13th AVN Awards

The 13th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) honored the best pornographic films of 1995 and took place on January 7, 1996 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Paradise, Nevada, beginning at 8:15 p.m. PST / 11:15 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 97 categories. The ceremony, taped for broadcast in the United States by Spice Networks, was produced and directed by Gary Miller and Mark Stone. Comedian Bobby Slayton hosted the show for the first time, alongside actress co-hosts Jenna Jameson and Julia Ann. Hall of Fame inductees were honored at a gala held a month earlier.

Latex won the most statuettes, taking 11. Other winners included Blue Movie with four awards and gay video The Renegade with three.

Winners and nominees
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 7, 1996. Latex won 11 of the 14 categories in which it was nominated. Rocco Siffredi became the first two-time winner of the Male Performer of the Year award. Jenna Jameson was the first Best New Starlet award winner to also take home a Best Actress award. Mike Horner won his fourth Best Actor—Film award.

Major awards


Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Additional award winners
These awards were also announced at the awards show, most in a winners-only segment for technical achievements read by Dyanna Lauren or a second winners-only segment read by Julia Ann.


 * Best Actress, Video: Jenna Jameson, Wicked One
 * Best All-Girl Feature: Buttslammers 10
 * Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film: Felecia, Misty Rain, Jenteal; Fantasy Chamber
 * Best All-Sex Film: The Player
 * Best Alternative Adult Feature Film: Under Lock & Key
 * Best Alternative Adult Film Featurette or Specialty Tape: The Best of Pamela Anderson
 * Best Alternative Adult Video: Buttman at Nudes a Poppin' 2
 * Best Amateur Tape: New Faces, Hot Bodies 17
 * Best Amateur Series: Mike Hott Video
 * Best Anal Sex Scene, Film: Gaping anus scene; Marquis de Sade
 * Best Anal Sex Scene, Video: Careena Collins & Jake Steed—blindfold anal; Bottom Dweller 33 1/3
 * Best Anal-Themed Feature: Anal Intruder 9: The Butt from Another Planet
 * Best Art Direction, Film: Cinesex 1 & 2
 * Best Art Direction, Video: Latex
 * Best Bisexual Video: Remembering Times Gone Bi
 * Best Box Cover Concept: Strip Tease
 * Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video: Courting Libido
 * Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction: Virtual Valerie 2
 * Best CD-ROM Photo Disk: Visions of Erotica
 * Best Cinematography: Bill Smith, Sex 2
 * Best Compilation Tape: Pussyman 11: Prime Cuts
 * Best Continuing Video Series: Takin' It to the Limit
 * Best Director, Bisexual Video: James C. Stark, Remembering Times Gone Bi
 * Best Director, Gay Video: John Rutherford, The Renegade
 * Best Editing for a Film: Michael Zen, Blue Movie
 * Best Editing—Gay Video: Josh Eliot, Jawbreaker
 * Best Ethnic-Themed Video: My Baby Got Back 6
 * Best European Release (The Hot Vidéo Award): Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia (Italy)
 * Best Explicit Series: Vivid 4-Hour Series
 * Best Featurette Tape: Sodomania 12
 * Best Foreign Feature: The Tower 1, 2 & 3
 * Best Foreign Featurette Tape: Private Video Magazine 20
 * Best Gang Bang Tape: 30 Men for Sandy
 * Best Gay Alternative Video Release: Siberian Heat
 * Best Gay Solo Video: Rex Chandler: One on One
 * Best Gay Specialty Release: Pissed
 * Best Gay Video: The Renegade
 * Best Gonzo Video: Pool Party at Seymore's 1 & 2
 * Best Gonzo Series: The Voyeur


 * Best Group Sex Scene, Film: Orgy Finale; Borderline
 * Best Group Sex Scene, Video: Stephanie Sartori, Erika Bella, Mark Davis, Sean Michaels; World Sex Tour, Vol. 1
 * Best Interactive CD-ROM: Space Sirens 2
 * Best Interactive CD-ROM Game: Adventures of Seymore Butts II: In Pursuit of Pleasure
 * Best Music: Dino Ninn, Latex
 * Best Music, Gay Video: Sharon Kane & Casey Jordan, Johnny Rey's Sex Series 2: Score of Sex
 * Best Newcomer, Gay Video: Ken Ryker
 * Best Non-Sex Performance, Film or Video: Veronica Hart, Nylon
 * Best Non-Sexual Performance—Gay, Bi, Trans Video: Lana Luster, Driven Home
 * Best Original CD-ROM Concept: Virtual Sex Shoot
 * Best Overall Marketing Campaign: Virtual Max 3-D System
 * Best Packaging, Film: Borderline
 * Best Packaging—Gay Video: An Officer and His Gentleman
 * Best Packaging, Specialty: The Journal of O
 * Best Packaging, Video: Style 2
 * Best Performer—Gay Video: Ken Ryker, The Renegade
 * Best Pro-Am Series: Up and Cummers
 * Best Pro-Am Tape: More Dirty Debutantes 38
 * Best Screenplay, Film: Raven Touchstone, Cinesex 1 & 2
 * Best Screenplay, Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, The Diamond Stud
 * Best Screenplay, Video: Jace Rocker, Risque Burlesque
 * Best Sex Scene, Gay Video: Daryl Brock, Chip Daniels, Rod Majors, Ty Russell, Scott Russell; Jawbreaker
 * Best Special Effects: Latex
 * Best Specialty Tape, Bondage: Kym Wilde's On the Edge 23
 * Best Specialty Tape, Big Bust: Tits
 * Best Specialty Tape, Other Genre: Leg Tease
 * Best Specialty Tape, Spanking: Blistered Your Buns
 * Best Supporting Actor, Film: Steven St. Croix, Forever Young
 * Best Supporting Performer, Gay Video: Johnny Rahm, All About Steve
 * Best Tease Performance: Christy Canyon, Comeback
 * Best Trailer: Latex
 * Best Transsexual Video: A Real Man
 * Best Video Editing: D3, Latex
 * Best Videography: Barry Harley, Latex
 * Best Videography—Gay Video: Todd Montgomery, Big River
 * Gay Video Performer of the Year: J. T. Sloan

Special Achievement Award

 * Ed Powers, 4-Play Video

Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1996, announced at a gala a month prior to the AVN Awards show, were: Andrew Blake, Gino Colbert, The Dark Brothers, Ashlyn Gere, Savannah, Matt Sterling, Jennifer Welles, Tori Welles

Multiple nominations and awards
Latex won the most statuettes, taking 11 of the 14 categories in which it was nominated. Other winners included Blue Movie with four awards and gay video The Renegade with three. Two statuettes went to each of Borderline, Bottom Dweller 33 1/3, Cinesex 1 & 2, Dear Diary, Jawbreaker, Private Video Magazine 20, Remembering Times Gone Bi and Risque Burlesque.

Presenters and performers
The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Houston and Tracy Love.

Ceremony information
The 13th AVN Awards Show marked the first time the awards show was open to the public. In addition, Bobby Slayton was the show's first host who was not affiliated with the adult film industry. The theme of the show was "Give me liberty."

Several other people and elements were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Gary Miller and Mark Stone served as producer and director for the show while Marco Polo served as director of the broadcast. Mark Stone served as musical director for the ceremony. Choreographer Serenity supervised the performances of the dance numbers. Ventriloquist act Otto & George performed standup comedy during the proceedings.

Best Sex Comedy was a new category at this year's show.

Latex was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.

Adult PC Guide magazine noted the show was videotaped for broadcast on Spice Networks and featured "a huge set, motion-controlled cameras and a production that would have rivaled the Oscars." A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures.

Critical reviews
High Society magazine said, "Nothing that happened at the Oscars could possibly top this evening for excitement." Adult Cinema Review called the show "dazzling." It noted serving food in an auditorium gave way to chaos and "thousands of jabbering people made it hard to accomplish anything but light conversation," however, "there were no real complaints."

In Memoriam
Paul Fishbein "memorialized three performers in the industry who passed away this year:" Alex Jordan, Cal Jammer and Kristi Lynn.