Pantheon Productions, LLC and DaddyHunt are proud to sponsor many gay causes. We are a community site created for and by gay men of diverse ages with over 164,000 members worldwide, and we do not support and/or send money to any political candidates or causes that aren’t gay friendly. Many of you have read in recent blogs about an owner of one of those other gay personals sites sending the maximum individual contribution to the McCain campaign. It surprised us too!

Over the last few years, DaddyHunt has given money to such organizations as Stop AIDS, Healing Waters and the Lazy Bear Fund.
We’re extremely proud of the friendly and diverse online community that we’ve created. We feel very strongly about creating a positive community for older men and their admirers, and we want to make a positive impact on the larger gay community.

We want to work with you to raise money for the causes that we believe in. From now until September 5th, 25% of all new supporter signups on DaddyHunt will be donated to the AIDS Emergency Fund, Matthew Shepard Foundation, and the Free Speech Coalition.

DaddyHunt is FREE to join and use with free unlimited messaging and profile views, but supporters of the site get a couple extras features like advanced search and additional photo privileges.

Sign up now and support your community!

If you are already a supporter, we ask you to take it upon yourself to reach out to our community in a way that feels comfortable to you. Donate your time or money to any of the causes mentioned above or one of your choice to show your appreciation and support.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Thanks for caring about your community. Please feel free to send us your thoughts and feedback. We look forward to seeing you on DaddyHunt!

Chris Turner
Founder and CEO
Pantheon Productions, LLC

In the mid-1970s there were no gay divisions at publishing houses and no “gay lit” courses taught at colleges and Universities. But mention the name of Christopher Isherwood to those who were around then and chances are you’ll hear what a brilliant writer — and what an inspiring example — he was.

This was the man who had written “Berlin Stories”, on which the musical “Cabaret” was based, as well as many other novels, plays, and screenplays. In the final paragraph of his 1976 memoir, “Christopher and His Kind,” which covers his experiences from 1929 through 1939, Isherwood writes that he would eventually find “the ideal companion to whom you can reveal yourself totally and yet be loved for what you are, not what you pretend to be.” That companion, for Isherwood, was Don Bachardy, and their 33-year relationship ended only with Isherwood’s death in 1985.

The two met on the beach at Santa Monica in 1953, when Isherwood was 48 and Bachardy only 18. They were the first — and for many years the only — openly gay couple among the Hollywood elite. In the years that they were together, Isherwood continued to write and Bachardy himself became a highly respected portraitist whose subjects have recently included a series of drawings of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Now the story of that relationship is told in the new documentary “Chris and Don: A Love Story”, which you can see in theaters July 18.

DaddyHunt was lucky enough to get an exclusive interview with Don Bachardy last year as the documentary was being made. Be sure to watch the first part of our exclusive interview with Don on our home page and come back for more of his fascinating stories over the next few weeks.

Jeremy Steel Mans The Pantheon Vendor Booth At CLAW April 24th - 27th 2008
To see more photos from this event, click here

In an ongoing effort to make DaddyHunt the best it can be, we’d love to hear from our members about your experiences (the good, the bad, the ugly) with customer service. Our staff works hard to answer everyone’s emails within 24 hours and to approve new pictures and profiles 24/7. If you’ve ever had problems getting through to customer service, or care to share any other stories, here’s your opportunity.

If you have had any problems reaching customer service, we sincerely apologize and recommend that users check their SPAM folder. In any event, please be sure to tell us the email address you used so that we can follow up and investigate and do better in the future.

Thank you!

The DaddyHunt Team

Photo courtesy of wisebearaz. For more photos from IBR, click here

Emmy-award winner Kathy Griffin, star of the Bravo series “My Life On The D-List” made a surprise visit to the Vendor Maul at International Bear Rendezvous in San Francisco on Saturday, February 16th. She stopped by to meet Rik Kappus, exclusive Pantheon Men model and get an autographed copy of RUGGED, Rik’s first feature for Pantheon Productions. After he signed her copy of the DVD, Rik asked Kathy for hers!!!!

Watch the episode on Bravo Thursday night July 10 at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Central and Mountain).

International Bear Rendezvous is sponsored annually by The Bears Of San Francisco

Pantheon models Lobo Al (left), Kegan Daniels (center) and Mr. Pgh Eagle Leather 2008 Nick Daemous stop for a photo opportunity while raising funds for Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (CLAW) charities. For more photos from the event, click here.

Pantheon Productions was proud to host two events for attendees at Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. On Friday evening January 18th at The Green Lantern in Washington, DC, Pantheon hosted a pre-release party for its’ latest release, AMATEUR DADDY ORGY. In attendance at the event were Pantheon models from the video, Lobo Al and Mike Edmond along with Kegan Daniels, who has appeared in Pantheon Productions titles SUITED FOR SEX and RUGGED, which was recently nominated for a GAYVN award in the Specialty/Bear category!

It may have been cold outside in Washington DC, but that didn’t keep over 300 men from attending the event to watch AMATEUR DADDY ORGY. Things heated up quickly at the Green Lantern.

Models Kegan Daniels and Lobo Al volunteered to help raise money for Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (CLAW) charities. CLAW held a uniform auction early in the evening to raise funds for its’ charities. Al, all sexy and hot-looking in his skin-tight football pants, raised over $200 for CLAW charities and Kegan raised over $150 for the baseball shirt he modeled. It probably didn’t hurt that his thick, red furry chest was available to rub while wearing the unbuttoned shirt!

On Saturday evening, January 19th Pantheon returned to the Green Lantern to host the launch of their monthly DaddyHunt nights. There was a packed house again as the men turned out to socialize and meet many of the sexy DaddyHunt members from the DC area and from across the country.

Pantheon held a charity raffle for the 5-volume set of the infamous DaddyHunt videos. The raffle raised $140 for the International Deaf Leather organization, which was chosen as the recipient of the raffle by Green Lantern owner Greg Zehnaker.

We’d like to hear from all of you hot men who attended the events! Please leave your comments and tell us how much fun you had at the events and at MAL!

For more pictures from this event, click here.

Pantheon was invited out to Bear Night at The Link to meet and greet some of their patrons.

Keith, the owner of The Link, and his staff warmly greeted us and made us feel very welcome.

We passed out a copy of our bear-themed DVD sampler and a raffle ticket to win a copy of Pantheon Productions’ video, B.Y.O.B. to each guest. The sampler was a hit! To quote one patron, “Who doesn’t like free porn?”

A “Best Chest/Leather Attire” contest was held. There were six hot contestants. The winner was chosen by the patrons, based on their applause. First, second and third places winners received a bar tab and a hit Pantheon Productions DVD.

We’re looking forward to our return to The Link on Friday January 11th for their first DaddyHunt Night!

The Link - 91 Wendel Rd. - Herminie PA - 724-446-7717

Above:
Pantheon Model Lobo Al and First Exclusive Model Rik Kappus at the Mr. Leather Toronto Vendor Mart.
To see more pictures from this event, click here.

On November 24th, Rik Kappus, our first exclusive model, made his first official appearance under our moniker at the Mr. Leather Toronto vendor mart. The hunky, down-to-earth Toronto Native had a great time taking pictures, chatting people up and signing copies of RUGGED and SUITED FOR SEX.

Also on hand at our vendor booth was Pantheon model Lobo Al who will star in AMATEUR DADDY ORGY (oh yeah!) out in January 2008, Pantheon’s Promotion and Marketing man Michael (ahem… that’s me! I like talking about myself in the third person!) and his life-partner, Randy. It was an awesome team and good times were had by all.

If you missed super sexy Rik, fear not! He will make personal appearances at International Bear Rendezvous in San Francisco and International Mr. Leather in Chicago. Also, keep an eye on the HotOlderMale.com Events Calendar for more on when we will be at an event near you.

Until next time…

Above:
Nick Daeomus, Mr. Pittsburgh Eagle Leather 2008
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This November, we were proud to sponsor the Mr. Pittsburgh Eagle Leather 2008 Contest. This makes for our second Eagle event this year (we also sponsored the Mr. Eagle NYC competition this fall), and we are having a blast supporting our community!

For the Pittsburgh event, the meet-and-greet took place on the evening of November 2nd where the contestants were introduced to members of the Three Rivers Leather Club (who produced the event), judges, guests and patrons of the Eagle. It was a great opportunity to mingle with the leathermen of Pittsburgh, their friends and supporters.

The next night was the main event with a packed house of leather folk and those who love them all cheering on their favorite contestant. The program consisted of Bar Wear, Jock, Formal/Uniform apparel as well as a question-and-answer round. We were also entertained by live performances by Jack Gerard, Steve Saling, UNDUB and Corey Wingard.

In the end, the title went to Nick Daeomus who is a SMOKING hot, tall and slender Daddy who wears his leather very well. Everyone fell for him the moment we saw that perfectly manicured goatee.

Congratulations Nick and thank you to the Three Rivers Leather Club for a wonderful weekend!

If you were there, speak up and let us know what you thought of the competition.

Until next time…

To see more photos from this event, click here.

For most, the first weekend of October signals the beginning of the fall season. Not so for the influx of men who poured into Orlando for the 16th Annual Bear Bust, hosted by the Bears of Central Florida. The weather, even for Central Florida, was unseasonably warm, much to the delight of the bears and their admirers who came to bask in the warm weather of Orlando. And as always, bears in heat provide for some very hot partying!

The Bears of Central Florida had their work cut out for them. The Full Moon Saloon, which had hosted the run for many years, closed unexpectedly in April, so the Parliament House became the focal point for most of events scheduled for the run. But from very early on, it appeared that the committee members had everything under control and the event would carry on without incident!

Chris Roma (the owner of Pantheon) and I arrived early to spend some time discussing business. On Thursday night, we ventured to the courtyard of the Parliament House and were thrilled to see the large number of men who had already arrived for the event. The early crowd bode well for a busy and hot weekend. When I showed up on Friday night, the crowd was even larger - there were bears everywhere! And the unexpected heat wave was working its magic spell on the party at hand.

On Saturday morning, we arrived at the Parliament House to set up the Pantheon booth at the “Vendor Maul”. It had rained during the night, but that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits or enthusiasm for the upcoming day. I was amazed that there were even more men out and about than on Thursday or Friday!

We were very fortunate to have two of our hot models, Hart Caldwell and Ross Wilson, with us to meet and greet the grizzly guys and their admirers who were shopping at the Vendor Maul on Saturday and Sunday. While many who stopped by had received our DVD sampler and catalog in the run kit, there were quite a few shoppers who were there just for the day, and they were thrilled to be offered the free sampler of all our best bear films. It turned out to be an exciting two days! Many of Ross and Hart’s fans stopped by to chat and to get autographed copies of their favorite DVDs. We actually ran out of some of the titles we had on hand because our models were so popular with the men!

Sunday provided us with a very humid afternoon at the booth, which inspired our models to shed their shirts and try and catch what little breeze they could. I can tell you, the shoppers didn’t seem to mind seeing these sexy guys shirtless!

One of our newer models, Dallas, stopped by on Sunday with his boyfriend Hal to hang out and meet the guys at the event. (Dallas is a sexy younger bear-admirer. Check him out in our current feature “Suited For Sex” and he co-stars with me in our upcoming movie, “Amateur Daddy Orgy.”)

The humidity didn’t deter the many attendees who came back to do some more shopping after watching the DVD sampler! A late-afternoon rain shower provided some relief to the humidity, just as all of the vendors were getting ready to close for the day.

Bear Bust was the first event outside of the San Francisco area that Pantheon attended as a vendor. This is part of a new initiative created by Chris and me to offer bear and leather community organizations support and provide product and promotional services to help make their events a success.

Attending Bear Bust was a great experience for all of us at Pantheon and we’re looking forward to returning in 2008. Early reports indicate that this was a record-setting attendance for the event and we’d like to congratulate the Bears of Central Florida for working so hard to achieve this success!

We’d also like to thank Virgil, Committee Chairman and Vice President of BOCF, Brett, President of BOCF, his partner, Bill and the entire committee staff of the Bears of Central Florida for their assistance during the event and for making us feel welcome and at home at Bear Bust. They did a spectacular job and we look forward to our continued association with their organization. We hope all the men who attended had as much fun as we did!