Hosted by ChloeDoug Stanhope Produced by Gary Miller | Preshow host(s) Nikki Fritz Directed by Mark Stone | |
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Date January 11, 2003 (2003-01-11) Site The Venetian Las Vegas at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. | ||
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. 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.
Contents
- Winners and nominees
- Major awards
- Additional Award Winners
- Reuben Sturman Award
- Special DVD Recognition Award
- Hall of Fame
- Presenters and performers
- Ceremony information
- Performance of years movies
- References
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.
Winners and nominees
The nominees 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.
Major awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Additional Award Winners
These awards 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:
Reuben Sturman Award
Special DVD Recognition Award
Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2003 were: T. T. Boy, Mark Davis, Felecia, Dave Hardman, Heather Hunter, Jill Kelly, Chasey Lain, Madison, Jonathan Morgan, Alex Sanders, Julian St. Jox, Kirdy Stevens, Tony Tedeschi, Teri Weigel
Presenters and performers
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, the Sin City Twins.
Ceremony information
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 and a DVD of the awards show was issued by VCA Pictures.
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.