to the YourTango newsletter!

FIND AN EXPERT
Advanced SearchDr. Marty KleinDavid SteeleCatherine Behan

JOE FRANCIS

David Arquette

David Arquette: Just Friends Or More With Joe Francis' Ex Wife?

David Arquette and Christina McLarty seemed cuddly all weekend, but his rep says otherwise.

Ever since his marriage fell apart, David Arquette seems like he just doesn't quite know how to cope. After he and Courtney Cox split he had a short relationship with waitress Jasmine Waltz, but has since seemed to still be very much in love with his estranged wife.

Tila Tequila, Joe Francis

Did Joe Francis Impregnate Tila Tequila?

Joe Francis may be Tila's baby daddy; world may be doomed.

After learning the news that Tila Tequila is pregnant (maybe), many questions may have crossed your minds. Chief among them—What could be worse than having Tila Tequila for a mother? Well, how about also having human oil slick, Joe Francis, for a father? It seems plausible. Rumor has it that Tila's engagement to now-deceased Casey Johnson was all a PR stunt concocted by Joe to promote his latest project: Tila's new website.

sasha grey

When Did Porn Become Mainstream?

How did porn become OK? Was it Howard Stern, Jenna Jameson, Joe Francis, Larry Flynt?

Somehow, some way, porn has made its way into the mainstream. Jenna Jameson is a household name. The appellation "porn" has been innocently added to other genres of media. Joe Francis thinks the government owes the industry a porn bailout. Steven Soderbergh is directing a porn star named Sasha Grey in a conventional film. What the Sam Hill is going on? Are Howard Stern, Larry Flynt and Hugh Hefner laughing their smutty butts off somewhere?

porn bailout

The Porn Bailout

Larry Flynt and Joe Francis say the porn industry needs $5 billion from the government.

The economic slowdown have pervaded all aspects of American life. Even the porn industry is feeling the sting of this one. So much so that 2 luminaries of the business are asking for a porn bailout. Joe Francis and Larry Flynt are asking the government for $5 billion. That's a whole lotta porn.