28th AVN Awards
The 28th AVN Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, presented by Adult Video News, honored the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2010. The ceremony was held on January 8, 2011 in the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada. 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 by Showtime. Comedian Lisa Lampanelli hosted the show with co-hosts Tori Black and Riley Steele.
AVN increased the number of people who voted on the awards to more than forty, "roughly divided evenly between in-house AVN 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, former AVN editors Tod Hunter and Jared Rutter, XCritic.com’s Christopher Thorne, Dr. Jay and Don Houston, members of AdultDVDTalk.com and others."
Fan awards were also introduced in 2011. Winners were selected 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.
Speed earned Best Feature honors for Brad Armstrong who also took home the Best Director—Feature award. Tori Black won her second Female Performer of the Year award, the first actress to do so in the event's 28-year history, while Gracie Glam won the Best New Starlet Award. Evan Stone became a three-time Male Performer of the Year, joining Manuel Ferrara and Lexington Steele as the two others with three wins in the category.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 28th AVN Awards were announced on Nov. 29, 2010 in a press release. The film receiving the most nominations was Malice in Lalaland with 19, while performer Tori 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.Major Awards
Award winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.| Best Feature | Best New Starlet |
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| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Best Director - Feature | Best 3D Release |
| Best Parody - Comedy | Best Parody - Drama |
| Best Gonzo Release | Best Interracial Release |
| Best High-End All-Sex Release | Best New Series |
| Best Couples Sex Scene | Best Oral Sex Scene |
| Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Girl/Girl/Boy | Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene |
| Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene | Fan Awards |
| Best Body: | |
| Crossover Star of the Year | Best Porn Star Website |
| Top Renting and Selling Release | Reuben Sturman Award |
Additional Award Winners
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
- Best All-Girl Release: Meow!
- Best All-Girl Series: Women Seeking Women
- Best All-Sex Release: Just Jenna
- Best All-Sex Series: Don’t Make Me Beg
- Best Alternative Release: Extreme Public Adventures
- Best Amateur Release: Absolute Amateurs 3
- Best Amateur Series: ATK Galleria
- Best Anal-Themed Release: Big Wet Asses! 16
- Best Anal-Themed Series: Evil Anal
- Best Animated Release: Bound to Please
- Best BDSM Release: Bondage Wonderland
- Best Big Bust Release: Bra Busters
- Best Big Bust Series: Big Tits at School
- Best Big Butt Release: Asslicious 2
- Best Big Butt Series: Big Ass Fixation
- Best Classic Release: Aunt Peg's Fulfillment
- Best Comedy: Couples Camp
- Best DVD Extras: Speed, Wicked Pictures
- Best DVD Menus: ' - Axel Braun/Vivid Entertainment
- Best Educational Release: Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Advanced Fellatio
- Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Asian: Asian Fucking Nation 4
- Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Black: Black Ass Addiction 6
- Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Latin: Buttman’s Rio Extreme Girls
- Best Ethnic-Themed Series – Asian: Naughty Little Asians
- Best Ethnic-Themed Series – Black: Black Ass Addiction
- Best Ethnic-Themed Series – Latin: Latin Adultery
- Best Fem-Dom Strap-On Release: Strap Attack 12
- Best Foot/Leg Fetish Release: Party of Feet 2
- Best Foreign All-Sex Release: Tori Black: Nymphomaniac
- Best Foreign All-Sex Series: Rocco: Puppet Master
- Best Foreign Feature: Alice: A Fairy Love Tale
- Best Gonzo Series: Slutty and Sluttier
- Best Interactive DVD: Interactive Sex with Alexis Texas
- Best Internal Release: Unplanned Parenthood
- Best Internal Series: All Internal
- Best Interracial Series: It’s Big, It’s Black, It’s Jack
- Best MILF Release: Dirty Rotten Mother Fuckers 4
- Best MILF Series: Seasoned Players
- Best New Line: The Ass Factory
- Best New Video Production Company: Axel Braun Productions
- Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release: Mother-Daughter Exchange Club 12
- Best Online Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Adam & Eve Pictures, AdamEvePictures.com
- Best Online Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: ', Bluebird Films
- Best Oral Release: Fuck Face
- Best Oral Series: Suck It Dry
- Best Orgy/Gangbang Release: Out Numbered 5
- Best Orgy/Gangbang Series: Fuck Team Five
- Best Overall Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Vivid Entertainment
- Best Overall Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: ', Axel Braun/Vivid Entertainment
- Best Packaging: Body Heat, Digital Playground
- Best Packaging Innovation: Malice in Lalaland - Miss Lucifer/Vivid Entertainment
- Best POV Release: Jack’s POV 15
- Best POV Series: Jack’s POV
- Best Pro-Am Release: Brand New Faces 26
- Best Pro-Am Series: Can He Score?
- Best Solo Release: All by Myself 4
- Best Special Effects: BatfXXX: Dark Night Parody
- Best Specialty Release – Other Genre: Asses of Face Destruction 9
- Best Specialty Series: Barefoot Confidential
- Best Squirting Release: Big League Squirters
- Best Squirting Series: Squirtamania
- Best Transsexual Release: America’s Next Top Tranny: Season 6
- Best Transsexual Series: She-Male XTC
- Best Vignette Release: Pornstars Punishment
- Best Vignette Series: Bad Girls
- Best Young Girl Release: Cum Spoiled Brats
- Best Young Girl Series: Barely Legal
- Clever Title of the Year: The Devil Wears Nada
Honorary AVN Awards
Reuben Sturman Award
John Stagliano was awarded the Reuben Sturman Award "for his successful defense of obscenity charges" in 2010.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 and Evan Stone.- Founders Branch: Russell Hampshire, VCA Pictures; Mike Moran, Lion's Den; Steven Orenstein, Wicked Pictures
- Pleasure Product Branch: Joani Blank, Good Vibrations; Ron Braverman, Doc Johnson; Susan Colvin, California Exotic Novelties; Marty Tucker, Topco.
- Internet Founders Branch: Mitch Farber, Netbilling; Colin Rowntree, Wasteland.com; Tim Valenti, NakedSword.com.
Multiple nominations and awards
- 7 awards: '
- 6 awards: '
- 4 awards: Asa Akira Is Insatiable, Speed
- 3 awards: Body Heat, Buttwoman vs. Slutwoman, This Ain't Glee XXX and '
- 2 awards: The Condemned, Jack’s POV 15, Lex the Impaler 5, Malice in Lalaland, Meow! and Performers of the Year 2010
- 19 nominations: Malice in Lalaland
- 16 nominations: BatfXXX: Dark Night Parody, '
- 15 nominations: Speed, The Big Lebowski: A XXX Parody
- 14 nominations: The Sex Files 2: A Dark XXX Parody, Bonny & Clide
- 11 nominations: Body Heat, The Condemned, An Open Invitation: A Real Swinger's Party in San Francisco
- 4 awards: Asa Akira, Tori Black
- 3 awards: Axel Braun, Kristina Rose, Riley Steele, Evan Stone, Alexis Texas
- 2 awards: Raven Alexis, Joanna Angel, Manuel Ferrara, Gracie Glam, Jesse Jane, Jules Jordan, Katsuni, Kayden Kross
- 22 nominations : Tori Black
- 17 nominations: Bobbi Starr
- 14 nominations: Kristina Rose
- 13 nominations: Andy San Dimas
- 12 nominations : Manuel Ferrara
- 10 nominations: Asa Akira
Presenters and performers
Presenters
| Name | Role |
| 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 the Reuben 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 for Female Performer of the Year |
| Lisa Lampanelli | Introduced the performance by Speaker Junkies |
| Jenna Haze Sarah Vandella Raven Alexis | Presenters of the award for Best Video Feature |
Trophy girls
- Madelyn Marie
- Chanel Preston
Performers
| Name | Role | Performed |
| Lisa Lampanelli | Host | Comedian |
| Jessie Andrews | Backstage | Interviews |
| Speaker Junkies | Performer | Musical act performs "Losing Control" |
Changes to awards categories
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."Five new categories were also introduced to recognize the retail and distribution sector of the adult industry:
- Best Adult Distributor
- Best Adult Distributor
- Best Retail Boutique
- Best Retail Boutique
- Best Retail Chain
Controversies