A fluffer on set of a gay pornographic movie handing a lubricant to the actor playing the role of a "top"

Commonly, a fluffer keeps an adult film star "cleaned up" in between takes so that the actor does not have to move from their position.^{[citation needed]} These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot.

While the role of a fluffer could be as simple as implied above, fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.^[1]

In popular culture[link]

The 2001 film The Fluffer was about a film buff, with a crush on a porn star who is straight, for whom he wound up working as a fluffer in gay porn.^[2] A 2003 release also entitled The Fluffer was a four-minute short comedy film.^[3] It can work for both sexes as well.

This usage, in pornography, as a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes that require erections^[4] became a more popular one as result of the film.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

Scott Gurney (born 1976) is an American executive producer, writer, director, actor, model, and entrepreneur who has created several television series documentaries and unscripted/reality TV programming including Auction Hunters, Haunted Collector, Speed of Life, and American Guns. Gurney is also well known for producing several Shark Week specials for Discovery Channel including Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December, How Sharks Hunt, Shark City, Shark Attack Survival Guide, and Great White Appetite.

Prior to starting his production company, Gurney Productions, Inc., and before modelling and acting, Scott was a competitive athlete who won the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championship in 1990. He began modelling for catalog retailer International Male in San Diego, and then went to Los Angeles and modeled for Calvin Klein and Polo Sport. In Los Angeles, he began taking acting classes and auditioning.

Gurney appeared on the television shows 7th Heaven, Baywatch, Cybill, Step By Step, Push and Married... with Children. He has also appeared in several NBC movies of the week and was the host of the reality television series Hotlines. Gurney also starred in the 2001 movie, The Fluffer.

Currently, Gurney has several shows in production and pre-production for Discovery Channel, Spike, and Syfy networks.

External links[link]

• Gurney Productions Inc.
• Scott Gurney at the Internet Movie Database

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Russ Yallop is a British DJ and music producer based in Brighton in the United Kingdom. He has previously released music under the alias of Rusty James. Under the Rusty James moniker Russ had released on labels such as Mothership and Leftroom, however it was on Damian Lazarus' Crosstown Rebels label that Russ had his first release under his own name. 'I Can't Wait'^[1] as charted by DJ's such as Jamie Jones and M.A.N.D.Y.

References[link]

1. ^ Crosstown Rebels Info On Russ Yallop

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Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs, born 16 November 1975, in Jokkmokk, Sweden, is a Swedish TV personality, former model, and basketball player.

Almenäs has studied science in media and is a TV personality on the Swedish channel TV4. She represented Sweden at Miss World 1998.

Almenäs currently hosts the Swedish dance show Dancing with the Stars (Let's Dance) on TV4.

External links[link]

• Jessica Almenäs

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Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy. Each episode typically involves the cosmetic procedures of one or more patients, and also features the personal and professional lives of its main cast.

The show began in 2003, and the sixth and final season started airing October 14, 2009, and concluded the series on March 3, 2010, with the 100th episode.^[2] While the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season the practice was relocated to Los Angeles and many of the characters have followed. The show had 45 award nominations, winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy.^[3] Series creator Ryan Murphy has said that the medical cases on the show are "100 percent based on fact".^[4]

Overview[link]

This drama is set in a plastic surgery center, McNamara/Troy, centering around the two doctors who own it. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) is having problems at home, trying to keep his family together, trying to patch up the rocky road he and his family are living. On the other hand, sex-craving Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) uses his charm to bring in potential female candidates and conducts shady business deals, often for the love of money. While Sean takes his job seriously, he often has to fix Christian's mistakes.

Production[link]

In its debut season, Nip/Tuck was the highest-rated new series on American basic cable, and the highest rated basic cable series of all time for the 18–49 and 25–54 age demographics. The fifth season premiered on October 30, 2007,^[5] though production was affected by the 2007 Writers Strike. Accordingly, the second half of the fifth season was not screened until January 6, 2009 in the U.S. Another 19 episodes were picked up by FX, which began airing on October 14, 2009. After a 3-week hiatus for the Christmas holidays, the show resumed in January 2010 and concluded on March 3, 2010 with its 100th episode.^[6][7][8] Nip/Tuck filmed its 100th and final episode on June 12, 2009, without creator Ryan Murphy,^[9] who was, at the time, in India scouting locations for his film version of the memoir Eat, Pray, Love.

The show inspired the creation of the plastic surgery reality show Dr. 90210.^[10]

Characters and cast[link]

Main cast[link]

Major supporting characters[link]

Major recurring characters[link]

Seasons and episodes[link]

Main crew[link]

• Michael M. Robin
• Elodie Keene (10 episodes, 2003–2007)
• Ryan Murphy (8 episodes, 2003–2006)
• Charles Haid (8 episodes, 2006–2008)
• Craig Zisk (6 episodes, 2003–2008)
• Nelson McCormick (4 episodes, 2003–2006)
• Richard Levine (4 episodes, 2006–2009)
• Jamie Babbit (3 episodes, 2003–2004)
• Greer Shephard (3 episodes, 2004–2005)
• Sean Jablonski (3 episodes, 2006–2008)
• Brad Falchuk (3 episodes, 2007–2009)
• Scott Brazil (2 episodes, 2003–2004)
• Jeremy Podeswa (2 episodes, 2005)
• Dirk Craft (2 episodes, 2008–2009)
• Jennifer Salt (15 episodes, 2003–2009)
• Sean Jablonski (13 episodes, 2003–2008)
• Lynnie Greene (3 episodes, 2006–2009)
• Hank Chilton

Awards and nominations[link]

• Emmy Awards (2010):
  • Nominated - Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special

• Emmy Awards (2009):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).

• Emmy Awards (2008):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Sharon Gless)
  • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Oliver Platt)

• Emmy Awards (2007):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special

• Emmy Awards (2006):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
  • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).

• Golden Globe Awards (2005):
  • Won – Best Television Series – Drama.
  • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Julian McMahon)
  • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Joely Richardson).

• Emmy Awards (2005):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
  • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Jill Clayburgh)
  • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).

• Golden Globe Awards (2004):
  • Nominated – Best Television Series – Drama
  • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Joely Richardson).

• Emmy Awards (2004):
  • Won – Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic).
  • Nominated – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
  • Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Design
  • Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
  • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).

U.S. television ratings[link]

Viewer numbers (based on average total viewers per episode) of Nip/Tuck on FX.

Nip/Tuck became an instant basic cable hit from its 2003 series premiere.

For its third season, FX aired Nip/Tuck solely in the fall of 2005, instead of during the summer season like the two years prior. John Landgraf, president of FX, stated that such a move was a "huge risk" since it stacked up "against the full barrage of fall network competition."^[13] Despite some critical backlash on its third season, like the grade of D+ from Entertainment Weekly,^[22] the story arc involving The Carver attracted an audience to the series larger than any season before, culminating in a December 20, 2005 two-hour season finale, entitled Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, which became the most-watched scripted program in the history of the FX network.^{[citation needed]}

Including Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, three episodes of Nip/Tuck rank as the three most-watched scripted programs ever on FX. The second season finale, entitled Joan Rivers, which aired on October 5, 2004, drew 5.2 million viewers. It was then eclipsed on September 20, 2005 when the third season premiere, entitled Momma Boone, drew roughly 5.3 million viewers. Exactly three months later on December 20, 2005, the aforementioned third season finale, entitled Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, drew 5.7 million viewers. Of those 5.7 million viewers, 3.9 million viewers were in the 18–49 age group demographic, "making the finale the No. 1 episode among the key advertising demographic of any cable series in 2005. It's also the largest demographic number for any single telecast in the network's history,"^[13] according to Zap2It.

According to the September 8, 2006 Mediaweek column The Programming Insider, "the fourth season-premiere on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, averaged a stellar 4.8 million total viewers and 3.4 million adults 18–49, building over its season three average by 25 percent and 26 percent, respectively. Nip/Tuck's performance among adults 18–49 ranks as basic cable’s top-rated season-premiere in the demo for 2006, as of September 8, 2006."^[14]

International broadcast[link]

Country	Network
Argentina	Warner Channel
Australia	Showcase
Austria	ORF1
Belarus	Belarus-1
Belgium	2BE
Bolivia	Warner Channel
Brazil	Fox, Fox Life, FX Latin America, SBT
Bulgaria	Nova Television, Fox Life
Canada	CTV, Series+
Chile	Canal Fox, FX Latin America
Colombia	Warner Channel
Costa Rica	Warner Channel
Cyprus	LTV
Czech Republic	TV Nova Prima Cool
Denmark	TV3 Puls
Dominican Republic	Warner Channel
Ecuador	Warner Channel
Egypt	Fox Series OSN First
El Salvador	Warner Channel
Estonia	Kanal 11
Finland	MTV3
France	M6
Germany	ProSieben sixx TNT Serie
Greece	Star Channel
Guatemala	Warner Channel
Honduras	Warner Channel
Hong Kong	STAR World
Hungary	Viasat 3
Iceland	Stöð 2
India	Zee Café
Indonesia	STAR World
Ireland	TG4
Israel	Channel 2
Italy	Italia1
Japan	WOWOW
Kazakhstan	Channel One
Kenya	Kenya Television Network
Latvia	TV3, LNT, Channel 2, SET
Lithuania	LNK
Macedonia	A1
Malaysia	STAR World
Mexico	Fox, FX
Netherlands	NET 5
New Zealand	TV One, Canterbury Television
Nicaragua	Warner Channel
Norway	TVNorge
Pakistan	STAR World
Panama	Warner Channel
Paraguay	Warner Channel
Peru	Warner Channel
Philippines	Jack TV Studio 23
Poland	TVN (Poland)
Portugal	RTP2
Romania	Euforia TV
Russia	Channel One, CTC
Singapore	STAR World
Slovenia	Kanal A
South Africa	M-net
Spain	Fox 3XL
Sweden	Kanal 5
Switzerland	SF zwei
South Korea	AXN Korea
Taiwan	STAR World
Thailand	STAR World
Turkey	CNBC-e
Ukraine	1+1 Inter
United Arab Emirates	Fox Series OSN First
United Kingdom	Sky Living
United States	FX Logo
Uruguay	Warner Channel
Venezuela	Warner Channel

References[link]

External links[link]

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