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Ricky Greenwood Set to Screen 2 Blockbusters at X3

(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood is kicking off 2023 with screenings of two of his biggest feature films, Adult Time’s “Feed Me” and Digital Playground’s “Machine Gunners” during XBIZ’s infamous fan show X3 Expo on Friday, January 19th, and Saturday, January 20th. 

X3, the world’s biggest creator expo, featuring a tantalizing mashup of all things sexy, including scintillating interactive media, cinematic productions, and pleasure tech, is taking over the Hollywood Palladium next weekend. Fans and industry are invited to the screenings. On Friday at 6pm, Adult Time’s “Feed Me,” a spine-chilling tribute to old-school possession flicks starring Lulu Chu, screens. Digital Playground’s military epic feature, Machine Gunners, is screening on Saturday at 4pm. At the end of each film, Ricky and some stars will be on hand for a Q&A.

The Hollywood Palladium is located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard. For info on X3 and to buy pre-sale tickets, go to x3.show.

“Both films were my favorite projects this year. I’m excited for fans and the industry to see them both and that members of both casts will be there for Q&As. If you’re at X3, definitely make sure to attend,” says Ricky Greenwood.

On Sunday night, the star-studded XBIZ Awards will take place at the Palladium, and Ricky will walk the star-studded red carpet and attend the ceremony. And on that night, Ricky will find out if he and his casts and crews take home any of the 42 awards they’re up for, including Director of the Year – Body of Work (Narrative), Feature of the Year, Featurette of the Year, and Trans Movie of the Year. Cherie DeVille and Emma Rose will host the industry-only event. A complete list of nominees can be found at xbiz.com/news/278041/2024-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced.

To interview Ricky Greenwood for your site, publication, or show, contact Erika Icon of The Rub PR at 

erika@therubpr.com.

ABOUT RICKY GREENWOOD

In 2017, French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood started in the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius when it comes to spotting true talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films, and shorts—all this prepared him to take over the adult industry in the last four years.

The multi-award-winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films, like Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona, Terror Camp, Talk Derby to Me, Grinders, and Killer on the Loose. Over the past three years, he’s become known as a multi-faceted director that works in the straight, gay, trans, and lesbian realms, and has worked with top-shelf studios like Sweetheart Video, TransSensual, Icon Male, Marc Dorcel, Adult Time, AllHerLuv, Parasited, and MissaX. Ricky has won multiple XBIZ Awards for All-Girl Movie of the Year, Best Editing, and Director of the Year- Trans three times, Director of the Year and Grand Reel from the AVN Awards, Best Lesbian Movie or Limited Series, Feature Movie of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban X Awards, Best Scene Producer from the TEAs, Best Ruining Xmas for Adult Time’s The Bargain from the Bazowie Awards, and Best All-Girl Release Editor’s Choice and Best Feature Production Fans’ Choice from the NightMoves Awards, and Best AltStar Feature Video (twice) from the AltStar Awards, Best Ruining Christmas from the Bazowie! Awards, and Best Director – Features from the XRCO Awards. He’s also received over 400 award nominations for his directing, scenes, art direction, screenplays, cinematography, and editing in all the genres he works in from AVN, XBIZ, TEAs, Fleshbot, NightMoves, XCritic, Urban X, XRCOs, and Inked Awards. Ricky has been featured in Hustler twice and scored the cover and a 14-page feature in the September 2023 issue of ASN Lifestyle Magazine.

Ricky is one of the hardest-working men in adult and loves to give his audiences a glimpse into the projects he’s working on from start to finish in photos on his Twitter @RickyGreenwoodX and Instagram @x_ricky_greenwood_x. You might also see more than a few adult performers you know in his timelines and posts.

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Ricky Greenwood, Casts & Crews Receive 43 XBIZ Awards Noms

(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood has been busy over the past year making feature films and many scenes. Now that the 2024 XBIZ Awards nominations have been released, he’s added a whopping 43 nods to his record-breaking year of nominations.

Last week, the 2024 XBIZ Awards nominations were announced, and over 1600 nominees received nominations in over 100 categories. Ricky Greenwood, along with his casts and crews, has scored an impressive 42 nominations.

Ricky snapped up all the big awards noms. He’s up for Director of the Year — Body of Work (Narrative), Director of the Year — Individual Work for Digital Playground’s “Machine Gunner,” Director of the Year — Gay Movies, and Director of the Year — Trans Movies. And four of his films grabbed Feature Movie of the Year noms: Adult Time’s “Feed Me,” Digital Playground’s “Machine Gunner,” Dorcel’s “More,” and Adult Time’s “Sally Mae: The Revenge of the Twin Dragons.” Ricky also had four of his projected nommed for Featurette of the Year: Dorcel’s “Climax 3,” Modern-Day Sins’ “Mad Fuckers: Earning Their Divorces,” and Pure Taboo’s “Mustn’t Tell Teacher” and “Thou Shalt Not Covet.”

Known for directing trans, straight, lesbian, and gay movies, Ricky got nominated in all those arenas.

Icon Male’s “Hot Daddies 4” received a Gay Release of the Year — Non-Narrative nomination. The same title also scored a Best Sex Scene – Gay for Nicholas Adams, Michael Boston, and Dominic Pacifico.

Two of his TransSensual titles, “TS Girls on Top 7” and “TS Hot Wives 3,” picked up Trans Movie of the Year.

Four of Ricky’s lesbian titles grabbed Best Sex Scene – All-Girl: AllHerLuv’s Through My Window, Pt. 1 with Penny Barber and Serene Siren, Dorcel’s Trouble with Lilly Bell and Jane Wilde, Adult Time’s Feed Me with Lulu Chu and September Reign, and Adult Time’s A Seed of Something Greater with Lumi Ray and Alexis Tae.

Ricky’s Adult Time feature “Feed Me” scored Best Acting – Lead nom for Lulu Chu and Best Acting – Supporting for Tommy Pistol.

Ricky’s features scored five Best Sex Scene – Feature Movie noms for Dorcel’s “Climate 3” with Alexia Anders, Lilly Bell, Kira Noir, Alexis Tae, Maya Woulfe, Nathan Bronson, and Isiah Maxwell, Adult Time’s “Sally Mae: The Revenge of the Twin Dragons” with Cali Caliente, Ana Foxxx, Scotty P, and Thrill Monger, Adult Time’s “Feed Me” with Lulu Chu, Damon Dice, and Alex Jones, Digital Playground’s “Machine Gunner” with Kayley Gunner, Luna Star, and Damon Dice, and Dorcel’s “More” with Kenna James, Lumi Ray, Whitney Wright, Mick Blue, and James Bang.

His featurettes also scored four Best Sex Scene Featurette nominations for Adult Time’s “Cum Gluttons: Try Not to Cum Challenge” with Vanna Bardot, Emma Hix, Rocky Emerson, and Nathan Bronson, Modern-Day Sins’ “Lust Triangles: Her Younger Self” with Lilly Bell, Kenzie Taylor, and Mick Blue, Dorcel’s “Ana 4 You” with Ana Foxxx and Johnny Castle, and Adult Time’s “Caught Fapping: Mutual Attraction” with Khloe Kapri and Lucas Frost.

And Ricky’s BTS crew also scored some amazing nominations. For Best Art Direction, Ricky scored two noms for his work on Dorcel’s “More” and Digital Playground’s “Machine Gunner,” and Kylie Ireland also picked up two for Adult Time’s “Feed Me” and “Sally Mae: The Revenge of the Twin Dragons.” Matt Holder received three Best Cinematography noms for “Feed Me,” “More,” and “Machine Gunner.” His crew snagged two Best Editing noms–Clit Eastwood & Mike Hockertz for their work on “Feed Me” and Aylo Content Services for “Machine Gunner.” And Lilly Bell and Maddy Barton for Best Screenplay for co-writing “Feed Me.”

“Thank you, XBIZ, for all the recognition for my cast, crews, and myself. It means a lot to all of us to be recognized for our vision, creativity, and hard work,” says Ricky Greenwood.

The XBIZ Awards are slated to take place on Sunday, January 21st, at The Hollywood Palladium. A complete list of the 2024 nominees can be found at xbiz.com/news/278041/2024-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced.

To interview Ricky Greenwood for your site, publication, or show, contact Erika Icon of The Rub PR at erika@therubpr.com.

ABOUT RICKY GREENWOOD

In 2017, French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood started in the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius when it comes to spotting true talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films, and shorts—all this prepared him to take over the adult industry in the last four years.

The multi-award-winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films, like Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona, Terror Camp, Talk Derby to Me, Grinders, and Killer on the Loose. Over the past three years, he’s become known as a multi-faceted director that works in the straight, gay, trans, and lesbian realms, and has worked with top-shelf studios like Sweetheart Video, TransSensual, Icon Male, Marc Dorcel, Adult Time, AllHerLuv, Parasited, and MissaX. Ricky has won multiple XBIZ Awards for All-Girl Movie of the Year, Best Editing, and Director of the Year- Trans three times, Director of the Year and Grand Reel from the AVN Awards, Best Lesbian Movie or Limited Series, Feature Movie of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban X Awards, Best Scene Producer from the TEAs, Best Ruining Xmas for Adult Time’s The Bargain from the Bazowie Awards, and Best All-Girl Release Editor’s Choice and Best Feature Production Fans’ Choice from the NightMoves Awards, and Best AltStar Feature Video (twice) from the AltStar Awards, Best Ruining Christmas from the Bazowie! Awards, and Best Director – Features from the XRCO Awards. He’s also received over 400 award nominations for his directing, scenes, art direction, screenplays, cinematography, and editing in all the genres he works in from AVN, XBIZ, TEAs, Fleshbot, NightMoves, XCritic, Urban X, XRCOs, and Inked Awards. Ricky has been featured in Hustler twice and scored the cover and a 14-page feature in the September 2023 issue of ASN Lifestyle Magazine.

Ricky is one of the hardest-working men in adult and loves to give his audiences a glimpse into the projects he’s working on from start to finish in photos on his Twitter @RickyGreenwoodX and Instagram @x_ricky_greenwood_x. You might also see more than a few adult performers you know in his timelines and posts.

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Bloomer Yang Adds XBIZ Awards Nominee to His Growing List of 2022 Accomplishments

 
(Hollywood, CA) With his work for Delphine Films, Taiwanese-born adult film director Bloomer Yang has been a standout in adult with scenes featuring great storytelling, passionate sex, and unique three-dimensional characters. And now Bloomer can add XBIZ Awards nominee to his list of 2022 accomplishments.
Last week, XBIZ had a nominations party at Sound in Hollywood. Bloomer Yang walked the red carpet in a colorful outfit and even did some model poses. It was a great night, and Bloomer was over the moon when he saw he was up for Director of the Year – Feature and scored eight award nominations for his Delphine Films scenes. Bloomer is also up for Best Sex Scene – Vignette for “Here, Everything Is Better” with Jewelz Blu and Kayley Gunner, Best Sex Scene – All-Girl for “Cam Girl Initiation” with Ana Foxxx and Victoria Voxxx, two nods for Best Sex Scene – Featurette for “Forgive” with Skye Blue and Danny Mountain and “Three” with Maya Woulfe, Robby Echo, and Codey Steele, and finally four noms for Featurette of the Year for “Feel It Again,” “Forgive,” “Object,” and “Three.”
“I was blown away by the number of nominations I received and that I got a Director of the Year nom my first year in adult. It’s truly incredible, and I’m honored. Thank you to everyone at XBIZ,” says Bloomer Yang.
A complete list of the 2023 XBIZ Awards nominees for 109 categories can be viewed at xbiz.com/news/270082/2023-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced.
The 21st annual XBIZ Awards will take place Sunday, January 15th, at the historic Hollywood Palladium ending a week full of events, including the XBIZ tradeshow and X3.
To interview Bloomer Yang, aka Oliver Wong, for your site, publication, or show, contact Erika Icon of The Rub PR at erika@therubpr.com.
ABOUT BLOOMER YANG aka OLIVER WONG
Taiwanese-born adult film director Bloomer Yang is one of the biggest rising stars on the director front. With over 50 scenes filmed for Model Media USA’s studio Delphine Films delphinefilms.com, his standout films feature great storytelling and passionate sex scenes with three-dimensional characters that he writes and directs. His goal is not just to get the viewer off but also to get a reaction which might even include tears or laughter. Classically trained, Bloomer holds a Masters in Screenwriting and a Bachelor’s in Film Production. In 2022, he was nominated for a pair of Fleshbot Awards nominations for Movie of the Year and Best Oral Sex Scene, which he took home the trophy for. The AVN Awards also nommed him for his Best Directing Portfolio – Narrative, scene work, and Mainstream Venture of the Year for his stand-up comedy as Oliver Wong. The XBIZ Awards also nommed him for Director of the Year – Feature and an additional eight noms for his scene work.
Bloomer is a man of many talents, including his comedy career under the name Oliver Wong. In 2018 after graduate school ended, he had a dead-end job and visa issues. Looking for an outlet to express his feelings, he stepped onto the stage of Flappers Comedy Club for his first show, and the rest is history. Like most comedians, his style is a cross between self-deprecating and observational. He uses being Asian, a gay man, an immigrant, his HIV Positive status, and his career as an adult film director as fodder for his comedy. His comedic influences include Ali Wong, John Mulaney, and Iliza Shlesinger.
Bloomer is also a podcaster with a show called “Get Intimate with Oliver Wong.” In April of 2021, he recorded his first show and has guests from all walks of life, including journalists, educators, writers, comedians, nutritionists, and of course, adult. Previous adult guests include Donny Sins, Sophia Burns, and Sally Mullins. So, tune in on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Podchaser, and other platforms, and make sure to subscribe and leave a stellar review for him.
Keep up with all of Bloomer Yang/Oliver Wong’s adventures as an adult director and up-and-coming comedian by following him on Twitter @theoliverwong, Instagram @oliverwongcomedy, and TikTok @oliverwongcomedy. Follow his podcast on Instagram at @getimtimatepodcast. Subscribe to his YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UClr50JY0yzhYuc5bz5YUSSQ to see his comedy, podcast videos, and learn more about his exciting life. And get all his links in one place at linktr.ee/oliverwong.