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Thinking XXX
''Thinking XXX'' is a 2004 documentary television film about the process photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders went through to create his book ''XXX: 30 Porn Star Portraits''. Content The film shows Greenfield-Sanders as he shoots portraits of thirty porn stars both clothed and naked for the book as well as presenting conversations and interviews with the performers along with authors, artists and filmmakers outside of the pornography industry. For the portraits Greenfield-Sanders uses an antique view camera as both a challenge to his photographic skills and to have negatives large enough to create oversized exhibition prints for gallery exhibitions. The film was produced for broadcast on the HBO cable TV channel and was never released to theaters, and was therefore not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. List of portrait subjects * Sunrise Adams * Briana Banks * Belladonna * Seymore Butts * Christy Canyon * Chloe * Nina Hartley * Heather Hunter * Jenna Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (born February 16, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker and portrait photographer based in New York City. The majority of his work is shot in large format. Early life Greenfield-Sanders was born on February 16, 1952, in Miami Beach, Florida, to musician and teacher Ruth W. Greenfield (''née'' Wolkowsky) and lawyer Arnold Merwin Greenfield. He graduated from Ransom Everglades School and received a BA in art history from Columbia University in 1974 and a MFA in film in 1977 from the American Film Institute (A.F.I). Career Photography Greenfield-Sanders has photographed well-known figures (Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Sonia Sotomayor, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Serena Williams, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton) among many others. The USPS George H.W. Bush 'Forever' stamp is based on Greenfield-Sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lucas (director)
Michael Lucas (born Andrei Lvovich Treivas (russian: link=no, Андрей Львович Трейвас), March 10, 1972) is a Russian-born American–Israeli businessman and the founder and CEO of Lucas Entertainment, Manhattan's largest gay-adult-film company. The ''New Republic'' dubbed Lucas "Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin".Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin James Kirchick, ''The New Republic'' via CBSNews.com, March 20, 2006. He contends that his film '' Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'' is the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of $250,000 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaches (musician)
Merrill Nisker (born 11 November 1966), better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electroclash musician and producer. Born in Ontario, Peaches began her musical career in the 1990s as part of a folk trio, Mermaid Cafe. In 1995, she established a rock band, the Shit. That year she also released her first solo album, '' Fancypants Hoodlum''. After moving to Berlin, Germany, she was signed to the Kitty-Yo label and released her second album, ''The Teaches of Peaches'' (2000). Touring as the opening act for bands like Marilyn Manson and Queens of the Stone Age, she subsequently released her third album, '' Fatherfucker'' (2003). Peaches' songs have been featured in movies such as '' Mean Girls'', '' Waiting...'', '' Jackass Number Two'', '' My Little Eye'', '' Drive Angry,'' and '' Lost in Translation''. Her music has also been featured on television shows such as '' Orphan Black'', ''Lost Girl'', '' The L Word'', '' South Park'', '' Skam'', ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teaches Of Peaches
''The Teaches of Peaches'' is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Merrill Nisker, and her first under the stage name Peaches. It was released on September 5, 2000 by Kitty-Yo. Her roommate Feist contributed vocals for the album. In 2002, XL Recordings re-released the album and as well put out an "Expanded Edition" featuring a bonus disc. Writing and development After creating a six-track "Lovertits" EP, Peaches moved to Berlin, Germany. While visiting her old friend Jason Beck, who was enjoying modest European success as Chilly Gonzales in Berlin, Peaches landed a one-night gig. On the merits of that show alone, Berlin's Kitty-Yo label signed her on the spot. The label offered her the chance to record ''The Teaches of Peaches'' back home in Toronto. Composition Musically, ''The Teaches of Peaches'', like many other electroclash albums, draws from 1980s new wave music. It incorporates the Roland MC-505 and lo-fi beats in songs such as "AA XXX", which also fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Ling Su
May Ling Su (born 1973) is a pornographic actress, feminist, and self-described "menstrual artist". Career Su earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila before she moved to the United States, where she first started out in the adult film industry in 1996 by making movies with her husband, Jay. She still primarily directs herself but has also worked with other directors, including Max Hardcore in 2002. In 2010, she published the art book ''On My Period'', in which she had made art out of her menstrual blood. That same year, she was also named one of the ''Porn Saints'' (known for their "pornoartistic approach to religion") by the art project of the same name. Su has been portrayed by many other artists, including American photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (who has dubbed her as one of the 30 most important porn stars in America), in his book ''XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits'' and his HBO documentary ''Thinking XXX'' in 2004, and by Swedish pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexington Steele
Clifton Todd Britt (born November 28, 1969), better known by his stage name Lexington Steele, is an American pornographic actor, director, producer, and former stockbroker. He is the owner of the adult production companies Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. In 2003, Steele became the first actor to receive the AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year three times. He has been inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. Steele has also made several mainstream appearances, including the film '' Crank: High Voltage'' (2009) and episodes of '' Weeds'' and '' Nip/Tuck''. Early life Steele was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey. After graduating from Morristown High School, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. After two years, he transferred to Syracuse University in New York. In 1993, Steele graduated from Syracuse's College of Arts and Sciences with Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and African American studies. Career Steele started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden Shaw
Aiden Shaw (born Aiden Brady, 22 February, 1966) is an English author, model and former pornographic film actor. Early life and modeling Aiden Brady was born on February 22, 1966 in Harrow, England. He graduated from the University of Brighton. Shaw was signed to Success Models in Paris and Sight Management Studio in Barcelona. Shaw was photographed by Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules International magazine. In 2013, he was the face of Bytom, a Polish fashion company. In 2014, Shaw walked for Berluti. He was featured by New Zealand menswear brand Working Style for their Autumn Winter 2014 campaign. In 2016, Shaw reverted to his birth name as he continued to model for international brands like Massimo Dutti. Pornography Brady adopted the last name "Shaw" in the early 1990s when he began working in gay pornography and appeared in over 50 films. He retired from the porn industry in 1999, but in 2004, he starred in another gay porn film with Hot House. Writing In 1991, Shaw col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savanna Samson
Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertainment, and is known for her roles in acclaimed adult films such as '' The New Devil in Miss Jones''. In addition to performing, she has her own adult film studio, Savanna Samson Productions. A native of upstate New York, she entered the adult film industry in 2000, after working as a dancer at the Manhattan strip club, Scores. Samson has gained mainstream recognition with appearances on television shows such as ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Daily Show'' and ''30 Rock''. Her wide range of activities outside pornography include working as a sex-advice columnist, a radio presenter and a political correspondent. She also produces her own line of wines, has a recording contract with E1 Music and is a trained ballerina. Early life Born Natali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Ridgeston
Lukas Ridgeston (born 5 April 1974) is a Slovak actor and director in gay erotic movies and model in Bel Ami gay erotic magazines and books."Lukas Ridgeston." ''BelAmiModels'', 2012. Web. 18 Feb. 2012. He was born in Bratislava, then part of the former Czechoslovakia, now capital of Slovakia. Lukas Ridgeston is best known as "The King of Gay Porn" or just "The King". Career His stage name originated with the editors of ''Freshmen'' magazine. (It is common practice for magazines to assign names to photos of models, rather than the studios or the models themselves.) The magazine did not want to use a name from an Eastern Bloc country and chose the name "Lucas Ridgeston" as sounding more "Ivy League". BelAmi changed the spelling to "Lukas" and both have been used ever since. Ridgeston performed nearly exclusively as a top in his films; however, he does bottom in the films ''Lukas' Story 2: When Boy Meets Boy'' and ''Lucky Lukas''. (''Lukas' Story'' and ''Lukas' Story 2'' have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Possa
Mari Possa is a Salvadoran American pornographic actress and reality TV personality. Early life Possa was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine. Career Mari Possa was a former secretary at a law firm when she entered the adult industry as assistant of director Seymour Butts. In 2003, she became a contract girl for Seymour Butts Home Movies and Adam & Eve Pictures, and appeared in about 35 scenes until 2009. In 2009, Possa retired from the porn industry to pursue a degree in broadcasting, then made her comeback to porn in 2012 as a freelance performer for solo and lesbian scenes. Possa also appeared in the Showtime TV series ''Family Business'' and was the cover girl of the book ''Dirty Talk: Conversations with Porn Stars'' by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson."Adult Who's Who: Mari Possa", '' AVN Magazine'', Vol. 28/No. 8, Issue 356, August 2012, p. 40. Her porn name is a pun on the word ''mariposa'', which me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tera Patrick
Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins; July 25, 1976) is an American former pornographic actress and model who was the '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. She is a recipient of the Hot d'Or Award, NightMoves Award, AVN Award, XRCO Award, Venus Award, Adam Film World Guide Award, Eroticline Award, FOXE Award, FAME Award, Fanny Award, XBIZ Award, and ASACP Service Recognition Award. Early life Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins and was raised near San Francisco, California. Her mother is Thai and her father is of English, Irish and Dutch descent. When she was just ten, her mother left her and she grew up with her father David Hopkins, a carefree hippie. After taking weekend classes at the Barbizon Modeling and Acting School for two years, she always loved the way she looked.Patrick, ch.2 At one of her first photo shoots, she was sexually assaulted by the photographer, who "was feeding ... [...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] |
