Porn Stars Strut Their Stuff at Vegas Awards.

[edbermac]

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 8) - Cameras whirred and fans pressed 10 deep against a velvet rope in Las Vegas to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars sashaying into one of the first entertainment awards shows of the year.

As at any Hollywood awards ceremony, photographers asked the performers to twirl and pose, and reporters stationed along the red carpet begged for quips about the next project or the state of the industry.

But unlike the Golden Globes and Emmys, the goody bag contained "Barely Legal" playing cards and Hustler condoms, and the stars such as Arnold Schwartzenpecker and Britney Rears were not quite household names.

The 23rd annual Adult Video News (AVN) Awards, the Oscars of porn, boasted a higher attendance than ever this year, with more than 5,000 watching Saturday night's two-hour-long event in a huge ballroom at the ritzy Venetian Hotel.

The winners were as earnest and even as tearful as their Hollywood counterparts in their appreciation of the glass trophies they took home, and works such as "A Day Without Whores" and "Big Butt Road Trip" won fulsome praise.

Best Film Actress winner Savanna Samson was cheered when she recognized the support of her peers as crucial because "most of my family is pretty ashamed of what I do."

Actor Manuel Ferrera, who picked up an award for Male Performer of the Year, drew laughs when he thanked "everyone, especially the ladies".

Porn is big business. Adult entertainment, including porn videos and films shot mainly in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, racked up estimated sales of $12.6 billion in 2005, according to statistics compiled by AVN.

That compared with U.S. theatrical revenue of $8.9 billion for mainstream Hollywood films, according to figures from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.

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Ferrera won for Male Performer?? What about Jeff Gannon?? He was ROBBED!!! :wtf:

[Jara sang]

1. "Big Butt Road Trip" - The book was better.

That's always the case.

[jeff30997]

2. Ahhh! Porn-stars.

The wannabe movie stars that couldn't.Losers!

[Walt Starr]

8. Their films do better than most main stream films!

So I wouldn't knock 'em.

[stopbush]

10. So, when a "legit" actor decides to bare all, are they

a porn star wannabee? :)

[SaveElmer]

3. Arnold Schwartzenpecker...I'm dying....

That is just about the funniest porno name I've ever heard...

My favorite movie titles (mostly made up)

Dawson's Crack
Edward Penis Hands
Forrest Hump
Throbbin Hood


I don't watch porn, but these names make me laugh so hard I can't breath!

[rkc3]

13. You forgot Jurassic Pork and Shaving Ryans' Privates.

[SaveElmer]

14. Beauty...and of course how could I forget..

Glad-He-Ate-Her!!!

[rkc3]

15. I think that starred "Ateoff Oliver?"

[kwassa]

19. "On Golden Blonde" and "Huge Grant on the Sunset Strip"

[benburch]

4. One of my friends won "Best New Starlet" several years back.

Violet Blue; http://xxx.violetblue.org/

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

9. Should I assume...

...that this link is decidedly not work-safe?

:)

[benburch]

16. The front page is just her in lingere...

But yes, I would not go there from work!

[President Jesus]

17. did ya hit it?

:spank:

[benburch]

18. No! LOL! She's a friend!

If I had meant to say "lover" I would have.

[SpiralHawk]

5. "A day without whores" - must be about Jack Abramoff & Cronies

being painfully separated from the Geroge AWOL Bush "White" House

[OneBlueSky]

6. it ain't just liberals who are spending that $12.6 billion . . n/t

.

[edbermac]

12. Libs spend their $$ on people porn, freeps on farm animal porn.

You know how kinky they are...

[benburch]

21. Hey now...

Whips and chains might make you kinky, but they don't make you a freeper.

[stopbush]

7. I'll bet the profit margins are much better in porn as well.

No expensive CGI effects, no cast of thousands, no semi-talented actor getting $20MM per flick...and no graveyard of theatrical release with all the promotional expenses that entails. Everything is straight (or gay or lesbian or inter-racial, etc...) to video!

If you want to buy a DVD that will "stick" with you, buy a porno!

[xchrom]

11. i SWEAR i'm going to attend this one day!

more fun than a barrell of humans -- or is that redundant in this case?

[Loonman]

20. I gotta get over to Vegas

For one of these at some point.