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2015 AVN Award Winners Announced

The 2015 AVN Awards were held last night at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Below is the complete list of winners (in ABC order by category):

All-Girl Performer of the Year
Sinn Sage

BBW Performer of the Year
April Flores

Best Actor
Steven St. Croix, Wetwork, Vivid Entertainment

H/T: AVN

AEE 2015 Seminar Topics Announced

Building on increased interest by attendees in the educational part of the schedule during January’s annual Adult Entertainment Expo, show organizers, similar with the Adult Novelty Expo, taking place concurrently at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, have decided to expand the schedule of offerings, which include both seminars and workshops.

To that end, the following topics will be placed on the AEE schedule, which runs Jan. 21-24, 2015. They have been carefully prepared in an effort to reflect current issues and preoccupations in the industry, with a serious eye to helping both companies and individuals flourish in our ever-evolving industry.

If there is a theme to be found in this year’s selections, it might be the empowerment of the performer, who have at their/his/her/ disposal more tools and opportunities than ever before, both within and outside the bounds of the traditional industry hierarchy. Putting a spotlight on that is a long-time coming, and duly observed this year.

The actual schedule has the AEE seminars compacted into tight daily groups of three concurrent one-hour sessions: Monday, January 21, 2015, they take place between 3pm-6pm. Tuesday, Jan. 21, and Wednesday, Jan. 23, they take place from 1pm-4pm. Only Saturday, Jan. 24, has one seminar on the schedule, from 12pm-1pm.

There will also be a handful of highly targeted workshops on the AEE 2015 schedule, to be announced at a later date.

Seminars and their descriptions are as follows:

How to Develop an Effective Social Engagement Strategy
Everyone knows that a company needs to be active on social media networks. But effective social media strategies are developed differently for adult entertainment companies than they are for mainstream ones. Also, the requirements that social networks place on adult entities can change frequently and with no notice, making it necessary for adult companies to develop strategies that are nimble, current and innovative. Helping you understand how to develop and implement such a strategy is what this seminar is all about.

Mass Appeal: How to Design and Execute a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Crowdfunding successfully is not easy, and it is especially challenging for adult projects, which have been discriminated against by some platforms. This seminar is designed to help you know how to design a viable project, devise a workable campaign and find the right platform for your needs. Bring your questions. This type of seminar only gets better with attendee participation.

Legal Update: Perspectives on a Changing World
Legally, there is as much to review as we head into 2015 as there has been during any recent year, and maybe more. Whether you are in production, distribution, or both, if you are into as many side-lines as you can muster, and especially if you are talent looking to control your own destiny, the world has been changing quickly, with laws either keeping pace or not. Either way, however, as the very structure of adult entertainment changes, you need to be up to speed with legal developments.

Demographically Speaking Is There An Audience For Your Porn?
Understanding who your audience is, always a prerequisite for master marketers of adult content, is even more important in a world in which the targeting and successful delivery and conversion of online, mobile and social media-derived traffic has become an art form of sorts, as well as the potential maker or breaker of companies. This seminar is about the proper marketing of content as well as the content itself.

Creating the Ultimate Erotic Experience: Mastering the Use of Live, Virtual and Pre-recorded Content
This seminar will explore the many ways that live and virtual content are being used in tandem with pre-recorded content to create increasingly immersive and potentially mind-blowing erotic experiences for people around the world, with the prospect of huge monetary rewards for those who master the creation of these experiences. Even smaller players with vibrant imaginations can make their mark in this area, making this seminar a must-attend for anyone determined to define the future of adult entertainment.

How to Survive Google (and Other Unavoidable Mainstream Monoliths)
This is not as obscure a seminar as it may seem, and you do not have to be an SEO expert to gain from the information that will be presented during this hour-long conversation about how to be an adult company in a mainstream world. In the old days, adult was more self-contained, but in the new digital age it’s hard to completely avoid some sort of dependence on the Googles and Facebooks of the world, not to mention banking institutions! This is about successfully maneuvering those often shark-infested waters.

One in a Million: Developing an Irresistible (and Lucrative) Live Cam Personality
Live cam operators have always known that diversity is key to success, and that original cam performers can succeed beyond their wildest dreams. It’s the rest of the world that is finally catching on to the limitless opportunities available to a performer, even in a market that is increasingly crowded. Indeed, if there is any area of adult entertainment where a performer has more hands-on control to decide exactly what his or her audience will experience, it is the live cammer. That’s fun but also scary. This seminar will help lessen the fear, and focus the mind.

Comic-Con Crossover: Are You Engaged?
To be sure, there is something fanatical about Comic-Con and the people who populate it, but make no mistake, the so-called alternative expo is a juggernaut of content promotion and mega-branding of projects, companies and stars for an ever-increasing array of platforms and media, including adult. The question is, do you really have to dress up funny to take part in it? This seminar will bring together Comic-Con pros who also happen to be adult pros to talk about the opportunities and challenges that come with the Comic-Con Crossover paradigm.

Empowering the Performer: How to Be Your Own Boss
This seminar is designed to empower individual performers, who have at their disposal more opportunities to control their professional destiny than at any time in the past. The discussion will include live cams, which have their own seminar, but also webmastering, the feature circuit and live phone sex/chat, as well as more traditional adult entertainment work. The subject of representation will also be addressed by professionals who’ve been there and done it.

A Primer on Scene Direction & Production
Making features is all well and fine, but isn’t porn really all about the individual scene? While that may have always been true to an extent, in the new reality where millions of people can only carve out time to watch a scene on the go, catching their attention with the perfectly realized scene is even more crucial. At this seminar we’ll hear from many expert creators of short-form porn, so bring your most creative ideas to kick around.

The expanded AEE seminar schedule not only addresses salient issues, but provides more exposure for companies and individuals as well as new ways to network. It also creates a host of creative exhibit and sponsorship opportunities.

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~Papi Chulo~

James Deen to Cut the Ribbon to Open the 2015 AEE

The 2015 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) will have guest and world famous adult and mainstream film star James Deen to cut the ribbon that will open the 2015 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, show organizers announced today. AEE is held in conjunction with the AVN Novelty Expo (ANE) and will take place January 21-24, 2015 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV.

The ribbon cutting with take place on Wednesday, January 21st, at 2:00pm right outside The Joint located inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"We are excited to have James Deen cut the ribbon and open the doors to what will be one of the biggest AVN Expos," says Theo Sapoutzis CEO, AVN Media Network. "We know many of the attendees are big fans, and were excited to have him as a part of our show."

Deen's accomplishments extend beyond the adult industry, as mainstream reporters chronicle his popularity among the most unlikely of porn fans - young women. Popular female-oriented website Jezebel.com often reports on Deen's large female fan-base, calling him the "permanent crush of all straight ladydom." Deen was noted as one of the top 100 Jews in Heeb magazine in 2009 and has also been featured on CNBCs special "Porn: Business of Pleasure," ABC's "Nightline," Good Magazine, The Goodmen Project, GQ Magazine, Rolling Stone, E! Entertainment, TMZ, and more. In 2012, Hollywood screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis and director Paul Schrader cast Deen opposite Lindsay Lohan in the feature film "The Canyons."

While Deen takes his additional business ventures and Hollywood and indie acting roles very seriously, the adult industry remains his chosen profession. He states, "I plan to have sex on camera for as long as people want to see me naked." Deen appreciates every ounce of the successes he has, exclaiming, "Seriously - I am the luckiest boy alive."

Having previously hosted 300 adult stars, the growing event expands to take over the Artist Hall at Hard Rock Hotel anticipating more than 500 adult stars at the 2015 AVN Expo. There will be over 150 exhibitors from every market segment, exclusive parties, entertainment, and focused seminars designed to stimulate and inform attendees.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas will become ground central for this annual gathering of industry leaders, outstanding talent and dedicated fans. The festivities open on Wednesday, January 21 and run through Saturday, January 24, 2015.

AVN EVENT DATES:

AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE): Jan 21 - 24, 2015
AVN Novelty Expo (ANE): Jan 21 - 23, 2015
AVN Awards: Jan 24, 2015

For more information on the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, CLICK HERE.

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~Papi Chulo~

AVN Media Network Debuts Official 2015 Awards Website

AVN Media Network announces the debut of its official website for the 2015 AVN Awards. A variety of ticket packages to the annual event, co-hosted by superstar performers Alexis Texas and Tommy Pistol, are now available online.

The adult industry's biggest extravaganza will be held at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Jan. 24, 2015, as part of the Adult Entertainment Expo, scheduled Jan. 21-24 at the iconic venue.

Featuring a variety of content, AVNAwards.com gives fans the opportunity to purchase tickets, peruse ticket packages, access photo galleries, view lists of past winners, book hotel rooms, and more.

AVNAwards.com also features information on the 2015 AVN Show, a weeklong series of events produced by AVN Media Network at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, beginning with Internext, followed by the AVN Novelty Expo and the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, and culminating with the 32nd AVN Awards Show.

Since 1984, the AVN Awards Show has been a famous staple on the Las Vegas scene, growing dramatically over the years. It is now broadcast each year on cable to millions of viewers.

TheDailyBeast.com writer Richard Abowitz describes the AVN Awards as "the Academy Awards for the adult industry." Robin Leach, of the Las Vegas Sun, goes into more detail: "The annual festival of flash with dangerous, waist-high-slit gowns, even more dangerously plunging gowns, bared back, lacy lingerie, and sky-high stilettos." Casino.org contributor David Sheldon states the AVN Awards "brings the sin to Sin City ... the perfect marriage of one illicit industry with another."

Likewise dubbed "the Oscars of adult" by Entertainment Weekly, the AVN Awards Show is a must-attend, must-see event featuring the hottest stars from adult and mainstream pop culture. With a stylish red carpet pre-show and lavish star-studded ceremony, the AVN Awards Show celebrates outstanding achievements in the world of adult entertainment.

The 2015 gala event at The Joint will feature comedy, live music, and a slew of superstar presenters and special guests, making the 32nd annual show a memorable experience for all.

Media registration for the 2015 AVN Awards will open in September 2014.

For more information on the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, CLICK HERE.

For our complete coverage of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, CLICK HERE.

~Papi Chulo~

New Mistress Dominates "The Lair" at The 2015 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo

AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) forges a new partnership with Mistress Cyan to manage The Lair presented by The Stockroom at the 2015 confab. The professional dominatrix is the head mistress at LAs largest dungeon, Sanctuary Studios LAX, and promises to make AEEs BDSM enclosure the kinkiest dungeon experience for both fetishists and tourists. The Lair will occupy the upper level of The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV. AEE is held in conjunction with the AVN Novelty Expo (ANE) and will take place January 21-24, 2015.

"The Lair has been a successful component of AEE in the past," said AVN Event Manager Beth Noonan. "And Mistress Cyan was the obvious choice to provide fans with a premium experience. We are excited to see what the head mistress has in store for The Lair this year."

The Lair is larger than ever showcasing more performers, live demonstrations, and interactive displays that will shock and awe fans. The fetish playground presents several educational exhibitions and attendees will have the opportunity to purchase kinky trappings and accoutrements from BDSM exhibitors.

"I'm very excited to be working with AVN on this show." Said Mistress Cyan, "I believe AVN and I share the same vision as to what we want The Lair to represent in 2015, and that is an interactive experience that all the attendees will remember. We are going to give them the opportunity to see, learn and experience what BDSM and Fetish is all about!"

Mistress Cyan has been in this Lifestyle for over 25 years and has been a Professional Dominatrix since 1996. She is the force behind Sanctuary Studios LAX, the largest dungeon in Los Angeles, and one of the largest in the country with more than 7000 sq ft of space. She is the Founder and Executive Producer of DomCon LA and DomCon Atlanta, the worlds largest Professional and Lifestyle Domination Convention and named as one of the top 5 fetish events in the world in a recent online poll. She is also the Co-Producer of International Olympus Leather. She has judged numerous Leather Contests in The United States and Canada, including the Mr Los Angeles Leather Contest in 2006 and Mr Palm Springs Leather in 2009. She has served as Secretary of The Los Angeles Leather Coalition for three years.

Mistress Cyan is considered an expert with a whip, but she is best known for her fundraising and charity work. The Los Angeles Leather Community has recognized Mistress Cyan as Fundraiser of the Year in 2006 and 2009, and Mentor of the Year in 2007. She was named as an Honoree by the City of West Hollywood and LA Pride in 2007. She has received a number of international awards including two International Pantheon of Leather Awards, she received The Community Choice Woman of the Year Award in 2006 and is the current Pantheon of Leather Woman of The Year.

For more information on the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, CLICK HERE.

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~Papi Chulo~