7th AVN Awards
The 7th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 8, 1990, at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 44 categories honoring pornographic films released the previous year. Actor Rick Savage hosted the show with segment co-hosts Christy Canyon, Barbara Dare and Nina Hartley. Portions of the show were taped for a segment on "Entertainment Tonight". "The Nicole Stanton Story" won five awards, the most of any feature, however Best Film went to "Night Trips", which took three trophies, as did "Voodoo  Lust". Two awards went to each of "Bi and Beyond III", "True Love" and "Undercover". Winners and nominees. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 1990. The first AVN Awards tie occurred as Victoria Paris and Tori Welles were named co-winners of the Best New Starlet category. Jon Martin won Best Actor for the second consecutive year. Honorary AVN Awards. Hall of Fame. AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1990 were: Lesllie Bovee, Jamie Gillis, Ron Jeremy, Gloria Leonard, Bruce Seven, Joey Silvera. The six were all nominated by the readership of "Adult Video News . Multiple nominations and awards. The following six movies received multiple awards: Presenters and performers. Performers. The Moonlight Entertainers provided the music, while comics Bill Hicks, Frank Barnett and Scott Schwartz provided comedy segments and Chi Chi LaRue sang “Wild Thing”. Ceremony information. Actor Rick Savage hosted the show. He had three co-hosts for different portions of the awards show: Christy Canyon, Barbara Dare and Nina Hartley. New categories added this year included: Best Amateur Tape and Best Tease Performance. The Nicole Stanton Story" was named top renting release of the year and also top selling release of the year . Notes. "Night Trips", a film, was edited on video.