Cindi,
There seems to be some confusion about how we choose our nominees for the Best New Starlet category, and I’d like to clear that up if possible.
Best New Starlet is one of the few — and possibly the only — category that doesn’t adhere to the restriction that the work be done between Oct. 1 of one year and Sept. 30 of the next. Generally speaking, a person is eligible for a Best New Starlet nomination if she did little or no video (as opposed to internet) work more than 18 months before that year’s nominations cut-off, and it’s rare that we choose a nominee whose body of work is less than six months old, unless we determine that she’s made quite a splash within that six-month period. Indeed, media profile is one of the factors we take into consideration, and some candidates have been accepted while others rejected because they’ve gotten more or better media exposure during the eligibility period. I can recall a few instances over the years where the discussion in nominations meetings broke down between one faction claiming that a particular candidate (often someone contracted with a particular studio) hadn’t done enough work to qualify, while another faction pointed out that she’d gotten a ton of positive publicity and was well-known with the viewing public as a result.
I hope this answers some questions.
Mark Kernes, AVN
Good work, Cindi – and thanks, Mark.
Wow, someone actually asked AVN about the issue, instead of running his/her mouth.
Terri
http://www.thefloatingworld.com
AVN has always used 18 months for Starlet of the Year.
They have published this many times on avn.com
CAVR defines Year as 12 months.
This explains how Jenna Jameson & Kylie Ireland debuted in the same movie and Kylie won AVN 1995 Starlet of Year and Jenna won AVN 1996 Starlet of Year.
Den
Thank you Mark for clarifying the issue.
Of note though, it should be pointed out that the award is NOT “Starlet of the Year” as suggested by Den, but “Best New Starlet”. The difference may be subtle but it is important to note when some people keep spreading misinformation, year after year.
http://avnawards.avn.com/about/nominees.html
It looks like someone at AVN earned their paycheck for the week.
And good work Houston Don — now the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Drudge Report, CNN and Fox News will know how to correctly label this useless award once it’s been bestowed.
Ah yes, the big, pathetic fucking joke that is AVN’s best new starlet. I’ll give you an example of how *important and relevant* this award is, and how *financially and significantly* it effects a whore’s fucking on film career: In 2002, Violet Blue AKA Noname Jane won this plastic trophy. Today, she’s living in a shared apartment in Washington, making a living by performing in death fetish scenes. For those of you who may not know what death fetish is, basically the whore lays down and plays dead while the stunt cock rubs her body and fucks her. Go figure.
And Naomi, and Cytherea, and Stoya…………….
They have nomination meetings? What the hell for. Herbie, I mean Mark should to see if there is full time work as a David Crosby impersonator.
Larry Horse “They have nomination meetings? What the hell for.”
…all the free donuts, bagels and coffee the AVN staffers can eat for the entire 8 minutes it takes to slap together the year’s nominations complied from their top advertisers and whoever Fishbein owes a favor to…
Harvey — out of that list of ‘award winning’ porn chicks, you have to give it up to Naomi for being the ONLY one to realize how idiotic the ‘Best New Starlet’ award truly is and didn’t even show up to the ceremony.
Say what you will, but there’s one ‘whore’ in Porn Valley who saved herself the cost of a plane ticket to Vegas and hours sitting in a room ‘acting’ as if she’s having a good time listening to the winner of AVN’s Best Interracial Anal scene.
Sammy, a lot of people think most who receive the award endure bad luck because of it but ultimately, why is it any more “idiotic”, “worthless”, or “pathetic” than any other award (from any organization)?
And if you are going to continuously whine about it, AVN, and related topics, doesn’t that show you have some interest at stake? If you don’t care, why keep commenting (just asking…)?
The plethora of awards allows a bunch of people to feel good about something, joke around about who got which award and why, as well as serve as a basis for all sorts of parties (and write ofs). Is that really such a bad thing?
In the other hand Sammy, Stoya looked like she just won and Oscar.
Now were is her? Looking for a job as a receptionist in the East Coast.
Quote from Don Houston:
Of note though, it should be pointed out that the award is NOT “Starlet of the Year” as suggested by Den, but “Best New Starlet”. The difference may be subtle but it is important to note when some people keep spreading misinformation, year after year.
Don is 100% correct. I used the wrong title.
It is Best New Starlet.
It is presented annually and it does cover 18 months.
My apologizes to Don and AVN and others.
CAVR Starlet of Year is presented annually and it covers 12 months.
Sorry,
Den
No worries Den. There are a whole lot of people that follow your awards too, they are just different (for some people, probably better too).
You guys talk about these awards as if they mean anything to anyone, other than the people in that room on that night in Vegas. And tha fact that the AVN convention and show is the biggest industry event ever, well that just shows how pathetic the industry is. Funny how an industry that claims to be bigger than “Hollywood” can barely afford a Panda Express food buffet at their biggest ceremony each year. And half of the hundreds of nominees cannot even afford to attend the event. Cant wait to see the next big winner of the Best Anal award.
Don’t be a tease General.
You must have a favorite for AVN’s Best Anal..inquiring minds want to know who you’re putting five dollars down in your AVN Awards office pool hahahaha.