Hello,
A NEW PAY-PER-VIEW THEATRE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PLAYHOUSE FOR MEMBERS TO ENJOY!!!
There is a wide range of both full-length videos and also shorter video clips to choose from. They encompass everything from hardcore porn to catfighting to bondage to big boob videos to foot fetish to S & M to..........well, you get the idea. Close to 70 selections feature me, and many other adult actresses are well-represented also. I have scenes there with Mary Carey, Samantha Sterling, Summer Cummings, Nikita Denise, Renee La Rue, and many, many more. I hope you all take some time to savor the huge selection! --XXOO Tanya
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Good morning,
Some REALLY HOT galleries of Vivid contract girl Briana Banks were added to the Playhouse yesterday. I've been enjoying them for the past 24 hours. (!!)
Joanne and I have been planning a lot of changes for the Playhouse here over the past few weeks. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements.............Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya
Some REALLY HOT galleries of Vivid contract girl Briana Banks were added to the Playhouse yesterday. I've been enjoying them for the past 24 hours. (!!)
Joanne and I have been planning a lot of changes for the Playhouse here over the past few weeks. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements.............Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Monday, October 27, 2003
Calif. Fires Kill 15, Destroy 1,134 Homes
1 hour, 37 minutes ago
By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO - Ash fell on the beach like snow and drivers turned on their headlights in the smoky daytime streets Monday as wildfires that have reduced entire neighborhoods to moonscapes skipped through the hills of Southern California and threatened 30,000 more homes.
California's deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade has destroyed at least 1,134 homes, killed at least 15 people and consumed more than 483,000 acres stretching from the Mexican border to the suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.
"This will be the most expensive fire in California history, both in loss of property and the cost of fighting it," said Dallas Jones, director of the state Office of Emergency Services.
The death toll jumped from 13 to 15 Monday after the bodies of two people were found on a road near San Diego.
Several people suffered burns and smoke inhalation, including eight hospitalized at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center. Two had burns over more than 55 percent of their bodies, spokeswoman Eileen Callahan said.
Managers of California's power grid estimated that 70,000 to 85,000 Southern California customers were without electricity because fires had damaged transmission lines.
A 90,000-acre wildfire that straddles the Los Angeles-Ventura county line began moving slowly toward million-dollar mansions in a gated community in Los Angeles. California Department of Forestry Battalion Chief Thomas Foley said that in a "worst-case scenario," the blaze could spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said his home near San Diego was among the hundreds damaged or destroyed. Further east, a small border crossing 70 miles from San Diego was closed as fire cut off roads leading to the U.S.-Mexico border, said Vince Bond of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
The dry, hot Santa Ana winds that have fanned the flames began to ease in some areas Monday, raising hopes that overwhelmed firefighters could make progress with the help of reinforcements on their way from other Western states. But the danger was still high.
The San Diego-area fires raced through chaparral and grass, sometimes sparing one home or one cluster of trees while destroying those around it.
"It would be disingenuous to say we have control of these fires. Right now we are throwing everything we can at them," Jones said. "It's such erratic conditions. These are still tremendously dangerous with very little control or containment."
President Bush designated the fire-stricken region a major disaster area, opening the door to grants, loans and other aid to residents and businesses in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties.
"This is a devastating fire and it's a dangerous fire. And we're prepared to help in any way we can," Bush said at the White House.
Gov. Gray Davis moved to activate the National Guard and summon help from neighboring states. He predicted the cost of the fires would be in the billions.
He toured the fire area in San Bernardino and saw "just homes reduced to rubble, charred belongings still sending off smoke."
He was followed later by Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had a fire briefing in Ventura County and praised work by firefighters.
He thanked Bush for swiftly declaring an emergency and said he would go to Washington on Tuesday to meet with federal officials "to make sure that the federal money will come through."
Across Southern California, the sun glowed red and smoke stung the eyes and lungs. Airport baggage handlers wore masks against the smoke and the ash dropping across the landscape.
"My eyes are burning right now something terrible," said 74-year-old Maury Glantz in San Diego, holding a towel over his mouth and nose. "I have to get out."
Even the primates at the San Diego Zoo went indoors to escape the misery. "Their lungs are built like ours so they can be affected by the smoke," said zoo spokeswoman Yadira Galindo.
Many of those who died in the wildfires ignored evacuation orders and were caught by flames because they waited until the last minute to flee, Sheriff Bill Kolender said.
"When you are asked to leave, do it immediately," he said. "Do not wait."
San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman said he was worried that three fires that incinerated 585 homes in San Diego County would merge into a super fire, pushing already strained resources to the breaking point.
A state of emergency was declared in the four stricken counties, where the fires had laid waste to entire blocks of homes, closed major highways, shuttered schools, disrupted air travel nationwide and sent people running for their lives.
People were urged to stay indoors because of the smoky air, and hospitals treated a number of people who complained of breathing trouble.
"You could almost smell the smoke and you could almost taste fire," said Leilani Baker, 46, of San Diego. She was sitting at a bus stop, her shoulders covered with ash.
Eleven people were killed by the so-called Cedar Fire, California's largest blaze at 150,000 acres. The fire was ignited Saturday near the mountain town of Julian when a lost hunter set off a signal fire, authorities said. The hunter may face charges.
In San Bernardino County, a blaze called the Old Fire has destroyed more than 450 homes. On Monday, the flames jumped a road and moved into the heavily forested small town of Crestline.
A major fire burning closer to Los Angeles is believed to have been started by arsonists.
"Those who start these fires are no better than domestic terrorists and should be dealt with as such," said Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.
The arsonists "have no idea how many lives they've ruined," said Trisha Mitchell, standing amid the debris that was once her childhood home in San Bernardino.
Days after running for her life from a fire that ripped through her San Bernardino neighborhood, Pati Wecker returned home in the Del Rosa area to find the only thing left standing of her house was an archway.
Across the street, a park with green grass and trees was untouched.
Digging through the ruins of her home, Wecker found an untouched porcelain angel and two beer steins. A burned photo album crumbled when she picked it up.
Her husband was killed in Vietnam and she raised her six children in the home that is known in the neighborhood as "Momma's House."
"They all said we will build another house," said Wecker, 69.
When the fire closed in, the only things she was able to get out of the house were her purse and a few clothes. "Everything in there, even my five cats," she said, pointing to the ruins. She was unable to get part of her dentures: "I don't even have my teeth."
___
Associated Press writers Ryan Pearson, Chelsea Carter, Brian Skoloff and Scott Lindlaw in Washington contributed to this story.
1 hour, 37 minutes ago
By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO - Ash fell on the beach like snow and drivers turned on their headlights in the smoky daytime streets Monday as wildfires that have reduced entire neighborhoods to moonscapes skipped through the hills of Southern California and threatened 30,000 more homes.
California's deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade has destroyed at least 1,134 homes, killed at least 15 people and consumed more than 483,000 acres stretching from the Mexican border to the suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.
"This will be the most expensive fire in California history, both in loss of property and the cost of fighting it," said Dallas Jones, director of the state Office of Emergency Services.
The death toll jumped from 13 to 15 Monday after the bodies of two people were found on a road near San Diego.
Several people suffered burns and smoke inhalation, including eight hospitalized at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center. Two had burns over more than 55 percent of their bodies, spokeswoman Eileen Callahan said.
Managers of California's power grid estimated that 70,000 to 85,000 Southern California customers were without electricity because fires had damaged transmission lines.
A 90,000-acre wildfire that straddles the Los Angeles-Ventura county line began moving slowly toward million-dollar mansions in a gated community in Los Angeles. California Department of Forestry Battalion Chief Thomas Foley said that in a "worst-case scenario," the blaze could spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said his home near San Diego was among the hundreds damaged or destroyed. Further east, a small border crossing 70 miles from San Diego was closed as fire cut off roads leading to the U.S.-Mexico border, said Vince Bond of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
The dry, hot Santa Ana winds that have fanned the flames began to ease in some areas Monday, raising hopes that overwhelmed firefighters could make progress with the help of reinforcements on their way from other Western states. But the danger was still high.
The San Diego-area fires raced through chaparral and grass, sometimes sparing one home or one cluster of trees while destroying those around it.
"It would be disingenuous to say we have control of these fires. Right now we are throwing everything we can at them," Jones said. "It's such erratic conditions. These are still tremendously dangerous with very little control or containment."
President Bush designated the fire-stricken region a major disaster area, opening the door to grants, loans and other aid to residents and businesses in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties.
"This is a devastating fire and it's a dangerous fire. And we're prepared to help in any way we can," Bush said at the White House.
Gov. Gray Davis moved to activate the National Guard and summon help from neighboring states. He predicted the cost of the fires would be in the billions.
He toured the fire area in San Bernardino and saw "just homes reduced to rubble, charred belongings still sending off smoke."
He was followed later by Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had a fire briefing in Ventura County and praised work by firefighters.
He thanked Bush for swiftly declaring an emergency and said he would go to Washington on Tuesday to meet with federal officials "to make sure that the federal money will come through."
Across Southern California, the sun glowed red and smoke stung the eyes and lungs. Airport baggage handlers wore masks against the smoke and the ash dropping across the landscape.
"My eyes are burning right now something terrible," said 74-year-old Maury Glantz in San Diego, holding a towel over his mouth and nose. "I have to get out."
Even the primates at the San Diego Zoo went indoors to escape the misery. "Their lungs are built like ours so they can be affected by the smoke," said zoo spokeswoman Yadira Galindo.
Many of those who died in the wildfires ignored evacuation orders and were caught by flames because they waited until the last minute to flee, Sheriff Bill Kolender said.
"When you are asked to leave, do it immediately," he said. "Do not wait."
San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman said he was worried that three fires that incinerated 585 homes in San Diego County would merge into a super fire, pushing already strained resources to the breaking point.
A state of emergency was declared in the four stricken counties, where the fires had laid waste to entire blocks of homes, closed major highways, shuttered schools, disrupted air travel nationwide and sent people running for their lives.
People were urged to stay indoors because of the smoky air, and hospitals treated a number of people who complained of breathing trouble.
"You could almost smell the smoke and you could almost taste fire," said Leilani Baker, 46, of San Diego. She was sitting at a bus stop, her shoulders covered with ash.
Eleven people were killed by the so-called Cedar Fire, California's largest blaze at 150,000 acres. The fire was ignited Saturday near the mountain town of Julian when a lost hunter set off a signal fire, authorities said. The hunter may face charges.
In San Bernardino County, a blaze called the Old Fire has destroyed more than 450 homes. On Monday, the flames jumped a road and moved into the heavily forested small town of Crestline.
A major fire burning closer to Los Angeles is believed to have been started by arsonists.
"Those who start these fires are no better than domestic terrorists and should be dealt with as such," said Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.
The arsonists "have no idea how many lives they've ruined," said Trisha Mitchell, standing amid the debris that was once her childhood home in San Bernardino.
Days after running for her life from a fire that ripped through her San Bernardino neighborhood, Pati Wecker returned home in the Del Rosa area to find the only thing left standing of her house was an archway.
Across the street, a park with green grass and trees was untouched.
Digging through the ruins of her home, Wecker found an untouched porcelain angel and two beer steins. A burned photo album crumbled when she picked it up.
Her husband was killed in Vietnam and she raised her six children in the home that is known in the neighborhood as "Momma's House."
"They all said we will build another house," said Wecker, 69.
When the fire closed in, the only things she was able to get out of the house were her purse and a few clothes. "Everything in there, even my five cats," she said, pointing to the ruins. She was unable to get part of her dentures: "I don't even have my teeth."
___
Associated Press writers Ryan Pearson, Chelsea Carter, Brian Skoloff and Scott Lindlaw in Washington contributed to this story.
Good morning,
There is a new "Spin the Bottle" video clip in the Playhouse. It was originally shot as part of a custom video. As always, I LOVE doing custom vidoes!! You can look at my "customs" page and/ or contact videographer Mike Raffone at cuelvideo@hotmail.com for further info......
I came across this quote today and found it amusing:
"A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime." ~~ Mark Twain
Have a great day!! >^..^< -- XXOO Tanya
There is a new "Spin the Bottle" video clip in the Playhouse. It was originally shot as part of a custom video. As always, I LOVE doing custom vidoes!! You can look at my "customs" page and/ or contact videographer Mike Raffone at cuelvideo@hotmail.com for further info......
I came across this quote today and found it amusing:
"A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime." ~~ Mark Twain
Have a great day!! >^..^< -- XXOO Tanya
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Good evening,
I was just discussing Las Vegas with Joanne my webmaster. I think I may have said:
"I H-A-A-A-A-A-T-E Vegas. HAAAAAAATE it. People ask me if I'm a hooker when I'm walking around minding my own business. Vegas is the capital of disrespect. That's how I define it. It's built on greed and loss, and in recent years it's become the vacation destination of choice for people who can't handle their alcohol and drugs. I don't care who they are before they get there, but they descend to the level of the lowest common denominator when they arrive. Yuck, yuck, yuck."
Yep, I think that's what I said. Unfortunately Vegas has also become the destination of choice for many small adult production companies because Nevada has a much more hospitable business environment for small companies than California. For instance: if you operate a home business in California you can write off the square footage of space your desk occupies when you do your taxes. But not if you use that room for anything else. In Nevada you can write off a very sizable portion of your mortgage payment if you have a home business. AND.......there's no state income tax. There are many other financial advantages as well. Lots of adult companies are relocating to Vegas. They tend to set up shop near the Las Vegas Strip because it's fairly close to the airport and many of the best strip clubs, so they have an easy time getting models.
All right. My rant is over. I have to get it out of my system every time I have a trip to Vegas approaching. I'll be much better when I get home. -- XXOO Tanya
I was just discussing Las Vegas with Joanne my webmaster. I think I may have said:
"I H-A-A-A-A-A-T-E Vegas. HAAAAAAATE it. People ask me if I'm a hooker when I'm walking around minding my own business. Vegas is the capital of disrespect. That's how I define it. It's built on greed and loss, and in recent years it's become the vacation destination of choice for people who can't handle their alcohol and drugs. I don't care who they are before they get there, but they descend to the level of the lowest common denominator when they arrive. Yuck, yuck, yuck."
Yep, I think that's what I said. Unfortunately Vegas has also become the destination of choice for many small adult production companies because Nevada has a much more hospitable business environment for small companies than California. For instance: if you operate a home business in California you can write off the square footage of space your desk occupies when you do your taxes. But not if you use that room for anything else. In Nevada you can write off a very sizable portion of your mortgage payment if you have a home business. AND.......there's no state income tax. There are many other financial advantages as well. Lots of adult companies are relocating to Vegas. They tend to set up shop near the Las Vegas Strip because it's fairly close to the airport and many of the best strip clubs, so they have an easy time getting models.
All right. My rant is over. I have to get it out of my system every time I have a trip to Vegas approaching. I'll be much better when I get home. -- XXOO Tanya
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Thursday, October 23, 2003
I know I don't need Judge Scalia to set "Judeo-Christian moral standards" for me..................Do you?
Yahoo! News Thu, Oct 23, 2003
U.S. Government
Supreme Court - AP
Scalia Ridicules Court's Gay Sex Ruling
57 minutes ago
By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ridiculed his court's recent ruling legalizing gay sex, telling an audience of conservative activists Thursday that the ruling ignores the Constitution in favor of a modern, liberal sensibility.
The ruling, Scalia said, "held to be a constitutional right what had been a criminal offense at the time of the founding and for nearly 200 years thereafter."
Scalia adopted a mocking tone to read from the court's June ruling that struck down state antisodomy laws in Texas and elsewhere.
Scalia wrote a bitter dissent in the gay sex case that was longer than the ruling itself.
On Thursday, Scalia said judges, including his colleagues on the Supreme Court, throw over the original meaning of the Constitution when it suits them.
"Most of today's experts on the Constitution think the document written in Philadelphia in 1787 was simply an early attempt at the construction of what is called a liberal political order," Scalia told a gathering of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
"All that the person interpreting or applying that document has to do is to read up on the latest academic understanding of liberal political theory and interpolate these constitutional understandings into the constitutional text."
Scalia is a hero of conservatives who favor a strict adherence to the actual text of the Constitution.
The 50-year-old Intercollegiate Studies Institute is a private conservative education organization that sponsors lectures and conferences and scholarships. The group says its mission is to, "enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles — limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise and Judeo-Christian moral standards."
ISI draws much of its funding from conservative foundations, including three controlled by or associated with billionaire philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, a vehement critic of former President Clinton.
Scalia spoke after standing with some 800 others to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Supreme Court announced last week that it will hear a case testing the constitutionality of the current version of the pledge as it is recited in public schools and that Scalia will not take part.
Scalia apparently sidelined himself because of remarks he made earlier this year critical of a lower court ruling in the case. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had found the pledge was unconstitutional in public school classroom because of the phrase, "one nation, under God."
The Supreme Court could decide to strip the words "under God" from the patriotic oath or rule that the mention of God does not violate the notion of separation of church and state.
Yahoo! News Thu, Oct 23, 2003
U.S. Government
Supreme Court - AP
Scalia Ridicules Court's Gay Sex Ruling
57 minutes ago
By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ridiculed his court's recent ruling legalizing gay sex, telling an audience of conservative activists Thursday that the ruling ignores the Constitution in favor of a modern, liberal sensibility.
The ruling, Scalia said, "held to be a constitutional right what had been a criminal offense at the time of the founding and for nearly 200 years thereafter."
Scalia adopted a mocking tone to read from the court's June ruling that struck down state antisodomy laws in Texas and elsewhere.
Scalia wrote a bitter dissent in the gay sex case that was longer than the ruling itself.
On Thursday, Scalia said judges, including his colleagues on the Supreme Court, throw over the original meaning of the Constitution when it suits them.
"Most of today's experts on the Constitution think the document written in Philadelphia in 1787 was simply an early attempt at the construction of what is called a liberal political order," Scalia told a gathering of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
"All that the person interpreting or applying that document has to do is to read up on the latest academic understanding of liberal political theory and interpolate these constitutional understandings into the constitutional text."
Scalia is a hero of conservatives who favor a strict adherence to the actual text of the Constitution.
The 50-year-old Intercollegiate Studies Institute is a private conservative education organization that sponsors lectures and conferences and scholarships. The group says its mission is to, "enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles — limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise and Judeo-Christian moral standards."
ISI draws much of its funding from conservative foundations, including three controlled by or associated with billionaire philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, a vehement critic of former President Clinton.
Scalia spoke after standing with some 800 others to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Supreme Court announced last week that it will hear a case testing the constitutionality of the current version of the pledge as it is recited in public schools and that Scalia will not take part.
Scalia apparently sidelined himself because of remarks he made earlier this year critical of a lower court ruling in the case. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had found the pledge was unconstitutional in public school classroom because of the phrase, "one nation, under God."
The Supreme Court could decide to strip the words "under God" from the patriotic oath or rule that the mention of God does not violate the notion of separation of church and state.
Good morning,
I'd be curious to know what the back of my jacket says in today's Photo of the Day. That jacket doesn't look like something that belonged to me, nor something that belonged to anyone else I knew or know. It's bugging me right now because it feels like it's just at the edge of my memory. Don't you hate that?? That jacket has a story. It will probably come to me at some point today.........
In any case, if you have a moment please proceed to my "links" page and click on the banners for either meanbitches.com or ashtonmoore.com. Meanbitches.com is more of a specialized taste, but ashtonmoore.com is geared to lovers of blondes with large breasts. Have a great day!!-- XXOO Tanya
I'd be curious to know what the back of my jacket says in today's Photo of the Day. That jacket doesn't look like something that belonged to me, nor something that belonged to anyone else I knew or know. It's bugging me right now because it feels like it's just at the edge of my memory. Don't you hate that?? That jacket has a story. It will probably come to me at some point today.........
In any case, if you have a moment please proceed to my "links" page and click on the banners for either meanbitches.com or ashtonmoore.com. Meanbitches.com is more of a specialized taste, but ashtonmoore.com is geared to lovers of blondes with large breasts. Have a great day!!-- XXOO Tanya
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
'Rerun' Berry Dies at Age 52
Oct 22, 6:50 PM EST
Fred Berry, the bulb-shaped, squeaky-voiced actor famous for playing red-beret-wearing Rerun on the 1970s TV sitcom "What's Happening!" has died at age 52, police said Wednesday.
Berry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of apparent natural causes, police Officer Jason Lee said. The county coroner was investigating the exact nature of the death, but friends said Berry had been in ill health due to a recent stroke.
He wore his red beret and suspenders in real life, and it was unclear whether he originally brought his own style to the character of Rerun or whether he was forever mimicking the character that made him famous.
Rerun was a 1970s version of latter-day goofball TV characters like Steve Urkel from "Family Matters": loud, a little whiny, a little dim and definitely geeky. "What's Happening!", which ran from 1976-1979, focused on three teenage friends — Rerun, Raj and Dwayne — who learn about life, women and trouble while growing up in Los Angeles.
Among the more famous episodes was one in which Rerun joined a bizarre cult and another in which he got busted for making bootlegged tapes of a Doobie Brothers concert.
The name Rerun, according to Berry, referred to the character's brainlessness: In the summer, he had to rerun all the classes he failed during the school year.
Berry's success on the show was clouded by his heavy use of marijuana and cocaine. "There were dealers right there in the studio, people that worked there," he said in 1996. "In the '70s, it was like that on a lot of TV shows. It was the Hollywood lifestyle then. Everybody was doing it."
By the time "What's Happening!" ended, Berry said he had blown more than a million dollars on drugs, cars, homes and an airplane. With no acting jobs heading his way, Berry tried to live off his fame by charging to appear at shopping malls.
Even later in life, he was still cashing in: lately, he earned money by calling fans on the telephone with the service www.HollywoodIsCalli ng.com. About $30 would earn a fan a 30 second call.
Berry's love life was another complication. He married a dancer while in his 20s, and the two divorced, remarried and divorced again. Berry repeated that performance with his second wife, whom he married and divorced twice (most recently in 1991). He also married and divorced two other women.
Rerun brought Berry another brief moment of success in 1985, when "What's Happening!" was revived as the syndicated "What's Happening Now!" Berry quit in a contract dispute after the first season and the show ended in 1987.
By 1986, Berry says, he abandoned drugs and started to speak at churches, schools and other groups, finally working as a minister in Madison, Ala., at the New Shiloh Church Ministry.
He was still dabbling in show business. Berry recently appeared on the TV shows "Star Dates" on the E! Entertainment Network, MTV's "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" with Snoop Dogg and in a cameo role in the David Spade comedy film "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star."
Funeral services were unclear late Wednesday.
Oct 22, 6:50 PM EST
Fred Berry, the bulb-shaped, squeaky-voiced actor famous for playing red-beret-wearing Rerun on the 1970s TV sitcom "What's Happening!" has died at age 52, police said Wednesday.
Berry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of apparent natural causes, police Officer Jason Lee said. The county coroner was investigating the exact nature of the death, but friends said Berry had been in ill health due to a recent stroke.
He wore his red beret and suspenders in real life, and it was unclear whether he originally brought his own style to the character of Rerun or whether he was forever mimicking the character that made him famous.
Rerun was a 1970s version of latter-day goofball TV characters like Steve Urkel from "Family Matters": loud, a little whiny, a little dim and definitely geeky. "What's Happening!", which ran from 1976-1979, focused on three teenage friends — Rerun, Raj and Dwayne — who learn about life, women and trouble while growing up in Los Angeles.
Among the more famous episodes was one in which Rerun joined a bizarre cult and another in which he got busted for making bootlegged tapes of a Doobie Brothers concert.
The name Rerun, according to Berry, referred to the character's brainlessness: In the summer, he had to rerun all the classes he failed during the school year.
Berry's success on the show was clouded by his heavy use of marijuana and cocaine. "There were dealers right there in the studio, people that worked there," he said in 1996. "In the '70s, it was like that on a lot of TV shows. It was the Hollywood lifestyle then. Everybody was doing it."
By the time "What's Happening!" ended, Berry said he had blown more than a million dollars on drugs, cars, homes and an airplane. With no acting jobs heading his way, Berry tried to live off his fame by charging to appear at shopping malls.
Even later in life, he was still cashing in: lately, he earned money by calling fans on the telephone with the service www.HollywoodIsCalli ng.com. About $30 would earn a fan a 30 second call.
Berry's love life was another complication. He married a dancer while in his 20s, and the two divorced, remarried and divorced again. Berry repeated that performance with his second wife, whom he married and divorced twice (most recently in 1991). He also married and divorced two other women.
Rerun brought Berry another brief moment of success in 1985, when "What's Happening!" was revived as the syndicated "What's Happening Now!" Berry quit in a contract dispute after the first season and the show ended in 1987.
By 1986, Berry says, he abandoned drugs and started to speak at churches, schools and other groups, finally working as a minister in Madison, Ala., at the New Shiloh Church Ministry.
He was still dabbling in show business. Berry recently appeared on the TV shows "Star Dates" on the E! Entertainment Network, MTV's "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" with Snoop Dogg and in a cameo role in the David Spade comedy film "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star."
Funeral services were unclear late Wednesday.
Hello,
So now you have had a full day to check out the 3 Ashton Moore galleries added yesterday- very, very hot! No, I'm not done with them yet either..........However, there is a BONUS catfight update added to the Playhouse today which features me fighting the beautiful and estimable Venus Delight!! Please enjoy this week's special no-holds-barred BONUS treat-- XXOO Tanya
So now you have had a full day to check out the 3 Ashton Moore galleries added yesterday- very, very hot! No, I'm not done with them yet either..........However, there is a BONUS catfight update added to the Playhouse today which features me fighting the beautiful and estimable Venus Delight!! Please enjoy this week's special no-holds-barred BONUS treat-- XXOO Tanya
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Monday, October 20, 2003
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Hello-- There is a great new photoset of me and the beautiful Carolyn Monroe wearing sexy black stockings, garter belts, and traditional full-back panties. They were shot a few weeks ago during a custom video shoot. Please enjoy them!
By the way, please also click on "custom video" on the toolbar above to get info. on how to get your own super-hot custom video. Have a great Sunday!!-- XXOO Tanya
By the way, please also click on "custom video" on the toolbar above to get info. on how to get your own super-hot custom video. Have a great Sunday!!-- XXOO Tanya
Saturday, October 18, 2003
Hello,
Here's an observation from Ron Silver who will be starring in a TV show called "Skin" which revolves to some extent around the porno world. Evidently he visited a few porno sets to presumably get more insight into his role. (Yeah, right!- hehe)
"Everyone in the industry is a star," he says, "there don't seem to be any bit players."
Funny, I've been thinking that for years now as the term "porn star" has become increasingly ubiquitous. When I was a kid I remember riding in the back of my Mom's station wagon going to Tommaso's Restaurant which was located in the "red-light district" of San Francisco. I'd stare at the huge promo posters outside the theatres which featured the "stars" of the day. They were the luminaries of the industry at a time when there were no video cameras and there wasn't nearly as much porn around. (And you had to go to a theatre and watch the movies there. How weird is that?)
I always roll my eyes at the use of the word "star" when it's used to refer to anything other than a celestial body, but in the theatre years of porno, as I like to call them, there seemed to be only a handful of folks who appeared in most of the productions. Their names actually brought a bit of cachet to the films. Sounds ridiculous, but I can remember Seka being quite a celebrity in the pornohouses and skin magazines of yore. She was very famous. Now, with the sheer volume of porno that is produced worldwide, and the large number of adult performers in the industry it is kind of ironic that they are all "stars."
It's not ironic in a bad way, but it's just something I've reflected on here and there, and Ron Silver is the first person I've run across that seems to share my sentiments on this very unimportant issue. -- XXOO Tanya
Here's an observation from Ron Silver who will be starring in a TV show called "Skin" which revolves to some extent around the porno world. Evidently he visited a few porno sets to presumably get more insight into his role. (Yeah, right!- hehe)
"Everyone in the industry is a star," he says, "there don't seem to be any bit players."
Funny, I've been thinking that for years now as the term "porn star" has become increasingly ubiquitous. When I was a kid I remember riding in the back of my Mom's station wagon going to Tommaso's Restaurant which was located in the "red-light district" of San Francisco. I'd stare at the huge promo posters outside the theatres which featured the "stars" of the day. They were the luminaries of the industry at a time when there were no video cameras and there wasn't nearly as much porn around. (And you had to go to a theatre and watch the movies there. How weird is that?)
I always roll my eyes at the use of the word "star" when it's used to refer to anything other than a celestial body, but in the theatre years of porno, as I like to call them, there seemed to be only a handful of folks who appeared in most of the productions. Their names actually brought a bit of cachet to the films. Sounds ridiculous, but I can remember Seka being quite a celebrity in the pornohouses and skin magazines of yore. She was very famous. Now, with the sheer volume of porno that is produced worldwide, and the large number of adult performers in the industry it is kind of ironic that they are all "stars."
It's not ironic in a bad way, but it's just something I've reflected on here and there, and Ron Silver is the first person I've run across that seems to share my sentiments on this very unimportant issue. -- XXOO Tanya
Here's a news story from Yahoo. I just thought I'd post it up here as a reminder/ tribute to the American soldiers who are still fighting and dying for our country in the Mideast. The news focus has kind of shifted away from there recently, so I just wanted to post this story as a tribute to their heroism. All members of the military fighting this battle are very much in my thoughts and heart. Many kisses, hugs, and tons of gratitude to all of you.............
When the 100th U.S. soldier died in combat since President Bush (news - web sites) declared victory in Iraq (news - web sites) nearly six months ago, the grim statistic laid bare how deadly Iraq has become even after the war.
Latest news:
· Islamic nations pledge to fight terrorism, soft-pedal on Iraq, Mideast
AFP - 14 minutes ago
· Four U.S. Military Police Killed in Iraq Attacks
Reuters - 18 minutes ago
· Senate Turns Half of Iraq Aid Into Loans
AP - 19 minutes ago
Special Coverage
It also marked the biggest U.S. combat loss in a peacekeeping operation since an ill-fated intervention in the Lebanon conflict 20 years ago. That involvement ended in 1983 after an explosive-laden truck rammed into a U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 servicemen.
Somalia, Kosovo, Panama, Granada, Afghanistan (news - web sites) and the first Gulf war (news - web sites), in which 147 Americans died, have not taken the overall toll on American lives that the present Iraq conflict has exacted.
As well as the 101 soldiers who have died in combat since the war was formally declared over by Bush on May 1, another 97 have died in so-called non-hostile action -- accidents, friendly fire, illness and suicides.
In the war itself, 115 U.S. troops died in combat and 23 in non-hostile actions, making a total of 336 dead for U.S. forces since they invaded on March 20.
"It's just frustrating. It's not traditional warfare, You've got no known enemy. No military target." said Specialist Joshuah Thompson, 23, with the 720th Military Police Battalionin Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s home town of Tikrit.
"I think the people are ungrateful. They still attack us. We bring them freedom and they're still trying to kill us."
WAYS OF DEATH SIMPLE AND DIRECT
The ways of death are brutally simple and direct, a far cry from the high-tech warfare favored by the United States.
A mortar bomb here, a rocket propelled grenade there, a burst of AK-47 fire -- and most deadly of all -- the dreaded IED or "Improvised Explosive Device," military jargon for a home made bomb.
Hung from a tree, buried by a roadside, detonated by a toy car remote control or a timer, the IED is the most feared of the weapons used by the collection of Saddam loyalists and al Qaeda followers blamed by the U.S. military for the death toll.
"There is not much you can do about them," said Private First Class William Jelks, 19, of Houston, who mans a 50-caliber machinegun on top of a Humvee, a favored vehicle for patrols.
"About all you can do is look for them."
U.S. troops have taken to reinforcing their Humvees with more armor plating but even this is little protection in an IED attack where plastic explosives and mortar bombs are linked in a "daisy chain."
Troops say that attackers rarely worry them with gunfire.
"I haven't seen any gunshot wounds in a long time, maybe two months. The wounds are all these RPGs and shrapnel from IEDs," said Major William Marzullo, El Paso, Texas, senior medical officer for the First Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
"I wasn't expecting all these home-made bombs."
Lt. Col. James Cassella, a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman, said U.S. troops in Iraq face "a low-intensity conflict" that will last "for some time."
Staff Sergeant Ronnie Stewart, 35, Shreveport, Louisiana, said the mounting casualty toll and particularly the figure of 100 dead was at last bringing home to some troops that the United States was in Iraq for the long haul.
"I can say that the younger soldiers had their minds geared to the end of their tours in Iraq," he said.
"I think they didn't understand that this is an ongoing process. I think for a lot of soldiers it has come as a shock. Reality has just now set in for them." (Additional reporting by Ian Simpson in Iraq, and Will Dunham in Washington)
-- With much love to our proud, brave military--- XXOO Tanya
When the 100th U.S. soldier died in combat since President Bush (news - web sites) declared victory in Iraq (news - web sites) nearly six months ago, the grim statistic laid bare how deadly Iraq has become even after the war.
Latest news:
· Islamic nations pledge to fight terrorism, soft-pedal on Iraq, Mideast
AFP - 14 minutes ago
· Four U.S. Military Police Killed in Iraq Attacks
Reuters - 18 minutes ago
· Senate Turns Half of Iraq Aid Into Loans
AP - 19 minutes ago
Special Coverage
It also marked the biggest U.S. combat loss in a peacekeeping operation since an ill-fated intervention in the Lebanon conflict 20 years ago. That involvement ended in 1983 after an explosive-laden truck rammed into a U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 servicemen.
Somalia, Kosovo, Panama, Granada, Afghanistan (news - web sites) and the first Gulf war (news - web sites), in which 147 Americans died, have not taken the overall toll on American lives that the present Iraq conflict has exacted.
As well as the 101 soldiers who have died in combat since the war was formally declared over by Bush on May 1, another 97 have died in so-called non-hostile action -- accidents, friendly fire, illness and suicides.
In the war itself, 115 U.S. troops died in combat and 23 in non-hostile actions, making a total of 336 dead for U.S. forces since they invaded on March 20.
"It's just frustrating. It's not traditional warfare, You've got no known enemy. No military target." said Specialist Joshuah Thompson, 23, with the 720th Military Police Battalionin Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s home town of Tikrit.
"I think the people are ungrateful. They still attack us. We bring them freedom and they're still trying to kill us."
WAYS OF DEATH SIMPLE AND DIRECT
The ways of death are brutally simple and direct, a far cry from the high-tech warfare favored by the United States.
A mortar bomb here, a rocket propelled grenade there, a burst of AK-47 fire -- and most deadly of all -- the dreaded IED or "Improvised Explosive Device," military jargon for a home made bomb.
Hung from a tree, buried by a roadside, detonated by a toy car remote control or a timer, the IED is the most feared of the weapons used by the collection of Saddam loyalists and al Qaeda followers blamed by the U.S. military for the death toll.
"There is not much you can do about them," said Private First Class William Jelks, 19, of Houston, who mans a 50-caliber machinegun on top of a Humvee, a favored vehicle for patrols.
"About all you can do is look for them."
U.S. troops have taken to reinforcing their Humvees with more armor plating but even this is little protection in an IED attack where plastic explosives and mortar bombs are linked in a "daisy chain."
Troops say that attackers rarely worry them with gunfire.
"I haven't seen any gunshot wounds in a long time, maybe two months. The wounds are all these RPGs and shrapnel from IEDs," said Major William Marzullo, El Paso, Texas, senior medical officer for the First Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
"I wasn't expecting all these home-made bombs."
Lt. Col. James Cassella, a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman, said U.S. troops in Iraq face "a low-intensity conflict" that will last "for some time."
Staff Sergeant Ronnie Stewart, 35, Shreveport, Louisiana, said the mounting casualty toll and particularly the figure of 100 dead was at last bringing home to some troops that the United States was in Iraq for the long haul.
"I can say that the younger soldiers had their minds geared to the end of their tours in Iraq," he said.
"I think they didn't understand that this is an ongoing process. I think for a lot of soldiers it has come as a shock. Reality has just now set in for them." (Additional reporting by Ian Simpson in Iraq, and Will Dunham in Washington)
-- With much love to our proud, brave military--- XXOO Tanya
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Good evening,
Today's Photo of the Day was taken around 1996 or so. I used to mail it out to members of my mail-order club around that time, usually on their birthdays. Interesting how new technology changes things. The Internet totally eclipsed my mail-order business. Have a great night! -- XXOO Tanya
Today's Photo of the Day was taken around 1996 or so. I used to mail it out to members of my mail-order club around that time, usually on their birthdays. Interesting how new technology changes things. The Internet totally eclipsed my mail-order business. Have a great night! -- XXOO Tanya
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
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