30th AVN Awards explained

Number:30
Award:AVN Awards
Site:The Joint
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Director:Gary D. Miller
Best Picture:Wasteland
Most Wins:Wasteland (7)
Most Nominations:Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody (20)
Network:Showtime[1]
Duration:1 hour, 20 minutes
Last:29th
Next:31st

The 30th AVN Awards ceremony, or XXX AVN Awards, was an event during which Adult Video News (AVN) presented its annual AVN Awards to honor the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2012. Movies or products released between October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012, were eligible. The ceremony was held on January 19, 2013 at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada.[2] Comedian April Macie, AVN Hall of Fame inductee Jesse Jane and Asa Akira, who won Female Performer of the Year, hosted the AVN Awards. The awards show was held immediately after the Adult Entertainment Expo at the same venue.

Best Romance Release was one of several new categories created for the 30th Awards Show. The new categories "reflect the ever-evolving market trends of the business" and the Best Romance award is for a movie with a romantic story line geared specifically to women or couples.[3] Torn, starring best actor winner Steven St. Croix, won the first Best Romance award.

Wasteland took top honors as Movie of the Year, also winning best drama and six other awards, including a directing award for Graham Travis, who also directed the previous year's top movie, and a Best Actress victory for Lily Carter. Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody took six awards including Best Parody – Comedy.

Octomom Home Alone won the Best Celebrity Sex Tape category,[4] while Axel Braun won his third straight Director of the Year award[5] and Remy LaCroix won the AVN Best New Starlet Award. All winners were presented newly redesigned trophies, depicting an intertwined couple, to celebrate the awards' 30th anniversary.[6]

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 30th AVN Awards were announced on November 30, 2012.

Major awards

Winners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 19, 2013, are highlighted in boldface.[7]

Movie of the YearFemale Performer of the Year
    • Oil Overload 7 (Best All-Sex Release)
    • Nurses 2 (Best Comedy)
    • Ass Trapped Undercover (Best Foreign Feature)
    • Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody (Best Parody - Comedy)
    • Spartacus MMXII: The Beginning (Best Parody - Drama)
    • Torn (Best Romance Movie)
    • Asa Akira to the Limit (Best Star Showcase)
    • Slutty and Sluttier 16 (Best Vignette Release)
    • Best New Starlets 2012 (Best Wall-to-Wall Release)
Male Performer of the YearTranssexual Performer of the Year
  • Vaniity
    • Celeste
    • Amy Daly
    • Danni Daniels
    • Jessica Fox
    • Joanna Jet
    • Eva Lin
    • Venus Lux
    • Sunshyne Monroe
    • Aly Sinclair
    • Brittany St. Jordan
    • Tiffany Starr
    • Wendy Summers
    • Sarina Valentina
    • Wendy Williams
Director of the YearBest New Starlet
Best ActorBest Actress
    • Nyomi Banxxx - Training Day: A Pleasure Dynasty Parody
    • Alektra Blue - Next Friday Night
    • Gracie Glam - Happy Endings
    • Presley Hart - Diary of Love
    • Allie Haze - Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody
    • Lily Labeau - Wasteland
    • Remy LaCroix - Torn
    • Brooklyn Lee - Voracious: The First Season
    • Kaylani Lei - Snatched
    • Natasha Nice - Love Is a Dangerous Game
    • Chanel Preston - Romeo & Juliet: A DreamZone Parody
    • Andy San Dimas - Café Amore
    • Bobbi Starr - The Truth About O
    • India Summer - The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody
Best Foreign FeatureBest Drama
  • Ass Trapped Undercover
    • The Bodyguard
    • Inglorious Bitches
    • The Journalist
    • Man Trap: Apply Within
    • A Million Dollar Hoax
    • The Nightmare of...
    • Seriel Fucker
    • Black Scary Movie
    • Blow
    • The Con Job
    • Countdown
    • The Four
    • In Her Head
    • Legal Appeal
    • A Mother's Love
    • Mothers & Daughters
    • My Mother's Best Friend 6
    • One Night in the Valley
    • The Truth About O
    • The Valley
    • Voracious: The First Season
Best Parody - ComedyBest Parody - Drama
  • Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody
    • The Addams Family XXX
    • Brazzers Presents: The Parodies 2
    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer XXX: A Parody
    • El Gordo y La Flaca XXX
    • Family Guy: The XXX Parody
    • Fuckenstein
    • Godfather: A DreamZone Parody
    • Men in Black: A Hardcore Parody
    • Mork & Mindy: A DreamZone Parody
    • Not Animal House XXX
    • Not The Three Stooges XXX
    • Official The Hangover Parody
    • Pee-Wee's XXX Adventure: A Porn Parody
    • This Ain't The Expendables XXX 3D
  • Spartacus MMXII: The Beginning
    • Birds of Prey XXX: A Sinister Comixxx Parody
    • Dallas XXX: A Parody
    • The Dark Knight XXX: A Porn Parody
    • Diary of Love
    • The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody
    • Iron Man XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody
    • Last Tango
    • Official Scarface Parody
    • Romeo & Juliet: A DreamZone Parody
    • This Ain't Avatar 2 XXX 3D: Escape From Pandwhora
    • This Ain't Jaws XXX 3D
    • Tomb Raider XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody
    • Training Day: A Pleasure Dynasty Parody
    • Zorro XXX: A Pleasure Dynasty Parody
Best Star ShowcaseBest Romance Release
  • Torn
    • Brave Hearts
    • Cafe Amore
    • Color of Love
    • Forever Love Trust
    • The Friend Zone
    • Happy Endings
    • Immortal Love
    • Love or Lust
    • Love, Marriage & Other Bad Ideas
    • A Mother's Love
    • Overnight
    • Shared Wives
    • Tango to Romance
    • Voila
Best Anal Sex SceneBest Oral Sex Scene
  • Lexi Belle - Massive Facials 4
    • Jessie Andrews, Cassandra Nix - Filthy Cocksucking Auditions
    • Alexis Ford - Alexis Ford Darkside
    • Havana Ginger, Ice La Fox - Rack City XXX
    • Allie Haze - Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody
    • Kimberly Kane - This Ain't The Expendables XXX 3D
    • Remy LaCroix - Massive Facials 5
    • Ashlynn Leigh - Massive Facials 5
    • Kristina Rose - Spit
    • Samantha Saint - The Insatiable Miss Saint
    • Katie St. Ives - The Valley
    • Sarah Shevon - Let Me Suck You 3
    • Heather Starlet - Let Me Suck You 3
    • Bobbi Starr - Spit
Best Boy/Girl Sex SceneBest Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production
  • Bibi Noel, Mira, Rocco Siffredi - Aliz Loves Rocco
    • Cindy Hope, Jessie Volt, Candy Alexa, Abbie Cat, Barbie White, Aliz, Bibi Noel, Jessica, Bellina, Victoria Tiffani, Keiran Lee, Scott Nails - Brazzers Worldwide: Budapest
    • Brooklyn Lee, LouLou, Danny D. - Brooklyn Lee: Nymphomaniac
    • Anissa Kate, Ian Scott, Omar - Den of Depravity
    • Franceska Jaimes, Nacho Vidal (scene 2) - Fucking Tour
    • Lea Lexis, Nick Lang, Mugur - In Anal Sluts We Trust 4
    • Aleska Diamond, Anastasia Devine, Anna Polina, Cindy Dollar, Defrancesca Gallardo, Katy, Nataly, Jenna Lovely, Lucy Bell, Niki Sweet, Silvie De Lux, Suzie Carina, Valleria, Pavel Matous, George Uhl, Marcio Gonzales, Leny Ewil, Steve Q., J. J. - Inglorious Bitches
    • Lucie Love, Kai Taylor - J’Adore
    • Closing orgy - The Journalist
    • Paige Ashley, Lexi Ward, Kai Taylor - Man Trap: Apply Within
    • Claire Castel group scene - Pornochic 23: Claire Castel
    • Melanie Memphis, Aliz, J. J., Neeo, Mr. Pete, Ian Scott, Mick Blue - A Ship E-rect
    • Holly D., Pascal White - Stilettos
    • Aliz, J. J., Leny Ewil - Swinger's Club Prive 2: Cum and Party
    • Franki, Danny D., George Uhl, Iain Tate - Young Harlots: Highland Fling
Best Girl-Girl Sex SceneThe Fan Awards
  • Dani Daniels, Sinn Sage - Dani Daniels Dare
Favorite Body:

Twitter Queen:

Favorite Porn Star:

Best Free Adult Website:

Additional Award Winners

These awards were not presented during the awards ceremony itself but were announced separately. In addition, the awards for Best Animated Release, Best Gonzo Series, Best Softcore Release, and Best Vignette Series were on the list of award categories,[8] but were not presented in 2013.

Video/DVD Categories

Video/DVD Categories (ctd.)

Pleasure Products

Retail and Distribution

Web and Technology Categories

Honorary AVN Awards

Reuben Sturman Award

Lasse Braun was awarded the Reuben Sturman Award, which "recognizes industry stalwarts who've made revolutionary strides for industry rights by battling legal and free speech obstructions."[9]

Visionary Award

Adam & Eve founder Phil Harvey was chosen to receive the second annual Visionary Award "not only for his success in taking a novelty start-up company into nearly every realm of adult commerce, but also for his sense of civic responsibility in helping to prevent the scourge of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies from destroying lives in Third World countries."[10]

Hall of Fame

The AVN Awards Hall of Fame inductees, "a handful of individuals who’ve left a perennial imprint in the history pages of the adult entertainment industry," for 2013 were:

Multiple awards and nominations

The following releases received multiple awards:

The following releases received the most nominations:

The following individuals received multiple awards:

The following individuals received the most nominations:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals were presenters or performers during the awards ceremony:

Presenters

Name(s) Role
Lea Lexis and Nick Hawk Presenters of the Best Actor and Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene awards
Tom Byron, Phoenix Marie, Ana Foxxx Presenters of the Best Star Showcase and Best Oral Sex Scene awards
Prinzzess Felicity Jade, Teagan Presley, Bailey Blue Presenters of the Best Romance and Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene awards
Brooklyn Lee Presenter of the AVN Best New Starlet Award
Presenters of the Best Anal Sex Scene and Best Parody - Comedy awards
Presenter of the Visionary Award
Presenters of the Best Actress and Best Parody - Drama awards
Presenters of the Transsexual Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year awards
Taylor Vixen, Brett Rossi, Emily Addison Presenters of the Best Foreign Feature and Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Production awards
Presenter of the Reuben Sturman Award
Presenters of the Best Drama and Director of the Year awards
Stormy Daniels, Jessica Drake, Kaylani Lei, Alektra Blue, Samantha Saint Presenters of the Movie of the Year award

Trophy girls

Performers

Name(s) Role Performed
Host Comedian
Performer Hip-hop hits "Rack City" and "Make It Nasty"
Performer Dance
Performers Mix of dance, sensuality and acrobatics[14]
Mark Stone and DJ Starlett [15] Performers Original music

Ceremony information

Changes to awards categories

Beginning with the 30th AVN Awards, the following changes to award categories took place:

Reception and review

Some media outlets were impressed by the show. Robin Leach of the Las Vegas Sun reported, "It was the annual sea of sexiness that couldn't take place anywhere else in the world."[16] He also noted the large size of the crowd as did the Huffington Post, which pointed out, "Thousands of fanboys and porn stars flooded the halls" and "all the A-listers were there."[17]

In Memoriam

As the show was beginning, AVN used a video segment to pay a tribute to adult-industry personalities who had died since the 2012 awards show:

Time constraints prevented the segment from being re-edited to include director Fred J. Lincoln, who had died a couple of days earlier.[18]

See also

Notes

Rather than nominees for the Movie of the Year category, voting is conducted separately just prior to the awards ceremony from among winners in "best release" categories[19] including those listed.

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tyga Will Perform Live At The 2013 AVN Awards. Danny M. Youngmoneyhq.com. September 28, 2012. January 11, 2013.
  2. 2013 AVN Awards Tickets on Sale Through Official Site. Adult Video News. September 26, 2012. January 11, 2013.
  3. AVN Announces Nominees for 2013 AVN Awards. Steve Javors. Peter Warren. amp. Adult Video News. 2012-11-30. 2013-01-11.
  4. Web site: Porn Again! Nadya Suleman Scores Best Celebrity Sex Tape Win at AVN Awards . Brandi Fowler . E! Entertainment Television . 2013-01-20 . 2013-01-22.
  5. Web site: The Braun Supremacy: Axel's Director of the Year Three-peat . Peter Warren . Adult Video News . 2013-02-01 . 2013-02-01.
  6. AVN Awards Announces New Trophy Design for 2013 . Adult Video News . January 3, 2013 . January 11, 2013.
  7. And Now... The 2013 AVN Award Winners!. Adult Video News. 2013-01-20. 2013-01-20.
  8. Pre-nom Site for 30th Annual AVN Awards Now Open. Adult Video News. September 20, 2012. January 31, 2014.
  9. Web site: AVN to Present Reuben Sturman Award to Lasse Braun . Peter Warren . Adult Video News . 2013-01-18 . 2013-01-20.
  10. Web site: AVN's 2nd Annual Visionary Award Goes to ... Phil Harvey! . Mark Kernes . Adult Video News . 2012-12-17 . 2013-01-15.
  11. Web site: AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees . AVN Staff . Adult Video News . 2012-12-21 . 2013-01-15.
  12. AVN Inducting 5 Into Hall of Fame-Pleasure Products Branch . Adult Video News . December 24, 2012 . January 20, 2013.
  13. Teal Conrad, Rikki Six Added as 2013 AVN Awards Trophy Girls. Adult Video News. January 3, 2013. January 11, 2013.
  14. 'Zumanity,' the Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil, to Perform at AVN Awards . Adult Video News . January 10, 2013 . January 11, 2013.
  15. Web site: DjStarlett's Profile. IMDb.
  16. News: 2013 AVN Awards photos: What happens in Vegas only happens in Vegas . . January 20, 2013 . January 31, 2014.
  17. News: AVN Awards Ceremony 2013: Porn Stars Win Big, Hit Red Carpet In Las Vegas . . January 20, 2013 . January 31, 2014.
  18. It Was a Very Good Night: 30th Annual AVN Awards Thrills. Mark Kernes. Adult Video News. 2013-01-20. 2013-01-22.
  19. AVN Unveils First-Ever Movie of the Year Award . Adult Video News . January 11, 2012 . January 13, 2013.,