ADULT SUPERSTAR AND VIVID GIRL SAVANNA SAMSON TO HOST SAFER SEX IN THE CITY

ADULT SUPERSTAR AND VIVID GIRL SAVANNA SAMSON TO HOST SAFER SEX IN THE CITY

Thursday, June 25th Event Will Benefit AIDS Service Center in NYC

LOS ANGELES - (June 23, 2009) - For the second year in a row, adult superstar and Vivid Girl Savanna Samson will lounge on the trademark cocktail beds at Duvet nightclub in the Chelsea section of Manhattan as she hosts Safer Sex in the City (www.safersexinthecity.org) on Thursday, June 25th from 6:30-10pm.

Photo courtesy of www.vivid.com

The event (at 45 W. 21st Street) benefits the AIDS Service Center NYC (www.ascnyc.org), a community based non-profit organization at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS and the effort to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to HIV prevention, services and treatment.

"I believe in safer sex in the city and everywhere else," said Savanna, a multi-award winning adult actress who is also a successful wine entrepreneur. "I hope that my New York City fans will be there on Thursday to show their support for this terrific organization."

Sogno Due, a highly praised white wine from Savanna Samson Wines, will be served at the event.

Savanna joined Vivid, the world's leading adult film studio, in 2002 and quickly became a superstar, winning the AVN Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The New Devil in Miss Jones." Her latest movie is "Blame it on Savanna." (http://www.shopvivid.com/details.link/tid/907482).

The actress has begun writing "Savanna on Sex" a new advice column for the adult industry website www.xcritic.com starting on July 6th. She has previously written on sex advice for Men's Fitness magazine and AdultFriendFinder.com, and she contributed to the best-selling book "How to Have a XXX Sex Life" from HarperCollins.

Other featured personalities at the Safer Sex in the City event included drag legend Flotilla DeBarge, dance-pop singer Reina and DJ Vic Latino. NYC's Museum of Sex will showcase a curated sampler of its renowned collection on human sexuality and there will be other fun-filled uninhibited presentations on safer-sex education and HIV risk reduction.

About Vivid:

Founded in 1984, Vivid Entertainment Group is the world's leading adult film company and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films, innovative marketing and a licensing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing and a range of other products. The studio's website www.vivid.com has a large and loyal following of fans of the Vivid Girls. For more information contact rm@vivid.com.