Jenna jameson biography book

Autobiography of Jenna Jameson

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale is the autobiography of adult film starJenna Jameson, published August 17, It was mainly written by co-writer Neil Strauss, later famous for writing The Game, and published by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins. It was an instant best-seller, spending six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. The autobiography also won the "Mainstream's Adult Media Favorite" XRCO award in a tie with Seymore Butts's Family Business TV series.

Overview

The nearly page book is divided into Books numbered with Roman numerals, each preceded by an epigraph from a Shakespearean sonnet. The narrative is told through a series of first person accounts, interviews with her family, diary entries in a font resembling handwriting, personal photos, movie scripts, and comic book panels. It covers her life from her childhood to her beginning in show business as a stripper, living with her tattoo artist biker boyfriend, and ends with her receiving the Hot D'Or award at Cannes and her second wedding. Jameson tells of multiple rapes, drug addictions, an unhappy first marriage, and numerous affairs with men and women.

Film

Jameson has expressed interest in having actress Scarlett Johansson play her in a feature film version of the book. A representative for Johansson, however, has stated that Johansson has no interest in such a role.

Related book

Strauss has written a similarly titled and themed book, How to Make Money Like a Porn Star, mainly in graphic novel format, and without Jameson's participation. Strauss wrote it from stories he learned of while researching Jameson's book. Like How to Make Love, How to Make Money also features different formats, including magazine articles, fake advertisements, and an activity book.

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American pornographic actress (born )

Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, ), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former pornographic film actress. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn".

Jameson started acting in erotic videos in after having worked as a stripper and glamour model. By , she had won the "Top Newcomer" award from each of the three major adult movie organizations. She has since won more than 35 adult-video awards, and has been inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and Adult Video News (AVN) Halls of Fame.

Jameson founded the adult-entertainment company ClubJenna in with Jay Grdina, whom she later married and divorced. Initially, a single website, this business expanded into managing similar websites of other stars and began producing sexually explicit videos in The first such movie, Briana Loves Jenna (with Briana Banks), was named at the AVN Awards as the best-selling and best-renting pornographic title for By , ClubJenna had revenues of US$30&#;million with profits estimated at half that.

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Who Is Jenna Jameson?

Born Jenna Marie Massoli, Jenna Jameson took her stage name from the Irish whiskey brand. At 16, she left home, used pliers to remove her braces and became an exotic dancer. Jameson was discovered by a scout from the magazine Penthouse.

Early Life

Jenna Jameson was born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9, , in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Lawrence and Judith Massoli. Lawrence was a local sheriff, and Judith was a showgirl on the Las Vegas Strip. Jameson had only a few years with her mother, who died from skin cancer on February 20, , shortly before Jameson's second birthday.

Bankrupt from paying all the necessary medical bills, the family was forced to move into a trailer while her father worked long hours to pay off debts. Jameson and her older brother, Tony, were essentially left to parent each other.

Although she was a gifted ballerina and a frequent winner on the pageant circuit, Jameson's teen years were a difficult and destructive time for the burgeoning starlet. She endured several sexual assaults and seeded the beginnings of a significant drug habit. At the age of 16, she left home to live with her boyfriend.

The following year, she removed the braces from her teeth with a pair of pliers and used a fake ID to land her first job as an exotic dancer. Soon noticed by a Penthouse scout, Jameson began modeling for adult magazines. Around this time, she also made the shift from the surname "Massoli" to her stage name, "Jameson," a moniker she picked for its boozy and rebellious implications.

Adult Film Success

Jameson began acting in adult films in By , she had won several prestigious awards, including the The X-Rated Critics Organization XRCO Award for Starlet of the Year, Hot D'Or Best New American Starlet, and the AVN Best New Starlet Award.

Her erotic film career produced innumerable hit movies, and her extraordinary success led adult video concern Vivid Entertainment to sign her to a picture