On January 11, 2012, AVN announced in a press release that for the first time the AVN Awards ceremony would climax with "the presentation of an all-encompassing grand accolade," Movie of the Year. "Even since the beginning, when we presented separate awards for Best Film and Best Video Feature, there's been no definitive AVN Award equivalent to Best Picture. Now we have one," said AVN senior editor Peter Warren. Rather than nominees, contenders would be chosen from the winners in the categories of: Best All-Sex Release, Best All-Sex Release – Mixed Format, Best All-Girl Release, Best Gonzo Release, Best Vignette Release, Best Comedy, Best Feature, Best Foreign Feature, Best Parody – Comedy and Best Parody – Drama. Voting for Movie of the Year would be conducted just prior to the January 21 ceremony, in a secret meeting of core members of the AVN Awards committee, to ensure winners of the 10 categories remain secret until their presentation.[2] The event would also unveiled a new annual award, the Visionary Award, "created to recognize and honor a leader in adult entertainment who has propelled innovation and taken his company—and the business as a whole—to new heights."[3]
The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody and Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2 won the most awards, nine and seven respectively, but the Movie of the Year award went to Portrait of a Call Girl. Portrait also won for Best Feature, Best Actress for Jessie Andrews and Best Director — Feature for Graham Travis. Rocki Whore won Best Director—Parody for Brad Armstrong, Best Screenplay—Parody for Armstrong and Hank Shenanigan and Best Parody — Comedy, among others. Insatiable 2 won Best All-Sex Release, Best Director — Non Feature for Mason and several best sex scene awards for Asa Akira and her co-stars. Individually, Akira won or shared six awards, but the coveted Female Performer of the Year and Best New Starlet awards went to Bobbi Starr and Brooklyn Lee respectively. Lee took home five awards on the night and four went to Starr. Manuel Ferrara won his fourth Male Performer of the Year award, more than anyone else in the event's 29-year history.[4]
The nominees for the 29th AVN Awards were announced on Dec. 6, 2011 in a press release. Those nominees were Gary Kirker from Las Cruces, New Mexico.[5] The film receiving the most nominations was The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody with 18, while performer/director Bobbi Starr had the most individual nominations with 16. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 21, 2012.
Major Awards
The first AVN Movie of the Year Award went to Portrait of a Call Girl,[4] which qualified for consideration by winning Best Feature. The other movies in the running were: Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2 (Best All-Sex Release), Bobbi's World (Best All-Sex Release – Mixed Format), Cherry 2 (Best All-Girl Release), Dangerous Curves (Best Gonzo Release), Prison Girls (Best Vignette Release), Grindhouse XXX (Best Comedy), Mission Asspossible (Best Foreign Feature), The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody (Best Parody – Comedy) and Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody (Best Parody – Drama).
Additional major awards are listed below with winner first and highlighted in boldface followed by the rest of the nominees.
Best Classic Release appeared on the 2012 list of categories that nominations were to be accepted for, however, no nominees or winner were announced for that category.
DVD Categories
Best All-Girl Series:Women Seeking Women
Best All-Sex/Vignette Series:The Bombshells
Best Amateur Release:Dare Dorm 4
Best Amateur Series:The Dancing Bear
Best Anal Series:Evil Anal
Best Animated Release:Alice in Wonderland: A XXX Animation Parody
Best BDSM Release:Disciplined
Best Big Bust Release:Big Wet Tits 10
Best Big Bust Series:Big Tits in Uniform
Best Big Butt Release:Kelly Divine Is Buttwoman
Best Big Butt Series:Phat Bottom Girls
Best DVD Extras:The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures
Best Educational Release:Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Fellatio
Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Asian:Asian Booty 2
Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Black:Big Wet Black Tits 3
Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Latin:Escaladies
Best Ethnic-Themed Series:Big Ass Brazilian Butts
Best Fem-Dom Strap-On Release:Beggin’ for a Peggin’
Best Solo Girl Website: Ariel Rebel, ArielRebel.com
Best Studio Website:Evil Angel, EvilAngelVideo.com
Best Web Premiere: Pictures at an Exxxhibition, EarlMiller.com
Honorary AVN Awards
Visionary Award
Vivid Entertainment co-founder Steven Hirsch was presented with a new honor, AVN's first Visionary Award, for bringing adult entertainment into the mainstream.[5]
Beginning with the 29th AVN Awards, several new categories were introduced to reflect evolving market trends, including:[5]
Best Studio Website
Best Solo Girl Website
Best All-Sex Release - Mixed Format
Best Director - Parody and Best Celebrity Sex Tape.
Controversies
As is often the case with awards shows, those who disagreed with this year's award winners took to forums and blogs to voice their objections, particularly around the selection of Dale DaBone as best actor over Tommy Pistol and the selection of India Summer as MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year.[9]
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References
Gary D. Miller (Director) (2012). The 2012 AVN Awards Show (Television production). Los Angeles, California: Showtime Networks.
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