34th AVN Awards
The 34th AVN Awards, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016, and took place on January 21, 2017, at The Joint in Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, Adult Video News presented AVN Awards (often referred to as the Oscars of porn ) in 117 categories. Webcam star Aspen Rae and reigning AVN Female Performer of the Year Riley Reid co-hosted the ceremony, each for the first time. Master of ceremonies was comedian Colin Kane. "Suicide  Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody" won the most awards with nine, including Best Movie and Best Parody along with Best Actress for Kleio Valentien. Winners and nominees. The nominees for the 34th AVN Awards were announced on November 17, 2016, at the annual AVN Awards Nominations Party at Avalon nightclub in Hollywood. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 21, 2017. The major performer awards went to Adriana Chechik, AVN Female Performer of the Year Award; Mick Blue, Male Performer of the Year and Hollie Hendrix, Best New Starlet. In terms of movies, the big winners  were "Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody", "The Submission of Emma Marx: Exposed", "The Preacher's Daughter" and "Natural Beauties", each with three or more awards. Major awards. Winners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 21, 2017, are highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). Additional award winners. The following is the list of remaining award categories, which were presented apart from the actual awards ceremony. CONTENT CATEGORIES Content (ctd.) WEB & TECHNOLOGY PLEASURE PRODUCTS RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION FAN AWARDS Multiple nominations and awards. "Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody" won the most awards with nine , followed by "The Submission of Emma Marx: Exposed" with five. Other multiple award-winning movies were "Natural Beauties" and "The Preacher's Daughter" win three apiece and "Abella", "Cindy Queen of Hell", "Hard in Love" and "Missing: A Lesbian Crime Story" with two each. As well, "Anal Beauty 4" and "Angela Loves Gonzo" both won an individual award in addition to being part of best series awards. AVN Honorary Awards. Hall of Fame. AVN on December 28, 2016, announced the 2017 inductees into its hall of fame, with the Pleasure Products Branch honorees announced the following day: Presenters and performers . AVN announced the 2017 AVN Awards Trophy Girls would be Uma Jolie and Gina Valentina. Ceremony information. AVN added two new categories to the 2017 awards show, to recognize the emerging virtual reality genre: Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene and Best Virtual Reality Innovation, the latter honoring "the most significant technological advance in the production or presentation of VR entertainment."