Who do you think has it in them to go in the footsteps of Jenna Jameson?? I have one demand, The girl you name has still be in porn today. For me a strong Candidate has to be Gina Lynn
hopefully nobody, Jenna Jameson wasn't much of a porn icon. She was a mainstream sellout if anything. I understand she was immensely popular, but she wasn't that great of a performer. In that regard; I already see Sasha Grey as being just like her.
I think the porn industry has changed so much since the days of jenna that there is no one capable of doing what she did. Sasha Grey has certainly surpassed her when it comes to mainstream acceptance and yet she will never make the money Jenna is reported has having made.
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Posted - Apr 30 2011 : 3:08AM
I think when it comes to being as big as a name Jenna was in the industry and among fans Belladonna would be a good name. [mod edit: image removed. see the image policy.] Edited by - killbillvol69 on 5/2/2011 7:37:48 AM
Is Belladonna back? I heard she was but I don't know if its true or not... I agree with the Lexi Belle comment. She has her head screwed on right and if she carries on going solid like she is I think she will be huge. Very underrated.
She doesn't appear to be "back" officially yet, but she is making noise about doing one more scene and since she's still producing porn it seems likely a full fledged comeback might be in the near future.
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Posted - Apr 30 2011 : 10:57AM
Belladonna is the pornstar's pornstar, if you know what I mean. Sasha Grey is the obvious choice, but she's not doing porn anymore. Tori Black has crossover potential, imo.
No one will probably ever come close to Jenna in terms of mainstream popularity because Jenna's success was mostly due to luck and being the right place at the right time. Even when Tera Patrick tried copying the same formula that Jenna stumbled across it didn't work for her to the extent it did for Jenna. Sasha Grey is probably better accepted in mainstream but not as popular as Jenna was.
Kagney Linn Karter, when her full legacy has played out. Physically her and Jenna are nearly identical at 5'4 and 115 lbs, and have some mannerisms that are similar. Whether she will have the financial or mainstream success of Jenna Jameson is doubtfull, but KLK for my money is hands down a better pure porn actress both in skills and screen sexuality.
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Posted - Apr 30 2011 : 1:58PM
If Sasha Grey hadn't retired from porn, she'd be the pick. I agree that Kagney looks very similar to Jenna, except she's prettier. I also agree that Tori Black could possibly mainstream. She's pretty much without argument, the most beautiful woman in porn today.
nobody.. For simple reasons. Porn is now something common, nothing special. There no need person who lead porn to media like Jenna. Industry has a strong position now, so nobody need another hero to break doors which is open already. 20-30 years ago to watch porn you need VHS player, shop with VHS XXX movies etc... now? good mobile is enough.
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Posted - May 1 2011 : 12:18PM
There will never be another Jenna Jameson. Her surge in popularity is tied to the rise in widespread mainstream use of the internet. She and Jay Grdina (who was her husband then) rode that wave and pioneered a lot of pay site stuff with Club Jenna. It was a different time and that time is over now. If you think about it, it was more than 10 years ago. It was a different decade. Broadband, tube sites and file sharing have changed all that Edited by - Kaminsky on 5/1/2011 12:28:07 PM
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Posted - May 1 2011 : 12:27PM
You can't compare Jenna Jameson and Sasha Grey Just because Sasha Grey retired from porn does not make her a "mainstream sellout" Sasha was way edgier and more adventurous than Jenna. She did many more scenes than Jenna and did things on camera that Jenna would never do I mean Sasha's very first scene was anal with Rocco Siffredi! Jenna was much "safer" Also you might not be a fan of Sasha's performances, but there is no denying she was a furious performer Girls move on and leave porn all the time. You cannot fault Sasha for taking the opportunities available to her Would she be less of a "sellout" if she had just quit and disappeared altogether? Like a band that breaks up before they get "too popular"
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Posted - May 1 2011 : 12:36PM
I really like Belladonna, but she will never be as acceptable to the mainstream as Jenna Jameson was. Belladonna's look is too quirky and her scenes were too crazy. She put a baseball bat up her ass Belladonna will continue to be admired in porn, but she will not be appearing on Family Guy or other network shows like Jenna Jameson anytime soon Unless it is stuff like that ABC Primetime piece meant to demonize porn
Even though she doesn't seem to be getting much love in this thread, I've always been a Jenna fan, so I doubt that there will be a "next Jenna" if only because she was (1) the right girl at (2) the right time -- both of those have to come together, and it's exceedingly rare - I mean, it's really only happened once before. So following Jenna's 'playbook' (Sasha Grey, Tera Patrick, etc.) won't result in much fame b/c of point (2) -- this is a different time. And similarly, girls like Belladonna and Gina Lynn have been in the industry for years; they may be Porn Famous, but if they haven't been noticed by the mainstream by now, I'd be surprised if it would ever happen. To me, the successor to Jenna will have to take it up a level; and what that level is, I don't know if anyone knows. Most of today's porn seems geared towards the 'circus acts' which may make someone porn famous, but IMO will limit their mainstream possibilities. My theory on that Next Level is that there eventually will be a girl that acts in mainstream pieces (as something more than a scenery chewer or manufactured publicity) while at the same time continuing to appear in adult. And figuring out who that is would be similar to betting on where lightning's going to strike next. But if you want my guess, it will have to be someone brand new -- my theory is that if they're already in the industry, they'd already be on their way. So my guess on who's got the best shot would be BiBi Jones. And if it's not her, it's someone that hasn't shot her first scene yet.
If another pornstar is ever going to reach the level of success og Jenna it's not going to happen during this current porn era. Porn is going through a rebuilding phase and there's no telling if it will ever be the success in the way it was before or that a new era will make it bigger than ever. The next Jenna might not be a big deal on mainstream tv or magazines but may have total unmatched internet/online dominance.
the fact is IMHO, there was a Seka era, then came the Ginger Lynn era, then the Jenna Jameson era because these were among the best looking pornstars at the time that it just blew everyone away. Now most pornstars are just plain gorgeous. most can pass or have done modelling. Like Tera Patrick. Unless a famous actress goes into porn, it is unlikely they'll they'll be another Jenna Jameson era.
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Posted - May 2 2011 : 2:21AM
is it true that the last porn movie Sasha Grey did was Fucking Sasha Grey by Belladonna
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Posted - May 2 2011 : 12:40PM
Successor? No one. I highly doubt that anyone in porn will ever get the mainstream recognition Jenna did. Sasha Grey, Tera Patrick, Belladonna... famous, but not at that level. Jenna represents a look, a time and a place that I don't foresee getting repeated.
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Posted - May 2 2011 : 3:39PM
Yes she and Jay Grdina really capitalized on a different time for the industry. Technology has changed since then and the conditions will never be like that again It is like how CD sales for the music industry will never be the same
More like Malice in LA La Land ... maybe. The question presumes that the industry is the same as it was 10 years ago. The kind of celebrity oxygen Jenna was breathing got sucked out of the room by two things: Reality TV series and celebrity sex tapes. Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian are the new Jenna jamesons. Or Snooki ... since Jersey Shore is pretty much a celebrity sex tape with the dirty bits (mostly) edited out. Sasha Grey is kind of her own phenomenon. But not isolated as such. There's a lot of crossover between porn star "creatives" (sorry for the branding cliche) and (slightly) more mainstream pop culture. As the industry continues to melt down/decentralize/splinter, porn stars are going to function more like indie rock bands or micro-budget indie filmmakers. They are already, look at Twitter. I have no idea who's really popular anymore.
I'm sure skronker has it right, it's all so different now, how do you gauge? If Twitter folowers are any indication, a quick check and Bree Olson is the only one close to Jenna. Jenna Jameson...240k Bree Olson.........215k Sasha Grey........143k Tori Black..........92k Riley Steele........50k Lexi Belle...........50k
The "sellout" accusations needs to stop. These girls are having sex on camera and the fact that we get to watch them at all is a huge bonus. The idea that there will be one porn star above all others makes no sense. Is there one musical artist that is significantly bigger than everyone else? Your premise is flawed.
It's human nature to want to classify things so it makes sense to want to identify who is bigger than the next and who might get as big or bigger. As for musical artist then how about Elvis Presley? He would be considered a much bigger musical star than many before and after him. That doesn't mean that he's the biggest ever but his name would be at the top of most list and people are still talking about him more than 30yrs after his death. Edited by - pat362 on 5/2/2011 9:16:29 PM
I have a question: Why do you think Tera Patrick couldn't pull off the same success as Jenna? Tera in my opinon is better looking, smarter and probably a better performer (I've only seen 1 or 2 Jenna scenes). Tera had some mainstream crossover popularity but the public didn't go gaga over her movies as they did with Jenna's for whatever reason. Was Jenna a better pornstar and made better movies than Tera? Edited by - draxxx on 5/2/2011 9:15:03 PM
Okay first, Tera did not start doing porn until six or seven years after Jenna. Jenna really built her name in the 90s, then rode the internet explosion in 2000. Tera did not even start doing porn until 1999. By that time, Jenna had already been on the Howard Stern show a dozen times, and she was mentioned by Howard all the time, which was a big boost to her mainstream popularity. Compared to Jenna, Tera was late to the game. Second, Tera did not have Jay Grdina. Grdina is really the brains behind Club Jenna's success. He is the one who founded, expanded & marketed the company. He is the one with the business degree who made the deals and turned Club Jenna into a $30 million company. Mainstream success in show biz is not about who is actually a better performer or who is more talented. It is a combination of positioning, marketing & luck. Jenna was just the right girl, right place, right time.
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Posted - May 3 2011 : 12:15PM
Maybe Gina Lynn? She did at least do the Eminem clip and I believe she did some more mainstream things.