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.[4] Comedian April Macie, AVN Hall of Fame inductee Jesse Jane and Asa Akira, who won Female Performer of the Year, hosted the AVN Awards.[1] The awards show was held immediately after the Adult Entertainment Expo at the same venue.
| 30th AVN Awards | |
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| Date | January 19, 2013 |
| Site | The Joint Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada |
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| Directed by | Gary D. Miller |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Wasteland |
| Most awards | Wasteland (7) |
| Most nominations | Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody (20) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Showtime[3] |
| Duration | 1 hour, 20 minutes |
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.[5] 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,[6] while Axel Braun won his third straight Director of the Year award[7] 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.[8]
Winners and nominees
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The nominees for the 30th AVN Awards were announced on November 30, 2012.[5]
Major awards
editWinners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 19, 2013, are highlighted in boldface.[9]
| Movie of the YearA | Female Performer of the Year | |
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| Male Performer of the Year | Transsexual Performer of the Year | |
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| Director of the Year | Best New Starlet | |
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| Best Actor | Best Actress | |
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| Best Foreign Feature | Best Drama | |
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| Best Parody - Comedy | Best Parody - Drama | |
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| Best Star Showcase | Best Romance Release | |
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| Best Anal Sex Scene | Best Oral Sex Scene | |
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| Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production | |
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| Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene | The Fan Awards | |
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Favorite Body: Twitter Queen: Favorite Porn Star: Best Free Adult Website:
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Additional Award Winners
editThese 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,[10] but were not presented in 2013.
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Video/DVD Categories (ctd.)
Pleasure Products
Retail and Distribution
Web and Technology Categories
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Honorary AVN Awards
editReuben Sturman Award
editLasse 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."[11]
Visionary Award
editAdam & 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."[12]
Hall of Fame
editThe 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:
- Video Branch: Kandi Barbour, Ashley Blue, Vanessa Blue, Mary Carey, Francois Clousot, Manuel Ferrara, Jesse Jane, Rebecca Lord, Shy Love, Anna Malle, Katie Morgan, Ralph Parfait, Mike Quasar, Julie Simone, Chris Streams and Vaniity
- Internet Founders Branch: Danni Ashe, Founder of Danni's Hard Drive; Anthony J., Founder of NetVideoGirls.com; and Bill Pinyon & Steve Wojcik, Founders of Badpuppy.com[13]
- Pleasure Product Branch: Dennis Paradise of Paradise Marketing, Mark Franks of Castle Megastore, and Teddy Rothstein, Irwin Schwartz & Elliot Schwartz of Nasstoys/Novelties by Nasswalk[14]
Multiple awards and nominations
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The following releases received multiple awards:
The following releases received the most nominations:
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The following individuals received multiple awards:
The following individuals received the most nominations:
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Presenters and performers
editThe following individuals were presenters or performers during the awards ceremony:
Presenters
editPresenters (in order of appearance)
| Name(s) | Role |
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| 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 |
| Joseline Hernandez, Stevie J., Ron Jeremy | Presenters of the Best Anal Sex Scene and Best Parody - Comedy awards |
| Steven Hirsch | Presenter of the Visionary Award |
| Annika Albrite, Riley Reid, Tommy Pistol | Presenters of the Best Actress and Best Parody - Drama awards |
| India Summer, Kimberly Kane, Dyanna Lauren | 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 |
| Axel Braun | Presenter of the Reuben Sturman Award |
| Lexi Belle, Aiden Ashley, Phil Varone | 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
editTrophy girls
- Bonnie Rotten[15]
- Teal Conrad[15]
- Rikki Six[15]
Performers
editPerformers
| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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| April Macie | Host | Comedian[1] |
| Tyga | Performer | Hip-hop hits "Rack City" and "Make It Nasty" |
| The Girls of Spearmint Rhino Las Vegas | Performer | Dance |
| Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity | Performers | Mix of dance, sensuality and acrobatics[16] |
| Mark Stone and DJ Starlett [17] | Performers | Original music |
Ceremony information
editChanges to awards categories
editBeginning with the 30th AVN Awards, the following changes to award categories took place:[5]
- The AVN Award for Best Feature has been renamed Best Drama to properly complement Best Comedy.
- The AVN Award for Best All-Sex Release - Mixed Format has been renamed Best Wall-to-Wall Release for movies that mix gonzo, vignette and all-sex scene genres.
- The discontinued AVN Award previously known as Best All-Sex/Vignette Series has been reintroduced as Best Continuing Series. (Similarly, the existing Best Foreign All-Sex Series and Best Foreign All-Sex Release awards were renamed Best Foreign Continuing Series and Best Foreign Non-Feature respectively.)
- The discontinued AVN Award Best New Production Company has been reintroduced because of market expansion.
- New categories, including Best Romance Release, Best Star Showcase and Best Transsexual Sex Scene have been introduced to reflect evolving market trends.
Reception and review
editSome 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."[18] 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."[19]
In Memoriam
editAs 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:
- Actress Kandi Barbour
- Actor Sledge Hammer
- Actress Hollie Stevens
- Director Kirdy Stevens (Taboo 1–5)
- Big Top Video's Sam Lessner
- Mainstream softcore director Zalman King
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution attorney Steven Swander.
Time constraints prevented the segment from being re-edited to include director Fred J. Lincoln, who had died a couple of days earlier.[20]
See also
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Notes
edit^A 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[21] including those listed.
- ^ a b c d e Steve Javors (December 11, 2012). "April Macie Named 2013 AVN Awards Host". Adult Video News. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ "Stone, Texas Named Special Correspondents for 2013 AVN Awards Red Carpet". Adult Video News. December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "Tyga Will Perform Live At The 2013 AVN Awards". Danny M. Youngmoneyhq.com. September 28, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "2013 AVN Awards Tickets on Sale Through Official Site". Adult Video News. September 26, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c Steve Javors & Peter Warren (November 30, 2012). "AVN Announces Nominees for 2013 AVN Awards". Adult Video News. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "Porn Again! Nadya Suleman Scores Best Celebrity Sex Tape Win at AVN Awards". Brandi Fowler. E! Entertainment Television. January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "The Braun Supremacy: Axel's Director of the Year Three-peat". Peter Warren. Adult Video News. February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ^ "AVN Awards Announces New Trophy Design for 2013". Adult Video News. January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "And Now... The 2013 AVN Award Winners!". Adult Video News. January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ "Pre-nom Site for 30th Annual AVN Awards Now Open". Adult Video News. September 20, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ "AVN to Present Reuben Sturman Award to Lasse Braun". Peter Warren. Adult Video News. January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ "AVN's 2nd Annual Visionary Award Goes to ... Phil Harvey!". Mark Kernes. Adult Video News. December 17, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN Staff. Adult Video News. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "AVN Inducting 5 Into Hall of Fame-Pleasure Products Branch" (Press release). Adult Video News. December 24, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Teal Conrad, Rikki Six Added as 2013 AVN Awards Trophy Girls". Adult Video News. January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "'Zumanity,' the Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil, to Perform at AVN Awards". Adult Video News. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "DjStarlett's Profile". IMDb.
- ^ "2013 AVN Awards photos: What happens in Vegas only happens in Vegas". Las Vegas Sun. January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ "AVN Awards Ceremony 2013: Porn Stars Win Big, Hit Red Carpet In Las Vegas". Huffington Post. January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Mark Kernes (January 20, 2013). "It Was a Very Good Night: 30th Annual AVN Awards Thrills". Adult Video News. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "AVN Unveils First-Ever Movie of the Year Award". Adult Video News. January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013.,
References
edit- Gary D. Miller (Director) (2013). The 2013 AVN Awards Show (Television production). Los Angeles, California: Showtime Networks.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to AVN Awards 2013.
- Official website - Complete list of winners
- The 2013 AVN Awards Show on YouTube
- Adult Video News Awards at the IMDb
- 2013 AVN Awards Show (2013 TV Special) at IMDb
- AVN Awards Nominees:
- 2013 (archived at Wayback Machine, January 18, 2013)
- 2013 AVN Award nominees