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04/15/2004: "The house that porn built"
The New York Times has apprently decided that its Home & Garden section is an appropriate place for a puff piece on a porn star. Jenna Jameson, one of America's foremost smut producers, has fine taste in art, and a serious spiritual side:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–JENNA JAMESON was giving this writer a winter tour of her 6,700-square-foot Spanish-style palace, bought two years ago for $2 million, which she made through her pornography empire.
Two religious paintings grace her walls without irony: "St. Joseph Revealing the Madonna and Child to St. Dominic," which her husband, Jay Grdina, said was a 17th-century Spanish work, and "The Birth of Mary," an 18th-century Cuzqueño work from Peru.
Then there are the pictures of Ms. Jameson. "That's the first time I was portrayed in a major magazine photo," she said, pointing to a framed April 2003 Hustler cover. "It was a big deal for me."
...Ms. Jameson and Mr. Grdina were married last June by a former priest who is now a justice of the peace, in a Roman Catholic-style ceremony in their backyard. Mr. Grdina has always considered himself a practicing Catholic; Ms. Jameson said she is returning to her Catholic roots. Mr. Grdina said his family, Catholics, has come to support the work they do. His mother wears ClubJenna T-shirts. His sister is in charge of merchandising for ClubJenna.
Mr. Grdina and his wife say they lead a quiet life, often relaxing in the den watching television.
And what do they watch? "I'm a big horror movie fan," Ms. Jameson said.
I'm so delighted the Times decided to fill their readership in on the lifestyle of the rich and lascivious, and without the slightest hint of irony. Up next in the Newspaper of Record: kickin' back and talkin' kitchen decor with the Cartegena cocaine cartel.
