21st AVN Awards

The 21st AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, 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, 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	BeautifulRawhide * 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 13Best All-Girl Series: No Man's LandBest All-Girl Sex Scene—Film: Dru Berrymore, Teanna Kai, SnakeskinBest All-Sex DVD: Flesh Hunter 4Best All-Sex Film: Hard EdgeBest All-Sex Video: Fetish: The Dream ScapeBest Alternative Video: Interviewing JennaBest Amateur Series: Homegrown VideoBest Amateur Tape: NYC Underground: Manhattan GirlsBest Anal Sex Scene—Video: Gisselle, Katsumi, Michael Stefano, Multiple P.O.V.Best Anal-Themed Feature: Ass Worship 4Best Anal-Themed Series: Ass WorshipBest Art Direction—Film: Andrew Blake, Hard EdgeBest Art Direction—Video: Laurent Sky, Fetish: The Dream ScapeBest Cinematography: Andrew Blake, Hard EdgeBest Classic DVD: Insatiable, i-candy EntertainmentBest Continuing Video Series: GirlvertBest Director, Non-Feature: Laurent Sky, Fetish: The Dream ScapeBest Director, Foreign Release: Gazzman, The Scottish LoveknotBest DVD Extras: Space NutsBest DVD Menus: Space NutsBest DVD Packaging: RawhideBest Editing—Film: Andrew Blake, Hard EdgeBest Editing—Video: Alexander Craig, Antonio Passolini New Wave Hookers 7Best Ethnic-Themed Series: Chasin' the Big OnesBest Ethnic-Themed Video—Asian: Asia Noir 2Best Ethnic-Themed Video—Latin: Spanish Fly Pussy SearchBest Foot Fetish Release: Barefoot Confidential 25Best Foreign All-Sex Release: Euroglam: Nikki BlondeBest Foreign All-Sex Series: EuroglamBest Foreign Feature: The Scottish LoveknotBest Gonzo Series: Service AnimalsBest Group Sex Scene—Film: Dru Berrymore, AnneMarie, Taylor St. Claire, Savanna Samson, Dale DaBone, Mickey G., Steven St. Croix, Looking InBest Group Sex Scene—Video: Ashley Long, Julie Night, Nacho Vidal, Manuel Ferrera, Back 2 Evil Best High-Definition Production: RawhideBest Interactive DVD: My Plaything: Jenna Jameson 2Best Male Newcomer: Ben EnglishBest Marketing Website: EvilAngel.comBest Music: Doug Scott, Allen Rene, OperaBest Non-Sex Performance: Allen Rene, OperaBest Oral-Themed Feature: Feeding Frenzy 2Best Oral-Themed Series: Gag FactorBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: Vivid Entertainment GroupBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project: Mary Carey Campaign, Kick Ass PicturesBest Pro-Am Release: Breakin Em In 5Best Pro-Am Series: Breakin Em InBest Retail Website: AdultDVDEmpire.comBest Screenplay—Film: Axel Braun, CompulsionBest Screenplay—Video: George Kaplan, Michael Raven, BeautifulBest Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Katsumi, Steve Holmes, Katsumi's AffairBest Solo Sex Scene: Brooke Ballentyne, Screaming Orgasms 11Best Special Effects: Dick Roundtree, Chokko Calisto, MV Effects, Space NutsBest Specialty Big Bust Release: Heavy Handfuls 2Best Specialty BD & SM Release: Debbie Does Fem-Dom 3Best Specialty Release—Other Genre: Chunky on the Fourth of JulyBest Specialty Spanking Release: Spanked Toilet WhoresBest Supporting Actor—Video: Randy Spears, Space NutsBest Supporting Actress—Video: Brooke Ballentyne, RawhideBest Tease Performance: Michelle Wild, Crack Her JackBest Transsexual Release: She-Male Domination NationBest VHS Box Cover Concept: Angel X, Wicked PicturesBest VHS Packaging: Euroglam: Wanda Curtis, Ninn Worx/Pure PlayBest Videography: Nicholas Steele, RawhideBest Vignette Tape: Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2Best Vignette Series: Barely LegalFemale Foreign Performer of the Year: Mandy BrightMale Foreign Performer of the Year: Manuel FerreraMost Outrageous Sex Scene: Julie Night, Maggie Star, Mr. Pete in "Love in an Abbatoir," Perverted Stories The MovieTranssexual 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

The following releases received the most nominations.

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

The following 17 releases received multiple awards:

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.

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."