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GayVN Awards
The GayVN Awards are film awards presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornographic industry. The awards were sponsored by '' AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The awards went on a hiatus after the 2011 ceremony and returned in 2018. The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'' (2006), which won 14 awards in 2007. The previous record-holder with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brandon (pornographic Actor)
Michael Brandon (born February 9, 1965) is an American, pornography, pornographic actor and Film director, director (formerly exclusive to Raging Stallion Studios) who specializes in gay pornography. He has had his own subdivision at Raging Stallion called "Monster Bang" and has previously participated in some charitable efforts. Career Brandon helped set up Raging Stallion Studios and has stated that he started in porn after answering an ad in ''Frontiers (magazine), Frontiers'' magazine. He began his career in porn in 1989. In 1990 and again in 1997, Brandon was convicted on drug possession charges and eventually spent three years in jail. In 2007 he was arrested again for drug possession. He also directed, produced, and wrote ''Passport to Paradise''. Brandon appeared in nearly 200 films between 1999 and 2006, and he eventually directed his own line of films known as the "MonsterBang videos". He has engaged in what appeared to be a very busy escorting career that was document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivid Man
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] |
Sharon Kane
Sharon Kane is a former American bondage model and pornographic actress. She has appeared in many adult magazines and pornographic films, in both dominant and submissive roles. After leaving her home state of Ohio to move to San Francisco, she began working at porn director Alex De Renzy's theater before making her feature film debut in his film Pretty Peaches. She is a member of both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. Recently, Kane works behind the camera as a director, production manager, art director and film composer. She wrote the scores for 1997's ''The Hills Have Bi's'' and Chi Chi La Rue's ''Idol in the Sky''. She directed and starred in ''Stairway to Paradise'', the movie featured in the book ''Coming Attractions: The Making of an X-Rated Movie''. After retiring as a performer, for a time she worked as a production assistant for Naughty America's gay site Suite 703. Awards AVN * Hall of Fame Inductee * 1990 Best Actress – Video for ''Bodies in Heat – The Sequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Chi LaRue
Larry David Paciotti (born November 8, 1959) is an American director of pornographic films. He appears as the drag-diva persona Chi Chi LaRue (), and has been credited as director under the names "Lawrence David" and "Taylor Hudson". Career "Chi Chi LaRue" began when Paciotti moved to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area and started performing in drag as one-half of "The Weather Gals", a "hag drag" revue.http://www.trumansays.com/2007/04/being_closeted_.html He and a friend moved to California, where LaRue was hired by Catalina Video as an administrative assistant and publicist because of his knowledge of porn and the workings of the porn industry. Even as a "DJ" ("DJ Paciotti"), Paciotti conducts most public business as "Chi Chi LaRue", and has a significant presence in the pornographic film industry, moving up the line of responsibility and creativity so that he was soon directing high-demand pornographic product. LaRue has directed hundreds of gay porn films since 1988, mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wash West
Paul Westmoreland (born 4 March 1966), known professionally as Wash Westmoreland and previously known as Wash West, is a British director who has worked in television, documentaries, and independent films. He frequently collaborated with his husband, writer-director Richard Glatzer. Together, they wrote and directed the 2014 film '' Still Alice'', based on Lisa Genova's NYT best-selling book and starred Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, and Alec Baldwin. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore and Humanitas Prize for feature film for the duo. Their 2006 coming-of-age feature film, ''Quinceañera'', won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Early life Westmoreland was born Paul Westmoreland in Leeds, England, on 4 March 1966.Prestigiacomo, Jennifer (21 February 2002). "Fluffer explores most difficult job in porn industry". ''University Wire''. Born during Beatlemania, Westmoreland was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Side Of Aspen
''The Other Side of Aspen'' is a 1978 American gay pornographic film produced by Falcon Studios, directed by Matt Sterling, starring Casey Donovan, Al Parker, and Dick Fisk. The film consists of sex scenes filmed in Lake Tahoe, California, interspersed with dialogue scenes shot in San Francisco. ''The Other Side of Aspen'' was Falcon's first feature-length release, notable as one of the first adult films distributed on videocassette. The film was a critical and commercial success upon release, and marked a turning point in the development of the gay pornography industry. Its elevated production values, largely unprecedented at the time, led to feature film-style releases becoming the norm across the gay pornography industry. The film popularized a macho gay porn aesthetic that would remain broadly popular for decades after the film's release. Plot In San Francisco, a skiing instructor (Jeff Turk) recounts to his friend (Mike Flynn) a particular incident that occurred during hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Morecock
''The House of Morecock'' is a gay pornographic adult cartoon created through computer-generated animation. It was the first American-made gay adult animation, and was created by Joe Phillips, a comic book artist and freelance illustrator who has created art for companies such as DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics and Bud Lite. It is Phillips' first DVD movie after the first release of Phuckamon; a second, unrelated film titled ''Stonewall & Riot: The Ultimate Orgasm'' was released in late 2006 and a sequel was announced in August 2008. Overview ''The House of Morecock'' debuted in 1999 on the gay porn website AbsolutelyMale. It was originally a short Flash animation featuring Jonas Morecock, a blond-haired, blue-eyed gay twenty-something who investigates mysterious or supernatural goings-on. The stories always end with Jonas engaged in comical gay sex with apparitions, vampires, and other spooky entities. Due to its initial success, Phillips followed up the original episode with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Spears
Zak Spears, (born January 15, 1965) is an American gay pornographic film actor. Spears appeared in the feature film ''The Doom Generation'' (1995) using his real name, Khristofor Rossianov. Spears also appeared in the black comedy feature film ''Forgiving the Franklins'' (2006) under the name Khris Scaramanga. The film's director, Jay Floyd, said that having Spears in his film helped raise its profile. "I have one star in my movie," Floyd told ''The Los Angeles Times''. "He just happens to be a porn star." Initially retiring from the industry in 1996, he made a return in 2004 in the film ''Zak Attack'', sporting a dramatic image change which included a shaved head and a much bulkier build. Awards Grabby Awards * 1993 Best Newcomer * 1994 Best Actor, a tie with Ty Fox * 2000 Wall of Fame inductee * 2004 Best Duo Sex Scene, with Johnny Hazzard in ''Bolt''; tied with Tag Adams and Aiden Shaw in ''Perfect Fit'' * 2004 Best Non-Sex Performance, in ''Buckleroos'' Parts I and II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Young Man's World
''Kevin Clarke's A Young Man's World'' is a 2000 American gay pornographic film written and directed by Kevin Clarke and starring Joe Landon and Ashton Ryan. It was produced and cinematographed by Barry Knight and Russell Moore of Delta Productions and distributed by Paladin Video. The film's duration is two hours; its date of production is July 22, 2000, and it was shot on high-definition video. Synopsis Five middle-aged menRon Aron, Kevin Clarke, Barry Knight, Russell Moore, and Derrick Stanton; all of whom have non-sexual rolescelebrate Barry Knight's 50th birthday in a spectacular home. They reflect on what they did when they were about 18 and fantasize scenes of young men together. Scenes * One: Court Logan and Trent Sebastian; Ron Aron, fantasizing * Two: Adam Bristol and Justin Roxx; non-sexual roles, fantasizing * Three: Jonathan Prescott, Antonio Madiera, and Zach Rhodes; Russell Moore, fantasizing * Four: Aston Ryan and Jace Hughes; Kevin Clarke and Barry Knight, fant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Bristol
''Kevin Clarke's A Young Man's World'' is a 2000 American gay pornographic film written and directed by Kevin Clarke and starring Joe Landon and Ashton Ryan. It was produced and cinematographed by Barry Knight and Russell Moore of Delta Productions and distributed by Paladin Video. The film's duration is two hours; its date of production is July 22, 2000, and it was shot on high-definition video. Synopsis Five middle-aged menRon Aron, Kevin Clarke, Barry Knight, Russell Moore, and Derrick Stanton; all of whom have non-sexual rolescelebrate Barry Knight's 50th birthday in a spectacular home. They reflect on what they did when they were about 18 and fantasize scenes of young men together. Scenes * One: Court Logan and Trent Sebastian; Ron Aron, fantasizing * Two: Adam Bristol and Justin Roxx; non-sexual roles, fantasizing * Three: Jonathan Prescott, Antonio Madiera, and Zach Rhodes; Russell Moore, fantasizing * Four: Aston Ryan and Jace Hughes; Kevin Clarke and Barry Knight, fant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot House Entertainment
Steven Scarborough (born June 23, 1953) is an American gay pornographic film director, the founder of Hot House Entertainment (1993), and he was an Executive Vice-President and director for Falcon Studios from 1987 to 1993. Career In 1974, Scarborough came to San Francisco. He opened up a health food store on Castro Street opposite Harvey Milk's camera shop. He later met Dick Fisk (a local sales clerk), who was also a porn star in ''The Other Side of Aspen'' (1977), a very successful Falcon Studios gay pornographic film. Then he was introduced to Chuck Holmes, they soon became friends. Scarborough debuted as a director in the summer of 1988 with the Falcon Studios ''Perfect Summer'' at the behest of his life partner Chuck Holmes. Scarborough established that the studio would refrain from condom-less films in support of the safe sex condom-use philosophy. Awards Scarborough was inducted into the GayVN Hall Of Fame in 2002. * 1996 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Athens
''Out of Athens'' is a 2000 two-part gay pornographic film from Falcon Studios, starring John Brosnan and Roland Dane, and directed by Johnny Rutherford. Part one runs 87 minutes, and part two runs 74 minutes. In the film, after not being accepted to a fraternity club for his status, John Brosnan goes to Athens, Greece, posing as a Harvard alumni for a reunion gathering. There, Brosnan is exposed as an imposter and then is gang raped. A Greek resident Roland Dane, whom Brosnan met earlier during the tour, finds him lying on the streets and takes him to Dane's place, where they have sex. The filming done by Todd Montgomery occurred in California and Greece. It is loosely based on director Rutherford's experience in Greece in his earlier years. The reception has been generally positive; it won Grabby Awards and GayVN Awards in 2001. Plot :''Note: Names of real-life performers are substituted for character names.'' A college janitor Johnny Brosnan and his friends want to join the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
