Produced by Gary Miller | Directed by Mark Stepp | |
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Date January 10, 2009 (2009-01-10) Site Mandalay Bay Events Center
Paradise, Nevada Hosted by Thea Vidale
Belladonna
Jenna Haze Preshow host(s) Kirsten Price
Dave Navarro | ||
The 26th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored the best pornographic movies of 2008 and took place on January 10, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, Adult Video News presented AVN Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars of porn) in 127 categories released between Oct. 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, 2008. The ceremony, televised in the United States by Showtime, was produced by Gary Miller. Comedian Thea Vidale hosted the show for the second time, joined on stage by actresses Belladonna and Jenna Haze.
Contents
- Winners and nominees
- Major Awards
- Additional Award Winners
- Reuben Sturman Award
- Hall of Fame
- Films with multiple nominations and awards
- Presenters and performers
- Ceremony Information
- Performance of years movies
- In Memoriam
- References
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge won 15 awards, the most of the evening, including Best Video Feature and Best Director for Joone. Other winners included Fallen and Cheerleaders with four awards each and Icon, Not Bewitched XXX, and Big Wet Asses 13 with three apiece. Subsequent to the broadcast on Showtime, the show was issued on a two-disc DVD with hardcore excerpts of winning scenes added as extras.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 26th AVN Awards were announced on November 25, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. PST (23:30 UTC) in a press release, by David Sullivan. Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge received the most nominations with an unprecedented 30.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 10, 2009. Cry Wolf won what was to be the final award for Best Film; the award was discontinued the next year as film production gave way to digital video. Joone and Belladonna each won the most individual awards with three apiece, while projects they directed scooped up several more. The coveted performer of the year awards were won by Stoya (new starlet), Jenna Haze and James Deen.
Major Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Additional Award Winners
These awards were announced in a winners-only segment following the main portion of the event and were not part of the televised awards show:
Reuben Sturman Award
Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2009 were: Lisa Ann, Briana Banks, Jewel De'Nyle, Guy DiSilva, Wesley Emerson, Tim Lake, Mr. Marcus, Midori, Tera Patrick, Carter Stevens, Lexington Steele and Luc Wylder
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following individuals received multiple awards:
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Ceremony Information
Although not scheduled to perform, rappers T-Pain and Flavor Flav jumped on stage to be part of the show during Flo Rida's performance of his hit song "Low" to open the show.
Among new categories for 2009, AVN recognized three web categories: Adult Site of the Year, Web Starlet of the Year, and Best New Web Starlet. Reviewers from TheBestPorn.com and RabbitsReviews.com and AVN Online staff made up the nominating committee. Also new was the Internet branch of the AVN hall of fame, which added five members.
Performance of year's movies
Cheerleaders was announced as the top selling and top renting movie of the previous year.
In Memoriam
AVN president Paul Fishbein gave a memorial tribute to 10 stalwarts of the adult industry who died in 2008. He dedicated the show to one of them, producer Dick Miller, a close friend of his.