Charlie Sheen, porn stars

I hate to join in the spreading of cruel rumors about someone who's having terrible personal and medical problems, but TMZ is reporting that Charlie Sheen wanted to rent a mansion, have his favorite porn stars move in, and create his own "porn family".

I don't remember if they claimed that Sheen actually used the term "porn family" or if it was something TMZ made up. My guess is that TMZ made it up. Sheen's managers rushed in and put an end to it.

Well, Charlie Sheen must be nice for the porn stars. My guess is that a lot of them just want to be stars. They went into porn because they wanted to be celebrities, and how else were they going to do it?

Charlie Sheen is bridging that gap between Porn Celebrities and Regular Celebrities. It doesn't give them legitimacy, but they probably think it does.

Years ago, there was a story on some second-rate news show, 20/20 or Dateline or 48 Hours. There was a very cheerful obese girl who was convinced that her work in pornographic movies would someday lead to her receiving an Oscar. It would be a stepping stone to stardom and success. She hoped to eventually direct real movies. Her parents were shaking their heads.

Some crossover

I watched one of those old Italian cannibal movies. In the '60s, the Italians created a whole new genre, movies about people go into the jungles of Africa or South America and are eaten by cannibals. There was one American actor who starred in several of them. He was a major figure in Italian cannibal cinema. I don't remember his name, but they interviewed him---it was a bonus feature on the DVD.

It turns out that the guy had also done a lot of porno films in the U.S. All those years, he kept the two aspects of his career separate and was horrified when imdb.com came along and wrecked it for him.

Maybe that poor girl who thought she'd work her way to the top, from porn actress to Oscar-winning auteur, could have been right. Lots of young people want to be movie directors and none of their plans are very realistic. It's possible that she recognized her only chance for success and had put together as reasonable a plan as any to claw her way to the top. And it could have worked if imdb.com hadn't thrown a wrench into the works.

Even non-porn actors are upset that their early appearances on CHiPs, or Airwolf, or The Love Boat have been cataloged for all the world to see.

Charlie Sheen

There was a news photo of Charlie Sheen at a basketball game. He was with Angus T. Jones, the kid from Three and a Half Men. It gave the impression that he was a very nice man who thoughtfully took this kid to a basketball game. It's terrible what drugs have done to him.