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“We all know what each other’s predilections are, 100 per cent,” Warren says. Having watched so much porn together, the nine judges know each others’ tastes intimately. Shaulis’ G-rated description of what she looks for belies exactly what gets shared in the nomination room. I always understand that what I think is the best scene of the year might not be another voter’s cup of tea.” “Scene categories can have some wild variations among the nominees, from soft and sensual to very hardcore, so sometimes people vote for their personal preferences. “I love when I am surprised by a performer’s intensity or the connection between two or more performers.” “I look for a scene that moves me,” Shaulis says. With specific scenes and stars, Shaulis’ decisions come more from the gut.

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“Granted, porn movies will never have the budget that a mainstream Hollywood movie has, but that doesn’t mean everyone involved can’t do the absolute best with what they’ve got.”

“For a feature, I want a strong script, great acting and sex performances, if the director was able to get an acting or sex scene from a performer that showcases their talents and abilities. “I look for different things based on the category,” she says. Sherri Shaulis, who sits on the nomination committee and is AVN’s senior editor of pleasure products, went into a little more detail about what she, in particular, looks for.

Ultimately, though, just like with the Oscars, decisions get made based on the nominators’ personal preferences. “We’ll say, ‘All right, this person is going to take the first pass at Best Anal Movie.’ And they go through and make their choice, narrow down the list a little bit, and they’ll pass it along to another person that will narrow it down more and only then will we sit in the room and figure out what those top 15 are going to be.”

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“For full movie categories like Best Drama and Best Comedy, we kind of break it up among us,” Warren explains. For full movies, there is just so much to consider that the committee assigns homework. That’s how the committee’s days go when they’re considering the awards for scenes, performers, or technical categories like Best Editing or Best Makeup. “We really do just sit there and watch a million scenes,” Warren says. Like we’re always cracking jokes and we’ll pause to have little conversations and let a little steam out.” “It’s a grind, for sure, but we try to keep it fun. It gets a little heated sometimes, people are a little rough around the edges.” “The longer it goes on, the thinner people’s nerves get for sure. That doesn’t mean it’s all smooth sailing. It’s much easier to pick out the 15 best double-penetration sex scenes than it is to select the five best documentaries for the Oscars. Most of the time, the committee finds consensus pretty easily because the structure of the awards provides leeway. “It’s all very organic and in the end we all sort of go, ‘We’ve got 19 here, which four do you want to get rid of?’” “You can fast-forward through it and you get a general vibe and you’re like, ‘OK, this looks pretty good, let’s slow it down a little bit.’ You watch a little bit and you go, ‘This one’s really good,’ so you keep it in.” For better scenes, the room moves at a more leisurely pace. Not all decisions are made in the blink of an eye, however. “We’ve all done this so many times, and seen so much stuff that you just know,” Warren says. Adult film actresses Nikki Benz and Tori Black, producer/director Greg Lansky and actress Lana Rhoades at Lansky’s Blacked, Tushy and Vixen booth at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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