1990 American adult industry award ceremony
The 7th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by
Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 8, 1990, at the
Tropicana Hotel & Casino in
Paradise, Nevada .
[2] During the ceremony,
AVN Awards were presented in 44 categories honoring
pornographic films released the previous year. Actor Rick Savage hosted the show with segment co-hosts
Christy Canyon ,
Barbara Dare and
Nina Hartley .
[1]
[2] Portions of the show were taped for a segment on
Entertainment Tonight .
[1]
The Nicole Stanton Story won five awards, the most of any feature, however Best Film went to Night Trips , which took three trophies, as did Voodoo Lust . Two awards went to each of Bi and Beyond III , True Love and Undercover .
Winners and nominees
The winners
[1] were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 1990.
[2] The first AVN Awards tie occurred as Victoria Paris and
Tori Welles were named co-winners of the Best New Starlet category.
[1] Jon Martin won Best Actor for the second consecutive year.
[1]
Victoria Paris, Best New Starlet co-winner
Tori Welles , Best New Starlet co-winner
Henri Pachard , Best Director—Film winner
Best Actor : Jon Martin, Cool Sheets
[1]
Best Actor—Gay Video: Tim Lowe, Fratrimony
Best Actress:
Sharon Kane , Bodies in Heat—The Sequel
Best All-Girl Feature: Where The Boys Aren't
Best All-Girl Sex Scene:
Barbara Dare , April West; True Love
Best All-Sex Feature: Hello Molly
Best Amateur Tape: Bus Stop Tales, Vol. 1
Best Anal-Themed Feature: Splendor In The Ass
Best Art Direction—Film or Video: Voodoo Lust
Best Bisexual Video: Bi and Beyond III
Best Box Cover Concept: Rain Woman , Coast to Coast Video
Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video: Buddy System II
Best Cinematography:
Andrew Blake , Night Trips
Best Compilation Tape: Only The Best 2
Best Director—Bisexual Video: Paul Norman, Bi and Beyond III
Best Director—Feature Film:
Henri Pachard , The Nicole Stanton Story I & II
Best Director—Gay Video: John Travis, Undercover
Best Director—Shot-on-Video Feature: Jean-Pierre Ferrand, Peter Davy; Voodoo Lust
Best Editing—Film: The Nicole Stanton Story
Best Editing—Video:
Andrew Blake , Night Trips
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Best Gay Video Feature: Undercover
Best Music: My Bare Lady
Best Newcomer—Gay Video: Brian Yeager, Buddy System
Best New Starlet: Victoria Paris,
Tori Welles (tie)
Best Non-Sex Role: Nick Random, True Love
[1]
Best Overall Marketing Campaign: Australian Erotica , Parliament Video
[1]
Best Packaging: twentysomething, Episode 3 ;
Vivid Video
Best Packaging—Gay Video: Davey and the Cruisers
Best Picture: Night Trips
Best Screenplay—Feature Film: Rick Marx, The Nicole Stanton Story
Best Screenplay—Video Feature:
Jace Rocker ; Cheeks 2: The Bitter End
Best Sex Scene—Feature Film:
Eric Edwards ,
Sharon Kane ; Firestorm 3
Best Sex Scene—Gay Video: Lon Flexxe, Bill Marlowe; Heat in the Night
Best Sex Scene—Group:
Marc Wallice , Blake Palmer,
Randy West , Jesse Eastern,
Debi Diamond ; Gang Bangs II
Best Sex Scene—Video Feature:
Tom Byron ,
Debi Diamond ; The Chameleon
Best Shot-on-Video Feature: Mad Love
Best Softcore Release: Party Favors
Best Specialty Tape: Wild Thing
Best Supporting Actor (Film & Video): Rick Savage, The Erotic Adventures of Bedman & Throbbin
Best Supporting Actress (Film & Video):
Viper , Mystery of the Golden Lotus
Best Tease Performance:
Tracey Adams , The Adventures of Buttman
Best Videography: Voodoo Lust
Top Renting Release of the Year: The Nicole Stanton Story
Top Selling Release of the Year: The Nicole Stanton Story
[1]
Honorary AVN Awards
Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1990 were:
Lesllie Bovee ,
Jamie Gillis ,
Ron Jeremy ,
Gloria Leonard ,
Bruce Seven ,
Joey Silvera . The six were all nominated by the readership of Adult Video News .
[1]
Multiple nominations and awards
The following six movies received multiple awards:
5 - The Nicole Stanton Story I & II
3 - Night Trips , Voodoo Lust
2 - Bi and Beyond III , True Love , Undercover
Presenters and performers
Performers
The Moonlight Entertainers
[1] provided the music, while comics
Bill Hicks ,
[1] Frank Barnett
[1] and
Scott Schwartz
[3] provided comedy segments and
Chi Chi LaRue
[1] sang “Wild Thing”.
[3]
Ceremony information
Actor Rick Savage
[1] hosted the show. He had three co-hosts for different portions of the awards show:
Christy Canyon ,
Barbara Dare and
Nina Hartley .
[1]
[2]
New categories added this year included: Best Amateur Tape and Best Tease Performance.
[1]
The Nicole Stanton Story was named top renting release of the year and also top selling release of the year.
[1]
See also
Notes
^1 Night Trips , a film, was edited on video.
References
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s "Glamor and Glitz at the AVN Awards Show". Adult Video News . Vol. 5, no. 3. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. February 1990. pp. 15–16.
ISSN
0883-7090 .
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d "The 1989 AVN Awards Show — Photo Feature". Adult Video News . Vol. 5, no. 4. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. March 1990. pp. 42–43.
ISSN
0883-7090 .
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b Ross, Gene (February 1990). "Mondo Vegas". Adult Video News . Vol. 5, no. 3. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 57–88.
ISSN
0883-7090 .
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