Rising Star PR Clients Dominate With 150 Noms for AVN, XBIZ Awards

The Best Roster in Adult Dominates the Nominees for January Showdowns

VENICE, CA – The adult industry’s leading publicity firm has done it again, scoring an industry-shattering 150 nominations for their client roster for the 2014 AVN Awards and XBIZ Awards.

The RSPR clients scored 31 nominations for the XBIZ Awards and 119 for the AVN Awards.

“This has been an outstanding year,” Rising Star PR founder Devan Cypher said earlier this week after getting the last of the clients’ announcement press releases sent out. “We’ve been fortunate to work with excellent clients throughout the years and to help them develop their careers. Every year we think it can’t get better, but it always does. It’s an honor to work with so many amazing people.”

Leading the way are Ryan and Kelly Madison with 26 AVN nominations and four for XBIZ. Kelly has a MILF Performer of the Year nomination with both, Ryan a Male Performer of the Year with AVN and both of their big releases of the year—Get My Belt and The Madison’s Mad Mad Circus—were showered in noms, including a shared Best Director – Non-Feature nomination for Get My Belt from AVN.

The year’s breakthrough director is Dana Vespoli with an incredible 16 AVN nominations and six XBIZ noms. Her XBIZ noms include Director of the Year – Body of Work and Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release for Girl/Boy. For AVN she has Director of the Year, Best Director – Feature for Forsaken and Best Director – Non-Feature for Girl/Boy.

Remy LaCroix has a combined 17, including Female Performer of the Year from both. Both organizations gave her a Best Actress nomination for The Temptation of Eve (New Sensations), and XBIZ also gave her a Best Actress nod for Broken Hearts (Smash Pictures).

Bonnie Rotten also received a Female Performer of the Year from AVN and XBIZ, as well as 11 Best Scene noms between them.

Brandy Aniston received Best Supporting Actress nominations from AVN and XBIZ for Not The Wizard of Oz XXX (X-Play/Pulse), and her star vehicle Breaking Bad XXX is nominated by both for Best Parody/Parody Release of the Year by the two organizations.

Britney Amber, who won Best Female Performer in October at the NightMoves Awards is nominated for Best Actress – Parody Release for Barbwire XXX: A DreamZone Parody (DreamZone Entertainment) by XBIZ. AVN has the movie in the running for Best Parody and Britney for Unsung Starlet.

Newbie Casey Calvert raked in eight noms, including Best New Starlet from AVN and seven scene noms between AVN and XBIZ. AVN nommed Cherie Deville for MILF Performer of the Year. Another new girl, Jessa Rhodes, received Best New Starlet noms from both, scene noms from both, and a Best Supporting Actress for Bikini Outlaws (Wicked Pictures) from XBIZ. She will also be a Trophy Girl at the 2014 XBIZ Awards.

Jenna Haze’s Jennaration X Studios released one movie in 2013, Meow! 3, which was a huge hit and has a total of five nominations, including Best All-Girl Release from AVN and All-Girl Release of the Year from XBIZ.

Camming sensation Mitsuko Doll got an XBIZ nomination for Web Star of the Year. Romi Rain has an XBIZ Awards nom for Best New Starlet, and AVN has her for Best Tease Performance and Best Group Sex Scene. AVN nommed Roxanne Rae for Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene and Sovereign Syre for All-Girl Performer of the Year, and XBIZ nommed Sov for Best Actress, All-Girl Release for Lesbian One Night Stand (Girl Candy Films/Pulse).

2008 XBIZ Director of the Year and 2003 AVN Award winner for Best Screenplay (Breathless) D. Cypher received his fifth nomination in the category this year for Harvest Moon (Wicked Pictures).

Veteran director Barrett Blade has five AVN nominations, including Director of the Year, Best Director – Feature for Bikini Outlaws (Wicked) and Best Director – Parody for Just in Beaver Fever (Devil’s Film). He is also nommed for Best Screenplay for Just in Beaver Fever and Best Non-Sex Performance for Bikini Outlaws.

Transsexual superstar Venus Lux dominated her categories this year, scoring noms for Transsexual Performer of the Year, two for Best Transsexual Sex Scene, and starred in two titles up for Best Transsexual Release in the AVN noms, In the XBIZ noms, Venus is up for Transsexual Performer of the Year and for Transsexual Site of the Year for her Venus-Lux.com. She starred in five titles nominated for Transsexual Release of the Year.

“We knew we were going in with an A-list roster this year, but this is amazing,” RSPR partner Acme Andersson said. “We weren’t able to count for a couple days since we were busy promoting our clients, but once we were able to take the time to look at the raw numbers we were blown away.”

The 2014 XBIZ Awards will be held Jan. 24 in Century City, CA. For more information visit http://xbizawards.xbiz.com. The full list of nominees is at http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php.

The 2014 AVN Awards will be held Jan. 18 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Visit http://avnawards.avn.com for more information. The full list of nominees is at http://avnawards.avn.com/page/3.

For more information on Rising Star PR go to www.risingstarpr.com or email [email protected].

To see all Rising Star PR nominations check out the new awards page https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=5972

Jessa Rhodes Scores 3 AVN Awards Nominations, 2 for XBIZ Awards

Earns Best New Starlet From Each; Also Actress and Scene Noms

VENICE, CA – Newcomer Jessa Rhodes made a big splash in the awards announcements in the past week, scoring five major nominations for the 2014 AVN Awards and 2014 XBIZ Awards.

Announced this week, AVN nominated her for Best New Starlet, Best Supporting Actress for Bikini Outlaws (Wicked Pictures) and Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene for Bikini Outlaws for her work with Samantha Saint and Anna Morna. Bikini Outlaws is also nominated for Best Drama.

Last week XBIZ came out with their nominations and Jessa received their Best New Starlet nomination, as well as Best Scene – Vignette Release for Family Business (Digital Sin). Two movies starring Jessa are also up for major awards: Family Business for Vignette Release of the Year: Family Business and Bikini Outlaws for Couples-Themed Release of the Year.

Jessa has also been named a Trophy Girl for the XBIZ Awards.

The freshman superstar has several new movies coming out this month, including The Twenty: Hottest Girls (Digital Sin) this week. She also have two two covers coming up in December: I’m in Love With a Stripper (Zero Tolerance) and Laid in Lingerie 3 (3rd Degree).

Jessa debuted in 2012 on her 18th birthday. She was the Hustler Honey in the magazine’s December 2013 issue.

Jessa has obtained the services of Rising Star PR to help her with the increasing media opportunities. The press can email [email protected]. To book her contact [email protected].

For everything Jessa go to www.risingstarpr.com. For up-to-the-second updates, follow her on Instagram and Twitter (@JessaRhodesXXX).

Webcam Girls Unlimited Proclaims Holly Hanna Day

Most Promising New Starlet Nominee Camming 12 Hours Every Night

VENICE, CA – If you think you won’t be able to catch a Holly Hanna cam show in the next week, think again: She’s going live 12 hours every night, meaning virtually everyone in the world should be able to catch one of her shows.

She’s going on every night at 7 pm PST until 7 am—and staying on longer if she feels like it. She is the hardest working cammer in North America, having logged more hours than any person with her unbelievable cam shows. She’s such a camming staple that Webcam Girls Unlimited proclaimed Saturday Holly Hanna Day.

“I’m doing what I love and I’m doing it often!” Holly said Tuesday morning after getting off the air. “Fans never know what they’re going to see, but they know we’re going to have fun.”

Known in some circles as Holly “Hotdog” Hanna, she is now doing weekly raffles with the winner receiving copies of Holly DVDs and a pair of cum-soaked panties. To be a part of the raffle people must check her out at www.myfreecams.com/#hollyhanna. Ask her about the Dirty Rubber Cheerio Hotdogbutt stretching time!

Check out her latest movie, Deep Anal Abyss 5 (Jay Sin/Evil Angel), in which she and Audrey Hollander share an enormous double dong.

In the AVN Awards fan voting Holly is nominated for Most Promising New Starlet. To vote go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/7.

For more information on Deep Anal Abyss 5 go to http://evilangel-video.com/577-deep-anal-abyss-5.html.

Holly has also signed on with Get Closer/iFriends (www.ifriends.net/userurl_membrg/GetCloser/SEXYSQUIRREL18), giving friends and fans yet another way to connect with her.

Stay tuned to Holly’s Twitter (@HollyHanna91) for all her updates for cam shows and everything else. Go to the official Holly Hanna website at www.hollyhanna.com. She cams through MyFreeCams (www.myfreecams.com). Log on, she’ll probably be there!

Chloe Amour Adorns Two New Box Covers

New Titles From Bang Bros, Addicted 2 Girls Put Chloe First

VENICE, CA – Sizzling newcomer Chloe Amour has two new releases hitting the shelves, which are going to go good with fans who just discovered her in the new issue of Hustler.

This week, Bang Bros releases Party of Three 8, which features Chloe on the cover with Chrissy Greene and Natalie Lust, teasing a scorching scene that is the highlight of the movie.

Coming Dec. 10, Addicted 2 Girls streets Latin Lust, which also features Chloe on the cover, this time with Vanessa Veracruz.

Chloe is also featured in the new Hustler magazine, in a layout is titled “Chloe Amour: Stellar,” with photography by DigitalDesire.com.

Chloe is also in several other new movies, including Schoolgirl Fever (New Sensations), MILF Soup 30 (Bang Bros) and Psychology of a Woman (Filly Films).

She is also nominated for Most Promising New Starlet in the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting. To vote for go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/7. There is a limit of one voter per day per IP address. Voting ends Jan. 17, the day before the 2014 AVN Awards.

Chloe’s XCritic interview is at www.xcritic.com/columns/column.php?columnID=3873.

For everything Chloe go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=5629. For up-to-the-second updates, follow her on Twitter (@chloeamourxxx). On Instagram go to http://instagram.com/naughtybyvapor.

Laela Pryce First On-Camera DP Ready to Ship

‘Up That White Ass 4’ Streets Next Tuesday

VENICE, CA – Fans of Most Promising New Starlet nominee Laela Pryce are about to see one of the great moments in her career—her first-ever DP caught on camera!

Laela gave the lucky access to Wesley Pipes and Jon Jon, with Mimefreak directing for Elegant Angel’s upcoming Up That White Ass 4.

“It was amazing to be able to share such a special experience for the camera, knowing all my fans would be able to see it,” she said. “It was a hot scene and I know everyone is going to love it!”

Coming later this month is Studio A (Joey Silvera/Evil Angel) releases with Laela on the cover.

Laela is nominated for Most Promising New Starlet in the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting. The polls are open and fans can cast one ballot per IP address per day and voting ends Jan. 17. Go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/ to vote and for more information. Every vote every day counts!

Check out her FreeOnes page (and give her 5 stars!) at www.freeones.com/html/l_links/Laela_Pryce/.

For everything Laela go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=4959. For up-to-the-second updates, follow her on Twitter (@laelapryce).

Dana Vespoli Nominated for Director of the Year, 15 Others at AVN Awards

2 Noms for Best Director; ‘Borders of Desire’ Streets This Week

VENICE, CA – Dana Vespoli’s incredible 2013 has been confirmed with the announcement of the 2014 AVN Awards nominees this week, garnering her an outstanding 16 nominations, including Director of the Year.

She also scored two Best Director nominations: Best Director – Feature for Forsaken, and Best Director – Non-Feature for Girl/Boy. Additionally, Girl/Boy is nominated for Best Wall-to-Wall Release and for two scenes. Forsaken is up for Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Music Soundtrack and Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene. Lesbian Anal P.O.V. also scored a Best All-Girl Series nomination.

The wide range of nominations confirms Dana’s vast talent, which has been on display through a string of blockbusters released throughout the year.

“I want to thank everyone who made this year so special,” Dana said. “Evil Angel and Sweetheart have given me the opportunity to do what I love and I’ve been able to work with some amazing people to help me carry out my vision. I’m excited to be able to continue in 2014.”

2014 AVN Awards nominations
Director of the Year
Best Director – Feature: Forsaken, DV Productions/Evil Angel
Best Director – Non-Feature: Girl/Boy, DV Productions/Evil Angel
Best Double Penetration Sex Scene: Descent, Dana Vespoli/Evil Angel; Dana, Alec Knight & Danny Wylde
Best POV Sex Scene: Lesbian Anal P.O.V. 2, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Bonnie Rotten & Dana
Best Screenplay: Forsaken, DV/Evil Angel
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B: Girl/Boy, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Valentina Nappi, Dana & Ramon Nomar
Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Fluid, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Justine Joli, Aiden Starr, Dana & Chad Diamond in “Zero Gimp Thirty”
Best All-Girl Series: Lesbian Anal P.O.V., DV Productions/Evil Angel
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Forsaken, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Ash Hollywood & Michael Vegas
Best Music Soundtrack: Forsaken, DV Productions/Evil Angel
Best New Studio: DV Productions
Best Safe Sex Scene: Girl/Boy, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Jiz Lee & Manuel Ferrara
Best Wall-to-Wall Release: Girl/Boy, DV Productions/Evil Angel
Best Drama: Forsaken, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Dana Vespoli
Best Editing: Forsaken, DV Productions/Evil Angel; Dana Vespoli
Also this week, Dana releases Borders of Desire, which she shot in Los Angeles and Berlin. It stars Dana DeArmond, Natasha Voya, Ramon Nomar, Bree Daniels, Steve Holmes, Euro girls Sexi Susi and Misha Cross, and Dana. For more information go to http://evilangel-video.com/643-borders-of-desire.html.

Dana also has a nomination for Hottest MILF in the AVN Awards fan voting and six noms in the 2014 XBIZ Awards. In October she won Best Director at the 2013 NightMoves Awards.

Cast your vote for Dana at http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/4. Limit one per IP address per day.

Follow Dana Vespoli on Twitter @danavespoli. Visit her Evil Angel page at http://evilangel-video.com/dana_vespoli/. For everything Dana go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=5205.

Brandy Aniston Scores Best Supporting Actress Nom for 2014 AVN Awards

Offer to Toronto Mayor Brings Barrage of Worldwide Press

VENICE, CA – Brandy Aniston has been in the limelight lately and not just for her amazing work in adult movies—her new show on Vivid Radio is a huge success and last week she was in the news around the world.

The press descended on Brandy last week after Vivid Entertainment offered embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford a shot at working with her in a movie. Brandy famously described him as “like a big teddy bear. Who couldn’t think he is cute?” to Newstalk 1010 in Toronto.

Her show on Vivid Radio (Sirius XM channel 102), In With Aniston, has been a home run in its first shows, one of the most popular on the new station.

Brandy’s popularity continues to rise with her Porn Valley work, too, and this week the nominees for the 2014 AVN Awards were announced and Brandy is up for Best Supporting Actress for his work in Not The Wizard of Oz XXX (X-Play/Pulse) and Best Anal Sex Scene for The New Behind the Green Door (Vivid Entertainment Group), which she shared with Richie Calhoun. She also starred in Breaking Bad XXX: A Sweet Mess Films Parody (Sweet Mess/Exquisite), which is nominated for Best Parody – Drama.

Brandy is also nominated for Best Body in the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting category. To vote for her go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/1. There is a one vote per IP address per day limit. The deadline is Jan. 17.

She’ll be working in front of the camera again this week, doing a scene for Mike Adriano with Barry Scott, and another for Diabolic, an anal also with Scott.

The 2014 AVN Awards will be held Jan. 18 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Visit http://avnawards.avn.com for more information.

Brandy’s show is on Vivid Radio, Sirius XM channel 102 every Monday between 5 and 6 pm PST. Call 1-855-99-VIVID to join in. Visit http://vivid.com/vivid-radio for more information. Follow the station on Twitter @VividRadioSXM.

Follow Brandy on Twitter @brandyaniston. For more Brandy go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=4314.

Romi Rain Wins Two AVN Awards Nominations

Also: Starred in 5 Titles Nominated as Best in Their Genre

VENICE, CA – Romi Rain wasn’t feeling well on Monday with a cold keeping her in bed all day, but the announcement of the 2014 AVN Awards nominees sure made her feel a whole lot better.

Romi is nominated for Best Tease Performance for Soaking Wet (Jules Jordan Video) and Best Group Sex Scene for The Madison’s Mad Mad Circus (Kelly Madison/Juicy) with Christy Mack, Kelly Madison, Kendra Lust, Anikka Albrite, Brooklyn Chase, Jacky Joy and Ryan Madison.

She also starred in five movies nominated for the best in their genre. Soaking Wet is up for Best All-Sex Release; Girl Fever (New Sensations) and Tongue in Cheek (Kevin Moore/Evil Angel) are nommed for Best All-Girl Release; 3 on Their Knees (Zero Tolerance) is nominated for Best Oral Release; and Inked Angels (Kevin Moore/Evil Angel) is in the running for Best Gonzo Release.

She is also nominated for Most Promising New Starlet, giving her a total of eight for the January show.

Romi also has a nomination for Best New Starlet in the 2014 XBIZ Awards.

Among new releases starring Romi this week are Big Tit Cream Pie 24 (Bang Bros) and The Twenty: Hottest Girls (Digital Sin).

To vote in the AVN Awards fan categories go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/7. There is a limit of one vote per IP address per day.

The 2014 AVN Awards will be held Jan. 18 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Visit http://avnawards.avn.com for more information.

Romi is also on Twitter (@Romi_Rain), Instagram (http://instagram.com/romirain) and Tumblr (http://romirain.tumblr.com).

For more information on Romi Rain go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=5561. For up-to-the-second updates, follow her on Twitter (@Romi_Rain).

Bonnie Rotten Scores 12 AVN Awards Nominations

Performer of the Year, 11 Scene Noms; Also: Starred in 4 Best Movie Nominees

VENICE, CA – It’s official: Bonnie Rotten has gone from a newbie wonder in her freshman year to a full-on phenomenon in her sophomore year. With the AVN Awards nominations announced on Monday it is clear that she is among the elite performers in the adult industry, with a dozen nominations: Female Performer of the Year, 10 scene noms, and her gangbang up for Best Orgy/Gangbang Release.

She is nominated for a wide range of scenes—POV, anal, tease, group, girl/girl, anal and gangbang. Additionally, she starred in four movies up for the best in their respective categories, giving her a total of an incredible 16 nominations. Add to that her three fan voting category noms and her total for the 2014 AVN Awards is 19.

2014 AVN Awards nominations
Performer of the Year
Best POV Sex Scene: Lesbian Anal P.O.V. 2, DV Productions/Evil Angel; with Dana Vespoli
Best Safe Sex Scene: Hotel No Tell, Wicked Pictures; with Erik Everhard
Best Tease Performance: Hot Body Ink, Elegant Angel Productions
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Brazzers Presents: The Parodies 3, Brazzers; with Lexi Belle, Christy Mack & Gia DiMarco
Best Anal Sex Scene: Evil Anal 19, Manuel Ferrara/Evil Angel; with Ramon Nomar
Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey; Smash Pictures; with Nikki Hearts
Best Group Sex Scene: The Gang Bang of Bonnie Rotten, Digital Sin; with Karlo Karerra, Tony DeSergio, Mick Blue & Jordan Ash
Best Oral Sex Scene: Facial Overload 3, Darkko Productions/Evil Angel; Bonnie Rotten
Best Orgy/Gangbang Release: The Gang Bang of Bonnie Rotten, Digital Sin
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – B/B/G: Whore’s Ink, Darkko Productions/Evil Angel; with Billy Glide & Bill Bailey
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B: Obedience School, Kevin Moore/Evil Angel; with Gia DiMarco & Danny Wylde
Best Wall-to-Wall Release: Whore’s Ink, Darkko Productions/Evil Angel
Best Drama: Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey, Smash Pictures
Best Squirting Release: Squirt Gasms!, Jules Jordan Video
Best Comedy: Hotel No Tell, Wicked Pictures

Bonnie also has three nominations in the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting categories: Favorite Female Porn Star, Best Boobs, and Social Media Star. To vote go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting. There is a limit of one vote per IP address per day.

She also has several XBIZ Awards: Female Performer of the Year; All-Sex Release of the Year: Whore’s Ink (Jonni Darkko/Evil Angel); Gonzo Release of the Year, The Gangbang of Bonnie Rotten (Digital Sin); Best Scene: with Tony DeSergio, Jordan Ash, Mick Blue & Karlo Karrera in The Gangbang of Bonnie Rotten (Digital Sin); Best Scene – Vignette Release: with Gia DiMarco & Danny Wylde in Obedience School (Kevin Moore/Evil Angel).

Bonnie has a Best Actress nomination in the Erotic Lounge Awards. These are fan-voted awards, with the voting taking place from November 29, 2013 to January 2, 2014. The winners (both fan and jury) will be announced on January 3, 2014 on the Erotic Lounge website at http://www.erotic-lounge-awards.com.

Bonnie awards for 2013:
Inked Awards: Performer of the Year 2013; DVD of the Year (Whore’s Ink); Scene of the Year (The Gang Bang of Bonnie Rotten)
NightMoves Awards: Best All-Sex Release for Meet Bonnie (Digital Sin), Best Ink and Best Social Media Star
Sex Awards: Hottest New Girl
Bonnie has several new releases this month, including Mother & Daughter Cocksucking Contest 3 (Devil’s Film), which features her on the cover; The Candy Striper (Wicked); Studio A (Joey Silvera/Evil Angel); and Women Seeking Women 100 (Girlfriends Films).

Bonnie will be featuring at the Platinum Plus on Dec 12-14.

Follow Bonnie on Twitter @thebonnierotten. Her official website is www.bonnierotten.com. For everything Bonnie go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=4171.

Britney Amber Receives Two Big Noms for 2014 AVN Awards

Best Female Performer Up for Unsung Starlet, Best Parody

VENICE, CA – The accolades for superstar Britney Amber continue to roll in, this time with two important nominations in the 2014 AVN Awards.

Britney is nominated for Unsung Starlet of the Year and also shares in the nom for Best Parody – Drama for Barb Wire XXX: A DreamZone Parody (DreamZone/Vantage), which had her in the starring roll and help take her career to the next level in 2014.

“I am obviously extremely excited about all the nominations I’ve received,” Britney said. “Every one is special for a different reason and I’m so thankful for everything!”

Britney also has a nomination for Best Boobs in the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting category, and she’s up for Best Actress – Parody Release in the 2014 XBIZ Awards for Barb Wire XXX. Britney also had a starring role in I Am Christy Mack (Porn Star Empire/Exile), which XBIZ nominated for Gonzo Release of the Year.

Last month she famously won the Best Female Performer trophy at the 2013 NightMoves Awards.

Two new releases this week feature Britney: Deep Throat This 63 (North Pole)
and Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Aura Productions).

To vote for Britney in the Best Boobs category of the 2014 AVN Awards fan voting go to http://avnawards.avn.com/voting/category/5. There is a limit of one vote per IP address every day for the AVN Awards fan voting categories.

The 2014 AVN Awards will be held Jan. 18 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Visit http://avnawards.avn.com for more information.

Visit Britney’s website at www.britneyamberxxx.com. Follow Britney on Twitter @Britney_Amber for all the latest. For everything Britney go to https://risingstarpr.com/news/?page_id=4754.