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FEATURE
2017 AVN Awards | By Dan Miller
AND THE WINNER IS ... Above, Alec Knight, Angela White and Alexa Grace; Megan Rain and Manuel Ferrara,
winners for Best Anal Sex Scene; middle, the Fleshlight blimpcam; Kissa Sins, Layla Sin and Johnny Sins; below, Ariana
Marie and Kat Dior; AVN CEO Tony Rios introducing Abella Danger to present this year’s Best New Starlet.
Rain/Ferrara, Rios and Sins/Sin/Sins photos by JFK/FUBARWebmasters; others by Rick Garcia.
“I think it’s all about competing with yourself,” Lansky said backstage. “When
you’re looking at it, it’s how can I beat last year? That’s what I tell the team.
“For me it’s about reinvesting energy, money and passion into the adult
industry. That’s what I want to do. I want to reinvest the money we make, the
power we get. Anything we get I want to reinvest it into the industry.”
Wicked Pictures sharpshooter Brad Armstrong is no stranger to the AVN
Awards stage, and he climbed up the steps once again Saturday night to accept the
award for Best Drama for The Preacher’s Daughter.
The intimate love story kept the coveted Best Drama award firmly entrenched in
the Wicked camp, following last year’s victory for Stormy Daniels’ Wanted.
Mia Malkova played the title character opposite Xander Corvus; Armstrong
wrote the screenplay with the versatile Corvus in mind. Jessa Rhodes, Blair
Williams, Mercedes Carrera and Alexis Fawx round out the stellar cast.
“I’d of course like to thank Steve Orenstein from Wicked Pictures who every
year gives me the opportunity to do the things that I do,” Armstrong said at the
podium. “AVN for recognizing the project for what it was.”
He also thanked his “better half, Jessica Drake for all her help with me on the
project.” Armstrong used his time on stage to point out the important work of the
Free Speech Coalition, lauding Executive Director Eric Paul Leue, as they continue
to work on the industry’s behalf.
Corvus won Best Actor for his role as Billy, the town bad boy who seduces The
Preacher’s Daughter and clashes with her father played by Armstrong.
“I want to thank everybody from Wicked that put this movie together, Brad,”
Corvus said. “Thanks for casting me, man. All my friends that support me and
everything. My beautiful girlfriend Lily Lane. Thank you so much, thank you, AVN.”
AVN Media Network CEO Tony Rios introduced the 2016 Best New Starlet
Abella Danger, who as part of AVN tradition, took the stage to hand off her crown
to the excitable 19-year-old Holly Hendrix.
Looking gorgeous in a long red evening gown, Hendrix couldn’t believe she was
the winner.
“Oh my god. Holy shit,” she said as she stepped to the microphone. “I love my
job more than anything. I mean fuck, I fuck for a living, what could be fucking
better?”
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