michael-lucas
Gay Porn Pirates Face Wrath of Gay Porn's 'Neocon Kingpin'
Adrian Chen · 08/11/10 07:46PMPlease, Can We Pick the Next Real Housewife of New York? Please? Please?!
Brian Moylan · 07/25/09 05:50PMSensitive Gay Porn Technology Smuggled to Israel
Ryan Tate · 05/07/09 11:08PMGay Porn Impresario Michael Lucas, Married
Sheila · 10/15/08 03:56PMMichael Lucas, the famous Russian-born gay porn performer, just got married! (He's the pouty one in the wedding pic.) You might know him from his films Hunt & Plunge and Fire Island Cruising 1-8, or La Dolce Vita, which was filmed partially in the Marc Jacobs store—making it the gayest movie on record. His groom is Richard Winger, who the press release says is an "international businessman;" it also says the two met eight years ago at a "Holiday Party." They're using the wedding to fight for gay marriage rights throughout the country—or maybe to get attention from gay publications for putting that in the press release.Lucas was profiled last March in the New Republic as "gay porn's neocon kingporn" due to his over-the-top opinions on Middle Eastern politics. But he makes up for that with his insistence on condoms being used in the porns he directs. As he explained his choices to New York mag: "‘What is my real chance to become a mainstream celebrity?' I am an immigrant, I have an accent, I am not the most beautiful thing which crossed the world." It goes without saying that Lucas is ridiculous and self-promoting, but we're still glad he exists. At the very least because every apartment building needs a square peg:
Lopez Skips Project Runway for Triathlon
cityfile · 09/15/08 06:11AM- Jennifer Lopez competed in a triathalon in Malibu, then flew to New York to throw Marc Anthony a birthday party at the Bowery Hotel. It's unclear, though, if she ever had an injured foot, which was the reason she gave for pulling out of the Project Runway finale last week and now some are wondering if a fight with Harvey Weinstein over a movie role was the real reason she cancelled. [People, NYDN, MSNBC]
A Superflack Scorned
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/08 03:22PMEarlier this week we gave you a brief history of Rob Shuter, the shameless former celebrity flack whose various transgressions have reduced him to editing OK! Magazine. That post brought back some memories for Michael Lucas, famous gay porn performer and impresario (pictured, on the left). According to Lucas, he once snubbed Shuter's request for love, which sparked a neverending campaign by the uberflack to exact his revenge! Worst of all, Lucas says, Shuter even used poor supermodel Naomi Campbell for his own nefarious ends. Lucas' full, telling letter is below.
Strange Bedfellows
Nick Denton · 03/11/08 05:55PMMichael Lucas
cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PMMichael Lucas
'NYT' Photo Scandal: Like Reuters in Beirut, But Sexier
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Jessica · 09/29/06 02:50PMPorno Misses Chance to Besmirch City Hall Fountain
Chris Mohney · 09/29/06 08:40AMAs part of the same film that involved the sex scene in the Marc Jacobs store, the Michael Lucas troupe relocated to City Hall Fountain on Wednesday night. This time, Savanna Samson frolics with Lucas himself in an alarmingly hetero scenario. There are other photos, but they resemble more of a De Beers commercial than a porn movie. Heading off potential objections, Lucas's publicists assures us: