officially.According to details from the upcoming book leaked to the National Enquirer, Siegfried and Roy [were] once very much in love but have since transformed their relationship into a working partnership and a deep friendship.
Now that that's out of the way, we can all go on living our lives.
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Michael Lucas' virulent, disturbing Islamophobia continues to blind his logic.
In his latest NY Blade column, in which he regularly spills ink against Muslims, the porn producer celebrates Charles Merrill's Qu'ran burning, writing: "…I salute Charles Merrill for his artistic and social bravery in burning a Koran."
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You soon won't recognize Michael Lucas. It seems the Russian-born porn star - pictured above circa 1977 - has been fitted with braces to fix his overbite. As his teeth get pushed back, so too will his signature pout:
A long, long time ago I was diagnosed with a deep overbite, which gives me—along with other unpleasant things—the appearance that my lower lip is full and falling out of my face. It gives the illusion that I purposefully pout for the camera… Well now there will be no way for that to happen, as my new retainer keeps my jaw in the right position. And in about five months I will have to undergo a procedure that will further bring my jaws together in the right position. So no more pouting!
What?!? No pout? Not even a little one just for old time's sake? How will we recognize you, Michael? What will we do? Won't someone stop this line of rhetorical questioning?
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• Love him or hate him, you can't piss on Michael Lucas' new mission:
In the past few months I have run into about four acquaintances who have been brutally beaten recently in Chelsea, either during a mugging or for being gay. Interestingly, all of those attacks have occurred on the east side of 8th Avenue, around 22nd street, but I've also heard of other similar attacks in Chelsea and in Hell's Kitchen.I am going to be writing a story about this in the New York Blade and interviewing people for it, including members of the New York Police Department, which has been almost completely unresponsive despite the fact that all four of the people I spoke to had filed reports.
If you or anyone you know has experienced such an attack in or around these areas in Manhattan please contact me directly at michael@lucasentertainment.com.
• Susan Stanton - the pre-op trannie formerly known as Largo, Florida, city manager, Steve Stanton - has lost her bid for Sarasota's city manager position.
• Andy Warhol's Interview for sale.
• Iowan Governor Chet Culver signed the state's anti-discrimination bill, thus ensuring that gays will be treated with the respect, dignity and nonchalance they deserve. Starting on July 1st, that is - until then, it's totally open season.
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Porn mogul and editorial critic Michael Lucas has finally replicated his penis so that you too can experience the horror joy sensation of his well-publicized rod.
An authentic replica cast directly from his very own uncut shaft and balls, Michael Lucas' Official Dildo exquisitely details every vein and curve of his world-famous member.
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Michael Lucas' Official Dildo is made of non-toxic, hypo-allergenic silicone.
That's too easy…
Despite our tagline (a catchy slogan at best, a marketing gimmick at worst), Queerty does not have an agenda beyond "entertain and inform our readers." That's true for Queerty, and the three other sites under the Jossip Initiatives umbrella.
Most of our readers understand as much. That's why they continue coming back. Michael Lucas, of porn company Lucas Entertainment, doesn't understand our appeal or our mission, which is made evident by his column in this week's New York Blade, where he goes on the attack against this site, myself, and Queerty's editor Andrew Belonsky.
It was a welcome surprise.
Despite the numerous emails and marketing materials we regularly receive from Michael, his business associates, and his company – evidence of a courtship, it might seem, or at least hopes of a marketing relationship – Michael claims he doesn't like this site.
That we regularly discuss Michael on the blog is evidence of his mark on gay culture. As he'll be the first to tell you (as he does with us, so I'm paraphrasing here), he started his business from the ground up, leveraged his porn career into a level of status among mainstream media, and speaks three languages. (Perhaps building my business from the ground up and leveraging my media rants into a level of status among mainstream media will forever be overshadowed by my only speaking 1.5 languages.)
Alas, his accomplishments deserve recognition.
They also make him a public figure.
And like Rosie, Lance, Reichen, and Ellen, gay public figures draw Queerty's attention — our praise, and our criticism. If we disallow the mainstream media from poking fun at or criticizing members of our own – they'd receive a stern letter from any number of gay rights organizations – who should have that right but the gay community itself? And while Queerty does not, by any measure, attempt to speak for the entire gay community, we're certainly a part of it, and command our say.
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