The Casting Couch Goes Hardcore in This Amazing New Release

VENICE, CA – Not one to rest on previous successes – including his biggest year to date in 2014 – director B. Skow is jumping out of the gate with what is sure to be the first smash of 2015 with Auditions.

With a Jan. 2 release date, the movie starring Lola Foxx, Vyxen Steel, Ariana Grand and Carter Cruise in convincing casting couch scenarios will certainly create a storm. Toying with themes such as power and vulnerability and one of the movie industry’s most famous dynamics, Skow taps into various emotions while also offering some intense and straightforward hardcore scenes.

“I really liked the idea of exploring the dynamic of a girl going out for a role and being asked to do something more,” Skow said. “How will she react? She could tell the director to fuck off or she could be ready and willing to do anything to get the part. There are a lot of possibilities and I had a cast that really allowed me to take a look at some different situations and also get some amazing scenes.”

This month Skow will enter the AVN Awards with 37 nominations and 33 noms for the XBIZ Awards, making him one of the most-nominated people working in the adult business today.

Skow’s last release of 2014 was American Nannies, a hardcore movie with an all-star cast: Dakota Skye, who is on the cover, Daisy Haze, Alexis Adams and Carter Cruise star with Steve Holmes, Mick Blue, Ramon Nomar and Toni Ribas.

The trailer for American Nannies can be seen at http://straight.fleshbot.com/6005851/b-skows-american-nannies-is-out-now.

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‘Auditions’ the Final Release of a Year With More Than 70 Award Nominations

VENICE, CA – Director B. Skow is ending a wildly successful year with a grande finale titled Auditions.

Starring Lola Foxx, Vyxen Steel, Ariana Grand and Carter Cruise, the movie will close out one of the most impressive years in memory for a director in the adult industry.

Skow’s second year with Girlfriends saw the director hitting on all cylinders, proving to be one of the most consistent and diverse directors in the adult industry, as well as one of the most controversial. Even in an industry that is controversial by definition, Skow managed to push the envelope and a lot of buttons.

For those who judge by award nominations, Skow was dominant, scoring 37 nominations for the 2015 AVN Awards and 33 for the 2014 XBIZ Awards. He scored with his fresh Beautiful New Faces and Sexually Explicit series, features such as These Things We Do and Silhouette, comedies Proud Parents and Southern Hospitality and the romantic Sweetness and Light.

“There are a lot of erotic things in the world,” Skow told XBIZ in October. “Everything we do, every feature starts with the sex. Ours are built around the tension of sex. It’s always about that.”

That tension paid off in several genres: Skow received 12 AVN Award best movie releases nominations in 10 categories: Best All-Girl Release, Best Amateur/Pro-Am Release, three times for Best Comedy, Best Celebrity Sex Tape, Best Non-Feature, Best Parody, Best Pro-Am Release, Best Vignette Release, Best Young Girl Release and Best Romance Movie.

Not everyone applauded his most controversial works. Don Houston at XCritic savaged The Gardener, calling it “super creepy” and saying it “lacked eroticism of the kind normal people find inspire sessions of self-love.”

“If you get off to this one, by all means seek help,” the shocked veteran wrote. “It’s a drama involving kidnapping, pregnancy, and a host of issues you just don’t see every day in porn.”

On the other hand, AVN published an article about the movie under the heading “Best of the Best” and honored it with nine AVN Award nominations and Die Screaming has named it one of the top 10 movies of 2014.

Writing for 3hattergrindhouse, Rich Moreland raved about the movie, “Skow takes pages from the cinematographer’s gonzo manual, but uses an artistic vision to push porn’s standard fare to a higher level. … To suggest that B Skow be heavily favored for Director of the Year is an understatement. The real problem is selecting the movie that would best present his talent. The Gardener, along with the dynamic These Things We Do, should be on the list.”

XBIZ gave Editors Choice reviews to Sexually Explicit 3 and These Things We Do, and editor Dan Miller called him “one of the least predictable directors in porn,” while AVN flattered him with tremendous reviews throughout the year, including a peppering of Editors Choices.

Girlfriends was so impressed with his work this year that they gave him a bonus of 10,000,000₫ along with several encouraging words along the way.

“You have to let an artist be an artist,” Moose, who acquired Girlfriends Films in January, told XBIZ. “You can’t tell them they’re done with it if they’re not done with it. If we have to switch things or push things or wait until the last second to make it happen, you’re getting the best product with B. Skow.”

Auditions, in which Skow gives his own unique take on the casting couch legend, releases later this month. The trailer is available now.

His latest release is American Nannies, a hardcore release with an all-star cast: Dakota Skye, who is on the cover, Daisy Haze, Alexis Adams and Carter Cruise star with Steve Holmes, Mick Blue, Ramon Nomar and Toni Ribas.

The trailer for American Nannies can be seen at http://straight.fleshbot.com/6005851/b-skows-american-nannies-is-out-now.

For everything B. Skow go to www.risingstarpr.com. Be the first to know everything about B. Skow by following him on Twitter (@directorskow).

‘Director Makes (Another) Year-End Top 10 List

VENICE, CA – We’ve all the heard the legends of the Hollywood casting couch, so it’s not too difficult to imagine what Porn Valley’s take on that might be. Think about it all you want and you’ll still be blown away when you see Skow’s next movie, Auditions.

The auditions process can be tough for a girl who just wants to be a star, but if she really has what it takes, she’ll catch on fast and won’t just cry through the whole thing. Skow takes four aspiring beauties and finds out what they have inside.

Starring Ariana Grand, Carter Cruise, Lola Foxx and Vyxen Steel, they all go through castings that they hope will bring them success – they all fuck like they are starving for stardom – but even then it’s all still up to the director. Auditions will be released early 2015.

Sex.com has come out with the Top 10 Best Porn Parodies of 2014 and B. Skow’s Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody (Vivid) appears in the #7 slot.

“Though Tommy Pistol is almost as repulsive as Mike Myers, one cannot deny the greatness of a porn parody that features scenes from Natasha Nice, Liza Del Sierra and Nina Hartley,” Chico Dusty writes. “How I wish Natasha Nice was not retired and that Liza Del Sierra did more porn.”

It received a perfect AAAAA review earlier this year and has garnered several nominations: Best Actor for Tommy Pistol, Best Editing for Fletcher Martin, Best Screenplay – Parody for David Stanley, as well as Best Director – Parody for Skow, Best Parody, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. Skow has a total of 37 nominations for the 2015 AVN Awards.

XBIZ gave Skow a Director of the Year – Parody for Austin Powers XXX and the movie is in the running for Parody Release of the Year – Comedy. He has a total of 33 nominations for the 2015 XBIZ Awards

His latest release is American Nannies, a hardcore release with an all-star cast: Dakota Skye, who is on the cover, Daisy Haze, Alexis Adams and Carter Cruise star with Steve Holmes, Mick Blue, Ramon Nomar and Toni Ribas.

The trailer for American Nannies can be seen at http://avnlive.avn.com/media/Trailer-American-Nannies-581451.html.

For everything B. Skow go to www.risingstarpr.com. Be the first to know everything about B. Skow by following him on Twitter (@directorskow).

More Success in More Categories Than Any Other Director Working Today

VENICE, CA – Showing that he is clearly one of the leading directors in the adult industry today, B. Skow has taken the 2015 AVN Awards nominations by storm with an incredible 37 nominations.

His nominations include Director of the Year, Best Director – Feature for These Things We Do and Best Director – Parody for Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody.

He also received nominations for 12 best movie releases in 10 categories: Best All-Girl Release, Best Amateur/Pro-Am Release, three times for Best Comedy, Best Celebrity Sex Tape, Best Non-Feature, Best Parody, Best Pro-Am Release, Best Vignette Release, Best Young Girl Release and Best Romance Movie – a collection of nominations that makes him clearly the most successfully diverse director working in the industry today.

“Setting out to create something new is always scary, but knowing that people are watching my movies and liking what I’m doing is so cool,” Skow said. “It’s great to have the freedom to make so many different genres of pornography and I have to thank Dan O’Connell and Moose for that. I’m honored that AVN saw fit to nominate so many of them.”

Earlier this month Skow also received 33 noms for the 2015 XBIZ Awards, giving him 70 between the two shows.

The complete list of Skow’s 2014 AVN Awards:
Best Actor: Alan Stafford, These Things We Do, Girlfriends Films
Best Actor: Billy Glide, Silhouette, Girlfriends Films
Best Actor: Tommy Pistol, Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Conjoined, Girlfriends Films; Odile, Mischa Brooks & Rilynn Rae
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Mysterious Ways, Girlfriends Films; India Summer, Maddy O’Reilly & Remy LaCroix
Best All-Girl Release: Lesbian First Timers, Girlfriends Films
Best Amateur/Pro-Am Release: Brand New Faces, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Art Direction: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Silhouette, Girlfriends Films; A.J. Applegate & Bruce Venture
Best Celebrity Sex Tape: Tila Tequila 2: Backdoored & Squirting, Vivid Celeb
Best Comedy: Mysterious Ways, Girlfriends Films
Best Comedy: Proud Parents, Girlfriends Films
Best Comedy: Southern Hospitality, Girlfriends Films
Best Director – Feature: These Things We Do, Girlfriends Films; B. Skow
Best Director – Parody: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group; B. Skow
Best Drama: Silhouette, Girlfriends Films
Best Drama: The Gardener, Girlfriends Films
Best Drama: These Things We Do, Girlfriends Films
Best Editing: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group, Fletcher Martin
Best New Series: Sexually Explicit, Girlfriends Films
Best Non-Feature: Dirty Little Sex Dolls, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Oral Sex Scene: The Gardener, Girlfriends Films; Jessie Andrews
Best Parody: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Pro-Am Release: Brand New Faces 43, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Romance Movie: Sweetness and Light, Girlfriends Films
Best Screenplay: These Things We Do, Girlfriends Films; David Stanley
Best Screenplay: – Parody: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group, David Stanley
Best Solo/Tease Performance: Dirty Little Sex Dolls, Vivid Entertainment Group, Allie Haze
Best Special Effects: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Supporting Actor: Evan Stone, Sweetness and Light, Girlfriends Films
Best Supporting Actor: Scott Lyons, Proud Parents, Girlfriends Films
Best Supporting Actress: Siri, Sweetness and Light, Girlfriends Films
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B: Proud Parents, Girlfriends Films; Lily Labeau, India Summer & Steven St. Croix
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B: Proud Parents, Girlfriends Films; Lily Labeau, India Summer & Steven St. Croix
Best Vignette Release: Sexually Explicit, Girlfriends Films
Best Young Girl Release: Beautiful New Faces 2, Girlfriends Films
Director of the Year

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