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When adult film star Jamie Gillis, and his restaurant critic girlfriend, Gael Greene, started to write Jamie’s autobiography together, Gael wanted to meet his friends and family and interview them about their feelings towards Jamie. 

And one of these was a former girlfriend, Renee – one of the most important people in Jamie’s life. Jamie had met Renee over ten years earlier, back in the late 1960s. At the time, he’d just returned from Europe after trying to make a living as a mime. When he got back to the city, he took a small room in t...

It’s 1978, and Jamie Gillis is one of the most famous sex film stars in the world. Not just that, but he has a well-known girlfriend too – the high-profile restaurant critic for New York magazine, Gael Greene. Their relationship has opened the door for Jamie to New York society – elegant events, exclusive nightclubs, and most importantly for Jamie, the best restaurants. On the face of it, they’re well-suited: their business is sex and their passion is food. Or is it the other way round? And does it even matter?

Jamie is at his peak, darkly handsome, deeply s...

Tina Marie straddled two completely different worlds: by day, you could find her behind a desk in a Beverly Hills legal office or by the pool of the senior living community she found her way into. On nights and weekends, she was Bad Tina – an adult film star and high-end call girl whose image was plastered across men’s magazines and movie screens.

Tina was conflicted and wanted out of the business, but the bills kept piling up. Then she met aspiring porn producer Mark Carriere who traveled halfway across the country to find her. They built an a...

When you think of adult video vixens in the 1980s, you may think of Ginger Lynn, Christy Canyon, or Traci Lords. But they weren’t the only fan favorites on the scene.

Take Tina Marie: she was like a Robert Crumb goddess come to life. She started out in men’s magazines and sex loops in the early 1980s, and quickly moved on to starring roles in feature films before stepping behind the camera to produce and direct adult movies with her husband Mark Carriere. 

It wasn’t the professional path Tina imagined for herself growing...

A look back at Ray's controversial life and work in his last years, in light of the investigation into the disappearance of several women.

After the death of his wife, Ray Horsch returned to the world of adult film.

A few years after first meeting Ray Horsch, I returned to his home in Philadelphia to film an interview with him.

It was there, and in subsequent visits, that I met a number of people who knew him: filmmakers, artists, a number of women who moved into his house for varying periods of time.

I also met his former wife Amy McHale with whom I corresponded for a while.

It was only this year, I learned that Amy had disappeared in 2016.

At the time of this recording, what happened to her...

When I first visited Ray Horsch at his home in Philadelphia to interview him, most of the conversation was about New York in the early 1970s. More specifically, Times Square. The adult movie theaters. The live sex shows. The people who worked in them. The strange, seedy ecosystem that flourished there long before Times Square became the Disney-fied tourist destination we know today.

Ray had been part of that world. And in talking about it, he also talked about himself – about performance, transgression, sex, violence, art, and the persona he had spent years constructing.

Listening no...

Today the Rialto Report re-visits our relationship and the various interviews with Ray Horsch, the subject of a ongoing murder investigation.

This isn’t a normal Rialto Report series: needless to say, much of it is disturbing. If this isn’t for you, we get it. We’ll return to more typical content soon. You won’t have to wait long, we promise.

In the meantime, If you know any information that may relate to the ongoing investigation, please contact Detective Joseph Murray, at the Homicide Division of the Philadelphia Police Department, at (215) 686 3334.

Please n...

The concluding part of Brandy's story - and tales of Buttman, John Stagliano, People's Court, being blacklisted, and the infamous flame wars.

Adult film performer Brandy Alexandre always turned up at unexpected times and in unexpected ways. But who was she?

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The Rialto Report went looking for the truth about Kathy Harcourt – and solved a 40-year-old cold case.

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The concluding part of the story of one of adult films' most enduring and strange mysteries.

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Cheri Champagne was active in adult films in New York in the early 1980s - a pretty, dark-haired performer, an unusually cool, devil-may-care manner, and a reputation for being enigmatic. What happened to her has remained a mystery. Until now.

Christy Canyon turned 60 this week - and so we listen to a previously unheard interview from 1992 , conducted by Rick Savage.

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Jeanna Fine talks about her time in the adult film industry, including her relationships with Savannah, Sharon Kane, and Sikki Nixx.

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Tanqueray becomes a sensation on the burlesque scene in 1970s New York before designing costume for XXX films.

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Tanqueray became a global sensation on social media: not bad for a designer of adult film costumes. This is her story.

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The adult film star Tiffany Clark passed away this week. April Hall remembers her friendship with Tiffany and revisits their intimate 2016 conversation.

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Beth Anna started out go-go dancing and stripping and appeared in adult films including 'Sweet Savage', 'Dirty Lilly', and 'From Holly With Love'.

The post Beth Anna – Sweet & Savage: Podcast 162 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

A candid conversation with Zebedy Colt, the eccentric auteur behind several strange adult films.

The post Zebedy Colt – Shooting the Breeze with the Eccentric Thespian of XXX: Podcast 161 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

When Barbara Nitke interviewed Ron Jeremy in 1986, he was having an existential crisis.

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Jamie Gillis meets Lorey, former wife of singer John Sebastian.

The post The Porn Star and the Foodie: Jamie Gillis & Gael Greene in 1978 Part 2, Lorey Sebastian – Podcast 159 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

The unpublished audio diaries of Jamie Gillis and Gael Greene.

The post The Porn Star and the Foodie: Jamie Gillis & Gael Greene in 1978 Part 1, The Other Taxi Driver – Podcast 158 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

We look back at the life and times of Rialto Report favorite, actor Jeffrey Hurst, one of the most endearing of the early New York adult film actors who died recently.

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Jeanna Fine passed away last month. The Rialto Report had talked to her for the last decade about her life - with unexpected results.

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In part two, Bud remembers his marriage with Asia Carrera and the films for Vivid and Playboy.

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Bud Lee has led a remarkable life - from acting and directing adult films to his marriage to Hyapatia Lee.

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What happened after Wade Nichols became Dennis Parker, and emerged as an international disco star?

The post Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 3: The Soap Opera King – Podcast 154 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

After a career in straight XXX films, Wade Nichols becomes disco star, Dennis Parker.

The post Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 2: Disco! – Podcast 153 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

Paul Thomas was a pioneer, winning every award and beng inducted into every Hall of Fame that the sex industry has invented.

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Wade Nichols was a gay man in straight XXX films, a disco hitmaker, and TV soap star - but who was he?

The post Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 1: The Early Years – Podcast 152 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

What happened to Sue Flaken, the actor originally cast in the lead role of 'The Devil in Miss Jones' (1973)?

The post Sue Flaken’s Sliding Doors – The Mystery of the Original Miss Jones – Podcast 151 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

The concluding part of our interview with Susan Hart - about the events that led to her leaving the business, and what happened next.

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Susan Hart was a prolific actress in the California XXX video explosion of the mid 1980. She has never told her story - until now.

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Rafael Remy was one of the forces behind Florida's XXX industry.

The post Chasing Butterflies: Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida – Part 4, Rafael Remy’s Story – Podcast 148 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

Dolores Carlos' was queen of nudism films. Marcy was her daughter.

The post Chasing Butterflies: Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida – Part 3, Marcy Bichette’s story – Podcast 147 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

Who on earth was the elusive and mysterious filmmaker José Prieto?

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Manuel was a Cuban from Spain via New York.. working in Florida.

The post Chasing Butterflies: Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida – Part 1, Manuel Conde’s story – Podcast 145 appeared first on The Rialto Report.

Dolores Carlos untold story, behind-the-scenes in Florida's adult films.

The post Chasing Butterflies: Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida – Prologue, Dolores Carlos’ story – Podcast 144 appeared first on The Rialto Report.