JENNA JAMESON NAMED “FEMALE PORNOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR” IN ADAM FILM WORLD AWARDS; SHE AND HUSBAND JUSTIN STERLING WIN TOP HONORS FOR “THE MASSEUSE”
LOS ANGELES ” (April 27, 2005) ” Jenna Jameson was named “Female Pornographer of the Year” in the Adam Film World Awards For Excellence In Erotic Entertainment competition, in recognition of her bestselling book “How to Make Love Like Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale.” She also won the Best Actress Award her role in The Masseuse while her husband, director and performer Justin Sterling, won Best Actor for his role in the same film.
“Jay and I are delighted with this new and unexpected honor, particularly since we had such a great time making the movie together” Ms. Jameson said. “Also, I never set out to be the pornographer of the year when writing my book, but I am definitely happy with the title and I thank the guys at Adam Film World.”
Ms. Jameson’s well-reviewed book published by HarperCollins was on The New York Times bestseller list through much of 2004 and continues to be a top seller on Amazon.com.
“We chose Jenna for the top honor because she made adult entertainment all the more visible to so many people through the written word. Whether you agree or disagree with Jenna’s views on sex, love and/or life, her book helped make the porn star in general seem all the more complex, vulnerable and human in the eyes of the world,” said Anthony Petkovich, editor in chief of Adam Film World Guide, sponsors of the awards.
The Adam Film World honors are among many earned by The Masseuse, which was selected by AVN in January as Best Film at the same time Ms. Jameson and Mr. Sterling were chosen as Best Actress and Actor respectively for their work in the feature, while director Paul Thomas was chosen as Best Director/Film and Savanna Samson, who co-starred with Ms. Jameson, was honored Best All-Girl Sex Scene.
About Jenna Jameson: According to New York Magazine Jenna Jameson is a “cultural icon.” Her book about her life and adventures from the ReganBooks imprint of HarperCollins, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, has been a New York Times and Amazon bestseller. Ms. Jameson has debated at Oxford University in England, been profiled by The E! True Hollywood Stories, has made countless radio and television appearances and has appeared in thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. She controls her own film production company and is the chairwoman of ClubJenna, Inc., a product licensing and Internet management firm that handles the Web activities for more than a dozen top adult stars, operates ClubJennaMall.com, a popular online retail store and has a free non-explicit Website, www.justjennajameson.com. She directs the careers of other top adult stars through her “ClubJenna Girl” program in which actresses such as Krystal Steal, McKenzie Lee, Jesse Capelli, Ashton Moore and Sophia Rossi are signed to exclusive production contracts. Vivid Entertainment Group has selected Jenna as a Vivid Girl and films produced by her own production company are distributed by Vivid. FHM ranks her both as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Girls in the World and one of the 100 Sexiest, while VH1 says she is among the “100 Hottest Hotties.”
