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Victory Lap Winners Bask in Glow of
2016 AVN Awards Triumphs
by DANMILLER
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Riley Reid became the surest bet in Vegas on January 23 in what
turned into a historic haul at the AVN Awards Show.
The 24-year-old native of Miami Beach captured seven awards,
including the AVN Female Performer of the Year honor, at the
33rd annual ceremony.
Reid took home four AVN statues for her signature movie Being
Riley, which was produced by Greg Lansky’s Tushy.com imprint
and received the hotly contested Best Star Showcase award. The
versatile superstar traversed the stage no less than four times to
pick up additional statues in front of the capacity crowd at The
Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
“I don’t even know what to say anymore,” Reid said during
her fourth acceptance speech of the night—for Female Performer
of the Year. She gave a shoutout to her agent and her fellow
nominees who “also deserved this award.”
“This is so crazy. … Mark Spiegler, I love you,” she added
breathlessly. “I wouldn’t be here if not for you. I’m so grateful to
all of you. Thank you to all the companies that shot me. Thank
you to everyone who voted for me and most of all, thank you,
Greg Lansky.”
Lansky’s six-month-old, all-anal studio Tushy received seven
awards including Best New Imprint, while his 19-month-old
interracial studio, Blacked, accounted for another eight trophies
including Best Membership Website in a remarkable night of
triumphs for the French shot-caller who also got the Director of
the Year nod.
The charismatic chief creative officer of Strike 3 Holdings,
parent company of Blacked/Tushy, lauded his production team led
by Mike Moz, thanked his significant other Jen and dedicated the
award to “the amazing performers I work with every day.”
“You are so courageous,” Lansky said. “It’s a privilege working
with you. You are artists. What you do is art.”
Indeed, the top adult performers in the world joined the
industry’s elite producers, manufacturers, retailers and tech
professionals for the red-carpet affair that blasted off just after
9:30 p.m. with an electrifying performance by triple-platinum
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