The adult award season to honor all the accomplishments for the year 2014 are almost at an end. There have been the XBIZ awards in Los Angeles, the prestigious AVN awards in Las Vegas, their 32nd annual, as well as several other awards ceremonies to honor various segments of the adult industry. In just a couple of weeks, on April 11, the final awards ceremony will take place with the 31st annual XRCO awards ceremony in Hollywood. This year’s XRCO awards are going to be bigger than ever. To begin with the show this year has been moved from a Thursday night to a Saturday night. (Unfortunately the shift will prevent me from flying out for the show due to a family commitment.)
In addition to the night being changed for this industry only extravaganza, it is also going to be held in a new venue, Club Lure in Hollywood. This 18,000 square foot mega club is an incredible place with a layout that is simply spectacular and a lighting and sound system second to none. Club Lure will add a major plus to the evening’s events for all of the stars and people in the industry who will be on hand. Another major coup for XRCO is that this year’s show will be co hosted by stand up comedian Thomas Ward, who rose to porn fame playing Bill Cosby in the Will Ryder parodies of “The Cosby’s”. Joining Ward as co host is the beautiful blonde bombshell Jessie, a contract star with Jules Jordan Video, who we all remember as the fantastic Jessie Jane during her run with another company. It promises to be a very special night with some other special surprises being prepared for the evening. As a member of the XRCO voting panel, I really wish I could be there for this great show in its new locale and venue, but I will be there in spirit and wish all the nominees the very best of luck on that special night.
Once the XRCO show concludes that will be it for the major awards shows until October, when the first awards show of the upcoming 2015-16 season comes.
That all begins when the 23rd Annual NightMoves Adult Awards Show weekend occurs from Oct. 8 – 11 in Tampa, Florida. The nominees and winners will be selected based on their work between June 16, 2014 through June 15, 2015. This technically makes the NightMoves awards show the very first of the awards season. The NightMoves awards show is also the third longest running show in the industry behind AVN and XRCO having begun in 1993. It was also the very first awards show to have online voting by the fans along with other innovations like Triple Play Award created in memory of the late Anna Malle, the First Choice awards, the Adella award and more. NightMoves is also very proud of the fact that over the years some of porn’s major stars like Jenna Jameson, Gina Lynn, Sunny Lane, Bree Olsen, Chanel Preston, Bonnie Rotten, and just last year Carter Cruise, all won their very first award in the adult business at the NightMoves show, an honor we take very seriously as do the performers. The nominations ballot will appear in the July, August and September issues of NightMoves Magazine.
We are already working on this year’s show and as we get closer, this year’s show will have some new additions and some exciting events to make the weekend a very special one. Once again we are looking for record numbers online when the voting begins later this year. We also will be streaming the show live on our All Adult Network website www.aan.xxx as well, so those anywhere in the world can watch our fantastic show. For any of the adult film and adult toy companies that would like to be part of our awards show this year in some fashion as a sponsor, advertiser, host, etc. please get in touch with Paul, Tracy or myself at NightMoves at 813-814-1505. We will be glad to offer you a great deal and design a package specifically for you and your needs for our show. We have a number of various options available to suit everyone.
So get in touch with us and be a part of the 23rd Annual NightMoves Adult Awards Show this coming October.
Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN
