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Bryn Pryor
Eli Cross is a pornographic and mainstream movie director, producer, and actor. He was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015. Career Under the name of Mark Logan, Cross was managing editor of '' AVN''. Unlike many adult industry professionals, Cross does not keep his birth name a secret. He has won awards, and keeps blog under his own name. His mainstream work is performed under his birth name of Bryn Pryor. He is best known for his films ''The Visitor'' (2003) from Elegant Angel, ''Epiphany'' (2004) from VCA Xplicit, ''Corruption'' (2006), ''Upload'' (2007), and ''Icon'' (2008) from SexZ Pictures, ''The 8th Day'', which Cross produced for Adam & Eve Pictures, and ''Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody'', which Cross wrote (as Mark Logan) and produced for Vivid Entertainment and Axel Braun Productions (2012). Cross' biggest films have received significant acclaim in the adult industry. ''Corruption'' won 7 AVN Awards including Best Video, with Cross receiving Best Director - V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people . Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by area, 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, Kickstarter has received $6.6 billion in pledges from 21 million backers to fund 222,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's NEA". ''Time'' named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011". Kickstarter repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Film World
''Adam Film World'' (''AFW'') and ''Adam Film World Guide'' (''AFWG'') were American magazines about pornographic film, starting in 1966 as ''The Adam Film Quarterly.'' History Knight Publishing Corp. had launched ''Adam'' magazine in 1956 as an attempt to follow ''Playboy's'' success. ''Adam Film Quarterly'' was spun off from that magazine by William Rotsler in 1966 to cover the sexploitation film industry. The first issue's cover price was US$1 and the cover story was about '' The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill'', an erotic movie directed by Peter Stootsberry and produced by Bradford Hallworth."Adam Film Quarterly" ''The Site of Movie Magazines''. Retrieved 4 July 2012. Originally, like ''Playboy'', the publication also covered mainstream films and included feature stories on stars s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarasota Film Festival
The Sarasota Film Festival is a film festival located in Sarasota, Florida and is held in April. Its mission is "to celebrate the art of filmmaking and the contribution of filmmakers by hosting an international film festival and developing year-long programs for the economic, educational, and cultural benefit of our community". History Following the demise of the Sarasota French Film Festival in 1996, John Welch began researching and planning an independent film festival. He hired Jody Kielbasa as Executive Director and the first "mini-festival", featuring eight independent films, six actors and a gala fundraiser was held in January 1999. The county controversially funded the festival double what it requested, for a total of $50,000. The investment was defended as good for tourism. In 2002, the ''St. Petersburg Times'' highlighted the festival's potential for marketing and distribution, and, in 2003, ''Variety'' called the festival "one of the edgier, more interesting entrants on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977) is an Australians, Australian actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana (Farscape), Chiana on the series ''Farscape'' and Lara Knight in ''Rescue: Special Ops''. Early life Edgley was born in Perth, Western Australia, Perth. She is the daughter of theatre, concert and circus promoter Edgley International, Michael Edgley, known for bringing the Moscow State Circus to Australia during the 1980s. Her mother, Jeni Edgley, was formerly involved in managing a 250-acre (101 hectare) health retreat. As a child, Gigi Edgley performed both in and out of school. She also took several years of ballet, jazz, and character dance. She became mainly interested in acting and had her first professional theatrical engagement at the Twelfth Night Theatre. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1998. As a believer in the school of method acting, Gigi has developed a broad set of skills a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Cairns
Leah Cairns (born June 2, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson in ''Battlestar Galactica'' and as Kathryn McLaren in the TV series " Travelers." Early life Cairns was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Kamloops. Dreams of becoming a professional dancer were dashed when she broke her back in a car accident at 16. When her dance team went to an international competition in her graduating year, rather than sit at home, she decided to visit Costa Rica and then began a backpacking trek that took her to 36 countries and took eight years. Before returning to Canada, she took an improvisation class at an ashram in India. Career Cairns appeared in ''Robson Arms'' before winning a recurring role as Jenna in ''Godiva's'', for which she received a Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series. Joining the ''Battlestar'' cast as Raptor pilot/ECO Racetr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Dykstra
Chloe Frances Dykstra (born September 15, 1988) is an American cosplayer, model and actress. She produced and co-hosted the web series ''Just Cos'' for the Nerdist Industries' YouTube channel and is a cast member of the SYFY show ''Heroes of Cosplay''. She is also a freelance game journalist for several websites. In June 2018, Dykstra received media attention following an article she wrote on Medium detailing her alleged abuse from a former partner, subsequently identified as Chris Hardwick. Early life Dykstra was born in Los Angeles, California and is the daughter of American special effects artist John Dykstra. Cosplay Long before joining the team of cosplayers in ''Heroes of Cosplay'', Chloe Dykstra made and exhibited a variety of cosplay characters. Characters include video game characters such as Lara Croft from ''Tomb Raider'', Aela the Huntress from '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', GLaDOS from ''Portal'' and Elizabeth from ''BioShock''. She has also cosplayed as a steamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diminuendo (film)
''Diminuendo'' is a 2018 drama film directed by Adrian Stewart and written by Sarah Goldberger and Bryn Pryor. The film had its world premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 20, 2018. ''Diminuendo'' is Stewart's first feature film. Set in the near future, the film stars Richard Hatch as a director who becomes obsessed with a lifelike robot that replicates his girlfriend who killed herself nine years earlier. The film also stars Chloe Dykstra, Leah Cairns, Walter Koenig, Gigi Edgley and James Deen. Production Sarah Goldberger and Bryn Pryor began writing the script for ''Diminuendo'' in late 2014. A departure from the heroic roles normally played by Hatch, the script was written specifically for him to play a darker, more flawed character. The 18-day shoot began on August 14, 2016 with a break of several days over the Labor Day holiday. During that weekend, both Hatch and Edgley appeared as guests at 2016 DragonCon where they showed a teaser for the film and did a promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Goldberger
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Throat (film)
''Deep Throat'' is a 1972 American pornographic film that was at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). The film was written and directed by Gerard Damiano, who was listed in the credits as "Jerry Gerard"; produced by Louis Peraino, credited as "Lou Perry"; and starring Linda Lovelace, the pseudonym given to Linda Susan Boreman. One of the first pornographic films to feature a plot, character development, and relatively high production values, ''Deep Throat'' earned mainstream attention and launched the "porno chic" trend, even though the film was banned in some jurisdictions and was the subject of obscenity trials. Lovelace later wrote that she was coerced and sexually assaulted during the production, and that the film is genuine rape pornography. Plot Linda Lovelace, a sexually frustrated woman, asks her friend Helen for advice on how to achieve an orgasm. After a sex party provides no help, Helen recommends that Linda visit a psychiatrist, Dr. Young. The doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showtime (TV Network)
Showtime is an American pay television, premium television television network, network owned by Paramount Media Networks, and is the flagship property of the namesake parent company, Showtime Networks, a part of Paramount Media Networks. Showtime's programming primarily includes Art release#Film, theatrically released Feature film, motion pictures and Original series, original television program, television series, along with boxing and mixed martial arts matches, occasional stand-up comedy television special, specials, and Television film, made-for-TV movies. Headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York City's Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway district, Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear Multiplex (television)#Pay television multiplexes, multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and two proprietary streaming media, streaming platforms, the TV Everywhere offering Showtime Anytime (which is included as part of a subscription to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Comic-Con International
San Diego Comic-Con International is a comic book convention and nonprofit multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California since 1970. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego; but it is commonly known simply as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con or SDCC. The convention was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans that included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Ron Graf, and Mike Towry; later, it was called the "San Diego Comic Book Convention", Dorf said during an interview that he hoped the first Con would bring in 500 attendees. It is a four-day event (Thursday–Sunday) held during the summer (in July since 2003) at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the official opening, professionals, exhibitors, and pre-registered guests for all four days can attend a pre-event "Preview Night" to give attendees the opportunity to walk the exhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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