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AVN Expo Highlights
2003-01-13 08:07:57

* There were a lot of Mafia players at the show, hanging out at the Bizarre Video booth and elsewhere. Some of them bookmakers and money lenders. Most of them from New York, like Dom and Craig Marino, some live in Las Vegas. It was like Appalachia, 1957, with this great wiseguy gathering at the Bizarre Video booth.

* The most powerful Mafia guy in porn is Joseph Abinanti, who stopped by the AVN Expo for two days. I was unable to get an interview with him. I wonder why? None of these mob guys like to give interviews or to pose for pictures. If only I were a cute woman giving lap dances at mob-controlled strip clubs, then I could get the real scoop.

* The Cleveland Mafia has funded a porn company run by friends of mine. The company has had numerous financial problems and the front guy for it fears for his life.

* I had one sitdown dinner with some people from New York that I am not allowed to write about. I had a nice mango pudding however and a fruit plate. And I did not have to pay. My tape recorder was confiscated at the beginning of the meal and I only got it back when I left.

* These Mafia guys sure have a lot of cash that they love to spend on gash. They hit the big strip clubs like Saphires (controleld by the Galardis) and spend thousands of dollars on lap dances and booze. These mob guys drink a lot and eat fine food, and tend to develop big bellies, and have severe angry hangovers that make them want to smash inquiring reporters. But they're babe magnets. Chicks hit on them, blow them and do other things I can't describe because of my tender morality.

* AVN managing editor Mikey Ramone, number 251 in the Houston 500 gangbang, is taking the heat from porners who believe awards were fixed at the show Saturday night. An insider to the process says Ramone decided six awards. An insider says the final awards, including a Best Director to John Stagliano, do not reflect the views of the majority of the judges of which he was aware. Three of the guys on the voting commission were astounded when they saw six awards going to other people than who they thought had won. When Gene Ross and Ken Wood quit AVN in the summer of 2000, they cited chapter and verse of various awards being fixed for political and business reasons.

* There was a big fight and mad scramble to pick up trophies after the AVN Awards Saturday night. There was inadequate security and folks who didn't belong were stealing trophies left and right. T.T. Boy, inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, was ready to rumble. I know of several winners, including David Aaron Clark who won last year for Best Screenplay, who had their trophies stolen and never received a replacement.

* Many porners, like Ava Vincent and Mike McCormick, were upset that their names weren't mentioned in the incomplete reading of the nominees.

* I hear Larry Flynt Publications is gunning to buy not just VCA but also Wicked Pictures.

* Wicked, VCA, Vivid, Metro and Digital Playground all spent between $120-$160,000 each at the AVN Expo. Booths cost around $40,000.

* Extreme Associates is bouncing checks left and right. I hear that Rob Black's Dad settled his duplication bill with Vinnie DeStefano. Video duplicators face tough times as the industry switches increasingly to DVD.

*I hear that Gene Ross's mother died last week and he's extremely depressed and not answering or returning calls. He's going around bald these days.

* John Decker's ex-wife Roxanne Hall has had a breast job and is back in the business, working for Extreme Associates.

Thursday, January 9. 9:35AM. I arrive at Rob Spallone's place near Magic Mountain. I pack my suit and bag into Rob's black Mercedes and get in the back seat.
"What am I? Your chaffeur?" asks Rob.
"You mean you want me to sit in the front seat?"
"Yeah."
I climb in the front seat and by 9:55AM, we're on the road.
Rob drives at 80-100 mph while telling stories.
Rob was on Night Calls Radio Monday with host Juli Ashton, former VCA contract girl, and a redhead Rob thinks is cute. Rob says he was the bomb. The hour whizzed by. He didn't want to stop talking.
Rob shot 53 movies in 2002.
We listen to K-Earth 101 radio playing greatest hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Luke: "Why do you live up here with all the white people?"
Rob: "I'm into white people. The schools up here are good."
Rob's wife is half-Puerto Rican.
Luke: "What do you think are some of the greatest contributions of Puerto Ricans to American culture?"
Rob: "Nothing. They're like Mexicans."
Rob has made a resolution that he won't hit anyone this year at the show.
Rob: "I might be verbally abusive and if someone raises ahand, then it's a different story. Every year I go to the show, I get in a fight."
Rob's friend, the manager of actor Ray Gandolfini, says he can get Rob a reading for a bit part on The Sopranos TV show.
Dino Bravo meets us at Ballys. Dino is rooming with performer Guy DeSilva at the Tam O'Shanter. Rob is paying Dino $100 to drive us around for the next three days in Rob's Mercedes.
Dino, a porn stud, looks like a young Dean Martin and can sing many of his songs as well.
Dino says a friend from New York, Adam, told him, 'You're coming to dinner with me 8PM Friday.'
Dino says it is not that simple. Producer and casting agent Robert Lombard is throwing a party Friday night at his hotel suite and he feels obliged to show up. Robert gets him three gigs a month.
Rob: "Do you think he'd be crushed if you didn't show? He wouldn't think about it for five seconds."
Dino: "Look, he's a nice guy. He helps me. I want to be there for him. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Rob and I walk up the AVN Expo at the Sands and we run into Asia Carrera and Bud Lee. We cadge a badge from Asia to get me in. I go to Ed at VCA and get a pass for Rob.
[Asia was the first person I recognized at the show and the last person I photographed at the show Sunday afternoon.]
The show was jammed with fans earlier Thursday afternoon. Fans get in at 1PM each day. Now it is past 3PM and the show is far from packed.
I see Mercedes signing at the Vivid booth. Salesman Howard Levine walks around inside.
Julie Meadows, Chloe and Tawny Lions sign for VCA.
I see Adult Press Club owner Marc Medoff chatting with Jane Hamilton.
I run into nice-guy Rod Fontana. His wife Aliza Harper, French porn star, just gave birth to a baby. Rod's doing five lines for Extreme.
Ex-Vivid girl Sky walks by with two heavily tattooed young men.
Blonde Gina Lynn signs at Legend.
Dolorina signs for Smash Pictures. I run into James DiGiorgio and Luc Wylder.
I run into Darklady who's been exchanging email almost every day with Jim Goad. They're Portland's top two sex writers who come at the subject from opposite approaches. Darklady aka Therasa Reed is sex-positive. Goad is caustic.
Victoria Paris, in glasses, and a skinny Christy Canyon sign pictures. They look fine but a lot of other female porn stars, who looked hot two years ago now look skanky. I'd like to name names but I think it'd be cruel. Let the pictures tell the story.
Fans get porn stars to hug them for pictures. For many guys, it will be the most beautiful women they will ever get to touch. I'm sure this is true for many guys in wheelchairs. Many porn stars take particular care to be kind to the handicapped.
Barbie Banners signs for Adult Stars Magazine.
Some porn stars flash though show rules strictly prohibit this behavior.
Many of the booths play hardcore footage.
Why do I spend so much time taking pictures rather than engaging in heart to heart conversations with porners? I fear that I fear intimacy.
Why do I do almost no interviews? Instead I'm just a wandering Jew through the giant diaspora of the AVN Expo. Five years ago, I would've been trying to secure every interview I could. Now many important players won't talk to me on the record and those that do know my reputation and are thus careful in what they say. So I find I get the best scoop by just engaging in casual conversation, not interviews, with my tape recorder deep in my pocket and not running.
I hang out at the VCA booth with friends Medoff and Spallone. Ruby, the busty lusty redhead, comes over. She says her younger brother found he was not cut out for theindustry. She says she's never going back to the Bunny Ranch after a conflict with owner Dennis Hoff. Ruby used to live at the brothel.
Paul Fishbein comes over and shakes my hand. He looks tired. His hair is graying. He's affable and cracks jokes with Medoff and Spallone, who offers to take care of his problems. Marc gives all of us a free Adult Press Club t-shirt.
The biggest crowd of the day is for Jenna Jameson at the Digital Sin booth. She has her own bodyguard. I say hi. I'm not sure if she recognizes me. She smiles and goes on with her business.
Jewel DeNyle has been signing since 11AM and is tired. She pretends to be asleep at her booth so fans won't bother her for an autograph.
Devinn from Jill Kelly Productions says I look familiar. We met in June 1999. She's still with her boyfriend Johnathan of the rock group Korn and she still doesn't do guys. She's now a brunette.
I'm greeted by many people. The only hostility I feel comes from Tony Montana and his wife Laurie Holmes.
Near the end of the day, I look for Adella, the publicist of Digital Playground. She's hungover. She was hanging out last night with AVN's Tod Hunter, Mike South, James DiGiorgio and Carly Myne. I ask if Carly is around. I've never met her. Adella walks me next door to the Metro booth and introduces us.
I have dinner with Adella, Carly, Jared Rutter from Adam Film World, Mike South, Tim Case and his fiance Felicia Fox.
Fox has just finished an oral scene with Dave Cummings and nobody wants to kiss her. She wears a highly revealing top, barely covering her large full inviting breasts.
Duc to Tim: "How does it make you feel when men tell you your wife's got a nice rack?"
Tim says it's fine. It's when they tell him, 'You're a better man than me. I couldn't handle my wife working in the sex industry.'" That annoys him.
Samantha Phillips walks by. Joone, Nic Orleans, Robby D, Barret Moore and the Digital Playground crew have dinner next to us.
I get into a long discussion with a fellow scribe about the morality of porn. My main argument that the industry is destructive is the paucity of lasting relationships in it. Scribe says it is no worse than other industries.
I walk back to Ballys from the Venetian, arriving at 8:40PM.
Russell Hampshire is on the wagon. He had a heart attack this past year. He doesn't want to come to Las Vegas where he will run into temptation to drink.
Betty Hampshire takes the VCA crew to dinner.
Rob saw a familiar face today. 'Do I know you?' The guy said, 'Yeah, I'm Joey from Whitestone.' Rob's friend from childhood is now hanging out with Jenna Jameson and her entourage.
10:30pm. I'm working on my laptop in my room. There's a knock on the door. I say, 'Come in.' It's Kat Kleevage. She starts yelling, "What are you doing in my room?"
Luke: "Rob said I could stay here."
Kat goes over to the bed where I've rested for an hour: "What are you doing in my bed? What are your pants doing under my pillow? What are your clothes doing in my closet?"
We eventually come to an amicable conclusion to our misunderstanding. I sleep well.

Helpful writes: Maybe she could get together with Penelope Pumkins and Monica Melons and form a support group? What price does an aged harpy like Kat command on the whore circuit?

Duc says: $300 an hour.

Jack writes: Fred, please provide us with a point of comparison and let us know what a patent lawyer of similar seniority
commands.

Khunrum writes: An unfair comparison my dear Amalek. Fred does not sport a pair of silicone breasts, nor has he spent an entire night in bed sleeping with DUC.

Which group has more fun in life (assuming idential hourly billing rates): whores or patent lawyers?

Fred writes: The young lady in question has the billing rate of a senior associate or very junior partner in a major firm. She's about on a par with a fairly senior (15-20 years of experience) solo practitioner. She probably has less overhead than we do, however. She doesn't have to deal with monthly billing or docketing.

In order to do an adequate comparison I need to know how many years she's been practicing. Luke, do you have this info?

I have a feeling that in her profession, billing rate
goes down with years of practice, whereas in my profession, billing rate goes up.

I suppose if someone wanted to optimize their income,
they should spend the first 10 years of their career
practicing her profession, and then switch over to my
profession.

Khunrum writes: "BY THE END OF ROD LURIE'S investigation, it was clear that Enquirer and Star reporters "blackmailed" a number of major stars into becoming "friends" of the tabloids."

DUC....
In light of the sleazy antics these tabloids will stoop to, are you not concerned about your own reputation? We have a journalist of your stature spending the night in bed with one Kat Kleevage. Would it not have been wiser to shell out the $29.95 at Motel Six rather than compromise the integrity of the DUC name? Of course your dirty little secret is safe with us, your Advisory Committee. Bamboo shoots under our nails could not make us talk. Still, others are not so loyal.

Jack writes: Which group has more fun in life (assuming idential
hourly billing rates): whores or patent lawyers?

January 10, 2003

6:20AM. I take a shower.
6:40AM. Kat Kleevage orders room service.
Kat first had sex for money at age 16 in San Diego. "It was a good experience. It makes it easy to go on working in the sex industry. You don't understand what it will do to you later. I took away my chances in life by doing something so simple. I could've gone to school but sex was too easy to sell."
7AM: Rob Spallone comes in. He got roaring drunk last night. He went to Saphires, a huge new strip club, with friends from New York. It cost him and his friends $800 to get into a private room. Girls crawled all over them all night wanting to give lap dances.
Rob wants to get some of the girls into porn. He gave away all his business cards.
Kat: "You shouldn't do that, try to ruin a girl's life when she's only dancing topless."
Rob complains that his wife went into the archives of l-keford.com and flipped when she saw pictures of Rob hanging out with naked porn chicks. She tells their kids, "Look at your father. He's with the pigs."
Rob's wife Helena complains: "You said you didn't touch the girls."
Rob: "Duc, if my wife ever left me. I'd come kill you and then I'd blow my brains out."
Helena asks Rob, "What's his new site?" Rob doesn't tell her about setgo.com.
Rob says he fought with his wife for seven months because of me. I feel terrible.
Rob: "No, you don't."
Kat: "He writes stuff that almost gets you divorced and now he says he's your friend. That is the thing with Rob. When he came in to the industry, he was at odds with everyone."
Rob to Luke: "By the way, you parked in two spots, my wife said."
Rob: "Jack from Cinderella and Gene Ross used to be good friends. Every time Gene came, he was Mitch Spinelli's desk. I'd get Gene food and drinks. He was nice. I started fighting with Jim South [in 1998] and Gene did an interview with me. But he never printed it."
I hear that Screw publisher Al Goldstein was arrested on a flight from New York to Las Vegas for telling one of the stewardesses that he wanted to f--- her.
8:45AM. Rob sends Kat and I down to the pit boss to get five comps for breakfast. Pit boss says the comps were already given out. Rob, upon hearing the news, becomes furious at Bally's employee Peter Kinsler. Rob accuses Peter of stealing all his comps. Rob makes a big scene. Rob swears he's going to punch out Peter as soon as he sees him.
Rob gets a phone call. "The only way she works for me is if she takes it in the ass," says Rob. Everybody laughs. Rob calls Kat "Big Tits." Rob offers to get the blackjack dealer into the show for free.
A pit boss eventually gives Rob five comps for breakfast because Rob's a big spender at the hotel.
The buffet is immense. Dino Bravo and his roommate Guy DeSilva join us for breakfast. Dino dropped $400 gambling last night and is down to $8 in his pocket.
Rob tells stories about Dino Bravo not being able to get wood.
Rob: "He begged me for work [on the movie No Exit, directed by Jim Malibu]. He said, 'Rob, I promise. I promise.'
"Jim's shooting the scene in the backyard of the house and he has no wood. The crew is freaking. We've been wating for two hours now."
Dino: "I saved that movie."
Rob: "I call a little meeting. I clear the set. Dino and Ruby are playing on the blanket."
Dino: "Blanket? It was wet grass."
Rob says to the camera crew: "You keep the camera rolling. I'm going to walk in to the scene and just keep the cameras on.
"I walk over. 'Dino, let me talk to you for a minute.' Dino says, 'Rob, I'm sorry. It's cold.' I say, 'Dino, that's no excuse. We f--- in the snow. We do it in 110 degrees. You were hired to do a job and you can't do it.' We're talking by the edge of the pool. I throw him in the pool. They catch it all. Within two seconds, he was out of the pool.
"Then, I didn't want to ruin the movie. I didn't want to spend money. I made the behind-the-scenes cameraman bring them into this little bedroom and they got through the scene. The kid is the worst ever."
Dino: "Now, my side of the story. It was freezing cold. The girl Ruby was shivering. Her lips were purple. I saved that movie. That movie was about what directors incur on porno sets. I intentionally did not get wood to show America what directors have to go through. Then we went in a little side room and I rocked."
Rob: "You're the worst."
Dino: "Then why do I get work?"
Rob: "Jeff Coldwater for $100?"
Dino: "$75."
Rob: "I appreciated Dino so much that I never hired him again. Wait till you hear the behind the scenes interview on the DVD, what I do to you. This guy should be in gay movies."
Kat: "Do you know how sweet he is?"
Rob: "He's the sweetest guy you ever met."
Dino: "In the role, I was a frustrated lounge singer. I couldn't make a living. I did porno for extra money. I was singing. I was doing all those beautiful melodies for extra money."
After breakfast, I run into Joe Spallone talking to two elderly gentlemen. I wonder why he doesn't introduce me. I go off and find Rob and tell him his Dad wants to talk to him. I bring Rob over.
Rob: "That's Vinny the Duplicator. Go over to the front door and meet me there."
I go over to the front door, passing Vinny DeStephano, Michael Esposito and company. Eventually Rob comes over with Tommy Sinnopoli. All of these are connected guys. Dino drives us over to the Sands for the convention.
Tommy laughs with me. "Everyone believes that what they read on the internet is true. The pen is mightier than the sword."
I start off at the Digital Playground booth where I get an interview with new contract girl Jessie Jane. Adella hovers around to make sure I'm not wolf.
Jessie is a sexy petite blonde with pumped-up breasts, from Oklahoma via Texas, who's yet to do her first scene.
Luke: "How did you get connected with Digital Playground?"
Jessie: "I read an article on Tera Patrick. I went to her website and found out who she worked for. Then I contacted them and they flew me out from Texas.
"I have my first scene next week with Devon in her new movie No Limits. Then I start shooting my film at the end of January."
Luke: "What's your film about?"
Jessie: "I don't know. You'll have to ask Joone."
Jane worked at Hooters restaurant in Texas and worked for Hawaiin Tropics models.
Luke: "What propelled you to want to get into this industry?"
Jane: "I've always wanted to be a big sex symbol and Hooters wasn't enough for me. I want people to watch me and to be turned on by me."
Luke: "Were you a cheerleader in high school?"
Jane: "Yeah. I did cheer and song and competed in a separate dance studio. I played soccer."
Jane enjoys the novels of Danielle Steele. She recently moved to Los Angeles.

I see a long line for Ginger Lynn. She can't bend down to pick something off the ground because her dress is so tight.
I run into Jasmine Klein, who I met on Rob Spallone's set three weeks ago. She reads a book or two a week and is a mother of three. I tease her about her nomination for Best Anal sex scene. She hopes she doesn't win.
I run into Eric Danville and his wife Abby Ehman. I've known them for years but we've never met.
Several people comment on the dramatic difference between Internext and the AVN Expo. The Internext is aimed at webmasters and it is more geeky and technological and business-oriented while the AVN Expo is aimed at fans.
I see Kelly Erikson, Metro's new contract girl, signing autographs most of the day. Holly Hollywood, who just did her first boy-girl with Metro, and April in white pants.
The organizers of Wednesday night's Players Ball are angry again with the quality of service they received from Club 2K at the Venetian. Jenna Jameson and Brianna Banks were hassled by rude security guards.
XXX: "A security guard yells at Brianna and slams a door before we even open up the VIP area. We start yelling at the guy, 'You better watch who you talk to. Fantasyman is a major sponsor and he's already warned you guys that somebody could get hurt if you don't take care of our VIPs. We get in the security guard's face. He takes five chairs and starts throwing them around.
"After that, it was just a total clusterf--- trying to get in. I feel bad for a lot of people."
Luke: "You always have problems with the Venetian."
XXX: "It's the venue. They call it organized crime for a reason. We're never doing anything at Club C2K ever again."
Luke: "Aside from that, it was a success?"
XXX: "Yeah. FM [Ron Levi of Cyberotica.com] was pleased. He says it's the best show he's ever done. Profit-wise, this was the best show I've ever had in my life. Everyone else says the same thing. A lot of people didn't exhibit. IGallery, Babenet were not there. We felt the loss of those bigger companies. Silvercash had an amazing booth. There were amazing parties every night. RB [Rich Botto] had a party. He's never left adult. Joseph Elkind is walking around. A humbled, new and improved JoeE."
I hear that Autralian internet pornographer Scott Phillips is a short stocky muscular bald guy. He ran into Kevin Blatt at Internext. KB said to him, 'Hey, there's L-ke F-ord!' Scott PB looks around. "Where? Where?" KB was just kidding.
Lensman was spotted with Ron Levi drinking Chrystal champagne until 5AM.
I talk to Vivid contract boy Bobby Vitalie, who's married to Brianna Banks.
Luke: "Have you had plenty of arrests?"
Bobby: "Plenty of rest, yes. Not plenty of arrests."
I spot James DiGiorgio (who's gained a lot of weight over the past couple of years) chatting with Nic Andrews, Digital Playground director.
Jim: "I hope that by the time I get up from this conversation, I will be a better director and a better pornographer. I figure that I am sitting at the feet of the master."
Luke: "Do you notice that he gets to make real movies?"
Jim: "I notice. I can't even sleep at night I'm so jealous."
Nic: "Print that."
Jim raps with Nic: "He's going to print it up and do it real negative."
Luke: "Why don't you tell him to his face the nasty things you've written about him on your website?"
Jim: "He says every time I rip him up, they sell another 100 DVDs."
Luke: "What would happen if I brought Michael Raven over?"
Jim: "When was the last time Nic Cramer had a hit?"
Nic: "There used to be all this friendly competition [but now there's little competition for big budget features]."
Jim lobbies Adella to become a guest host on the Teraless Show for Digital Playground.
I seen Sunrise Adams, putative nice of Sunset Thomas, signing for Vivid.
Scores stripper Savannah Samson is a new Vivid girl who's appeared on Howard Stern.
I chat with Steve Seidman and Dennis Hof.
Dennis says they're working out the details for a pay-per-view Rolling Stones concert at the House of Blues. They would block off part of Sunset Boulevard between Doheny and the Whiskey A Go Go for a military helicopter to land. Then Sunset Thomas would drive out a hummer with the Rolling Stones inside.
I chat with Daisy Chain at the Elegant Angel booth. She's doing something with the start time of 4:20, a universal symbol of marijuana use.
Daisy Chain: "Because I smoke a lot of pot. I'm a big stoner and I'm proud of it."
I hear about a New York merchant bank which is quietly funding a porn internet company.
Daisy: "The show has had a strange energy for me so far. Hitting a lot of walls. Our bus had a flat tire out of Barstow. We had to be towed here and didn't get to our rooms until 5AM. I don't know a lot of talent. It seems there a lot of new faces. This is my fourth show."
Luke: "Jill Kelly Productions has a huge booth but nobody's there."
Daisy: "I know. They're all rock stars. They won't show up until about four."
CBS's newsmagazine 60 Minutes and correspondent Steve Kroft are at the show for a segmont on the porn industry.
Jim: "I'd probably grovel at their feet, would they please do anything to help me out."
Sales whiz Danny Gorman has moved over to Metro from Sin City.
I discuss the origins of the terms "muckraker" and "soapbox" with Video Team owner Christian Mann, porn's resident intellectual. Mann, a superb spokesman for the porn industry, gave an interview to Steve Kroft.
I hear that Flashman was a singer who had one hit with Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids back in 1964. Friday night he gets into Rob's Mercedes. He's riding in the front seat, Dino Bravo driving, when they stop to pick up Spallone. Rob yells at Flashman to get out of his seat and to sit in the back.
Flashman is apparently the unofficial mayor of Las Vegas and goodwill ambassador.
I hear that Chuck Martino has been going out with Amythiest the past couple of months. It seems serious. No dramatics this time around for Martino. Chuck and Amythiest will produce movies together.
The Sin City twins, Taylor and Tyler, are chatty and adorable. They got their breast jobs done one week apart. Scott Stein, their PR man, says they are only 24. One of them is going back in for another breast job. They did one movie for Metro then walked into Sin City.

The much awaited entrance of Tera Patrick and her husband Evan Seinfeld to the AVN Expo came Friday afternoon. They went over to the AIM booth where Tera started signing. A Digital Playground lawyer went over to AIM and informed them that Tera was under exclusive contract to DP and broke up the signing. Evan got in the face of the lawyer and started yelling at him.

Tera and Evan then went around soliciting work from other companies, such as Jill Kelly Productions. Tera and Evan were accompanied by about six Hells Angels bikers. Then Tera and Evan left the show.

JasonCurious.com reports: The drama continues between Digital Playground and Tera Patrick, as the contract star made the rounds at The 2003 AVN Expo this past weekend, stopping by virtually everyone’s booth but Digital’s. Patrick even devoted some of her time to AIM HealthCare, signing for their booth with co-founder and former porn star, Sharon Mitchell, on Friday afternoon, until the Playground’s lawyers reportedly approached the booth and threatened to physically remove her. According to her contract, any promotional signings, photo shoots, or video shoots in the adult industry must be booked through Patrick’s agents at Digital Playground – and they’re not letting down on their stance. Word has it that if Patrick wants to remain an active part of the adult community, she’ll have to do it with Digital or wait another three-plus years until her contract with them has expired.

Patrick was photographed by fans during her walk on the convention floor, looking more exhausted than a Glitter-era Mariah Carey, alongside her new husband, sporting a modest wedding ring. The super star of the XXX screen was recently axed from her job hosting Playboy TV’s Nightcalls 411, when her new hubby caused a scene on the set, for what insiders called “the last time,” inferring it had happened more than once. The man in question, a former member of a little-known 80’s punk band and a guest star of HBO’s Oz, has gained a reputation around the adult world for controlling, and in some cases ruining, most of Patrick’s affairs. Meanwhile, the happy couple insists they’re currently fielding offers for Tera Patrick’s own mainstream television show without the help of Digital Playground.

I hear that the Friday night JKP party was jammed. Many porn press and photographers were mad that they got stuck in the human traffic jam and couldn't get in. They blame publicist Jason Sechrest who they say holed up in the room during the debacle and didn't help them.

Jason Sechrest writes: The JKP party was a huge success. It sucks that I had to play the bad guy and send 300 people on our guest list home, but that's my job, I guess. Miles Long had made a deal with someone at Ghost Bar to have it reserved for us that evening -- and it turns out the person he made the deal with didn't even work at Ghost Bar. So at the last minute, Jill invited people up to the Real World suite at Palms Hotel. In the beginning of the evening, I was downstairs pulling VIPs out of the line for Ghost Bar to send them up to the suite and telling everyone else they had to go home. But about a half an hour later, Jill said word was already out about the suite # and she had a line of 20 - 30 people lined up at her door who she didn't know. So I was instructed to stand in front of the suite all evening and make sure the people getting in were the right people, while Tyler Faith and Haven took on the duty of pulling people in from Ghost Bar downstairs. In the end, it was a rockin' party... just sucks that more people couldn't have attended. That suite only held 100 people, which meant cutting 300 off the guest list. :o(

Jill wants me to apologize on behalf of the entire JKP family and assure all press that we will make it up to them next year. JKP has always been known for its hot CES parties and next year will be no exception.

1/11/03

Saturday night I ride down in the elevator at Ballys with Michael Esposito of Gentlemen's Video. He says I'm "a breath of fresh air" in the industry. That's better than getting whacked, I suppose.

Michael was so friendly and kind to me, I didn't have the heart to tell him I was back reporting on the industry. What I told him is true - I'm working on a book on Hollywood.

Man, I've got to stay out of the way of duplicator Vinny DeStephano. He's no fan of mine.

I arrive at the Venetian at 8:20PM for the AVN Awards Show. There are already hundreds of fans lined up. I walk down the aisle surrounded by fans and eventually burrow my way in and start snapping photos of porners as they walk by.

Porn star Aria recognizes me and gives me a big hut. The fans around me gawk. They want to know who I am. What did I do to deserve that hug? For some reason, it is important to me to not be perceived as a gawking fan but rather as a professional reporter. My ego is fragile.

I'm gratified as a number of porners wave to me as they go by. I chat with Julie Rage, who now lives in Atlanta. She refuses to let me take a picture of her.

Bridgett and Skeeter Kerkove come by with Nakita Denise and her Hungarian boyfriend. Skeeter offers me a free pass to the AVN Awards. I eagerly accept and move out of the line of fans into the moving stream of players.

A security guard thinks I'm a fan and motions me to get out of the way of the porners. I produce my pass and he leaves me alone.

Anna Mills tells me she's thrilled to go to Paris with director Andrew Blake.

Normally at show I only take pictures of Julia Ann, the most beautiful woman in porn, but now we're friendly and chat. I learn she signed with Wicked Pictures last March. She married director Michael Ravel while I was away from the industry.

Julia Ann is a tall slim blonde with pumped up breasts and classic beauty.

Julia Ann did a scene with black man Mr. Marcus that got many kudos.

Pat Myne (formerly married to Shelby Myne) has married porn star Brittany Foster. They've only done scenes together the past seven months.

I chat with porn star Monique Alexander who was recently fired by Sin City after 18-months with the company.

Wicked Pictures director Brad Armstrong and Wicked contract girl Stormy have been together romantically for about eight months. I see them everywhere together. Brad brought her into the industry. He used to be married to Jenna Jameson and formerly dated Dyanna Lauren and other hot looking porn chicks.

T.T. Boy, normally bitter at AVN, shows up to collect his award for entry into AVN's Hall of Fame. T.T. Boy's performing career with the major companies was effectively ended by VCA owner Russell Hampshire after T.T. in 1998 had forceful sex with a VCA employee. Some described the incident as rape. Russ said T.T. had to get into anger management classes. T.T. refused. So Russ made a few calls and effectively ended T.T. Boy's performing career with the major companies like Vivid, Wicked, Adam & Eve, etc.

Tera Patrick, her hubby Evan Seinfeld and six Hells Angels have their own table at the AVN Awards.

Though nobody will say it, I sense that Digital Playground enjoyed having a show without theatrics from Tera. I doubt that DP co-owner and principle shooter Joone will shoot her again. If she comes back to DP, she'll be reduced to shooting for Robby D. The horror, the horror.

I chat with Seymore Butts aka Adam Glasser in front of his Showtime crew.

Luke: "I thought you sold your company and you were gone?"

Seymore: "I did a licensing deal. I didn't sell anything."

Luke: "You disappeared for a year."

Seymore: "I was getting my house back together. That court case [obscenity trial that Seymore won] on top of all the other court cases was a tremendous...devastating."

Luke: "Will your kid be on your show?"

Seymore: "In the appropriate spots when normal father-son activities take place..."

Luke: "Does he help with the boxcover art and the packaging of the videos?"

Seymore: "That's very cute."

Luke: "Does he get surly when you ask him to mow the lawn and..."

Seymore: "Pick out a few chromes [slides]?"

Luke: "Are you still having fights?"

Seymore: "The only person I used to fight with was you. Don't you remember writing things like being scared of being punched by me? Or flinching when I came up to you?"

Luke: "Yeah. Do you have any feuds in the industry anymore?"

Seymore: "Well, you're back. No, I didn't but now you're back, I expect to kick it right back up to where we left off. Aside from you, no more feuds."

Luke: "Have you changed as you aged?"

Seymore: "I've learned to pick and choose my battles more wisely. My priorities have changed. Some of the things that bothered me in the past don't bother me as much now."

Luke: "Do you ever regret getting involved in this industry?"

Seymore: "I have issues with how it effects my personal life. Not my family, I have that under control, but how it effects me with my relationships with women. The possibilities of getting married, more children, and having that nuclear family that I thought I always wanted to have."

Luke: "Do you think you can meet a woman who will provide you with that while you're being followed around by a crew from Showtime?"

Seymore: "If people hear the name, 'Seymore Butts', the mind jumps into huge preconceived notions of what it is like to be Seymore Butts. That my life is an orgy all the time. The reality is that I am a normal guy living in a strange world. I do all the normal things. I wake my son up. I cook him breakfast. I deal with the problems of having a house and arranging for babysitters. Christmas and Hanukkah. Introducing him to sports. I think the people who see it will consider me more of a normal guy but also the industry being filled with more normal people like me just having unusual jobs. That's the only difference between us and those people who are not in this industry - our unusual jobs."

Luke: "Did you have a Christmas tree?"

Seymore, who is Jewish: "I had a menorah (Jewish candlestick) and a Christmas tree. I call it Hanumass. Santa Clausberg visited and took care of the family. All right? Is that enough with you?"

Tera Patrick was supposed to host this AVN show but was replaced by Chloe. Sin City's twins get generous exposure as the trophy girls who escort guests off the stage.

About 5000 people get into the AVN Show, which starts with dinner at 8:30PM, (none left for those who get to the food after 9:30PM). The show starts around 10PM. People start streaming out at 11:30.

There's no question that AVN runs a professional ship. AVN has become a behemoth in the industry. They are the 800-pound gorilla. AVN's Awards Show gets bigger and more glamorous every year.

Vince Neil of Motley Crue opens the show singing "Girls, Girls, Girls" with the Stingers band of Mark Stone and his brother and company.

Vince stars in the only video that shows ex-Vivid girl Janine doing a guy.

I get restless. I couldn't care less who wins what awards and don't even bother to track them. I wander around the room and talk to people. I nod to Mikey Ramone. I see Steve Hirsch, Vivid owner, for the only time at the show, sitting up front. I spot Jim English, head of Playboy TV.

Rob Spallone sits right in front of the stage. I sit behind manager Lucky Smith and his date and Steven St. Croix who appears to be back in porn fulltime.

I wander out around midnight and chat with James DiGiorgio and Jace Rocker.

When I tell Jimmy about Evan and Tera and their Hells Angels, he says, 'Nigger, please.'

I don't understand what this means and why Jimmy feels the need to use a racial epithet but then again, I don't understand most of what I write and report and quote...

Dino Bravo introduces me to veteran porn star Jeannie Pepper. She scowls at me. Dino suggests she give me an interview.

Jeannie: "No, he only wants bad stuff about the industry."

Dino suggests production manager Adam give me an interview. Adam refuses.

Adam: "I think what he does is bad for the industry."

Montana Gunn says she's broken up with Mike and moved to LA three weeks ago.

Montana: "Everyone looks so good. They're off the drugs."

I'm stunned at how dramatically many porn girls are aging. But I won't name names.

Perhaps I'm too friendly with many of the people I write about and no longer have the courage to write bad things about them.

1/12/03

Jacklyn Lick covers her face when I go to take a picture of her.

I chat with Biff Malibu aka Chris Alexander, owner of Anabolic Video.

Biff: "So, you're doing your own distribution?"

What? I've never had distribution. I don't have product. I'm only a journalist. He must be confused. I remind him I'm only a journalist. We shake hands. He covers his face when I go to take a picture of him.

The AVN Expo effectively climaxed at the AVN Awards Show Saturday night. Attendance is spare today, Sunday. Porn fans must be in church. A lot of porners look hungover - particularly Wicked's David Crawford (went to bed at 6AM) and Rob Spallone (went to bed at 5AM). I was in bed at 1:30AM but I feel headachey and hungover. And I don't even drink. Just the loud noise at the AVN Show and the cigarette smoke.

The Wicked booth is right next to a homosexual porn booth.

Julia Ann: "The best part is the guys walk by... Ninety-five percent are heterosexual men trying to get our autograph. Somebody will see something, like Boy Scout outfits. Someone will say, 'Ohmigod, there are Boy Scout outfits.'

"Ten people will turn and they didn't expect to see this [homosexual porn] and they will go 'Aaargh,' and turn away and there's just this tragic look that we see."

Wicked PR man Daniel Metcalf: "It works for us because it forces their attention to look over here."

Daniel kids me about my pass to the show. It reads, 'Jim South, World Modeling.' Thanks Jim.

Julia Ann: "I don't really know any of the gay people and I'm much more entertained watching people I don't know [have sex] than people I do know."

Luke: "I do not want to see anyone I know having sex. I would not want to see you in video..."

Julia Ann: "Hey..."

David Crawford: "I'm not even that jaded."

Julia: "I would rather watch gay porn than straight porn."

David Crawford wears black fingernail polish. He says it's something he picked up during his rockn'roll days. He says he forgot to bring polish remover to Vegas.

I kibbitz with Juli Ashton about Rob Spallone's love for her redheaded chost Tiffany Granath.

Juli: "She's as feisty as he is."

I meet Bob Berkowitz producer Jamye Waxman for the first time.

Jamye: "I'm writing a column for Playgirl and for Steppin Out magazine (New Jersey publication. I use the name "J.Me" and it's a Sex in the City type column. I want to be a writer one day. Ok, you can stop taping. You're always interviewing me. Always."

Luke: "Was Bob here?"

Jamye: "No. He has a cohost Donna Barnes (model, actress) who was here [for TV show Naked New York]."

Luke: "Does Bob get naked?"

Jamye: "No. There's no nudity."

Luke: "Who sponsors it?"

Jamye: "New York Sports Club. BMW buys ads. New Line Cinema. It's slowly building. We've just been renewed for another 13 weeks. It's five nights a week, an hour a night, and I'm the only person booking it. I swear I will not book shows anymore. This is the last time ever. I want to do other things."

Luke: "What was it like working for [fiery NY talkshow host] Bob Grant?"

Jamye: "He's a nice man. He's sexually liberal. He's really smart. He's good radio. He gets it.

"We went to a Republican convention, which is hard for me to do. A daughter of someone famous turned to me and said, 'The problem with education these days is that we're teaching our kids to put on condoms instead of telling them to duck and cover.'

"That was the epitome of why I was not supposed to be there. I was working with Joan Rivers too. Six months later, she quit on me. I was stuck. I didn't want to be without health insurance. Thank God Bob [Grant] came along."

Pimp Dennis Hof wears a T-shirt "Hookers are better than wives - they're more honest."

Jenna Jameson drew the longest lines - signing for Vivid, Digital Sin and for Hustler with Larry Flynt. The show was at its most packed Saturday afternoon. The fan line to get in ran through the Venetian, about 1/3 of a mile.

How did Asia Carrera enjoy the show? She was the first person I saw that I recognized at the AVN Expo and the last person I photographed before leaving.

Asia replies to my email: "The show seems to be getting a little easier for me every year. In no way would I call it FUN, but it's not quite as agonizing as it was in earlier years. I guess it's a combination of kinda getting used to the mob scene, plus the fans being very understanding about my social phobia, and figuring out ways to disguise myself enough that I can get some decent quiet time at the slot machines in between signings. Who knows, maybe in another ten years I'll actually have adapted enough to ENJOY the CES show! hahahaha!!"

MikeSouth.com reports: Max Hardcore was due to stand trial starting tomorrow, but the prosecutor is sick and has requested to move the trial date. No word on when the new one will be. His first trial ended in a hung jury.

Fashionistas Cleans Up:

At the AVN Awards last night Fashioinistas won damn near everything it was nominated for. The rest of the Awards were pretty evenly distributed.

Tera and Evan...Again:

No sign of them on the show floor since the last report, But I have learned that Tera has bought herself an engagement ring, yes you read that right, she bought it for herself. I have also learned that she bought Evan a Hummer. Seems he found himself a sugar mommy.

1/11/03

MikeSouth.com reports: Tera Patrick and her new beau were spotted on the floor of the show today, It is said that she was signing at the AIM Booth, but I saw them at the Jill Kelly Booth and word is she is trying to get them to give her work. I hope Jill Kelly, front person for Bob Friedlander isn't that stupid. I saw them leave shortly after they arrived then they returned. A photographer Annali is telling people that Tera may work for anyone now, that is very simply not true and would likely get anyone shooting her into a legal battle that they would just as soon avoid. If Tera was signing at the AIM Booth, the right thing for AIM to have done would have been to ask the folks a Digital Playground, lets face it y'all we need to show just a little solidarity here, Digital Playground created a monster in Tera Patrick and now that monster is coming back to bite them. The investment that they have in Tera is huge and Tera owes them, both legally and more importantly, morally.

Kevin from Stunningcurves.com reports: John Stagliano, John Leslie and Patrick Collins were seen talking with each other. The rumors I've been hearing is the three of them are trying to bury the hatchet. This could be incredible. These three guys have made some of the best porn ever. Imagine if they began to collaborate on projects. It would be the re-birth of porn.

One of the more important events of this years show is the unveiling of Digital Playground's latest starlet Jesse Jane. I had the chance to meet Jesse a little early and instantly feel in love with her. This girl is amazing. She has never done adult. Has a totally fresh look and a smile to die for.

When I asked Joone, one of the owners of Digital, where he found Jesse his comment was that she was hiding under a rock. I think it is more along the lines that she fell from heaven.

There is little doubt that Monique Alexander is incredibly gorgeous. However it appears she is contract free. It seems SinCity has cut Monique loose. The rumor I hear is that SinCity accused Monique of doing a movie for a different company while under contact.

Courtesy of www.RogReviews.com:

Days Two

If fan attendance was a bit anemic on Thursday, the massive lines outside of the Sands Expo Center on Friday morning could only be seen as a sign that the 2003 Adult Entertainment Expo was alive and well. Long before the show floor opened for fan hours, the bodies were lined up far into the hallway. Porn fans paying thirty five dollars a head to mingle with their favorite stars stretched as far as the eye could see.

I spent the early part of the day in the Red Light District booth where I met and interviewed company owner Dion Giarusso. This is RLD’s second Adult Expo, but their catalog of titles has jumped from 2 to 55 in that time and the fan reaction was overwhelming. Dion has taken the lessons he has learned in his years with Elegant Angel and applied them to his new company. From day one, RLD has used customer feedback and the internet to fine tune their business plan. Listening to customers and fans on things like simultaneous DVD/VHS release dates has helped RLD move quickly up porn’s ladder.

The most interesting moment of the day happened when Digital Playground’s wayward starlet Tera Patrick made her way around the show floor. Recently married, Ms. Patrick has gone into semi-retirement. Though still under contract with DP, Tera has declared herself a free agent. With every stop at a new booth, Tera’s presence fueled already rampant rumors that she may be ready to announce plans for a “new” contract with another company. All that talk turned out to be just that as Tera sashayed her way across the floor with her boyfriend and a few “companions” before leaving for the day.

Later that day, Jill Kelly Productions announced their new contract girl. Since Tera had spent a good deal of time at the JKP booth, there was a good deal of speculation that she might have joined the company. Instead it was Jezabelle Bond who was announced as the new JKP Girl. A nice addition to the team even if she doesn’t make quite as interesting a story as Tera would have.

After the show, www.adultdvdtalk.com held their first Vegas get together. Industry representatives from Evil Angel, Anabolic, LVNI, DVSX, VCA, Shane’s World, Elegant Angel, Diabolic and Pandora Cinema mingled with readers and contributors to one of the net’s most active forums. The mixing of industry insiders and fans makes the forum unique and that spirit carried over to the party.

Day Three

Saturday’s crowd was even heavier than the one that nearly overran the booths on Friday. Outside the Expo, the line to get in for fan hours was as long as two and a half hours. When they got inside, they found the aisles packed and the lines for autographs quite long. Many of the lines were made longer as the day progresses when some of the stars made early exits to prepare for the big AVN Awards Show.

One of the women who had good reason to leave early on Saturday was Chloe. The industry veteran and VCA contract girl was the hostess for the awards show and was kind enough to give me an interview this year at great risk to her voice. She had a lot to say about her years in the business, the direction she wants to take her career and some new toy projects in the works with Las Vegas Novelties.

The big question of the day was “Where is Extreme Associates?” No one from the company was expected on the floor as they no longer buy booth space at the Expo. Last year, they set up their own display in another hotel, but this year no one from the company was seen in Las Vegas all week. No one seems to have heard from anyone at the company in some time.

Also still missing in action was Ex-Extreme director Thomas Zupko. Since leaving (or being fired from) Extreme, Zupko has been very scarce. No one knows where he might end up. The most common rumor making the rounds is that Zupko might end up working for Patrick Collins as Elegant Angel. When asked about the possibility of hiring Zupko, Collins replied, “Hell no. No chance.” I guess we’ll have to wait to hear from Zupko himself to find out what comes next for the enigmatic director.

Some people just can’t seem to keep their feet out of the mouths. Wicked director/performer Brad Armstrong is apparently just such a person. While enjoying some time away from the floor, Armstrong was approached by an industry veteran who complimented Brad on his feature “Falling From Grace.” His response to the award winning and legendary director (Who also just released a very successful feature) was a curt, “I guess you know now just how hard it is to make a feature.” Apparently Brad forgot that the man complimenting him has been making features for longer than he has been in the business. Hey Brad, next time just ask, I’ll clue you in on who is who or at least give you some salt to help that shoe leather go down a little easier.

As an interesting side note, porn journalist and everyone’s favorite whipping boy L-ke F-ord was seen on the floor Saturday. Since selling his site, Luke has been writing about mainstream projects and pops up from time to time with news from the adult world. I imagine he picked up a lot on the floor this weekend.

I also had the distinct pleasure of meeting Henri Pachard on the floor today. He is one the people I respect most in this business, both as a film maker and a writer. Meeting him was an honor and he had some unexpected and undeserved praise that had me smiling all day.

Day Four

Sundays are always the quietest days for the Adult Expo. Most of the performers and industry people stay up late at parties following the AVN Awards. This year the floor seemed particularly dead on Sunday morning. People came dragging in a bit late as the aisles filled with fans hoping to get some last day autographs.

The big news from the AVN Awards was how many statues Evil Angel collected. They came home with an amazing 19, including a record tying 10 for “Fashionistas.” John Stagliano’s brilliant four hour and forty minute epic made it a huge year for the Evil Empire. Lexington Steele collected the award as Male Performer of the Year for the third time in the last four years. Aurora Snow finally broke out and won as Female Performer of the Year while Jenna Haze took home the Starlet of the Year honors as the best new girl in the biz.

As always, the final day brings the show to a close with a whole lot of missed interviews. For the third year in a row, Haven wasn’t around on Sunday to give the promised interview. I’ll have to get on her case about that when we get back to LA and see if we can line up the JKP Girls for an interview back home. Jules Jordan was unable to hook up with me, but we’ve already got things set to interview at home. It was another year when I was unable to get close to any of the Vivid Girls, including Jenna Jameson. Instead of harping too much on the missed interviews, I’ll just let you all know that I got more this year than ever. Look for interviews with Anabolic owner Chris Alexander, Digital Playground’s Devon and Jesse Jane, Chloe, Jewel De’Nyle, Jim Gunn, Avy Scott, Aurora Snow, Gauge, Calli Cox and two dozen others coming soon.



THE AVN AWARD RESULTS

Best Film
The Fashionistas, Evil Angel

Best Video Feature
The Ass Collector, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel

Best Gonzo Tape
Shane’s World 29, New Sensations

Best DVD
Euphoria, Wicked Pictures DVD

Best Sex Comedy
Kung-Fu Girls, Kick Ass Pictures/Hustler

Best All-Sex Video
Bring 'Um Young 9, Anabolic Video

Best Gonzo Series
The Voyeur, John Leslie/Evil Angel

Best Continuing Video Series
Naked Hollywood, Adam & Eve Productions

Best Vignette Tape
Mason’s Dirty Trixxx, Elegant Angel

Best Vignette Series
Barely Legal, Hustler Video

Best Anal-Themed Feature
Buttfaced! 3, West Coast Productions Platinum

Best Anal-Themed Series
Ass Worship, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel

Best All-Girl Feature
The Violation of Aurora Snow, JM Productions

Best All-Girl Series
The Violation Of..., JM Productions

Best Ethnic-Themed Video
Liquid City, Hustler Video

Best Ethnic-Themed Series
Chica Boom, Kick Ass Pictures/Hustler

Best Oral-Themed Feature
Throat Gaggers, Red Light District

Best Oral-Themed Series
Gag Factor, JM Productions

Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape
NYC Underground: Times Square Trash Vol. 2, Black Mirror Productions

Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series
The Real Naturals, Ed Powers Productions

Best Foreign Feature
The Private Gladiator, Private Media

Best Foreign Vignette Tape
Hustler XXX 11, Hustler Video

Best Foreign Vignette Series
Euro Angels Hardball, Clark Euro Angel/Evil Angel

Best Alternative Video
DreamGirls: Real Adventures 37, DreamGirls Inc.

Best New Starlet
Jenna Haze

Best Male Newcomer
Nick Manning

Female Performer of the Year
Aurora Snow

Male Performer of the Year
Lexington Steele

Female Foreign Performer of the Year
Rita Faltoyano

Male Foreign Performer of the Year
Rocco Siffredi

Best Director - Film
John Stagliano, The Fashionistas, Evil Angel

Best Director - Video
(tie) Michael Raven, Breathless, Wicked Pictures
Rocco Siffredi, The Ass Collector, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel

Best Director - Non-Feature
Jim Powers, Perverted Stories 35, JM Productions

Best Director - Foreign Release
Antonio Adamo, The Private Gladiator, Private Media

Best Interactive DVD
Virtual Sex With Janine, Digital Playground

Best Classic Release on DVD
Pretty Peaches 2, VCA Interactive

Best DVD Extras
Euphoria, Wicked Pictures DVD

Best All-Sex DVD
Breakin' 'Em In 2, Red Light District

Best DVD Menus
Private Gladiator: Collector's Limited Edition, Private DVD

Best DVD Packaging
Private Gladiator: Collector's Limited Edition, Private Media

Best DVD Authoring
Wicked Pictures DVD

Best Actor - Film
Brad ArmstrongFalling From Grace, Wicked Pictures

Best Actor - Video
Dale DaBone, Betrayed By Beauty, Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Actress - Film
Taylor St. ClaireThe Fashionistas, Evil Angel

Best Actress - Video
Devinn LaneBreathless, Wicked Pictures

Best Supporting Actor - Film
Mr. Marcus, Paradise Lost, Sin City Films

Best Supporting Actor - Video
Randy Spears, Hercules, Wicked Pictures

Best Supporting Actress - Film
Belladonna, The Fashionistas, Evil Angel

Best Supporting Actress - Video
Sydnee Steele, Breathless, Wicked Pictures

Best Non-Sex Performance - Film or Video
Tina Tyler, The Ozporns, VCA Pictures

Best Tease Performance
Belladonna, The Fashionistas, Evil Angel

Best Solo Sex Scene
Jenna Haze, Big Bottom Sadie, Elegant Angel

Best Packaging
Hearts & Minds, New Sensations

Best Box Cover Concept
Autumn Haze vs. Son of Dong, Notorious Productions/Multimedia

Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Film
The Fashionistas, Belladonna & Taylor St. Claire, Evil Angel

Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video
I Dream of Jenna, Autumn, Nikita Denise & Jenna Jameson, Club Jenna/Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Anal Sex Scene - Video
Babes in Pornland: Interracial Babes, Jewel De'Nyle & Lexington Steele, Puritan Video Productions

Best Anal Sex Scene - Film
The Fashionistas, Kate Frost & Rocco Siffredi, Evil Angel

Best Oral Sex Scene - Film
The Fashionistas, Belladonna & Rocco Siffredi, Evil Angel

Best Oral Sex Scene - Video
Lady Fellatio in the Doghouse, Flick Shagwell & Gino Greco, Elegant Angel

Best Couples Sex Scene - Film
Les Vampyres 2, Nikita Denise & Joel Lawrence, Cal Vista/Metro Studios

Best Couples Sex Scene - Video
Lex the Impaler 2, Alexa Rae & Lexington Steele, Jules Jordan/Evil Angel

Best Group Sex Scene - Film
The Fashionistas, Friday, Taylor St. Claire, Sharon Wild & Rocco Siffredi, Evil Angel

Best Group Sex Scene - Video
Assficianado, Angel Long, Jay Ashley & Pat Myne, Rosebud Productions

Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production
The Ass Collector, Veronica B. Cindy, Henrietta, Karib, Katalin, Monik, Nikita, Niky, Sheila Scott, Petra Short, Stella Virgin & Rocco Siffredi, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel

Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Autumn Haze vs. Son of Dong, Autumn Haze’s Big Dick, Notorious Productions/Multimedia

Best Screenplay - Film
Falling From Grace, Daniel Metcalf, Brad Armstrong & Jonathan Morgan, Wicked Pictures

Best Screenplay - Video
Breathless, Michael Raven & Devan Sapphire, Wicked Pictures

Best Art Direction - Film
America XXX, Kris Kramski, Hustler Video

Best Art Direction - Video
Hearts & Minds, David Lockard, New Sensations

Best Cinematography
The Villa, Andrew Blake, Studio A Entertainment

Best Videography
Perfect, Michael Ninn, Private Media

Best Editing - Film
The Fashionistas, Tricia Devereaux & John Stagliano, Evil Angel

Best Editing - Video
Perfect, Ethan Kane, Private Media

Best Special Effects
Perfect, Ninnwerx, Private Media

Best Music
America XXX, various artists, Hustler Video

Best Specialty Tape - Big Bust
Heavy Handfuls, Elegant Angel

Best Specialty Tape - BDSM
Ivy Manor 5, GwenMedia/Bizarre

Best Specialty Tape - Other Genre
Internal Affairs 5, Fallen Angel Entertainment

Best Specialty Tape - Spanking
Stocking Strippers Spanked 2, Bizarre Video

Best Specialty Tape - Foot Fetish
Barefoot Confidential 15, Kick Ass Pictures/Hustler

Best Transsexual Tape
Rogue Adventures 16, Joey Silvera/Evil Angel

Best Overall Marketing Campaign- Company Image
(tie)
Digital Playground
Wicked Pictures

Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Individual Title or Series
Paradise Lost, Sin City Films

Adult Video Nudes Award
The Amazing Norma Stitz, Big Top Video

Hall of Fame
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

Reuben Sturman Special Achievement Award
Mel Kamins, General Video Cleveland

Special DVD Recognition Award
Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes
Cass Paley, VCA Interactive

Top Renting Tape of 2002
Briana Loves Jenna, ClubJenna/Vivid Entertainment Group

Top Selling Tape of 2002
Briana Loves Jenna, ClubJenna/Vivid Entertainment Group