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LIGHTS, CAMERA
ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET
Lansky kicks off ‘Awards Season’ with November Vixen Angel
Called on the Carpet Lana Rhoades gets the star treatment in the November Vixen Angel photo shoot.
ON THE SET | By Dan Miller
The show starts in 20 minutes but Lana Rhoades is already
twerking.
with Greg Lansky, the two-time AVN Director of the Year and chief
creative officer of Vixen, who will crown her Vixen Angel for tens of
thousands of viewers.
slippers, pink bathrobe and black Vixen underwear.
Studio City headquarters on this first Saturday of November.
alongside several of the biggest stars in adult entertainment as the
16th Vixen Angel, which Lansky kicked off in August 2016 when he
T
It’s hard to tell if she’s nervous about going live on Instagram
“IT’S AWARDS SEASON RIGHT
Rhoades is too busy bouncing to the rap beats in her white
NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD. A
“Am I too low?” she asks, dancing in the center of Lansky’s
LOT OF OUR COLOR CODE IN OUR
The 21-year-old native of Chicago is ready to take her place
COMPANY IS AWARD-LIKE—BLACK, RED, GOLD, WHICH IS VERY OSCAR-LIKE. WE WANTED TO
anointed Kendra Sunderland, who is co-hosting today’s ceremony.
With the title, Rhoades will receive a Tiffany brilliant-cut
CELEBRATE THAT TIME OF THE
diamond necklace, a pair of custom-made Christian Louboutin red-
bottom heels, and a photo shoot this afternoon.
YEAR IN CREATING A THEME
“This should be fun,” Lansky tells me. “The whole concept is
Awards Season.”
THAT’S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT’S
The 34-year-old French auteur has turned Vixen Angel into a
GOING ON.”
coveted honor, making each of his new Angels the face of a glossy,
—GREG LANSKY
month-long marketing campaign for Vixen, the 2017 AVN Award-
winning Best New Imprint.
Team Lansky spares no expense producing the themed Vixen
Angel photo shoots. For Uma Jolie in September they imported an
ornate Moroccan door that took 10 men to carry; they transformed
an authentic Pan-Am Boeing 747 cabin into “Vixen Airlines” for
Riley Reid in October; and in August they tracked down a rare
white 1987 Ferrari Testarossa for a Miami Vice homage featuring Amia Miley.
As the final minutes count down to the broadcast, Lansky gives Rhoades an impromptu hug,
reassuring her the day will be special.
Moments later, the former Hooters waitress and stripper takes a seat on the gold couch next to
the Vixen Angel of the Year, Sunderland, while Lansky begins his introductions.
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