Training Session with Marc & co

As I wrote in the hot news a while ago I'm in the process of collecting material from our star models like Brandon Manillow or Marc Vidal. They're helping George to prepare new recruits for shooting, so they're filming the boys as they train. We're calling these new videos "Training Sessions." Marc and Brandon each gave me a few samples of their work. I hope you'll like them even though the quality of the videos are, naturally, not on a par with the ones George shoots with Marty.

Photosession with Ricky Martinez

During the summer we let two different photographers shoot a few photosets with our models. The idea was to try to photograph our models from an outside perspective. We invited Jorgen from Germany and Michael from Australia. Both of them had a chance to shoot indoors as well as outdoors. They shot in our studio and on locations we've already used for our own filming. Michael was trying to shoot in the BelAmi style, using elements of his own imagination. These photosets all finish with a cum shot.

The moment Ricky arrived in our office the morning of the photoshoot I knew we'd have a problem. He looked really terrible He was completely exhausted. He said he didn't sleep much. I was very close to canceling this photosession. But we didn't have a plan B. I asked him what exactly happened. Seems that the night before, he went out with his friends for a few beers. On their way back home a bunch of guys, armed with baseball sticks and knives, tried to rob them. Ricky - Mr. Tough Guy - started to fight to protect his friends. Everybody ended up at the police station. Luckily nothing very bad happened to any of them except Ricky wound up with a black eye. Make up artists can do miracles! I think if I didn't tell you, you wouldn't notice it in my clip. Enjoy.

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Photosession with Todd Rosset

During the summer we let two different photographers shoot a few photosets with our models. The idea was to try to photograph our models from an outside perspective. We invited Jorgen from Germany and Michael from Australia. Both of them had a chance to shoot indoors as well as outdoors. They were using our studio and locations we've already used for our filming. Of the two, Jorgen's work was closer to what we need right now. It's always good to have such pictures for the boys to show to their parents, to stop the annoying questions about their "modeling work." Michael was trying to shoot in the BelAmi style, using elements of his own imagination. Michael's photosets all finish with a cum shot.

For the Todd's photosession we gave Jorgen a wonderful location in Slovakia.
He was amazed. It was exactly a kind of place he likes a lot. He made some very nice pictures with Todd and Josh. The whole shooting was pleasant and easy. Jorgen used almost every inch of the location. Unfortunately I donÂ1t have any pictures of Todd right now, but soon I'll show you samples of Jorgen's work in the Journal about Josh's photosession.

Training session Marc & co.

As I wrote in the hot news a while ago I'm in the process of collecting material from our star models like Brandon Manillow or Marc Vidal. They're helping George to prepare new recruits for shooting, so they're filming the boys as they train. We're calling these new videos "Training Sessions." Marc and Brandon each gave me a few samples of their work. I hope you'll like them even though the quality of the videos are, naturally, not on a par with the ones George shoots with Marty.

Book signing in Munich

Lukas, Sebastian and I went to Munich in October. Bruno Gmuender organized a booksigning hour at their new shop. As usual I filmed the entire event The store was fully crowded with Bel Ami fans. Champagne was served, nice music played from the speakers. To put it simply, everyone was in a good mood. Besides the basic stuff like books, calendars and DVDs, Lukas and Sebastian signed a few bellies and one toilet cover. After the signing there was a small press conference in a dining room at the hotel. My camera didn't like the place very much. I did my best to set up an appropriate exposure. I made a clip which is an extract of the main event and a few interesting Q&A's. In the evening we went to very famous beer pub where we ate typical local food and had a couple of beers. We happened to be there during the world-famous "Octoberfest." We liked this trip a lot. We had a lot of fun and met many new friends. Enjoy the clip and please give me some feedback in the forum!!

Entry 8. Waking-up time

Oh dear! I forgot to give you one of my Brazilian Journals. I found it just now while preparing some new material. It's a clip from a typical morning on location. The boys are in deep sleep, they don't want to wake up. As always, I'm interested in knowing who has a morning erection. Most of them are happy to show me what's hidden under the covers, some of them are not like Brandon. There's also Mark who had a birthday the previous night.
He is so happy that we ate his birthday cake and didn't leave a single piece for him...

Entry 7. Departure

This is a very short clip from the airport right before we left Brazil. Some of the boys were sitting quietly and others, like Kimani and Davy, couldn't stay still. They were filming people from the trolley.

We will miss this beautiful country very much. I can tell you that it was only our first trip to Brazil. We'll certainly be back.

Commentary to the pictures

Here's a second selection of pictures from Brazil. You can see our boys
resting, kayaking and reading.

Roman Chaykin likes to play with a bottle!!

Kimani is recording everything happening on the set for his private collection. Taking a wild guess, he must have shot at least 15 hours of footage! That's much more than I did, for God's sake..

The boys also found horseback riding very interesting.

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Entry 6. Eli & Bolek

I am a big voyeur and I like to catch someone doing something in private. On Tuesday morning I was outside with our boys watching them playing in the ocean. Five minutes later Eli and Bolek disappeared. Where did they go? I followed them to their room and surprised them exactly when they started to cuddle. They didn't mind my presence, so I shot this videoclip.

Entry 5. Toa Toa

On Wednesday we explored the area surrounding our small city and checked out several beaches. Later that day we had lunch in a typical Brazilian restaurant, a "rodizio." This was somethingâ?1the boys could eat as much as they wanted. And you know they're big eaters.

In the afternoon we visited one place called Toa Toa. It's a beach with a big space where you can dance. When we entered, a lot of tourists mixed with locals were dancing and repeating the steps after the leader calling out the moves from the stage. I didn't have to ask my boys to join this party. They immediately started to dance and in a second they possessed the dance floor.
In the middle of the dance floor was a shower to refresh the dancers. I couldn't convince our boys to go back to our hotel. They only wanted to keep dancing and they didn't care about anything else. I wanna go back to being as careless and spontaneous as they are. It's more fun than being "management!"

While we were dancing at the Toa Toa beach, Mark and Brandon visited an native Indian village to shoot a footage for the opening to the one of the filmed scenes in Brazil. The boys spent two days hunting, eating and sleeping exactly as do the Indians. Now the boys are obsessed with painting their faces every day and living off the land ...

Okay, don't get all worked up. It sounds interesting, but I'm only joking.
The reality is Brandon and Mark had fun on the visit to the village and
really liked the Indians themselves.

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Entry 4. Jerking off

I always have my camera with me. George gave me some instructions to give to our new model Kimani. (He is half-Czech, half-Cuban, born in the Czech Republic. He filmed for other companies, but since George wanted to add a dark-skinned model to the BelAmi mix, when he met Kimani George invited him to go along with us to Brazil.) I went to his bungalow and he was sitting all alone downstairs playing with his Playstation.

Me: "Hi Kimani! What are you doing? Why are you alone? Where's everyone else?"

Kimani: "Karel and Ruslan went upstairs. They said they were going to rest.
I thought it was strange; they were whispering to each other and smiling.
And then they left. They don't usually rest during the day."

Me: "I'll check it out."

I went upstairs and, of course, they weren't resting. I filmed what I saw.
When I thought everything was over, Kimani came upstairs and got horny from what he just saw. He had to play with himself. When you see what he has to play with, you'll wonder why he needs Playstation.
Enjoy the clip.

Entry 3. Capoeira

Our friend and photographer Benno Thoma met two local beauties on the beach.
He made some portrait pictures with them. But they weren't only cute. When he asked them what their hobbies were, they answered: "Capoeira!" So Benno offered them a small job to teach the BelAmi models and crew some basic moves of this interesting dance/sport/fighting technique (I'm not sure what to call it). Maybe you already know from his casting session, Eli Rogers studies and teaches capoeira in Slovakia. It was his dream to go to Brazil but he never thought he'd actually get there. I think that through the whole trip it didn't actually sink in that he was really there. Anyway, it was the thrill of his lifetime to do capoeira in Brazil with real Brazilians.

I personally liked to watch Mark Aubrey's dancing skills. It reminded me of Saint Vitus' Dance. He is a very good comedian. Brandon Manilow is a natural talent, he can do everything well. Everyone pushed me to also try it. Our boys are no comparison to the locals. Their bodies are like rubber. We can just move to the rhythm, they feel it from deep inside them.

As a sidelight to this story, the town we were staying in was pretty small.
We didn't exactly advertise what kind of work we were doing, but we came to realize that most people knew. Probably the people who worked in the pousada (that's the Brazilian word for the kind of hotel we were in) told their friends who then told others ... The two Capoeira boys would come and visit us from time to time just to hang out with us on the beach in front of our hotel. Neither they, nor anyone else seemed to care that we were filming gay porn.

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Entry 2. Water park

To take our boys to any water park in the world is like giving lollipops to children. It's the easiest way to make them happy. And it doesn't cost a fortune. The other positive aspect is that their day off from shooting passes very quickly. On this particular outing they sampled every possible attraction in the water park. Watch the clip!

Entry 1. Overview clip

We went to Brazil with the hopes of making an entire movie in two weeks. We planned the trip at a time when we were told the weather is consistently beautiful and not rainy. While we were there, out of 14 days, it rained for eight. And also, one morning almost everyone woke up with the flu and we had to call for a doctor. In Brazil they still make house-calls! So you see we couldn't do an entire movie.
Instead, we shot quite a few full episodes and a handful of documentary-style episodes to use in other projects. This entry contains a sample documentary clip which shows you a little overview of the boys activities, besides filming. You can watch them surfing, kayaking, horseback riding, and of course, their #1 favorite, suntanning.

Here we also have a short interview with Marty Stevens who explains in which places he spent the most time while he was in Brazil: bedrooms, bathrooms, hallways, the food tables, or in living areas. He almost never was on the beach or near a pool! Then you can see a motorcycle riding around on the beach. Marty's reaction is: "Nothing unusual". There are also many cars and big trucks driving on this beach all the way to Rio. You'll also see me asking Troy Allen some questions. One of his answers is "20 or more". That's his response when I ask him what's the sun-protection-factor of the lotion he's using.

Some of the boys tried oysters. Mark tells his story. Two years ago he went for a holiday with George and tried oysters. They spent 2 days in the hotel room with diarrhea. How nice.

My Brazilian Journal will have seven clips in all. Some of them include erotic content. The material is documentary, funny and sexy. Enjoy!

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Brazilian Journal

Before we go to a new location to shoot, George always explores the place very carefully. For years he wanted to film in Brazil. He invited his friend, the photographer Benno Thoma, who has already collaborated with us on several projects over the past few years, to travel with him to that beautiful country and do some location scouting. They went for two weeks in October, 2004, and returned amazed at the natural beauty and infinite possibilities. They had no problem securing places to shoot. Benno took some pictures of the people and the places to give us an idea of the atmosphere there. Here1s a small sample. My complete Brazilian Journal will start next week.

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Tommy trophy

Tommy Hansen puts us in a difficult position. Right in the middle of our discussions with him begging him not to appear on the Czech "Big Brother" show, he was named "Porn Star of the Year" by the readers of UK's Zipper magazine. Zipper sent the trophy to him so that Marty Stevens could shoot the photo which will appear on the cover of the magazine. He was really happy about this prize. It was perfect for his already inflated ego.

This situation feels like we are parents and Tommy is our child who has done something we really don't like. He's still our baby and even though we're upset, we still care. In reality, we can't come out too strongly against him in public because we have more movies and photosets already filmed which we're not going to just throw away.

The latest update with Big Brother is that last night a fortune teller came into their house and told everyone's fortunes. When it was Tommy's turn, she said, "You will have big problems when you finish with this show!" He said, 'That's exactly what I didn't want to hear!" We swear we didn't put her up to it!

In the meantime, here are a few of the pictures we sent to Zipper so they could select what they want to use on the cover.

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Fashion photoshoot for GQ Italy - Part 2 Gypsy

The Italian version of the world-famous GQ magazine asked us to supply a few models for their summer issue. First they only wanted blond-haired boys. Later on they also wanted to see dark-haired boys also. In the end they made two different photoshoots. One was called "Camping" (see my last weeks Journal) and the other was in a "Gypsy" style. The first day of shooting there was terrible weather. Luckily, the next day the sun came out. The photographer, Michael Roberts (who made the pictures last year for Interview Magazine), promised that he would send me some sample shots soon. I don't have them in my hands yet. I made two short video clips and some documentary pictures. Here is part 2- Gypsy.

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Fashion photoshoot for GQ Italy Part 1 - Camping

The Italian version of the world-famous GQ magazine asked us to supply a few models for their summer issue. First they only wanted blond-haired boys. Later on they also wanted to see dark-haired boys also. In the end they made two different photoshoots. One was called "Camping," and the other was in a "Gypsy" style. The first day of shooting there was terrible weather. Luckily, the next day the sun came out. The photographer, Michael Roberts (who made the pictures last year for Interview Magazine), promised that he would send me some sample shots soon. I don't have them in my hands yet. I made two short video clips and some documentary pictures. Here is part 1- camping.

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Erotic Hypnotic tour - Phase 2

After the street Gay Pride the boys went to the CafA© de Paris. Bel Ami dancers did their final rehearsal while the technicians set up the lights.
Every detail had to be perfect. Some of the boys started to get nervous with butterflies in their stomachs.
When the club opened to the public, some of the boys were standing at the front door greeting the guests. Everyone who entered got a BelAmi cum towel as a present. Four (non-BelAmi) models were go-go dancing on platforms in the corners.

The boys were hanging out in a private VIP room, decorated to look like a French bordello, all decorated in red: walls, drapes, bedspreads ...
Word spread through the club that the boys were there and after a while this supposed-to-be-private room seemed to be more crowded than the dance floor.
People were just sitting an gawking at the boys as they changed into their costumes or sat while the choreographer doubled as hair-dresser and make-up artist. Finally we threw everyone not connected with the show out of the room and posted a guard at the door. That didn't stop people from trying to enter. They used every excuse in the book to get past the guard and were really bent out of shape when they weren't permitted to come in. The guard said, "The boys are preparing for the show." One fan snapped back, "They should have prepared at home before they came to the club."

Around 9 p.m. the club was jammed. The energy on the dance floor was peaking. It was time to blast out the show. Some of our boys, like Ethan Clarke and Giorgio Carrera, were trained dancers. Others, like Brian Bennet and Tommy Hansen, were "naturals." They had the most actual dancing to do.
The others were used in pairs as go-go boys, doing ultra-sexy moves on the raised platforms. In rehearsal, the "sexy-boys" were reserved and held back.
The choreographer worried if they could do what was expected. But when they got in front of the audience they were rubbing and bumping and gyrating and dry-humping each other like their lives depended on it. All of our guys were fantastic performers.

At the end of the short show glittering confetti fell from the ceiling as the crowd applauded and cheered for a long time. I'm sure the patrons would have given our boys a standing ovation if they weren't already standing. To help those who couldn't breathe after what they saw, our boys threw packets with circular discs inside to the audience at the end of this "curtain call." The patrons could use the discs to fan themselves and lower the heat generated by our sexy dancers.

I wish I was there to see our boys disciplined and in a good mood. Although I mostly told you about the good parts, not everything having to do with the event went smoothly. We learned a lot from doing this try-out and now we know what to do the next time to make it all even better.

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Erotic Hypnotic tour - Phase 1

Most of you already know that the premiere of Bel Ami's Erotic Hypnotic Dance Tour was in the CafA© de Paris in London on Sunday, July 31. If you didn't hear anything about it beforehand, it's because we didn't do a lot of publicity. This show was really the try-out, to see if the idea would work and how it would go. I can safely tell you that it worked and it went.
Here's the scoop:

Jonathon, the manager of our web site office in Prague, had an idea to do promotion for our movies a slightly different way. Instead of promoting an individual movie, we'd promote BelAmi as a company, as a "brand." How to do
this: by getting some boys to perform sexy dance routines in gay discos in various cities in Europe and, visas permitting, America.

We hired a talented choreographer and held auditions, inviting 30 boys to show us what they could do with their clothes ON. Eventually we whittled it down to 10 as the core group of BelAmi dancers. The lucky ones were (in alphabetical order): Brian Bennet, Giorgio Carrera, Sascha Chaykin, Ethan Clarke, Tommy Hansen, Brandon Manillow, Swen Olafsson, Jason Paradis, Liam Phoenix and Danny Saradon.

After many hours of hard training and sweaty T-shirts we felt the boys had come along far enough to try them out in public. Jonathon made contact with the CafA© de Paris' owners who agreed to let the boys strut their stuff on 31 July when London would be busy with gay pride.

On Saturday morning 30 July the boys arrived in London, drained from getting up at the crack of dawn for the early morning flight. After a short rest at the hotel they had a costume check. In the afternoon they attended SOHO's Gay Pride and did two appearances on street stages. They were very charming, taking pictures with fans, giving autographs, spreading our flyers and, of course, taking off their (by now cleaned) T-shirts.

To be sure we'd have enough documentary material from these events we asked Sebastian and Lukas to tag along and shoot as much material as they could.
Most of the boys on this tour were attending their first public event, and Lukas, and old hand at it, was impressed and satisfied with the boys' attitude. They were relaxed and happy when they were recognized on the street. The owners of the CafA© de Paris arranged limos for their transportation. So nice of them! Here's a clip from first rehearsals and trainings. If you look closely, you'll be able to see them sweating up their T-shirts. I wasn't kidding.

Tommy's Dildo

Before we left the U.S.A. Tommy and I went to Los Angeles (Burbank) to mold Tommy's dick at California Exotics. He'll have his own dildo, a "little" toy for you to play with.

The day before was pretty bad.
On his last night in San Francisco Tommy went out to the bars, came in late and was able to sleep for only two hours because we had to wake up at 4 AM to make our flight. At the Oakland Airport there was the longest queue I ever saw in my life to check in our luggage and go through security control.
Thanks to my crutches they moved us up and we didn't have to wait hours like the others. Everything started to go wrong at the Ramada Inn in Burbank. We arrived at 10:30 AM tired and sweaty and wanted to check in, shower and rest. The guy at reception couldn't care less, he said there is no way to check in before 3 PM. Great. We left our luggage in a storage room and since we had 5-1/2 hours to waste, we went back to LA. Our guide was Kristofer Weston, who directs movies for Colt Studios. He took us for a tour around the famous streets like Santa Monica Blvd., Sunset Blvd., etc. On Hollywood Blvd. Tommy found a star without a name plate on the Walk of Fame. He decided one day this place is reserved for him. We had lunch at the famous restaurant Chi. In the afternoon Tommy took a couple of pictures at the Santa Monica beach. We ate dinner in Sushi Roku with Kristofer and a friend of his. In front of the restaurant I was trying to pull myself out of car, holding on to the door frame. Kris's friend didn't see me and slammed the door shut on my fingers. Perfect. I almost had a broken hand to accompany my
broken leg. Luckily I only damaged a nail. On the way back to Burbank
Kris missed two exits in a row making what should have been a 30-40 minute ride into an 80 minute ride. By the time we finally got to our hotel rooms we were drained, exhausted and stinky. Yiiicchhhh.

Back to dildo molding. In the morning of &quot" (Dildo) day Tommy had to shave all his pubic hair off. I know you all hate it but it was really necessary.

At the front desk of our hotel the helpful receptionist gave us totally wrong directions. We arrived at the California Exotics studio one hour late.
We were totally stressed out wondering if we would still be able to make the dildo.

Anyway, the guy who was molding was fast and professional. I was also worried that because Tommy partied hard the night before, got so little sleep and ran around the whole next day, he would be nervous and would have a problem with his erection. The molder told me that practically all the previous models needed Viagra or Cialis. I was worried for nothing. Tommy was great, relaxed and didn't need any helper-pill. They made two samples just to make sure that it'll be a perfect replica of his cock. I made a couple of reference pictures of his dick so their artist could see all the veins and important details. Enjoy my footage.

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Gay Pride, Civic Center

This was the last big event on the trip. I knew what the day would be like, but it was all new for Tommy and Julian. They were very impressed by the huge crowd and liked the fact that they attracted a lot of people. Same as last year weâ?1BelAmi and Coltâ?1signed pictures in the Castro Gulch booth at the Civic Center. We spent about six hours there with no break. Thank god it wasnÂ1t too hot in San Francisco that day. Jim, as usual, made a big-funny-interesting show out of it. In the middle of the signing he started to throw out many presents to the audience such as BelAmi magazines, dildos, lubes, condoms, etc. Later on, Jim announced several contests and offered three, five and even 20 free gay porn DVDs for the winner of each category. You could compete for a prize for having the hairiestâ?1or the nicestâ?1ass, the biggest tits, being the prettiest Mexican-Chinese, or for having the smallestâ?1or the biggestâ?1dick. At the end of the show Jim, in front of the public, thanked all the models for doing an excellent job. I can tell you we had a great day on Sunday.

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Book signing at Castro Gulch sex shop

The plan for the day was for Tommy and Julian to do a little sightseeing in the morning, then do a book signing at the Castro Gulch sex shop in the afternoon. Of course, we had to change our ideaâ??both Tommy and Julian are completely crazy about shopping. Especially Tommy, he is addicted. They used every possible chance to buy clothes. Theyâ??re even worse than Lukas. They now know every nook and cranny of all the shops on Market Street.

As for sightseeing, in between the ringing of cash registers they still were able to see the basics from San Francisco. They were very interested in the history of the town. Our boys arenâ??t only pretty!

In the afternoon they spent more than two hours signing DVDs and photographs. (People walking past the shop on the street were curious as to why there was a long queue in front of the store.) Inside, there were two tables, one for us, the other for the Colt Men: Carlo Masi, Chris Wide and two others. Some fans wanted pictures of themselves with us. Fans also asked me to sign a lot of pictures. No one accepts that I stopped doing movies five years ago! Iâ??m retired!

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Gay Pride 2005, San Francisco- Introduction

I am bringing you my Journal from the trip to the U.S.A. Tommy Hansen and Julian Armanis went to San Francisco to help raise money for AIDS projects and do some promotion for our movies. My reasons for going were to babysit our boys, represent Bel Ami and make documentary footage. Yves Carradine was supposed to go with us. Some of you already know he lost his passport and the American Embassy in Prague wouldnâ??t replace his visa. He had to stay home. So I was shooting, managing things and signing pictures at the same time. This San Francisco portion of the Journal has three entries. Enjoy!

Entry I.
Boys to Men Charity Event at Metreon.

Friday, June 24th.
We took part in the Boys to Men Charity Event again. Jim Lukes, manager of the chain of Gulch sex shops in San Francisco, was the moderator. The Bel Ami â?oBoysâ?? and the Colt â?oMenâ?? created an attractive harmony. Tommy and Julian donated four pair of their underwear which they had signed. Participants could buy Bel Amiâ??s and Coltâ??s DVDâ??s, books and sex toys at a silent auction. The boys were supposed to mingle, smile and take pictures with VIPs. By now, they are so good at it. A new film from Bel Ami, â?oA+,â?? had its world public premiere on big screen TVs in the hall. The Magician, Christian, didnâ??t show us his trick with the magic box this year. The reason? Neither Tommy, nor Julian nor any of the Colt men could fit into the box. All of them were too big! The fabulous Chi-Chi LaRue came to support the event too. She gave us big hugs and helped Jim to moderate. The auctionâ??and the whole event, reallyâ??was successful, they raised a nice amount of money for several AIDS projects. The best part was when Chi-Chi invited us on stage for a very unusual auction. Letâ??s look at the clip to see what Iâ??m talking about â?¦

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Ethan changed his Image

Yesterday Ethan decided to change his image. He wants to look even better in our movies. I advised him to use the professional skills of our worldwide-famous-friend-hairdresser-and-make-up-stylist Martin Kiss, who came back to Slovakia last month. He was missing his native country and was tired of traveling all over the planet. We worked with Martin before he went to the U.S.A. to attend to his famous clients, such as actors Sharon Stone, Sean Penn, Renee Zellweger and top models Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss etc. Martin didnâ??t like my interrupting, because I was telling jokes and Ethan couldnâ??t sit still. Brandon Manillow visited the office yesterday too. His haircut was so terrible I had to take a picture of his head. I immediately set up a meeting with him and Martin.

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Johan's Broken Leg

Since Iâ??m not an active model anymore I didnâ??t want to bother you with my private life and my problems. I was reading the Forum and some of our members seemed to have heard about my broken leg. They wanted to know if itâ??s really true and if yes, what happened.
 
You probably know that motocross is my passion and I started to compete a while ago. I won a couple of races and was the overall third in the Slovak National Hobby Cup last year. George is not happy with my avocation. He predicted Iâ??d have a bad accident and wind up in bed. He was right! Thank you, Georgeâ?¦
 
Eight weeks ago I was training for an important competition. The track had a lot of big jumps. I was about to go home. In the last lap I jumped but the bike and I hit the ground separately.  I broke my ankle and my fibula. Iâ??ve got seven screws mounted in my leg. I have to use crutches all the time. I am supposed to go to San Francisco for Gay Pride with Tommy Hansen and Julian Armanis in two weeks. It will be fun to travel like an invalid.

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OSCARS, Los Angeles, Feb. 2005

BelAmi is planning events that will benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation. Sir Elton graciously invited four of us to attend the Academy Awards party he hosts every year to raise money for the Foundation.

Because of bad weather we missed our connecting flight in London and had to wait several hours at the airport. The luxurious interior and amenities in the first-class section of the Virgin Atlantic airplane were worth the wait.

We stayed in a wonderful bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Very impressive. Very comfortable. Very expensive.

We didnâ??t have the right clothes to wear to such a glamorous party, so Donatella Versace, a friend of Sir Eltonâ??s, brought us tuxedos specially tailored to our measurements. We didnâ??t know if they were just on loan or were meant to be presents for us. When no one called to retrieve them by two days after the party, we took them back with us to Europe.
 
The Party Hall was beautifully decorated. People were curious about the red jewelry glittering on our tuxedo lapels. We took them from floral decorations on the tables. No guests were allowed to bring cameras to the event, there were only the official press photographers. But we snuck one in and managed to meet, and take pictures with, several celebrities.

In the press area of the party we did one interview for Fashion TV with the American television star, Fran Drescher. No one told the Fashion TV people who, exactly, we are.  The interviewer asked where weâ??re from (the usual question) and what kind of work we do. We said we weâ??re movie actors. The natural follow-up question was, â?oWhat kind of movies do you do?â?? We all looked at each other not knowing what to say next.  Finally Sebastian leaned forward into the microphone and said, â?oPorno.â??  That was the end of the interview!

Chi Chi LaRue also attended the party. As always, her dress was excellent. As you can see, she has a soft spot for Lukas and me.

The next day we did a book-signing at A Different Light bookstore in West Hollywood. We arrived to find people waiting in a long queue outside, wrapping around the corner, anxiously waiting for our autographs! The store manager was satisfied and told us that of the many signings they hosted, not once was there a larger crowd. Pamela Anderson had a book-signing there too.

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Reconstruction

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If you think our boys can only pose in the front of the camera, youâ??re wrong! When theyâ??re not filming, or in their spare time, Joey Amis, Yves Carradine, Adrian Kinski, Adam Cartier (unfortunately Adrian and Adam are no longer active models) and many others rebuild, reconstruct and paint our premises and studios. Itâ??s a big help for us and the models can earn some extra money. Look at them. They seem to me very sexy even when theyâ??re dressed in dirty overalls. I took these pictures some time ago and forgot about them. In my library are tons of pictures like these which you never saw. Iâ??ll be putting them online for you from time to time.

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Bel Ami tests new enlargement pills!!!

Bel Ami tests new enlargement pills!!!

Lukas, Roman and Harry got an offer from a pharmaceutical company to test a new magic pill that can enlarge and harden your tool. Without any contact from the outside world, boys had to spent 2 months in a super secret underground laboratory. They were given one pill two times a day. There were two sizes and colors of pills from which to choose. The bigger ones were a different color. Lukas, who always wants as much as he can get, took the bigger one.

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Luca in Italy

Photoshoot in London

Lukas and Sebastian went to London to do a photoshoot for AXM Magazine. I tagged along, half for business reasons, half just to hang with them. It was a quick trip, we only spent two days there. I started to shoot some documentary film but in the middle I had to meet with our UK distributors.The rest of the video I left in Lukas' and Sebastian's hands to finish themselves.

AXM arranged for us to stay in an old, classic hotel right in Piccadilly Circus. We heard that in this hotel it was usual the rooms would not have toilets and showers, you had to go into the hallway and find the appropriate doors. Happily, our rooms had private facilities.

The photographer said the photoshoot went very well and so did the accompanying interview. We haven't seen the results yet.

Monday in New York

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Lukas Ridgeston

On Saturday, 12 February 2005, Lukas Ridgeston made a return appearance in the Club Bel Ami moderated chat room. Lukas was the very first Bel Ami model to participate in an online chat. At that first chat was an audience of eight members! Happily he chatted with much bigger groups on his return visits.

Q: In one month your new movie, "Lukas in Love," comes out. Why did you decide to "come out of retirement"?
Lukas: It's a really complicated story. After "Lucky Lukas" I got more involved working behind-the-scenes. Over the years many people wrote and asked when I would do another movie. I thought about it and thought about it but by then I was comfortable working behind-the-scenes. Eventually George Duroy presented the "Lukas in Love" idea to me. Many of my friends and associates told me I still look good enough to film, so I decided that if I was going to do it I should do it before people told me I shouldn't do it. Finally, George offered me more money for this one project than I got for all my previous videos combined.

Q: Are you a millionaire?
Lukas: Not yet, but I'm working on it!

Q: How did it feel getting back in front of the camera?
Lukas: At first I was a little nervous and self-conscious because my co-stars were all so much younger than me! When I did my first films all the others were the same age, we were starting out together. In Africa I felt the age difference only until the excitement of the action took over and then those thoughts didn't reappear.

Q: Will you be totally nude and sexually active in "Lukas in Love?"
Lukas: Yes to both questions.

Q: Where did you film "Lukas in Love?"
Lukas: In Cape Town last year.

Q: Did you like South Africa?
Lukas: Yes, very much. During the dreary, cold winter in my country I like to be somewhere where the weather's warmer and Cape Town is a beautiful option.

Q: I just came back from Cape Town. It was great to see all the boys on Clifton Beach. What were they filming and were you down for a while too?
Lukas: No, I didn't go on this trip, I was there twice last year. For this trip George had the idea to film several different projects but the weather didn't cooperate. In February it's usually sunny and clear but this year, for a whole week it was cold in the morning and overcast all day.

Q: I saw your nude photo in South Africa, you are even better looking than when you were younger. Do you feel even better now?
Lukas: In some ways: I have my own life, my own income, good friends, and many other things I wanted when I was younger. But of course, the more things you have, the more problems you can also have with them.

Q: Your more mature physique is even more attractive. Are you conscious of it?
Lukas: As I hope you can understand I don't see myself the way others do. I was afraid people would be bored with me because I'm not 18 any more.

Q: Do you work out? You have such a beautiful body.
Lukas: I work out all the time. That's the way to maintain my physique. Also playing sports helps keep me in

Satur-Day Fever

SATUR-DAY FEVER

We went to a restaurant on the Castro with Dr. E, the one who won the lunch with us for $2,300. In case anyone's curious, we all had the same thing: salmon and asparagus. It was so tasty. Dr. E was very nice. He said that if anything ever happens to us, any injuries, he would take care of us for free. This was especially noted by me, since I do free-style motocross and like to take very big risks. Dr. E gave us each an envelope with cash so we could buy some clothes. He brought a camera with him. He wanted to prove to his friends that he had lunch with "the Bel Ami boys," but wouldn't you know it? The battery was low. We took pictures with my digital camera and I sent them to him by e-mail.

Anytime Lukas had the chance, he would sign on to the internet and chat with his friends. He's completely addicted to internet chat. We'd have to pull him away from the computer to get him to leave the room.

On Saturday there was a book-signing in the San Francisco Gulch store on Castro Street. Outside the store, there was a 100-meter line of fans waiting to come in and meet us. For 3-1/2 hours non-stop we signed books, DVDs & assorted stuff and posed for innumerable pictures. Just so you know, the man with the hat is Jim, the one who runs Gulch. At one point Lukas disappeared for more than 10 minutes. We didn't know where he went to. Was he ill? Is he in the toilet? Turned out he was okay; his eyes and his hand hurt from the flashes and the signing and he just needed to take a break. After dinner we went to the hotel, fell into bed and were asleep before our heads hit the pillows.

SUNDAY, THE DAY OF REST

Finally the big day arrived. San Francisco's Gay Pride. When the parade finished, we stood at the Gulch's booth to meet fans, sign autographs and try to have fun. There were thousands upon thousands of people in the streets. We were totally surrounded. We were there about seven hours non-stop in the hot sun signing posters, magazines, videos, booksâ??everything and anything. In six hours we had depleted the Gulch's stock of things to sign. The only things left were BelAmi's DVD catalogs so we started to sign those! When the catalogs were gone we stood on the table and threw things to the crowd: dildoes, rubber toys, all kinds of stuff the Gulch gave us for the fans. We were so caught up in the fever and excitement of the moment we took off our Belamionline shirts and threw THOSE to the crowd. Pandemonium. Throwing the shirts seemed like a good idea at the time. However, now the sun set, the weather turned cool, and we had to go back to the hotelâ??through the streets and on the metroâ??shirtless and shivering, still giving autographs. Fans wanted them on their arms, on their bellies, almost everywhere.

Back at the hotel Sebastian was absolutely exhausted and his nail hurt him so much he went right to sleep. But Lukas and I were still ready to party. We went to "End Up," a gay club which hadn't changed their decor in all the 30 years they were open. Many people recognized us, bought us drinks and invited us to live in San Francisco. In the club were many stunning Asian women, beautiful faces and bodies, although it was pretty obvious that most had silicone tits. One of our fans saw us looking and said, "Those are trannies." Apparently this particular group are well-known in San Francisco. Later on in the evening we heard a big scream near the coat-check room. Two trannies were fighting, slapping, pulling hair, beating on each other, all because of some boyfriend and his infidelity. They were fighting standing up, then fighting lying on the ground. Big hysteria. The bodyguards took them out of the club and the police came. Also an ambulance. I asked the the bouncers what would happen next

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Thursday evening: Sweet Charity

THURSDAY EVENING: SWEET CHARITY

When we arrived in San Francisco we went to the car rental counter to pick up our vehicle. We walked out to the garage to see something we'd never seen before: hundreds of cars, almost brand-new, with their keys in the ignitions. We decided it would be the perfect time to test-drive some cars we only knew from movies or magazines. The firstâ??and what ended up being the lastâ??was a Ford Thunderbird. Sebastian took the wheel, I jumped in the passenger seat and we burned rubber, testing the car's power going from 0 immediately to 60, seeing how it handled as we screeched around corners. When we saw the security vehicle approaching we abandoned the car and jumped in our own rentalâ??our get-away carâ??and made our way to the hotel.

Our first evening in San Francisco we attended a charity event. There was a silent auction and we signed lots of DVDs and posters for it. Some of the other prizes included our underwear, and even lunch with us was auctioned off to the highest bidder. In the end, they collected $15,000 for charity, the man who won the lunch with us (Dr. E.) had to pay $2,300!

During the entertainment portion of the event, Sebastian had his second gig as a magician's lovely assistant (the first, if you remember, was in Las Vegas with Blue Man Group). This time, the magician, Chris, made Seby appear out of a small box and then gave him a rose. You'll see this in the video clip.

George Duroy also attended this event and arranged for Mick Hicks, the well-known photographer who worked for many gay adult studios, to meet with us there. We invited Mick to come to Europe for a few weeks in the summer and make photosets of our newer models. Every day he'll shoot 2 or 3 boys. He'll be very busy and tough, but he seems like he's up for the challenge.

All through the evening people were asking Lukas, Sebastian or me, "Where is George? What does he look like?" I would answer, "He prefers being incognito, he doesn't want to be recognized." So when George, Mick and I were sitting together at a table, one fan came up to me and said, "When you see George, please tell him what wonderful and beautiful work he does. He's just amazing, I admire his videos so much." George just sat there, smiling, not acknowledging his identity. I said, "Okay, I'll be sure to tell him when I see him." It was very cute.

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

We spent the day sightseeing. We saw the Golden Gate bridge, Market Street and the cable cars. Then on Pier 39 we ate lunch at Dante's, a fish restaurant, where we ran into someone we know from Bratislava who is working in SF. From there we went to the Museum of Fine Arts, then to a beach where we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the quiet. The next stop was Chinatown and then we ended our tour at a Ben & Jerry's ice-cream shop. Back at the hotel, Lukas and I went to the gym. Sebastian had to stay in the roomâ??he has an ingrown toenail and it was really hurting him. He wanted to soak his feet in a salt-water bath. Lukas had new shoes which weren't broken in so they cut into his skin. We had to run to Walgreen's to buy band-aids. It wasn't a good day for feet.

Howard Roffman, the photographer who took that wonderful book of pictures of me, invited us to dinner at his house. The last time we were there, John, one of Howard's ex-models, brought in brownies laced with marijuana. Lukas ate one, not knowing what was in it, got really stoned, then turned green and threw up. [The next day was a book-signing and George was really pissed off at John because Lukas looked like shit.] This time, John brought in the same brownies but Lukas learned his lesson and refused them. Sebastian and I didn't say no, we ate t

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San Francisco Gay Pride, June 2004

IF IT'S THURSDAY IT MUST BE SAN FRANCISCO

The next morning Jon woke up early to prepare an American breakfast consisting of waffles, eggs and bacon, all piled on top of each other. He insisted we pour syrup all over it. He promised this recipe would give us the energy we'd need for traipsing around Manhattan. We took the train into the city and saw the renovated Grand Central Station. This was Sebastian's first real day in New Yorkâ??he was there for a few hours last January en route to Europe after we were in Las Vegasâ??and he really wanted to go to the top of the Empire State Building. I had already been there twice before and Lukas once, but for our good friend Sebastian we braved the more than two hour wait to get to the observation deck. Luckily there was great weather and the view was, as always, spectacular. Then Sebastian and Lukas got hit with "shopping fever." They were possessed. They went to the Gap, Abercrombie & Fitchâ??stores like thatâ??and looked for t-shirts, shorts and other summer stuff.

AIRPORT 2004

Because Jonathon, who was traveling with us to San Francisco, mis-read the schedule, we arrived at JFK. airport in New York too late for the flight. This time we really missed it. According to the rather rude airline representative, the one later flight that night was totally sold outâ??there were absolutely no empty seats. She said we should sleep at an airport hotel and try to get on a flight in the morning. Out of nowhere, a Bel Ami fan came over to us asking for autographs. Suddenly the airline rep became interested. She asked, "Are you members of the chorus?" We had no idea which which chorus but we said yes, of course we are. As if we'd said magic words, she told us that exactly four seats just opened up for the next flight to San Francisco leaving in one hour. So the four star performers from the Bel Ami Family Sin

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