31st AVN Awards was an event during which ''

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'' (''AVN'') presented its annual

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s to honor the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2013. The ceremony was held January 18, 2014, at The Joint in the

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. Movies or products released between October 1, 2012, and October 7, 2013, were eligible. Comedian/actress

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and adult movie actresses Chanel Preston, who was co-winner of "Most Outrageous Sex Scene", and Samantha Saint hosted the AVN Awards. The awards show was held immediately after the Adult Entertainment Expo at the same venue. ''Underworld'' took top honors as Movie of the Year, also winning Best Drama and seven other awards, including a directing award for Brad Armstrong.

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was named Best Actor for his performance as Ashley J. Williams in adult horror film '' Evil Head''. The coveted

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and AVN Best New Starlet Award went to

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and

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respectively.

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won Director of the Year for a record fourth consecutive time and

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was awarded a record fifth Male Performer of the Year award. The new category of BBW Performer of the Year was won by April Flores. The Clever Title of the Year award was won by

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for ''Cirque du Hole-A''.

Winners and nominees

The categories for the 31st AVN Awards were released on September 20, 2013 and the finalists were announced on November 15, 2013.

Major awards

Winners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 18, 2014, are highlighted in boldface.

Additional Award Winners

These awards were not presented during the awards ceremony itself but were announced before or after the show. In addition, Best 3D Release, Best Classic Release and Best Selling Title of the Year were on the list of award categories but were not presented in 2014. Video Categories * Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Gracie Glam,

& Raven Rockette (''Meow! 3'') * Best All-Girl Release: ''Meow! 3'' * Best All-Girl Series: ''Belladonna: No Warning'' * Best All-Sex Release: ''Slutty and Sluttier 18'' * Best Amateur Release: ''100% Real Swingers: Meet the Rileys'' * Best Amateur Series: ''College Rules'' * Best Anal Release: ''Wet Asses 2'' * Best Anal Series: ''Evil Anal'' * Best Art Direction: ''Underworld'' * Best Big Bust Release: ''Bra Busters 4'' * Best Big Bust Series: ''Big and Real'' * Best Big Butt Release: ''Big Wet Asses 22'' * Best Big Butt Series: ''Phat Ass White Girls'' * Best Cinematography: Francois Clousot (''Underworld'') * Best Comedy: ''Band Sluts'' * Best Continuing Series: ''Slutty and Sluttier'' * Best Director – Feature: Brad Armstrong (''Underworld'') * Best Director – Foreign Feature: Max Candy &

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(''The Ingenuous'') * Best Director – Foreign Non-Feature: Tanya Hyde (''The House of Sin'') * Best Director – Non-Feature: Mason (''Anikka'') * Best Director – Parody: Will Ryder (''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'') * Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene: Skin Diamond, Marco Banderas & Prince Yahshua (''Skin'') * Best DVD Extras: '' The New Behind the Green Door'' * Best Editing: Scott Allen (''Underworld'') * Best Educational Release: '' Jessica Drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex: Anal Play for Men'' * Best Ethnic Release – Asian: ''Asian Bombshells'' * Best Ethnic Release – Black: ''Big Black Wet Asses 13'' * Best Ethnic Release – Latin: ''Butthole Barrio Bitches 2'' * Best Ethnic Series: ''8th Street Latinas'' * Best Fem-Dom Strap-On Release: ''Strap Attack 17'' * Best Foot/Leg Fetish Release: ''Foot Fanatic'' * Best Foreign Feature: ''The Ingenuous'' * Best Foreign Non-Feature: ''Claire Castel: The Chambermaid'' * Best Foreign Continuing Series: ''Slutty Girls Love Rocco'' * Best Gonzo Release: ''

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’s Anal Cabo Weekend'' * Best Group Sex Scene:

, Karlo Karrera, Tony DeSergio,

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& Jordan Ash (''The Gang Bang of Bonnie Rotten'') * Best Interracial Release: ''Lex Turns Evil'' * Best Interracial Series: ''Mandingo Massacre'' * Best Makeup: Melissa Makeup ('' Evil Head'') * Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project: ''Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom'' ( Vivid Celeb) * Best MILF Release: ''MILF Revolution'' * Best MILF Series: ''My Friend's Hot Mom'' * Best Music Soundtrack: ''Grease XXX: A Parody'' * Best New Line: Skow for Girlfriends Films * Best New Series: ''Wet Asses'' * Best Non-Sex Performance: Kyle Stone (''Hotel No Tell'') * Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release: ''Cougars, Kittens & Cock 2'' * Best Oral Release: ''American Cocksucking Sluts 3'' * Best Oral Series: ''Deep Throat This'' * Best Orgy/Gangbang Release: ''Gangbanged 5'' * Best Original Song: "Queen of Munchkin Land" by Jeff Mullen (''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'') * Best Packaging: ''Underworld'' (Wicked Pictures) * Best POV Release: ''The Hooker Experience'' * Best POV Series: ''Tanlines'' * Best POV Sex Scene: Kennedy Leigh &

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(''Ultimate Fuck Toy: Kennedy Leigh'') * Best Pro-Am Release: ''Brand New Faces 42'' * Best Pro-Am Series: ''Bang Bus'' * Best Safe Sex Scene: Jessica Drake & Brad Armstrong (''Sexpionage: The Drake Chronicles'') * Best Screenplay: Brad Armstrong (''Underworld'') * Best Screenplay – Parody: David Stanley (''Clerks XXX: A Porn Parody'') * Best Solo Release: ''All Natural Glamour Solos 3'' * Best Solo Sex Scene: Maddy O'Reilly (''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'') * Best Special Effects: '' Iron Man XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'' * Best Specialty Release – Other Genre: ''Evil BBW Gold 3'' * Best Specialty Series – Other Genre: ''Evil BBW Gold'' * Best Squirting Release: ''Squirt Gasms!'' Video Categories (continued) * Best Supporting Actor: Xander Corvus (''Underworld'') * Best Supporting Actress: Brandy Aniston (''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'') * Best Tease Performance: Anikka Albrite (''Anikka'') * Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl: Anikka Albrite,

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(''Anikka'') * Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy: Remy LaCroix,

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(''Remy 2'') * Best Transsexual Release: ''Rogue Adventures 38'' * Best Transsexual Series: ''American She-Male X'' * Best Transsexual Sex Scene: Zoey Monroe & Jacqueline Woods (''Rogue Adventures 38'') * Best Vignette Release: ''Show No Mercy'' * Best Wall-to-Wall Release: ''Performers of the Year 2013'' * Best Young Girl Release: ''The Innocence of Youth 5'' * Best Young Girl Series: ''Cuties'' * Clever Title of the Year: ''Cirque du Hole-A'' * Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Chanel Preston & Ryan Madison ("Give Me Strength" - ''Get My Belt'') Video Body of Work Categories * All-Girl Performer of the Year: Shyla Jennings * BBW Performer of the Year: April Flores * Best Male Newcomer: Ike Diezel * Best Marketing Campaign – Company Image: Evil Angel * Best New Studio: Hard X/Erotica X * Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Anissa Kate * Mainstream Star of the Year:

* Male Foreign Performer of the Year:

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* MILF Performer of the Year:

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* Unsung Male Performer of the Year: Voodoo * Unsung Female Performer of the Year: Presley Hart Fan Awards Categories * Best Body: Jayden Jaymes * Best Boobs: Kagney Linn Karter * Favorite Female Porn Star: Riley Steele * Favorite Male Porn Star:

* Favorite Studio:

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* Favorite Webcam Girl: LittleRedBunny * Hottest MILF: Lisa Ann * Most Promising New Starlet: Christy Mack * Social Media Star: Lexi Belle Pleasure Products Categories * Best Condom Manufacturer:

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* Best Enhancement Manufacturer: Sensuva * Best Fetish Manufacturer: Sportsheets * Best Lingerie or Apparel Manufacturer: Coquette International * Best Lubricant Manufacturer: Wicked Sensual Care * Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Small:

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* Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Medium:

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* Best Pleasure Product Manufacturer – Large: Sportsheets * Best Product Line for Men:

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* Best Product Line for Women: JOPEN Retail and Distribution Categories * Best Adult Distributor: Entrenue * Best Boutique: The Tool Shed (Milwaukee, WI) * Best Retail Chain – Small: Fairvilla Megastore * Best Retail Chain – Large: Hustler Hollywood * Best Web Retail Store: AdamEve.com Web & Technology Categories * Best Affiliate Program: Gamma Entertainment * Best Alternative Website: Kink.com * Best Dating Website: AmateurMatch.com * Best Glamour Website: AndrewBlake.com * Best Live Chat Website: MyFreeCams.com * Best Membership Website: EvilAngel.com * Best Porn Star Website:

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Honorary AVN Awards

The

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Award for battling for industry rights was not presented in 2014.

Visionary Award

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founder Steve Orenstein was chosen to receive the third annual Visionary Award for "ethics, civic responsibility, an eye for quality and innovation, and a compassionate understanding of adult entertainment and its place in mainstream society".

Hall of Fame

The AVN Awards Hall of Fame inductees, "all of whom have attained not only longevity but also something more important: memorable achievements in front of the camera, behind the camera and back in the office," for 2014 were: *Founders Branch: Kevin Beechum, founder of content production/distribution company K-Beech; Ted Blitt, founder of Mile High Media; Morty Gordon, founder of Bizarre Video. *Video Branch: Barrett Blade, producer Shylar Cobi,

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director

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, Mike John, Katsuni, Scott Lyons, Nick Manning, Eric Masterson, Mr. Pete, director Bobby Rinaldi, Taylor St. Claire & Wendy Williams. *Executive Branch: Distributor Jerry E. of Juicy Entertainment and Exquisite Multimedia, Adam H. of Pleasure Productions, and Ed Kail & Marty Turkel. *Pleasure Product Branch: Lavi Yedid of NS Novelties; Robert Pyne Sr., founder of distribution company Williams Trading; and Rachel Venning & Claire Cavanah of adult retailer

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. *Internet Founders Branch: Angie Rowntree, founder of Sssh.com; Freeones.com founder Maurice; Mark "Greenguy" Jenkins of Link-O-Rama.com.

Multiple awards and nominations

The following releases received multiple awards: * 9 awards: ''Underworld'' * 5 awards: ''Anikka'' * 4 awards: ''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'' * 3 awards: ''The Ingenuous'' * 2 awards: ''Grease XXX: A Parody'', ''Meow! 3'', ''Rogue Adventures 38'' & ''Skin'' The following releases received the most nominations: * 17 nominations: ''Underworld'' * 16 nominations: ''Not The Wizard of Oz XXX'' * 12 nominations: '' Man of Steel XXX'' The following individuals received multiple awards: * 3 awards: Anikka Albrite, Brad Armstrong,

* 2 awards:

& Skin Diamond The following individuals received the most nominations (includes fan voting nominations & excludes producer nominations): * 17 nominations: Anikka Albrite & James Deen * 15 nominations: Joanna Angel &

* 14 nominations: Bonnie Rotten & Mick Blue * 13 nominations: Remy LaCroix &

* 12 nominations: Riley Reid * 11 nominations: Allie Haze, Chanel Preston & Skin Diamond * 10 nominations:

, Christy Mack, Dani Daniels, Manuel Ferrara, Mia Malkova & Prince Yahshua

Presenters and performers

The following individuals were presenters or performers during the awards ceremony:

Presenters

Trophy girls

* Evi Fox * Emily Austin

Performers

Ceremony information

With the strong showing in awards categories by feature movies, Adult Video News proclaimed them alive and well: "Despite mumbling that features and parodies have run their course, several were big winners this year, including ''Underworld,'' ''Grease XXX,'' ''Temptation of Eve'' and '' Man of Steel XXX.''"

Changes to awards categories

Beginning with the 31st AVN Awards, several new categories were introduced to reflect evolving market trends, including: * Best Safe Sex Scene * Best Condom Manufacturer * All-Girl Performer of the Year * BBW Performer of the Year * Best Web Director Meanwhile, the Best Photography Website category was renamed Best Glamour Website "to include sites that also feature glamorous video content." Unsung Starlet of the Year was renamed Unsung Female Performer of the Year, Best New Production Company became Best New Studio and Crossover Star of the Year became Mainstream Star of the Year. Fan vote categories increased from four to 10 and the categories themselves were completely changed, from Favorite Body,

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Queen, Favorite Porn Star and Best Free Adult Website, to the following: * Best Body * Best Boobs * Favorite Porn Star (Female) * Favorite Porn Star (Male) * Favorite Studio * Favorite Web Cam Girl * Hottest Ass * Hottest MILF * Most Promising New Starlet * Social Media Star (which includes

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) AVN also added another category to its Hall of Fame: "the Executive Branch, for key members of the industry who work behind the scenes" such as in sales, marketing or education. Best Celebrity Sex Tape and Best Internal Release were dropped on this year's list of categories.

Reception and review

Some media outlets were critical of the show.

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of the

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reported he was told attendance was down and the entertainment was terrible. Richard Abowitz, who covers the adult industry for

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termed the show "lackluster", noting, "Though long-billed as the Academy Awards for the adult industry, few take that label seriously anymore. The massive decline in the porn industry’s fortunes thanks to regulatory challenges and piracy and the infinity of sex offerings on the Internet have left the remains of the mainstream porn industry closer to the cheesy and sleazy parody of the other Hollywood that defined porn’s golden era of the '80s." ExpressMilwaukee sexuality blogger Laura Anne Stuart expressed mixed feelings about the new BBW Performer of the Year award category: "On one hand, I’m glad that the most well-known adult industry awards are recognizing that larger women are sexy and sexual. On the other hand, this probably means that the Best Actress and Female Performer of the Year categories will continue to be won by skinny people with preternaturally large boobs and/or butts."

In Memoriam

As the show was beginning, AVN used a segment to pay a tribute to adult-industry personalities who had died since the 2013 awards show, including ''

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and producer/distributor Morty Gordon.