Star of 1,033 adult film titles and director of 13, Marco decided to jump into the competition late and only trained for 4 and a half months. Banderas placed sixth in the contest on March 27.

“Above all the super strict diets that I had to do, and the amount of money that you have to spend on supplements, food, and personal trainers just to be competition ready,” he said, “even though I’m very at home on the stage this time I wasn’t either singing or doing a live sex show. This was very nerve-wracking.”

Banderas was also a professional singer in Barcelona for nearly 10 years before his porn career.

I’m very strange when it comes to my nudity and sex. Whether it’s on screen or in real life. It’s one of the reasons why I’m not a big strip club fan.

You see, to me it’s always been weird because nudity basically means sex. If someone is standing in front of me naked it’s because we’re about to have sex. If I’m looking at porn on my TV or my computer, it means sex is about to happen. Either with someone else or myself. Plain and simple.

Strip clubs have always struck me as being ridiculous because it’s obviously for entertainment purposes only, and if you find yourself breaking that “no touch” rule you’ll be in big, big trouble. Not a good idea. And we’ve all heard stories about the “Gold Room” etc., but I’m not going to go into the whole prostitution side of things. (Read: it does indeed happen, but if it does you can only consider yourself lucky and not part of the average, my friend. Unless you’re rich).

I’m just as weird about nudity in mainstream cinema. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good boobie shot as much as the next guy, but if asked what my preference is I’d go without. It makes me feel all funny inside and then I’m right back in the “strip club” mindset of wondering why I can’t touch them.

This is why softcore makes NO sense to me at all. If I’m going to watch someone fuck, then I want to WATCH someone fuck, and all that entails. Anything else is watered down to the point where it’s just plain boring. Two people holding each other and vibrating mercilessly for 10 minutes is about as exciting to watch as “The Price is Right.”

Which finally brings me to my point about G4.

The AEE was created by the porn community, for the porn community. It’s a great excuse to dress up and parade around just like the movie stars do. There’s a red carpet, limousines, expensive jewelry (or seemingly expensive jewelry), and banter with a multitude of paparazzi. It’s our favorite naked stars’ night to shine!

So really what is the point of watching the AEE on a basic cable station that, though catering to nerds and geeks alike, still won’t show the acres of boobie flesh that are unmistakably pulled out and displayed for all to see? And that’s just the boobie flesh we’re talking about. There is the propensity of seeing all kinds of things at the AVN awards that won’t make the editors cut. And porn stars are not especially known for their candidacy or sparkly clean mouths.

So take my advice. Check your local listings, starting today, to see when you’ll be able to order the AEE on Pay Per View. Or you can wait a little longer and check it out on Showtime when it’s also made available. You’ll be glad you did. Don’t suffer softcore syndrome and buy into a more Disney-fied version of the truth. It’s much more fun this way.

This year’s event for the first time took place at the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort. Avail-TVN will offer a full suite of programming produced and marketed by AVN including:

• PPV Content including an edited version of the 2010 Awards Program, with red carpet and behind-the-scenes coverage, set to air on Feb. 5, with encore performances throughout the month.

• VOD Content including the 2010 AVN Awards Program, and “AVN Insider,” the uncensored, extended version of the 2009 Awards Program, and a free Adult Awards Show Preview.

This marks the first time in history that the AVN Adult Movie Awards will make its TV premiere and enjoy an exclusive window on VOD and PPV. It’s also chock full of special appearances by guests outside the industry, such as Dave Attell, Margaret Cho, Dave Navarro and more. I’ve already seen images and video of the Sasha Grey “Best Oral Sex Scene” acceptance speech, but I’ll be willing to watch it again at home on the big screen. “Honey? Sasha’s on again….sorry.”

This year’s awards were attended by more people than previous years and set a new record for participation in the industry.

Hot damn! Not bad for a bunch of pricks and boobs.

Sasha Grey, mainstream actress in mainstream film director Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience,” winner of AVN 2010′s coveted “Crossover Star of the Year,” founding member of “The L.A. Factory Girls” management agency…and Orgasm.com‘s “person who shows up on more blogs than anyone else,” has landed a spot on AskMen.com’s ‘Top 99 Most Desirable Women’ list.

(Quick shout out to my boss who thinks his run-on sentences are bad…)

Is there anything this woman cannot do? Our droopy-eyed starlet joins the ranks with Entourage actress Emmanuelle Chriqui (1), Victoria’s Secret model Marisa Miller (2), British actress Kate Beckinsale (3), Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio, Jessica Alba (5) and Beyonce (6)…need I go on?

In a world indeed reliant upon self preservation and lucrative business deals, it’s easy to imagine Ms. Grey surpassing the career of peers Traci Lords and Jenna Jameson. At the ripe old age of 21 she has done more (both figuratively and literally) than most girls her age.

Another interesting aspect of this is that they are not parodying the high voltage Drew Barrymore movie(s) but the old 70′s tv-show that appealed to millions and created stars out of the virtually unknown Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and the late Farrah Fawcett. This should be very interesting.

I won’t list the details of the audition because something tells me my hi-tech blog schedule will make sure this hits the internets a day or so after auditions are finished. But it nevertheless makes my dirty mind roll. Open auditions for anyone? They want to cast the title role(s) to aspiring new porn actresses?

Is the adult film world and/or Los Angeles so devoid of talent that this is even necessary? Are the film makers looking to break that next big award winner? Or is this just a ploy for the producers to introduce their worn and rugged casting couch to some new and exciting skin squeaks? I don’t know but I can daydream. And as far as I’m concerned a big “Hollywood Porn audition” is going to remain just as perverted and dirty as I want it to be.

Entering the adult film world at age 39 she is often cited as “the original cougar”. She was inducted into the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame and AVN Hall of Fame in 1996, the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Free Speech Coalition in 2001. In 2007 she received an honorary Doctor of the Arts degree from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.

Beginning with the 1978 hit “Pretty Peaches” she performed in more than 80 movies over the next 10 years, 123 starring roles throughout her career, and went on to direct 2 titles between 1982 -1984.

She is best known for being the shining star of the original Swedish Erotica series.

You will be missed ‘Aunt Peg.’

Kimberly earned her Best Actress award for her performance in The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody, while Tori, the big winner of the night (she brought home 5 awards), stole the highly coveted Female Performer of the Year.

Touting an impressive list of accomplishments in her career, Kimberly has starred in 237 titles. She began in 2003 as an aspiring 20 year old, and is now also directing films (she has 4 under her belt).

Newer on the scene but by no means less motivated is Tori Black. She has amassed a whopping 156 adult titles in her few short years, but starred in the mega-blockbuster The 8th Day (the big winner of the night), which won 7 awards including Best Video Feature, Best All-Girl Threeway Sex Scene, Best Videography/Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best DVD Extras, Best Packaging Innovation and Best Online Marketing Campaign—Individual Project. It was this performance that nailed her as the Female Performer of the Year.

Thank you girls, for your continued success and for keeping your unabashed sexuality up there for all of us to enjoy!

Tera Patrick herself will be signing copies of her book, if you happen upon the main floor of the AVN Awards this weekend between 2-3pm. That way you can stack it on the bookshelf right next to all her movies you own.

Doing a quick search on Amazon I see that there is no shortage of porn star biographies. From Jenna Jameson, Christy Canyon and Devyn Devine to an encyclopedia dedicated to stars of their respective decades, publishers at least seem to feel there’s a market for “us” readers.

I, for one, have never read a porn biography. Let alone a blog.

Leading me to wonder if anybody is reading this now. Hello? HELLO?

“Sinner Takes All” is co-authored by Carrie Borzillo, and is available where fine hardback books are sold.

The rocker guitarist (Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) is excited to reprise his role in the evenings antics, saying “I have been to many award shows in my time, but none compare to the AVN Awards.”

All the excitement goes down on January 9th, 2010 for a Showtime broadcast to be aired at a later date. The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas takes over this year as host.

Anyone have an extra ticket?