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Tom Byron (born as Thomas Bryan Taliaferro Jr. on April 4, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is an American pornographic actor and director. He is sometimes credited as Tom Byrom, Tommy Byron or The Great White Hope. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he is one of the most recognizable actors in the business. Acting When he first started acting in hardcore films, he played mostly the young schoolboy or "coming of age" roles due to the fact that he looked like a teenager even though he was in his early to mid 20's. He starred alongside Traci Lords in many movies including her first one in early 1984, What Gets Me Hot!. He was also known to have had an ongoing relationship with Traci Lords at that time. It is rumored that he did some gay porn, but nothing has officially surfaced. Byron has, however, confirmed the authenticity of a series of pictures which depict him performing oral sex on a transsexual. He has changed his image several times throughout his career, going from clean-shaven adolescent to hard rocker look (complete with tattoos and piercings) to clean cut businessman appearance. Unlike the majority of male porn stars, Tom apparently doesn't work out extensively and has never maintained a muscular physique, instead relying on his ability to perform consistently and his name recognition. Since his return to performing in the fall of 2005, Tom has done a numerous amount of scenes, most notably his "House of Ass" series for his own company Evolution Erotica. Tom has also performed for other companies as well. [edit] Directing Tom has directed over 70 films, his most notable being the Cumback Pussy series for Elegant Angel. Along with fellow directors Van Damage and Rob Black, and performer Tiffany Mynx, Tommy left Elegant Angel in 1998 to form a new company, Extreme Associates.
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Ken Marcus reveived his business license and began his professional career at age 17 while sharing a studio with special-effects photographer Don Carroll.
One year later in 1965 he opened his studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, Ca. and began shooting for advertising, editorial and entertainment clients.
In early 1972, Ken was selected to be the first American photographer for the British publication Penthouse Magazine as they entered the American market. His early pictorials consisted of fantasy layouts of erotic themes involving couples and models photographed through heavy, soft focus diffusion.
As Penthouse circulation broke all publishing records attracting much media coverage, prominent large Phot-Credits rapidly transformed the heretofore unkown name ’Ken Marcus’ into America’s most well known glamour photographers.
In 1974, Ken joined Playboy and became their West Coast Contributing Photographer shooiting centerfolds, editorials and calendars for 11 years, twice receiving their prestigious ’Photographer of the Year Award’.
After leaving Playboy, Ken returned to shooting for Penthouse and also spent 10 years as the cover photographer for Muscle & Fitness Magazine. For several years Ken waa producing expensive glamour calendars for corporate clients (NAPA , SnapOn Tools, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., etc).
For 25 years, Ken Marcus ruled the roost of American erotic photographers. In addition to the hundreds of editorials that earned him international fame and recognition, he has traveled throughout the world exhibiting his erotic photographs in galleries, museums and seminar venues.
Ken now is ’officially retired’ from the commercial world of photography and is involved exclusively with producing images for his website. Shooting erotica 2-3 days a week is his idea of’ ’retirement’.
Aleksei Yurievich Nemov (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Немов; born May 28, 1976, Barashevo) is a famous gymnast from Russia. He is often called by many sports commentators and fans Sexy Aleksei. He often poses and waves to crowds during competition. Nemov’s sense of showmanship and his routines packed full of exciting skills have won him many fans. He currently lives in his hometown of Tolyatti with his wife Galina, and his son Aleksei.
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Aleksei grew up in Togliatti, a small town on the Volga River. His father left him and his mother when Aleksei was just a baby, and Aleksei has never seen him since. He started gymnastics at age five.
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As a 16-year-old he made his debut at the 1993 World Championships, placing fifth on floor. The following year, he stamped himself as a true all-around contender, winning his qualifying session at the Worlds. He later faltered and dropped to 12th overall. He won his first major all-around title at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, beating his 2nd-place teammate and World Silver Medalist Aleksei Voropaev by over one point. Much like Lilia Podkopayeva, fans and analysts marveled at Aleksei for embodying all the ideal qualities of a world-class gymnast: complex acrobatics, elegance, and style. It was clear to everyone that he would be an imposing figure in world competition.
Despite promising international success, in 1995 he gained a reputation for having variable performance.
Then 19, in the all-around of the European Championships, he was the leader in five events and had put up the high score on three events. When he came to high bar, he only needed an 8.75 to win the title. He missed his two major release moves, crashed into the bar on another release move, botched a required element, and stopped in the middle of his routine. He scored a 7.35 and dropped to ninth overall.
A few months later, Aleksei had another showing at the World Championships in Sabae, Japan. The entire Russian team, had a disastrous showing. They were in an astounding 11th place after the 1st round; and Aleksei was in 96th all-around. The team rebounded in the optionals to finish 4th overall (still a disappointment since it marked the first time in decades that the Russians failed to medal in the team competition), while Aleksei put up the highest optional score of all the competitors. His compulsory round prevented him from qualifying to the all-around finals.
Aleksei finally seemed to realize his vast potential at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning six medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze). He performed solidly in the all-around, battling World Champion Li Xiaoshuang every step of the way. However, he ruined his chances for gold when his concentration failed him once again, and he botched his middle tumbling run on the final event. He finished a narrow second.
Aleksei’s considerable Olympic success and newfound worldwide fame seemed for naught, however, as he time after time baffled audiences with his uninspired, inconsistent performances in major international competition. He continually battled recurring shoulder injuries, boredom, and poor fitness level. He failed to win a major all-around title for nearly four years, and many doubted his chances for Olympic gold at the Sydney Olympics. However, he surprised everyone when he arrived at the Olympics doing the best gymnastics of his career, and once again took home six medals. This time, he won the all-around title, finally winning his first major championship of his career.
Although never regaining his incredible form of 2000, Aleksei competed through to the 2004 Athens Olympics, mainly as an anchor for the fledgling Russian team. Though unable to defend his all-around title, Aleksei’s performances brought the house down in Athens, and placed him in the middle of the largest judging controversy in the history of the sport. After performing the most difficult and dazzling routine of high bar finals, marred only by a step on the landing of his dismount, the judges posted a 9.725, placing him in third with several athletes to compete. The Greek crowd erupted in an endless chorus of boos and cheers, interrupting the competition for nearly 15 minutes. The judges felt the pressure of the crowd, reevaluated, and increased his score to a 9.762, still only placing him in third. The crowd continued their raucous protest, which only began to subside after Aleksei stepped up to the podium and pleaded with his supporters to quiet down for the sake of the other athletes. This scandal was finally credited as the last straw after several judging controversies in the competition, and fueled a massive reconstruction of the scoring system which was implemented in 2006. Aleksei took the disappointment in stride and rarely criticised the judges nor the situation. The Russian Olympic Committee later awarded Aleksei $40,000 in recognition of his class and character, and he retired from gymnastics soon after.
A statue of the Little Mermaid sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour (at 55°41′34.39″N, 12°35′56.59″E). This small and unimposing statue is a symbol of Copenhagen, and a major tourist attraction.
The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, after he had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale. The sculptor Edward Eriksen created the statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. He used his wife Eline Eriksen as the model.
This statue has been vandalised several times, but has each time been restored. On 24 April 1964, the statue’s head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the situationist movement, amongst them Jørgen Nash. The head was never recovered and a new head was produced and placed on the statue. On 22 July 1984, her right arm was sawn off. The arm was returned 2 days later by two embarrassed young vandals. In 1990 another attempt was made to cut her head off, which resulted in an 18 cm deep cut in the neck. On 6 January 1998, she lost her head for the second time, the culprits were never found, but the head was returned anonymously to a nearby TV station, and on 4 February the head was back on.
Red paint has been thrown on her several times, including one episode in 1961 where her hair was painted red and a bra was painted on her. On 11 September 2003, the statue was blasted off its rock, possibly with dynamite. The Little Mermaid was also draped in a burka as a statement about Turkey joining the European Union. On March 8, 2006, a dildo was attached to the statue’s hand, green paint was dumped over it, and the words March 8 were written on it. It is suspected that this vandalism has something to with International Women’s Day (which is on March 8) and that it was committed by anti-feminists. [2] Recently, Copenhagen officials have announced that the statue may be moved further out in the harbour, as to avoid vandalism and tourists climbing onto it.
The relatively small size of the statue typically surprises tourists visiting for the first time. The Little Mermaid statue is only 1.25 meter high and weighs about 175 kg.
There are similarities between the Little Mermaid statue and the Pania of the Reef statue on the beachfront at Napier in New Zealand, and some similarities in the Little Mermaid and Pania tales. The statue of a woman diver (titled "Girl in a Wetsuit" by Elek Imredy) in Vancouver, Canada was placed there when, unable to obtain permission to reproduce the Copenhagan statue, Vancouver authorities selected a modern version.
An undamaged copy of the statue is located in Solvang, California.
(12 January 1963 Jacksonville, Florida - 8 March 1995 Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic movies.
Born John Nelson Gaines, he died of complications of AIDS at the age of 32.
He was one of the most popular gay adult film stars of the 1980s. When asked in interviews, Jon rarely discussed his life in Florida in much detail, except that it involved quite a bit of "getting into trouble". He had been interested in pornography since finding a Playboy magazine his father owned when he was twelve years old. At some point in his teens, he had read about Jack Deveau, owner of Hand In Hand Films, and sent the producer some dark and fuzzy pictures of himself. Deveau politely turned him down.
Deciding that he was "going places and doing things he’d never done before", John Gaines and his then-lover went to Los Angeles while on summer vacation in 1980, with plans to go back to school in Florida after he had finished having fun. This changed when his lover got a job and the two young men decided to stay. Eventually John picked up a guy cruising who was a model who had an appointment later that day with a photographer. John tagged along to the interview, and was soon on his way as an adult film performer. His start in adult films came with the 1981 film Brothers Should Do It, where he was billed as Jon King, the younger brother of J.W. King. Though the two strongly resembled each other, they were not related. He next appeared in Biker’s Liberty, with Kristen Bjorn, Printer’s Devils, and These Bases are Loaded, again with J.W. King. Later, he would complain that the man who helped him get started in the industry was a "psycho" who screwed him over for money. In 1982, just as he was at the seeming peak of his popularity, he stole a Corvette on a test drive, robbed a Burger King in Gainesville FL then wrecked the car, and for this spent eleven months in prison. Jon was later reluctant to discuss his time in prison to interviewers, only saying that "it wasn’t fun", particularly since his twentieth birthday was spent behind bars.
Making a comeback in 1983, Jon King continued to appear in films and videos throughout the 1980s. Among these were Big Summer Surprise; The Biggest One I Ever Saw (with Lee Ryder and Rick Donovan), Hot Off The Press, Hotel Hell, Inevitable Love, Perfect Summer, Screen Play (again with Lee Ryder), Studhunter, Trick Time (with Tim Kramer), Tyger Tales, Wild Country, and Wild Oats. One of his most memorable scenes was in a hot tub with veteran adult star Kip Noll in 1984’s Kip Noll - Superstar.
Around 1989, Jon retired from the business and moved to Atlanta, where he attended culinary school. Apparently his dreams of becoming a chef did not work out. He made a second comeback in the early 1990s, appearing in Fade In, Fade Out, Wild Country, and the sequel These Bases are Loaded 2. His last video, Pumping Iron, came out in 1995. Jon King had been HIV positive for a number of years, and soon after completing Pumping Iron, he became extremely ill with AIDS. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to live with a friend who looked after his needs. It was here that Jon King died from AIDS complications on 8 March 1995. He was cremated and his ashes mixed and scattered with those of his beloved dog, who had died some years earlier.
Jon King’s tight, boyishly muscular body, combined with his thick black hair, deep dark eyes, and a youthful innocence and vulnerability made him very popular with most everyone who saw him. He was often described as a gentle, loving person, who sadly spent his whole life searching for a lasting happiness which he never found. When asked about his popularity, John Gaines commented that being recognized and approached in public as Jon King actually made him uncomfortable, and that he had even quit going to gay bars for that reason. "It’s not that I don’t appreciate it, " he once said of the admiration he received, "I just want to be myself."
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J.W. King (July 21, 1955 - December 5, 1986) was an American pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay pornographic movies.
According to In Touch Magazine #125 [April 1987, pp.97-98], "J.W. King, one of the most popular and best-liked stars of gay male films, died of AIDS complications in Hollywood on December 5, 1986."
J.W., whose real name was James Waldrop, was born in Texas and moved to Los Angeles in 1979.
His obituary in Update magazine noted that "He retired from the screen over a year ago and, with his lover (John Murphy, who also died of AIDS in November, 1986), lived in the Hollywood Hills. He had been employed as a waiter at the Sheraton-Premiere Hotel in Universal City for the last 30 months."
J.W. King was an American pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay pornographic movies.
J.W., whose real name was James Waldrop, was born in Texas and moved to Los Angeles in 1979.
Born October 11, 1958, Scott Irish performed in hard core adult features from 1984-96, and worked with many of the industry’s most celebrated directors and performers. His surfer-boy good looks, wavy red hair, lean body, exceptionally firm, round butt, and front-hipline tattoo of a snake baring its fangs complimented his characteristically intense, often frenzied copulating; he is always a thrill to watch. Scott also showed considerable acting flair, particularly in character roles. And yet, Scott’s contributions to the adult world have been routinely underrated and devalued. It was once reported by the media that the Traci Lords scandal got Scott (and other male performers) into heaps of trouble with the FBI, prompting him to go into seclusion. Other rumors suggest he was shot (not fatally; perhaps in the hand) during the ’92 L.A. riots and that drug abuse ended friendships and jeopardized his career. Today, Scott’s whereabouts and activities are totally unknown. His on-screen presence is sadly missed. It is hoped that Scott’s life today, presumably away from the adult industry "pressure cooker" is both happy and fulfilling.
(Some biographical data courtesy http://www.iafd.com.)
NOMBRE REAL: RUTH LEE JONES
NACIDA EN: TUSCALOOSA (ALABAMA)
FECHA NACIMIENTO: 1924. 29 AGOSTO
FALLECIDA EN: DETROIT (MICHIGAN)
FECHA FALLECIMIENTO: 1963. 14 DICIEMBRE
Dinah Washington, se acercó a la música profana después de haber sido pianista y corista en una iglesia baptista del South Side de Chicago, donde residía con su familia. Aun adolescente, ganó un concurso para aficionados en el "Chicago Regal Teathre", iniciando entonces un recorrido por los garitos de blues de la ciudad y diferentes locales de música negra. En 1940 actuó con Sallie Martin, una de las figuras mas representativas del sonido gospel afroamericano, y fundadora del primer grupo femenino de gospel.
En 1943, tuvo la fortuna de que la escuchara cantando en el "Garrick’s bar", un club de Chicago, el director de bigband, Joe Glaser quien tras escucharla se la presentó al tambien líder de orquesta, Lionel Hampton, que no dudo en contratarla nada mas oírla. Con Hampton, Dinah Washington, estuvo hasta 1946 y fue en el seno de la formación del vibrafonista, cuando decidió cambiar de nombre artístico. Tras un fructífero periodo de madurez con la bigband de Lionel Hampton, la casa discográfica "Apollo" le ofreció la posibilidad de actuar y grabar en solitario. Con un repertorio cercano al Rhythm and Blues, y con temas escasamente originales, Dinah Washington no tardó en salir de Apollo, donde a pesar de todo, cantó unos cuantos blues memorables recogidos en el disco: "Mellow Mama" (Delmark, 1992). Aprovechó la ocasión para salir de Apollo, cuando el sello Mercury le ofreció un sustancioso contrato y la posibilidad de grabar los temas que ella quisiera. En 1959 llegó su mayor éxito popular con el celebérrimo: "What a Difference a Day Makes", versionada posteriormente por Sarah Vaughan y Esther Philips, y recientemente sacada del cajón del olvido por servir de banda sonora en un anuncio publicitario televisivo.
A partir de los años cincuenta se ganó a pulso el apodo de "Reina del Blues" que le pusieron sus admiradores, y sus discos se colocaban uno tras otro en las lista de los mas vendidos de Norteamérica. Entre 1950 y 1960, grabó para Mercury y para su filial, Emarcy lo mas granado de su discografía con alguna que otra obra maestra indiscutible como el disco grabado en 1954 titulado: "Dinah Jams!" o el homenaje, sincero, emotivo y lleno de swing al maestro Fats Waller en 1957. Su personalidad, su fuerza en los escenarios y su canto, a mitad de camino entre la fuerza de Bessie Smith y el fraseo de Billie Holiday, enganchó de tal manera a los aficionados a su música que las ventas de sus discos no tenían frontera de estilo. Era tan conocida fuera de los ambientes jazzisticos o bluseros como fuera de ellos, y tuvo la capacidad para vender sus discos fuera de los confines raciales del mercado.
En sus últimos años, Dinah Washington, fichó por el sello Roulette, donde prolongó acertadamente su trayectoria jazzistica sin apenas cambio de conceptos: orquestaciones sinuosas, repertorio variado, baladas tristes y alguna que otra concesión a las modas comerciales. Un exceso de somníferos ingeridos en estado de embriaguez acabó con su vida en Detroit, donde residía, poco antes de la Navidad de 1963.
Scott Nails (aka Scott Skools, Cock Boy) born April 29, 1982 is a male porn star and model from Arizona.
He entered the adult industry in 2001 at the age 19 and has appeared in more than 200 films from well known adult film distributors like Anabolic, Digital Playground, Hustler, Vivid etc. He is 6 foot tall, he has brown hair and blue eyes. Since January 2006 he has a huge tattoo on his left arm.
[edit] Trivia
* His booking agency is LA Direct Models
* Scott won a ’Best New Male Performer’ AVN award in January 2006.
* When he is not doing porn, he is in the real estate business in Arizona.
Wade Nichols (aka Dennis Parker October 28, 1946-January 28, 1985) was an American actor and singer.
His first adult role was in the 1975 film Exploring Young Girls. He followed with films such as Summer of Laura,’My Sex-Rated Wife,’Marishino Cherries, and John Derrick’s Love You. Nichols also appeared in the 1975 adult gay film, "Boynapped!".
In 1979, using the name Dennis Parker, he recorded an album of disco songs on the Casablanca label.
Also under the name Dennis Parker, he was known for playing Police Chief Derek Mallory on the soap opera The Edge of Night from 1979 to 1984. During the final weeks of the show, he was too ill to tape any episodes, and, had the show not been cancelled, he would have been replaced.
He committed suicide after the show had been cancelled. It has been widely speculated that Nichols had been suffering from an AIDS related illness.
Matus Valent was born 20.April 1981 in Bratislava capital city of Slovak Republic.
In his high school years, he played indoor volleyball where he became the Junior champion of Slovakia with his team ASK Inter. He was also on the National team at 19.
In his college years, he started to play beach volleyball and in 2004 became the California A-Category champion.
In 2003, he graduated from University with a Masters Degree in Physical Eduaction and Sports Management and flew to California which became his second home.
Now he is a fitness model, has appeared in numerous magazines including Men’s Exercise, Men’s Workout, and Exercise & Health.
Matus also competed and won 1st place in Model California (2005) and 4th place in Model Universe (Miami, 2005 ).
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Keeper Ben Alnwick, midfielder Liam Lawrence and striker Chris Brown display teamwork that hasn’t been seen at Sunderland in a long, long time.
Soccer boss Roy Keane was left fuming last night after it emerged three of his players filmed themselves “roasting” a busty female fan. Sunderland keeper Ben Alnwick, 19, winger Liam Lawrence, 24, and striker Chris Brown, 21, all took part in the orgy.
They were joined by ex-teammate Martin Woods, 20, now at Rotherham United, and two pals — not thought to be players — who remained clothed.
The orgy, which took place in a flat, involved the six men and a mystery brunette girl — referred to as “Stevie”. The seven-minute video shows England under-21 star Alnwick winking at the camera as he has sex with her. Then Woods — still wearing his jumper — is shown performing a sex act on himself.
Brown — who does Match of the Day style commentary throughout — hints their orgy antics are a regular fixture when he says of the two clothed pals: “Here’s the boys — the watching faithful — every week without fail.”
Chairman Niall Quinn and manager Roy Keane were said to be furious with the players, who will almost certainly face disciplinary action.
Club spokesperson Lesley Callaghan said yesterday: “It is obviously disappointing and we will be handling this matter internally.”
Republic of Ireland squad member Lawrence was sent on loan to Stoke City last month, while Alnwick has agreed to join Tottenham Hotspur in January for around £1million.
Woods was released in the summer. The decision to let the trio go had nothing to do with the video — club officials only found out about it when we showed it to them yesterday.
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Una mujer de cine negro: Gloria Grahame, actrir de películas como "Que bello es vivir" de Capra, "Encrucijada de odios", "Cautivos del mal" de Minnelli o "Los sobornados" de Fritz Lang. Nació en 1923 y murió de cáncer en1981. Estuvo casada con Nicholas Ray, con el escritor Cy Howard y con su hijastro Nicholas Ray, entre otros. Siempre daba un perturbador perfil de "femme fatale", aunque aquí parece mostrar un genio más apacible.
Nacido en Cartagena, en 1922, Gustavo Martínez Gómez, verdadero nombre de Gustavo Martz-Schmidt, es uno de los pilares fundamentales del comic español. De formación autodidacta, hizo sus primeros pinitos en su ciudad natal en la que cosechó varios premios, trasladándose posteriormente a Barcelona (transcurría el año 1949). Tras unos primeros trabajos para empresas como Ediciones Cliper o Hispano Americana de Ediciones, Martz-Schmidt pasa a formar parte de la plantilla del coloso del tebeo español, la Editorial Bruguera. Será ahí y gracias a los consejos de Rafael González donde Gustavo pulirá su estilo adoptando formas más redondeadas y suaves. Suyas son algunas de las mejores páginas del tebeo con personajes como Troglodito, El doctor Cataplasma, Don Usurio, Don Prudencio, Don Danubio, Polvorilla, Deliranta Rococó, Camelio Majareto. En 1972 retomaría el trabajo de “Jorge” para seguir ilustrando nuevas historietas de “Doña Urraca”, abandonadas estas diez años antes por la muerte de su autor.
Gustavo Martz-Schmidt, no sólo trabajó en el dibujo de personajes para tebeos, tambien desarrolló su labor creativa en la pintura mural, la decoración, figurinismo teatrales, cartelismo, siendo uno de los fundadores de un movimiento artístico-cultural llamado "La Buhardilla” donde se dieron cita la mayoria de los intelectuales catalanes de mediados de los cincuenta. A principio de los años sesenta creó “Martz Schmidt Studio” una empresa de diseño y publicidad, que obtuvo varios premios como por ejemplo el de la Unicef de Cartelismo. Su obra ha merecido numerosas distinciones y premios, siendo el más importante de los premios el afecto y cariño con el que una generación de lectores disfrutaba con sus historietas y pasando a formar parte del Olimpo de los mejores autores de cómic de España. Gustavo Martínez Gómez, Gustavo Martz-Schmidt, falleció el 5 de enero de 1998 en Elche.