Vivid’s Thomas, ‘The Masseuse’ Win Delta of Venus Awards

LOS ANGELES — Vivid Entertainment Group was honored with two awards at the second annual Delta of Venus Fair in Turin, Italy, last month.

Vivid’s “The Masseuse” won the award for Best Adult Title of the Year and the movie’s director, Paul Thomas, took the award for Best Director, Feature.

This year’s Delta of Venus Fair, a three-day event tabbed Torino Sex 2005, featured around 90 adult entertainment companies from Europe and the United States. The show combined both business-to-business and business-to-consumer exhibits.

The Delta of Venus Fair award was the latest in a long string of honors for “The Masseuse,” a joint Vivid Entertainment/ClubJenna production starring Jenna Jameson and her husband Justin Sterling.

Earlier this year, the movie was selected as Best Film of the Year at the AVN Awards ceremony, Best Adult Title of the Year at the Video Software Dealers Association 2005 Home Entertainment Awards, Best Film at XRCO from the X-Rated Critics and Best Film at the FOXE Awards, as voted on by the Fans of X-Rated Entertainment.

Representatives of Antigua Films/Vivid Europe accepted the awards at the fair, which was attended by about 20,000 people.

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