Honorable Mentions
* It’s revealed that pivotal scenes from The King’s Speech were shot in a studio used for gay porn. Jolly good show, we say!
*After rebels storm the home of Muammar Gaddafi‘s son, Al-Saadi, they find a gay-porn DVD among his belongings. Who has just one?
* Viral video star Chris “Leave Britney Alone!” Crocker announced he was going into porn with a debut film to be directed by Chi Chi LaRue. Somehow we don’t think he’ll make his name as a power top.
* Jeremy Skott Snider, son of longtime The Bold and the Beautiful actress Katherine Kelly Lang turned to doing scenes on Sean Cody for his 15 minutes of fame. Funny thing is, the acting on SC is more believable.
* X-tube star Andrew Embiricos, a.k.a. the socialite grandson of Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan, committed suicide—or had an autoerotic asphyxiation accident—in early December.
* Porn muscleman Zeb Atlas also appeared on Showtimes’ reality show Gigilos to teach the boys what “gay for pay” means.
* Disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner finds himself the subject of a porn parody. Well, with a name like that…
* Longtime faves Blu Kennedy and Matthew Rush bid the porn world farewell. Kennedy because he wanted to conquer new horizons; Rush because he found a boyfriend. What’s that saying about the course of true love?
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It’s the end of 2011 and Queerty is looking back at the biggest, hardest news and gossip to come out of the exciting world of gay porn. This year saw some pretty thrilling sexploits by Brent Corrigan (the comely twink in our feature image) Ryan Idol, Michael Lucas and many other erotic icons.
Did we miss a big one? Chime in below in the comments!
Porn actors from the all-male side of the street continued to make inroads into mainstream media in 2011. One of the bigger ones was 
Gallic skin star 
Legendary ’90s gay-porn star Ryan Idol‘s fortunes took a turn for the worse in 2011: In September 
We weren’t super-familiar with Brazilian porn star/rentboy Harry Louis until he blew up the blogosphere by appearing 
Performer-mogul-pundit Michael Lucas continued to polarize in 2011, writing controversial op-eds for The Advocate and Huffington Post on such varied topics as 
Shawn Loftis was a substitute math teacher in Florida. But once upon a time he was gay-porn performer Collin O’Neal, star of such hardcore parody fare as Desperate Husbands and Humping Iron.
Much like 
If the name Ric Alonso doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps his porn-producer name, Jake Cruise, is more familiar. Alonso made mainstream headlines when it was revealed he and his longtime boyfriend 
Dallas David
Sorta reminds me of Kinky Friedman’s rendition of “Ol’ Ben Lucas”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JRmKaGP9xc
Kinky’s Jewish also, and ran for Texas Governor a few times. I wonder if he’s related to Mr. Lucas?
Hmmm . . .
John
Try as he might, Brent Corrigan will never be a mainstream actor. No one saw those “movies” he made and he can’t act. Stick with taking your clothes off.
MKe
Brent Corrigan seems to be aging at the typical rate of porn stars where you look over the hill when you’re 25. It’s bizarre but it’s like the super hot porn stars only get about 5 years to be super hot and then they start looking squirmy.
Kyle
Who is that guy on the link pic of this article? That guy right above. He is sooo cute!!
Kyle
Nevermind!
TMY510
@ MKe
it’s not just porn stars, its call aging. Guys are at their prime 18-25, after that they age at a dramatic rate. That is, unless you’ve got the lucky cute asian genes
Stephen
The hottest guy is the one who did porn in the eighties? The others are trying anything for attention. I guess the only way to make news in porn is to try to do something other than porn?
jason
Erotic icons? Puh-lease, give me a break. If you think a drug-using gym-bunny is an erotic icon, I’d rather not have anything to do with eroticism. Most of these porn performers are such creatures.
Let’s not elevate these prostitutes to the hallowed turf of eroticism.
gay greece
2011 International LGBT Review
http://www.gaynewsfromgreece.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-international-lgbt-review.html
mudgeboy
Brent Corrigan has a lot of talent as an actor. I liked Judas Kiss, an interesting Indy, and a fantasy about what it might be like if we could send ourselves back to tell ourselves how to do it differently (hopefully better) this time. Corrigan was super smooth and convincing in the role of Chris. The reason that Corrigan might not make it as a serious actor is for the same reason that teachers who do porn get canned: Americans are fine with violence but scared to death of sex. Americans think sex is dirty and have difficulty seeing it as an integral part of life. In the US, we do sex in secret, on the down low. Especially gay sex or any sex other than the missionary position.
Jasun Maark
I had the opportunity to work on François Sagat’s new movie Incubus this year. I knew he was a creative genius but I really had no idea what a driven and dedicated creator he is. François wasnt just involved from the beginning, the movie was from his fascinating mind and life experiences… Truely one of the best porn movies ever made. It’s stunning. And hot… Really hot.
WindReader
totally agree with Jason. none of this is ‘news’ but more like salacious gossip.
Cam
@mudgeboy:
Meh, I saw Judas Kiss, it was a typical low budget gay movie. It was ok, but no different than Loggerheads, Redwoods, etc… In other words, it was no Latter Days, Trick, etc… and will never make a splash outside the gay audiences. Nobody is going to be getting mainstream work from it.
The main problem with the movie is that they kept trying to have Corrigan play this innocent kid in it, and yet he is starting to get a bit jaded looking. So yes, in porn movies he probably looks innocent and boyish next to the big over-muscled actors he is performing against, but in a mainstream movie I’m not sure having him try to play an innocent little boy is the right move.
Truthful
Sagat is a gross joke
MKe
@TMY510: True but it seems like movie stars tend to hit their prime at about 35-40. Some people look a little better with age but porn stars seem to only keep their look for a few years.
DenverBarbie
Judas Kiss was really (really, really) not too great, but Brent Corrigan’s potential did shine through; his performance was the most consistent and likable, hands down. I Was a Teenage Werebear has its cult appeal (fun and campy), and certainly seems to be the stand out on the Chillerama DVD.
Overall, if he wants to continue to try his hand at non-porn roles, I think he could have a decent go at indie films. It’d be shocking to see him land anything mainstream, but some fine-tuning of his skills (he already has a great screen presence) might get him something really good.
Being a big Bruce LaBruce fan, LA Zombie was my first bit of exposure to Francois Sagat. He’s unique within the industry because he’s *openly interesting* (as weird as such an assertion may sound)- he’s avant garde, kitsch, and almost comes off as a parody or caricature of masculinity and male sexuality. I think so many people claim to dislike him because he refuses to be confined to the “you’re a porn star- an object, shut up, be sexy, be what your audience wants” box, and that leaves his career in porn divisive.
Though, Sagat’s participation in the porn industry will never be as divisive as everything Lucas does. His studio releases some great stuff, but he says some mind numbingly stupid (and occasionally unforgivable things) things. (And if rumors hold, and mr. Pam has left Michael Lucas, I am even more less obligated to like him.)
(Sorry, Queerty! Another novel-length post. I really need to get a more enjoyable job!)
Joe and Harlow
We’re in jail, and this bitch gets jobs?????
Kurt
How are these professional cumdumpsters news? Sagat is not hot, sexy, or cute at all and the skull tattoo makes him total eurotrash or just a French wigger.
Fact fan
@Joe and Harlow: Actually, you are in ‘Prison’, jail is different ‘Jail’ is a holding pen, ‘Prison’ is the place you are sent once you have been convicted.
In your case, it was for stabbing an unarmed man to death in his home, and then burning it to the ground in order to cover up the cowardly deed.
Zack
@Joe and Harlow: yes and thats because he pays for everything in cash, not like you guys who used your discover card for everything including the murder weapon.
Sinu'
I found your website, via Gay Porn Times, to which I cannot get enough of. When you say ‘did we miss a big one’ did you mean porn stars in general or their measurements?
Good article!
Glenn
Does Anyone know how much did SPLASH overcharge on New Years eve to have Brent Corrigan there? 🙂
Chris
@Glenn: Their ad read “Advance tickets $30.” 🙂
Guillermo3
@John: Still,John,He’s a cute little Mick,
and whatever his “legitimate”acting skills,he did do a lot of public
service work for D.C. Fukit.