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Boy Culture Ranks Top Gay-Porn Stars
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| L-R Austin Wolf (via Instagram), Arad Winwin (via Instagram) |
Over at Boy Culture, Matt Rettenmund has done the hard work and ranked what he considers “History’s 225 Greatest Gay-Porn Stars.”
I know, I know…it’s hard work but someone’s got to do it.
Rettenmund ranked the first 40 in order, and then the other 185 adult performers are included and listed in alphabetical order.
As they say, “Just to be nominated is an honor…”
Now, in all honesty, I’ll admit my knowledge of gay-porn performers is much more limited than Rettenmund, who earlier in his career worked as a gay-porn industry professional for publications like Torso, Honcho, Playguy and Mandate.
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| Ok, so I do know who Austin Wolf is… (via Instagram) |
As Boy Culture points out, gay men didn’t have much back in the 1980s and 90s in terms of “societal instruction on what happens when two guys fall in love, or even lust.” So, gay porn was about the only source we had for figuring out how this all might work.
I remember some of these guys from videos my first boyfriend had back in the 1980s, but I’m not so good with names in terms of today’s adult performers.
But the internet loves lists, so I’ll share Rettenmund’s “Top 10” here, but you can click over to Boy Culture for the full Top 40 plus all of his honorary mentions.
As Rettenmund writes, “It’s not science, so please don’t flunk me.”
10. Lukas Ridgeston (b. 1974)
9. Brent Corrigan (Sean Paul Lockhart, b. 1986)
8. Austin Wilde (b. 1983)
7. Kevin Williams (b. 1965)
6. Chad Douglas (Martin R. Cox, 1957-1999/AIDS)
5. Jack Wrangler (John Robert Stillman, 1946-2009/emphysema)
4. Ryan Idol (Marc Anthony Donais, b. 1966)
3. Joey Stefano (Nicholas Anthony Iacona Jr., 1968-1994/O.D.)
2. Jeff Stryker (Charles Casper Peyton, b. 1962)
And Boy Culture’s number one adult entertainment star is…
1. Al Parker (Andrew ‘Drew’ Okun, 1952-1992/AIDS)
Top 10 New Posts On The Randy Report In 2016
Some regular readers have emailed me asking for a round-up of the “Top 10 New Posts,” strictly by the numbers, on The Randy Report in 2016.
Now, there were several archived posts from past years that got a lot of love, too. But I’m keeping this list to only new posts in 2016.
I know I’m a day early, but, what the hell. Here’s what readers clicked on the most this past year:
1. Funny: Aussie Commentary On Men’s Olympic Diving
2. Louis C.K. On Donald Trump: “It Was Funny For A While But The Guy Is Hitler”
3. Super-Statistician Nate Silver Predicts Crushing Win By Hillary Clinton
4. Olympic Gymnast Danell Leyva Stands Up For LGBT Rights “Make America Gay Again”
5. U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Puts On A Show At Rio Gala Gymnastics
6. Anderson Cooper’s Emotional Tribute To 49 Killed In Orlando Shooting
7. Vice President-elect Mike Pence Gets More Than A History Lesson At HAMILTON On Broadway
8. Naked Cubs Pitcher Jake Arrieta Explains The Art Of Pitching
9. Donald Trump Explains His Sexist Comments: “I Never Thought I Would Run For Office”
10. Pastor Steven Anderson: “The Good News Is There’s 50 Less Pedophiles In The World”
This Week’s Billboard Top 10
Cute video from Billboard to help you stay up to date on what’s trending in music. Because, trust me, I’m never all that informed on “who’s who” in music. So, this is pretty handy.
And, Billboard has fun with some kind of “Pop-up Video” style factoids.