LOS ANGELES—The fourth annual Urban X Awards ceremony was held Saturday evening at The Vault nightclub in downtown L.A., a more intimate but also more upscale venue than the 740 Club, where it had been set to take place until Friday, when organizers announced an 11th-hour location change.
Despite an early start time for such an event—with red carpet kicking off at 4 p.m.—many of the biggest stars from the ethnic sector of adult showed up dressed to the nines and ready to celebrate in gala fashion. Lisa Ann, who would be inducted into the Urban X Hall of Fame later in the evening, interviewed all the luminaries as they arrived on the red carpet to be photographed by the waiting bank of porn paparazzi.
Once inside, they staked out places to sit in the theater-in-the-round layout of chairs, tables and booths surrounding a small platform stage. Joslyn James was spotted making her entrance, by some wild coincidence, as the Ludacris song "My Chick Bad" was playing and reached the lyric "Coming out swinging like Tiger Woods' wife."
A sort of informal dance party proceeded to erupt all around the club, lasting until the emcee for the evening, James Bartholet, called upon everybody to take their seats. But before the ceremony actually began, a live band by the name of Brain Dead played a set of three death metal tunes—much to the apparent bewilderment of many attendees—after which comedian Clayton Thomas took the stage and got the crowd suitably warmed up for the impending main event.
Thomas elicited a particularly strong howl when he implored anyone there who knew Brian Pumper (who was not present) to "please tell that nigga to stop rappin'!"
Finally at around 7:45, hosts Nyomi Banxxx and Alexander DeVoe came up to get the awards presentations underway. Aside from occasional difficulties coordinating the graphics displayed on several screens and the scripted patter read off by presenters announcing nominees and winners, the ceremony kept moving briskly and relatively on schedule, managing to wrap up by just after 9 p.m., when the venue needed to clear the premises for another event.
The complete list of winners follows:
Best Anal Performer: Jada Fire
Biggest Ass in Porn: Cherokee D'Ass
BBW With the Biggest Ass in Porn: SuperStar XXX
Nicest Boobs in Porn: Alisha Madison
Rising Star Female: Gizelle
Best Male Newcomer: Lucas Stone
Female Performer of the Year: Nyomi Banxxx
Male Performer of the Year: Prince Yahshua
Transsexual Performer of the Year: Mia Isabella
Best Internet Studio Site: BangBros.com
Best Interracial Niche Site: RoundandBrown.com
Best Interracial Star Personal Site: SaraJay.com
Best BBW Niche Site: BustyBabydoll.com
Best BBW Star Personal Site: CottonCandi.com
Best Amateur Niche Site: PinkysNewBooties.com
Best Starlet Personal Site: PinkyXXX.com
Best Fetishes Niche Site: EbonyFetishTheater.com
Best Fetish Star Personal Site: CaramelVixen.com
Best Internet Radio Adult Talk Show: PlatinumPuzzyRadio.com
Best Ethnic Gay Site: BreedItRaw.com
Best Ethnic Transsexual Site: BigDickBitch.com
Best Interracial Transsexual Site: HotWendyWilliams.com
Best All-Sex Release: Cum in Me Baby 2, West Coast Productions
Best Anal Release: Tan Line Tushies, Wicked Pictures
Best Anal Series: Up That Black Ass, Elegant Angel Productions
Best Anal Sex Scene: Nyomi Banxxx & Marco Banderas, Dynamic Booty 5, Alexander DeVoe/Jules Jordan
Best Vivid Sex Tape: Erica Lynne Is Badd: The XXX Home Movies, Vivid Celeb
Best Black Release: Heavy Metal 9, Rosebud/Evolution
Best Black Series: Phat Black Juicy Anal Booty, West Coast Productions
Best Latin Release: Bottom Up in Brazil, Wicked Pictures
Best Asian Release: Asian Eyes, Wicked Pictures
Best Big Butt Release: Big Butt Bettys 2, Silverback Entertainment
Best Big Butt Series: Nuttin' Butt Pinky, Black Market Entertainment
Best Big Boob Release: Strawberry Milk Juggs, Alexander DeVoe/Jules Jordan
Best MILF Release: MILF Mann 2, Black Market Entertainment
Best MILF Performer: Lisa Ann
Best Gay Release: What Asses Are Made Of 2, Black Rayne
Best Gay Series: Breed It Raw, Black Rayne
Best Girl/Girl Release: True Lesbian Divas, West Coast Productions
Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Baby Cakes, Imani Rose & Evanni Solei, Black Lesbian Strap Attack, West Coast Productions
Best Interracial Release: South Beach Cruisin' 5, Josh Stone/Justin Slayer
Best Interracial Series: Phat Ass White Booty, West Coast Productions
Interracial Star of the Year: Sophie Dee
Best BBW Release: Biggest Ass Ever 3, West Coast Productions
BBW Star of the Year: Platinum Puzzy
BBW Newcomer of the Year: Gigi Star
Best Oral Release: Throat Injection 3, Alexander DeVoe/Jules Jordan
Best Oral Series: Head Game, Black Market Entertainment
Orgasmic Oralist: Lethal Lippz
Best Couple Sex Scene: Asa Akira & Mr. Pete, Vajazzled, Third Degree Films
Best Three-Way Sex Scene: Sophie Dee, Gianna Michaels & Justin Long, Sophie Dee's 3 Ways, Club Sophie Dee/Pulse
Best Parody: Official Friday Parody, Zero Tolerance Entertainment
Feature Movie of the Year: Speed, Wicked Pictures
Director of the Year: Lexington Steele
Best Director, Features: Brad Armstrong
Best Director, Gonzo: Brian Pumper
Best Director, Parody: Dawayne Dane
Porn Star of the Year: Asa Akira
Hall of Fame:
Spantaneeus Xtasty
Francesca Lé
India
Shyla Stylez
Sara Jay
Kelly Starr
Lisa Ann
Jade Hsu
Suave XXX
Jack Napier
Justin Long
Mandingo
Mr. Pete
For a photo gallery from the 2011 Urban X Awards, click here.
