IAFD.COM PAYS TRIBUTE TO INDUSTRY PIONEER DEN

( LOS ANGELES, CA ) — The 2012 XRCO Awards will honor the biggest and brightest stars in adult entertainment. The best talent in the industry will gather together on April 12th in Hollywood to pay tribute to individual excellence, celebrate beauty and recognize achievement at the highest levels. One of the highlights of the evening will be the induction of the 2012 XRCO Hall of Fame class. Each year the XRCO selects a handful of performers, directors and industry contributors who have made an indelible impact on the adult film industry. Among this year’s honorees are superstar performers Jenna Haze, Jesse Jane and Julia Ann, directors Vince Vouyer and Miles Long as well as_sex educator Tristan Taormino.

The Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD), the world’s leading source for adult entertainment data congratulates the entire Hall of Fame class for their tremendous achievements and contributions.

Two of the new members of the XRCO Hall of Fame have a long history and special relationship with the IAFD. Director Luc Wylder has been behind the camera for more than 100 movies and has been both an innovator and a tireless voice of advocacy for the adult film industry.

“Luc was one of the first industry people I ever met, back in the mid-90s at the East Coast Video Show in Atlantic City,” says IAFD’s Jeff Vanzetti. “He has been a big supporter of ours from way back in the RAME days, and we’re very excited to see him back in the director’s chair and now, in the Hall of Fame. Luc pioneered the pro-am genre with his Dirty Dancers series, did some great MTV Cribs style work with Adult Stars at Home series and fun travelogues in the_Sex Across America series, and this is to say nothing of his B&D work epitomized by his Master’s Choice series. I always worry that Hall of Fame status comes at the end of a career, but I think with his new entries in the Amateur Angels series, he’s put those fears to rest. Congrats, sir!”

Also honored with induction into the XRCO Hall of Fame this year is long-time internet adult film critic Den. After producing his own mail-order adult content and fighting a legal battle for free speech rights, Den founded his site, Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews or CAVR.com. The author of more than twenty five thousand_adult movie reviews, Den was easily the most prolific writer of on-line adult film reviews ever. A pioneer whose career spanned more than two decades, Den influenced a generation of reviewers and ushered in the era of independent, on-line critics. He was a tireless voice for the industry he loved right up until his passing last year.

“Den is now my second friend who has been honored posthumously,” adds Vanzetti. “And since it is the only way Den would have had it, I would prefer he not be in the Hall of Fame, if it meant he was still with us. It is our great honor to keep his legacy alive. Not only was Den a reviewing machine, but he was a giant fan of the industry, and one of the first independent amateur producers with his company Den Video which got him jail time in the mid-80s for producing_adult movies. We miss his emails and his phone calls and walking around AEE with him. If there ever was a reviewer who deserved to be in the Hall of Fame, it’s Den.”

Though Den passed away last year, his influence will be felt forever.

Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 2012 XRCO Awards and in particular, the newest batch of XRCO Hall of Famers.

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