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Wow! Porn star Mello in black gay indy flick Partly Cloudy

Amazon Product Description From writer/director Bobby Peoples comes a film that tells the story of two lovers who fall for the same man, however all is not as it seems when that love is between two men. In a love story ripped from today's headlines regarding the "Down Low", in which African American men secretly engage in a physial and emotional relationships with other men. Partly Cloudy asks the question, "Does he love she or Does he love he?" Partly Cloudy arrived on our radar like a summer sun shower - out of the clear blue sky, warm and delightfully refreshing ... but one wonders why there was no warning, no build-up, no clouds announcing its arrival. Still, its here, so lets discuss. One reviewer, while excoriating the film's acting and production, pointed out the porn star in the cast, Mello. He goes on to say... "Yes they cast a porn star in this flick and actually he provides some much needed entertainment in the movie with his slick delivery and quite comfortable presence on screen..." Now, that sounds like enough reason to check this film out. We firmly believe a porn past should not bar anyone from other pursuits, maybe by Hollywood standards but certainly not by ours. Another reviewer even blamed the bad production on Hollywood for not producing such material, but loved the story anyway. An interesting point, though we can hardly excuse really horrible production if that is in fact the case. However, we ordered this film anyway, despite the scathing 3 reviews its garnered since it's March 2010 release, in part to support the effort, and in part because we do love Mello, and have wondered where he's been. Congrats to him and the whole team, and we wish them the best. See the clips below to decide for yourself whether you want to support fledgling Queer Black Cinema, or just sit on the sidelines and bitch about it. For some of us, its a no brainer.

Thug Porn War: Flavaworks Sues Black Rayne & Pitbull Productions

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Yup, they got beef. The back and forth game has been going on for months, but Flavaworks has finally taken it to the hole, per se. And SGL Café is all over this story like an old perv on a drunken, passed-out ... uh, porn star. ~~ Breach of Contract, Unfair Competition, Tortious Interference with Contractual & Business Relations [see complaint here] MIAMI (June 17, 2010) – Flava Works, Inc. of Miami, FL and Chicago, IL has filed a lawsuit against its former business partner Corey Wright owner of Black Rayne Productions. The suit, filed in Florida State Court in Miami, FL on June 14, 2010, alleges Wright, Black Rayne and Ace Entertainment of breach of contract and unfair competition against Flava Works, Inc. Also named in the suit is Pitbull Productions, Inc. of New York, NY. Flava Works alleges that Pitbull, by aiding and abetting Black Rayne’s breach of contract, tortiously interfered with Flava Works’ contractual rights and business relationship with Black Rayne. Pitbull is also alleged to have engaged in unfair competition.... Not to be outdone, two days later Pitbull filed a suit on June 16th for "trademark infringement" in a NY court. Hmmm, it's getting hot in the world of Thug Porn. Oops, not sure if I can use that term, Pitbull seems to think they own the Thug thing. Hmmm.... Complaint Thugporn Tiger Tyson Phillip Bleicher, CEO of Flava Works said “Mr. Wright and I ended our business partnership on amicable terms and it’s a shame that he chose to violate our agreement by working with Pitbull Productions. It is unfortunate that this situation must now be resolved by a court of law, but it’s necessary to ensure that Flava Works’ legal rights are adequately protected and enforced.” Stay tuned. It might get gangsta .... In other news, the latest Flavamen features two SGL Café favs, Ninja Nixon & Cody Kyler. Plus, a coverboy destined to break many hearts - Marco Scott

Flavaworks: The House Next Door Prevails!

Cocodorm Wins! (click screen capture for court's final paragraph -- full 11 page decision here) It sucks to be right all the damn time. Actually, no it doesn't. But I said from the beginnning that Flavaworks (parent company of Cocodorm, Papicock, Thugboy and others) was in the right. Haters thought I was just being my nasty ol' self. Well, HA bitches!!! I can be nasty and right! In an order signed ironically on my b'day, today, a judge threw out the case brought against my favorite voyeuristic delight-- where when they say boys will be boys, they mean it. Haters keep hating. But for those who don't know the 411 ... check out the story below. ... the story: Ex-Boykinista on The House Next Door Cocodorm one year later: Still going strong

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Why is QueerClick rehashing lies about Flavaworks?

In a minor flex of their journalistic muscle, Queerclick.com reported Hard Times for Flavaworks - the infamous purveyor of numerous Black and Latino porn sites and owner of that also infamous exhibitionist sexnest, Cocodorm. "Who can possibly keep up with everything sticky and sweet in QueerCandy Land" -- the porn portal announces on its site -- "all the hot men and hotter action released between the sheets of major studios, amateurporniums, and new sites? Well, QueerClick can, so you don't have to!" Well, after sifting through moldy 2 year old errors long ago discredited I concluded that QC should stick to what they do best -- pointing out where the good porn at. Well, unless you sometimes want more color with your nutt. There is QC Espanol and an Asian page etc etc ... but I did find it curious however after spending considerable time there, that the darkest berry on Queerclick's bush was this piece rehashing lies to slam Flavaworks. Hmmm. This slash and burn tactic is almost Rovian. We already know that self-loathing republicans are helming ManHunt ... are they lurking at QC too? Guys who hate themselves, usually hate a lot of other things, too. But I digress .... ... I originally reported on Cocodorm in May '07, so I instantly knew this piece was just microwaved leftovers too dated to eat. I took time to contact the parties involved and checked my sources when I wrote about it, but according to Phil B., Flavaworks owner who I contacted about this latest write up, QC did no such thing before running their story. According to an editorial notation (since removed), the retelling was prompted by this story, which ironically enough, prompted me to see the David and Goliath angle and write Cocodorm one year later: Still going strong. Perspective. But apparently QC saw what they wanted to see and glommed together old discredited news like a bad paper by a horny teenager too preoccupied to care. In their defense, with all that porn around, I can understand. But jeez guys, do a little homework, make a call or two -- it'll still leave time to masturbate to your favorite blond twink du jour. Maybe I wouldn't be so annoyed if I'd seen Flavaworks or ANY other truly urban porn makers on their site. But QC clearly has porn tunnel vision, which link after link after link confirmed. Oh, I ran into the random beige boy. But that's cool. That's their right. To each his own, I say. However, when they do this extensive piece slamming Cocodorm as this disease-riddled group chased out of Chicago, and then have the temerity to segue into the passing of Flavaworks Vice President Dekenric Wiley and allude that the reason given for his death is sometimes a euphemism for AIDS ... they crossed the line of decency. Maybe they don't know many homos of color over at QC, but we actually do pass away from other things -- which was the case with Dekenric. It's extremely sad that fellow gay brothers, and porn lovers at that, would be so utterly, shamelessly, disrespectful. And futhermore, where does QC get the fuckin' balls to cast aspersions about anyone's death just to add depth to their copy and paste journalism? I was going to delve, point by point, ONCE AGAIN, into the intricacies of the case: beginning in Chicago and the real reason Cocodorm moved to Miami; why the city even got involved in testing the models in the first place, why those test results indicated an odd 'cluster', what those results meant in light of a) the overall community and b) the CDC's recent admission of underreporting infections by 40%, and on and on and on .... But I won't. QC obviously isn't that interested in getting the truth, or, uh, in any altruistic actions for Flavaworks plethora of beautiful brown models -- who've left all those unsafe film-making practices in the past years ago. As we speak, QC's post keeps changing as facts are challenged and updated. So I won't waste my time. I hope you won't either. And by the way, if you're looking for a real porn portal, stick with Fleshbot. At least when they claim to monitor everything sticky and sweet, they mean it! ~~

Cocodorm one year later: Still going strong

"What they are doing is not good for the neighborhood," Miami Code Enforcement director Mariano Loret de Mola told Miami Herald blogger Steve Rothaus -- in reference to Cocodorm, the infamous internet sex site which operates out of a nondescript house in Miami. The city has been desperately trying to shut them down since an anonymous outraged 'citizen' hipped all the neighbors to the business by delivering a package full of porn under the cloak of night. Since then, Miami's Goliath has been jumping through legal hoops to flatten Cocodorm's little gay David. Well ... Tick-tock, it's been a year and the dorm is still there. Why? Because they've got a right to be there. Because as the precedent setting Voyeur dorm case points out, yes, its a residential neighborhood, but all activities take place in virtual space. There is no foot traffic. There is no store front. There would have been no notice of this activity at all had it not been for that conveniently anonymous citizen. The only real difference in the two cases is Voyeur dorm deals mostly with hetero white females, I believe, and the dorm deals with brown boys of a same gender lovin' nature. That couldn't make a difference, could it? I'd like to ask that particular Miami Code Enforcement director -- How exactly is (what they do behind the privacy of their own closed doors) not good for the neighborhood?