| 28thAVN Awards | |
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| Date | January 8, 2011 (2011-01-08) |
| Site | Pearl Theater Palms Casino Resort Paradise, Nevada[1] |
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| Directed by | Gary Miller |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Speed (Best Feature) |
| Most awards | Batman XXX: A Porn Parody (7) |
| Most nominations | Malice in Lalaland (19)[3] |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Showtime[1] |
| Duration | 1 hour, 50 minutes[1] |
The28th AVN Awards ceremony inLas Vegas, presented byAdult Video News (AVN), honored the bestpornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2010. The ceremony was held on January 8, 2011 in thePearl Concert Theater inside thePalms Casino Resort inParadise, Nevada.[1] During the ceremony, AVN Media Network presented awards in 155 categories of movies or products released between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2010. The ceremony was televised in the United States byShowtime.[1] ComedianLisa Lampanelli hosted the show[1] with co-hostsTori Black andRiley Steele.[2]
AVN increased the number of people who voted on the awards to more than forty, "roughly divided evenly between in-houseAVN editors, freelancers and outside critics" by adding "Xcitement Magazine's Cindi Loftus,Genesis Magazine's Dan Davis, RogReviews.com's Roger Pipe, DrunkenStepfather.com's Drunken Stepfather, Theresa “Darklady” Reed, formerAVN editors Tod Hunter and Jared Rutter, XCritic.com's Christopher Thorne, Dr. Jay and Don Houston, members of AdultDVDTalk.com and others."[4]
Fan awards were also introduced in 2011. Winners were determined by voting two weeks before the show. Fans were able to vote in four categories: Favorite Performer, Favorite Body, Favorite Movie, and Wildest Sex Scene.[2]
Speed earned Best Feature honors forBrad Armstrong who also took home the Best Director—Feature award.[5]Tori Black won her secondFemale Performer of the Year award, the first actress to do so in the event's 28-year history,[6] while Gracie Glam won the Best New Starlet Award.[7]Evan Stone became a three-time Male Performer of the Year, joiningManuel Ferrara andLexington Steele as the two others with three wins in the category.[8]
The nominees for the 28th AVN Awards were announced on November 29, 2010 in a press release.[3] The film receiving the most nominations wasMalice in Lalaland with 19, while performerTori Black had the most individual nominations with 22, an AVN Awards record. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2011, which were taped for broadcast April 7 on Showtime.
Award winners are listed first and highlighted inboldface.
| Best Feature | Best New Starlet |
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| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
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| Best Director - Feature | Best 3D Release |
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| Best Parody - Comedy | Best Parody - Drama |
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| Best Gonzo Release | Best Interracial Release |
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| Best High-End All-Sex Release | Best New Series |
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| Best Couples Sex Scene | Best Oral Sex Scene |
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| Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Girl/Girl/Boy | Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene |
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| Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene | Fan Awards |
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| Crossover Star of the Year | Best Porn Star Website |
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| Top Renting and Selling Release | Reuben Sturman Award |
These awards were announced in a winners-only segment but were not presented their awards on stage during the event and were not part of the televised awards show:
DVD Categories
| Performer/Creator Categories
Retail and Distribution Categories
Sex Toys and Pleasure Products
Web and Technology Categories
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John Stagliano was awarded theReuben Sturman Award "for his successful defense of obscenity charges" in 2010.[3]
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2011 were:Belladonna,Axel Braun,Gia Darling,Ben Dover, Jada Fire,Jules Jordan, Bridgette Kerkove,Miles Long,Sinnamon Love,Sonny Malone,Pat Myne,Savanna Samson,Jasmin St. Claire,Scott St. James andEvan Stone.
The following releases received multiple awards:
The following releases received the most nominations[3]
| The following individuals received multiple awards:
The following individuals received the most nominations:[3]
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The following individuals were presenters or performers during the awards ceremony:
| Name(s) | Role |
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| Joanna Angel Tommy Gunn Lupe Fuentes | Presenters of the awards for Best Oral Sex Scene and Best High-End All-Sex Release |
| Shyla Stylez Evan Stone | Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene and Best Gonzo Release |
| Rocco Siffredi Tera Patrick Chi Chi LaRue | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor and Best Interracial Release |
| Celeste Star Misty Stone | Presenters of the award for Best Double Penetration Scene |
| Amia Miley Samantha Ryan Sunny Lane | Presenters of the award for Best Porn Star Website |
| Madelyn Marie Chanel Preston | Trophy girls |
| Sunny Leone Alexis Ford Paul Fishbein | Presenters of the award for Best Renting and Selling Title of the Year |
| Paul Cambria Louis Sirkin Allan Gelbard | Presenters of theReuben Sturman Award |
| Savanna Samson Noel Biderman | Presenters of the Ashley Madison Crossover Star of the Year |
| Kagney Linn Karter | Presenter of the Best New Starlet award |
| Bobbi Starr Jessie Andrews Prince Yahshua | Presenters of the award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Girl/Girl/Boy |
| Jessica Drake Keni Styles | Presenters of the four Fan Favorite awards |
| Tom Byron Prinzzess Bibi Jones | Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene and Best Actress |
| Andy San Dimas Nyomi Banxxx Dale DaBone | Presenters of the awards for Best Parody Drama and Best Parody Comedy |
| Ron Jeremy Dani Jensen Teagan Presley | Presenters of the award forFemale Performer of the Year |
| Lisa Lampanelli | Introduced the performance bySpeaker Junkies |
| Jenna Haze Sarah Vandella Raven Alexis | Presenters of the award for Best Video Feature |
| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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| Lisa Lampanelli | Host | Comedian[1] |
| Jessie Andrews | Backstage | Interviews |
| Speaker Junkies | Performer | Musical act performs "Losing Control" |
Beginning with the 28th AVN Awards, AVN Media Network added a category to the awards show, entitled Best Web Premiere, "to recognize original and outstanding content production exclusively for the web."[9]
Five new categories were also introduced to recognize the retail and distribution sector of the adult industry:[10]
ComedianAndy Dick was ejected from the awards ceremony before the show had even started for allegedly pestering adult starTera Patrick and drag queenChi Chi LaRue backstage.[11]
No woman in history has ever won the Performer of the Year Award two years in a row!
