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RobbieNomi
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Posted - May 2 2007 : 9:58PM
Club Jenna has undergone a change in its lineup of exclusive contract girls with the recent departures of starlets Sophia Rossi, Chanel St. James, McKenzie Lee and Ashton Moore.

"We have chosen not to renew certain contracts. The girls will always be part of the Club Jenna family, and we fully support them in everything," CJI president Jay Grdina told AVN.com.

While Moore, St. James and Lee were unavailable for comment, AVN.com spoke to Sophia Rossi about her split with the company.

"I loved working for Club Jenna; it was a fantastic experience," Rossi said. "It was a great way to get started in my career. Right now, I'm just going through different negotiations and seeing which ones I feel are suitable for me. Basically, it depends on who's offering what I feel is decent, so that I can raise my family and be proud of my work and still be respected."

According to Rossi, her exit from the company came down to a contractual dispute. "I love performing, and I got held back in this sense because only three movies were released in two years," she said. "I want my fans to be able to have more of me, I want to rise to the top, and I can't do that if no one is releasing movies."

Rossi told AVN.com that she hasn't ruled out returning to Club Jenna and its owner Playboy in the future. She added that she is still making promotional appearances for the company and remains on good terms with both Grdina and Jenna Jameson.

"I just went to Jenna's birthday party, and we speak weekly," she said. "I do a lot of events for them still; I've always been the girl that draws a lot of fans, and as Jay has said, 'once a Club Jenna girl, always a Club Jenna girl.'"

The glamorous blonde starlet has several movies due out from Club Jenna, including Rossi's Revenge. "It's really incredible," she said. "It was directed by Bill Fisher in Miami, and it's super-hot and sexy…I think it'll probably be my best work to date. I'm really excited for it to be released. I did a boy/boy/girl in the movie, and Jay said it was the best scene he's seen of me – I worked with Marcus London, Tommy Gunn, and another guy. I also did a really hot, intense scene with Gina Lynn. It was off the hook!"

The current Club Jenna roster includes Jenna Jameson, Brea Bennett, Roxy Jezel and Jesse Capelli. According to Grdina, former contract girl Krystal Steal will join the company for this year's Erotica L.A. expo.

"I am really happy with our current group," Grdina said. "We are very lucky. We have great relationships with all the girls previous and current."

Edited by - RobbieNomi on May 2 2007

christianx
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Posted - May 3 2007 : 12:06PM
God i really want to comment on this, but i won't! lol
4theheart
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Posted - May 3 2007 : 2:41PM
"God i really want to comment on this, but i won't! lol"

tease...

benderset
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Posted - May 3 2007 : 3:46PM
Looks to me Club Jenna has just lost their top girls. These girls will land a contract with another company
brianaob
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Posted - May 3 2007 : 9:50PM
I'm surprised more people haven't posted on this topic. This comes as a shock! Well, maybe not, considering Krystal Steal abruptly left Club Jenna awhile back. I hope to hear more news as to why everyone parted ways. Then again, I'm sure its no one's business.

I understand a lot of the girls I'm sure were frustrated for they wanted more movies put out and wanted to keep their fans happy. However, hasn't it always been known that once you sign a contract you'll do fewer movies for a lot of money and you're also marketed well. I mean, I've heard some people say you're shooting yourself in the foot once you get a contract because there's possibility you're not making enough as the gonzo girls. I don't know. I figured once you're a contract girl you're legitimately a "Porn Star" as opposed to "Adult Film Actress"

I hope the girls remain positive and pursue other ventures and can land a big contract. They were hyped to be Porn Royalty and hopefully other studios/companies don't shun them. I worry more about Chanel St. James. I know a lot of people were awaiting her arrival in the business and she was only in The Provocateur and a few others. She only started in the business when being hand picked by Jenna. Sophia Rossi too.

 
XXXenophile
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 7:10AM
In this case I don't think its that they didn't like the fact that they were only doing so many movies a year.

I think its more that Club Jenna is slower than their parent company Vivid when it comes to actually releasing stuff.

There's probably tons of movies waiting to be released that they'll do in their own sweet time.

And that's money lost to the girls purely for out of sight, out of mind.

It will be interesting to see if any of the major companies decide to grab any of the girls themselves.

devinnlane
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 12:05PM
I think it's great news not only for the girls, but for the company. That company needs contract girls who will do everything. It would do them good to hire a solid gonzo performer or even new performer that will do anal, dp's, IR, and the works. The industry screams for girls that will do more than sit around and look pretty.

xoxo
Devinn

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christianx
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 3:18PM
and she did it very well twice a year. :) Dammit, Devinn you are much more clever than me.
benderset
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 4:15PM
ClubJenna is a company on the way out. The loss of these girls show that. I think Ashton and McKenzie had all but retired anyways but Sophia and Chanel were the two best girls they had. Brea as cute as she is here scenes are rather boring and Roxy is more of a secondary performer when the average guy goes to pick out a movie and shes the cover girl they will pass it up. If anal, dp's, IR are what studios need to have out of their contract girls why isnt Vivid, Wicked, and Digital Playground doing these type of scenes with their contract performers? Well I guess Vivid is but when the other two are not. I bet you wont see Brea doing any anals, dp's or IR anytime soon. Jesse Capelli is no longer with ClubJenna either

Edited by - benderset on 5/4/2007 4:24:44 PM

Edited by - benderset on 5/4/2007 4:26:47 PM

ChodeMasterJ
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 10:01PM
Sophia has a nice look to her.
brianaob
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Posted - May 4 2007 : 10:55PM
Sophia has a really sultry voice and something very mature and sexy to her. I love her look too.

They basically lost all of their amazing Contract Girls and only kept the ones that won American Sex Star(Playboy TV Reality-Show). What a bummer!

I don't see why Jesse would leave Club Jenna considering she only did Girl/Girl. Even in Chatte Magnifique she was in Girl/Girl and wasn't even topless. Very Soft Core! I would assume only Club Jenna would allow her to do that and ONLY that considering most companies would make her do more for a contract.

Maybe most of the girls felt they would never be "stars" considering they were overshadowed by Jenna's fame and wanted to make a name for themselves instead of Jenna's Star Power.

I'm anxious to see if Krystal Steal resumes her duties as a Club Jenna girl. She's beein MIA!

shellshock91
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 1:29AM
Club Jenna is like the plague
RobbieNomi
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 4:00AM
I can picture McKenzie (if she hasn't retired) going back to her gonzo roots now. As for Chanel and Sophia, it's only a matter of time before they get picked up by one of the big studios. I can see Chanel as the next Digital Playground girl and Sophia fitting in at Vivid or Wicked.
Celtic
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 7:20AM
It's fine with me to departure these girls, all of them had fake titties (okay Ashton took them out or did she?) and I'm happy CJ prefer natural girls instead.
Maybe they'll add a girl like Bree Olson to their stable. She could do everything and looks amazing. I think she mentioned negotiations with feature company's a while ago. I could easily see her as a CJ girl.
 
benderset
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 8:33AM
I bet Playboy is saying what the hell did we get ourselfs into here. They buy the company and Jenna and Jay file for devorce leaving an impossible working relationship between the two. Then they lose their top 4 girls in the first year of ownership. Wow Id say ClubJenna and Jay's days are numbered with Playboy
4theheart
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 8:56AM
It might be another "JKP" fiasco, we'll have to see
messhuga
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Posted - May 5 2007 : 9:40AM
Ah well,that comes as no surprise to me at all.
The company has always been........ah Its best to leave it like that.
RobbieNomi
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Posted - May 6 2007 : 7:55AM
It just seems like an odd choice considering the value of the stars they've let go:

McKenzie Lee - AVN Best New Starlet, a top-notch do-anything performer, one of the few contract girls with a real gonzo edge.

Ashton Moore - A veteran performer with built-in name recognition, her recent return to boy/girl scenes has created fresh buzz for her.

Sophia Rossi - A fan favorite with a loyal following, she seemed to genuinely enjoy meeting her fans and had a warm, personal demeanor.

Chanel St. James - Recieved mainstream attention through My Bare Lady, her first vehicle Chanel No. 1 got kudos from critics and fans.


What a shame that they lost four of the strongest ladies in the biz.

darkside762000
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Posted - May 6 2007 : 9:11AM
If these girls are anywhere near as hot/popular/valuable as most of you seem to think they are, then Vivid, Wicked and DP will snap them up onto contracts in the blink of an eye.

Speaking personally, I don't see that happening though...if they're that great, and bring in that many sales, how come Club Jenna has just suddenly decided to turn them all loose?

I think it's just plain business...Brea and Roxy have enhanced name recognition via Playboy's American Sex Star, and bringing Krystal Steal back sounds like money in the bank to me. I'm not a fan of Krystal, but plenty of other people are.

benderset
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Posted - May 6 2007 : 10:48AM
I dont think it was matter of ClubJenna turning them loose. It was more of them saying good bye to Club Jenna
T0201
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Posted - May 12 2007 : 6:29AM
They all just decided to leave at the same time?


Interesting.


Edited by - T0201 on 5/12/2007 6:35:46 AM

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