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Dream Team (1999 Film)
''Dream Team'' is a 1999 gay pornographic film, written and directed by Jerry Douglas, starring Tony Donovan, Rick Chase and Kurt Young, and produced by Studio 2000. This movie tells the coming-of-age stories of a group of high school basketball team players who come to terms with their sexualities at a young age in 1957, and later in a 1962 reunion. Plot synopsis NOTE: This film has character names. However, names of real-life performers are used in this article. The story is set in Herbert Hoover High School in Heartland Heights, Iowa. It features seven former high school basketball players, part of the class of 1957, and it then shows their five-year reunion in 1962. The movie switches scenes between high school and the reunion. In 1962, Rick Chase is now an actor in California. Aaron Lawrence becomes a reverend primarily to repress his homosexuality and his love for Chase. Tony Donovan is unhappily married with a wife and children, and Kurt Young cruises around with men an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Masters
Scott Masters (1934?–2020) was an American gay pornographic film director and studio owner active in adult film since the mid-1960s. Masters used the pseudonym "Robert Walters" when he directed his early films, which include ''Greek Lightning.'' when he founded Nova Studios. He later shuttered Nova Studio and became head of production at Catalina Video. In 1992, he co-founded gay adult film studio Studio 2000. In 2006, Masters sold Studio 2000 to former Falcon Entertainment consultant David McKay. Early years Masters grew up in Illinois, and later attended college.Douglas, "Behind the Camera: Scott Masters, Part 2," ''Manshots,'' November 1997. Masters came to San Francisco, California, from Chicago in 1966. Many of the bookstores (including gay and adult bookstores) which he visited were openly selling gay pornography. He established a small business purchasing gay pornographic magazines for area booksellers. He began selling nude male photosets from such notable photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movie Star
A movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies. The term is used for performers who are marketable stars as they become popular household names and whose names are used to promote movies, for example in trailers and posters. The most prominent movie stars are known in the industry as bankable stars. United States In the early days of silent movies, the names of the actors and actresses appearing in them were not publicized or credited because producers feared this would result in demands for higher salaries.100 years of movie stars: 1910-1929 , ''The Independent'', January 25, 2010. However, audience curiosity soon undermined this policy. By 1909, actresses su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Erotic Video Awards
The following are awards for gay pornography including ones that are no longer given. The list is organized by award and by year for each award. GayVN Awards The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are 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 to 1998. 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' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grabby Awards
Grabby Awards (better known as The Grabbys) are presented annually in Chicago for the gay adult erotic video industry. The awards are sponsored by ''GRAB Magazine.'' The Grabby Awards and ''GRAB Magazine'' are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC''.'' The awards were owned until 2009 by '' Gay Chicago Magazine''. ''GRAB'' ''Magazine'' ''GRAB'' is a Chicago, Illinois, LGBT entertainment magazine. The biweekly publication is distributed free in the Chicago area. Founded in 2009 by Stacy Bridges and Mark Nagel. ''GRAB'' organizes the annual Grabby Awards (better known as ''The Grabbys'') for the gay pornography industry. Both ''GRAB'' magazine and the Grabby Awards are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC. Beginnings The first Grabby Awards (formally known as Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards) were given in 1991, when the awards were listed in the year-end issue of '' Gay Chicago Magazine''. Awards given that year included "Burnout of the Year", "Comeback of the Year", "Fresh Surprise of ... [...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] |
Closeted
''Closeted'' and ''in the closet'' are metaphors for LGBTQ people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior. This metaphor is associated and sometimes combined with coming out, the act of revealing one's sexuality or gender to others, to create the phrase "coming out of the closet". Some reasons why LGBTQ people stay closeted include discrimination, fear for one's safety, internalized homophobia or transphobia or living in a hostile environment. Etymology Nondisclosure of one's sexual orientation or gender identity preceded the use of "closet" as a term for the act. For example, the writer Thomas Mann entered a heterosexual marriage with a woman in 1905, and had six children, but discussed his attraction to men in his private diary, which by contemporary terms would have designated him a closeted homosexual man. D. Travers Scott claims that the phrase "coming out of the closet", alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Liberation
The gay liberation movement was a social and political movement of the late 1960s through the mid-1980s in the Western world, that urged lesbians and gay men to engage in radical direct action, and to counter societal shame with gay pride.Hoffman, 2007, pp.xi-xiii. In the feminist spirit of the The personal is political, personal being political, the most basic form of activism was an emphasis on coming out to family, friends, and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian or gay person. The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, LGBT culture in New York City, New York City, was the site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, and became the cradle of the modern LGBT rights, LGBT rights movement, and the subsequent gay liberation movement. Early in the seventies, annual political marches through major cities, (usually held in June, originally to commemorate the yearly anniversary of the events at Stonewall) were still known as "Gay Liberation" marches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegory
As a List of narrative techniques, literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a wikt:narrative, narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners. Writers and speakers typically use allegories to convey (semi-) hidden or complex meanings through symbolism (arts), symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey. Many allegories use personification of abstract concepts. Etymology First attested in English in 1382, the word ''allegory'' comes from Latin ''allegoria'', the latinisation (literature), latinisation of the Greek language, Greek ἀλληγορία (''allegoría''), "veiled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Video Network
An adult is an animal that has reached full growth. The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction. In the human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a non-adult or "minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and responsible. They may also be regarded as "majors". The typical age of attaining legal adulthood is 18 although definition may vary by legal rights, country, and psychological development. Human adulthood encompasses psychological adult development. Definitions of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory; a person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior, but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely, one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may defi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Chicago
''Gay Chicago'' is a defunct LGBT online news organization in Chicago, Illinois, which ceased publishing in print form on September 21, 2011. ''Gay Chicago'' replaced ''Gay Chicago Magazine'' which was founded in 1976 by Ralph Paul Gernhardt and published under the former Gernhardt Publications. It was a weekly LGBT news and entertainment publication. It started as a pocket-sized publication but in 1988 was enlarged to tabloid format. ''Gay Chicago News'' was also published in 1977. Craig Gernhardt holds all the archives of every edition since 1976, including over 200,000 photos of the LGBT community from 1976 to 2001, when digital became the wave of the future. Most of the archived rare photos have never been seen by the public. Under the leadership of Ralph Paul Gernhardt, the former magazine sponsored the Gay Games and local gay sporting teams. On March 2, 2011, ''Gay Chicago Magazine'' reorganized as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Gay Chicago Foundation, and trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Piece
Period may refer to: Common uses * Period (punctuation) * Era, a length or span of time *Menstruation, commonly referred to as a "period" Arts, entertainment, and media * Period (music), a concept in musical composition * Periodic sentence (or rhetorical period), a concept in grammar and literary style. * Period, a descriptor for a historical or period drama * Period, a timeframe in which a particular style of antique furniture or some other work of art was produced, such as the "Edwardian period" * '' Period (Another American Lie)'', a 1987 album by B.A.L.L. * ''Period'' (Kesha album), an upcoming album by Kesha * ''Period'' (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by City Girls * ''Period'', the final book in Dennis Cooper's George Miles cycle of novels * '' Periods.'', a comedy film series Mathematics * In a repeating decimal, the length of the repetend * Period of a function, length or duration after which a function repeats itself * Period (algebraic geometry), numbers that can be ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TLA Video
TLA Releasing is a US film distribution and production company owned by TLA Entertainment Group. In March 2011, a new LLC was formed for the operation. Its primary output is LGBT-related films from all over the world under the "TLA Releasing" label, as well as horror films under the label "Danger After Dark". Since 2000, they have released over 200 films on DVD and various VOD platforms. In 2005, they opened a branch in the UK. In June 2011, they announced "TLA Select", a line of Blu-rays of TLA Releasing's the most popular films, including ''Latter Days'', '' Another Gay Movie'' and '' Another Gay Sequel'', '' Make the Yuletide Gay'', and '' Boy Culture''. In July 2011, the UK division lost its entire inventory of DVDs when rioters in London burnt down a Sony warehouse. Sony rapidly worked to replenish the lost stock. Select films released through TLA Releasing * '' 29th and Gay'' (2005) * '' 800 Balas'' (2002) * '' Absolut Warhola'' (2001) * ''Adam & Steve'' (2005) * '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
