Today, a press release announced that Ryan Keely (2011 Penthouse Pet of the Year Runner Up) is attending the THQ Booth at Gamescom – the world’s largest interactive entertainment trade fair. Keely will be in Germany from August 17th – August 21st to promote THQ’s “Saints Row the Third”.

“I can’t wait to get to Germany and geek out with all the gamers at the biggest interactive games and entertainment show. It’s going to be a blast.”

About the Saints Row Quality Assurance Team, presented by Penthouse, Keely says, “While at the THQ booth, we will be representing Saints Row: The Third, encouraging our fans to #strapiton promotion.” “The Saints Row Quality Assurance Team makes sure that every gamer has a satisfying gaming experience.”

You can get updates from the event by following Ryan Keely on Twitter @ryankeely or @saintsrow.

Other Penthouse Pets that are taking part of the The Saints Row Quality Assurance Team include 2011 Pet of the Year Nikki Benz, 2007 Pet of the Year Heather Vandeven, 2008 Pet of the Year Runner Up Justine Joli and Penthouse Pets Shay Laren and Heidi Baron.

Also, if you have not checked out Ryan Keely’s newly launched website, what are you waiting for?

UPDATE: Here is a video from the Gamescom convention floor. The little innocent kiss between Heather Vandeven and Ryan Keely – HOT!.
P.S. I give the interviewer a lot of credit. He tried his best to keep his composure but clearly he was dumbfounded and the girls had to run the interview.

Have a question for Lupe Fuentes or you just want to talk to her about love, sex, relationships or whatever? This Valentine’s day is your chance. Lupe Fuentes fans can call 888-STERN-101 to get on the air.

If you can’t get through the phone lines or in case you have other plans on Valentine’s Day, you can always join Lupe Fuentes official site – ILoveLupe.com and catch the Latina starlet on her webcam where she enjoys talking with members of her site. Non-members of the site can also watch Lupe Fuentes on her webcam at Streamate.

In other news, it’s worth noting that Lupe also recently released her clothing line for petite hotties. You can check it our by visiting http://www.sexylittleangel.com

We would be remiss if we did not bring up one other item regarding Lupe.
When we did our April 2010  interview with Lupe Fuentes, we asked the rising star the following question regarding her future.

LBI: What are your goals as an adult film star in America? Do you want to win awards, make a lot of money?

Lupe Fuentes: Well, I think I want to win awards and make money but the most important thing for me is that I really want to make my fans happy. The most important thing is to make a personal connection with my fans because they are the most important critics.

Well guess what Lupe? You’re winning awards AND making your fans happy!

With that, we want to formally congratulate Lupe Fuentes for her 2010 awards and achievments. Lupe has been awarded the FAME Award for “Favorite New Starlet” and was also nominated for “Favorite Ass”. Lupe was also awarded the 2010 XFanz Latina Star of the Year and 2010 Best Interactive Movie for her Interactive Girlfriend Sexperience which was also a 2010 AVN Nominee for the same category.

We’re sure Lupe Fuentes will be a name you hear many more times at future porn award shows throughout her career. Her first release as Wicked Contract Star, Lolita (a 3D film), has already garnered a lot of attention as well as sales and Latin Babe Index predicts she’ll be winning some titles at the LatinaPornAwards.

One more interesting tidbit. As much as we love “Little Lupe”, we can’t compete with this guy who decided that he needed a Lupe Fuentes autograph and the Sexy Little Angel logo tattooed on his arm.

You can see more photo galleries of Lupe Fuentes at her page on LatinBabeIndex.com

4 Reasons LBI Loves Nina Mercedez and You Should Too:

1. Fan Loyalty
Nina Mercedez loves her fans and pays attention to them. As a matter of fact, a lot of the content Nina shoots is based on what her fans are asking her for. In return, Nina’s fans are very loyal to her. During the Latina of the Decade Award, it was fun to watch the daily (and at times hourly) interaction between Nina and her fans. The amount of tweets and retweets from Nina’s huge fan base was incredible. By the way, you should follow Nina Mercedez on Twitter too.

2. Strong Work Ethic.
Nina Mercedez has a strong work ethic and an amazing drive to be successful. And it’s not just in front of the camera. Did you know that Nina also helps other models with building their websites and helping them build their online presence? She calls herself their “webmistress”. Sounds hot!

3. Sensible and Smart.
At LatinBabeIndex, we know that real beauty is more than skin deep. It’s why we try to promote the models who are more than just a hot body. Nina Mercedez is one of those models that you can have an intelligent conversation with and she has her act together. Sure Nina loves to have a good time, but she keeps her self away from the drugs and vices that catch up with so many girls in the industry.

4. Umm…She’s Hot!
There’s not a whole lot more to be said about this. Check out the Photo Galleries of Nina Mercedez at LatinBabeIndex and you’ll see for yourself. I’ve never met anyone – male or female – that was not taken back by her beauty. One thing worth adding. I was lucky enough to meet Nina Mercedez in person and I can say that she is just as hot in person as she is on film. Coincidentally, when I met her, she was busy making sure she had everything just right for when her fans came to see her for autographs. Again – hard work, dedication and loyalty to her fans.

Please share with us some of the reasons you love Nina Mercedez? Post your comments below.

SPECIAL NOTE:
As mentioned above, Nina helps a number of models with building and managing their websites. Here is something to consider. If you are not yet a member of Nina’s site NinaMercedezXXX.com (you should be!), you’ll be happy to learn that when you sign up for her site, you also get access to all of the other model’s sites that Nina works with. This includes:
IsisTaylorXXX, SophiaSantiXXX, KaymeKai.com, LexiLamour.com, AlexisFord.net, ClubDevonMichaels.com, TeenBadGirls.tv, HeartbreakFilms.com (Nina’s production company).

Plus, members will soon be getting access to the Latina bombshell Kiara Mia, Nyomi Banxxx, Skye Blue, and Kortney Kane (see the video of Nina teaching Kortney Kane the ropes).

We promote a lot of websites and adult content and I can honestly say that Nina Mercedez has assembled an impressive collection of sites. Joining her site is a tremendous value and it’s the best way to show her that you appreciate her work.

As big of fans as we are of Nina, it was pretty cool when we found out that Nina also likes LatinBabeIndex too. Check out this video she made and posted on Twitter last year.

Click link if video does not play in your browser:
Nina Mercedez – My Personal Shout Out to Latinbabeindex.com. I love you!

We love you too Nina!

Natural, Down to Earth, Cute and Naughty!

LBI: It’s the last day of 2010 and I am here with one of my all time favorite Latinas adult stars, AVN and XBiz Nominee – Ann Marie Rios. First I have to ask…you have had an incredible year in 2010… are you doing anything special tonight to help celebrate the great year you have had?

AMR: Well, 2010 was a very good year for me. It was a the kind of year of getting myself back together and it laid the foundation for a lot of big things I have coming in 2011.

Tonight, I am going to Supper Club in L.A. with some very close friends of mine. It’s a really cool place. Upscale dinner and a show…the show is comparable to Cirque De Soleil and they perform in front of where you are sitting. I first went to the one in San Francisco when I was covering it for Playboy TV Show.

LBI: Let’s summarize some of your highlights from 2010: You were cast in one of the most talked about releases of the year in the Official Jersey Shore Parody, you received an AVN Nomination for “Most Outrageous Sex Scene” with your part in Belladonna’s Party of Feet 2 and most recently your Xbiz nominations for “Pornstar Website of the Year” for http://www.annmarierios.com and “Best Actress” for “Engagement Party”.

Let’s talk about your website, AnnMarieRios.com, first. When did you launch the site?

AMR: We started on July 14th, 2010.

LBI: How active were you with the development of it as well as the ongoing updates?

AMR: Well I am very active and involved with it aside from the technical aspects because I haven’t learned that side of it and I don’t have the time to try and learn it. As you said, I’ve been in the business for quite some time. I partnered with someone who was going to design my site but then when I went under contract with Metro, they were going to do my site. But then I left the business before having a site built. Then when I came back to the business, I had talked to several people but it was never a good fit and it never worked out. Finally, I have found an amazing partnership with PremiumCash. It just works really well. I actually sat down with John from Premium Cash and we went over things for the site. I took a lot of time to think about what I wanted. I looked around at a lot of different sites to find out what I liked, what I didn’t like. I picked out color schemes and determined how I wanted it to be laid out. They have a very good formula and it was a great collaboration. They’ve honored everything I have asked them to do with the site and have been excellent.

LBI: How active are you with updates?

AMR: Since the site launched, I drop off new content every single week for them to update the site with. There is an update to my site one to three times every week. I do video blogs from the sets or on the road while dancing. All kinds of crazy stuff. I’ll do it from my hotel room while on the road. I upload new photo sets, new video sets, and every other Tuesday I do a live webcam show for my members. If you’re not a member, you can still watch my cam shows on a per-minute basis through Streamate. So I get to interact with my fans every other Tuesday.

I am going to be putting more focus on the site in 2011.

LBI: With regard to your live webcam shows for your members, I think that the personal interaction with your fans is one of the best things any model can do. That’s a smart move on your part.

AMR: Well thank you . It’s seems to be where everything is going. And it’s true that with the webcam content, it can’t be stolen. You know I used to do quite a bit of web camming for Naughty America and they were really awesome to me. I have a great relationship with them. With offering webcamming through my AnnMarieRios.com, if my fans want to webcam with me, they know where to go. But even non-members of my site can still webcam with me on pay per minute basis through Streamate (http://annmarierios.cammodels.com/)

Editor’s note ( At this point – Ann Marie’s dogs start barking in the background and she politely tells them to quiet down. Then she tells them “Thank You”. She’s so polite!)

LBI: Do you also interact with your fans through Social Media?

AMR: Yeah. I do love Twitter. I actually opened an account on Facebook too but then it got deleted which was weird because I didn’t have any pictures up. I guess I approved too many people one day but I am going to get on there again. But I’m mostly on Twitter. I enjoy Twitter. (NOTE: You can – and should – follow her @msannmarierios )

CAREER IN THE PORN BUSINESS – A VETERAN’S POINT OF VIEW

LBI: When did you start performing in the adult entertainment business?

AMR: In 2001. So this April will be my 10th year. Were kind of talking about throwing a 10 year party.

LBI: Were you active all 10 years or did you take a break at any point?

AMR: In ’05, after I was under contract with Metro I took a couple of years off from doing hardcore scenes but I was still active with softcore movies and was still doing Playboy TV and Playboy Radio. In 2007, I came back into doing some Girl-Girl scenes and then later that year I got back into doing boys.

LBI: Wasn’t it in 2007 when you started using the name Ann Marie Rios rather than just Ann Marie?

AMR: “Rios” was added when I came back into the business. I added it for a lot of reasons. A lot of people were asking me why I added it. One reason was to establish the fact that I am latin. People were curious if I was Italian, or middle eastern or this or that. The second thing was to differentiate between the Ann Marie performer (singer) and the Ann Marie Rios performer. They are really two different types of performers. Quite honestly, I was also tired of people just calling me Ann. The name’s Ann Marie. A lot of people thought it was two names and would call me Ann. I really don’t like being called Ann – I wanted to establish Ann Marie as my first name.

LBI: You mentioned that adding Rios was to establish your Latina heritage. How important is that to you?

AMR: I was born and raised in Los Angeles but I still have family in Costa Rica. I am hoping to buy some land in Costa Rica and maybe retire there one day.

LBI: That’s interesting because I have a similar goal and am hoping to visit Costa Rica later this year too.

AMR: It’s an awesome country and you’ll fall in love with it pretty much right away.

LBI: You at one point wrote a column for Latina.com. Can you tell me a little about that?

AMR: Yeah. That was a lot of fun and it lasted a little over a half year. They were very cool people but I guess they were getting to much heat from some conservative people in the Latin community. Some of the people really embraced it and some people were just not happy that an adult star was giving advice. It still ended on good terms and they are really cool people. It was a great and awesome opportunity that gave me a lot of exposure to people who otherwise would have never heard of me.

LBI: I think you have had a fair amount of exposure to mainstream media. You mentioned the Sirius radio show for Playboy. Is that something you are still doing?

AMR: Up until about two months ago, I was doing my Private Calls show every Wednesday. That show aired every week for over 4 years, and it still airs today occasionally. I will be back on Playboy Radio this year, with a new show. Details to follow. Its under wraps for now, but stay tuned.

LBI: You were also in Mark Ronson’s video for “Oooh Whee” and also on the Fox network’s “Skin”. Do you still pursue cross-over opportunities or are you more focused on your adult career?

AMR: I don’t really pursue it but if things come my way, I am definitely willing to do it because it’s a lot of fun. It’s pretty easy. You don’t have to worry about whether your vagina is shaved and all these other things you stress out about when you are going to have sex on camera. I like doing it. It’s fun but I don’t really pursue it because I am not the type who enjoys doing the whole casting call thing especially when I know that there are people willing to hire me. I’m not above it by any means and I have done it before but it’s hard to run around doing that when there are too many people willing to hire me. I can’t spend time racing around to auditions. But if someone called me and offered me a part, I am sure I would be willing to do it. Mark Ronson was really polite & professional. Its awesome to see how much he has blown up since that music video was shot. I hope to get the chance to work with him again some day soon.

LBI: You actually took some acting classes when you were younger so I guess you’ve had aspirations of being an actress?

AMR: Umm…not so much. I took them right when I got into the business and it was just kind of for fun because I wanted to learn more about being on set and I wanted to understand some of the technical aspects of camera left and camera right and checking the Gate. You know at that time I was starting to do a lot of features. I think I might have just signed my contract with Metro and I was doing all features for them. I wanted to be a better actress and be better on set so that I would be the type of person where the people would say, “I need her on set because she makes my job easier.” It was for fun but it was cool though.

LBI: I didn’t realize you went to the acting school after you were in porn. It has to help you in getting additional opportunities such as the “The Official Jersey Shore Parody” in which I would assume the acting elements are pretty important. Obviously they helped you with some regard as well since you earned an XBiz nomination for “Best Actress” for Engagement Party.

AMR: Yeah, it definitely helped.

LBI: So with a little better understanding of some of those technical aspects, do you intend on doing any directing ever?

AMR: I directed “Babes Illustrated 14” which was just before I took my hiatus from hardcore. So when I came back the industry had changed. Features were down and things were moving to the internet. A lot of the directors were just trying to keep their jobs so I really didn’t try to pursue it when I came back. I’m not really against it or anything I just haven’t pursued it but you never know what can happen in 2011.

LBI: Can you explain how you go about balancing your career with normal everyday life? Is it a challenge, is it easy, or is something you have just adapted to and don’t really think about it?

AMR: You know I guess it could be all of the above. For the most part I have learned to deal with it but there are some times it can be a challenge. To me I don’t really think of myself as a porn star. (laughs) It’s funny when I say that I guess. I really don’t think of myself as a porn star because I don’t live the life of what someone might expect from a “porn star”. You know, sex, drugs, rock n roll. I mean I did party a lot more when I was younger, but I enjoy the work aspect of it and I’m on the road dancing and stuff like that. I just enjoy my work and I am not concerned with those other types of things. I just think of myself as a normal chick and this is my job. It’s kind of weird. I forget that I guess I kind of am a porn star. So, it’s funny when I have my “mainstream” friends and they introduce me to other people and they say “this is Ann Marie and this is what she does” and they’re like “aaahhh” but not in a bad way. It’s just weird because I don’t really think that much of it. It’s kind of like breathing to me at this point.

LBI: Do you ever have worries about fans stalking you or anything? I noticed the other day Nina Mercedez was upset with Twitter because they were posting the model’s birth names on their profiles. Her concern was obsessed fans trying to track her down. Is it something you have to worry about?

AMR: Well, I have had some kind of weird instances for sure and so whenever I am at an appearance, convention, or dance event I always have some security with me – always! As far as when I am just out and about at a club or restaurant or wherever, I’m not really thinking about people recognizing me and trying to kidnap me or doing something crazy because for the most part – and this has helped me kind of embrace it to the point where I’m not like “oh no, that’s not me, I don’t know what you’re talking about” – for the most part I attract some really polite, nice people. I don’t do anything really hardcore or degrading to women so the type of viewers I attract are a lot of couples or women or open minded people who are normal people that are just looking for a little fun when they come home from work. I’ve always found, knock on wood as I say this, that people are nice and respectful towards me. There are some times where people say something to me and I’m like “really?, ok, that’s not funny” but the most part everyone is pretty cool so I don’t mind it.

LBI: I did an interview with a hottie named Gabby Quinteros and she’s kind of new to the business. One of the questions I asked her was if she had a specific Latina porn star she would love to get with and here was her reply: Then there are ones that are equally beautiful but I am extremely attracted to like Ann Marie Rios, a few others and Ann Marie Rios. Wait, did I already say Ann Marie Rios? Ha ha. So, she obviously has the hots for you. I am wondering if there are other performers (Latina or otherwise) that you make an extra effort to shoot with?

AMR: Well. I definitely look forward to shooting with Gabby as well because she is a sexy mamacita. As far as anyone else, there are a lot of people that I think are hot but there are not too many people where I am like “oh, I have to shoot with them”. I mean, I do in a way but I kind of just go with the flow and don’t try to match things up too much except for when it comes to my site. I’ll try to shoot with people that I have not shot with in a movie or anywhere else so that I can offer my members truly unique scenes. But other than that, I kind of go with the flow.

LBI: Is there anything you want to add or say to your fans?

AMR: I love my fans and they’re awesome. There are some that have been with me since 2001 when I started and I hear from them on a regular basis and they’ve become my friends. I really have some awesome quality fans and I know that I don’t have the most fans of all the girls but I know that I have the best for sure.

I would love for them to check out my blog and leave comments. (www.annmariesadventure.com) I am also going to do a better job of updating my blog. It’s actually one of my New Year’s Resolutions . So I’ll be updating on more regular basis and I’ll keep them up to date with what I have going on.

LBI: Ann Marie, it was a real pleasure speaking to you and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for 2011. I am sure it will be a great year for you and have fun tonight.

See more of Ann Marie Rios at LatinBabeIndex.com

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If you are interested in seeing Ann Marie Rios on her dance tour, we’ve included some of her upcoming dates.

January 27th – 29th, 2011
Spearmint Rhino: Toronto, Canada
280 Carlingview Drive, Etobicoke, ON M9W5G1

February 3rd – 5th
Red Parrot
14401 Gateway Boulevard West
El Paso, TX 79928
www.redparrot.com

February 17th – 19th
Hustler Club
5420 Bunkum Rd.
Washington Park, IL 62204

March 24th – 26th, 2011
Oasis
6800 Essington Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19153
www.oasis-club.net

Special thanks to The Star Factory and Sugar Bear Media for providing most of the photos in this gallery.

To submit your own AVN Red Carpet photos, please email kevin@latinbabeindex.com

After a few minutes of letting the photographers get their most prized photos from AEE, Jynx returns to her table to sign autographs and pose with her fans. I am lucky to be the second person in line to meet Jynx Maze and I am immediately impressed with both her demeanor and her looks. Some models don’t look so good when you see them up close, but Jynx looks as hot – or hotter – in person. I have no doubt in my mind that Jynx Maze will become a huge star in 2011.

If you’re not yet a subscriber to our blog or our Twitter account, not would be a good time to start. We will be posting an interview with Jynx Maze in the near future and I promise you will not want to miss it. I’ll be asking her some deep, probing questions for your pleasure. I am sure her answers will be as hot as her fine latina ass and seducive smile.

Master of Ceremonies, Evan Seinfeld , lead singer of Biohazard and The Spyderz, from HBO’s OZ and Rockstarpornstar.com will be on hand to help bring in the new year!