The 35th AVN Awards, presented by

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and adult entertainment products of between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017, and took place on January 27, 2018 at The Joint in

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, Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, Adult Video News presented AVN Awards (often referred to as the Oscars of porn) in more than 100 categories. Webcam star Harli Lotts and performer/director

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co-hosted the ceremony, each for the first time. Master of ceremonies was comedian Aries Spears. The show was webcast live on AVN.com originating from Livestream.com. This year also marked the return of ''

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'' after extended hiatus held at same location a week before AVN awards; both being part of ''

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'' also known as ''AVN Week''. Best Drama winner ''Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy'' earned honors as Best Movie. However, ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' and ''Angela 3'' each won six awards, tied for the most honors at the show. Movie of the Year winner ''Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy'' took four trophies.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 35th AVN Awards were announced on November 16, 2017, at the annual AVN Awards Nominations Party at

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., The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 27, 2018. The major performer awards went to

, AVN Female Performer of the Year Award; Markus Dupree, Male Performer of the Year and Jill Kassidy, Best New Starlet. In terms of movies, the big winners were ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' and ''Angela 3'', each with six awards.

Major awards

Greg Lansky at the 2016 AVN Awards in Las Vegas, NV

Winners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 27, 2018, are highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().

Additional award winners

The following is the list of remaining award categories, which were presented apart from the actual awards ceremony. CONTENT CATEGORIES * All-Girl Performer of the Year: Jenna Sativa * Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Melissa Moore, Elsa Jean, Adria Rae ''Best New Starlets 2017'' * Best All-Girl Movie: ''Angela Loves Women 3'' * Best All-Girl Series: ''Women Seeking Women'' * Best Amateur/Pro-Am Movie: ''Amateur Introductions 24'' * Best Anal Movie: ''Anal Savages 3'' * Best Anal Series: ''Anal Savages'' * Best Anthology Movie: ''Sacrosanct'' * Best Art Direction: ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best BDSM Movie: ''Cybill Troy Is Vicious'' * Best Cinematography: Winston Henry, ''Sacrosanct'' * Best Continuing Series: ''Angela Loves ...'' * Best Director – Feature:

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, ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best Director – Foreign Feature: Hervé Bodilis, Pascal Lucas, ''Revenge of a Daughter'' * Best Director – Foreign Non-Feature: Hervé Bodilis, ''Megan Escort Deluxe'' * Best Director – Non-Feature:

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, ''Sacrosanct'' * Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene:

, Markus Dupree,

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, ''Angela 3'' * Best Editing:

, ''Angela 3'' * Best Ethnic Movie: ''Asian Anal'' * Best Ethnic/Interracial Series: ''Black & White'' * Best Foreign Feature: ''Bulldogs'' * Best Foreign Non-Feature: ''Anissa the Tenniswoman'' * Best Foreign Series: ''Rocco’s Psycho Teens'' * Best Gonzo Movie: ''Manuel’s Fucking POV 7'' * Best Group Sex Scene:

, Xander Corvus, Markus Dupree,

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, John Strong, ''Angela 3'' * Best Ingénue Movie: ''Young Fantasies 2'' * Best Interracial Movie: ''Interracial Icon 4'' * Best Lewd Propositions Movie: ''Babysitter Auditions'' * Best Makeup: Dusty, May Kup, Cammy Ellis, ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best Male Newcomer: Wes Meadows (Vacated; Given to Juan “El Caballo” Loco) * Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Vixen * Best MILF Movie: ''MILF Performers of the Year 2017'' * Best New Imprint: Pure Taboo * Best New Series: ''Young & Beautiful'' * Best Niche Movie: ''Cum Inside Me 3'' * Best Niche Series: ''Squirt for Me'' * Best Non-Sex Performance: Kyle Stone, ''Conflicted'' * Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Movie: ''The Art of Older Women'' * Best Oral Movie: ''Facialized 4'' * Best Orgy/Gangbang Movie: ''My First Gangbang'' * Best Parody: ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best Polyamory Movie: ''Adventures With the Baumgartners'' * Best Screenplay:

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, ''Bad Babes Inc.'' * Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Claire Castel, Kristof Cale, Math, Ricky Mancini; ''Claire Desires of Submission'' * Best Solo/Tease Performance:

, ''Angela 3'' * Best Soundtrack: ''The Altar of Aphrodite'' * Best Special Effects: ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' Content (ctd.) * Best Supporting Actor: Small Hands, ''Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy'' * Best Taboo Relations Movie: ''Dysfucktional: Blood Is Thicker Than Cum'' * Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl: Kendra Sunderland, Jason Brown, Ricky Johnson; ''Kendra’s Obsession'' * Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy:

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; ''Young & Beautiful'' * Best Transsexual Movie: ''All My Mother’s Lovers'', ''Buck Angel Superstar'' (tie) * Best Transsexual Series: ''Hot for Transsexuals'' * Best Transsexual Sex Scene: Adriana Chechik, Aubrey Kate, ''Adriana Chechik Is the Squirt Queen'' * Best Virtual Reality Product/Site: BadoinkVR.com * Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene: Adriana Chechik, Megan Rain, Arya Fae, Tommy Gunn; "Zombie Slayers", WankzVR.com * Best Web Director: Mike Adriano * Clever Title of the Year: ''Black Loads Matter'' * Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Jasmine Jae * Mainstream Star of the Year:

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* Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Ryan Ryder * MILF Performer of the Year: Cherie DeVille * Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Leya Falcon, Ophelia Rain in “Well There’s ONE Place You Can Put an AVN Award”, ''Viking Girls Gone Horny'' * Niche Performer of the Year: Cybill Troy PLEASURE PRODUCTS * Best Condom Manufacturer: Paradise Lubricated Condom * Best Enhancement Manufacturer: Bedroom Products * Best Fetish Manufacturer: XR Brands * Best Lingerie or Apparel Manufacturer: Fantasy Lingerie * Best Lubricant Manufacturer: Wicked Sensual Care * Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Small: Clandestine Devices * Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Medium:

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* Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Large: Topco Sales RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION * Best Boutique: Pepper's Parties Too (Hattiesburg, MS) * Best Retail Chain – Small: Inz & Outz * Best Retail Chain – Medium: The Pleasure Chest * Best Retail Chain – Large: Castle Megastore * Best Web Retail Store: AdultEmpire.com FAN AWARDS * Favorite BBW Performer: Angelina Castro * Favorite Cam Guy: Aamir Desire * Favorite Camming Couple: 19honeysuckle (aka Honey & Tom Christian) * Favorite Female Porn Star:

* Favorite Indie Clip Star: Jenny Blighe * Favorite Membership Site: BrazzersNetwork.com * Favorite Male Porn Star: Johnny Sins * Favorite Porn Star Website:

* Favorite Trans Cam Star: Aubrey Kate * Favorite Trans Porn Star: Chanel Santini * Hottest MILF: Kendra Lust * Hottest Newcomer: Lena Paul * Most Amazing Sex Toy: Angela White Fleshlight * Most Epic Ass:

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Multiple nominations and awards

''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' and ''Angela 3'', each with six, were the movies that won the most awards. ''Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy'' was next with four trophies while ''Sacrosanct'' won three. ''Facialized 4'' and ''Anal Savages 3'' won two apiece while the ''Anal Savages'' series also won a best series award. ''Angela Loves Women 3'' also won an award in addition to being part of the ''Angela Loves...'' series, which also won a best series award. ''Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' also had the most nominations, with 13.

AVN Honorary Awards

Hall of Fame

AVN on January 6, 2018, announced the 2017 inductees into its hall of fame, who were later honored with a January 23 cocktail party and then a video as the awards show opened. * Video Branch:

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, William H., Brandon Iron,

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, Michael Zen * Executive Branch: Marc Bruder, Mara Epstein, Rondee Kamins * Founders Branch: Mark Kulkis, David Joseph, Chuck Zane * Internet Founders Branch: Brad Mitchell

Presenters and performers

AVN announced the 2018 AVN Awards Trophy Girls would be Ayumi Anime and Sofi Ryan. Hip-hop artist

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performed several musical numbers during the show. Comedian and master of ceremonies Aries Spears cracked jokes and appeared in several comedy skits with various adult industry luminaries.

Ceremony information

For the first time, content released exclusively on membership websites was eligible for AVN Awards consideration in any sex scene category. AVN also added two new categories in the Web and Technology area: Best New Website and Best Clip Website. In addition, Best Specialty Movie - Other Genre and Best Specialty Series - Other Genre were renamed Best Niche Movie and Series and a new category, Niche Performer of the Year, was added. At the nominations unveiling, two more new categories, Best Action/Thriller and Best Lewd Propositions Movie were announced. Favorite BBW Performer was added later as a fan-voted category for 2018. Another new fan category for 2018 was Favorite Cosplay Cam Cosplayer. Porn legend

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was banned from the year's awards show. AVN felt he violated its code of conduct based on a ''

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''In Memoriam''

As the show was beginning, AVN used a video segment to pay a tribute to adult-industry personalities who had died since the 2017 awards show: James Baes, Sean Barnett, Ron Harris, Hugh Hefner, Morton Hyatt,

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