The 18th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by

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(AVN), took place January 8, 2001 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at

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, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented

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in 77 categories honoring the best

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released between Oct. 1, 1999 and Sept. 30, 2000. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Adult film star

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hosted the show for the second time. The year's biggest winner was ''Dark Angels'' with six awards, including best Video Feature and Best Director—Video for ''Nic Andrews'', however, ''Watchers'' won for Best Film while capturing three additional trophies. Other multiple winners included: ''Les Vampyres'' with five awards, ''Dream Quest'' with four and ''Raw'' and ''West Side'' each with three.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 19th AVN Awards were announced in November 2000. ''Dream Quest'' led the way with 20, followed by ''Watchers'' with 18, ''Les Vampyres'' with 17, ''West Side'' with 16, ''Raw'' with 15, ''Dark Angels'' with 14, ''Jekyll and Hyde'' with 12 and ''A Midsummer Night's Cream'', ''Artemesia'' and ''In the Days of Whore'' with 10 apiece. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2001.

Major awards

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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Additional Award Winners

* Best All-Girl Feature: ''Hard Love/How to Fuck in High Heels'' * Best All-Girl Series: ''The Violation of...'' * Best Alternative Video: Dream Girls: ''Real Adventures 18'' * Best Anal Sex Scene—Film:

Randy Spears Randy Spears (born June 18, 1961), sometimes credited as Greg Ory, is an American retired pornographic actor and director who has appeared in numerous adult feature films. Spears is noted among porn actors for his comedic acting talent. Career ...

, Inari Vachs; ''Façade'' * Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: "Kristi Myst's Anal Gang Bang" ( Kristy Myst,

Anthony Crane Anthony Crane (born March 28, 1963) is an American former pornographic actor. Personal life On April 19, 2002, Crane pleaded guilty to charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and making terroristic threats against his ex-wife, Nic ...

, Arnold Schwartzenpecker, Brandon Iron, Brian Surewood, Dick Nasty, Gino Greco, John Strong,

Rod Fontana Ronald Boyer (born September 18, 1952), commonly known by the stage name Rod Fontana, is a pornographic actor and director. In 2005, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. He was reported to have retired from the adult film industry in 2007 ...

, Trevor Thompson, Valentino), ''In the Days of Whore'' * Best Anal-Themed Feature: ''Rocco's True Anal Stories 11'' * Best Anal-Themed Series: ''Rocco's True Anal Stories'' * Best Art Direction—Film: ''Jekyll and Hyde'' * Best Art Direction—Video: ''Shayla's Web'' * Best Box Cover Concept: ''Les Vampyres'', Cal Vista Films/Metro * Best Cinematography: Ralph Parfait, Jake Jacobs; ''Dream Quest'' * Best Classic Release on DVD: ''Chameleons Not the Sequel'' * Best Continuing Video Series: ''Pick Up Lines'', ''Hollywood Hardcore'' (tie) * Best Director—Foreign Release: Tanya Hyde; ''Hell, Whores and High Heels'' (Pirate Video 10) * Best DVD Extras: ''All Star'' * Best Editing—Film:

Michael Raven Michael Raven (born 1964) is an American pornographic film director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. Raven met his wife Sydnee Steele while working as a car salesman. They married, finding a common interest in pornography and swing ...

, Sammy Slater; ''Watchers'' * Best Editing—Video: Nic Andrews, ''Dark Angels'' * Best Ethnic-Themed Release: ''Panochitas 5'' * Best Foreign Vignette Series: ''Private XXX'' * Best Foreign Vignette Tape: ''Hell, Whores and High Heels'' (Pirate Video 10) * Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Violet Luv, Wendi Knight, Brandon Iron; ''Les Vampyres'' * Best Group Sex Scene—Video: Hakan Serbes,

Alisha Klass Alisha Klass (born January 3, 1972) is a former American pornographic actress. Career Klass began starring in pornographic movies around 1997, becoming the best known collaborator with director Seymore Butts, aka Adam Glasser, to whom she was on ...

, McKayla Matthews; ''Mission to Uranus'' * Best Interactive DVD: ''Virtual Sex With Tera Patrick'' * Best Music: Derik Andrews, Inversion 89; ''Dark Angels'' * Best Non-Sex Performance—Film or Video: Rob Spallone, ''The Sopornos'' * Best Oral-Themed Feature: ''Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26'' * Best Oral-Themed Series: ''Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio'' * Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image:

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Group * Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Title or Series: ''Les Vampyres'', Cal Vista Films/Metro * Best Packaging: ''Dream Quest'',

Wicked Pictures Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. Between 2004 and 2021, it was one of the only heterosexual studios to maintain a condoms-only policy. Company history Steve Orenstein founded Wi ...

* Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series: ''Up and Cummers'' * Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape: ''California College Student Bodies 16'' * Best Screenplay—Film:

, George Kaplan; ''Watchers'' * Best Screenplay—Video: Antonio Passolini, ''Raw'' * Best Solo Sex Scene:

Devinn Lane Devinn Lane is a former adult model, pornographic actress, writer, director and producer. She is sometimes credited as Devin Lane or Devon Lane. Biography Lane became pregnant at 16 and began stripping to support herself and her child in 1990 ...

, ''In Style'' * Best Special Effects: ''Intimate Expressions'' * Best Specialty Tape—Bondage and S/M: ''Humiliation of Heidi'' * Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust: ''Harem Hooters'' * Best Specialty Tape—Other Genre: ''Barefoot Confidential 8'' * Best Specialty Tape—Spanking: ''Public Canings'' * Best Supporting Actor—Film:

, ''Watchers'' * Best Supporting Actor—Video:

Wilde Oscar Wilde Oscar (born 8 April 1967 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English retired pornographic film actor. He is noted for being married to, and frequently performing with, the English pornographic film actress, Nici Sterling. Quo ...

, ''West Side'' * Best Supporting Actress—Film: Chloe, ''True Blue'' * Best Tease Performance:

Jessica Drake Jessica Drake is an American pornographic actress and sex educator. Career Drake spent two years as a contract performer for the studio Sin City until May 31, 2002, when her contract expired. She gained her first AVN Award in 2001, winning "Bes ...

, ''Shayla's Web'' * Best Transsexual Tape: ''Rogue Adventures: Big Ass She-Males 7'' * Best Videography: Nic Andrews, Jake Jacobs; ''Dark Angels'' * Best Vignette Tape: ''Terrors From the Clit 2'' * Best Vignette Series: ''Perverted Stories'' * Most Outrageous Sex Scene: “The Detached Cock” with Bridgette Kerkove, Tyce Bune; ''In the Days of Whore''

Honorary AVN Awards

Reuben Sturman Award

Ed Powers Mark Arnold Krinsky (born October 25, 1954), better known as Ed Powers, is an American pornographic film director, producer, actor, and radio host. He is the owner of the porn production company Ed Powers Productions. Early life Powers was born ...

, Mark Kernes

Hall of Fame

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John T. Bone John Gilbert Bowen (11 February 1947 – 26 January 2019) was a British pornographic movie director who used the name John T. Bone. He is best known for directing two large gang bang movies: '' World's Biggest Gang Bang'' in 1995 starring ...

, Asia Carrera,

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, Shayla La Veaux, Clive McLean, Earl Miller,

Tiffany Mynx Tiffany Mynx is an American former pornographic actress and film director. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. Adult film career Mynx has starred in more than 400 porn movies and has directed ''The Toe Story''. She was inducte ...

, Reb Sawitz,

Sunset Thomas Diane Thomas (born Diane Fowler), known professionally as Sunset Thomas, is an American artist and former pornographic actress. She was runner-up for ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in 1998 and is a member of the AVN, XRCO, and Legends of Erotica ...

, Bob Vosse, Honey Wilder, Sam Xavier

Multiple nominations and awards

The following releases received the most nominations. The following 15 releases received multiple awards:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Haven and Lacey.

Presenters (in order of appearance)

Performers

Ceremony information

The awards show marked the premiere of its new trophy design, which Adult Video News called "an original 3-D Lucite monolith that hailed the long awaited Demise of the Golden Bitch." The year's show featured a "Pussy Cam", a floor-level camera near the stage's podium, which offered attendees an infrequent glimpse of female stars lingerie or lack thereof. In his moment at the podium, actor

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offered female attendees equal time by dropping his trousers for the audience's supposed benefit. The show was recorded and a DVD of the show was published and distributed by VCA Interactive.

Performance of year's movies

''Dream Quest'' was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and was also the top renting movie of the previous year.

Critical reviews

The show received a negative reception from Adult DVD Talk. An article by Groundskeeper Willie was titled, "The Adult Video Snooze Awars" and besides having found the show slow and monotonous with occasional gaffes, he also took organizers to task for not using film or video clips during the show, even in the major categories. ''

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'' magazine agreed that "the ceremony dragged on for what seemed like an eternity but still managed to entertain, despite the shaky hositn gskills of cock-shy

" and also decried the $195 fee for admission tickets.

Notes

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