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AVN Award
Current: 31st AVN Awards
A classic AVN Award statuetteThe 1999 AVN Award for the category "Best Specialty Tape – Bondage," won by RedBoard Video for the movie Uncut.
Description	Exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies.
Sponsored by	Adult Video News
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Country	United States
Presented by	Adult Video News
Reward(s)	Trophy
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	Present
Website	http://www.avnawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Showtime
The current AVN Award trophies
← 29th AVN Awards · AVN Award · 31st AVN Awards →

The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN (Adult Video News) to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn". The AVN Awards are divided into nearly 100 categories some of which are analogous to (non-Adult) industry awards offered in other film and video genres and others that are specific to pornographic/erotic film and video.

AVN sponsored the first AVN Awards ceremony in February 1984. The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime, which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute timeslot.

Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN awards from the 1986 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy and for the 1999 ceremony AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video. However, it appears that the GayVN Awards have been discontinued with the last award year being that of 2010.

Award categories

In order to be eligible for a given year's AVN Awards, a title must have been released between October 1 of two years before and September 30 of one year before, and it must be available either from at least 10 wholesale or at least 100 retail outlets by the deadline of September 30 of the preceding year.

The award, which was redesigned in 2000, is named Woody and now appears as a transparent rectangular Lucite block with an engraved stylized male and female embracing. The base of the award is dark and contains lettering with year, category description and winner's name or film title.

In 1998 and 1999, AVN had a Safe Sex Award category, which was discontinued. In 2007, AVN decided to rename the "AVN Crossover Star of the Year Award" to "Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year Award" to honor Jenna Jameson.

There are many award categories, which are as follows: Note: "Film" and "Video" refer to the medium on which the title was produced; all of the titles are direct-to-video releases.

Production categories

Best Video Feature, Best Film, Best DVD, Best Gonzo Release, Best Gonzo Series, Best Sex Comedy, Best Vignette Release, Best Vignette Series, Best All-Sex Release, Best Continuing Video Series, Best High-Definition Production, Best Interactive DVD, Best Classic DVD, Best Foreign Feature, Best Foreign All-Sex Release, Best Foreign All-Sex Series, Best Anal-Themed Feature, Best Anal-Themed Series, Best All-Girl Feature, Best All-Girl Series, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Asian, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Black, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Latin, Best Interracial Release, Best Ethnic-Themed Series, Best P.O.V. Release, Best Oral-Themed Feature, Best Oral-Themed Series, Best Amateur Release, Best Amateur Series, Best Pro-Am Release, Best Pro-Am Series, Best Alternative Release, Best Bi-Sexual Video, Best Gay Video, Best Gay Alternative Video, Best Gay Solo Video Best 18

Performer categories

Best New Starlet, Best Male Newcomer, Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Female Foreign Performer of the Year, Male Foreign Performer of the Year, Transsexual Performer of the Year, Performer of the Year-Gay Video, Newcomer of the Year-Gay Video,

• • Above categories are for an individual's work over the year,

Best Actress—Film, Best Actress—Video, Best Actor—Film, Best Actor—Video, Best Supporting Actress—Film, Best Supporting Actress—Video, Best Supporting Actor—Film, Best Supporting Actor—Video, Best Non-Sex Performance, Best Tease Performance, Best Actor—Gay Video, Best Supporting Actor—Gay Video, Best Non-Sex Performance—Bi-Sexual/Gay Video

• • Above categories are for a specific performance by an individual

Sex scene categories

Awarded to performer(s) in a scene, Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film, Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video, Best Anal Sex Scene, Best Oral Sex Scene—Film, Best Oral Sex Scene—Video, Best Couples Sex Scene—Film, Best Couples Sex Scene—Video, Best Group Sex Scene—Film, Best Group Sex Scene—Video, Best Threeway Sex Scene—Video, Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production, Best Solo Sex Scene, Most Outrageous Sex Scene, Best Sex Scene—Gay Video

Technical categories

Best Screenplay—Film, Best Screenplay—Video, Best Art Direction—Film, Best Art Direction—Video, Best Cinematography, Best Videography, Best Editing—Film, Best Editing—Video, Best Special Effects, Best Music, Best DVD Extras, Best DVD Menus, Best Screenplay—Gay Video, Best Videography—Gay Video, Best Editing—Gay Video, Best Music Score—Gay Video

Specialty categories

Best Specialty Release—Big Bust, Best Specialty Release—BDSM, Best Specialty Release—Spanking, Best Specialty Release—Foot Fetish, Best Specialty Release—Other Genre, Best MILF Release, Best Transsexual Release, Best Gay Specialty Release

Marketing categories

Best DVD Packaging, Best VHS Packaging, Best Box Cover Concept, Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image, Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project, Best Marketing Website, Best Retail Website, BBox Cover Concept—Gay Video, Best Packaging—Gay Video

Special categories

Best Renting Title of the Year, Best Selling Title of the Year, Hall of Fame, Reuben Sturman Award

AVN Award winners

The following is a list of the winners in the major categories for the AVN Awards.

Winners 1984–1989

Winners 1990–1994

Winners 1995–1999

• From 1999 onwards, AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video.

Winners 2000–2004

Winners 2005–2009

^1 The category, introduced in 2007, was first called "Underrated Starlet of the Year (Unrecognized Excellence). It has since been renamed to "Unsung Starlet of the Year."

Winners 2010–2014

• 27th AVN Awards (2010) complete list of winners
• 28th AVN Awards (2011) complete list of winners
• 29th AVN Awards (2012) complete list of winners
• 30th AVN Awards (2013) complete list of winners
• 31st AVN Awards (2014) complete list of winners

Hall of Fame

Reuben Sturman Award

• 2000: David Sturman, General Video of America West
• 2001: Ed Powers, Ed Powers Productions
• 2001: Mark Kernes, Senior Editor, AVN
• 2002: Gloria Leonard, Past Pres., AVA and Free Speech Coalition
• 2002: Elyse Metcalf, Retailer Elyse's Passion
• 2003: Mel Kamins, General Video of America, Cleveland
• 2005: Harry Mohney, Déjà Vu Showgirls
• 2006: Robert & Janet Zicari, Extreme Associates
• 2011: John Stagliano

Reception and review

Originally the awards show was part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, but over time its grew and garnered more attention allowing it to be established as a separate event in the 1990s. The event started out as the "Adult Software exhibition" of the show which attracted as many as 100,000 visitors in addition to those attending CES. When the show became separate event, it initially moved to Caesar's Palace, but has since moved to other Las Vegas venues.

A writer from Los Angeles Magazine made the claim in 2006 that awards often go to consistent advertisers in AVN magazine. In his article the writer states, "Imagine the editors of Variety choosing the Academy Award nominations--then handing out Oscars to the winners--and you have a pretty good idea of how much manipulation can go on behind the scenes during the run-up to the AVNs..." "...Actresses trying to secure a nomination stop in to schmooze at the magazine's Chatsworth offices. client once presented dolls of herself to editors and writers. Another baked cookies." Similar allegations have been made regarding the Academy Award nominations and influencing Academy member voting that date back to at least 1988 with regard to movies such as Rain Man.

See also

• List of pornographic movie studios
• List of AVN Award winners

References

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2. Brent Hopkins (June 3, 2007). "Porn: The Valley's secret industry". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2007. ...earned seven Adult Video News awards, referred to as the Oscars of porn.
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External links

• Official website
• Past Winners of AVN awards
• "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2014 AVN Awards"
• Adult Video News Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• AVN Awards Nominees:
  • 2000 (archived at Wayback Machine, March 2, 2000)
  • 2001 (archived at Wayback Machine, March 9, 2001)
  • 2002 (archived at Wayback Machine, December 8, 2001)
  • 2003 (archived at Wayback Machine, November 27, 2002)
  • 2004 (archived at Wayback Machine, December 3, 2003)
  • 2005 (archived at Wayback Machine, November 11, 2004)
  • 2006 (archived at Wayback Machine, November 26, 2005)
  • 2007 (archived at Wayback Machine, November 26, 2006)
  • 2008 (archived at Wayback Machine, February 27, 2008)
  • 2009 (archived at Wayback Machine, March 27, 2009)
  • 2010 (archived at Wayback Machine, April 17, 2010)
  • 2011 (archived at Wayback Machine, July 19, 2011)
  • 2012 (archived at Wayback Machine, February 4, 2012) or AVN Awards 2012: The Nominees - click near "downloaded as a pdf file by clicking here."
  • 2013 nominees

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