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Abigail Clayton
Abigail Clayton is an American retired pornographic actress active during the Golden Age of Porn. She was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2008. Film career Clayton started her career in 1976 during the porn chic era when adult movies were shown in mainstream theaters. She started ouf first posing for magazines such as ''Hustler'' and '' Swank'' before making the jump to adult films. Her name would often appear in ads in major newspapers of the time, alongside other stars such as Annette Haven and Leslie Bovee. One of Clayton's earliest movies was Alex de Renzy's ''Femmes de Sade'', which was the eighth film inducted into XRCO's Hall of Fame. Clayton also appeared in Harold Lime's ''Desires Within Young Girls'' with Georgina Spelvin and was the title character in Antonio Shepherd's ''7 Into Snowy'' a parody of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Her last adult film was ''October Silk'' in 1980. Personal life The daughter of a successful doctor on the East Coast Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rialto Report
''The Rialto Report'' is a podcast and article series documenting the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). It consists of oral history, audio, photo, and documentary archives. It is hosted by Ashley West and April Hall as well as guest contributors such as academics and writers with insight into the subjects covered. The series has interviewed notable golden age participants such as Ginger Lynn, Sharon Mitchell, Kay Parker, Jeff Stryker and Jennifer Welles Jennifer Welles (March 15, 1937 – June 26, 2018) was an American former pornographic actress in films of the 1970s, although she began her acting career in the late 1960s in the softcore sexploitation genre films produced in New York. Some o .... Starting in 2013, ''The Rialto Report'' podcast was initially released weekly but in 2015 shifted to a roughly monthly schedule. Hosts West and Hall served as consultants to the HBO show '' The Deuce'' and as consulting producers on the Netflix show '' Crime Scene: The Times Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeland Ledger
''The Ledger'' is a daily newspaper serving Lakeland, Florida, and the Polk County area. The paper was founded on August 22, 1924, as the ''Lakeland Evening Ledger''. In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning ''Lakeland Star-Telegram''. By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the ''Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram''. In 1941, ''Star-Telegram'' was dropped from the masthead, and in 1967 the name was shortened to simply ''The Ledger''. The New York Times Company bought ''The Ledger'' in 1970 and owned it until 2012, when it sold its entire regional newspaper group to Halifax Media. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group. Jerome Ferson became publisher of the newspaper on July 30, 2007. Kevin Drake became publisher of the newspaper on January 21, 2014. In October 2016, Drake left ''The Ledger'' to return to his hometown of Spartanburg, Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Milwaukee Journal
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently owned by the Gannett, Gannett Company.Gannett Completes Acquisition of Journal Media Group . ''USA Today'', April 11, 2016. In early 2003, the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' began printing operations at a new printing facility in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, West Milwaukee. In September 2006, the ''Journal Sentinel'' announced it had "signed a five-year agreement to print the national edition of ''USA Today'' for distribution in the northern and western suburbs of Chicago and the eastern h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, military history, and film. In 2007, the ''Mountain Times'' wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year; Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350. List of scholarly journals The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Rated Critics Organization
The X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) is a group of writers and editors from the American adult entertainment industry who each year present awards in recognition of achievement within the industry. After the controversy and criticism of the Best Erotic Scene win for the movie ''Virginia'' in 1984 at the Adult Film Association of America awards, the XRCO and its "Heart-On Awards" were founded.Robert Rimmer, ''The X-Rated Videotape Guide'', Prometheus Books, 1993. History The organization was founded in 1984, consisting of writers from Los Angeles, New York City and Philadelphia. Jim Holliday, AVN Award-winning producer and historian, is considered the founding father of the X-Rated Critics Organization. After Holliday's death, the position of XRCO Historian was temporarily filled by XRCO founding member Bill Margold until 2006. James Avalon, a former editor of ''Adam Film World''’s special editions, was also a founding member of XRCO. XRCO's original Chairman, Jared Rutte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Adult Film Database
The Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD) is an online database of information pertaining to, in United States, the pornography industry: actors, actresses, directors, studios, distributors and pornographic films. History The predecessor to IAFD was email- and FTP-accessible database of adult film actresses called Abserver that had been created by Dan Abend in 1993. IAFD was started by Peter van Aarle, who had collected data on adult movies since 1981, when he began keeping notes on index cards on adult movies he had seen or were reviewed in ''Adam Film World''. In 1993, he began contributing to the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.movies, where he met Dan Abend. The two exchanged databases and began work on a WWW-based database. Van Aarle later collaborated on this Web database with Ron Wilhelm, who went by the pseudonym of "Heretic". The first version of the IAFD was brought on-line in 1995 by the programming efforts of Wilhelm, who used the project as a training ground for SGML progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pornographic Actors Who Appeared In Mainstream Films
Over the past five decades there have been a number of adult film actors who have appeared in mainstream films with varying degrees of success. In the 1970s, adult film actors Marilyn Chambers and Linda Lovelace tried crossing over to mainstream careers, but had little success. Chambers did work with David Cronenberg in 1977's horror film ''Rabid'', which went on to achieve cult success. Former adult film star Traci Lords appeared in John Waters' films ''Cry-Baby'' and ''Serial Mom'', and Lords also appeared in the comedy film ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''. The gay pornographic star Johnny Hazzard more recently appeared in the mainstream gay drama ''Tiger Orange''. Jenna Jameson played a radio guest in the Howard Stern biopic '' Private Parts'', while Sasha Grey was the female lead in ''The Girlfriend Experience''. In 2013, James Deen played the male lead in '' The Canyons'', an indie film written by Bret Easton Ellis, with Lindsay Lohan playing the female lead. The following li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex World
''Sex World'' (stylized as ''SexWorld'') is a 1977 American pornographic science fiction film directed by Anthony Spinelli and written by Spinelli and Dean Rogers, from a story by Spinelli. It stars Annette Haven, Lesllie Bovee, Sharon Thorpe, Desiree West, and Amber Hunt. The film primarily takes place at a fictional resort known as Sex World, where individuals can live out their secret sexual desires and overcome their inhibitions with the help of android sexbots. ''Sex World'' has been described as a spoof or pastiche of the ''Westworld'' films, and has been called a porn parody. Plot A group of people board a charter bus headed to Sex World, a resort where individuals can stay for three days and nights, and have their sexual fantasies be fulfilled. Among the passengers are a painter named Joan Rice and her husband Jerry; a woman named Millicent and her submissive, impotent partner Ralph; and the lonely and introverted Lisa, who recalls an experience in which she wore a bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Fine (film)
''So Fine'' is a 1981 American sex comedy film written and directed by Andrew Bergman. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Ryan O'Neal was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Actor of the Decade. Plot At Chippenango State College (fictitious), Bobby Fine (Ryan O'Neal) is a professor of English, who learns during a meeting with Chair Lincoln of the English Department (Fred Gwynne) that he is a candidate for tenure at the college. During the meeting, Fine impresses Lincoln by responding in kind to an obscure line from William Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice''. Another professor (David Rounds) is amazed, and Bobby explains that with his father in the dress business, he'd always liked the play. Meanwhile, in New York City, Bobby's father, Jack Fine (Jack Warden) walks into luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman attempting to steal customers with an arm-load of his own company's dresses before he is chased out by the manager (Michael Lombard). Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor and former boxer. He trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera '' Peyton Place''. It was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably '' Love Story'' (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972) and '' Paper Moon'' (1973), Stanley Kubrick's '' Barry Lyndon'' (1975), Richard Attenborough's '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), and Walter Hill's ''The Driver'' (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox television series ''Bones'' as Max, the father of the show's protagonist. Early life Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest son of actress Patricia Ruth Olga (''née'' O'Callaghan; 1907–2003) and novelist and screenwriter Charles O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniac (1980 Film)
''Maniac'' is a 1980 American psychological slasher film directed by William Lustig and written by C. A. Rosenberg. It stars Joe Spinell as Frank Zito, an Italian-American serial killer residing in New York City who murders and scalps young women. Spinell was also co-writer of the film. With a minuscule budget, many scenes in the film were shot guerrilla style. Originally considered an exploitation film, ''Maniac'' has since attained a cult following despite receiving polarized reviews. The film was remade in 2012 by director Franck Khalfoun and produced by Alexandre Aja, starring Elijah Wood in the lead role. While not prosecuted for obscenity nor officially listed as a video nasty, ''Maniac'' was seized by various police forces across Greater Manchester and Lancashire during the video nasty panic, presumably based on the film's notorious reputation overseas. Plot Frank Zito was abused as a child by his prostitute mother, and as a result, becomes a serial killer who murders yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
