Jay Grdina
{{Short description|American pornographic actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox adult biography
| name = Jay Grdina
| image = Jay Grdina.JPG
| caption = Grdina in 2005
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|11}}
| birth_place = Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
| occupation = Businessman, pornographic actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Jenna Jameson|2003|2006|end=div}}
| other_names = Justin Sterling
}}
John G. "Jay" Grdina{{Cite web |url=http://cdn.digitalcity.com/tmz_documents/jameson_divorce.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626195429/http://cdn.digitalcity.com/tmz_documents/jameson_divorce.pdf |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }} (born October 11, 1967) is an American businessman and former pornographic actor. His family originates from Croatia.[http://www.dnevno.hr/magazin/lifestyle/69769-los-pr-u-dijaspori-koje-su-svjetski-poznate-osobe-podrijetlom-hrvati-a-da-to-niste-ni-znali.html Dnevno.hr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112184906/http://www.dnevno.hr/magazin/lifestyle/69769-los-pr-u-dijaspori-koje-su-svjetski-poznate-osobe-podrijetlom-hrvati-a-da-to-niste-ni-znali.html |date=November 12, 2013 }} Ratko Martinović: Loš PR u dijaspori – Koje su svjetski poznate osobe podrijetlom Hrvati, a da to niste ni znali, 28. listopada 2012. (Croatian) He is often credited under the stage name Justin Sterling.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0704/124.html |title=The (Porn) Player |first1=Matthew |last1=Miller |magazine=Forbes |date=July 4, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050618235714/https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0704/124.html |archive-date=June 18, 2005}}
Early life
Grdina was born in Ohio[https://web.archive.org/web/20060508203551/http://www.brandaccessforum.com/speakers.htm#jg Brand Access Forum] May 8, 2006, Los Angeles, California speaker profile. Archived from [http://www.brandaccessforum.com/speakers.htm] on May 8, 2006, by the Internet Archive to a wealthy cattle ranching family who immigrated from Karlovac, Croatia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/novi-broj-magazina-svijet-uz-nedjeljni-jutarnji--niste-culi-za-nju--iva-mihalic-postat-ce-nasa-najveca-zvijezda/1005777/|title=U novom SVIJETU sve o PORNOGRAFSKOM MOGULU iz Karlovca: Kako se zaljubio u Jennu Jameson i stvorio američku PORNO SCENU|work=jutarnji.hr|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623052224/http://www.jutarnji.hr/novi-broj-magazina-svijet-uz-nedjeljni-jutarnji--niste-culi-za-nju--iva-mihalic-postat-ce-nasa-najveca-zvijezda/1005777|url-status=dead}} He spent portions of his grade school years at Naples Christian Academy (NCH) in Naples, Florida,{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} and his high school years at Gilmour Academy, a prep school in Gates Mills, Ohio. He attended the University of San Diego majoring in business and psychology.
Career
After graduating college, Grdina pursued a variety of careers and business ventures until 1992, when he began investing in adult films directed by Michael Ninn. From 1995 to 1999, he wrote and directed several pornographic films in Ninn's style, often under the name 'Michael Santangelo, Justin Fine and Justin Sterling''.[http://www.lukeford.com/stars/male/justin_sterling.html "Justin Sterling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021070707/http://www.lukeford.com/stars/male/justin_sterling.html |date=October 21, 2006 }} page about the director at lukeford.com
Grdina met Jenna Jameson, already a famous porn star, in 1998. They married in a Roman Catholic-style ceremony on June 22, 2003. The couple resided in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a {{convert|6700|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Spanish-style mansion purchased for $2 million in 2002. They later moved to Paradise Valley in a {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} home for $4.5 million.[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/15/garden/15JENN.html?ex=1397361600&en=3e0359841e9017c4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND "At Home with Jenna Jameson: Off Camera, Cashmere and Crosses"] by Dinitia Smith, The New York Times, April 15, 2004
In 2000, Grdina co-founded ClubJenna, first as an Internet pornography company then as a multimedia adult entertainment business. On June 22, 2006, Playboy Enterprises announced the acquisition of Club Jenna and related companies in conjunction with personal service agreements by both Jameson and Grdina.[http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BA451B8E7-39A5-4120-83C9-DCD554D61B27%7D&siteid=google "Playboy gets more hardcore with new acquisition"], by William Spain, MarketWatch, June 22, 2006
Grdina produced, directed, and wrote several Club Jenna films including Briana Loves Jenna, The Masseuse, I Dream of Jenna, and Krystal Method. Grdina also acted in some of these films, as the only man that Jameson would have intercourse with on screen.
In 2006, Grdina was a judge in the second season of Playboy TV's Jenna's American Sex Star, where prospective porn stars compete in sexual performances for a contract with Club Jenna.
In June 2010, Grdina started the celebrity gossip website, Kikster.com.{{Cite web |url=http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=43833 |title=AdultFYI - Jay Grdina's Thoughts on "Dating Down"; He's Now Operating Celebrity Site Kikster.com |access-date=July 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929005109/http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=43833 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }} As of May 2013, there is no Kikster.com.
In December 2010, Grdina was named CEO of NOHO, a hangover prevention beverage.{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/video/noho-sees-hangover-defense-sales-at-100-million-xGHvYiZBTAaR~28RghHUhQ.html | work=Bloomberg | title=NoHo Sees Hangover Defense Sales at $100 Million}}
On June 20, 2011, NOHO and Grdina were the subject of a feature for CNBC, detailing the creation of an emerging brand.{{Cite web|url=http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000028243|title=Jay Grdina, NoHo|publisher=CNBC|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201111/http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000028243|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Grdina married Jenna Jameson in June 2003.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_f17954ea-5461-583c-9f2e-94ddb8be6210.html|title=Jenna Jameson's husband accused of assault|last=Powell|first=Brian|work=East Valley Tribune|access-date=July 14, 2017}} Jameson filed for divorce in December 2006.[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061212-010505-5135r "Jenna Jameson files for divorce"], United Press International, December 12, 2006{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1426892.php/Jenna_Jameson_a_devout_Catholic_and_pregnant_too |title=Jenna Jameson 'a devout Catholic' and pregnant too - Monsters and Critics |website=www.monstersandcritics.com |access-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629221130/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1426892.php/Jenna_Jameson_a_devout_Catholic_and_pregnant_too |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Grdina lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona.{{Cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/business/columns/articles/0925biz-buzz0925.html|title=Club Jenna exec shares tips on being a good PV neighbor|website=The Arizona Republic|access-date=July 14, 2017}}
Awards
- 1998 AVN Award – Best Videography – Diva, The Series (shared with Barry Harley){{cite web|url= http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1997.html|title= AVN Awards – 1997|access-date= March 3, 2015|publisher= RAME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084616/http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1997.html|archive-date= September 24, 2015|url-status= dead}}
- 2004 NightMoves Award – Best Director (Fan's Choice){{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Winners-of-the-Nightmoves-Entertainment-Awards-Announced-40453.html|title= Winners of the Nightmoves Entertainment Awards Announced|access-date= March 3, 2015|author= Dirty Bob|date= September 21, 2004|magazine= AVN|archive-date= July 8, 2012|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120708213532/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Winners-of-the-Nightmoves-Entertainment-Awards-Announced-40453.html|url-status= dead}}
- 2005 AFW Award – Best Actor – The Masseuse{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Jameson-Sterling-Earn-AFW-Honors-43383.html|title= Jameson, Sterling Earn AFW Honors|access-date= March 3, 2015|author= Chip Baker|date= April 27, 2005|magazine= AVN}}
- 2005 AVN Award – Best Actor (Film) – The Masseuse{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2005-AVN-Awards-Show-Winners-Announced-41743.html|title= 2005 AVN Awards Show Winners Announced|access-date= March 3, 2015|date= January 8, 2005|magazine= AVN|archive-date= January 17, 2013|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130117165703/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2005-AVN-Awards-Show-Winners-Announced-41743.html|url-status= dead}}
- 2005 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (Film) – The Masseuse (shared with Jenna Jameson)
- 2005 AVN Award – Best Editing (Video) – Bella Loves Jenna
- 2007 AVN Award – Best Editing (Film) – Jenna's Provocateur (shared with Johnny 5){{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2007-AVN-Award-Winners-Announced-29596.html|title= 2007 AVN Award Winners Announced|access-date= March 3, 2015|date= January 14, 2007|magazine= AVN|archive-date= January 21, 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20160121024320/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2007-AVN-Award-Winners-Announced-29596.html|url-status= dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://myspace.com/soimarriedapornstar Jay G (Justin Sterling)] on Myspace
- [https://archive.today/20071012040519/http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=70934&source=rss&dest=STY-70934 "Jenna Jameson's husband accused of assault"], by Brian Powell and Mike Sakal, East Valley Tribune, August 3, 2006
- {{afdb name|id=31186|name=Jay Grdina}}
- {{IMDb name|0827542|Justin Sterling}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male pornographic film actors
Category:American people of Croatian descent
Category:American pornographic film directors