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REVIEW: Cirque du Soleil’s AMALUNA
After the incredible success of TOTEM in 2013, Cirque du Soleil has returned to South Florida with one of its newest touring shows — AMALUNA. AMALUNA was written and directed by Tony Award-winning director, Diane Paulus. Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd production is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and voice of women.
AMALUNA is a gorgeous theatrical production that showcases a rich story and stunning visuals. AMALUNA transports the audience to a mysterious and mythological island governed by Goddesses and guided by the cycles of the moon. The coming of age saga features a queen’s daughter learning about various rites that honor femininity, renewal, rebirth and balance. Their world is turned upside down when a storm washes a group of young men ashore their island paradise. An epic and emotional love story begins as a brave young man tries to woo Queen Prospera’s daughter through various demanding trials that lead to mutual trust, faith and harmony.
The cast is made up almost entirely of women. It boasts that 70% of the cast is female. The all-girl band performs some amazing rock-ish music that puts the audience right in the middle of the action. There are clowns and jugglers. People fly up in the air via straps and hoops. The acts are a visual feast for the eyes. Each act is gorgeously choreographed and is jaw-droppingly beautiful to watch.
Cirque du Soleil visits South Florida almost yearly. So whether you are in town, or across the country, you definitely need to reserve your seat under the blue and yellow Big Top tent to see AMALUNA. The spectacle will not disappoint!
TBS Renews American Dad!
TBS has renewed the long-running animated series American Dad! for a 22-episode 12th season.
The series relocated to TBS in October after a 10-season run on FOX.
On TBS, the animated series has ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 5 entertainment programs in its time slot among Adults 18-49. It is averaging 3.1 million total viewers for each week’s premiere installment on TVS, plus the encore on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
H/T: TVLine
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
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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.
For more information on the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, CLICK HERE.
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Parents Television Council Angered by Sons of Anarchy Sex Montage
FX’s Sons of Anarchy has angered the Parents Television Council due to the fact that the basic cable series opened up last week’s episode with a series of sex scenes. The sequence showcased the emotional state of several of the series’ main characters. And for those that were paying attention, it also featured plenty of star Charlie Hunnam’s posterior assets. The montage featured six couples indulging in various sexual acts (and one character was masturbating). It was dubbed “the fucktage” by show insiders.
PTC President Tim Winter: “It’s official: In order to watch cable news, ESPN, Disney or the History Channel, every family in America must now also pay for pornography on FX. Last week’s episode of Sons of Anarchy opened with the most sexually explicit content we’ve ever seen on basic cable, content normally found on premium subscription networks like HBO or Showtime … If FX wants to be like HBO and air this kind of explicit content, then they should become a premium network … Families should not be forced to underwrite pornography. Cable Choice is a solution whose time has come, and there could hardly be a better example of it than this.”
It’s worth mentioning that Sons of Anarchy airs at 10pm ET and that FX runs a TV-MA advisory warning before the show (and after every commercial break).
H/T: Inside TV @ EW
TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland to End in 2015 After Historic Six-Season Run
TV Land confirmed on Monday that Hot in Cleveland‘s current 24-episode sixth season would be the series’ final.
TV Land president Larry W. Jones said this in a statement:
It’s been an honor to work with Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and the incomparable Betty White as well as our executive producers Suzanne Martin, Todd Milliner, Sean Hayes and the rest of our exceptional writers, production team and crew. The passion and talent they brought to the set each and every week over the past five years has put TV Land on the map as a network dedicated to quality original programming. We will continue to celebrate the show and are looking forward to a fantastic series finale.
Hot in Cleveland was TV Land’s first original scripted series. It premiered in June 2010. Its series premieree drew the highest ratings in the basic cable network’s 14-year history.
H/T: TVLine