16th AVN Awards
Adult industry award ceremony in 1999
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The 16th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) honored the best of 1998 in pornographic movies and took place on January 9, 1999, at Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 68 categories. The ceremony, televised by Playboy TV,[4] was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone.[1] Comedian Robert Schimmel[1] returned as host[5] and actresses Alisha Klass,[2] Midori and Serenity co-hosted the award show.[3] Five weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1998, the awards for gay pornographic movies were presented in a new separate ceremony known as the GayVN Awards.[6]
DateJanuary 9, 1999
Produced byGary Miller[1]
| 16th AVN Awards | |
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Choices: The 1999 AVN Awards Show program cover | |
| Date | January 9, 1999 |
| Site | Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada[1] |
| Hosted by | |
| Produced by | Gary Miller[1] |
| Directed by | Mark Stone[1] |
| Organized by | Adult Video News |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Looker[3] |
| Special Achievement |
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| Best Direction | Nic Cramer[3] |
| Best Actor | James Bonn[3] |
| Best Actress | Shanna McCullough[3] |
| Hall of Fame | |
| Most awards | Looker[3] |
| Most nominations | Café Flesh 2 |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Playboy TV[4] |
Looker won six awards including Best Film. Other winners included Café Flesh 2 with four awards, Tushy Heaven with three and Euro Angels 10, Forever Night, Masseuse 3, Models, Pornogothic, The Pornographer, Strange Life: The Breech, Tatiana each with two.
Winners and nominees
When the nominees for the 16th AVN Awards were announced, Café Flesh 2 earned the most nominations with 14; Models came in second place with 13. A new committee of 51 industry professionals voted to select the best in each category. There were 30 AVN voters.[6]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 9, 1999.[1] Besides winning Best Film, Looker's awards haul also included wins for Best Actress to Shanna McCullough, who won her first acting award 12 years earlier, and Best DirectorâFilm to Nic Cramer, his second in consecutive years.[4] Co-host Klass won Best New Starlet with Tom Byron and Chloe winning Male and Female Performer of the Year awards respectively.[5] Erotic X-Film Guide suggested that with gonzo porn making a mark for itself in hardcore, the Best Gonzo Video and Best Gonzo Series awards, won by Whack Attack 2 and Seymore Butts respectively, were "perhaps the most important this past year."[5]
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film | Best Video Feature |
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Performances
| Best ActorâFilm | Best ActorâVideo | ||
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| Best ActressâFilm | Best ActressâVideo | ||
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| Best Supporting ActorâFilm | Best Supporting ActorâVideo | ||
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| Best Supporting ActressâFilm | Best Supporting ActressâVideo | ||
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| Best New Starlet | Best Tease Performance | ||
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| Female Performer of the Year | Male Performer of the Year | ||
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| Best Non-Sex PerformanceâFilm or Video | |||
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Sex Scenes
| Best All-Girl Sex SceneâFilm | Best All-Girl Sex SceneâVideo |
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| Best Anal Sex SceneâFilm | Best Anal Sex SceneâVideo |
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| Best Couples Sex SceneâFilm | Best Couples Sex SceneâVideo |
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| Best Group Sex SceneâFilm | Best Group Sex SceneâVideo |
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| Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release | Best Solo Sex Scene |
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| Most Outrageous Sex Scene | |
By Genre
| Best All Sex Film | Best All Sex Video | ||
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| Best Gonzo Video | Best Vignette Tape | ||
| Best Anal-Themed Feature | Best Comedy | ||
| Best All-Girl Feature | Best Alternative Video | ||
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| Best CD-ROM | Best DVD | ||
| Best Ethnic-Themed Video | The Hot Video Award | ||
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(France's Hot Video magazine presents its award for Best American Production Released in France) | |||
| Best Foreign Release | Best Foreign Vignette Tape | ||
| Best Oral-Themed Feature | Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape | ||
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| Best Specialty TapeâBig Bust | Best Specialty TapeâBondage | ||
| Best Specialty TapeâOther Genre | Best Specialty TapeâSpanking | ||
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| Best Transsexual Tape | |||
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Marketing
| Best Box Cover Concept | Best Packaging |
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| Best Overall Marketing Campaignâ Individual Title or Series |
Best Overall Marketing CampaignâCompany Image |
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Series
| Best Continuing Video Series | Best Ethnic-Themed Series |
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| Best Gonzo Series | Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series |
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Technical Achievement
| Best Art DirectionâFilm | Best Art DirectionâVideo | ||
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| Best Cinematography | Best Videography | ||
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| Best DirectorâFilm | Best DirectorâVideo | ||
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| Best DirectorâForeign | Best Music | ||
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| Best EditingâFilm | Best EditingâVideo | ||
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| Best ScreenplayâFilm | Best ScreenplayâVideo | ||
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| Best Special Effects | |||
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Achievement Awards
Breakthrough AwardSafe Sex Award
Special Achievement Awards
Hall of Fame |
 Best-Selling Tape of the YearBest-Renting Tape of the Year
o/I EG[6]
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Movies with multiple nominations and awards
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The following 22 movies received the most nominations:
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The following 11 movies received multiple awards:
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Presenters and Performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Presenters
| Name(s) | Role |
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| Jewel De'Nyle Azlea Antistea | The Trophy Girls[6] |
| Christi Lake Misty Randy Spears Danielle Rogers | Presenters of the All-Girl Sex SceneâVideo award[4] |
| Kylie Ireland Stacy Valentine Jill Kelly | Presenters of the All-Girl Sex SceneâFilm award[4] |
| Jeanna Fine | Presenter of the Best Supporting ActorâFilm award[4] |
| Smally Pauly (The Howard Stern Show) Tina Tyler Coral Sands | Presenters of the Best Couples Sex SceneâVideo award[4] |
| David Chryso (Hot Vidéo) Laure Sainclair Oceane | Presenters of the Hot Video Award[4] |
| Paul Fishbein (AVN Publisher) | Presenter of a Special Achievement award[6] |
| Jenna Jameson | Presenter of the Breakthrough Award Award[6] |
| Al Goldstein (Screw publisher) | Presenter of the first five Hall of Fame awards[6] |
| Chloe Ruby Liz Leighton Rocki Roads Stryc-9 Crystal Knight | Presenters of the Best Group Sex Scenes awards[4] |
| Jenteal {{{last}}} Lori Michaels Taylor Hayes Taylor St. Claire Raquel DeVine Ian Daniels | Presenters of the Best Supporting ActorâVideo award[4] |
| Janine Lindemulder | Presenter of the Best Selling and Renting Tapes awards[6] |
| Jane Hamilton | Presenter of the last four Hall of Fame awards[4] |
| Paul Fishbein (AVN Publisher) Vince Vouyer Christopher Alexander (Anabolic Video) | Presenters of additional Special Achievement awards[4] |
| Johnni Black (1998 Best New Starlet) | Presenter of the AVN Best New Starlet Award[6] |
| Ron Jeremy Candida Royalle Houston Claudia Chase Holly Body Alexandra Silk | Presenters of the Best ActorâVideo and Best ActressâVideo awards[4] |
| Raylene Marylin Star Tonisha Mills Nina Hartley Julian St. Jox | Presenters of the Best ActorâFilm and Best ActressâFilm awards[4] |
| Dee (actress) Misty Rain Lexus | Presenters of the Male Performer of the Year award[4] |
| Sean Michaels (pornographic actor) Jonathan Morgan Kyle Stone | Presenters of the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award[4] |
| Melanie Stone Lauren Montgomery Nikki Lynn | Presenters of the Best Video Feature award[4] |
| Marilyn Chambers Tony Tedeschi Juli Ashton | Presenters of the Best Video Feature award[4] |
Performers
Performers
| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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| AVN Orchestra[6] | Performers | Orchestral |
| World Modeling Dancers[5] | Performers | "Naked Choices"[6] |
| Wild Side Girls | Performers | Bump-and-grind routine[4] |
| John Leslie (pornographic actor)[5] | Performers | "One More Before I Go"[7] |
| Rich Williams | Performers | Bill Clinton impersonator[4] |
| Ed Powers[4] | Performers | "Swing That Thing"[6] |
Ceremony information
For 1999, "a decision was made to reinstate the mainstream portion of the technical awards et al. in one evening's presentation" because for the first time, awards for gay movie categories were split off into a new event, the GayVN Awards, which were held a month earlier. Previously, technical and some other categories were presented separately from the awards show; with them included, the 1999 show ran four hours.[4]
Gary Miller was producer of the show[1] and comedian Robert Schimmel was selected for a second consecutive stint as host.[4] Several other people participated in the production of the ceremony and its related events. Mark Stone served as musical director for the festivities.[6] John Leslie, who won his fourth Best Director statuette at the event, and who led a blues band in his spare time, performed a self-composed song as one of the musical performers.[4]
The award show kicked off with presentation of the Best Couples Sex SceneâFilm award, with the winners announced as Stephanie Swift and Jon Dough. Erotic X-Film Guide magazine reported this was a faux pas: "Stephanie went to the podium to get her award and swore that she did not have sex with Jon Dough in the video. In fact, it was true and was a misprint in the program."[5]
Box office performance of nominees
The Pam & Tommy Lee ⢠Hardcore & Uncensored celebrity sex tape won the awards for Best Selling Tape and Best Renting Tape, presented to Steven Hirsch on behalf of S&D Video and IEG.[4]
Critical reviews
The show received a mixed reception from sex publications. Hustler magazine reported, "Accused of rigging its voting process to favor its advertisers in the past, Adult Video News's judges restored luster to the proceedings this year by bestowing awards to deserving nominees."[2] However, the magazine noted co-host Klass managed "to shock the ceremony's seen-it-all, heard-it-all organizers by repeatedly expressing her fondness for" anal sex.[2]
Erotic X-Film Guide was critical of the show's length: "We realized this was indeed the longest and most drawn out show AVN had ever produced. As much as the industry likes to pat itself on the back and as much as we love AVN for giving us the porn equivalent of the Oscars, the show must go on. But only if it's edited with a merciless sword. Something must be done to make one of the most anticipated nights in porn not be one of the most dreaded."[5]
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