"the original finished at #38 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. In 2000, Hayes told National Public Radio that he had only agreed to write and record the ""Shaft"" score after ""Shaft"" producer, Joel Freeman, promised him an audition for the lead role (which was taken by a then-unknown Richard Roundtree). He never got the chance to audition, but kept his end of the deal anyway. Director Gordon Parks also had a hand in composing the theme, describing the character of John Shaft (the ""black private dick/who's a sex machine/to all the chicks"") to"
"Eric Stryker Michael Skrzypcak (September 24, 1954 – February 19, 1988) best known by his stage name Eric Stryker, was an American gay pornographic performer and model. He was known for his handsome blond features and his muscular physique. He also performed as Noel Kemp for Colt Studio, Mike Kelly, Mike Saunders and, Michael John Saunders. In 1984, shortly after his lover died from AIDS, Stryker was himself diagnosed with HIV. His response was to focus his activities away from the life of a porn star and become an activist for AIDS awareness. Stryker continued his studies in architecture at"
"Tiger Tyson Tiger Tyson (born May 20, 1977) is an American gay pornographic film actor, model, and gay porn film director. He has also worked as a male escort and gogo dancer, and has appeared in numerous gay-themed publications. Tyson, who is of African American and Puerto Rican descent, is renowned for his large endowment and aggressive sexual style on camera. Tyson began a career in pornography at age 18 after serving fourteen months in prison for grand theft auto. Recruited by a friend and fellow dancer at a gay club, Tyson was introduced in the 1997 film ""Sweatin' Black"""
"AIDS at Sherman Oaks Community Hospital. He was 33 years old. Eric Stryker Michael Skrzypcak (September 24, 1954 – February 19, 1988) best known by his stage name Eric Stryker, was an American gay pornographic performer and model. He was known for his handsome blond features and his muscular physique. He also performed as Noel Kemp for Colt Studio, Mike Kelly, Mike Saunders and, Michael John Saunders. In 1984, shortly after his lover died from AIDS, Stryker was himself diagnosed with HIV. His response was to focus his activities away from the life of a porn star and become an"
"Black Spark Black Spark is an anonymous male American film director and photographer (born on 14 August 1990) who is most noted for his hypersexualized music videos and unique surreal style. He began posting videos in the fourth quarter of 2010. He has stated in interviews that he is bisexual, that all videos are about his own sex life, and that he is influenced by art pornography from the 1970s. Much speculation about his identity has been made. Some sources claimed to have identified him as an adult film actor or model who has done scenes for a web company"
"In March 2013, Zicari launched The Rob Black Show on Blog Talk Radio. It quickly ruffled the feathers of the porn establishment. The Daily Beast called him ""Porn's Dirty Whistleblower"" for revealing unsafe practices on set, business arrangements that exploit performers and common sidelines such as porn talent agents working their charges on escort sites. Rob Zicari Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black (born August 5, 1974) is an American pornographer, radio host and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his then wife Janet Romano (a.k.a. Lizzy Borden) he owned the porn company ""Extreme Associates"". Zicari was prosecuted for distribution"
"Jon Vincent Jon Vincent (a.k.a. Dave Phillips, John St. Vincent), real name: Jeffrey James Vickers (3 April 1962 – 3 May 2000) was an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay and bisexual pornography. Though he performed in fewer than 40 films, he is considered a porn legend. Vincent was known for his muscular body and hyper-masculine demeanor. He was also known for talking dirty and for saying harsh and degrading things to the men with whom he had sex in his films. ""He was frequently rough with his co-stars, and was even known to put his fist through a"
"Rob Zicari Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black (born August 5, 1974) is an American pornographer, radio host and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his then wife Janet Romano (a.k.a. Lizzy Borden) he owned the porn company ""Extreme Associates"". Zicari was prosecuted for distribution of obscenity by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. The case was dismissed but was reinstated upon appeal in 2005. Zicari entered into a plea agreement with the government in 2009 ending the case. (See ""United States v. Extreme Associates"".) Zicari, son of an adult bookstore owner, started out as a porn director"
"an American entrepreneur, webcam model and former pornographic film actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and ""The Queen of Porn"". She entered the House on Day 1. On Day 16 she was fake evicted along with Farrah and moved into Big Brother's Luxury Suite where they spied on the other Housemates until their return on Day 18. Unbeknownst to them, the other Housemates were in on the secret. She became the sixth Housemate to be evicted on Day 27. Natasha Hamilton is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She is a member of"
"Jack Radcliffe Jack Radcliffe (born Frank Martini; May 7, 1960) is an American pornographic film actor. Radcliffe is considered a pornographic icon, and in particular, an icon of gay bear subculture and its physical aesthetics. Radcliffe was born in Staten Island, New York in 1960. He grew up with his two parents, and two siblings, a sister and a younger brother. Radcliffe attended school in Staten Island until leaving to attend college at Buffalo State University in Buffalo, New York, earning two Bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics. He came out in 1983 and later moved to Denver, Colorado that"
"of Fame in February 2008. He has insisted he would never bottom on film. Tiger Tyson Tiger Tyson (born May 20, 1977) is an American gay pornographic film actor, model, and gay porn film director. He has also worked as a male escort and gogo dancer, and has appeared in numerous gay-themed publications. Tyson, who is of African American and Puerto Rican descent, is renowned for his large endowment and aggressive sexual style on camera. Tyson began a career in pornography at age 18 after serving fourteen months in prison for grand theft auto. Recruited by a friend and fellow"
"called ""CollegeDudes"". Black Spark has given reasons in interviews as to why he has chosen to be anonymous. His everyday real life is the opposite of Black Spark's hypersexualized life, he works on other projects, and he doesn't want the Black Spark identity to hinder his ""large-scale future plans in film"". Black Spark Black Spark is an anonymous male American film director and photographer (born on 14 August 1990) who is most noted for his hypersexualized music videos and unique surreal style. He began posting videos in the fourth quarter of 2010. He has stated in interviews that he is"
"John Silver. He received new fame in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate in 1991, as Anita Hill alleged that Thomas had mentioned to her that he was a viewer of Long Dong Silver's films. Long Dong Silver Long Dong Silver is a retired porn star known for his eponymously large penis, as well as being mentioned by name during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings Famed for the apparent size of his penis, reputedly , he appeared in several pornographic movies in the UK and US during the late"
"her. Another hit he signed around the same time was “Jam Hot"" (1983), by then DJ Johnny Dynell. Mark Kamins Mark Kamins (April 13, 1955 – February 14, 2013) was an American record producer and disc jockey famous for his role on the New York club scene. He is best known for helping launch the career of one-time girlfriend Madonna by presenting a demo to Seymour Stein of Sire Records. He also produced her first single ""Everybody"" in 1982. Kamins had bugged Stein about becoming a producer, but Stein said he had to find his own artists first; when he"
"the 1970s. After building up a cult following, his fans have been naming themselves the 'Dandylions'. Jim ""Dandy"" Mangrum James Mangrum (born March 30, 1948), better known as Jim ""Dandy"" Mangrum, is the lead singer and frontman for the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild, sexually-explicit stage antics which sometimes included miming sex with a washboard which he often uses to accompany his singing. Mangrum was born in the town of Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was raised a Southern Baptist in the town of Black Oak, Arkansas. Mangrum"
"also claimed Cournoyer had $2 million put aside for murdering potential witnesses. Jimmy Cournoyer Jimmy Cournoyer (born October 1979), sometimes called the Pot Playboy or the King of Pot, is a convicted Canadian drug trafficker and prior to being arrested, the biggest supplier of marijuana to New York and the U.S. East Coast. He was known for his lavish lifestyle, which included dating lingerie models and partying with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Originally from Laval, Quebec, Cournoyer was first arrested in 1998 with a few marijuana plants in his Laval apartment. Over several spells in prison, Cournoyer built up a"
"Jimmy Cournoyer Jimmy Cournoyer (born October 1979), sometimes called the Pot Playboy or the King of Pot, is a convicted Canadian drug trafficker and prior to being arrested, the biggest supplier of marijuana to New York and the U.S. East Coast. He was known for his lavish lifestyle, which included dating lingerie models and partying with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Originally from Laval, Quebec, Cournoyer was first arrested in 1998 with a few marijuana plants in his Laval apartment. Over several spells in prison, Cournoyer built up a criminal network that grew into a multibillion-dollar international drug trafficking empire that"
"Billy Herrington William Glen Harold Herrington (July 14, 1969 – March 2, 2018), known professionally as Billy Herrington and by the nickname Aniki, was an American model and pornographic film actor. In the late 2000s, his appearances in various gay pornography movies led him to become a popular Internet meme on video sharing websites such as Japan's Nico Nico Douga, where he was referred to by the sobriquet . Since then, at least 110,000 short mash-up parodies of his clips — known as ""Gachimuchi"" — have been produced by fans. Herrington was born in North Babylon, New York. Herrington grew"
"conflict with the ""normal,"" ""average,"" or fat (""chub"") aesthetic origins of the bear community. Jack Radcliffe Jack Radcliffe (born Frank Martini; May 7, 1960) is an American pornographic film actor. Radcliffe is considered a pornographic icon, and in particular, an icon of gay bear subculture and its physical aesthetics. Radcliffe was born in Staten Island, New York in 1960. He grew up with his two parents, and two siblings, a sister and a younger brother. Radcliffe attended school in Staten Island until leaving to attend college at Buffalo State University in Buffalo, New York, earning two Bachelor's degrees in mathematics"
"later, Kitten. He served as best man for Jenna Jameson and Brad Armstrong's wedding in 1996. He was also a friend of Jon Dough, whose suicide affected him ""big time."" Mark Davis (actor) Mark Davis (born 6 August 1965) is a British former pornographic actor, director, and exotic dancer. In 1998, ""The Independent"" labeled him ""Britain's biggest male porn star in America"". In 2012, he announced his retirement from the adult industry. He was inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. He grew up in Essex. In 1981, Davis and his family moved to Toronto, Ontario. After graduating"
"Marilyn Chambers Marilyn Chambers (April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009) was an American pornographic film actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut ""Behind the Green Door"" and her 1980 pornographic film ""Insatiable"". She ranked at No. 6 on the list of Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time by AVN, and ranked as one of Playboy's Top 100 Sex Stars of the Century in 1999. Although she was primarily known for her adult film work, she made a successful transition to mainstream projects and has been called ""porn's most"
"porn parody ""Chocolate C.H.I.P.S."" (1988) and ""Caught from Behind V: Blondes and Blacks"" (1986), the interracial special release in an anal sex video series. Accordingly, Daniels is today foremost credited as a porn actor who had blurred the colour lines in the American porn industry. He was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2002. Billy Dee had a daughter with a girlfriend in the U.K. and later went on to marry adult actress Suzannah French. Now the grandfather to eight, and great grandfather to two, Daniels shuffles time between his adopted town of Bristol, England and the U.S."
"Jamie Gillis Jamie Gillis (April 20, 1943 – February 19, 2010) was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame. Gillis was born into a Jewish family as Jamey Ira Gurman in New York City and graduated from Columbia University. His parents named him Jamie after the Tyrone Power character in the film ""The Black Swan"" (1942), and he took the name Gillis from the girlfriend he was living with when he made his first films. While supporting himself driving a cab, he answered an ad in ""The Village Voice"". He appeared in more than"
"Malcolm McLaren Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, performer, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He is best known as a promoter and manager of bands such as the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols. Brought up unconventionally by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, McLaren attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. With a keen eye"
"Jim ""Dandy"" Mangrum James Mangrum (born March 30, 1948), better known as Jim ""Dandy"" Mangrum, is the lead singer and frontman for the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild, sexually-explicit stage antics which sometimes included miming sex with a washboard which he often uses to accompany his singing. Mangrum was born in the town of Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was raised a Southern Baptist in the town of Black Oak, Arkansas. Mangrum attended Monette High School, in Monette, Arkansas. While in high school, Mangrum and classmate Rickey Reynolds"
"LGBT communities, including transgender and to a lesser degree bisexual people. They were also parent owners of Specialty Publications, which produces adult (pornographic) publications ""MEN"", formerly ""Advocate Men"", ""FreshMen"", ""Unzipped"", and ""[2]"". Specialty Publications was one of the largest gay adult erotica web and video production companies in the world. Liberation Publications began with a police raid at the Black Cat bar in Los Angeles in 1966, prompting a handful of gay men to start a mimeographed sheet newsletter for the gay community. This grew into ""The Advocate"" magazine the following year and remained the only US LGBT magazine for"
"Long Dong Silver Long Dong Silver is a retired porn star known for his eponymously large penis, as well as being mentioned by name during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings Famed for the apparent size of his penis, reputedly , he appeared in several pornographic movies in the UK and US during the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, photographer Jay Myrdal has revealed that although Silver “was immensely endowed… a good nine or ten inches,” the penis featured in his porn shoots was faked. After at first successfully using “complicated multi-exposure techniques” to enhance Silver’s natural endowments for still"
"Ed Powers Ed Powers (born Mark Arnold Krinsky; October 25, 1954) is an American production company owner of Ed Powers Productions, pornographic film director, pornographic film producer, hardcore pornographic film actor, and radio talk show host. Powers was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his ""Dirty Debutantes"" series, which features amateur female performers, some never having appeared in adult films before, performing masturbation, sex with male performers, and lesbian scenes. In 2008, Powers was severely hit by the recession so his home in Granada Hills, California, was sold under foreclosure and taken by Wells Fargo. The"
"next eighteen years looking for my real name, and since I found it I have not pretended to be anyone else."" He first came to prominence when he was awarded the title ""The Man With The Biggest Dick in San Francisco"" in a contest in the early 1980s. That title became his trademark for the rest of his porn and professional career. Published measurement of his penis varies from 9.5 to 11 inches. From 1983 to 1988, he appeared in over twenty gay and bisexual-themed adult films and videos, several of which demonstrate his rare ability of auto-fellatio. In addition"
"Mark Kamins Mark Kamins (April 13, 1955 – February 14, 2013) was an American record producer and disc jockey famous for his role on the New York club scene. He is best known for helping launch the career of one-time girlfriend Madonna by presenting a demo to Seymour Stein of Sire Records. He also produced her first single ""Everybody"" in 1982. Kamins had bugged Stein about becoming a producer, but Stein said he had to find his own artists first; when he heard the demo of ""Everybody"", Stein had Madonna brought to the hospital where he was admitted to sign"
"Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook; 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician, and record producer. His records helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of ""Caravan of Love"". After the Housemartins split, Cook formed the electronic band Beats International in Brighton, who produced the number-one single ""Dub Be Good to Me"". Cook joined acts including Freak Power, Pizzaman, and the Mighty"
"Media, and has consecutive awards for Best Interracial Series with ""It's Big It's Black It's Jack"" at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 AVN Awards. Jack Napier (actor) Jack Napier (born October 20, 1972) is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of African American and Puerto Rican descent. He started his adult film career in 1999, and has since appeared in over 350 films. Napier began directing films in 2000, and has directed movies in series such as ""There's Something About Jack"", ""Jack Napier's Ridin Dirty"", and ""Black Bottom Girls"". His movie ""It's Big, It's Black, It's Jack"" was"
"Logan McCree Logan McCree (born Philipp Tanzer on December 31, 1977), also known as Kriegerbeatz or DJ Krieger, is the stage name of a German-born DJ who began working as an adult-film actor in gay pornography in 2007, exclusively signed to the Raging Stallion Studios, a US production company with a three-year contract. He is widely known for his unique and distinctive tattoos over most of his body, including his penis, buttocks and scalp. McCree came to prominence in 2004 as German Mr. Leather. He starred in and was the cover model for his 2007 debut film, ""Ink Storm"", which"