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GayVN
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] |
GayVN Award For Best Actor
The GayVN Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by AVN Media Network at the GayVN Awards, given to a List of actors in gay pornographic films, gay porn actor for his performance in a leading role in a film released that year. Initially, achievements in gay pornography were recognized by AVN Media Network at the AVN Awards, until the creation of the GayVN Awards. The 1st GayVN Awards ceremony was held in 1998, with Vince Rockland receiving the award for his performance in ''Three Brothers''. The second ceremony was held in 2000, with the GayVN Awards taking place annually until 2010. Following this the GayVN Awards would enter a seven-year hiatus, coming back in 2018. Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 actors. With two wins, Tony Donovan is the only actor to have won this award more than once, as well as the only one to achieve two consecutive wins. DeAngelo Jackson is the only person of color, man of color to win in this category, for ''Blended Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Entertainment
Lucas Entertainment is a New York-based gay pornographic studio started by porn star Michael Lucas. It is one of the largest such studios in the world. The studio is known for lavish, big-budget films, and it contends that its 2006 film ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'' is the most expensive gay porn ever made.Review of Lucas Entertainment ''The Banana Guide'', June 2009. The film won 14 awards in 2007, the current record.Michael Lucas' 'La Dolce Vita' Sets GAYVN Record , Chicagopride.com, February 26, 2007. To expand it ... [...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 Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita
''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'' is a gay pornographic remake of the Federico Fellini classic film '' La Dolce Vita'', directed by Michael Lucas and Tony Dimarco and released by Lucas Entertainment in 2006. The film stars Michael Lucas, Jason Ridge, Chad Hunt, Cole Ryan, Pete Ross, Derrick Hanson, Ray Star, Brad Star, Jack Bond, Wilson Vasquez, Jonathan Vargas, Ben Andrews, and more. It features non-sexual cameos by Savanna Samson, Kevin Aviance, Amanda Lepore, Heather Fink, Will Clark and Johnny Hanson. Lucas contends that the film is the most expensive gay porn film ever made due to a budget of $250,000 and multiple celebrity cameos. Cast * Ben Andrews * Rod Barry * Jack Bond * Jamie Donovan * Erik Grant * Derrick Hanson * Michael Lucas * Jack MacCarthy * Spencer Quest * Pete Ross * Cole Ryan * Brad Star * Ray Star * Jonathan Vargas * Wilson Vasquez Cameos (non-sexual) * Savanna Samson * Gus Mattox * Amanda Lepore * Michael Musto * Kevin Aviance * Johnny Hanson * Will Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade 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 "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 pornographic/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, Nevada. Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime, which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute time slot. Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the 1987 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy. For the 1999 ceremony ''A ... [...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, main ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BelAmi
BelAmi is a gay pornographic film studio with offices in Bratislava, Prague and Budapest. It was established in 1993 by filmmaker George Duroy, a Slovak native who took his pseudonym from the protagonist Georges Duroy in Guy de Maupassant's novel ''Bel Ami''. In addition to hardcore DVDs, BelAmi and Bruno Gmünder Verlag also produce calendars and photo books, such as Howard Roffman's ''Private Moments: Bel Ami'' (2009), and its performers are frequent headliners at nightclubs and similar venues around Europe, the United States, Australia, Canada, and elsewhere. BelAmi has employed hundreds of actors over its history. The studio has won numerous adult entertainment awards and nominations. BelAmi earned five 2010 XBIZ Awards citations, including LGBT studio of the year, and five nominations at the 2010 GayVN Awards, including best newcomer for Kris Evans. They won the award for best marketing—company image. In addition to numerous film accolades, BelAmi also received XBIZ Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Tucker (actor)
Richard Allen Karp (October 23, 1953 – June 7, 2015), better known by his stage name Cole Tucker, was an American actor in gay pornography. Tucker was born in New York. He started making appearances in gay pornography in 1996 at the age of 43, previously working as a realtor. In 1998, he appeared in ''Sex/Life in L.A.'' Jochen Hick's adult documentary about the sex lives of the men who make L.A. adult movies. In 1999, he revealed in a story published in the ''London Evening Standard, London Standard'' that he was HIV-positive and also had a relationship with former British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party MEP Tom Spencer (politician), Tom Spencer. In 2000 he was one of the celebrity gay porn stars taking part in the "Pillage & Plunder" cruise to benefit Pride Tampa Bay. He was involved with South African TV director Ken Kirsten and they lived in Johannesburg. Kirsten was shot dead in 2006 outside their home one Sunday evening in April-no police investigation was carrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcon Studios
Falcon Entertainment (also known as Falcon Studios), a United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. Founded in 1971 by Chuck Holmes, Archived by web.archive.org. the company is one of the most recognizable brand names in gay pornography. The owners/managers of several of its major American competitors, Hot House Entertainment, Colt Studios, Channel 1 Releasing and Titan Media ( Steven Scarborough, John Rutherford, Chi Chi LaRue, Bruce Cam, respectively) previously worked for Falcon. Products Falcon has issued more than 400 pornographic films under several brand names comprising The Falcon Family of Companies: * Falcon Studios is the group's flagship brand * Jocks Studios focuses on younger models * Mustang Studios features more mature models * Massive Studios focuses on muscular and rugged models * The Falcon International Collection shoots films in Europe and focuses on European (mostly Eastern E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVN (magazine)
''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 reviewin ... [...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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
