Pynchon's niece is a porn director?

[Matthew Ryan]

http://www.pressmethod.com/releasestorage/5586.htm



4/13/106

Writer-Director Tristan Taormino Joins Vivid Entertainment; Will Head New
Vivid-Ed Imprint and Direct New Line



 (PressMethod) - Writer and director Tristan Taormino has joined Vivid
Entertainment and will be involved in two major projects simultaneously. She
will head an innovative imprint called "Vivid-Ed" that will produce a new
breed of instructional movies and she will direct a new line of reality
videos for Vivid.

"Tristan is one of the bright talents to come into the adult business in
this generation. We are thrilled that we'll be able to have her fresh
perspective on two very exciting new projects simultaneously," said Steven
Hirsch, co-founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment.

Taormino, the author of the best-selling books "Down and Dirty Sex Secrets"
and "True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn and Perversion," will direct the
first two titles in the Vivid-Ed series and will bring in other directors
for the second and third productions in the first year.

"I plan to combine education and information with entertainment and
arousal," says Taormino. "It's all about teaching people techniques and
inspiring them to want to practice what they learned right away! We will
appeal to couples looking to improve their sex lives and be more
adventurous. The films will feature attractive, intelligent real-life people
as well as articulate, exemplary adult performers. With Vivid-Ed we have a
chance to inform, educate and get someone off simultaneously. This
definitely will not be your father's sex ed tape."

Much of the inspiration for the Vivid-Ed project comes from sex workshops
Taormino has been teaching around the world for the past eight years on
subjects including safer sex, g-spot stimulation, erotic role-playing, and
sex toys. "Plenty of men and women tell me that they love all-sex features
so the focus of my Vivid work will be on fresh performers, hot, spontaneous
sex, real chemistry and real orgasms for everyone. Couples already trust
Vivid for erotic features, now they can count on Vivid for hot reality,
too."

The niece of famed novelist Thomas Pynchon, Tristan Taormino grew up on Long
Island and now lives in New York City, where she is a columnist for the
Village Voice. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in American Studies from
Wesleyan University and is the author of three books and editor of 14
anthologies.

About Vivid:

Vivid Entertainment Group is the world's leading adult film company. Its
"Vivid Girl" concept brings together top adult film stars who are signed to
exclusive agreements styled on the old Hollywood contract star system which
it pioneered in the adult entertainment industry. Vivid has wide brand-name
awareness through films and licensing programs that extend to advertising,
apparel, book publishing, virility supplements, condoms, snowboards,
calendars, comic books and a variety of other products. For more information
write rm at vivid.com.
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