13th AVN Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 13

| award = AVN Awards

| image = 1996-AVN-Awards-VHS.jpg

| caption = The 1996 AVN Awards Show VHS box cover

| date = {{Start date|1996|01|07}}

| site = Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Paradise, Nevada

| host = {{plainlist|

Bobby Slayton
Jenna Jameson
Julia Ann{{cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Gene |title=Latex Sweeps 13th Annual AVN Awards Show|magazine=Adult Video News |location=Los Angeles, California|publisher=Adult Video News |date=March 1996 |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=26–84 }}

}}

| preshow =

| producer = Gary Miller

| director = Mark Stone

| best_picture = Blue Movie (Best Film)

| most_wins = Latex (11)

| most_nominations =

| network = Spice Networks

| duration =

| ratings =

| last = 12th

| next = 14th

}}

The 13th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) honored the best pornographic films of 1995 and took place on January 7, 1996 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Paradise, Nevada, beginning at 8:15 p.m. PST / 11:15 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 97 categories. The ceremony, taped for broadcast in the United States by Spice Networks, was produced and directed by Gary Miller and Mark Stone.{{cite AV media |people=Stone, Mark (Director) |year=1996 |title=The 1996 AVN Awards |medium=videotape |publisher=VCA Pictures }} Comedian Bobby Slayton hosted the show for the first time, alongside actress co-hosts Jenna Jameson and Julia Ann. Hall of Fame inductees were honored at a gala held a month earlier.

Latex won the most statuettes, taking 11. Other winners included Blue Movie with four awards and gay video The Renegade with three.

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 7, 1996. Latex won 11 of the 14 categories in which it was nominated. Rocco Siffredi became the first two-time winner of the Male Performer of the Year award. Jenna Jameson was the first Best New Starlet award winner to also take home a Best Actress award. Mike Horner won his fourth Best Actor—Film award.

=Major awards=

File:Jenna Jameson 2 2008.jpg, Best New Starlet winner]]

File: Rocco Siffredi 2010.jpg, Male Performer of the Year winner]]

File:Kaitlyn Ashley.jpg, Female Performer of the Year winner]]

File:Mike Horner.jpg—Film winner]]

File:2 Jeanna Fine (crop).jpg, Best Actress—Film winner]]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).

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style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Film ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Shot-on-Video Feature
valign="top" \| *Blue Movie{{double-dagger}} Borderline* Cinesex 1 & 2 A Clockwork Orgy Comeback Exstasy The Girl With the Heart-Shaped Tattoo Heartbeat Lessons in Love Marquis de Sade The Passion Russian Roulette Sex 2 Skin Hunger \| valign="top" \| *Latex{{double-dagger}} Compulsive Behaviour* Devil in Miss Jones 5 Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3 Gigolo 1 & 2 Lingerie New Wave Hookers 4 The Razor's Edge The Tower 1, 2 & 3
colspan="2" style="background:#89cff0" \| Best New Starlet
colspan="2" valign="top" \| Jenna Jameson{{double-dagger}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} Davia Ardell Juli Ashton J. R. Carrington Sid Deuce Melissa Hill {{Col-2-of-2}} Jill Kelly Rachel Love Lovette Marilyn Star{{Citation needed\|date=January 2022}} Nici Sterling Jenteal {{Col-end}}
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Male Performer of the Year ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Female Performer of the Year
valign="top" \| Rocco Siffredi{{double-dagger}} T. T. Boy Jon Dough Steve Hatcher Steven St. Croix Alex Sanders Tony Tedeschi \| valign="top" \| Kaitlyn Ashley{{double-dagger}} Tammi Ann Juli Ashton Celeste Careena Collins Jeanna Fine Tera Heart Melissa Hill Jenna Jameson Lana Sands Nici Sterling
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Actor—Film ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Actress—Film
valign="top" \| Mike Horner, Lessons in Love{{double-dagger}} Jon Dough, Heartbeat Jonathan Morgan, On Her Back Steven St. Croix, Cinesex Steven St. Croix, Blue Movie Tony Tedeschi, Skin Hunger Randy West, Companion: Aroused 2 \| valign="top" \| Jeanna Fine, Skin Hunger{{double-dagger}} Christy Canyon, Comeback Celeste, Borderline Jeanna Fine, Blue Movie Melissa Hill, Girl with the Heart-Shaped Tattoo Kylie Ireland, The Passion Dyanna Lauren, Night Play Leena, Cinesex 1 & 2 Tiffany Million, Silk Stockings Tiffany Million, Exstasy
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Actor—Video ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Supporting Actress—Film
valign="top" \| Jon Dough, Latex{{double-dagger}} Mike Horner, Butt Detective Jonathan Morgan, Risque Burlesque Alex Sanders, Strip Poker Joey Silvera, Fresh Meat Steven St. Croix, The Romeo Syndrome Steven St. Croix, Generally Horny Hospital Tony Tedeschi, Anal Intruder 9: The Butt from Another Planet Marc Wallice, Candy Factory \| valign="top" \| Ariana, Desert Moon{{double-dagger}} Lisa Ann, Skin Hunger Asia Carrera, Comeback Nina Hartley, Night Play Jenna Jameson, Blue Movie Tiffany Million, Sex 2 Tina Tyler, Forever Young
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Supporting Actor—Video ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Supporting Actress—Video
valign="top" \| Alex Sanders, Dear Diary{{double-dagger}} Ron Jeremy, Fresh Meat Jonathan Morgan, Sex Lives of Clowns Joey Silvera, Sorority Stewardesses Tony Tedeschi, Renegades Tony Tedeschi, Risque Burlesque Marc Wallice, Sloppy Seconds \| valign="top" \| Jeanna Fine, Dear Diary{{double-dagger}} Ariana, Black Flava Celeste, Bad Girls 6 Melissa Hill, Arrowhead Jordan Lee, The Artist Ona Zee, Razor's Edge
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Director—Film ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Director—Video
valign="top" \| Michael Zen, Blue Movie{{double-dagger}} Nic Cramer, A Clockwork Orgy Toni English, Girl With the Heart-Shaped Tattoo Jean-Pierre Ferrand, Russian Roulette Robert McCallum, Exstasy Michael Ninn, Sex 2 Phil M. Noir, The Passion O, Lessons in Love Mitch Spinelli, Heartbeat Paul Thomas, Borderline Paul Thomas, Comeback Michael Zen, Cinesex 1 & 2 \| valign="top" \| Michael Ninn, Latex{{double-dagger}} Stuart Canterbury, Natural Born Thrillers Gregory Dark, Devil in Miss Jones 5 Teri Diver and Tom Elliot, Compulsive Behaviour Edwin Durrell, Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3 Jim Enright, Risque Burlesque Jim Holliday, Sorority Stewardesses John Leslie, Fresh Meat Mark Stone, Sex Trek 4 & 5 Mondo Tundra, The Butt Detective Pierre Woodman, Gigolo 1 & 2 Ona Zee and Frank Zee, Razor's Edge
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Sex Comedy ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best All-Sex Video
valign="top" \| *Risque Burlesque{{double-dagger}} The Butt Detective* Generally Horny Hospital On Her Back Pubic Access Sex Trek IV & V Sorority Stewardesses Spirit Guide The XXX Files: Lust in Space \| valign="top" \| *Bottom Dweller 33 1/3{{double-dagger}} Buttman's European Vacation* The Coming of Nikita Dirty Tricks Fazano's Student Bodies Kink Pussyman 8: The Squirt Queens Rocco Goes to Prague Sluts ’n Angels in Budapest Stretchin’ the Rear Sodomania 12 Takin’ it to the Limit 6
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Selling Tape of the Year ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Renting Tape of the Year
valign="top" \| *Latex{{double-dagger}} \| valign="top" \| Latex*{{double-dagger}}
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Couples Sex Scene—Film ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
valign="top" \| T. T. Boy, Jenna Jameson, Blue Movie Tony Tedeschi, Christy Canyon, Comeback Debi Diamond, T. T. Boy, Girl with the Heart-Shaped Tattoo Kaitlyn Ashley, Joey Silvera; Heartbeat Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo, first scene; Jungle Heat Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo; Marquis de Sade Rocco Siffredi, Celeste; Nylon Kaitlyn Ashley, T. T. Boy; Reality and Fantasy Gerry Pike, Shayla LaVeaux; Sex 2 Lisa Ann, Steven St. Croix; Skin Hunger \| valign="top" \| Debbie Dee, Rocco Siffredi, Buttman's Big Tit Adventure 3 Ben Dover, Nici Sterling, Wilde Oscar; Ben Dover's British Butt Search Kirsty Waay, Jon Dough; Fresh Meat Amber Woods, Nick East; Generally Horny Hospital Brittany O’Connell, Mike Horner; Intersextion Jon Dough, Sid Deuce; Jon Dough's Dirty Stories Sindee Coxx, Tom Byron; Natural Born Thrillers Alex Sanders, Sid Deuce; Pool Party at Seymore's 1 Rocco Siffredi, Sandy; Sandy Insatiable Seymore Butts, Kylie Ireland; Seymore and Shane Do Ireland Christoph Clark, Cristina Valenti; Sluts ’n Angels in Budapest Melissa Hill, Jon Dough, Ashlyn Gere, Sean Michaels; Visions 2
style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Most Outrageous Sex Scene ! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" \| Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
valign="top" \| Channone, David Perry, Jean-Yves Le Castel, Sex under the Eiffel Tower, Private Video Magazine 20 Debi Diamond, food group masturbation scene, Coming Attractions Shonna Lynn, the ghoul scene, Depraved Fantasies 4 Teri Weigel, Marc Wallice, Vince Vouyer, double vaginal, Encore Corral scene, Kink 2 Domonique Simone and Sean Michaels in a helicopter, The Passion Gaping anus scene, Marquis de Sade Alex Sanders, Nicole Lace, Nici Sterling, Jon Dough, infantilism scene; Sodomania 12 Fallon, Ron Jeremy, Dave Hardman, Dick Nasty, 3 other guys, Head on a silver platter, Stuff Your Face Again Annabel Chong, Trapeze gang bang, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in an Anal Movie? Kimberly Kyle, Blowup doll scene, Wicked Ways 2 Coralie, Mark Davis, Sean Michaels, Threeway on a Paris metro, World Sex Tour \| valign="top" \| Felecia, Careena Collins, Jill Kelly, Misty Rain, Traci Allen; Takin’ It to the Limit 6 Assmania 2 Babes of the Bay 2 The Butt Detective Candy Factory Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3 Life's a Beach Pussyman 9 Sorority Stewardesses Stretchin’ the Rear The Voyeur 5 Whispered Secrets of the Call Girls

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style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Film

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Shot-on-Video Feature

valign="top" |

Blue Movie{{double-dagger}}
Borderline
Cinesex 1 & 2
A Clockwork Orgy
Comeback
Exstasy
The Girl With the Heart-Shaped Tattoo
Heartbeat
Lessons in Love
Marquis de Sade
The Passion
Russian Roulette
Sex 2
Skin Hunger

| valign="top" |

Latex{{double-dagger}}
Compulsive Behaviour
Devil in Miss Jones 5
Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3
Gigolo 1 & 2
Lingerie
New Wave Hookers 4
The Razor's Edge
The Tower 1, 2 & 3

colspan="2" style="background:#89cff0" | Best New Starlet

colspan="2" valign="top" |

Jenna Jameson{{double-dagger}}

Davia Ardell
Juli Ashton
J. R. Carrington
Sid Deuce
Melissa Hill

Jill Kelly
Rachel Love
Lovette
Marilyn Star{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
Nici Sterling
Jenteal

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Male Performer of the Year

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Female Performer of the Year

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Kaitlyn Ashley{{double-dagger}}
Tammi Ann
Juli Ashton
Celeste
Careena Collins
Jeanna Fine
Tera Heart
Melissa Hill
Jenna Jameson
Lana Sands
Nici Sterling

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Actor—Film

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Actress—Film

valign="top" |

Mike Horner, Lessons in Love{{double-dagger}}
Jon Dough, Heartbeat
Jonathan Morgan, On Her Back
Steven St. Croix, Cinesex
Steven St. Croix, Blue Movie
Tony Tedeschi, Skin Hunger
Randy West, Companion: Aroused 2

| valign="top" |

Jeanna Fine, Skin Hunger{{double-dagger}}
Christy Canyon, Comeback
Celeste, Borderline
Jeanna Fine, Blue Movie
Melissa Hill, Girl with the Heart-Shaped Tattoo
Kylie Ireland, The Passion
Dyanna Lauren, Night Play
Leena, Cinesex 1 & 2
Tiffany Million, Silk Stockings
Tiffany Million, Exstasy

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Actor—Video

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Supporting Actress—Film

valign="top" |

Jon Dough, Latex{{double-dagger}}
Mike Horner, Butt Detective
Jonathan Morgan, Risque Burlesque
Alex Sanders, Strip Poker
Joey Silvera, Fresh Meat
Steven St. Croix, The Romeo Syndrome
Steven St. Croix, Generally Horny Hospital
Tony Tedeschi, Anal Intruder 9: The Butt from Another Planet
Marc Wallice, Candy Factory

| valign="top" |

Ariana, Desert Moon{{double-dagger}}
Lisa Ann, Skin Hunger
Asia Carrera, Comeback
Nina Hartley, Night Play
Jenna Jameson, Blue Movie
Tiffany Million, Sex 2
Tina Tyler, Forever Young

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Supporting Actor—Video

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Supporting Actress—Video

valign="top" |

Alex Sanders, Dear Diary{{double-dagger}}
Ron Jeremy, Fresh Meat
Jonathan Morgan, Sex Lives of Clowns
Joey Silvera, Sorority Stewardesses
Tony Tedeschi, Renegades
Tony Tedeschi, Risque Burlesque
Marc Wallice, Sloppy Seconds

| valign="top" |

Jeanna Fine, Dear Diary{{double-dagger}}
Ariana, Black Flava
Celeste, Bad Girls 6
Melissa Hill, Arrowhead
Jordan Lee, The Artist
Ona Zee, Razor's Edge

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Director—Film

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Director—Video

valign="top" |

Michael Zen, Blue Movie{{double-dagger}}
Nic Cramer, A Clockwork Orgy
Toni English, Girl With the Heart-Shaped Tattoo
Jean-Pierre Ferrand, Russian Roulette
Robert McCallum, Exstasy
Michael Ninn, Sex 2
Phil M. Noir, The Passion
O, Lessons in Love
Mitch Spinelli, Heartbeat
Paul Thomas, Borderline
Paul Thomas, Comeback
Michael Zen, Cinesex 1 & 2

| valign="top" |

Michael Ninn, Latex{{double-dagger}}
Stuart Canterbury, Natural Born Thrillers
Gregory Dark, Devil in Miss Jones 5
Teri Diver and Tom Elliot, Compulsive Behaviour
Edwin Durrell, Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3
Jim Enright, Risque Burlesque
Jim Holliday, Sorority Stewardesses
John Leslie, Fresh Meat
Mark Stone, Sex Trek 4 & 5
Mondo Tundra, The Butt Detective
Pierre Woodman, Gigolo 1 & 2
Ona Zee and Frank Zee, Razor's Edge

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Sex Comedy

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best All-Sex Video

valign="top" |

Risque Burlesque{{double-dagger}}
The Butt Detective
Generally Horny Hospital
On Her Back
Pubic Access
Sex Trek IV & V
Sorority Stewardesses
Spirit Guide
The XXX Files: Lust in Space

| valign="top" |

Bottom Dweller 33 1/3{{double-dagger}}
Buttman's European Vacation
The Coming of Nikita
Dirty Tricks
Fazano's Student Bodies
Kink
Pussyman 8: The Squirt Queens
Rocco Goes to Prague
Sluts ’n Angels in Budapest
Stretchin’ the Rear
Sodomania 12
Takin’ it to the Limit 6

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Selling Tape of the Year

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Renting Tape of the Year

valign="top" |

Latex{{double-dagger}}

| valign="top" |

Latex{{double-dagger}}

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Couples Sex Scene—Film

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best Couples Sex Scene—Video

valign="top" |

T. T. Boy, Jenna Jameson, Blue Movie
Tony Tedeschi, Christy Canyon, Comeback
Debi Diamond, T. T. Boy, Girl with the Heart-Shaped Tattoo
Kaitlyn Ashley, Joey Silvera; Heartbeat
Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo, first scene; Jungle Heat
Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo; Marquis de Sade
Rocco Siffredi, Celeste; Nylon
Kaitlyn Ashley, T. T. Boy; Reality and Fantasy
Gerry Pike, Shayla LaVeaux; Sex 2
Lisa Ann, Steven St. Croix; Skin Hunger

| valign="top" |

Debbie Dee, Rocco Siffredi, Buttman's Big Tit Adventure 3
Ben Dover, Nici Sterling, Wilde Oscar; Ben Dover's British Butt Search
Kirsty Waay, Jon Dough; Fresh Meat
Amber Woods, Nick East; Generally Horny Hospital
Brittany O’Connell, Mike Horner; Intersextion
Jon Dough, Sid Deuce; Jon Dough's Dirty Stories
Sindee Coxx, Tom Byron; Natural Born Thrillers
Alex Sanders, Sid Deuce; Pool Party at Seymore's 1
Rocco Siffredi, Sandy; Sandy Insatiable
Seymore Butts, Kylie Ireland; Seymore and Shane Do Ireland
Christoph Clark, Cristina Valenti; Sluts ’n Angels in Budapest
Melissa Hill, Jon Dough, Ashlyn Gere, Sean Michaels; Visions 2

style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Most Outrageous Sex Scene

! style="background:#89cff0" width="50%" | Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video

valign="top" |

Channone, David Perry, Jean-Yves Le Castel, Sex under the Eiffel Tower, Private Video Magazine 20
Debi Diamond, food group masturbation scene, Coming Attractions
Shonna Lynn, the ghoul scene, Depraved Fantasies 4
Teri Weigel, Marc Wallice, Vince Vouyer, double vaginal, Encore
Corral scene, Kink 2
Domonique Simone and Sean Michaels in a helicopter, The Passion
Gaping anus scene, Marquis de Sade
Alex Sanders, Nicole Lace, Nici Sterling, Jon Dough, infantilism scene; Sodomania 12
Fallon, Ron Jeremy, Dave Hardman, Dick Nasty, 3 other guys, Head on a silver platter, Stuff Your Face Again
Annabel Chong, Trapeze gang bang, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in an Anal Movie?
Kimberly Kyle, Blowup doll scene, Wicked Ways 2
Coralie, Mark Davis, Sean Michaels, Threeway on a Paris metro, World Sex Tour

| valign="top" |

Felecia, Careena Collins, Jill Kelly, Misty Rain, Traci Allen; Takin’ It to the Limit 6
Assmania 2
Babes of the Bay 2
The Butt Detective
Candy Factory
Every Woman Has a Fantasy 3
Life's a Beach
Pussyman 9
Sorority Stewardesses
Stretchin’ the Rear
The Voyeur 5
Whispered Secrets of the Call Girls

= Additional award winners=

These awards were also announced at the awards show, most in a winners-only segment for technical achievements read by Dyanna Lauren or a second winners-only segment read by Julia Ann.

Best Actress, Video: Jenna Jameson, Wicked One
Best All-Girl Feature: Buttslammers 10
Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film: Felecia, Misty Rain, Jenteal; Fantasy Chamber
Best All-Sex Film: The Player
Best Alternative Adult Feature Film: Under Lock & Key
Best Alternative Adult Film Featurette or Specialty Tape: The Best of Pamela Anderson
Best Alternative Adult Video: Buttman at Nudes a Poppin' 2
Best Amateur Tape: New Faces, Hot Bodies 17
Best Amateur Series: Mike Hott Video
Best Anal Sex Scene, Film: Gaping anus scene; Marquis de Sade
Best Anal Sex Scene, Video: Careena Collins & Jake Steed—blindfold anal; Bottom Dweller 33 1/3
Best Anal-Themed Feature: Anal Intruder 9: The Butt from Another Planet
Best Art Direction, Film: Cinesex 1 & 2
Best Art Direction, Video: Latex
Best Bisexual Video: Remembering Times Gone Bi
Best Box Cover Concept: Strip Tease
Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video: Courting Libido
Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction: Virtual Valerie 2
Best CD-ROM Photo Disk: Visions of Erotica
Best Cinematography: Bill Smith, Sex 2
Best Compilation Tape: Pussyman 11: Prime Cuts
Best Continuing Video Series: Takin' It to the Limit
Best Director, Bisexual Video: James C. Stark, Remembering Times Gone Bi
Best Director, Gay Video: John Rutherford, The Renegade
Best Editing for a Film: Michael Zen, Blue Movie
Best Editing—Gay Video: Josh Eliot, Jawbreaker
Best Ethnic-Themed Video: My Baby Got Back 6
Best European Release (The Hot Vidéo Award): Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia (Italy)
Best Explicit Series: Vivid 4-Hour Series
Best Featurette Tape: Sodomania 12
Best Foreign Feature: The Tower 1, 2 & 3
Best Foreign Featurette Tape: Private Video Magazine 20
Best Gang Bang Tape: 30 Men for Sandy
Best Gay Alternative Video Release: Siberian Heat
Best Gay Solo Video: Rex Chandler: One on One
Best Gay Specialty Release: Pissed
Best Gay Video: The Renegade
Best Gonzo Video: Pool Party at Seymore's 1 & 2
Best Gonzo Series: The Voyeur

Best Group Sex Scene, Film: Orgy Finale; Borderline
Best Group Sex Scene, Video: Stephanie Sartori, Erika Bella, Mark Davis, Sean Michaels; World Sex Tour, Vol. 1
Best Interactive CD-ROM: Space Sirens 2
Best Interactive CD-ROM Game: Adventures of Seymore Butts II: In Pursuit of Pleasure
Best Music: Dino Ninn, Latex
Best Music, Gay Video: Sharon Kane & Casey Jordan, Johnny Rey's Sex Series 2: Score of Sex
Best Newcomer, Gay Video: Ken Ryker
Best Non-Sex Performance, Film or Video: Veronica Hart, Nylon
Best Non-Sexual Performance—Gay, Bi, Trans Video: Lana Luster, Driven Home
Best Original CD-ROM Concept: Virtual Sex Shoot
Best Overall Marketing Campaign: Virtual Max 3-D System
Best Packaging, Film: Borderline
Best Packaging—Gay Video: An Officer and His Gentleman
Best Packaging, Specialty: The Journal of O
Best Packaging, Video: Style 2
Best Performer—Gay Video: Ken Ryker, The Renegade
Best Pro-Am Series: Up and Cummers
Best Pro-Am Tape: More Dirty Debutantes 38
Best Screenplay, Film: Raven Touchstone, Cinesex 1 & 2
Best Screenplay, Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, The Diamond Stud
Best Screenplay, Video: Jace Rocker, Risque Burlesque
Best Sex Scene, Gay Video: Daryl Brock, Chip Daniels, Rod Majors, Ty Russell, Scott Russell; Jawbreaker
Best Special Effects: Latex
Best Specialty Tape, Bondage: Kym Wilde's On the Edge 23
Best Specialty Tape, Big Bust: Tits
Best Specialty Tape, Other Genre: Leg Tease
Best Specialty Tape, Spanking: Blistered Your Buns
Best Supporting Actor, Film: Steven St. Croix, Forever Young
Best Supporting Performer, Gay Video: Johnny Rahm, All About Steve
Best Tease Performance: Christy Canyon, Comeback
Best Trailer: Latex
Best Transsexual Video: A Real Man
Best Video Editing: D3, Latex
Best Videography: Barry Harley, Latex
Best Videography—Gay Video: Todd Montgomery, Big River
Gay Video Performer of the Year: J. T. Sloan

= Honorary AVN Awards =

== Special Achievement Award ==

Ed Powers, 4-Play Video

== Hall of Fame ==

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1996, announced at a gala a month prior to the AVN Awards show, were: Andrew Blake, Gino Colbert, The Dark Brothers, Ashlyn Gere, Savannah, Matt Sterling, Jennifer Welles, Tori Welles

= Multiple nominations and awards =

Latex won the most statuettes, taking 11 of the 14 categories in which it was nominated. Other winners included Blue Movie with four awards and gay video The Renegade with three. Two statuettes went to each of Borderline, Bottom Dweller 33 1/3, Cinesex 1 & 2, Dear Diary, Jawbreaker, Private Video Magazine 20, Remembering Times Gone Bi and Risque Burlesque.

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Houston and Tracy Love.

= Presenters=

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Name(s) ! Role
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{{sortname\|Tabitha\|Stevens}} Sahara Sands Sindee Cox Celeste Alex Sanders	Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video and Best Group Sex Scene—Video
{{sortname\|Melissa\|Hill}} Jenteal Colt Steel Alicia Rio	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film
{{sortname\|Tiffany\|Million}} Marylin Star Mark Davis Micki Lynn	Presenters of the Awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video
{{sortname\|Dyanna\|Lauren}}	Announced the winners in various technical achievement categories
{{sortname\|Gene\|Ross	nolink=1}}	Presenter of the Special Achievement Award
{{sortname\|Tawny\|Peaks}} Otto & George Troupe Crystal Storm Lori Wagner Rocki Roads	Presenters of the award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene
{{sortname\|Misty\|Rain}} Jeanna Fine Steve Hatcher Dave Nelson	Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film and Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
{{sortname\|Chad\|Connors}} Ty Sonny Markham Crystal Crawford Chip Daniels	Presenters of the awards for Best Director—Gay Video and Gay Video Performer of the Year
{{sortname\|David\|Chryso	nolink=1}} Coralie Delilah	Presenters of the Hot Vidéo Award (Best European Release)
	Abbreviated Hall of Fame sequence, which announced inductees previously honored at a gala
{{sortname\|Christy\|Canyon}} Randy West Sid Deuce Kia Shanna McCullough Nina Hartley	Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
{{sortname\|Paul\|Fishbein}}	Presenter of the awards for Best Selling Tape and Best Renting Tape
{{sortname\|Julia\|Ann}}	Announced winners in the second winners-only segment
{{sortname\|Kylie\|Ireland}}	Presenter of the award for Best New Starlet
{{sortname\|Nikki\|Tyler}} Jon Dough Rosa Caracciolo Rocco Siffredi	Presenters of the awards for Best Director—Video and Best Director—Film
{{sortname\|Careena\|Collins}} Tom Byron Chasey Lain Melissa Monet	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video
{{sortname\|Lisa\|Ann}} Ice-T Shane Juli Ashton Peter North Kaitlyn Ashley Tammi Ann	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Film and Best Actress—Film
{{sortname\|Karen\|Dior}} Dino Phillips Johnny Rey Jordan Young	Presenters of the award for Best Gay Video
{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Lord}} Rebecca Wild Steven St. Croix Kaylan Nicole Janine	Presenters of the awards for Best All-Sex Video and Best Sex Comedy
{{sortname\|Shyla\|Foxx}} Jasmine St. Clair Nici Sterling T. T. Boy Jonathan Morgan	Presenters of the awards for Best Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Film

=Performers=

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Name(s)	Role	Performed
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{{sortname\|Dyanna\|Lauren}} Serenity and Her Dancers The Stingers	Performer	Opening number: "Give Me Liberty"
{{sortname\|Bobby\|Slayton}}	Host	Standup comedy
{{sortname\|Otto\|& George}}	Performer	Ventriloquist comedy act
{{sortname\|Al\|Goldstein}}	Performer	Introduces video segment in which Ron Jeremy gets killed
{{sortname\|Bobby\|Slayton}}	Host	Introduces "a statement-making video meditation on Hollywood hypocrisy"
{{sortname\|Chi Chi\|LaRue}} The Lollypop Girls The Stingers	Performer	Musical number: "The Lollypop Song"

Ceremony information

The 13th AVN Awards Show marked the first time the awards show was open to the public. In addition, Bobby Slayton was the show's first host who was not affiliated with the adult film industry. The theme of the show was "Give me liberty."

Several other people and elements were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Gary Miller and Mark Stone served as producer and director for the show while Marco Polo served as director of the broadcast. Mark Stone served as musical director for the ceremony. Choreographer Serenity supervised the performances of the dance numbers. Ventriloquist act Otto & George performed standup comedy during the proceedings.

Best Sex Comedy was a new category at this year's show.

Latex was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.

Adult PC Guide magazine noted the show was videotaped for broadcast on Spice Networks and featured "a huge set, motion-controlled cameras and a production that would have rivaled the Oscars."{{cite magazine |last=Salman |first=Greg |title=Show & Tell |magazine=Adult PC Guide |location=Miami Lakes, Florida|publisher=Dugent Publishing Corp. |date=June 1996 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=14–19 }} A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures.

=Critical reviews=

High Society magazine said, "Nothing that happened at the Oscars could possibly top this evening for excitement."{{cite magazine |title=Vegas Strip Poker: Where the Porn Stars Play to Win!|magazine=High Society |location=New York|date=July 1995 |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=26–31 |issn=1075-0800 }} Adult Cinema Review called the show "dazzling." It noted serving food in an auditorium gave way to chaos and "thousands of jabbering people made it hard to accomplish anything but light conversation," however, "there were no real complaints."{{cite magazine |title=CES show a dazzling success! Adult Video News Show|magazine=Adult Cinema Review |location=New York|publisher=Adult Movie Review, Inc. |date=July 1996 |volume=14 |issue=7 |pages=66–67, 94 }}

In Memoriam

Paul Fishbein "memorialized three performers in the industry who passed away this year:" Alex Jordan, Cal Jammer and Kristi Lynn.

Notes

Bibliography

{{cite magazine |date=July 1996 |title=Porn Video Award Show: World's Rudest & Raunchiest Pussy Party: Your Backstage Pass! |magazine=Cheri Magazine }}
{{cite magazine |date=1996 |title=Awards in the "X" |language=fr |magazine=Hot Vidéo magazine |location=France }}
{{cite magazine |date=April 1996 |title=1996 AVN Awards Show |language=ja |magazine=Bachelor magazine |location=Japan }}

External links

{{official website|www.avnawards.com/| AVN Awards}}
[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Adult_Video_News_Awards/ Adult Video News Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119011618/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Adult_Video_News_Awards/ |date=January 19, 2009 }} at the Internet Movie Database
{{IMDb title | 0159944 | Adult Video News Awards 1996 | (1996 Video) }}
{{IAFD movie|adult+video+news+awards+1996|1996|Adult Video News Awards 1996}}
{{AFD movie|37166|1996 AVN Awards}}

13th AVN Awards

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