Teresa Lo is an American writer and standup comedian. [1] Lo has a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing for Screen and Television from the University of Southern California. She has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Kansas, [2] and KU named her a Woman of Distinction, one of the highest honors the university bestows upon female alumni or students. [3]
Teresa Lo is best known for her work as a journalist for Hustler Magazine. [4] She has also contributed to Popsugar, Buzzfeed, Yahoo, The University Daily Kansan, and numerous other publications.
Her young adult novel, Hell's Game, was an Amazon bestseller in 2013; [5] and her Asian-American series, The Red Lantern Scandals, received media attention because of its graphic depiction of Asian-American female sexuality. Hyphen Magazine wrote, "The book is not just about sex but about discovering and celebrating one’s independence." [6] The Red Lantern Scandals was adapted for television by 20th Century Fox, but the series never aired.
In 2013, Lo was the judge of Hyphen Magazine's first ever erotica writing contest. [7]
Lo was a staff writer on HBO's Pause with Sam Jay, and she was nominated for a WGA Writing Award for Best Comedy Variety Sketch Series. [8]
Teresa Lo is a national touring standup comedian; and she has been named Burbank Comedy Festival Best of the Fest, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Audience Award Winner, San Diego Comedy Festival Finalist, OC Comedy Contest Winner, and more.
In 2023, her directorial debut, Breaking the Fourth Wall, a feature documentary about the Los Angeles open mic scene, premiered at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival at LA Live. The film is now available to stream on Tubi [9] and Amazon Prime. [10]
Marie Louise Hartman, known professionally as Nina Hartley, is an American pornographic film actress and sex educator. By 2017 she had appeared in more than one thousand adult films. She has been described by Las Vegas Weekly as an "outspoken feminist" and "advocate for sexual freedom", and by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world".
Ignacio Jordà González, better known as Nacho Vidal, is a Spanish pornographic actor and director.
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The Venus Award is a film award in the adult film industry presented yearly in Berlin since 1997 as part of the Venus Berlin, an international erotic trade festival, on the exhibition grounds at the Funkturm.
The Erotixxx Award is a film award in the adult film industry presented by German magazine eLine. Between 2005 and 2009, the award was presented yearly as part of the Venus Berlin trade fair, an international trade festival of the erotic. The Erotixxx Award was the successor to the Venus Award, which had been presented until 2004 and then resumed in 2010. Starting in 2010, the Erotixxx Award became a part of the erotic fair eroFame in Hannover and, since 2011, it has only awarded innovative products, toys, and companies. During the Venus Berlin years, prizewinners were chosen by a jury and by a ballot of webmasters or registered users of several German erotic websites. Since that time, they have been chosen by the editorial staff of eLine and EAN.
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Lynn Harris is an American feminist entrepreneur, journalist, essayist, author, and comedian who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Harris is the founder of GOLD Comedy, "an early stage startup giving girls and women the tools to find their funny and the places to share it with the world."
The 16th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) honored the best of 1998 in pornographic movies and took place on January 9, 1999, at Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 68 categories. The ceremony, televised by Playboy TV, was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Comedian Robert Schimmel returned as host and actresses Alisha Klass, Midori and Serenity co-hosted the award show. Five weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1998, the awards for gay pornographic movies were presented in a new separate ceremony known as the GayVN Awards.
Susanna Fogel is an American director, screenwriter and author, best known for co-writing the 2019 film Booksmart and for co-writing and directing the 2018 action/comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me. Her many accolades include a DGA Award and nominations at the BAFTA Film Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards and the WGA Awards.
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