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AVN Award
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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, 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 1986 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony, the increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy. For the 1999 ceremony AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, however, it appears that the GayVN Awards have been discontinued, the last award year was 2010. Originally, the show was part of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The event started out as the Adult Software exhibition of the show, when the show became a separate event, it initially moved to Caesars Palace, but it has since moved to other Las Vegas venues. A writer from Los Angeles magazine made the claim in 2006 that awards often go to consistent advertisers in AVN magazine, actresses trying to secure a nomination stop in to schmooze at the magazines Chatsworth offices. Client once presented dolls of herself to editors and writers, similar allegations have been made regarding the Academy Award nominations and influencing Academy member voting that date back to at least 1988 with regard to movies such as Rain Man. In 2013, actress Tanya Tate offered some insights into the industry in an interview with the Huffington Post about the 30th AVN Awards at which she was nominated for an award. She stated, If you are more popular with the fans, companies are likely to book you for their production. People that win male and female performer of the year are generally solid consistent talent that are open to many levels, the following is a list of the winners in the major categories for the AVN Awards. From 1999 onwards, AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, list of pornographic film studios Official website Adult Video News Awards at the Internet Movie Database The History of the Porn Awards and Las Vegas
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The Venetian Las Vegas
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The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a five-diamond luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. Designed by KlingStubbins, the tower contains 36 stories and rises 475 feet. The Venetian is owned and operated by Las Vegas Sands, the Venetian also serves as the seat of the corporate headquarters for its parent company. The Venetian resort complex is the worlds second-largest hotel, with 4,049 rooms,3,068 suites ranging in price from $169 to $10,000 per night and a 120, 000-square-foot casino. Since its opening, The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, trumping The Venetian, in April 1996, Sheldon Adelson announced plans to create on the property the largest resort on the Strip. This project would be situated on the former Sands property, groundbreaking for the hotel began on April 14,1997. Built at a cost of $1.5 billion, it was one of the most expensive resorts of its kind when it opened, on June 27,2003, the 1, 013-room Venezia Tower opened. It was built on top of the parking lot. In 2010, it was announced that it will be affiliated with InterContinental Hotels Group, in October 2011, the Cantor Race & Sportsbook opened, which was the only Las Vegas sportsbook that was open for 24 hours a day. On June 11,2012, the Venetian opened Carnevale, a festival that is anchored by a nightly 3-D projection show on the clock tower. In September 2012, The Blue Man Group show closed and relocated to the Monte Carlo, the design architects for this project were The Stubbins Associates and WAT&G. Interior design was provided by Wilson Associates, And Dougall Associates for the casino. In October 2001, the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum opened within the resort, on June 27,2003, the Venezia tower opened, adding 1,013 suites and a new wedding chapel. In October 2005, Blue Man Group officially opened at the Blue Man Theatre, on June 24,2006, the show, Phantom, The Las Vegas Spectacular, opened at a new Paris Opera House styled theatre at The Venetian. The show concluded on September 2,2012, tim McGraw and Faith Hill headlined their Soul2Soul concert series which began in December 2012 and ended in April 2014. In 2010, TAO Nightclub was second only to the XS Club at The Wynn in revenue, with over $60 million, TAO Beach, located on top of TAO Nightclub, is the Venetians day club and pool party. It offers seven cabanas, each with television, DVD player, Xbox 360, a stocked mini-fridge, in 2004, the Venetian agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle a 12-count Gaming Control Board complaint. One of the 12 complaints alleged the hotel had held a drawing for a Mercedes-Benz that was rigged to be won by a high roller who had lost an amount in the casino. In 2013, the Venetian agreed to pay the U. S. Department of Justice $47.4 million to settle charges over alleged money laundering activities, the exterior of the Venetian is portrayed in the 2007 movie, Resident Evil, Extinction
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Paradise, Nevada
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Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada, as an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise was formed on December 8,1950, Paradise contains McCarran International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and most of the Las Vegas Strip. Paradise contains most tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area, excluding downtown, despite this, the name Paradise remains relatively unknown. All Paradise ZIP codes have Las Vegas mailing addresses, the southern part of the Las Vegas Valley was referred to as Paradise Valley as early as 1910, owing to a high water table that made the land particularly fertile for farming. County commissioners established a Paradise school district in 1914, the commission voted to create the unincorporated township of Paradise on December 8,1950. In 1975, Nevada enacted a law that would have incorporated Paradise into the City of Las Vegas, before it could take effect, however, the bill was struck down as unconstitutional by the Nevada Supreme Court. According to the United States Census Bureau, the place of Paradise has a total area of 46.7 square miles. At the census of 2010, there were 223,167 people residing in Paradise. The racial makeup was 59. 8% White,8. 9% African American,0. 8% Native American,9. 5% Asian,1. 0% Pacific Islander, and 5. 5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31. 2% of the population and 46. 3% of the population was non-Hispanic White. As of the census of 2000, there were 186,070 people,77,209 households, the population density was 3,947.3 people per square mile. There were 85,398 housing units at a density of 1,811.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72. 51% White,6. 59% African American,0. 77% Native American,6. 52% Asian,0. 59% Pacific Islander,8. 37% from other races, and 4. 65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23. 47% of the population,31. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the family size was 3.04. In the CDP, the population was out with 21. 2% under the age of 18,10. 8% from 18 to 24,33. 3% from 25 to 44,23. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 109.1 males
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Jenna Jameson
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Jenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur, webcam model and former pornographic film actress, who has been called the worlds most famous adult entertainment performer and The Queen of Porn. She started acting in erotic videos in 1993 after having worked as a stripper, by 1996, she had won the top newcomer award from each of the three major adult-movie organizations. She has since won more than 35 adult-video awards, and has been inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization, Jameson founded the adult-entertainment company ClubJenna in 2000 with Jay Grdina, whom she later married and divorced. Initially a single website, this expanded into managing similar websites of other stars. The first such movie, Briana Loves Jenna, was named at the 2003 AVN Awards as the best-selling and best-renting pornographic title for 2002, by 2005, ClubJenna had revenues of US$30 million with profits estimated at half that. Advertisements for her site and films, often bearing her picture, have towered on a 48-foot-tall billboard in New York Citys Times Square, Jameson has also crossed over into mainstream pop culture, starting with a minor role in Howard Sterns 1997 film Private Parts. Her mainstream appearances continued with several guest-hosting and guest-starring on various television programs, Playboy TV hosted her Jennas American Sex Star reality show, in which aspiring porn stars competed for a ClubJenna contract. Her 2004 autobiography, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, A Cautionary Tale, Jameson announced her retirement from pornography at the 2008 AVN Awards, stating that she would never return to the industry. Although she no longer performs in films, she has been working as a webcam model since 2013. Jenna Marie Massoli was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and her father, Laurence Henry Massoli, was a police officer at the Las Vegas Sheriffs Department and program director for KSNV-DT. Her mother, Judith Brooke Hunt, was a Las Vegas showgirl who danced in the Folies Bergère show at the Tropicana Resort & Casino and her mother died of melanoma on February 20,1976, two months prior to her daughters second birthday. The cancer treatments bankrupted the family and they relocated in Nevada, Arizona and Montana and she and her older brother Tony were raised Catholic, though they were essentially left to parent each other. Jameson was a frequent entrant in beauty pageants as a child, in a featurette on the Zombie Strippers DVD, Jameson indicates she trained in dance for fifteen years. The incident began after she attempted to hitchhike home and that she entered the car of the four boys while believing that she would be driven to her home and she reported being raped a second time while still 16 by Preacher, her boyfriend Jacks biker uncle. Preacher has denied the rape ever occurred, rather than tell her father, she left home and moved in with Jack in her first serious relationship. Jack was a tattoo artist and gave her the first of a series of tattoos, one of which would become her trademark tattoo, according to E. her brother Tony, who later owned a tattoo parlor himself, added the inscription Heart Breaker. She tried to follow in her mothers career as a Las Vegas showgirl and she was hired at Disneyland Resort, but left after two months stating concerns over the schedule and salary. Her boyfriend Jack encouraged her to apply for jobs as a dancer, after she was rejected from the Crazy Horse Too strip club because of her orthodontia, she removed her braces with pliers and was accepted
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Chi Chi LaRue
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Larry David Paciotti is an American gay pornographic film director. He appears as the drag-diva persona Chi Chi LaRue, which is also the directorial credit name of Lawrence David and Taylor Hudson, who direct bisexual, gay, and heterosexual porn films. Chi Chi LaRue began when Paciotti moved to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area and began performing in drag as one-half of The Weather Gals, a hag drag revue. He and a friend moved to California and was hired by Catalina Video as an assistant and publicist because of his knowledge of porn. LaRue has directed hundreds of gay porn films since 1988, mainly for Falcon Studios and he now owns Catalina Video, a label under his umbrella company Channel 1 Releasing. In 2003, he began to divide his time between, Vivid Video, where he gets along with much of the female talent, particularly Jenna Jameson. In March 2004, was preparing to leave to travel to London, to direct Taking Flight, instead of abandoning the production, Falcon hired Chris Steele, the scripts author to direct. In 2005, LaRue shot his last film for Falcon, called Heaven to Hell and it was the only movie to ever to be cast of Falcon exclusives. LaRue then divided his attention between Vivid Video, and his own Rascal Video, in 2006, LaRue announced that he would no longer produce films for Vivid Video because they were featuring actors and actresses having sex without condoms. In 2007, LaRue was chosen as one of Out magazines Top 50 most influential people in the LGBT community, in August 2008, he directed the controversial bisexual film titled Shifting Gears. LaRue coined the term straight-for-pay, to describe performer Blake Rileys first encounter with a woman, in 2012, LaRue directed the music video for Trouble by RuPauls Drag Race contestant Willam Belli, which premiered on Logo TV. In 2015, LaRue admitted himself into drug and alcohol treatment in Minnesota, feeling he was near death, a GoFundMe account was set up for him on July 23,2015. 1990 Dave Awards winner of Best Video and Best Director for More of a Man,1991 AVN award Best Director – The Rise, Catalina Video. 1991 AVN Award Best Non-Sexual Performance–Bi, Gay, or Trans Video – More of a Man,1992 Gay Erotic Video Awards Best Director – Songs in the Key of Sex, HIS Video. 1993 AVN Award Best Director – Songs in the Key of Sex,1993 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Special Interest Video – Chi Chi LaRues Hardbody Video Magazine, Odyssey Men. 1993 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Gender Bender – Valley of the Bi Dolls,1994 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Non-Sexual Role – Revenge of the Bi-Dolls, Catalina Video. 1995 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Director – Idol Country, HIS Video,2000 Grabby Award winner of Best Director and Best Video. 2001 GayVN Award Best Director – Echoes, Men of Odyssey,2002 GayVN Award Best Director – Mile Bi Club, All Worlds Video
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AVN (magazine)
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Adult Video News is an American trade journal that covers the adult video industry. The New York Times notes that AVN is to films what Billboard is to records. AVN sponsors an annual convention, called the Adult Entertainment Expo or AEE, in Las Vegas, 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, Paul Fishbein, Irv Slifkin, and Barry Rosenblatt founded AVN in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Slifkin left in 1984, having lost interest in reviewing adult movies due to the transition from film to videos. Rosenblatt and Fishbein had an out in 1987. Eventually, Fishbein moved the magazine to the San Fernando Valley where it operates to this day, Fishbein sold the company in 2010. AVN is widely quoted for various figures about the adult industry, AVN estimated that the sales and rentals of adult videos topped four billion dollars in 2000 and 2002. Forbes has called this figure baseless and wildly inflated, when Forbes asked AVN how it arrived at this figure, the managing editor responded, I dont know the exact methodology. When asked to separate the figures for sales versus rentals, a practice among those who cover the video industry. Adams Media Research noted that no one tracked the adult video business with rigor or precision, AVN estimated that adult industry revenue in 2005 was $12.6 billion with $2.5 billion of that coming from the Internet. However, ABC News reported that figure could not be independently verified. According to Michael Goodman of the Yankee Group, it is difficult to estimate for an industry where few companies are public, eli Cross, former managing editor Anthony Lovett, publisher and editor-in-chief. In October 2007, AVN launched the first ever pan-European, English-language adult industry trade-magazine, AVN Europe, with offices based in Budapest. By mid-2009, following a change of staff, the publication lowered its ambitions somewhat, focusing more on photos from trade shows. It folded soon after, the last issue was June 2009, AVN sponsors an annual convention, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, held each January in Las Vegas. The Expo is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United States, AVN also hosts an award show for the adult industry modeled after the Oscars
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Tera Patrick
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Tera Patrick is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and model. Patrick is the Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee for the NightMoves, AVN, Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins and was raised near San Francisco. Her mother is Thai and her father is of English, Irish, 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 School of Modeling for two years, she was hired by a Japanese modeling agency and moved to Tokyo at the age of fourteen. At one of her first photo shoots, she lost her virginity to the photographer and she spent two years in Tokyo, where she became addicted to Valium and alcohol and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees. When her father learned she had become active, he complained to her agency. It sent her back to the United States, sixteen years old, at eighteen, she obtained a GED, briefly studied nursing at Boise State University, then received EMT certification from a local vocational school. Patrick started her career in 1999 and, in 2003. She retired from shooting scenes in the industry in 2008 but continues to operate her website, production company. She licenses her movie catalog worldwide, Patrick has appeared in Playboy and Penthouse, where she was the Pet of the Month for February 2000 and was selected as Pet of the Year runner-up. In 2003, Patrick became the publisher of Genesis. In November 2006, Patrick starred in a Vivid/Teravision production titled Tera Patricks Fashion Underground where she performed with Jean Val Jean, in the same film her husband, under the name Spyder Jonez, performed with Lanny Barby. In an interview, Tera Patrick says shes OK with him doing scenes with other girls, the two made five movies for Vivid and ten for Teravision. com. In 2008, Patrick began hosting the Playboy TV erotic instructional show and she was also the host for 25th AVN Awards ceremony. In January 2013, Patrick hosted the annual XBIZ Awards, Patrick appeared and voiced herself in episode 63 of Aqua Teen Hunger Force animated series, which first aired November 19,2006. Her television appearances include Chelsea Lately, Last Call with Carson Daly, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, MSNBC, FOX News, Patrick was on the cover of the July 2006 American edition of FHM. Patrick was made into a character in the video game Backyard Wrestling 2. Patrick was also in the video for I Cant Move by Everlast
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Evan Stone
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Evan Stone is a former American pornographic actor. In 2002 he married Jessica Drake, whom he has since divorced, in February 2005, Stone hosted cable television program Spice Hotel on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings on Spice Live, which focused on porn star couples. A short 30-second clip of Stone and Tristan Kingsley in an Evan Stone film was broadcast to some Comcast cable subscribers in Tucson, Arizona during Super Bowl XLIII on February 1,2009. In 2011, he was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn, being the only man on the list. A. M. E. A. M. E. A. M. E
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