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Interviews with artists, performers, and industry personnel. Their stories, work, and what they have in store for you.
'Gigolos' Nick Hawk Is Unstoppable
It's not everyday Filthy features an interview with a man who has a million dollar penis. Gigolos star Nick Hawk made headlines in May 2016 for insuring his pride and joy for one million dollars. As a sex symbol, escort, and ultimate ladies' man, Hawk is just one of the desirable men part of Garren James' army of hotties-with-bodies. James' hit Showtime series Gigolos features Nick Hawk et co as––you guessed it––real life gigolos. For a fee, women have the ability to find the man of their dreams, no strings attached.
Natasha SydorPublished 8 years ago in FilthyAlberto Mielgo Erotic Artist Interview
Erotic artists did not start off as shock artists. The public’s reception to this kind of art has changed dramatically from the later part of the 20th century when experimental art, a euphemism for eroticism, was intended to explore sexuality and the artist's perception of its place in society. Alberto Mielgo is often referred to as a shock artist. Shock art was born out of necessity. As the digital space exploded in the 21st century, the lines of erotic art and pornography began to blur. A new generation lost sight of the beauty inherent in sexuality. Artists and creatives pivoted in their messages as it became important to make a statement. Statements by artists, like Alberto Mielgo, became a signature art form that were intended to challenge the status quo, the puritanical, and the hypocrisy of a society that bends to the will of the media. In his own words, Alberto Mielgo explains his view of the world around him, that seems to close one eye with disdain and open the other eye wide with desire.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyMichel Gyarmathy Interview
Built as a music-hall, the locale was home to various operas, concerts, gymnastics, magic and comedy shows. Its boards were trodden by such famous beginners as Charlie Chaplin and Colette (before she turned novelist). The theater shifted emphasis during World War I, when "the exhibition of feminine pulchritude in the nude became the most sensational aspect of a Folies show." Nothing to do with shepherdesses, the Folies's name was intended to be Trévise, but some dispute developed and Bergère was taken from the name of a nearby street. In the sparkling era that followed, stars included Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguette, Raimu, Fernandel, Yvonne Printemps, and Josephine Baker.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyAl Goldstein Interview
Al Goldstein was a cabdriver, an insurance salesman, an international photographer, and a reporter. He is best known, however, for his time as the executive editor and publisher of Screw, a position he held since he and Jim Buckley created the tabloid in 1968. A blend of explicit sexual material, political commentary, and social satire, Screw mirrored society and the personality of its outspoken publisher.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyH.J. Eysenck Interview
A psychologist with an international reputation, both as author and as a leader of the behaviorist school, Professor Hans Jurgen Eysenck was director of the Institute of Psychiatry at London's Maudsley hospital. A prolific popularizer, he wrote more than a dozen books expounding aspects of his absorbing subject (Uses and Abuses of Psychology, etc.) and he is particularly remembered for his paperbacks of intelligence tests. To professional colleagues, he is an eloquent repudiator of Freud and an indefatigable researcher into the mechanics of personality.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyManhattan Madam Exclusive Interview
Coined the salacious moniker of "The Manhattan Madam" from hungry press and angry politicians, Kristin M. Davis has found herself in the crossfires of media ever since she made her first headline. As a "Madam," "Politician," "Hedge Fund VP," "Prisoner," and "Advocate," Kristin Davis has lead a colorful life filled with ups, downs, and everything that makes the greatest material for a female empowered memoir. Passionate, fiercely independent, and true to her laurels, Kristin now finds herself out of prison and into the next phase in life: one of advocacy.
Natasha SydorPublished 8 years ago in FilthySustain Natural's Meika Hollender
Meika Hollender and her father Jeffrey Hollender co-founded the up-and-coming revolutionary all natural condom company Sustain Natural. Featuring environmentally friendly, clean, fair-trade, and vegan products, Sustain promotes wellness for our own bodies while promoting wellness for our planet. But Sustain produces more than just condoms; It sees sexual wellness as merely the beginning of a long-needed (and often ignored) conversation. Sustain creates a forum where men, women, and everyone in between can be passionate about their rights, lives, and world.
Natasha SydorPublished 8 years ago in FilthySkin Diamond is Raylin Joy
Skin Diamond has had an incredibly successful career unveiling her body, talent, sexuality, and undeniably intoxicating presence for the world to behold. But as Raylin Joy—singer, songwriter, and artist—she unveils something different and far more powerful: her soul.
Natasha SydorPublished 8 years ago in FilthyAlex Grybauskas Interview
“Audrey is a sexual outlaw, slave to a Latin rhythm, a C-section child of the 70s. She's a rabid panther trapped in the fetid, jungle heat of the Number 14, Bonnedale bus. And she's sitting right behind you for the third time this month.” Chuck Palahniuk’s words come to life in Alex Grybauskas’ short film Audrey, inspired by the story "Negative Reinforcement." Starring Alissa Bourne and Spencer Carter, Audrey is an ode to Palahniuk’s first published piece. Audrey dives deep into the hyper-stylized way we fantasize and pass judgement.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyGore Vidal Interview
When Gore Vidal published his first book, Williwaw, he was just twenty years old and stationed at an army base in Idaho. The book received critical praise as an excellent first effort by a young writer. Three years later, in 1948, Vidal published his second novel, The City and the Pillar, and the terrible swift sword of the literary establishment came crashing down upon him. The book's hero is a red-blooded American boy who, it happens, enjoys sleeping with men as well as women. Critics in that post-war neo-Victorian era were not about to stand idly by and watch American morals be "corrupted" by "perverts." Many critics decided that they would never review another of his books, and Vidal found himself banished from the literary mainstream at the very start of his career.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthySheila Kennedy Interview
From commanding attention on magazine covers to invading your TV, Sheila Kennedy has held her own in the media world for the past few decades. She graced the covers of various Penthouse issues, leading her to be named Penthouse Pet of the Month in December of 1981 and then Pet of the Year in 1983. But it was during this time that she also aspired to be an actress. She decided to make her dream a reality in 1984 when she auditioned for a role in Ellie and landed the part. She continued to act in movies such as the First Turn-On! and Spring Break, which also starred another former pet, Corinne Alphen. She even shot a scene with Johnny Depp in Don Juan De Marco in 1995 but, to the dismay of her fans, the nude scenes were cut from the movies before it hit theaters.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in FilthyWas Muhammad Ali a Racist?
Greatest heavyweight in the history of boxing, yes. Perhaps even fifth or sixth greatest boxer ever, in any weight division. But as a person, Muhammad Ali was a complex individual, jaded by the racially charged atmosphere of the late 1960s and 1970s. The Vietnam war, along with his personal struggles and protests, took him out of the game for three years of his prime. He wore his showmanship on his sleeve, but beneath the entreating exterior lied an angry often extremely volatile individual, whose determination was unmatched in the sport of boxing.
Filthy StaffPublished 8 years ago in Filthy