35th AVN Awards
{{Short description|Adult industry award ceremony in 2018}}
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| number = 35
| award = AVN Awards
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| date = {{Start date|2018|01|27}}
| site = The Joint
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada, USA
| host = {{Plainlist|
- Harli Lotts{{cite magazine|title=Angela White, Harli Lotts Revealed as 2018 AVN Awards Show Hosts|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/angela-white-harli-lotts-revealed-as-2018-avn-awards-show-hosts-735247.html|magazine=Adult Video News|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002120748/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/angela-white-harli-lotts-revealed-as-2018-avn-awards-show-hosts-735247.html|url-status=live}}
- Angela White
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| best_picture = Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy
| most_wins = {{Plainlist|
- Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (6)
- Angela 3 (6)
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| most_nominations = Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (13)
| network = Showtime
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| last = 34th
| next = 36th
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The 35th AVN Awards, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017, and took place on January 27, 2018 at The Joint in Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, Adult Video News presented AVN Awards (often referred to as the Oscars of porn{{cite news|url=http://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/kapow-justice-league-xxx-sweeps-porns-oscars|title=KAPOW! Justice League XXX sweeps porn's Oscars|access-date=February 4, 2018|date=February 2, 2018|newspaper=Toronto Sun|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203012541/http://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/kapow-justice-league-xxx-sweeps-porns-oscars|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hardcore-porn-trends-2018|title=6 Steamy Porn Trends You'll See In 2018|access-date=February 4, 2018|author=Drillinger, Meagan|date=January 25, 2018|work=Men's Health|quote=Ahead of the Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) and AVN Awards (a.k.a. the porn Oscars) in Las Vegas this year ...|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184527/https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hardcore-porn-trends-2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/any-exposure-is-good-exposure-at-porn-expo-a-trump-sized-spotlight-on-two-industry-stars/2018/01/27/3c435d5e-004e-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html|title='Any exposure is good exposure': At porn expo, a Trump-size spotlight on two industry stars|access-date=February 4, 2018|author=Frances Stead Sellers|date=January 27, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|quote=Instead, Trump’s biggest impact at the annual porn convention at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was to put a brighter spotlight on Daniels and Drake, who had both been nominated for honors Saturday night in a red-carpet awards ceremony regarded as the Oscars of erotica.|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201115024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/any-exposure-is-good-exposure-at-porn-expo-a-trump-sized-spotlight-on-two-industry-stars/2018/01/27/3c435d5e-004e-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html|url-status=live}}) in more than 100 categories. Webcam star Harli Lotts and performer/director Angela White co-hosted the ceremony, each for the first time. Master of ceremonies was comedian Aries Spears.
The show was webcast live on AVN.com originating from Livestream.com. This year also marked the return of GayVN Awards after extended hiatus held at same location a week before AVN awards; both being part of AVN Adult Entertainment Expo also known as AVN Week.{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2018-gayvn-awards-pre-nomination-site-launches-742236.html|title=2018 GayVN Awards Pre-Nomination Site Launches {{!}} AVN|last=AVN|first=AVN Staff|website=AVN|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030409/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2018-gayvn-awards-pre-nomination-site-launches-742236.html|url-status=live}}
Best Drama winner Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy earned honors as Best Movie.{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2018-avn-award-winners-announced-759869.html |title=2018 AVN Award Winners Announced |author= |date=January 28, 2018 |website=Adult Video News |publisher=AVN Media Network |access-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031407/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2018-avn-award-winners-announced-759869.html |url-status=live }} However, Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody and Angela 3 each won six awards, tied for the most honors at the show. Movie of the Year winner Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy took four trophies.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 35th AVN Awards were announced on November 16, 2017, at the annual AVN Awards Nominations Party at The Edison lounge in downtown Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/nominees-unveiled-for-2018-avn-awards-751192.html |title=Nominees Unveiled for 2018 AVN Awards |author=Peter Warren |date=November 18, 2017 |website=Adult Video News |publisher=AVN Media Network |access-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202185752/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/nominees-unveiled-for-2018-avn-awards-751192.html |url-status=live }}| {{cite web |url=https://avn.com/awards/nominees|title=Nominees 2018|website=AVN.com |publisher=Adult Video News.|language=en |access-date=December 14, 2020 }}
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 27, 2018.
The major performer awards went to Angela White, AVN Female Performer of the Year Award; Markus Dupree, Male Performer of the Year and Jill Kassidy, Best New Starlet. In terms of movies, the big winners were Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody and Angela 3, each with six awards.
= Major awards =
File:Angela White 2017.jpg, winner of the 2018 AVN Female Performer of the Year Award]]
File:Tommy Pistol 2013.jpg, winner of the 2018 Best Actor Award]]
File:Greg Lansky at the 2016 AVN Awards in Las Vegas, NV.JPG, Director of the Year for 2018]]
Winners{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/avnawards?lang=en |title=AVN Awards |last1=@avnawards |date=January 27, 2018 |website=Twitter |publisher=AVN Media Network |access-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914013947/https://twitter.com/avnawards?lang=en |url-status=live }} of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 27, 2018, are highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Movie of the Year
! style="background:#89cff0" | Female Performer of the Year |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Male Performer of the Year
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best New Starlet |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Transsexual Performer of the Year
! style="background:#89cff0" | Director of the Year |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Best Actor
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best Actress |
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| colspan="2" style="background:#89cff0" | Best Supporting Actress |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Best Star Showcase
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best Action/Thriller |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Best Comedy
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best Drama |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Best Anal Sex Scene
! style="background:#89cff0" | Best Oral Sex Scene |
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| style="background:#89cff0" | Favorite Camming Cosplayer
! style="background:#89cff0" | Favorite Cam Girl |
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= Additional award winners =
The following is the list of remaining award categories, which were presented apart from the actual awards ceremony.
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- All-Girl Performer of the Year: Jenna Sativa
- Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Melissa Moore, Elsa Jean, Adria Rae Best New Starlets 2017
- Best All-Girl Movie: Angela Loves Women 3
- Best All-Girl Series: Women Seeking Women
- Best Amateur/Pro-Am Movie: Amateur Introductions 24
- Best Anal Movie: Anal Savages 3
- Best Anal Series: Anal Savages
- Best Anthology Movie: Sacrosanct
- Best Art Direction: Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Best BDSM Movie: Cybill Troy Is Vicious
- Best Cinematography: Winston Henry, Sacrosanct
- Best Continuing Series: Angela Loves ...
- Best Director – Feature: Axel Braun, Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Best Director – Foreign Feature: Hervé Bodilis, Pascal Lucas, Revenge of a Daughter
- Best Director – Foreign Non-Feature: Hervé Bodilis, Megan Escort Deluxe
- Best Director – Non-Feature: Kayden Kross, Sacrosanct
- Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene: Angela White, Markus Dupree, Mick Blue, Angela 3
- Best Editing: Angela White, Angela 3
- Best Ethnic Movie: Asian Anal
- Best Ethnic/Interracial Series: Black & White
- Best Foreign Feature: Bulldogs
- Best Foreign Non-Feature: Anissa the Tenniswoman
- Best Foreign Series: Rocco’s Psycho Teens
- Best Gonzo Movie: Manuel’s Fucking POV 7
- Best Group Sex Scene: Angela White, Mick Blue, Xander Corvus, Markus Dupree, Toni Ribas, John Strong, Angela 3
- Best Ingénue Movie: Young Fantasies 2
- Best Interracial Movie: Interracial Icon 4
- Best Lewd Propositions Movie: Babysitter Auditions
- Best Makeup: Dusty, May Kup, Cammy Ellis, Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Best Male Newcomer: Wes Meadows (Vacated; Given to Juan “El Caballo” Loco)
- Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Best Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Vixen
- Best MILF Movie: MILF Performers of the Year 2017{{cite web |url=http://aiwards.com/avn/2018/best-milf-movie |title=Best MILF Movie at AVN Awards 2018 |website=Adult Industry Awards Database |access-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204346/http://aiwards.com/avn/2018/best-milf-movie |url-status=live }}
- Best New Imprint: Pure Taboo
- Best New Series: Young & Beautiful
- Best Niche Movie: Cum Inside Me 3
- Best Niche Series: Squirt for Me
- Best Non-Sex Performance: Kyle Stone, Conflicted
- Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Movie: The Art of Older Women
- Best Oral Movie: Facialized 4
- Best Orgy/Gangbang Movie: My First Gangbang
- Best Parody: Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
- Best Polyamory Movie: Adventures With the Baumgartners
- Best Screenplay: Will Ryder, Bad Babes Inc.
- Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Claire Castel, Kristof Cale, Math, Ricky Mancini; Claire Desires of Submission
- Best Solo/Tease Performance: Angela White, Angela 3
- Best Soundtrack: The Altar of Aphrodite
- Best Special Effects: Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
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- Best Supporting Actor: Small Hands, Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy
- Best Taboo Relations Movie: Dysfucktional: Blood Is Thicker Than Cum
- Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl: Kendra Sunderland, Jason Brown, Ricky Johnson; Kendra’s Obsession
- Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy: Riley Reid, Megan Rain, Mick Blue; Young & Beautiful
- Best Transsexual Movie: All My Mother’s Lovers, Buck Angel Superstar (tie)
- Best Transsexual Series: Hot for Transsexuals
- Best Transsexual Sex Scene: Adriana Chechik, Aubrey Kate, Adriana Chechik Is the Squirt Queen
- Best Virtual Reality Product/Site: BadoinkVR.com
- Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene: Adriana Chechik, Megan Rain, Arya Fae, Tommy Gunn; "Zombie Slayers", WankzVR.com
- Best Web Director: Mike Adriano
- Clever Title of the Year: Black Loads Matter
- Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Jasmine Jae
- Mainstream Star of the Year: Asa Akira
- Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Ryan Ryder
- MILF Performer of the Year: Cherie DeVille
- Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Leya Falcon, Ophelia Rain in “Well There’s ONE Place You Can Put an AVN Award”, Viking Girls Gone Horny
- Niche Performer of the Year: Cybill Troy
- Best Condom Manufacturer: Paradise Lubricated Condom
- Best Enhancement Manufacturer: Bedroom Products
- Best Fetish Manufacturer: XR Brands
- Best Lingerie or Apparel Manufacturer: Fantasy Lingerie
- Best Lubricant Manufacturer: Wicked Sensual Care
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Small: Clandestine Devices
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Medium: We-Vibe
- Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Large: Topco Sales
- Best Boutique: Pepper's Parties Too (Hattiesburg, MS)
- Best Retail Chain – Small: Inz & Outz
- Best Retail Chain – Medium: The Pleasure Chest
- Best Retail Chain – Large: Castle Megastore
- Best Web Retail Store: AdultEmpire.com
- Favorite BBW Performer: Angelina Castro
- Favorite Cam Guy: Aamir Desire
- Favorite Camming Couple: 19honeysuckle (aka Honey & Tom Christian)
- Favorite Female Porn Star: Angela White
- Favorite Indie Clip Star: Jenny Blighe
- Favorite Membership Site: BrazzersNetwork.com
- Favorite Male Porn Star: Johnny Sins
- Favorite Porn Star Website: Angela White
- Favorite Trans Cam Star: Aubrey Kate
- Favorite Trans Porn Star: Chanel Santini
- Hottest MILF: Kendra Lust
- Hottest Newcomer: Lena Paul
- Most Amazing Sex Toy: Angela White Fleshlight
- Most Epic Ass: Alexis Texas
- Most Spectacular Boobs: Angela White
- Social Media Star: Riley Reid
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= Multiple nominations and awards =
Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody and Angela 3, each with six, were the movies that won the most awards. Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy was next with four trophies while Sacrosanct won three. Facialized 4 and Anal Savages 3 won two apiece while the Anal Savages series also won a best series award. Angela Loves Women 3 also won an award in addition to being part of the Angela Loves... series, which also won a best series award.
Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody also had the most nominations, with 13.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/inside-the-xxx-oscars-how-a-panel-of-judges-picks-porns-biggest-winners/ |title=How the sausage gets made at the Oscars of porn |last=Blaustein |first=Michael |date=January 25, 2018 |website=NYPost.com |publisher=NY Post |access-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605001536/https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/inside-the-xxx-oscars-how-a-panel-of-judges-picks-porns-biggest-winners/ |url-status=live }}
AVN Honorary Awards
= Hall of Fame =
AVN on January 6, 2018, announced the 2017 inductees into its hall of fame, who were later honored with a January 23 cocktail party and then a video as the awards show opened.
- Video Branch: Alexis Amore, Eva Angelina, William H., Brandon Iron, Jessica Jaymes, Sunny Leone, Nick Orleans, Kirsten Price, Mike Ranger, David Stanley, Celeste Star, Aiden Starr, Devlin Weed, Angela White, Michael Zen{{cite magazine|title=Class of 2018: Meet the New AVN Hall of Famers|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2018-meet-the-new-avn-hall-of-famers-755332.html|magazine=Adult Video News|date=January 6, 2018|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061259/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2018-meet-the-new-avn-hall-of-famers-755332.html|url-status=live}}
- Executive Branch: Marc Bruder, Mara Epstein, Rondee Kamins
- Founders Branch: Mark Kulkis, David Joseph, Chuck Zane
- Internet Founders Branch: Brad Mitchell
Presenters and performers
AVN announced the 2018 AVN Awards Trophy Girls would be Ayumi Anime and Sofi Ryan.
Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne performed several musical numbers during the show.{{cite magazine|title=Lil Wayne Named 2018 AVN Awards Musical Guest|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/lil-wayne-named-2018-avn-awards-musical-guest-753812.html|magazine=Adult Video News|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203034758/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/lil-wayne-named-2018-avn-awards-musical-guest-753812.html|url-status=live}} Comedian and master of ceremonies Aries Spears cracked jokes and appeared in several comedy skits with various adult industry luminaries.
Ceremony information
For the first time, content released exclusively on membership websites was eligible for AVN Awards consideration in any sex scene category.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} AVN also added two new categories in the Web and Technology area: Best New Website and Best Clip Website. In addition, Best Specialty Movie - Other Genre and Best Specialty Series - Other Genre were renamed Best Niche Movie and Series and a new category, Niche Performer of the Year, was added.{{cite magazine|title=Start Your Engines: AVN Opens Gate on 2018 Awards Pre-Nominations|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/start-your-engines-2018-avn-awards-pre-nom-site-now-open-742237.html|magazine=Adult Video News|date=September 4, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130133/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/start-your-engines-2018-avn-awards-pre-nom-site-now-open-742237.html|url-status=live}} At the nominations unveiling, two more new categories, Best Action/Thriller and Best Lewd Propositions Movie were announced. Favorite BBW Performer was added later as a fan-voted category for 2018.{{cite magazine|title=BBW Fan Category Added to 2018 AVN Awards|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/bbw-fan-category-added-to-2018-avn-awards-744477.html|magazine=Adult Video News|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130131/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/bbw-fan-category-added-to-2018-avn-awards-744477.html|url-status=live}} Another new fan category for 2018 was Favorite Cosplay Cam Cosplayer.
Porn legend Ron Jeremy was banned from the year's awards show. AVN felt he violated its code of conduct based on a Rolling Stone article published in November 2017, in which he was accused of sexual misconduct.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-jeremy-banned-from-porn-awards-after-sexual-assault-allegations |title=Ron Jeremy Banned from Porn Awards After Sexual-Assault Allegations |website=The Daily Beast |date=January 25, 2018 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416180121/https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-jeremy-banned-from-porn-awards-after-sexual-assault-allegations |url-status=live }}
''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 2017 awards show: James Baes, Sean Barnett, Ron Harris, Hugh Hefner, Morton Hyatt, Sonny Landham, Radley Metzger, Jocalyn Pink, January Seraph, Greg Steel, Michael Zen, Roxy Nicole, Olivia Nova, Olivia Lua, Yurizan Beltran, Shyla Stylez, August Ames.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website|www.avnawards.com/| AVN Awards}}
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