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Alexis Amore
Alexis Amore (born Fabiola Melgar García; 29 December 1978) is a Peruvian pornographic actress and feature dancer. Early life Amore was born in Lima, Peru. Her first language is Spanish. At age 9, she moved to the United States. She was raised in Redondo Beach, California and attended high school in Hermosa Beach. She once worked as a nurse at a Catholic hospital in California . Career Amore worked as a model and host for Playboy TV shortly before debuting in porn. She was discovered on an episode of '' Night Calls''. She entered the adult film industry in 1999 and did her first scene for ''The Watcher 6'' from Vivid Entertainment. In 2001, she took a one-year hiatus from performing, during which she continued feature dancing, and returned in the summer of 2002. In March 2003, Amore became a contract performer for Jill Kelly Productions. Shortly after her contract with JKP ended, she signed a performing and directing contract with Anabolic Video in June 2004. Once her deal with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honour "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult films" and have been described by XBIZ publisher and founder Alec Helmy as being "born out of the industry's desire for an awards event that not only encompasses all facets of the business but one which presents it in a professional light and honors it with class". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003. The award nominations are submitted by clients, and the winners are voted for by XBIZ staff, industry colleagues and participating organizations. The awards were originally created to recognize achievement in the online adult industry, but, in recent years, video categories have been added. The XBIZ Awards in the adult film industry have been compared to the Golden Globes in the mainstream film industry. The 2010 XBIZ Awards were held in at the Avalon in Hollywood. As of 2014, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivid Entertainment
Vivid Entertainment Group is an American pornographic film production company,"The (Porn) Player" by Matthew Miller, '''' magazine, July 4, 2005.Adult-film-studio-blames-Google DigitalEdge, February 18, 2008. featuring internet content. Overview Vivid Entertainment is privately owned by Americans[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NightMoves Award
The NightMoves Awards are given annually in the pornographic film industry by ''NightMoves'', an Oldsmar, Florida-based magazine which was first published in 1987 and initially titled ''Sports South''. The awards began in 1993 and were initially titled the Central Florida Adult Entertainment Awards. It is the third oldest continuously running adult awards show in the United States, after the AVN Awards and the XRCO Awards. It also marks the start of the porn industry's awards season. In addition to the show's national awards, local awards are also given to sexually oriented businesses and stripper, dancers in the Tampa Bay Area. Two awards are given for each national category: one which is chosen by fans and the other one which is chosen by the editors of ''NightMoves'' magazine. An online voting ballot is available for approximately three months every year for the fan's choice awards. Recipients of the editor's choice awards are chosen based on film reviews. The awards have been h ... [...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] |
Alexis Amore At The 2006 AVN Expo
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AVN Insider
''Adult Video News'' (also called ''AVN'' or ''AVN Magazine'') is an American trade magazine that covers the adult video industry. ''The New York Times'' notes that ''AVN'' is to pornographic films what ''Billboard'' is to records. ''AVN'' sponsors an annual convention, called the Adult Entertainment Expo or AEE, in Las Vegas, Nevada along with the AVN Awards, an award show for the adult industry modeled after the Oscars. ''AVN'' rates adult films and tracks news developments in the industry. An ''AVN'' issue can feature over 500 movie reviews. The magazine is about 80% ads and is targeted at adult-video retailers. Author David Foster Wallace has described ''AVN'' articles to be more like infomercials than articles, but he also described the ''AVN'' magazine as "sort of the ''Variety'' of the US porn industry." History Paul Fishbein, Irv Slifkin, and Barry Rosenblatt founded ''AVN'' in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Slifkin left in 1984; having lost interest in reviewing adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivid Radio
Vivid Entertainment Group is an American pornographic film production company,"The (Porn) Player" by Matthew Miller, '''' magazine, July 4, 2005.Adult-film-studio-blames-Google DigitalEdge, February 18, 2008. featuring internet content. Overview Vivid Entertainment is privately owned by Americans[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowrider (magazine)
''Lowrider'' was an American automobile magazine, focusing almost exclusively on the style known as a lowrider. It first appeared in 1977, produced out of San Jose, California, by a trio of San Jose State students. In 2007, it was published out of Anaheim, California, and part of the Motor Trend Group. The magazine was closed in December 2019. ''Lowrider'' focused on all aspects of lowrider culture, from cars to music and fashion. It also covered political and cultural issues related to Chicanos, and funded an annual scholarship program.O'Dell, John"Lowrider Magazine Riding Higher Than Ever,"''Los Angeles Times'' (April 19, 2000). The magazine also released a series of music videos through their label, Thump Records. ''Lowrider''s monthly circulation was less than 56,000 at the end of 2011. In 2000, the magazine's monthly circulation was more than 200,000. History ''Lowrider'' was founded in the mid-1970s by San Jose State students Larry Gonzalez, Sonny Madrid, and David Nunez, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spokesperson
A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman, is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others. Duties and function In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have received formal training in journalism, communications, public relations and public affairs in this role in order to ensure that public announcements are made in the most appropriate fashion and through the most appropriate channels to maximize the impact of favorable messages, and to minimize the impact of unfavorable messages. Celebrity spokespeople such as popular local and national sports stars (such as Michael Jordan for Nike and Coca-Cola) or television and film stars (such as Beyoncé for Pepsi and L'Oreal) are often chosen as spokespeople for commercial advertising. Responsibilities Unlike an individual giving a personal testimonial, it is the job of a spokesperson to faithfully represent and advocate for the organization's positions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anabolic Video
Anabolic Video was an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The studio was a pioneer of gonzo pornography, and is considered one of the most successful gonzo producers. They have since gone out of business. History Anabolic was founded in 1991 by UCLA graduate and current Anabolic president Christopher Alexander (also known as performer Biff Malibu). Alexander claims to be "probably the second guy to get into gonzo, with the numbered series of movies under the same title". Anabolic and its former sister company Diabolic Video were originally headquartered in Venice, California for 10 years. The company soon became one of the pioneers in the field of gonzo pornography, along with other producers like Ed Powers, Rodney Moore and John Stagliano's Evil Angel Video. Gregg Alan ran the company's sales department for 15 years, starting in 1992. In the mid-1990s, the company grew to incorporate Diabolic Video, owned by Gregg Alan. At the company's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
