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Oscars Of Porn
- January 9th, 2006
- 3:49 am
The winners for the 23rd annual AVN Awards Show were announced Saturday night at the sold-out Grand Ballroom at the Venetian Hotel.
LAS VEGAS - Cameras whirred and fans pressed 10 deep against a velvet rope in Las Vegas to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars sashaying into one of the first entertainment awards shows of the year. As at any Hollywood awards ceremony, photographers asked the performers to twirl and pose, and reporters stationed along the red carpet begged for quips about the next project or the state of the industry. But unlike the Golden Globes and Emmys, the goody bag contained “Barely Legal” playing cards and Hustler condoms, and the stars such as Arnold Schwartzenpecker and Britney Rears were not quite household names.
The winners were as earnest and even as tearful as their Hollywood counterparts in their appreciation of the glass trophies they took home, and works such as “A Day Without Whores” and “Big Butt Road Trip” won fulsome praise. Actor Manuel Ferrera, who picked up an award for Male Performer of the Year, drew laughs when he thanked “everyone, especially the ladies.”
Best Film Actress winner Savanna Samson was cheered when she recognized the support of her peers as crucial because “most of my family is pretty ashamed of what I do.”
Interviewers on the red carpet asked the usual questions but the answers were often as X-rated as the movies being honored.
One statuesque starlet, who appeared to be wearing nothing underneath her tight-fitting velvet dress, told an interviewer that she planned to planned to expand into “extreme anal” in the coming year.
Ron Jeremy, a portly porn super star, pledged to keep delivering the goods for his fans.
“I’m still working, not as much but as long as the penis works I’m going to exploit it,”
he said.
Porn is big business. Adult entertainment, including porn videos and films shot mainly in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, racked up estimated sales of $12.6 billion in 2005, according to statistics compiled by AVN. That compared with U.S. theatrical revenue of $8.9 billion for mainstream Hollywood films, according to figures from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
Like Hollywood, the U.S. porn industry is dominated by a handful of privately held studios: Wicked Pictures, Vivid Entertainment, New Sensations, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve and porn queen Jenna Jameson’s company, Club Jenna.
Unlike Hollywood, they do not disclose revenue or production costs, making it difficult to gauge the size and profitability of the industry. The porn studios maintain stables of starlets and studs who can make a dozen or more films each year.
This year’s most-nominated film was Digital Playground’s “Pirates” starring AVN awards host Jesse Jane and a slew of beauties who do battle with a band of marauding skeletons in between sex scenes. The movie walked away with the award for best video, while Wicked Pictures’ remake of “The Devil in Miss Jones” took best film honors.
Jameson, resplendent in a candy pink dress that barely restrained her bosom, claimed awards for “Miss Jones” and for Best Crossover Artist, and was inducted into AVN”s Hall of Fame.
Another famous pornographer, Larry Flynt, picked up a Hall of Fame Founders’ award for free speech related to the industry, which has lately found itself under attack by President George Bush’s administration over obscenity.
“Adult has gone to a $10 billion business, and it happened because it’s a business that everybody cares about and takes seriously and I think we ought to remind the rest of the country about that,”
the wheelchair-bound Flynt said.
AVN Award Winners
Complete list of the performers, directors and companies that were honored:
Best Supporting Actress - Video
Stormy Daniels, Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Wicked Pictures
Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video
Pirates, Janine & Jesse Jane, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Gonzo Release
Slut Puppies, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel
Best Couples Sex Scene - Film
Dark Side, Penny Flame & Herschel Savage, Red Light District Films
Best High-Definition Production
Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Actor - Video
Evan Stone, Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Three-Way Sex Scene
Tease Me Then Please Me 2 - Tyla Winn, Michael Stefano & John Strong, Red Light District
Best Art Direction - Film
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Art Direction - Video
Catherine, Ninn Worx/Pure Play
Best Cinematography
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Ralph Parfait, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Videography
Dark Angels 2: Bloodline, Nic Andrews, New Sensations
Best Editing - Film
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Sonny Malone, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Editing - Video
Dark Angels 2: Bloodline, Nic Andrews, New Sensations
Best Special Effects
Pirates, FX, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Music
Pirates, Skin Muzik, Digital Playground
Best DVD Menus
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Wicked Pictures
Best DVD Extras
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Wicked Pictures
Best Classic Release on DVD
Ginger Lynn: The Movie, Paradise Visuals
Best DVD
Pirates, FX, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Interactive DVD
Virtual Katsumi, Acid Rain
Best P.O.V. Release
Manuel Ferrara’s POV, Red Light District
Best Director - Foreign Release
Rocco Siffredi, Who Fucked Rocco?, Evil Angel Productions
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Shot Production
Euro Domination - Sandra Romain, JYL, Kid Jamaica & Nick Land, Clark Euro/Evil Angel
Best Foreign All-Sex Release
Cabaret Bizarre, Harmony/Evil Angel
Best Foreign All-Sex Series
Euro Domination, Clark Euro/Evil Angel
Best Foreign Feature
Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island, Private USA/Pure Play
Male Foreign Performer of the Year
Steve Holmes
Female Foreign Performer of the Year
Katsumi
Best Transsexual Release
Rogue Adventures 24, Joey Silvera/Evil Angel
Transsexual Performer of the Year
Gia Darling
Best Specialty Release - Squirting
Flower’s Squirt Shower 2, Elegant Angel Productions
Best Specialty Release - MILF
MILF Seeker, Pink Visual Productions
Best Specialty Release - Fem-Dom Strap-On
His Ass is Mine, LeWood Productions/Juicy Entertainment
Best Specialty Release - BDSM
Jenna Loves Pain, Club Jenna/Vivid
Best Specialty Release - Big Bust
Faster Pussycat! Fuck! Fuck!, Starr Productions
Best Specialty Release - Spanking
A Submissive Mind, Realspankings.com
Best Specialty Release - Other Genre
Chunky Housecall Nurses 2, Skin Tight Productions/Legend
Best Specialty Release - Foot Fetish
Coxxx & Soxxx 4, NJ Films
Best Specialty Series
Cum Drippers, Vouyer Productions/Red Light District
Best Alternative Release
Pornomation, Cherry Boxxx Productions
Best Mainstream Adult Release
Inside Deep Throat, Universal Home Video
Best New Video Production Company
Swank Digital
AVN Special Achievement Awards
The Fashionistas Live Show, John Stagliano
Top Renting Title of the Year
The Masseuse, Vivid Entertainment Group
Top Selling Title of the Year
1 Night in China, Red Light District
Crossover Star of the Year
Jenna Jameson
Best Screenplay- Video
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Stormy Daniels, Jonathan Morgan & August Warwick, Wicked Pictures
Best Screenplay - Film
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Dean Nash & Raven Touchstone, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Male Newcomer
Scott Nails
Best Oral Sex Scene - Video
Squealer, Jassie, Kimberly Kane, Scott Lyons, Scott Nails & Kris Slater, Hustler Video
Male Performer of the Year
Manuel Ferrara
Best Anal Sex Scene - Video
Cumshitters, Katsumi & Manuel Ferrara, Red Light District
Best Ethnic Themed Video - Asian
Invasian 2, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel
Best Couples Sex Scene - Video
Porn Star, Brittney Skye & Tommy Gunn, NinnWorx/Pure Play
Best Actress - Video
Janine, Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Actor - Film
Randy Spears, Eternity, Wicked Pictures
Best Director - Video
Joone, Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Female Performer of the Year
Audrey Hollander
Best Director - Film
Paul Thomas, The New Devil in Miss Jones, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best New Starlet
McKenzie Lee
Best Actress - Film
Savanna Samson, The New Devil in Miss Jones, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Film
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Supporting Actress - Film
Jenna Jameson, The New Devil in Miss Jones, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Supporting Actor - Film
Randy Spears, Dark Side, Red Light District Films
Best Supporting Actor - Video
Tommy Gunn, Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Tease Performance
Katsumi, Ass Worship 7, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel
Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Re-Penetrator, Joanna Angel in “Blood, Disembowelment, and Fucking….What Fun,”, Burning Angel/VCA
Best Oral Sex Scene - Film
Dark Side, Alicia Alighatti, Hillary Scott & Randy Spears, Red Light District Films
Best Anal Sex Scene - Film
Sentenced, Audrey Hollander & Otto Bauer, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Solo Sex Scene
Katja Kassin, Anal Showdown, Darkko Productions/Evil Angel
Best Group Sex Scene - Video
Squealer, Smokey Flame, Audrey Hollander, Jassie, Kimberly Kane, Otto Bauer, Scott Lyons, Kris Slater & Scott Nails, Hustler Video
Best Group Sex Scene - Film
Dark Side - Alicia Alighatti, Penny Flame, Dillan Lauren, Hillary Scott, Randy Spears & John West, Red Light District Films
Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Film
The New Devil in Miss Jones, Jenna Jameson & Savanna Samson, Vivid Entertainment Group
Best Non-Sex Performance
William Margold, Dark Side, Red Light District Films
Best Interracial Release
Lex Steele XXX 5, Mercenary Pictures
Best Ethnic-Themed Release - Black
Big Ass Party, West Coast Productions
Best Ethnic-Themed Release - Latin
Caliente, Wicked Pictures
Best Ethnic-Themed Series
Black Reign, Mercenary Pictures
Best Oral-Themed Feature
Blow Me Sandwich 7, Zero Tolerance
Best Oral-Themed Series
Glazed and Confused, Elegant Angel Productions
Best Anal-Themed Feature
Ass Worship 7, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel
Best Anal-Themed Series
Big Wet Asses, Elegant Angel Productions
Best Retail Website - Rentals
WantedList.com
Best Retail Website - Sales
AdutDVDEmpire.com
Best On-Line Marketing Campaign
PiratesXXX.com, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Company Image
Club Jenna
Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Individual Project
Mary Carey’s Dinner with President Bush, Kick Ass Pictures
Best Packaging
Catherine, NinnWorx/Pure Play
Best Director - Non Feature
Michael Ninn, Neo Pornographia, Ninn Worx/Pure Play
Best Vignette Release
Vault of Whores, Buttman Comics/Evil Angel
Best Vignette Series
Grudgefuck, DVSX
Best Amateur Release
Bangbus 6, Bang Productions
Best Amateur Series
Bangbus, Bang Productions
Best Pro-Am Release
Rocco’s Initiations 9, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel
Best Pro-Am Series
Midnight Prowl, Pariah Pictures/JM Productions
Best All-Girl Feature
Belladonna’s Fucking Girls, Belladonna Entertainment/Evil Angel
Best All-Girl Series
Cousin Stevie’s Pussy Party, CSI/Pure Play
Best Continuing Video Series
Girlvert, JM Productions
Best Gonzo Series
Service Animals, Joey Silvera/Evil Angel
Best Solo Video
Blu Dreams: Sweet Solos, Cal Vista/Metro
Best Sex Comedy
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Wicked Pictures
Best All-Sex Release
Squealer, Hustler Video
Best Video Feature
Pirates, Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
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