from www.examiner.com – Wicked Pictures and director Brad Armstrong [pictured] picked up top honors at the 2011 AVN Awards on Saturday, taking home Best Feature and Best Director-Feature for Speed, an ode to sport bike culture that’s (almost) as full of motorcycle action as revved-up sex scenes.
The film stars Wicked’s Jessica Drake (who reportedly did her own motorcycle stunts), Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, and Kaylani Lei alongside Alexis Texas, Angie Savage, Asa Akira, Barrett Blade, Bill Bailey, Brad Armstrong, Briana Blair, Chanel Preston, Dale Dabone, Deep Threat, Derrick Pierce, Devon Lee, Eric Masterson, Jada Fire, Kayme Kai, Keni Styles, Manuel Ferrara, Marcus London, Marie Luv, Max Mikita, Mick Blue, Misty Stone, Mr Marcus, Nyomi Banxxx, Prince Yahshua, Sandee Westgate, Sascha, Shyla Stylez, Sophia Santi, Spyder Jonez, Tommy Gunn, Tory Lane, and 2011 Female Performer of the Year Tori Black.
Next up for Armstrong? Porn parody tributes to the 1983 Tom Cruise/Rebecca De Mornay classic Risky Business and, yes, the Harry Potter franchise.
This year’s other big winner was Batman XXX: A Porn Parody from Vivid Entertainment and Axel Braun Productions. The parody — based on the 1960s-era TV show starring Adam West, Burt Ward, and Lee Merriweather and featuring fairly authentic costumes and props — was this year’s Best-Selling and Best-Renting Title.
It won Best Parody-Comedy, Best Screenplay-Adapted, Best DVD Menus, Best Overall Marketing Campaign. Evan Stone won Best Supporting Actor as The Riddler, in the role made famous by Frank Gorshin, and Lexi Belle won Best Supporting Actress as Batgirl, in the role made famous by Yvonne Craig. Axel Braun Productions picked up Best New Video Production Company honors, and Axel Braun won Director of the Year for his 2010 body of work and was inducted in the AVN Hall of Fame. \
Braun’s This Ain’t Avatar XXX (Hustler Video) parody won Best 3D Release and This Ain’t Glee XXX (Hustler Video) won Best Music Soundtrack and Best Original Song, and earned Andy San Dimas as Best Actress nod. Braun has also recently tackled parodies of I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek, Dirty Jobs, Cops, Charmed. On Saturday he released Elvis XXX: A Porn Parody on what would have been Elvis’ birthday, and Superman XXX is on its way to save the day. Braun’s 2011 slate also a Star Wars parody and many more: May the force be with him.
Digital Playground’s Body Heat turned the heart up this year, too: The firehouse porn won Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene and a fan award for Wildest Sex Scene (Kayden Kross, Jesse Jane, Riley Steele, Katsuni & Raven Alexis), and the studio picked up a Best Packaging award. Look for Kayden Kross to be a Performer of the Year contender at other upcoming adult entertainment awards, including next month’s 2011 XBIZ Awards on February 9.
And, while there are many sexy films among the winners worth watching, I’ll leave you with this one: Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Advanced Fellatio from Vivid Entertainment’s Vivid Ed line won Best Educational Release. Taormino, my regular readers will recall, was the big winner at the 2010 Feminist Porn Awards, where she won Trailblazer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards and a nod for Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Anal Pleasure for Men.