Vivid-Ed's Award-Winning Tristan Taormino Will Speak at Three Universities This Month

[Vivid Entertainment]

LOS ANGELES – (April 11, 2008) – Fresh off her win at the 3rd Annual Feminist Porn Awards and the release of her latest Vivid-Ed movie, Ms. Taormino hits the road for a college lecture tour. The Vivid Entertainment director has a busy month planned: she will speak at three different universities this month alone.

On April 16, she'll give a lecture titled "The Path to Sexual Empowerment," at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee as part of the Student Union's Spring Sexpo Series. "The talk is about what it means to be sexually empowered, and I share my own journey which has been heavily influenced by my work in the adult industry," says Taormino.

On April 22, she heads to Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where she and renowned director Candida Royalle will participate in the interactive panel "Pornography: Scandalous or Feminist? Female Directors Share Their Perspectives." Both women will be showing clips of their films and discussing their different viewpoints about porn.

Tristan will then travel to the University of California/Santa Barbara to speak to Professor Constance Penley's film class on April 23. On April 25, she's a featured speaker on a panel entitled "Sex Work in Academe and the Industry" as part of Console-ing Passions 2008: An International Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media and Feminism; UC Santa Barbara hosts the conference.

"I am so excited to speak at UWM, Willamette, and UC Santa Barbara. They are very different from one another, and I look forward to sharing my views and hearing reactions from the students. I am especially honored to sit alongside such amazing women as Candida Royalle and Constance Penley whose work has been so important and influential," says Taormino.

Tristan's latest film is "Tristan Taormino's Expert Guide to the G-spot," which hit stores this month.

About Vivid:
The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world's leading adult film company. Founded in 1984, Vivid pioneered the "Vivid Girl" concept, under which top adult film stars are signed to exclusive agreements that are styled on the old Hollywood contract star system. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through licensing and marketing programs that extend to advertising, book publishing and such products as apparel, virility supplements, condoms, snowboards, calendars and comic books. The company is known for its innovative technological advances such as full function DVDs, a fast growing wireless program that is already active in 20 countries, its Burn-to-DVD technology and its popular website www.vivid.com. Vivid is the first adult company to release a movie on both HD DVD and Blu-ray with "Debbie Does Dallas…Again." The company is also the first to release a title direct and exclusively to Video on Demand. A reality series about the making of the "Debbie" movie has become a popular Showtime TV series. Vivid is a major supplier of content for pay-per-view networks in North America and internationally. The best selling hardcover and paperback book "How to Have a XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide" was co-authored by the Vivid Girls and published by HarperCollins.

The company's Vivid-Alt imprint is headed by Eon McKai, alt-porn's dominant icon. McKai has been widely credited as the founder of this new and edgy film genre. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Village Voice. Visit Vivid-Alt's popular website www.vividalt.com. Tristan Taormino, popular columnist with The Village Voice and an award winning director has also launched a Vivid-Ed imprint for the company. Visit www.vivid-ed.com.

For more information or interviews with Tristan Taormino contact jackie@vivid.com or 800-762-4761.