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30th AVN Awards
The 30th AVN Awards ceremony, or XXX AVN Awards, was an event during which ''Adult Video News'' (''AVN'') presented its annual AVN Awards to honor the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2012. Movies or products released between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012 were eligible. The ceremony was held on January 19, 2013 at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada. Comedian April Macie, AVN Hall of Fame inductee Jesse Jane and Asa Akira, who won Female Performer of the Year, hosted the AVN Awards. The awards show was held immediately after the Adult Entertainment Expo at the same venue. Best Romance Release was one of several new categories created for the 30th Awards Show. The new categories "reflect the ever-evolving market trends of the business" and the Best Romance award is for a movie with a romantic story line geared specifically to women or couples. ''Torn'', starring best actor winner Steven St. Croix, won the first Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVN Award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic films. They are often called the "Academy Awards, Oscars of porn". The awards are divided into over 100 categories, some of which are analogous to industry awards offered in other film and video genres and others that are specific to Pornography, pornographic/erotica, erotic film and video. ''AVN'' sponsored the first AVN Awards ceremony in February 1984. The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime (TV channel), Showtime, which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute time slot. Awards for Gay pornography, gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pornographic Film
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse and satisfy the viewer. Pornographic films present sexual fantasies and usually include erotically stimulating material such as nudity ( softcore) and sexual intercourse (hardcore). A distinction is sometimes made between "erotic" and "pornographic" films on the basis that the latter category contains more explicit sexuality, and focuses more on arousal than storytelling; the distinction is highly subjective. Pornographic films are produced and distributed on a variety of media, depending on the demand and technology available, including traditional film stock in various formats, home video, DVDs, Internet download, cable TV, in addition to other media. Today, pornographic films are sold or rented on DVD; shown through Internet streaming, special channels and pay-per-view on cable and satellite; and viewed in rapidly disappeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Angelina
Eva Angelina is an American pornographic actress. She has won several industry awards, including the 2007 NightMoves Award for Best Actress, the 2008 AVN Award for Best Actress, the 2008 XRCO Award for Best Actress, and the 2008 XBIZ Award for Female Performer of the Year. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2018. Early life Angelina was born in Huntington Beach, California. Career Angelina entered the porn industry by answering a newspaper advertisement; her first scene was for the ''Shane's World'' series with Mr. Pete in 2003, at the age of 18. She is known for wearing glasses during her performances. In 2010 she was named by ''Maxim'' as one of the 12 top female stars in porn. In 2014 she told ''Vice'' that she had earned a real estate license and was seeking to transition away from porn. Personal life She was married to British pornographic actor Danny Mountain from 2007 to 2009. She has two children. Awards * 2007 NightMoves Award – Best Actress (Fan's Choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Andrews
Jessie Andrews (born March 22, 1992) is a retired American adult film actress, designer, producer, model, DJ, entrepreneur and photographer. Andrews was active in the adult film industry from 2010 to 2015, where she was honored with several Acting Awards for her performance in ''Portrait of a Call Girl'', as well as Best New Starlet awards. Personal life Andrews is of mixed heritage. On her mother's side, she is of Irish and Latvian descent. On her father's side, she is one quarter Singaporean. In 2010, Andrews was withdrawn from high school after her school discovered her porn career and headed west to Los Angeles later that year. Within the year, Jessie became one of the few adult actress to break through to mainstream—proclaimed an "It Girl" by GQ, and Hypebae before getting scouted while shopping at an American Apparel store to be the brand's exclusive model. Jessie transitioned to a successful modeling career, gracing the covers of LA Weekly, Monster Children, and C-Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Carter 2013
''Lilium'' () is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the northern hemisphere and their range is temperate climates and extends into the subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common names, but do not belong to the same genus and are therefore not true lilies. Description Lilies are tall perennials ranging in height from . They form naked or tunicless scaly underground bulbs which are their organs of perennation. In some North American species the base of the bulb develops into rhizomes, on which numerous small bulbs are found. Some species develop stolons. Most bulbs are buried deep in the ground, but a few species form bulbs near the soil surface. Many species form stem-roots. With these, the bulb grows naturally at some depth in the soil, and each yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remy LaCroix 2014
Remy or Rémy may refer to: Places * Remy River, a tributary of rivière du Gouffre in Saint-Urbain, Quebec, Canada * Rémy, a French commune in Pas-de-Calais * Remy, Oise, northern France * Remy, Oklahoma, USA * 14683 Remy, an asteroid * Pont-Remy, a French commune in Picardie * Saint-Rémy (other), the name of numerous French communes People * Rémy (name) Brands and enterprises * Remy Bumppo Theatre Company * Rémy Cointreau, a French drinks conglomerate ** Rémy Martin, a brandy they produce * Remy International, an electrical systems company Music * Remy Zero, a musical group ** ''Remy Zero'' (album), 1996 self-titled album * Remy Munasifi Other uses * Remy, a type of artificial hair * Remy Grand Brassard and Trophy Race, an automobile race sponsored by Remy Electric See also * Remi (other) * Remigius (other) Remigius may refer to: * Saint Remigius of Reims (died 533), who converted Clovis I, king of the Franks * Remigius of Rouen (75 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Deen 2010
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa James is an unincorporated community in Plymouth County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. History A post office was established at James in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943. The community was named for James Blair, th ..., an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asa Akira 2 2014
ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal artery, the blood vessel which supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord * Antisperm antibodies, antibodies against sperm antigens * Argininosuccinic aciduria, a disorder of the urea cycle * ASA physical status classification system, rating of patients undergoing anesthesia Education and research * African Studies Association of the United Kingdom * African Studies Association *Alandica Shipping Academy, Åland Islands, Finland * Albany Students' Association, at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand * Alexander-Smith Academy, in Houston, Texas * Alpha Sigma Alpha, U.S. national sorority * American Society for Aesthetics, philosophical organization * American Student Assistance, national non-profit organization * American Studies A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remy LaCroix
Remy LaCroix (born June 26, 1988, in San Francisco, California) is an American pornographic actress. She won the 2013 AVN Award for Best New Starlet and the 2014 AVN Award for Best Actress. Early life Before entering the adult entertainment industry, LaCroix was a specialty dancer for several music festivals and Burning Man. Her performances included fire dancing, aerial silks and hula-hooping.Tod Hunter, Steve Javors, Mark Kernes, and Eric Dro, Peter Warren, "Freshen Up!", '' AVN'', vol. 29/no. 6, issue 355, June 2012, pp. 46–51. Career LaCroix entered the adult film industry in December 2011, with a gang bang scene for Kink.com, which was discussed in the James Franco produced documentary ''Kink''. She worked for a period of six months before announcing that she was leaving porn. Citing burnout, she continued to honor previous commitments, worked for the talent department at Kink.com, and promoted her unreleased movies, eventually returning to shooting in November 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Braun
Axel Braun (born Alessandro Re) is an Italian-American adult film producer and director known for his productions of pornographic parodies. The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee. Early life Axel was born and raised in Milan, Italy. His mother had a brief affair with adult film director Lasse Braun. Axel didn't meet Lasse until he was 14. He attended film school at Columbia College Hollywood. Career Braun has directed over 500 movies since 1990. Braun's movie '' Batman XXX: A Porn Parody'' was the best-selling and best-renting title of 2010. Due to the success of ''Batman XXX'', Vivid Entertainment created a new line to capitalize on the superhero and sci-fi genres called Vivid Superhero and Braun was named leading director for the initiative. In 2013, Braun left Vivid and signed an exclusive directing contract with Wicked Pictures to launch Wicked Fairy Tales and Wicked Comix, two imprints dedicated exclusive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octomom Home Alone
''Octomom Home Alone'' is a pornographic film featuring prominent American mother Nadya Suleman, also known as "Octomom", masturbating. The DVD was released on 16 July 2012Alexander Espinoza,Octomom Home Alone" ''XCritic'', 17 December 2012, URL accessed 27 January 2013. by Wicked Pictures and drew media attention given Suleman's celebrity and recognition from the AVN Awards. Production In 2009, Suleman gave birth to the Suleman octuplets. News of the octuplets caused an international media sensation. Public response was largely negative, including death threats. Although under severe financial pressure from raising 14 children, Suleman had publicly stated she would not do pornography. She explained that stance, saying "I've been celibate for 14 years and I'm a regular church-goer." She also claimed she had never masturbated. However, in 2012 Suleman filed for bankruptcy in federal court, claiming a $1 million debt. She thus reversed her earlier position, saying "If it's a job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven St
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
