21st AVN Awards


The 21st AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, took place January 10, 2004 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 94 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 2002 and Sept. 30, 2003. The ceremony, televised in the United States by Playboy TV, was produced and directed by Gary Miller. Comedian Jim Norton hosted the show for the first time with adult film star Jenna Jameson in her third stint as co-host.
Heart of Darkness won five awards including Best Director—Film for Paul Thomas and Best Film, however, Space Nuts took home the most awards, with six. Other multiple winners included Rawhide, with five awards; Beautiful and Hard Edge with four wins apiece and Fetish: The Dream Scape and Looking In with three each.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 21st AVN Awards were announced on December 1, 2003. Rawhide received the most nominations with 15, followed by Heart of Darkness with 14, Space Nuts and Compulsion each with 13 and Beautiful with 12.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 10, 2004. Space Nuts, a shot-on-video feature with six wins, became one of the rare movies that didn't win a best picture category; those having been won by Heart of Darkness, Rawhide and Beautiful tying for Best Video Feature and The Fashionistas capturing Best DVD. The tie of Rawhide and Beautiful for Best Video Feature was a first for that category. AVN's voting procedure in the event of a tie is "Those voters on the AVN full-time staff who did no vote for either of the videos during the original balloting must revote." But even after that step a tie still existed, so AVN senior management decided to let the result stand.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Best FilmBest Video Feature

  • Heart of Darkness
  • * Compulsion
  • * Heaven's Revenge
  • * Looking In
  • * Snakeskin
  • * Sordid
  • Beautiful
  • Rawhide
  • * Acid Dreams
  • * Barbara Broadcast Too!
  • * Improper Conduct
  • * Little Runaway
  • * Magic Sex
  • * New Wave Hookers 7
  • * No Limits
  • * Not a Romance
  • * Perverted Stories The Movie
  • * Phoenix Rising 2
  • * Riptide
  • * Stud Hunters
  • * Tricks
  • * Young Sluts Inc. 12
    • Best DVDBest New Starlet
  • The Fashionistas
  • * America XXX
  • * Asia Noir 2
  • * Barbara Broadcast Too!
  • * Hercules
  • * I Dream of Jenna
  • * Magic Sex
  • * No Limits
  • * Paradise Lost
  • * Perfect
  • * Rawhide
  • * Rush
  • * Space Nuts
  • * Sunset Stripped
  • Stormy
  • * Ashley Blue
  • * Mary Carey
  • * Cindy Crawford
  • * Daisy
  • * Alaura Eden
  • * Jesse Jane
  • * Kaylani Lei
  • * Mercedez
  • * Ander Page
  • * Lauren Phoenix
  • * Crystal Ray
  • * Rachel Rotten
  • * Simone
  • * Bella-Marie Wolf
    • Male Performer of the YearFemale Performer of the Year
  • Michael Stefano
  • * Jay Ashley
  • * T. T. Boy
  • * Erik Everhard
  • * Brandon Iron
  • * Julian
  • * Nick Manning
  • * Mr. Pete
  • * Randy Spears
  • * Steven St. Croix
  • * Lexington Steele
  • * Evan Stone
  • * Mark Wood
  • Ashley Blue
  • * Sunrise Adams
  • * Belladonna
  • * Jessica Darlin
  • * Olivia Del Rio
  • * Jewel De'Nyle
  • * Bridgette Kerkove
  • * Devinn Lane
  • * Ashley Long
  • * Carmen Luvana
  • * Gina Lynn
  • * Monique
  • * Taylor Rain
  • * Savanna Samson
  • * Aurora Snow
    • Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
  • Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness
  • * Dale DaBone, Sordid
  • * Joel Lawrence, Mirror Image
  • * Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion
  • * Rafe, Snakeskin
  • * Steven St. Croix, Heaven
  • * Tony Tedeschi, So I Married a Porn Star
  • Savanna Samson, Looking In
  • * Cassidey, Sordid
  • * Dasha, Heaven's Revenge
  • * Maya Divine, Virtual Love
  • * Ashley Long, Compulsion
    • Best Actor—VideoBest Actress—Video
  • Evan Stone, Space Nuts
  • * Brad Armstrong, Not a Romance
  • * Barrett Blade, No Limits
  • * Tyce Bune, The Arrangement
  • * Dillon Day, Phoenix Rising 2
  • * Eric Masterson, Perfection
  • * Herschel Savage, Roommate From Hell
  • * Dick Smothers, Jr., Bad Influence
  • * Randy Spears, The Assignment
  • * Steven St. Croix, Improper Conduct
  • Julia Ann, Beautiful
  • * Ashley Blue, Girlvert 4
  • * Chloe, Barbara Broadcast Too!
  • * Chloe Dior, Riptide
  • * Devinn Lane, Improper Conduct
  • * Kaylani Lei, Angel X
  • * Carmen Luvana, Rawhide
  • * Ginger Lynn, Sunset Stripped
  • * AnnMarie, Babes Illustrated 13
  • * Savanna Samson, Good Time Girl
  • * Alexandra Silk, Stud Hunters
  • * Sydnee Steele, Lost & Found
  • * Stormy, Not A Romance
  • * Sunset Thomas, Truck Stop Trixie
    • Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
  • Steven St. Croix, Looking In
  • * Mr. Bigg, Compulsion
  • * Dillon Day, Perfect
  • * Steve Hatcher, Mirror Image
  • * Eric Masterson, Virtual Love
  • * Eric Price, Sordid
  • Dru Berrymore, Heart of Darkness
  • * Sunrise Adams, Heart of Darkness
  • * Julie Meadows, Mirror Image
  • * Ava Vincent, Heart of Darkness
    • Best Director—FilmBest Director—Video
  • Paul Thomas, Heart of Darkness
  • * Andrew Blake, Hard Edge
  • * Axel Braun, Compulsion
  • * Michael Raven, Heaven
  • * Ruger Tyler, Snakeskin
  • Michael Raven, Beautiful
  • * Nic Andrews, No Limits
  • * Brad Armstrong, Improper Conduct
  • * Nic Cramer, Phoenix Rising 2
  • * Veronica Hart, Barbara Broadcast Too!
  • * Chi Chi La Rue, Woman Under Glass
  • * Cash Markman, Perfection
  • * Jonathan Morgan, Space Nuts
  • * Michael Ninn, Acid Dreams
  • * Antonio Passolini, New Wave Hookers 7
  • * Jim Powers, Rob Rotten, Little Runaway
  • * Candida Royalle, Stud Hunters
  • * Kat Slater, Young Sluts, Inc. 12
  • * Nicholas Steele, Rawhide
  • * Thomas Zupko, Opera
    • Best Sex ComedyBest Gonzo Release
  • Space Nuts
  • * Beat the Devil
  • * Carmen Goes to College 2
  • * Don't Tell Mommy
  • * Girlvert 4
  • * Gonza
  • * It’s Cumming
  • * La Femme Nikita Denise 2
  • * Lost Heinie
  • * Lube Job
  • * Mary Carey Rules 2
  • * Sex For Sale
  • Flesh Hunter 5
  • * Ass Cleavage
  • * Crack Her Jack
  • * Double Parked
  • * Hot Bods and Tail Pipe 28
  • * International Tushy
  • * Jack's Playground 2
  • * Just Over Eighteen 5
  • * Multiple P.O.V.
  • * No Cum Dodging Allowed
  • * Runaway Butts 6
  • * Shane's World 32: Campus Invasion
  • * Terrible Teens
  • * The Voyeur 24
  • * World Sex Tour 27
    • Best Ethnic-Themed Video—BlackTop Selling Title of the Year
  • * 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick
  • * Anal Divas in Latex
  • * Black Reign 2
  • * Booty Central 2
  • * Chasing the Big Ones! 16
  • * Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem
  • * Interracial Love Stories
  • * Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17
  • * Monique's Sexoholics
  • * My Baby Got Back 30
  • * Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back!
  • * Orgy World: Brown & Round 2
  • * Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14
  • * Women of Color 4
  • * 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick
  • * Anal Divas in Latex
  • * Black Reign 2
  • * Booty Central 2
  • * Chasing the Big Ones! 16
  • * Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem
  • * Interracial Love Stories
  • * Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17
  • * Monique's Sexoholics
  • * My Baby Got Back 30
  • * Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back!
  • * Orgy World: Brown & Round 2
  • * Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14
  • * Women of Color 4
    		• Top Renting Title of the Year
  • * 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick
  • * Anal Divas in Latex
  • * Black Reign 2
  • * Booty Central 2
  • * Chasing the Big Ones! 16
  • * Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem
  • * Interracial Love Stories
  • * Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17
  • * Monique's Sexoholics
  • * My Baby Got Back 30
  • * Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back!
  • * Orgy World: Brown & Round 2
  • * Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14
  • * Women of Color 4
  • The Fashionistas
    • Best Couples Sex Scene—FilmBest Oral Sex Scene—Film
  • Ashley Long, Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion
  • * Faith Adams, Julian, Hard Edge
  • * Sunrise Adams, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness
  • * Crystal Carter, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness
  • * Avy Scott, Steven St. Croix, Heaven
  • * Savanna Samson, Dale DaBone, Looking In
  • * Taylor St. Claire, Steven St. Croix, Looking In
  • * Mercedez, Tony Tedeschi, So I Married a Porn Star
  • * Cassidey, Dale DaBone, Sordid
  • Sunrise Adams, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness
  • * Ava Vincent, Avy Scott, Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion
  • * Dru Berrymore, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness
  • * Mercedez, Steven French, So I Married a Porn Star
  • * Cassidey, T. J. Cummings, Sordid
    • Best Couples Sex Scene—VideoBest Oral Sex Scene—Video
  • Belladonna, Nacho Vidal, Back 2 Evil
  • * Mercedes Ashley, Steve Holmes, Acid Dreams
  • * Cytherea, Mark Ashley, Barely Legal 40
  • * Julia Ann, Eric Masterson, Beautiful
  • * Ryan Conner, Mark Ashley, Buttman's Bend Over Babes 6
  • * Bella-Marie Wolf, Lexington Steele, Chasing the Big Ones 17
  • * Simone, Nacho Vidal, Erotica XXX 3
  • * Nicole Sheridan, Voodoo, Fetish: The Dream Scape
  • * Naudia Nyce, Michael Stefano, Fresh New Faces
  • * Natalia Wood, Manuel Ferrara, Gonzomania
  • * Ashley Moore, Jay Ashley, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
  • * Obsession, Toni Ribas, Monique's Sexaholics
  • * August, Mandingo, Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back!
  • * Philly, T. T. Boy, Spanish Fly Pussy Search 9
  • * Sabrine Maui, Jules Jordan, Trained Teens 2
  • Nevaeh Ashton, Felicia Fox, Benjamin Brat, Jake Malone, Chris Mountain, Tony Sexton, Tyler Wood, Heavy Handfuls 3
  • * Belladonna, Nacho Vidal, Back 2 Evil
  • * Trinity, Friday, Jon Dough, Blow Me Sandwich 2
  • * Simone, Nacho Vidal, Erotica XXX 3
  • * Elizabeth, Nikke, Eye Contact 22
  • * Sabrine Maui, Anthony Hardwood, Rick Masters, Tyler Wood, Francesca Lé’s Cum Swallowing Whores
  • * Promise, Mark Cummings, Mr. Pete, Marty Romano, Gag Factor 10
  • * Lola, Marty Romano, Perfection
  • * Aurora Snow, Pat Myne, Jay Ashley, Pop
  • * Lezley Zen, Austin O'Riley, Brandon Iron, Brian Surewood, Throat Gaggers 3
  • * Wendy James, Jules Jordan, Trained Teens 3
    • Best All-Girl Sex Scene—VideoBest Three-Way Sex Scene—Video
  • Jessica Darlin, Brandi Lyons, Lana Moore, Hollie Stevens, Flick Shagwell, Ashley Blue, Crystal Ray, The Violation of Jessica Darlin
  • * AnnMarie, Red Heaven, Ramona Luv, Babes Illustrated 13
  • * Jewel De'Nyle, Bella-Marie Wolf, Babes in Pornland: Bubble Butt Babes
  • * Fujiko Kano, Loni, Buffy Malibu's Nasty Girls 28
  • * Carmen Luvana, AnnMarie, Carmen Goes To College 2
  • * Gen Padova, Felix Vicious, Double Booked
  • * Ashley Blue, Jessica Darlin, Girlvert 3
  • * Dee, Holly Hollywood, Mia Smiles, Ice D’Angelo, '
  • * Bridgette Kerkove, Devinn Lane, Improper Conduct
  • * Jenna Haze, Monique Alexander, Britney Foster, Jane Millionaire
  • * Misty Rain, Silvia Saint, Venus, Misty Rain's Worldwide Sex 9
  • * Jenna Jameson, Carmen Luvana, My Plaything: Jenna Jameson 2
  • * Loni, Kimmy Kahn, No Man's Land: Asian Edition 4
  • * Kylie Wilde, Holly Hollywood, Total Exposure
  • * Aria, Shyla Stylez, When The Boyz Are Away, The Girlz Will Play 8
  • 'Jessica Darlin, Jules Jordan, Brian Pumper, Weapons of Ass Destruction 2
  • * Brooke Ballentyne, Ben English, Steve Holmes, 2 Dicks in 1 Chick 2
  • * Julie Night, Anna Nova, Mr. Pete, Ass Stretchers
  • * Lucy Lee, Mark Anthony, Justin Slayer, Chasing the Big Ones 16
  • * Julie Night, Ashley Blue, Trent Tesoro, Girlvert 2
  • * Bella-Marie Wolf, Daisy, Mark Ashley, Hot Bods & Tail Pipe 26
  • * Alaura Eden, Rio, Steven St. Croix, International Tushy
  • * Sativa, Olivia O'Lovely, Lexington Steele, Initiations 12
  • * Belladonna, Dee, Billy Glide, Latin Amore
  • * Leila De Santos, Manuel Ferrara, Mr. Marcus, Lingerie
  • * Fiona Cheeks, Cassie, Craig Moore, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
  • * Julie Night, Manuel Ferrara, Steve Holmes, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
  • * Belladonna, Tyce Bune, Joel Lawrence, New Wave Hookers 7
  • * Kara, Ben English, Steve Hooper, Sex with Young Girls
  • * Kelli Tyler, Malaysia, T. T. Boy, The Voyeur 23''

    • Additional Award Winners

    These awards were announced, but not presented, in two pre-recorded winners-only segments during the event. Trophies were given to the recipients off-stage:

    Reuben Sturman Award

    inductees for 2004 were: Julia Ann, Brad Armstrong, Kim Christy, Don Fernando, Max Hardcore, Houston, Johnny Keyes, Jim Malibu, Rhonda Jo Petty, Alicia Rio, Misty Rain, Barry Wood

    Multiple nominations and awards

    The following releases received the most nominations.
    NominationsMovie
    15
    		Rawhide
    14
    		Heart of Darkness
    13Compulsion
    13Space Nuts
    12
    		Beautiful
    10Hard Edge
    10'
    10Looking In
    10No Limits
    9Acid Dreams
    9Fetish: The Dream Scape
    9Improper Conduct
    9Sordid

    The following 17 releases received multiple awards:
    AwardsMovie
    6
    		Space Nuts
    5Heart of Darkness
    5Rawhide
    4Beautiful
    4Hard Edge
    3Fetish: The Dream Scape
    3Looking In
    2Ass Worship 4
    2Back 2 Evil
    2Breakin Em In 5
    2Compulsion
    2Euroglam: Nikki Blonde
    2Euroglam: Wanda Curtis
    2The Fashionistas
    2'
    2Opera
    2The Scottish Loveknot

    Presenters and performers

    The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy.

    Presenters (in order of appearance)

    Performers

    Ceremony information

    AVN created five new categories for the 2004 awards show: Best Amateur Tape, Best Amateur Series, Best Marketing Website — Production Company, Best Retail Website and Best Transsexual Performer.
    A few years earlier, AVN had changed its Best Amateur Tape and Best Amateur Series Awards categories to Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape and Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series. Amateur productions and pro-am productions now will be split into separate categories with professionals shooting or performing in the pro-am categories but not the strictly amateur categories. The Best Marketing Website — Production Company category is for free websites "strictly devoted to marketing adult product," and the Best Retail Website category is for non-pay sites selling adult products. Best Transsexual Performer was created because until now, the only award recognizing the transsexual genre was the Best Transsexual Tape, which recognized directors more than performers.
    Besides being recorded for March broadcast on Playboy TV, a DVD of the awards show was also issued by Hustler.

    Performance of year's movies

    was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and The Fashionistas was the top renting movie of the previous year.

    Critical reviews

    High Society magazine viewed the show and its surrounding AVN Adult Entertainment Expo favourably: "AEE, and the accompanying AVN Awards, is a hell of a lot of fun, but we're kind of glad it only happens once a year. That many breast implants, tattoos, piercings and diva-like attitudes in one buiilding, at one time, is a little much, even for us."