The 20th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 11, 2003 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in nearly 90 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2002.[2] The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Comedian Doug Stanhope co-hosted the show for the first time with adult film star Chloe.[1]
The Fashionistas won 10 awards including Best Film and Best Director—Film for John Stagliano. Breathless and The Private Gladiator each took home four trophies, The Ass Collector and Perfect earned three awards apiece and several more movies won two awards each.[3]
Winners and nominees
The nominees[4] for the 20th AVN Awards were announced in November 2002. The Fashionistas led the way with 22, followed by Paradise Lost with 16, Les Vampyres 2 with 14, Breathess with 12 and Club Sin with 11.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 11, 2003. The 10 awards won by The Fashionistas were a record for the most awards at a single show. Lexington Steele's third win as Male Performer of the Year was also a record; previously, he, Rocco Siffredi and Tom Byron had each won twice.
Kristina Black, Daisy Chain, Lola, Misty, Shelbee Myne, Aurora Snow, Gwen Summers, The Violation of Aurora Snow[4]
Additional Award Winners
These awards[3] were announced, but not presented, in a pre-recorded winners-only segment shown on the ballroom's video monitors during the event. Trophies were given to the recipients off-stage:
Best Screenplay—Video:Michael Raven, Devan Sapphire, Breathless
Best Sex Comedy:Kung-Fu Girls
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Veronica B., Cindy, Henrietta, Karib, Katalin, Monik, Nikita, Niky, Sheila Scott, Petra Short, Stella Virgin, Rocco Siffredi, The Ass Collector
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Taylor Starr and Tyler Starr,[6] the Sin City Twins.
AVN created several new categories for the year's awards show. Among them: Best Oral Sex Scene—Video, Best Male Newcomer, Best Director—Non-Feature, Male Foreign Performer of the Year and Female Foreign Performer of the Year.
The show was recorded for later broadcast[4] and a DVD of the awards show was issued by VCA Pictures.[7]
Performance of year's movies
Briana Loves Jenna was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and also the top renting movie of the previous year.[2][3]
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^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx"20th Anniversary AVN Awards". The 2003 AVN Awards Show program. Chatsworth, California: AVN Publications, Inc. January 11, 2003.
^Jameson, Jenna (July 2003). "Jenna Tales". Hustler. Beverly Hills, California: L.F.P., Inc. p. 30. ISSN0149-4635.
^"Hustler in the Spotlight at the 2003 Adult Entertainment Expo". Hustler. Vol. 29, no. 13. Beverly Hills, California: L.F.P., Inc. June 2003. p. 106. ISSN0149-4635.
^Recob, Den (September 15, 2003). "AVN 2003 Awards Show". Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. Denny Recob. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
References
Partridge, Giddie (July 2003). "Glamour Whores". Hustler. Beverly Hills, California. pp. 48–49.
"1001 Porn Stars". Cheri magazine. August 2003. p. 42.
"The AVN Awards Are Pornographic and Perverse!". High Society. July 2003.
"Fear of Clothing in Law Vegas". Best of High Society. No. 162.
