Steve Cruz Chosen as 2009 NakedSwordsMan

Cruz lauded for sex appeal, safe-sex advocacy
February 9, 2009

San Francisco - NakedSword (www.NakedSword.com) ) is excited to announce that its 2009 NakedSwordsMan is Steve Cruz, a beloved furry power-bottom who has lent his gluttonous and contagious sexual appetite to dozens of the most popular studio titles to premiere in recent years. Each year's NakedSwordsMan highlights a member favorite who represents the very best of the electric, sex-hungry performances that fill their porn catalogue. The 36-year-old Raging Stallion exclusive is no stranger to awards: In 2008 Cruz was named Raging Stallion's Man of the Year, and his passionate appearance in Link: the Evolution earned him a Best Group Scene at the 2008 GayVN Awards.

Fans love Steve Cruz because Steve Cruz loves his fans. He recently lent his visible star power to a safe sex campaign called How I Roll (www.howiroll.org), which promotes safe-sex and sexual health awareness. In forming this partnership with Steve Cruz, NakedSword is proud to affirm its long-time commitment to safer sex. In one scorching scene after another, Cruz has proved that safe sex is as hot as it gets, and they look forward to working with Steve to expand on his important public health initiatives in the coming year.

For his latest hands-on endeavor, Steve Cruz has turned to directing titles for Mustang Studios. His first film, Blue Movie, premieres on NakedSword this month, and shooting has recently wrapped on two other titles: XXX and Red Light. "Steve Cruz is a triple-threat," says Tim Valenti, NakedSword CEO. "He is a passionate performer, an influential health advocate and a talented director. His outreach campaign makes us proud, his performances make us weak in the knees, and his new titles for Mustang are among the best videos being released right now."

Cruz's first duty as NakedSwordsMan will be to appear at the CyberSocket Awards on February 9th in Los Angeles, where he will join Tim & Roma on the red carpet as a special guest correspondent.

About NAKEDSWORD
NakedSword.com has been the top gay adult VOD provider since 1997. After a recent merger with AEBN in January 2007, it is now the largest gay VOD brand in the world reaching over 90 percent of the VOD market. NakedSword maintains exclusive partnerships with Falcon Entertainment, Raging Stallion, Titan Media, Catalina, and COLT Studio Group, as well as close relationships with top studios like Hot House Entertainment, All Worlds Video, Dark Alley Media, Studio 2000, Pitbull Productions, Alexander Pictures, Channel 1 Releasing and over a hundred other studios. It pioneered online content delivery with the innovative Wet Palms gay porn soap opera (co-produced by Jet Set), is currently releasing the new original adult mini-series Dirty Tricks with Dirty Boy Video, and is in production on Str8 with Falcon studios. NakedSword differentiates itself with original content like the award-winning Tim and Roma Show webcast and sites like GayPornBlog.com and TimandRomaBlog.com, as well as regular production of behind-the-scenes features for partner studios. In January, NakedSword debuted TheSword.com.

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