7th AVN Awards


The 7th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News, 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.Best Actor: Jon Martin, Cool SheetsBest Actor—Gay Video: Tim Lowe, FratrimonyBest Actress: Sharon Kane, Bodies in Heat—The SequelBest All-Girl Feature: Where The Boys Aren'tBest All-Girl Sex Scene: Barbara Dare, April West; True LoveBest All-Sex Feature: Hello MollyBest Amateur Tape: Bus Stop Tales, Vol. 1Best Anal-Themed Feature: Splendor In The AssBest Art Direction—Film or Video: Voodoo LustBest Bisexual Video: Bi and Beyond IIIBest Box Cover Concept: Rain Woman, Coast to Coast VideoBest Box Cover Concept—Gay Video: Buddy System IIBest Cinematography: Andrew Blake, Night TripsBest Compilation Tape: Only The Best 2Best Director—Bisexual Video: Paul Norman, Bi and Beyond IIIBest Director—Feature Film: Henri Pachard, The Nicole Stanton Story I & IIBest Director—Gay Video: John Travis, UndercoverBest Director—Shot-on-Video Feature: Jean-Pierre Ferrand, Peter Davy; Voodoo LustBest Editing—Film: The Nicole Stanton StoryBest Editing—Video: Andrew Blake, Night Trips Best Gay Video Feature: UndercoverBest Music: My Bare LadyBest Newcomer—Gay Video: Brian Yeager, Buddy SystemBest New Starlet: Victoria Paris, Tori Welles Best Non-Sex Role: Nick Random, True LoveBest Overall Marketing Campaign: Australian Erotica, Parliament VideoBest Packaging: twentysomething, Episode 3; Vivid VideoBest Packaging—Gay Video: Davey and the CruisersBest Picture: Night TripsBest Screenplay—Feature Film: Rick Marx, The Nicole Stanton StoryBest Screenplay—Video Feature: Jace Rocker; Cheeks 2: The Bitter EndBest Sex Scene—Feature Film: Eric Edwards, Sharon Kane; Firestorm 3Best Sex Scene—Gay Video: Lon Flexxe, Bill Marlowe; Heat in the NightBest Sex Scene—Group: Marc Wallice, Blake Palmer, Randy West, Jesse Eastern, Debi Diamond; Gang Bangs IIBest Sex Scene—Video Feature: Tom Byron, Debi Diamond; The ChameleonBest Shot-on-Video Feature: Mad LoveBest Softcore Release: Party FavorsBest Specialty Tape: Wild ThingBest Supporting Actor : Rick Savage, The Erotic Adventures of Bedman & ThrobbinBest Supporting Actress : Viper, Mystery of the Golden LotusBest Tease Performance: Tracey Adams, The Adventures of ButtmanBest Videography: Voodoo LustTop Renting Release of the Year: The Nicole Stanton StoryTop Selling Release of the Year: ''The Nicole Stanton Story''

Honorary AVN Awards

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:
  • 5 - The Nicole Stanton Story I & II
  • 3 - Night Trips, Voodoo Lust
  • 2 - Bi and Beyond III, True Love, ''Undercover''

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.