2006 AVN Awards Nominations Announced

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Digital Playground and Adam & Eve’s “Pirates” garnered 24 nominations for the 2006 AVN Awards Show slated for January in Las Vegas.

The nominations for “Pirates” were the largest ever for a single video feature, according to AVN.

Vivid’s “The New Devil in Miss Jones” also broke an AVN nominations record, receiving 19, the most ever for a feature film.

Wicked’s feature film “Eternity” earned 17 nominations, Michael Ninn’s “Catherine” received 15 and New Sensations’ “Dark Angels 2” garnered 16.

“Dark Side,” Red Light District’s first feature video, received 16 film nominations and Jules Jordan (distributed by Evil Angel) took 20 nominations for productions and sex scenes.

Here are nominations for some of the categories:

BEST VIDEO FEATURE

“Catherine,” Ninn Worx/Pure Play Media

“Contract Girl,” Black Mirror/VCA Pictures

“Dark Angels 2: Bloodline,” New Sensations

“Drive,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Killing Courtney Luv,” Black Mirror/VCA Pictures

“Lexie & Monique Love Rocco,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Lover’s Lane,” Wicked Pictures

“The Perfect Secretary,” Adam & Eve

“Pirates,” Digital Playground/Adam & Eve

“Porn Star,” Ninn Worx/Pure Play Media

“Prisoner,” Cal Vista/Metro Studios

“Undertow,” Sin City Ultra

BEST FILM

“Close-Ups,” Studio A Entertainment

“Dark Side,” Red Light District Films

“The Devil in Miss Jones,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Emotions,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Eternity,” Wicked Pictures

“Last Girl Standing,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Les Bitches,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Sentenced,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“The Villa,” Vivid Entertainment Group

BEST DVD

“Camp Cuddly Pines Power Tool Massacre,” Wicked Pictures

“Catherine,” Ninn Worx/Pure Play Media

“Dark Angels 2: Bloodline,” New Sensations

“Dark Side,” Red Light District Films

“The Devil in Miss Jones,” Vivid Entertainment Group

“Eternity,” Wicked Pictures

“Jenna Loves Pain,” Club Jenna/Vivid Entertainment Group

“Lover’s Lane,” Wicked Pictures

“One Man’s Obsession,” Wicked Pictures

“Pirates,” Digital Playground/Adam & Eve

“Raw Desire,” Sky World/Club Jenna/Vivid Entertainment Group

“Spice Hotel,” Playboy Home Video

“Squealer,” Hustler Video

“Tales From the Crack,” Evil Angel Productions

BEST GONZO RELEASE

“Born for Porn,” Colossal Entertainment

“College Guide: How to Get More Pussy,” Shane’s World/New Sensations

“Ghost Town,” Black Mirror Productions

“Gob Swappers,” Vertigo Video

“Jack’s Playground 20,” Digital Playground

“Myne Tease 2,” FusXion/Metro Studios

“Neo Pornographia,” Ninn Worx/Pure Play Media

“Otto & Audrey Destroy the World,” Powerhouse Unlimited/Wildlife

“Riot Sluts 2,” Jewel De’Nyle Productions/Platinum X

“Service Animals 21,” Joey Silvera/Evil Angel

“She Swallows,” Hustler Video

“Slut Puppies,” Jules Jordan/Evil Angel

“Spring Chickens 9,” Diabolic Video Productions

“Take No Prisoners,” Jules Jordan/Evil Angel

“Teen Cum Squad,” Manuel Ferrara Productions/Red Light District

FEMALE PERFORMER OF YEAR

Jada Fire

Audrey Hollander

Nicki Hunter

Roxy Jezel

Ariana Jollee

Dillan Lauren

Melissa Lauren

Missy Monroe

Gia Paloma

Lauren Phoenix

Taylor Rain

Sandra Romain

Brittney Skye

Flower Tucci

Venus

MALE PERFORMER OF YEAR

Otto Bauer

Van Damage

Erik Everhard

Manuel Ferrara

Tommy Gunn

Kurt Lockwood

Mr. Marcus

Sean Michaels

Mr. Pete

Randy Spears

Lexington Steele

Michael Stefano

Evan Stone

Lee Stone

John Strong

BEST OVERALL MARKETING CAMPAIGN, COMPANY IMAGE

Adam & Eve

Club Jenna

CinemaPlay

Defiance Films

Digital Playground

DVSX

Exquisite Multimedia

JM Productions

Ninn Worx

Red Light District

Seymore Butts Home Movies

Sin City Ultra

Vivid Entertainment Group

Wicked Pictures

Zero Tolerance Entertainment

BEST ONLINE MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Britneyrears.com, VCA Pictures

Campcuddlypines.com, Wicked Pictures

CinemaPlay.com, CinemaPlay

Damagedpictures.com, Damaged Pictures

Darkangels2.com, New Sensations

Defiancefilms.com, Defiance Films

Digitalplayground.com/press, Digital Playground

Dvsx.com, DVSX

Evilangel.com, Evil Angel Productions

Ninnworx.com, Ninnworx

Pinkvisual.com, Pink Visual productions

Piratesxxx.com, Digital Playground

Pulsedistribution.com, Pulse Distribution

Private.com/robinson, Private USA

Sexzpictures.com, Sex Z Pictures

BEST RETAIL WEBSITE — SALES

Action-dvd.com

Adameve.com

Adultdvdempire.com

Adultdvdmarketplace.com

Adultdvdtoday.com

Adulttoychest.com

A-womans-touch.com

Directvideoanddvd.com

Gamelink.com

Lustique.com

PEXXX.com

Sextoy.com

69Adulttoys.com

Tlavideo.com

BEST RETAIL WEBSITE — RENTALS

Sugardvd.com

Movixo.com

Urentdvds.com

Wantedlist.com

Xrentdvd.com

BEST NEW VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY

AMA

American Hardcore

Critical X

Damaged Productions

Defiance Films

DNA

Lurid Entertainment

Mach 2

Platinum Blue

Swank Digital

3 Vision

Twisted Pink

Ultra-Hard Films

Velocity X

X-Worx

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