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Puzzy Power
Puzzy Power (aka HotMale) is a Danish film company started in 1997 as a subsidiary to Lars von Trier's company Zentropa, with the goal of producing hardcore pornographic films for women. It is the only time ever a mainstream film company has openly produced hardcore pornographic films. The initiative was taken by producer Lene Børglum, who as leader of Puzzy Power gathered a group of women (sexologist Gerd Winther, editor Lili Henriksen, porn model and journalist Christina Lohse, line-producer Vibeke Windeløv and production assistant Mette Nelund) and developed a so-called "Statement on women and sensuality", later called The Puzzy Power Manifesto. The manifesto was shaped as a guide for the production of erotic films for women. Filmography ''Constance'' The first film produced by Puzzy Power was ''Constance'' (1998), directed by Knud Vesterskov with Katja Kean, Anaïs and Mark Duran in the leading roles. It tells the story of a young woman, Constance, who arrives at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lene Børglum
Lene Børglum (born 21 August 1961) is a Danish film producer. Børglum was one of the key executives and co-owners of from its early start in 1992 and until 2007. Life and career Børglum was deeply involved in the development of Zentropa from its very start till its state in 2007 as a major European independent production company. She handled international financing on a large number of Zentropa's international films, including Lars von Trier's highly acclaimed and awarded films ''The Kingdom'' (1994, 1996), ''Breaking The Waves'' (1996), ''The Idiots'' (1998), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), and she was executive producer on Trier's films ''Dogville'' (2003), ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Bjørg Nielsen
Christiane is a given name, a form of the Latin ''Christiana'', feminine form of ''Christianuis'' (see Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English ''Christin'' 'Christian' (Old English ''christen'', from Latin).. A short form is Chris. Alternate spellings are Christianne, Cristiane and Kristiane. People with the name Christiane *Christiane Amanpour (born 1958), British-Iranian journalist *Christiane Bøcher (1798-1874), Norwegian actress *Christiane Brunner (born 1947), Swiss politician and advocate *Christiane Collange (born 1930), French journalist *Christiane Duchesne (born 1949), Canadian researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer *Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932–2020), French soprano * Christiane Felscherinow, German actress, and subject of the 1981 film ''Christiane F'' *Christiane von Goethe (1765–1816), wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe *Christiane Herzog (1936–2000), wife of German president Roman Herzog *Christiane Hörbiger (b. 1938), Austrian ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Barbano
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) * Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Pictures
Innocent Pictures ApS is a Danish independent film company founded in 2001, originally as a subsidiary of Lars von Trier's film company Zentropa, which is best known for the production of the erotic feature film ''All About Anna'' (2005), starring Gry Bay. Innocent Pictures is also responsible for erotic late night entertainment on the Danish television channel Kanal København. In collaboration with MD Lasse Hessel, Innocent Pictures produced the educational DVD '' Femi-X and Beyond'' (2004), hosted by Danish sexologist Joan Ørting. On another front, the company acts as sales agents for the Zentropa-produced Puzzy Power-films ''Constance'' (1998), ''Pink Prison ''Pink Prison'' is a 1999 erotic film for women, directed by Lisbeth Lynghøft, and produced by Puzzy Power, a division of Lars von Trier's film company Zentropa. As the follow-up to ''Constance'' (1998), it was the second hard-core pornographi ...'' (1999) and ''HotMen CoolBoyz'' (2000). References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Peter Aalbæk Jensen (born 8 April 1956 in Osted) is a Danish film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier founded the Danish film company Zentropa and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen. His father was writer Erik Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is known for the Dogme95-manifesto and such projects as ''Dogville'' (2003) starring Nicole Kidman, ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000) starring Björk, ''The Five Obstructions'', and the Oscar-nominated '' After the Wedding'' (2006). Peter Aalbæk Jensen has executive-produced over 70 theatrical feature films and many television productions, has founded a long list of subsidiary companies and is widely regarded as the most important Danish film producer since the 1990s. In autumn 2008 Peter Aalbæk Jensen was a judge on the Danish version of ''Got Talent ''Got Talent'' is a British talent show TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 69 countries, in what is now referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GayVN Award
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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Herrington
William Glen Harold Herrington (July 14, 1969 – March 2, 2018), known professionally as Billy Herrington, was an American model and pornographic film actor. In the late 2000s, his appearances in various gay pornography movies led him to become a popular Internet meme on video-sharing websites such as Japan's Nico Nico Dōga, where he was referred to by the sobriquet . Since then, at least 110,000 short mash-up parodies of his clips—known as "Gachimuchi Pants Wrestling" (ガチムチパンツレスリング ''Gachimuchi Pantsu Resuringu'')—have been produced by fans. Early life and career Herrington was born in North Babylon, New York. Herrington grew up in Long Island learning karate from his father, a sensei. He had interests in boxing, wrestling and martial arts, but did not start bodybuilding until he was 24 years old, after moving to New York City. Herrington began his erotic career when his then girlfriend surreptitiously submitted his nude pictures to ''Playgirl'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Athey
Ron Athey (born December 16, 1961) is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally (especially in the UK and Europe). Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality and traumatic experience. Many of his works include aspects of S&M in order to confront preconceived ideas about the body in relation to masculinity and religious iconography. Kateri Butler, "Ron Athey: In Extremis and In My Life," ''Los Angeles Times'' 28 January 2007 Life and work Ron Athey's earliest work dates back to collaborations with Rozz Williams during the early 1980s. Athey and Williams performed as " ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Award
The Venus Award is a film award in the adult film industry presented yearly in Berlin since 1997 as part of the Venus Berlin trade fair, an international erotic trade festival, on the exhibition grounds at the Funkturm. Prizes are offered in some 30 categories and there are live strip stage shows with topless bull riding, oil wrestling and simulated live sex. The Venus Awards are unique in that directors, performers and films from the same country (Germany, France, the United States, etc.) compete for honors with other entities from that same country, while all entries also remain eligible for the "European" and "International" award categories. The International Venus Fair for 16–19 October 2003 had attendance figures of around 40,000. From 2005 to 2009, the Eroticline Awards were presented instead, with the Venus Awards returning in 2010. 1997 Venus Awards * Top Seller (USA) - ''Dragon Lady'' * Top Seller (Europe) - ''Private Stories'' * Best Film (USA) - ''Clockwork Org ... [...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] |
Dancer In The Dark
''Dancer in the Dark'' is a 2000 musical drama film written and directed by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate. Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Joel Grey also star. The soundtrack for the film, ''Selmasongs'', was written mainly by Björk, but a number of songs featured contributions from Mark Bell and some of the lyrics were written by von Trier and Sjón. ''Dancer in the Dark'' is the third film in von Trier's "Golden Heart Trilogy", following ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996) and ''The Idiots'' (1998). It was an international co-production among companies based in thirteen European and North American countries and regions. It was shot with a handheld camera, and inspired by a Dogme 95 look. ''Dancer in the Dark'' premiered at the 2000 Cannes F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
