joe-francis

Hooker's Lesbian Porno Is Her Last Good Video, Says Girls Gone Wild

Ryan Tate · 03/18/08 09:37PM

After offering Eliot Spitzer hooker Ashley Dupre $1 million to pose for a nude video, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis discovered he already had nude video of Dupre, and now says it will be the final word on the ex-prostitute because "I got to her before Spitzer - she looked a lot better at 18." Francis told the Post he filmed Dupre "in girl-on-girl action" after she was thrown out of a Miami Beach hotel during spring break and took refuge on Francis' party bus. Dupre's celebrity is allegedly about to end, according to the Post — sales of her song have dried up and traffic to her MySpace page has slowed. An attorney who represents a different hooker said it might be too late for her to cash in. Really? Somehow it seems unlikely all porn, book and "butt girl" opportunities have passed Dupre by. The Post, for example, appears to have more than a little faith in the call girl's popularity: the tabloid assembled an eight-page Girls Gone Wild Dupre photo gallery, plus a four-page gallery of Dupre clubbing. A representative photo from each is after the jump.

Amy Winehouse's Father About As Awful As Expected

Ryan Tate · 03/14/08 07:26AM
  • Amy Winehouse's dad is trying to steal credit for some of his daughter's problems, but not the drug thing. Just the other ones. He was cheating on Winehouse's mom basically since the singer was born, then moved in with his mistress when she was 10, then married the mistress. Now Amy Winehouse makes songs like "What It Is About Men." [Us]

Joe Francis Entrusts His Reputation To Professionals

Hamilton Nolan · 03/12/08 02:39PM

Softcore porn king and "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was set free today after spending the past year in a Nevada jail. He pleaded no contest to charges of filming naked underage girls, and was let off with time served . Who is he turning to to rehabilitate his shattered image during this critical period? None other than woman-cursing flack Ronn [sic] Torossian's 5WPR, home to more than a few disgruntled ex-staffers. Francis worked with 5W before, and I guess the whole "women as stupid cunts" angle does fit in with his normal M.O. Rock on! [TMZ] UPDATE: And here is Ronn's perfectly tone deaf quote to the media about Francis:

Flack Ronn Torrosian Says He Placed 'Times' Piece On Joe Francis

Emily Gould · 12/17/07 05:30PM

We've been asked to clarify an earlier post about jailed wild-girl exploiter Joe Francis, who managed not to make himself look good in the New York Times Styles section this weekend in spite of being given every opportunity to do so. We'd suggested that publicist Mike Sitrick was responsible for the good placement—but 5W Public Relations flack Ronn Torrosian begs to differ: "please call gawker let them know you rep him not mike that got him the piece in NY times. Fix it and let him know," reads an email from Ronn's assistant Katrina, forwarded to us (on purpose? Maybe!) by Ronn.

Joe Francis Is "Just A Regular Joe" In Jail

Emily Gould · 12/17/07 01:40PM

Score one for power publicist Mike Sitrick: he's managed to get new client Joe"Girls Gone Wild" Francis profiled not entirely unsympathetically in the Sunday Style section. Joe's still stuck in jail, in spite of having a ton of money and also a ton of friends like Quincy Jones and Greta Van Susteren who don't think he belongs there. He's being held in Reno for tax evasion, but he also faces other charges in Florida that are more along the lines of what you'd expect if you're familiar with his history of being rapey, reporter-assaulty, and Richard Johnson-friendy. But in spite of being given a bully pulpit to drum up sympathy, Joe can't seem to make his cause seem just.

Joe Francis Hires Slick Mike Sitrick

Choire · 10/25/07 09:00AM

Last we saw, reporter-assaulter and Page Six pal "Girls Gone Wild" porn king Joe Francis was retooling his image, thanks to the work of PR professional Ronn Torossian. (Ronn made him an insane website in an effort to rebrand Francis from rapist to nice guy. It is not working.) But what's this? Publicist Mike Sitrick—who represents poor emasculated alleged Radar owner Ron Burkle and has aided and abetted Paris Hilton—is now putting out press releases in the case of humanity versus Joe Francis. Oh boy. Probably by the time Sitrick's done, Francis will be voicing animated characters in Disney movies.

'Radar' v. Richard Johnson: It Is So On!

Emily Gould · 10/16/07 03:56PM

"Emasculated? We'll See!" was the headline of the Page Six item this morning that basically told New York magazine's Vanessa Grigoriadis to watch what she said about that venerable gossip institution, because the males of Page Six would totally rape her... except maybe not because she's so darn hairy and ugly. Charming. Not to mention completely out of proportion! Grigoriadis's claim—that the column was "emasculated" after former Sixer Jared Paul Stern was accused of trying to blackmail supermarket magnate and (whatever, alleged) Radar investor Ron Burkle, wasn't even that controversial. And Richard Johnson's move to cover his ass by whipping out his dick, as it were, seems to have completely backfired.

mark · 10/16/07 11:15AM

Incarcerated titty-flash magnate Joe Francis's daring experiment in interactive jurisprudence, You Be The Judge, has been proven a huge success: the women in the video he recently posted to his website have dropped their lawsuit and apologized to the world's foremost documentarian of Spring Break culture. Said Francis to Gatecrasher, "I'm very pleased with the events today. It's a sign of things to come... I'm sure that there will be another [similar lawsuit] that will follow it." And when it does, You Be The Judge will be there to clear his good name with more damning footage of opportunistic co-eds screaming, "I'll give you all the consent you want if you give me one of the Girls Gone Wild shot glasses! Wooo!" [Gatecrasher]

Website Feature Gives Users Satisfaction Of Telling Joe Francis He Belongs In Jail

seth · 10/01/07 04:22PM


Having found his vanity website was inciting insufficient outrage, Joe Francis has again switched gears, moving away from Phil Spector side-by-sides to a new offensive aimed squarely at the girls suing the incarcerated Girls Gone Wild CEO for marketing their ill-considered, titty-flashing exploits. In new section "You Be The Judge," visitors are invited to watch video of the plaintiffs telling a camera operator that they are of age, before gleefully relinquishing all rights to footage captured in the nearby Suspicious Goings On tour bus.

Joe Francis Upset At Obvious Miscarriage Of Misogynist-Related Justice

mark · 09/28/07 03:40PM


Incarcerated Girls Gone Wild titty-flash magnate Joe Francis isn't afraid to get topical in spreading the word about MeetJoeFrancis.com, the handsomely designed internet presence he launched last week to keep the public up-to-date on his hopes, dreams, and fears while he continues his ongoing battle with a judicial system hell-bent on keeping him off the drunken-coed-clogged beaches of South Florida and Mexico.

Jailbound Joe Francis Keeping Busy With Web-Based Image-Rehaul Campaign

seth · 09/20/07 06:02PM


Disgraced flashcore mogul Joe Francis, currently occupying a cell at the Washoe County Detention Center outside Reno as he awaits trial on tax evasion, appears to have taken full advantage of the facility's popular Inmate Web Development program and fashioned an impressive internet presence for himself. Starting today, Meet Joe Francis lends the visionary behind the Girls Gone Wild drunken co-ed tittie-baring empire a platform for everything from a 10-page legal defense to a personal biography in which he nostalgically recalls first jobs, first cars, and first prom dates rendered drunk enough to capture topless with a Polaroid. News of the launch came through the following e-mail, in which Francis urges his outrage-deficient friends and colleagues to help reverse a travesty of justice foisted upon an honorable man guilty of nothing more than loving a good time:

Alli Sims, You've Been Served!

Choire · 08/13/07 08:20AM
  • Alli Sims, Britney Spears' cousin-assistant, got served with papers by Kevin Federline's lawyer for the upcoming custody craziness. How could he want to take Brit-Brit's babies away? She is doing such a good job. [Us]

Bravo's Andy Cohen Writes Open Letter Calling For More Candy Spelling Open Letters

seth · 05/21/07 02:24PM

Instead of merely regurgitating this weekend's escalating war of words between First Widow Candy Spelling—who has found a late-in-life calling penning epistolary diatribes directed squarely at Hollywood's high profile, reckless youth—and fallen flashcore mogul Joe Francis (quick recap: Candy: "You're a boy gone wild!" Joe: "You're a crazy cat lady!"), we thought we'd turn to one of the web's leading opinion-havers on celebrity matters of little-to-no import—Bravo's blogging executive wunderkind, Andy Cohen: