Wicked Pictures

Wicked Pictures
Private
Industry Pornography
Founded 1993
Founder Mike Ware (esq)
Headquarters Canoga Park, California, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Pornographic films
Website http://www.wickedpictures.com

Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. In 2006, Reuters described it as one of a handful of studios dominating the U.S. porn industry.[1] It is the only heterosexual studio to maintain a condoms-only policy since 2004.[2]

Company history

Steve Orenstein founded Wicked Pictures in 1993, with help from Brad and Cynthia Willis, after developing an interest in creative aspects of film production while a partner in his previous adult company, X-Citement Video. During its first year, Wicked won industry awards and Orenstein signed Chasey Lain as the first "Wicked Girl". The second Wicked Girl, Jenna Jameson, signed in 1995. Under Wicked's promotion, Jameson became the only winner of AVN Awards for Best New Starlet, Best Actress, and Best Sex Scene in the same year.[3]

Wicked won the first high-definition Adult Video News Award for Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre in December 2006.[4] The movie went on to win several AVN Awards in 2007.

In October 2010, Wicked stopped production when an actor tested positive for HIV.[5]

The studio agreed with Manwin to run its websites in December 2010.[6]

Awards

The following is a selection of major awards Wicked films have won:

Wicked Girls

Current Contract Girls[16][17]

Past Contract Girls

References

  1. ↑ "Porn stars strut their stuff at awards". TVNZ. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  2. ↑ Beth Barrett (2007-06-03). "The Valley Exposed: Porn and Health". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Wicked Pictures Company History". Wicked Pictures. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  4. ↑ Ian Rowley (2007-01-22). "Next-Gen DVD's Porn Struggle". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  5. ↑ "Porn actor tests positive for HIV". The Guardian. London. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Manwin to Manage Wicked Pictures' Online Properties". AVN. 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS". AVN. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  8. ↑ "2008 AVN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED". AVN. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  9. 1 2 3 XBIZ Award Winners, February 2011
  10. 1 2 3 4 XBIZ Award Winners, January 2012
  11. ↑ Brandi Fowler (2013-01-20). "Porn Again! Nadya Suleman Scores Best Celebrity Sex Tape Win at AVN Awards". E! Entertainment Television. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  12. 1 2 XBIZ Award Winners 2013, January 2013
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 XBIZ Award Winners 2014, January 2014
  14. 1 2 XBIZ Award Winners, January 2015
  15. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, January 2016
  16. ↑ "Wicked Girl Bios". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  17. ↑ "Wicked Contract Stars". Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  18. ↑ Peter Warren (2013-10-10). "Asa Akira Announces Wicked Contract at The Sex Awards". AVN. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  19. 1 2 Peter Warren (2013-11-01). "Axel Braun Joins Wicked Pictures". AVN. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  20. ↑ "Chasey Lain". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  21. ↑ "Jenna Jameson". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  22. ↑ Jameson, Jenna. How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale. pp. 341–351.
  23. ↑ "The (Porn) Player" by Matthew Miller, Forbes magazine, July 4, 2005, Retrieved February 1, 2007
  24. ↑ "Serenity". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  25. ↑ "Missy". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  26. ↑ "Stephanie Swift: About Me". Official Site of Stephanie Swift. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  27. ↑ "Temptress". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  28. ↑ "Devinn Lane". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  29. ↑ "Sydnee Steele". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  30. ↑ "Sydnee Steele: Still Shy, But Definitely Wicked", Mike Ramone, AVN, 2001-10-05, Retrieved 2007-07-12
  31. ↑ "Julia Ann". Wicked Pictures. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  32. ↑ Wicked Divas: Julia Ann The Legend, Archived at: Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2007-10-27
  33. ↑ JuliaAnn.com blog entry, May 2007, Retrieved June 29, 2007
  34. ↑ Metcalf, Daniel L. (7 April 2005). "KERI SABLE: Every Man's Fantasy" (Press release). Los Angeles, CA: Wicked Pictures. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  35. ↑ "Keri Sable Biography". Wicked Pictures. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  36. ↑ Keri Sable (4 October 2005). "Meet Wicked Contract Girl Keri Sable". AVN Live (Interview). Archived from the original (video) on 9 November 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  37. ↑ Dan Miller (2005-10-03). "Wicked Signs Kirsten Price, Carmen Hart". AVN. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  38. ↑ "Wicked Pictures Signs Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez". AVN. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  39. ↑ Bob Preston (2008-05-02). "Wicked Signs Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez". XBIZ. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  40. ↑ David Sullivan (2008-05-02). "Wicked Pictures Signs Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez: New contract girls announced today". AVN. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  41. ↑ Steve Javors (2010-06-22). "Wicked Pictures Signs Lupe Fuentes to Exclusive Contract". AVN. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  42. ↑ "Alektra Blue No Longer With Wicked Pictures". AVN. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
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