Porn | Mr. Pink's Blog - Part 151

AVN 2014: The Winners – The Men

While it’s usually the women standing at the podium holding a glistening phallus that get the most attention at every annual AVN Awards, the men of porn are equally congratulated on their work in and out of the hottest pussy on the planet (if you can call that work). And it wasn’t just performers who got hailed as the year’s best at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this Saturday past, those behind the camera got their fair share of attention, too.

Continuing a string of unprecedented success stories, Axel Braun nabbed his fourth consecutive Director of the Year award while his films Man of Steel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody and Iron Man XXX: An Axel Braun took home another two trophies and proved that all of the accolades might have finally gone to Herr Direktor’s head. The closest any other director or producer came to equaling Braun’s 2013 successes wasn’t very close at all, but you’ve still got to hand it to Manuel Ferrara: he not only shot an insanely wild reverse gangbang in late fall, he polished off the season as the man behind the winners of AVN’s Best All-Sex Release (Slutty & Sluttier 18), Best Anal Series (Evil Anal), and Best Continuing Series (Slutty & Sluttier). That, of course, is in addition to his fifth Male Performer of the Year trophy.

The other stud who no doubt left Vegas more professionally gratified than ever before was Best Actor Tommy Pistol. Having taken roles in everything from Thor XXX: An Axel Braun Parody to Combat Zone’s Vagina Worship to 3rd Degree’s Young Thighs in Knee Highs, Pistol spent much of his eighth year in porn assisting in the productions of others. With Band Sluts, though, he was handed a role tailor-made for his comedic and physical talents by his director and leading lady, Joanna Angel. The Burning Angel feature sees the two gag-happiest people in porn embark on a road trip in search of “fame, fortune, and fucking,” capturing every dismal artistic failure and boner-fied sexual conquest in a hilarious rock ‘n’ roll epic. Fuck Fellini and 81/2 and The Rutles and Zelig and all that shit! Band Sluts is the only mockumentary worth watching sans pants!

AVN 2014: The Winners – The Movies

The biggest winners at the 2014 AVN Awards might appear to have been the men and women winning individual prizes, but porn is still a features-based industry heavily reliant on home video sales. This means any feature winning a top prize at the “Oscars of Porn” is bound to skyrocket in popularity and see its studio, director, and stars riding a wave of post-awards momentum. This year there was one movie that outshone all others, Brad Armstrong’s dark cyborg-laden fantasy, Underworld.

Starring Armstrong’s wife and Wicked contract star, Jessica Drake, Underworld didn’t just take home the big prizes (Best Drama and Movie of the Year) but saw many of its contributors honored in their respective fields. Best Supporting Actor Xander Corvus and Best Feature Director Armstrong also saw awards for Art Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Packaging, and Screenplay granted to Underworld’s crew.

Winning slightly less major awards were feature films The Submission of Emma Marx (Best BDSM Movie), Grease XXX: A Parody and Man of Steel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Best Parody – Comedy and Drama respectively), the Mason-directed Anikka (Best Star Showcase), The Temptation of Eve (Best Romance Release), Burning Angel’s Band Sluts (Best Comedy), Manuel Ferrara’s Evil Angel series Sluttier and Sluttier (Best Continuing Series), Marc Dorcel’s The Ingenuous (Best Foreign Release), and Evil Angel’s first Steele-directed feature, Lex Turns Evil (Best Interracial Release).

Oh, and last (and certainly least), the award for Clever Title of the Year went to Seymore Butts for Cirque du Hole-A. Oy vey.

Maddy O’Reilly Anointed Slutwoman

In what can only be regarded as the career highlight (thus far) for the plucky redhead from North Carolina, Maddy O’Reilly has been anointed from on high by Elegant Angel and shall from this day forth until the culmination of her reign be called “Slutwoman”.

Taking the mantle from previous title holders Annette Schwartz and Kristina Rose, 23-year-old O’Reilly makes an already great start to 2014 even more thrilling with her Elegant Angel deal. After proving her worth at the AVN Awards with nominations for Best Actress, Best Oral Sex Scene, and Female Performer of the Year, and winning the trophy for Best Solo Sex Scene (from Not The Wizard of Oz XXX). Working with Evil Angel on her own showcase movie, in which she’ll appear in every scene and also (with Mimefeak) be co-directing the action – a first for any Slutwoman!

Of her forebears, O’Reilly said “I’ve looked up to them as performers. It’s like a new athlete being compared to his favorite player. It means the world to me. I still can’t believe it, and it’s a huge honor.” She also details what she believes to be the reasoning behind her appointment: ““I like doing romance and couples-themed movies, but I also like pushing my sexual limits. I like diversity and I’m going to bring different styles of sex to Slutwoman. I can do it all, and I enjoy doing it all.” And, following on from former her co-star and now fellow Elegant Angel director Asa Akira, she doesn’t take directing lightly, telling AVN that the job is one she thinks “should be a goal of any girl in the industry, especially if [she has] passion for it. It’s my name of the box cover and I want it to be the best.”

O’Reilly’s also mere days away from the January 29th release of her very first anal scene. Shooting two backdoor endeavors for Hard X’s Mason-directed “Maddy”, the titular star has her rear passage penetrated by the one and only Manuel Ferrara before really expanding her horizons with her James Deen and Ramon Nomar in DP debut.

Stay tuned to Mr. Pink’s for more on Maddy O’Reilly’s Slutwoman debut. In the meantime, check out the trailer for her HardX showcase, “Maddy” here and, for God’s sake, clean up after yourself.

Beatin’ on a Bargain! with Videobox

Videobox isn’t just known as one of the ‘net’s most plentiful adult websites – and rightfully so with its 17,000 DVD titles and 94,000 individual scenes – it’s also regarded as one of the best deals a porn fan can find online. With a regular monthly price of $15, Videobox has long been affordable and well worth its fairly meager cost, but even lower prices awaited those willing to devote themselves to six months of membership at $10-a-month, or twelve months at $8-a-month. Now, however, there’s one more Videobox membership package that’s by far the most difficult to refuse and it includes one of my favorite pieces of tech to hit my household in the past five years.

Videobox is currently partnering with Roku and offering confident new signees a brand-new and totally free Roku device ($49.99 value) with which to stream Videobox’s best content straight to their HD TV. Ringing in at the exact same monthly cost ($8) as Videobox’s 12-month package but requiring an 18-month commitment, this plan not only gives you the full benefit of Videobox membership, it throws it some your flatscreen for, say, life-size Jenna Haze POV blowjobs! And you can use Roku to stream Netflix and Crackle and HBO and Not convinced that this is the bangingest porno deal on the ‘net and need more rigid proof? Protect your pockets and come with me then, nerdlinger.

The Math:
Holding almost 17,000 DVD titles featuring 94,000 individual scenes, as well as 280,000 member-created clips, Videobox is one of the largest, most endless enjoyable adult websites on the ‘net. Although you can upgrade your membership to include any of the seven premium channels (Evil Angel, Kink, Club Tranny etc), the basic Videobox package is bound to keep most members very, very happy. And, breaking down to about 4c USD per DVD and less than 1c per scene, you’re not going to find more bang for your buck – and some insanely stellar (and varied) bang it is, too – anywhere but nestled in Videobox’s warm and loving bosom. (And, since Videobox is available on mobile devices as well as desktops and Roku, it’s a totally portable bosom, to boot!)

(Just beware of the pre-selected Mr. Skin offer on the Videobox sign-up page; leave it ticked and you will two days later be charged the equivalent cost of more than two months at Videobox! Don’t say I didn’t warn ya.)