# 21st AVN Awards

The 21st AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 10, 2004 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 94 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 2002 and Sept. 30, 2003. The ceremony, televised in the United States by Playboy TV, was produced and directed by Gary Miller. Comedian Jim Norton hosted the show for the first time with adult film star Jenna Jameson in her third stint as co-host.
Heart of Darkness won five awards including Best Director—Film for Paul Thomas and Best Film, however, Space Nuts took home the most awards, with six. Other multiple winners included Rawhide, with five awards; Beautiful and Hard Edge with four wins apiece and Fetish: The Dream Scape and Looking In with three each.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 21st AVN Awards were announced on December 1, 2003. Rawhide received the most nominations with 15, followed by Heart of Darkness with 14, Space Nuts and Compulsion each with 13 and Beautiful with 12.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 10, 2004. Space Nuts, a shot-on-video feature with six wins, became one of the rare movies that didn't win a best picture category; those having been won by Heart of Darkness (Best Film), Rawhide and Beautiful tying for Best Video Feature and The Fashionistas capturing Best DVD. The tie of Rawhide and Beautiful for Best Video Feature was a first for that category. AVN's voting procedure in the event of a tie is "Those voters on the AVN full-time staff who did no vote for either of the videos during the original balloting must revote." But even after that step a tie still existed, so AVN senior management decided to let the result stand.

### Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film | Best Video Feature |
| Heart of Darkness‡ Compulsion Heaven's Revenge Looking In Snakeskin Sordid | Beautiful‡ Rawhide‡ (tie) Acid Dreams Barbara Broadcast Too! Improper Conduct Little Runaway Magic Sex New Wave Hookers 7 No Limits Not a Romance Perverted Stories The Movie Phoenix Rising 2 Riptide Stud Hunters Tricks Young Sluts Inc. 12 |
| Best DVD | Best New Starlet |
| The Fashionistas‡ America XXX Asia Noir 2 Barbara Broadcast Too! Hercules I Dream of Jenna Magic Sex No Limits Paradise Lost Perfect Rawhide Rush Space Nuts Sunset Stripped | Stormy‡ Ashley Blue Mary Carey Cindy Crawford Daisy Alaura Eden Jesse Jane Kaylani Lei Mercedez Ander Page Lauren Phoenix Crystal Ray Rachel Rotten Simone Bella-Marie Wolf |
| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
| Michael Stefano‡ Jay Ashley T. T. Boy Erik Everhard Brandon Iron Julian Nick Manning Mr. Pete Randy Spears Steven St. Croix Lexington Steele Evan Stone Mark Wood | Ashley Blue‡ Sunrise Adams Belladonna Jessica Darlin Olivia Del Rio Jewel De'Nyle Bridgette Kerkove Devinn Lane Ashley Long Carmen Luvana Gina Lynn Monique Taylor Rain Savanna Samson Aurora Snow |
| Best Actor—Film | Best Actress—Film |
| Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness‡ Dale DaBone, Sordid Joel Lawrence, Mirror Image Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion Rafe, Snakeskin Steven St. Croix, Heaven Tony Tedeschi, So I Married a Porn Star | Savanna Samson, Looking In‡ Cassidey, Sordid Dasha, Heaven's Revenge Maya Divine, Virtual Love Ashley Long, Compulsion |
| Best Actor—Video | Best Actress—Video |
| Evan Stone, Space Nuts‡ Brad Armstrong, Not a Romance Barrett Blade, No Limits Tyce Bune, The Arrangement Dillon Day, Phoenix Rising 2 Eric Masterson, Perfection Herschel Savage, Roommate From Hell Dick Smothers Jr., Bad Influence Randy Spears, The Assignment Steven St. Croix, Improper Conduct | Julia Ann, Beautiful‡ Ashley Blue, Girlvert 4 Chloe, Barbara Broadcast Too! Chloe Dior, Riptide Devinn Lane, Improper Conduct Kaylani Lei, Angel X Carmen Luvana, Rawhide Ginger Lynn, Sunset Stripped AnnMarie, Babes Illustrated 13 Savanna Samson, Good Time Girl Alexandra Silk, Stud Hunters Sydnee Steele, Lost & Found Stormy, Not A Romance Sunset Thomas, Truck Stop Trixie |
| Best Supporting Actor—Film | Best Supporting Actress—Film |
| Steven St. Croix, Looking In‡ Mr. Bigg, Compulsion Dillon Day, Perfect Steve Hatcher, Mirror Image Eric Masterson, Virtual Love Eric Price, Sordid | Dru Berrymore, Heart of Darkness‡ Sunrise Adams, Heart of Darkness Julie Meadows, Mirror Image Ava Vincent, Heart of Darkness |
| Best Director—Film | Best Director—Video |
| Paul Thomas, Heart of Darkness‡ Andrew Blake, Hard Edge Axel Braun, Compulsion Michael Raven, Heaven Ruger Tyler, Snakeskin | Michael Raven, Beautiful‡ Nic Andrews, No Limits Brad Armstrong, Improper Conduct Nic Cramer, Phoenix Rising 2 Veronica Hart, Barbara Broadcast Too! Chi Chi La Rue, Woman Under Glass Cash Markman, Perfection Jonathan Morgan, Space Nuts Michael Ninn, Acid Dreams Antonio Passolini, New Wave Hookers 7 Jim Powers, Rob Rotten, Little Runaway Candida Royalle, Stud Hunters Kat Slater, Young Sluts, Inc. 12 Nicholas Steele, Rawhide Thomas Zupko, Opera |
| Best Sex Comedy | Best Gonzo Release |
| Space Nuts‡ Beat the Devil Carmen Goes to College 2 Don't Tell Mommy Girlvert 4 Gonza It’s Cumming La Femme Nikita Denise 2 Lost Heinie Lube Job Mary Carey Rules 2 Sex For Sale | Flesh Hunter 5‡ Ass Cleavage Crack Her Jack Double Parked Hot Bods and Tail Pipe 28 International Tushy Jack's Playground 2 Just Over Eighteen 5 Multiple P.O.V. No Cum Dodging Allowed Runaway Butts 6 Shane's World 32: Campus Invasion Terrible Teens The Voyeur 24 World Sex Tour 27 |
| Best Ethnic-Themed Video—Black | Top Selling Title of the Year |
| Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp‡ 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick Anal Divas in Latex Black Reign 2 Booty Central 2 Chasing the Big Ones! 16 Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem Interracial Love Stories Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17 Monique's Sexoholics My Baby Got Back 30 Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back! Orgy World: Brown & Round 2 Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14 Women of Color 4 | Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp‡ |
| Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp‡ 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick Anal Divas in Latex Black Reign 2 Booty Central 2 Chasing the Big Ones! 16 Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem Interracial Love Stories Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17 Monique's Sexoholics My Baby Got Back 30 Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back! Orgy World: Brown & Round 2 Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14 Women of Color 4 | Top Renting Title of the Year |
| Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp‡ 6 Black Sticks 1 White Trick Anal Divas in Latex Black Reign 2 Booty Central 2 Chasing the Big Ones! 16 Francesca Lé Has a Negro Problem Interracial Love Stories Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks 17 Monique's Sexoholics My Baby Got Back 30 Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back! Orgy World: Brown & Round 2 Pussyman’s Black Bad Girls 14 Women of Color 4 | The Fashionistas‡ |
| Best Couples Sex Scene—Film | Best Oral Sex Scene—Film |
| Ashley Long, Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion‡ Faith Adams, Julian, Hard Edge Sunrise Adams, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness Crystal Carter, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness Avy Scott, Steven St. Croix, Heaven Savanna Samson, Dale DaBone, Looking In Taylor St. Claire, Steven St. Croix, Looking In Mercedez, Tony Tedeschi, So I Married a Porn Star Cassidey, Dale DaBone, Sordid | Sunrise Adams, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness‡ Ava Vincent, Avy Scott, Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion Dru Berrymore, Randy Spears, Heart of Darkness Mercedez, Steven French, So I Married a Porn Star Cassidey, T. J. Cummings, Sordid |
| Best Couples Sex Scene—Video | Best Oral Sex Scene—Video |
| Belladonna, Nacho Vidal, Back 2 Evil‡ Mercedes Ashley, Steve Holmes, Acid Dreams Cytherea, Mark Ashley, Barely Legal 40 Julia Ann, Eric Masterson, Beautiful Ryan Conner, Mark Ashley, Buttman's Bend Over Babes 6 Bella-Marie Wolf, Lexington Steele, Chasing the Big Ones 17 Simone, Nacho Vidal, Erotica XXX 3 Nicole Sheridan, Voodoo, Fetish: The Dream Scape Naudia Nyce, Michael Stefano, Fresh New Faces Natalia Wood, Manuel Ferrara, Gonzomania Ashley Moore, Jay Ashley, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2 Obsession, Toni Ribas, Monique's Sexaholics August, Mandingo, Once You Go Black... You Never Go Back! Philly, T. T. Boy, Spanish Fly Pussy Search 9 Sabrine Maui, Jules Jordan, Trained Teens 2 | Nevaeh Ashton, Felicia Fox, Benjamin Brat, Jake Malone, Chris Mountain, Tony Sexton, Tyler Wood, Heavy Handfuls 3‡ Belladonna, Nacho Vidal, Back 2 Evil Trinity, Friday, Jon Dough, Blow Me Sandwich 2 Simone, Nacho Vidal, Erotica XXX 3 Elizabeth, Nikke, Eye Contact 22 Sabrine Maui, Anthony Hardwood, Rick Masters, Tyler Wood, Francesca Lé’s Cum Swallowing Whores Promise, Mark Cummings, Mr. Pete, Marty Romano, Gag Factor 10 Lola, Marty Romano, Perfection Aurora Snow, Pat Myne, Jay Ashley, Pop Lezley Zen, Austin O'Riley, Brandon Iron, Brian Surewood, Throat Gaggers 3 Wendy James, Jules Jordan, Trained Teens 3 |
| Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video | Best Three-Way Sex Scene—Video |
| Jessica Darlin, Brandi Lyons, Lana Moore, Hollie Stevens, Flick Shagwell, Ashley Blue, Crystal Ray, The Violation of Jessica Darlin‡ AnnMarie, Red Heaven, Ramona Luv, Babes Illustrated 13 Jewel De'Nyle, Bella-Marie Wolf, Babes in Pornland: Bubble Butt Babes Fujiko Kano, Loni, Buffy Malibu's Nasty Girls 28 Carmen Luvana, AnnMarie, Carmen Goes To College 2 Gen Padova, Felix Vicious, Double Booked Ashley Blue, Jessica Darlin, Girlvert 3 Dee, Holly Hollywood, Mia Smiles, Ice D’Angelo, Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp Bridgette Kerkove, Devinn Lane, Improper Conduct Jenna Haze, Monique Alexander, Britney Foster, Jane Millionaire Misty Rain, Silvia Saint, Venus, Misty Rain's Worldwide Sex 9 Jenna Jameson, Carmen Luvana, My Plaything: Jenna Jameson 2 Loni, Kimmy Kahn, No Man's Land: Asian Edition 4 Kylie Wilde, Holly Hollywood, Total Exposure Aria, Shyla Stylez, When The Boyz Are Away, The Girlz Will Play 8 | Jessica Darlin, Jules Jordan, Brian Pumper, Weapons of Ass Destruction 2‡ Brooke Ballentyne, Ben English, Steve Holmes, 2 Dicks in 1 Chick 2 Julie Night, Anna Nova, Mr. Pete, Ass Stretchers Lucy Lee, Mark Anthony, Justin Slayer, Chasing the Big Ones 16 Julie Night, Ashley Blue, Trent Tesoro, Girlvert 2 Bella-Marie Wolf, Daisy, Mark Ashley, Hot Bods & Tail Pipe 26 Alaura Eden, Rio, Steven St. Croix, International Tushy Sativa, Olivia O'Lovely, Lexington Steele, Initiations 12 Belladonna, Dee, Billy Glide, Latin Amore Leila De Santos, Manuel Ferrara, Mr. Marcus, Lingerie Fiona Cheeks, Cassie, Craig Moore, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2 Julie Night, Manuel Ferrara, Steve Holmes, Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2 Belladonna, Tyce Bune, Joel Lawrence, New Wave Hookers 7 Kara, Ben English, Steve Hooper, Sex with Young Girls Kelli Tyler, Malaysia, T. T. Boy, The Voyeur 23 |

### Additional Award Winners

These awards were announced, but not presented, in two pre-recorded winners-only segments during the event. Trophies were given to the recipients off-stage:
* Best All-Girl Feature: Babes Illustrated 13
* Best All-Girl Series: No Man's Land
* Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film: Dru Berrymore, Teanna Kai, Snakeskin
* Best All-Sex DVD: Flesh Hunter 4
* Best All-Sex Film: Hard Edge
* Best All-Sex Video: Fetish: The Dream Scape
* Best Alternative Video: Interviewing Jenna
* Best Amateur Series: Homegrown Video
* Best Amateur Tape: NYC Underground: Manhattan Girls
* Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: Gisselle, Katsumi, Michael Stefano, Multiple P.O.V.
* Best Anal-Themed Feature: Ass Worship 4
* Best Anal-Themed Series: Ass Worship
* Best Art Direction—Film: Andrew Blake, Hard Edge
* Best Art Direction—Video: Laurent Sky, Fetish: The Dream Scape
* Best Cinematography: Andrew Blake, Hard Edge
* Best Classic DVD: Insatiable, i-candy Entertainment
* Best Continuing Video Series: Girlvert
* Best Director, Non-Feature: Laurent Sky, Fetish: The Dream Scape
* Best Director, Foreign Release: Gazzman, The Scottish Loveknot
* Best DVD Extras: Space Nuts
* Best DVD Menus: Space Nuts
* Best DVD Packaging: Rawhide
* Best Editing—Film: Andrew Blake, Hard Edge
* Best Editing—Video: Alexander Craig, Antonio Passolini New Wave Hookers 7
* Best Ethnic-Themed Series: Chasin' the Big Ones
* Best Ethnic-Themed Video—Asian: Asia Noir 2
* Best Ethnic-Themed Video—Latin: Spanish Fly Pussy Search
* Best Foot Fetish Release: Barefoot Confidential 25
* Best Foreign All-Sex Release: Euroglam: Nikki Blonde
* Best Foreign All-Sex Series: Euroglam
* Best Foreign Feature: The Scottish Loveknot
* Best Gonzo Series: Service Animals
* Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Dru Berrymore, AnneMarie, Taylor St. Claire, Savanna Samson, Dale DaBone, Mickey G., Steven St. Croix, Looking In
* Best Group Sex Scene—Video: Ashley Long, Julie Night, Nacho Vidal, Manuel Ferrera, Back 2 Evil
* Best High-Definition Production: Rawhide
* Best Interactive DVD: My Plaything: Jenna Jameson 2
* Best Male Newcomer: Ben English
* Best Marketing Website: EvilAngel.com
* Best Music: Doug Scott, Allen Rene, Opera
* Best Non-Sex Performance: Allen Rene, Opera
* Best Oral-Themed Feature: Feeding Frenzy 2
* Best Oral-Themed Series: Gag Factor
* Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: Vivid Entertainment Group
* Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project: Mary Carey Campaign, Kick Ass Pictures
* Best Pro-Am Release: Breakin Em In 5
* Best Pro-Am Series: Breakin Em In
* Best Retail Website: AdultDVDEmpire.com
* Best Screenplay—Film: Axel Braun, Compulsion
* Best Screenplay—Video: George Kaplan, Michael Raven, Beautiful
* Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Katsumi, Steve Holmes, Katsumi's Affair
* Best Solo Sex Scene: Brooke Ballentyne, Screaming Orgasms 11
* Best Special Effects: Dick Roundtree, Chokko Calisto, MV Effects, Space Nuts
* Best Specialty Big Bust Release: Heavy Handfuls 2
* Best Specialty BD & SM Release: Debbie Does Fem-Dom 3
* Best Specialty Release—Other Genre: Chunky on the Fourth of July
* Best Specialty Spanking Release: Spanked Toilet Whores
* Best Supporting Actor—Video: Randy Spears, Space Nuts
* Best Supporting Actress—Video: Brooke Ballentyne, Rawhide
* Best Tease Performance: Michelle Wild, Crack Her Jack
* Best Transsexual Release: She-Male Domination Nation
* Best VHS Box Cover Concept: Angel X, Wicked Pictures
* Best VHS Packaging: Euroglam: Wanda Curtis, Ninn Worx/Pure Play
* Best Videography: Nicholas Steele, Rawhide
* Best Vignette Tape: Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
* Best Vignette Series: Barely Legal
* Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Mandy Bright
* Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Manuel Ferrera
* Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Julie Night, Maggie Star, Mr. Pete in "Love in an Abbatoir," Perverted Stories The Movie
* Transsexual Performer of the Year: Vaniity

### Honorary AVN Awards
#### Reuben Sturman Award

* None given this year

#### Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2004 were: Julia Ann, Brad Armstrong, Kim Christy, Don Fernando, Max Hardcore, Houston, Johnny Keyes, Jim Malibu, Rhonda Jo Petty, Alicia Rio, Misty Rain, Barry Wood

### Multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Movie |
| 15 | Rawhide |
| 14 | Heart of Darkness |
| 13 | Compulsion |
| 13 | Space Nuts |
| 12 | Beautiful |
| 10 | Hard Edge |
| 10 | Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp |
| 10 | Looking In |
| 10 | No Limits |
| 9 | Acid Dreams |
| 9 | Fetish: The Dream Scape |
| 9 | Improper Conduct |
| 9 | Sordid |
| Awards | Movie |
| 6 | Space Nuts |
| 5 | Heart of Darkness |
| 5 | Rawhide |
| 4 | Beautiful |
| 4 | Hard Edge |
| 3 | Fetish: The Dream Scape |
| 3 | Looking In |
| 2 | Ass Worship 4 |
| 2 | Back 2 Evil |
| 2 | Breakin Em In 5 |
| 2 | Compulsion |
| 2 | Euroglam: Nikki Blonde |
| 2 | Euroglam: Wanda Curtis |
| 2 | The Fashionistas |
| 2 | Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp |
| 2 | Opera |
| 2 | The Scottish Loveknot |

## Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy.

### Presenters (in order of appearance)

| Name(s) | Role |
| Nick Manning Aria Tawny Roberts | Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Video, Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Oral Sex Scene—Video |
| T. T. Boy Amber Michaels Anais | Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video and Best Gonzo Tape |
| Dyanna Lauren Daisy Aurora Snow | Presenters of the awards for Best Three-Way Sex Scene and Best Ethnic-Themed Video—Black |
| Jessica Drake Dolorian Julian St. Jox | Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film and Best DVD |
| Paul Fishbein Nina Hartley Monique | Presenters of the awards for Top Renting Tape of 2003 and Top Selling Tape of 2003 |
| Paul Fishbein Nina Hartley Monique | Presenters of the awards for Top Renting Tape of 2003 and Top Selling Tape of 2003 |
| Jenna Jameson | Introduction of trophy girls Nautica Thorn and Serena South |
| Jesse Jane Lee Stone Carmen Luvana | Presenters of the awards for Best Oral Sex Scene—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film |
| Ron Jeremy Vanessa Blue Krystal Steal | Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year |
| Evan Stone Tabitha Stevens | Presenters of the awards for Best Director—Video and Best Director—Film |
| Jenna Haze | Presenter of the award for Best New Starlet |
| Belladonna Dick Smothers Jr. | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video |
| Ginger Lynn Cherry Rain Lexington Steele | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Film and Best Sex Comedy |
| Kaylani Lei Nicole Sheridan Voodoo | Presenters of the awards for Best Actress—Film and Best Video |
| Mary Carey Mercedez Randy Spears | Presenters of the award for Best Film |

### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Mark Stone and the AVN Orchestra | Musical Director/Associate Producer | Orchestral |
| Olympic Gardens dancers Club Sapphire dancers | Performers | Dancers on stage |
| The Tubes | Performers | Musical number, “Don’t Touch Me There” |
| Jim Norton | Performer | Standup comedy segment |
| Jenna Jameson Randy Spears | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Facials |
| Tony Tedeschi Nikita Denise | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Anal sex |
| September Joey Ray | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Helpful styling tips |
| Lauren Phoenix Steven St. Croix | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Faked pop shots |
| Mary Carey Nick Manning | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Looking good in porn |
| Nicole Sheridan Voodoo | Performers | Tips from the Stars: Blowjobs keep men happy |
| Evan Stone Jessica Drake | Performers | Tips from the Stars: The 3 Ss: Spanking, Spitting and Suffocation |
| Lil Jon Ying Yang Twins | Performers | Musical number, “Get Low” |

## Ceremony information

AVN created five new categories for the 2004 awards show: Best Amateur Tape, Best Amateur Series, Best Marketing Website — Production Company, Best Retail Website and Best Transsexual Performer.
A few years earlier, AVN had changed its Best Amateur Tape and Best Amateur Series Awards categories to Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape and Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series. Amateur productions and pro-am productions now will be split into separate categories with professionals shooting or performing in the pro-am categories but not the strictly amateur categories. The Best Marketing Website — Production Company category is for free websites "strictly devoted to marketing adult product," and the Best Retail Website category is for non-pay sites selling adult products. Best Transsexual Performer was created because until now, the only award recognizing the transsexual genre was the Best Transsexual Tape, which recognized directors more than performers.
Besides being recorded for March broadcast on Playboy TV, a DVD of the awards show was also issued by Hustler.

### Performance of year's movies

Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and The Fashionistas was the top renting movie of the previous year.

### Critical reviews

High Society magazine viewed the show and its surrounding AVN Adult Entertainment Expo favourably: "AEE, and the accompanying AVN Awards, is a hell of a lot of fun, but we're kind of glad it only happens once a year. That many breast implants, tattoos, piercings and diva-like attitudes in one building, at one time, is a little much, even for us."