January 25

 Emmanuelle Aurélie Munos's Birthday
 
 

In former times, when young girls aspired to be actresses, they were usually advised to study acting in college or at a dramatic school for the arts. Today an increasingly popular form of study and apprenticeship is making porno movies. We now have such acting luminaries as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Sasha Grey making mainstream films even though it is doubtful that any of them will ever appear at the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party.

In France, where sex is the national religion, there is the multi-talented former porn star Clara Morgane. Born Emmanuelle Aurélie Munos, she chose Clara Morgane as her professional name. Clara launched her career as photographer's model at age 12. However, at age 19, she discovered porn during an erotic exhibition show in Paris and decided to give it a try.  She quickly became one of France's highest paid porn actresses and received the Hot d'Or award for "Best French Starlet" in 2001.

Clara then
graduated from porno films to becoming a television personality who regularly reports on the porno business in "family-friendly" [whatever that means in France] TV programs and  was voted the top French and eighth sexiest woman in the world by the French edition of the magazine FHM. Clara has also become the French version of Ann Landers and writes a popular sex advice column for teenagers.

Clara is also a popular singer and recording artist with several albums and music videos to her credit. Her debut album, DéCLARAtions, for which she wrote all of the lyrics, was released June 18, 2007, is a mixture of funk, hip-hop, and R&B. Clara recently branched out into the lingerie business with two best-selling brands titled  'Clara M.' and 'Shocking Princess.' She is also the spokeswoman for the French soft drink Gini.

Although Vodka and Gini might be an Ideal way to toast Clara on her birthday, Gini is difficult to find in the US. So as a more practical alternative, we suggest the classic Porno Star Cocktail which you can sip while watching her in La Sulfureuse (2002).
 

Porno Star Cocktail

 

Ingredients
 
1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1/2 oz
Sour Puss raspberry liqueur
 
 
Instructions
 
Pour both ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a shot glass, and serve.

© 2011 Gordon Nary and Tyler Stokes