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16th AVN Awards
The 16th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by ''Adult Video News'' (AVN) honored the best of 1998 in pornographic movies and took place on January 9, 1999, at Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 68 categories. The ceremony, televised by Playboy TV, was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Comedian Robert Schimmel returned as host and actresses Alisha Klass, Midori (actress), Midori and Serenity (actress), Serenity co-hosted the award show. Five weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1998, the awards for gay pornographic movies were presented in a new separate ceremony known as the GayVN Awards. ''Looker'' won six awards including Best Film. Other winners included ''Café Flesh 2'' with four awards, ''Tushy Heaven'' with three and ''Euro Angels 10'', ''Forever Night'', ''The Masseuse, Masseuse 3'', ''Models'', ''Pornogothic'', ''The Pornog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bally's Las Vegas
Horseshoe Las Vegas (formerly MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and Bally's Las Vegas) is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It originally opened as the MGM Grand Hotel on December 4, 1973. The 26-story hotel contained 2,100 rooms, and was among the world's largest hotels. On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand was the site of one of the worst high-rise fires in United States history, in which 85 people died. The MGM Grand was rebuilt at a cost of $50 million, and eventually reopened on July 29, 1981, with new fire safety features in place. Another 26-story tower opened later that year, adding more than 700 rooms. The resort has a total of 2,812 rooms, and the casino is . In 1986, Bally Manufacturing purchased the resort and renamed it Bally's. A sister property, Paris Las Vegas, opened next to Bally's in 1999. An outdoor shopping mall, the Grand Bazaar Shops, was added to Bally's in 2015. The resort was home t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pacheco
Richard Pacheco (born Howard Marc Gordon; May 5, 1948) is an American former pornographic film and video actor, writer and director who retired from the X-rated business in the mid-1980s. He appeared in more than 100 x-rated films and videos. He has won multiple adult film awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director. He was ''Playgirl'' magazine's ''Man of the Year'' in 1979 as Howie Gordon. Early life Howie Gordon was born into an Orthodox Jewish family and grew up in Pittsburgh, the younger of two brothers. Throughout school, he worked at his father's company, Gordon's Esso. He graduated with honors from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1966 and was the president of his class. His first role in pornography was during his term at Antioch College, Ohio, in an amateur student production. After graduation, he quit his job, and moved to Berkeley, California, to live in a commune. In 1971, he met his wife, Carly, through the commune and they married in 1975. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Byron
Tom Byron (born Thomas Bryan Taliaferro Jr.; April 4, 1961) is an American former pornographic actor, director and producer. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he was voted #20 in AVN's list of top 50 pornstars of all time. Early life Byron is of Italian descent and was raised in Orange, Texas. He attended Stark High School and later West Orange-Stark high school where he graduated in 1979. He is an alumnus of the University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas .... Acting Byron first started acting in hardcore films in May 1982, and continued to perform mostly in roles portraying doctors or " coming of age" scenarios, as he resembled a teenager even though he was in his early to mid-20s. He starred alongside the underage Traci Lords in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masseuse
''The Masseuse'' is a pornographic film made in 1990 and starring Randy Spears and Hyapatia Lee. Sequels and remakes A sequel, The ''Masseuse 2'' was released in 1994 and also won awards. Another sequel, ''Masseuse 3'' was released in 1998 and also won awards including two at the 16th AVN Awards: Best Supporting Actress—Film for Chloe and Best Group Sex Scene—Film for Taylor Hayes, Mr. Marcus and Billy Glide. The original movie was remade with the same plot in 2004 by Vivid Entertainment with Jenna Jameson and Justin Sterling in the starring roles. Both films were directed by Paul Thomas. Awards * 1991 AVN Awards - Best Actor (Randy Spears), Best Actress (Hyapatia Lee) & Best Screenplay - Film. * 2004 XRCO Award The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organization annually to people working in adult entertainment and it is the only adult industry awards show reserved exclusively for industry members. Once every calendar year, XRCO ... - Best Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVN Award
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] |
Pornographic Movies
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse and satisfy the viewer. Pornographic films present sexual fantasies and usually include erotically stimulating material such as nudity ( softcore) and sexual intercourse (hardcore). A distinction is sometimes made between "erotic" and "pornographic" films on the basis that the latter category contains more explicit sexuality, and focuses more on arousal than storytelling; the distinction is highly subjective. Pornographic films are produced and distributed on a variety of media, depending on the demand and technology available, including traditional film stock in various formats, home video, DVDs, Internet download, cable TV, in addition to other media. Today, pornographic films are sold or rented on DVD; shown through Internet streaming, special channels and pay-per-view on cable and satellite; and viewed in rapidly disappearing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy TV
Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is a pay television channel based in the United States. History The channel first launched on December 9, 1980, as Escapade by Rainbow Programing Services (a joint-venture of four cable companies, led by Cablevision). At launch, Escapade aired mostly R rated B movies. The channel aired five nights a week from 9 PM to 4 or 6 AM, Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday and Monday nights were reserved for Rainbow's other new channel Bravo. The satellite time the two networks used was subleased from National Christian Network. By July 1981, the service expanded to seven nights a week. In August 1981, Playboy Enterprises became half-owner of Escapade and announced a plan to produce original programming that reflected the contents of Playboy magazine beginning in early 1982. On January 21, 1982, the Playboy Channel on Escapade debuted as a four-hour programming block. The first program was an interview with John and Bo Derek, followed by foota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Flesh
''Café Flesh'' is a 1982 post-apocalyptic cult pornographic science fiction film designed and directed by Stephen Sayadian (under the pseudonym "Rinse Dream") and co-written by Sayadian and Jerry Stahl (credited as "Herbert W. Day"). Music was composed and produced by noted music producer Mitchell Froom (and later appeared in his album, ''Key of Cool'')."Succinct Bits of Melody in Search of a Film Score" by Jon Pareles, December 17, 2005, Retrieved 2007-09-25 Two sequels, ''Café Flesh 2'' and ''Café Flesh 3'', were released in 1997 and 2003, without the participation of the original creators. The sequels were written and directed by Antonio Passolini and did not have the same degree of popularity and cult appeal as the first film. Plot In the aftermath of nu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane's World
Shane's World Studios is an American pornographic film company started in 1996. It is one of the first companies to pioneer the reality style videos of adult entertainment. The company was originally started by Seymore Butts' ex-girlfriend Shane, who lent her name to the business. Shane sold the company in 1999 after she decided to get married and leave the adult industry. History Shane's World films revolve around taking porn stars out of their element, on trips to exotic or interesting locations, and filming everything that happens in a documentary style. The premise of the studio's films can be summed up as "''The Real World'' meets gonzo style pornography". Shane's World has given many stars their start, which helps to increase their fan base because of the intimate look which fans are allowed into their personality. In 2003 Shane's World gained mainstream notoriety with the release of ''Shane's World 32: Campus Invasion''. The media interest which followed that trip to Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Mitchell
Sharon Mitchell is an American sexologist and former pornographic film actor and director. In 1998, she founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), which tested over 1,000 adult film performers per month before a 2011 data breach led to a lawsuit and the clinic's closure. Early life and career An only child, Mitchell was adopted and raised Roman Catholic in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She married briefly at age 17 before becoming an off-Broadway actress and dancer, performing with the Martha Graham Dance Company. In the mid-1970s, she began appearing in pornographic films such as ''Captain Lust and the Pirate Women'' (1977), ''Sexcapades'' (1983), ''Water Power'' (1976), and '' The Devil in Miss Jones 2'' (1982). She also had small roles in mainstream films, such as '' Tootsie'' (1982) and ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978). Mitchell made approximately 1,000 pornographic films over a 20-year career, including 38 as a director. She is the subject of the 1986 v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (; November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as ''Hustler (magazine), Hustler'', pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 assassination attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, ''Arena (magazine), Arena'' magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list. Early life Flynt was born in Lakeville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, the first of three children of Larry Claxton Flynt Sr. (1919–2005), a Sharecropping, sharecropper, and Edith (née Arnett; 1925–1982), a homemaker. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
