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Widely known as the “Oscars of the adult entertainment industry”, the 33rd Annual AVN Awards Show was held last night (January 23, 2016) at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. For over three decades, this awards show has been the industry's biggest night, it's attended by everyone who's anyone in the business, and receiving an award from AVN is regarded as the biggest honor a porn performer could ever have. In this year's ceremony, the hosts of the show were female comedian and actress Kate Quigley co-hosting alongside adult performers Joanna Angel and Anikka Albrite.
Like always, the festivities were preceded by the famous AVN adult entertainment expo, where porn stars can be seen in the wild and people in the entertainment industry present their new products for an excited audience. The events where divided into three categories: novelty, business and fans, culminating in the main event on the 23rd which was, of course, the AVN Awards Ceremony. One seminar in particular caught my attention while browsing through AVN's website; this was scheduled for Saturday, January 23rd and was called “Consent: Yes, No and Everything in Between”. The point of this seminar was to bring together experts and veterans of the industry to discuss how performers (especially newcomers) could approach the subject of not being entirely comfortable with what was required of them on and off set. Unfortunately, they cancelled the seminar at the last minute but they will hopefully reinstate it next year, given that the subject of consent is so important and so rarely discussed within the entertainment industry.
Well-established stars and relatively new starlets walked the red carpet at the front of the venue dressed to the nines and looking as fabulous as always. They posed for pictures and gave small interviews to the reporters that attended before going inside where hopeful nominees enjoyed the ceremony while nervously waiting to hear about the winners of each category.
Having been nominated thrice in the past and after winning the title in 2014, Shyla Jennings once again took home the award for All-Girl Performer of the Year. The much sought after Male and Female Performer of the Year went to Mick Blue and Riley Reid respectively while Kendra Lust took home MILF Performer of the Year after winning the same XBIZ award just last week as well as the fan-elected Hottest MILF. Abella Danger won Best New Starlet for AVN after having won the same title in the XBIZ awards.
All in all, a good time was had by all and after giving out over 100 awards, the AVN Ceremony ended with plenty of people proud and happy with their prizes. The fun didn't end there though, the festivities continued on for the night with the AVN Awars After Party at the Vanity Nightclub.
Here's the complete list of the 2016 AVN Award winners:
- All-Girl Performer of the Year: Shyla Jennings
- BBW Performer of the Year: Karla Lane
- Best Actor: Tommy Pistol, Stryker, Digital Playground/Pulse
- Best Actress: Penny Pax, The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries, New Sensations Erotic Stories
- Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Angela White, Alexis Texas & Anikka Albrite, Angela 2, AGW/Girlfriends
- Best All-Girl Movie: Angela Loves Women, AGW/Girlfriends
- Best All-Girl Series: Women Seeking Women, Girlfriends Films
- Best Amateur/Pro-Am Movie: It’s My First Time 2, BurningAngel/Exile
- Best Amateur/Pro-Am Series: Bang Bus, Bang Productions
- Best Anal Movie: Anal Beauty, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Anal Series: DP Me, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment
- Best Anal Sex Scene: Riley Reid & Mick Blue, Being Riley, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Anthology Movie: Oil Overload 12, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Art Direction: Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Best BDSM Movie: The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries, New Sensations Erotic Stories
- Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Abigail Mac & Flash Brown, Black & White 4, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Cinematography: Greg Lansky, Being Riley, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Comedy: Love, Sex & TV News, Adam & Eve Pictures
- Best Continuing Series: Dirty Rotten Mother Fuckers, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Director – Feature: Paul Deeb, Marriage 2.0, LionReach/Adam & Eve
- Best Director – Foreign Feature: Dick Bush, The Doctor, Brazzers/Pulse
- Best Director – Foreign Non-Feature: Alis Locanta, Waltz With Me, SexArt/MetArt/Girlfriends
- Best Director – Non-Feature: Jules Jordan, Jesse: Alpha Female, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Director – Parody: Axel Braun, Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Fairy Tales
- Best Double Penetration Sex Scene: Riley Reid, James Deen & Erik Everhard, Being Riley, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Drama: Wanted, Wicked/Adam & Eve
- Best Editing: Eddie Powell & Gabrielle Anex,The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries, New Sensations Erotic Stories
- Best Ethnic Movie: Latin Asses, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment
- Best Ethnic/Interracial Series: My First Interracial, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Foreign Feature: The Doctor, Brazzers/Pulse
- Best Foreign Non-Feature: Waltz With Me, SexArt/MetArt/Girlfriends
- Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Riley Reid & Aidra Fox, Being Riley, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Gonzo Movie: Eye Contact, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Group Sex Scene: Keisha Grey, Mick Blue, James Deen, Jon Jon, John Strong & Erik Everhard, Gangbang Me 2, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment
- Best Ingénue Movie: Best New Starlets 2015, Elegant Angel Productions
- Best Interracial Movie: Black & White 3, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Makeup: Cammy Ellis & May Kup, Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Best Male Newcomer: Brad Knight
- Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: Marriage 2.0, LionReach/Adam & Eve
- Best Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Blacked/Tushy
- Best MILF Movie: MILF Performers of the Year 2015, Elegant Angel Productions
- Best New Imprint: Tushy
- Best New Series: All Access, Airerose/Pure Play
- Best New Starlet: Abella Danger
- Best Non-Sex Performance: Christopher Ryan, PhD, Marriage 2.0, LionReach/Adam & Eve
- Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Movie: Lesbian Adventures: Older Women, Younger Girls 6, Sweetheart/Mile High
- Best Oral Movie: Facialized 2, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment
- Best Oral Sex Scene: Angela White, Angela 2, AGW/Girlfriends
- Best Orgy/Gangbang Movie: Gangbang Me 2, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment
- Best Parody: Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Fairy Tales
- Best Polyamory Movie: Marriage 2.0, LionReach/Adam & Eve
- Best POV Sex Scene: Jillian Janson, Aidra Fox & Jules Jordan, Eye Contact, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Screenplay: Jacky St. James, The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries, New Sensations Erotic Stories
- Best Screenplay – Parody: Axel Braun & Mark Logan, Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Victoria Summers & Danny D., The Doctor, Brazzers/Pulse
- Best Solo Movie: Glamour Solos 4, Girlfriends Films
- Best Solo/Tease Performance: Abigail Mac, Black & White 4, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Soundtrack: Wanted, Wicked/Adam & Eve
- Best Special Effects: Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Best Specialty Movie – Other Genre: Cum Inside Me, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Specialty Series – Other Genre: Big Tit Cream Pie, Bang Productions
- Best Star Showcase: Being Riley, Tushy/Jules Jordan
- Best Supporting Actor: Steven St. Croix, Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Fairy Tales
- Best Supporting Actress: Kleio Valentien, Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Best Taboo Relations Movie: The Father Figure, Digital Sin Tabu Tales
- Best T/A Movie: Bra Busters 6, Jules Jordan Video
- Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl: Carter Cruise, Flash Brown & Jason Brown, Carter Cruise Obsession, Blacked/Jules Jordan
- Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy: Anikka Albrite, Valentina Nappi & Mick Blue, Anikka’s Anal Sluts, BAM Visions/Evil Angel
- Best Transsexual Movie: The Tranny Bunch, Devil’s Film
- Best Transsexual Series: The Trans X-Perience, Joey Silvera/Evil Angel
- Best Transsexual Sex Scene: Vixxen Goddess & Adriana Chechik, TS Playground 21, Jay Sin/Evil Angel
- Clever Title of the Year: That Rapper Destroyed My Crapper, Lethal Hardcore/Pulse
- Director of the Year: Greg Lansky
- Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Misha Cross
- Female Performer of the Year: Riley Reid
- Mainstream Star of the Year: Jessica Drake
- Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Rocco Siffredi
- Male Performer of the Year: Mick Blue
- MILF Performer of the Year: Kendra Lust
- Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Lea Lexis & Tommy Pistol in “Nightmare for the Dairy Council,” Analmals, Belladonna/Evil Angel
- Movie of the Year: Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Transsexual Performer of the Year: Venus Lux
FAN AWARDS
- Favorite Female Performer: Riley Reid
- Favorite Male Performer: Keiran Lee
- Favorite Trans Performer: Bailey Jay
- Hottest Newcomer: Abella Danger
- Most Epic Ass: Alexis Texas
- Hottest MILF: Kendra Lust
- Most Spectacular Boobs: Hitomi Tanaka
- Social Media Star: Riley Reid
- Favorite Cam Girl: Devious Angel
- Favorite Cam Guy: Adam Sinner
- Favorite Trans Cam Performer: Kylie Maria
- Favorite Camming Couple: Nicolah & Steven Bond
- Most Amazing Sex Toy: Dani Daniels
WEB & TECHNOLOGY
- Best Affiliate Program: Famedollars (Gammae Entertainment)
- Best Alternative Website: Kink.com
- Best Dating Website: AdultFriendFinder.com
- Best Membership Website: Blacked.com
- Best Porn Star Website: JoannaAngel.com
- Best Solo Girl Website: Vicky Vette, VickyAtHome.com
- Best Web Director: Ivan
PLEASURE PRODUCTS
- Best Condom Manufacturer: Kimono
- Best Enhancement Manufacturer: Classic Erotica
- Best Fetish Manufacturer: Spartacus Leathers
- Best Lingerie or Apparel Manufacturer: Syren Latex
- Best Lubricant Manufacturer: Wet International
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Small: Advanced Response
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Medium: LELO
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Large: Doc Johnson
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
- Best Boutique: Early to Bed (Chicago)
- Best Retail Chain – Small: Good Vibrations
- Best Retail Chain – Large: Romantix
- Best Web Retail Store: AdultEmpire.com
2016 AVN HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
- Hall of Fame – Founders Branch
- Fred Hirsch
- Rudy Sutton
- Eddie Wedelstedt
- Hall of Fame – Executive Branch
- Jon Blitt
- Bob Christian
- Scott David
- Eric Gutterman
- Steve Volponi
- Nelson X
- Hall of Fame – Video Branch
- Joanna Angel
- Nikki Benz
- Jonni Darkko
- DCypher
- Dana DeArmond
- Nikita Denise
- Tommy Gunn
- Kimberly Kane
- Sascha Koch
- Alex Ladd
- Teagan Presley
- John Strong
- Shyla Stylez
- Dana Vespoli
- Vicky Vette
- Hall of Fame – Pleasure Products Branch
- Ralph Caplan
- Steve Shubin
- Rina Valan
- Hall of Fame – Internet Branch
- Charles Berrebbi & John Albright
- Ilan Bunimovitz
Sources:
- //avnawards.avn.com/winners
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_AVN_Awards
- //www.maxim.com/maxim-man/james-deen-avn-awards-red-carpet-interview-2016-1
- //sportsmasher.com/2016/01/24/kate-quigley-hot-comedian-hosts-avn-awards/
- //www.thewrap.com/james-deen-wins-2-porn-oscars-despite-sexual-assault-accusations/
- //fusion.net/story/257746/avn-awards-cancel-first-consent-panel-deen-stoya/
- //business.avn.com/articles/video/Seminar-Topics-Revealed-for-2016-AVN-Adult-Entertainment-Expo-615766.
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