27th AVN Awards | |
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Date | January 9, 2010 |
Site | Pearl Theater Palms Casino Resort Paradise, Nevada |
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Directed by | Gary Miller |
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Best Picture | The 8th Day (Best Video Feature) |
Most awards | The 8th Day (9) |
Most nominations | The 8th Day (20) |
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Network | Showtime |
Duration | 1 hour, 49 minutes |
The 27th AVN Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored the best pornographic movies of 2009. The ceremony was held on January 9, 2010 in a new venue, the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN Media Network presented awards in 125 of categories of movies or products released between October 1, 2008, and September 30, 2009. [2] The ceremony was televised in the United States by Showtime. Comedian Dave Attell hosted the show with co-hosts Kirsten Price and Kayden Kross. [1]
Among the new award categories introduced was Best Sex Parody due to the genre's quality and market impact. [3] The category was one of three at the awards show where a tie was declared and in this instance The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody, an action-adventure send-up of The X-Files , and Not the Cosbys XXX, a spoof of The Cosby Show , were co-winners.
The 8th Day earned Best Video Feature honors and eight more awards and 21-year-old Tori Black won her first Female Performer of the Year award and won or shared five others, while Kagney Linn Karter won the Best New Starlet Award. Manuel Ferrara won his third Male Performer of the Year Award, joining Lexington Steele as the only actors to have done so.
The nominees for the 27th AVN Awards were announced on December 2, 2009, in a press release. [2] The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 9, 2010, which was broadcast on Showtime.
Award winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best Video 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 Ethnic-Themed Series — Black |
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Best Sex Comedy | Best Parody |
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Best Gonzo Release | Best All-Girl Release |
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Best High-End All-Sex Release | Best Group Sex Scene |
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Best Couples Sex Scene | Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene |
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Best Anal Sex Scene | Best Oral Sex Scene |
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Crossover Star of the Year | Web Starlet of the Year |
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Top Renting and Selling Release | |
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
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Web and Technology Categories
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AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2010 were: Chris Charming, Stoney Curtis, Racquel Devine, Devon, Jessica Drake, Byron Long, Gina Lynn, Toni Ribas, Nicholas Steele, Michael Stefano, Valentino, Mark Wood
The following releases received multiple awards:
The following releases received the most nominations:
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The following individuals were presenters or performers during the awards ceremony.
Name(s) | Role |
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Erik Everhard Kelli McCarty Shauna Sand-Lamas | Presenters of the award for Best Oral Sex Scene |
Dana DeArmond Angelina Valentine Asa Akira | Presenters of the award for Best Group Sex Scene |
Shawna Lenee Lexi Belle Riley Steele | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor and Best Gonzo Release |
Eva Angelina Aryanna Starr Ashlynn Brooke | Presenters of the award for Best Anal Sex Scene |
Wendy Williams Nick Manning Margaret Cho | Presenters of the award for Male Performer of the Year |
Nikki Rhodes Kristina Rose Savanna Samson | Presenters of the award for Web Starlet of the Year |
Alexis Ford Janie Summers Sara Sloane | Trophy girls |
Stormy Daniels Rocco Siffredi | Presenter of the Best New Starlet award |
Dave Navarro | Presenter of the Crossover Star of the Year award |
Teagan Presley Mick Blue Alektra Blue | Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene |
Jenna Haze Bobbi Starr Lexington Steele | Presenters of the award for Best Actress and Best Parody |
Erica Ellyson Joanna Angel Evan Stone | Presenters of the award for Female Performer of the Year |
Kayden Kross Kirsten Price | Introduced the performance by Baby Bash |
Jesse Jane Mr. Pete A. J. Bailey | Presenters of the award for Best Video Feature |
Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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Baby Bash | Performer | Rap group performs "Outta Control" |
Belladonna | Performer | Dance troupe |
DJ Shy | Performer | Turntable stylings |
McKenzie Lee | Backstage | Interviews |
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