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Among a sea of familiar mainstream faces, Sasha Grey is ranked at 97 among AskMen.com's list of 2010's Top 99 Women. You mean Sasha Grey is amazing? Come on, AskMen—tell us something we don't know. (askmen.com, thumbnail)

A look back at the week that was…

· Say hello to your future: meet Roxxxy the sex robot.
· Our camp experience was nothing like “Couples Camp”…can we get a refund?
· Want to know who Sasha Grey’s dying to fuck? She’s happy to tell you.
· Don Julian shares his woman (and himself) with the world. The world says thank you.
· Stoya’s a “Workaholic”—no wonder we like her so much!
· No joke: this is one of the best (softcore) girl on girl scenes we’ve seen in ages.
· Belladonna, Nina Hartley, and Sasha Grey have their eyes on a few up and comers…and now we’ve got our eyes on them too (wink, wink).
· And does Lindsay Lohan have a sex tape? Only time will tell…

We all know which people we’d like to see our favorite pornstars paired up with. But what potential costars are the performers lusting after themselves? We got some of our favorite stars to reveal who they’ve been crushing on.

In the video: Madison Young, Eva Angelina, Faye Reagan, Kayden Kross, Sasha Grey (pardon the voice, she was sick!), Nina Hartley, Teagan Presley, Alexis Ford, Bobbi Starr, Asa Akira, April Flores, Courtney Trouble, Joanna Angel, and Amber Rayne. We noticed a few mutual crushes out there…let’s hope 2010 aligns a few stars for some of these performers!

We don't always get things right the first time we try—not even if "we" are Sasha Grey. America's Favorite Fuck Junkie is leaving Grey Art—the production company she created with Oren Cohen—to start Greyscale, a wholly Sasha project.

No word on what we should be expecting from the new company (well, aside from porn), but we do know that Sasha plans to go in a very different direction from Grey Art. And if her keynote speech was any indication, well, she plans to shake up the industry, too.

· Sasha Grey (sashagrey.com)

At the end of Saturday night, some crush objects walked away winners, and others, well, just walked away (and presumably proceeded to have a rollicking good time at one of a myriad of after parties).

Among the night’s biggest winners: Tori Black and Manuel Ferrara for Performers of the Year, Kagney Linn Karter and Dane Cross for Best New Starlet and Male Newcomer (respectively), and “The 8th Day” for Best Video Feature.

Our biggest surprise? As we’d hoped, Kimberly Kane landed Best Actress for her performance in “The Sex Files.” No surprise at all? Sasha Grey was crowned Crossover Star of the Year. Like there was any other option.

· 2010 AVN Award Winners Announced (avn.com)

Can anyone doubt that Porn has vaulted to the mainstream firmament when the AVN Awards is graced by both Flava Flav and Robin Leach? Of course one could. But Sasha Grey added some real star power to this weekend’s festivities.

Grey, who had so many documentary crews following her this week that she looked like the Porn Piper, hosted AVN Awards Red Carpet coverage for Showtime with her voice very comfortably in shreds.

Each year more media (including Robin Leach, who took our camera spot and texted until he grew bored) arrive to cover the AVN Awards, and the scene this weekend at the Palms in Las Vegas resembled something almost as classy as the Daytime Emmys (after all, Kelli McCarty was there) and way safer than the Vibe Awards.

Among our favrite snaps: Jiz Lee, April Flores, Courtney Trouble, and Dylan Ryan hamming it up, Manuel Ferrara looking troubled, the glamorous Belladonna and her lucky-ass husband Aiden, Nikki Hunter looking like she wanted to give us a tongue bath, Sunny Lane and Tom Byron looking content, Dane Cross without glasses (with Faye Reagan in the background for a change), Kelli McCarty with AVN Awards host Dave Atell, Lexi Love looking frank, and charming carpet couple Rocco Reed and Asa Akira.

We’re happy to be home, but we had a great time.

The good news: this year, Sasha Grey got to host G4’s coverage of AEE, give the keynote, sign for fans, and even received a gift of Talisker whiskey from a very thoughtful fan (take note, Sasha lovers).

The bad news? A bout of sickness caused Sasha to lose her voice, making her sound a little, well….just watch the video. You’ll hear for yourself.

· Sasha Grey (sashagrey.com)

The good news: this year, Sasha Grey got to host G4’s coverage of AEE, give the keynote, sign for fans, and even received a gift of Talisker whiskey from a very thoughtful fan (take note, Sasha lovers).

The bad news? A bout of sickness caused Sasha to lose her voice, making her sound a little, well….just watch the video. You’ll hear for yourself.

· Sasha Grey (sashagrey.com)

A look back at the year that was…

January
We made our way to Vegas for the Adult Entertainment Expo…and oh, the things we saw there. (Like the Real Touch Robopussy!)
“Monster Meat” terrorized the ladies of Porn Valley (and wrought havoc on their dainty bits).
Amy Fisher found forgiveness in the adult industry.
And, in the end of an era, Casey Parker left Shane’s World.

February
Evan Stone’s penis managed to make the Super Bowl interesting.
Triple penetration? You betcha!
In just one of a long, unending stream of topless shots, Kate Moss revealed her nipples to New York Magazine. To promote Topshop, of course.

March
New Sensations announced the filming of “Scrubs: A XXX Parody,” another strike in their battle for porn parody dominance.
Malin Akerman disrobed for “Watchmen”…and even that didn’t make it worth watching.
Bless our stars! Stoya did two boys…at the same time.
And in stories we wish we could forget: a terrible looking porno was shot at Howard Stern’s studio.

April
Jessica Biel’s topless scene from “Powder Blue” made its way to the internet. Apparently, that was why no one saw the movie in theaters.
In other movie news: “The Girlfriend Experience” came to the big screen…and we liked what we saw.
Eva Angelina came back from her hiatus.
Art school models: naked, clothed, and endlessly interesting.
Vivid (sorta) remakes “Deep Throat”, with Sasha Grey in the Linda Lovelace role.

May
Shockingly, Penny Flame retired from porn.
In a mere week, we saw Cassie topless (for real and faked) and Rihanna nude (albeit headless).
Gianna Michaels starred in her first ever anal scene.
This girl achieved the best orgasm ever. Everyone else, you can stop trying now.

June
Faye Reagan started doing boys (again!).
Leighton Meester’s sex tape hit the internet. Supposedly it involved a footjob, but we didn’t see it.
Supreme Commandresses Stoya and Joanna Angel united for greater sexiness.
And for like two seconds, the iPhone app store was okay with porn.

July
Faye Reagan and Georgia Jones gave us all we ever needed.
Emma “Hermione Granger” Watson continued the journey into adulthood with an almost nip slip.
Tristan Taormino roughed us up (and so did Sasha Grey).
Nude photos of Amanda Palmer were leaked to the internet…by Amanda Palmer.

August
More nude photos of Vanessa Hudgens appeared online, then promptly disappeared when her lawyer claimed she was underage.
“Twilight” star Ashley Greene also had nude photos leaked, prompting us to take an interest in “Twilight.”
One of the most hyped TV nude scenes of the year, Alanis Morissette on “Weeds,” was just a big ol’ disappointment.
And, of course, there was the McSteamy naked tape.

September
We went back to school with Digital Playground’s “Teachers.”
Rammstein scarred us for life with porn music video “Pussy.”
Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore made out in the pages of Marie Claire. Yeah, we’re still confused.
And “That 70’s Show” got porn parodied.

October
Raven Alexis won our heart with talk of WoW and ST:TNG.
Finally, we know who’s nailin’ Palin: you are.
Hanna Hilton retired from hardcore porn. If she’s still looking for work, we’ve got a few ideas for her.
“The Sex Files” made us believe.

November
The First Annual Fleshbot Awards rewarded sexy pop culture…and created some, too.
Anya Ayoung-Chee starred in a celebrity sex tape that was actually worth watching.
War Machine went from MMA fighter to pornstar.
JimmyJane unleashed the Form 2, and we were blessed.
After months of anticipation, we finally got our hands on (and our parts in) a Real Touch.

December
Over here, Gleetards! It’s Lea Michele topless.
Faye Reagan stole our heart….and won the title of Crush Object of the Year.
What a sexy, sexy year it’s been.

We’re all groovy people, right? What do you say we just be together, now that the old year is taking off its negligee and turning down the silk sheets while the new one is - wait, is that a strap-on?

Below is a highly subjective list that I hope you will enjoy and discuss.

I watched about 500 porn movies this year, which amounts to almost a month of women slapping their own asses, penises entering the frame, and cumshots missing the face, skipping across the eyelash, and vanishing into Eternity.

While I watched, I typed, talked on speakerphone, ate lunch, paid bills, fretted about the economic collapse of the porn industry, took notes, Googled “irrumatio” and “Snake Pliskin,” and didn’t masturbate once. Full disclosure: the one time I had sex with another person whilst watching a porn was unspectacular.

So even though I am beloved of you, I’m afraid I’m not like you. But not because of the above reasons: I am not like you because I get this stuff for free and so I must grasp at each title’s significance beyond those really significant three minute spurts.

(And I’m not complaining - I could still be doing the job I had at 15, incinerating amputated body parts at a hospital.)

Almost every movie I’ve received this year (save for the tranny titles and “The Lingerie Salesman’s Worst Nightmare”) would have been the type of thing that friends of mine from high school would have kept for years, memorized, and replayed countless times. Because, in a very real way, all porn is good.

But the following titles were better.

1. “The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody.” With its excellent production team headed by Lee Roy Myers, a fanboy script and thoughtful direction by Sam Hain, a Red One camera and a lot of cash, and nuanced performances by Kimberly Kane (Best Actress) and Anthony Rosano, “The Sex Files” not only raised the bar for all porn parodies but it also snagged the elusive “sex as a believable part of the story” prize.

Written like a sexed-up spec script of “The X Files,” its umpteenth porn parody captured the look of the original as well as credibly tapped the mood of the show just as Mulder tapped Scully’s ass in the year’s Most Grateful Sex Scene.

2. “Faithless” and “Throat: A Cautionary Tale.” Vivid director Paul Thomas not only made the best celebrity crossover movie with “Faithless” and former Miss America Kelli McCarty as a desperately unhinged and unabashedly sexy MILF, but he allowed Sasha Grey to make the most of her Sasha Grayness in the dark reworking of “Deep Throat.”

Both movies took lots of risks and didn’t skimp on what “Big Lebowski” pornographer Jackie Treehorn called feelings. Kudos to Stephen St. Croix and McCarty for the Angriest Sex Scene of 2009. Also: Steven St. Croix - Best Actor.

3. “Big Wet Asses 15” wins Gonzo of the Year for its sheer exuberance and its ability to make me want to pull a reverse “Ringu,” crawl through the screen, and fuck the shit right back into all those asses.

William H., who is a pornic genius, balances adult fantasy with just the right amount of casting reality to capture the innate sexiness of Gianna Michaels, Ava Rose, and Kimberly Kane, among many others.

4. “Not Married with Children XXX.” Porn is about numbers, and it’s the rare company or director who can knock one out of the park each time. I can’t help but think that the independently wealthy Paul Thomas of Vivid is doubly lucky in that he gets to make a couple of good movies a year rather than fight the uphill battle of spraying product every few weeks.

So the porn parody machine that is All Media Play, headed by Jeff Mullen (Will Ryder) and Scott David, doesn’t have the luxury of firing on all cylinders each time (see “Flight Attendants“), but with “MWC,” they parodied a show that was porny and lowbrow enough already so that what Eric Swiss (Best Actor - Comedy) as Al and Kagney Linn Karter as Kelly brought to their characters was pure entertainment. That is why “Not Married with Children XXX” is my choice from a very crowded field for Best Porn Parody.

5. “Insatiable” and “The Devil in Miss Jones” share the Best Reissue award. “Insatiable” distributor Dynasty Group has lovingly restored the original and tracked down a lot of extra footage, including interviews with the late Marilyn Chambers and coverage of the movie’s 1980 Pussycat Theatre premiere.

But “The Devil in Miss Jones,” reissued by VCX, was the real revelation. While the sex was ho-hum, the movie unspooled like a morality play, with the final scene (featuring Georgina Spelvin and director Gerard Damiano) genuinely stark and chilling. This movie reveals porn’s counter culture roots.

6. “Pure.” The late director David Aaron Clark (Best Director) updated the already pornographic 1976 film “In the Realm of the Senses” and set the tale of romantic obsession in Los Angeles. DAC included little that was not necessary, so the title was doubly apt. He also filmed much of the movie near his home in downtown L.A., which was a welcome change from the standard Porn Valey backdrop. Stars Keni Styles and the beautiful Asa Akira brought an urbanity and sense of decorum and restraint to the movie (some of which took place in a BDSM dungeon, so the restraint was appropriate) which nevertheless, like “Faithless,” didn’t pull punches.

7. “The Crash Pad” wins Best Series because it remains high concept (a San Francisco apartment is used for sexual liaisons and is kept under surveillance by a dispassionate voyeur) and evergreen; there is no end in sight to the way the Bay Area’s gender-groovy will concoct to get in each others’ pants or what-have-you.

Director Shine Louise Houston continues to present these exchanges both efficiently and sweatily, making “The Crash Pad” a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to be its linen service.

8. Speaking of liberal San Francisco, Private/Kink.com’s “A Real Swingers’ Orgy” and Good Vibrations’ “Seven Minutes in Heaven” share the prize for Most Gleeful Porn of 2009, as Kink.com’s Peter Acworth races around the city putting the finishing touches on a planned orgy at his massive Armory building and, on the other side of the rental market, a bunch of women try each other on for size in an apartment that can barely contain them or director Courtney Trouble’s joy in being there.

9. I think it was the XRCO that coined the award “Best Epic" to describe the big-budget porns with which studios reward their contract stars and directors, even if the movies themselves don't make a lot of money. But Adam & Eve, whose mail-order catalogue provides coveted spots for eligible movies from other studios, is always guaranteed a sizable return of investment for its movies - even the risky ones.

Such is “The 8th Day,” a truly epic tale of Kayden Kross's journey across a blighted post-apocalyptic landscape populated with boobed mutants, shyster evangelists, and sex bazaars. Not only was the production itself embattled (sort-of studio Sex Z Pictures threatened to sue Adam & Eve because one of its contracted employees was working on the production, and the litigation-averse Adam & Eve actually stopped production), but the subject matter and content were both far out of Adam & Eve' comfort zone.

Finally, "The 8th Day" was an epic journey for Kayden Kross who, come January, will become the performer who has held contracts with the most studios when she leaves Adam & Eve to join Digital Playground (an announcement that followed former DP contractor Teagan Presley's move to Adam & Eve). Contract girls are high-strung thoroughbreds protective of their image, and Kross (who even belonged to that anonymizing group known as Vivid contract girls) deserves props for allowing herself to be crucified in a porn movie.

10. Just because Adult Source Media’s “Pirate’s Booty” was the only animated gay porn I received this year doesn’t mean that my choosing it as Best Animated Gay Pirate Porn is suspect. In fact, I learned a lot about pirates, ghosts, gays, and The Sea from this movie, which features the voice talents of the game Evan Stone.

Throughout the movie I wished I could hoist a topsail or deliver a cumshot as well as those cartoons.

11. Because the porn industry itself has a real and measurable case of low self esteem, it gets very excited to receive any mainstream coverage, even if that coverage stings it again and again. On the other hand, it often recoils at its depiction in mainstream movies.

Such was the reaction to “The Auteur” by some in the porn world who felt this very funny independent out of Portland, OR hadn’t given the business the respect it deserved by making light of how seriously porn takes itself. Oh well. If I wanted reality, I’d look in my sock drawer; “The Auteur” was entertaining.

“The Auteur” shares with another independent, “Black Devil Doll,” my prize for Best Gateway Drug, the type of movie not made by an actual pornographer that nevertheless occupies Step One on a road that ends with “Dirtpipe Milkshakes.”

“Black Devil Doll” is Charlie McCarthy by way of Eldridge Cleaver and Russ Meyer. It was a wonderfully offensive movie with cumshots that rivaled those of gay pirates. (Check out the Back Devil Doll soundboard here.)

12. Finally, Kimberly Kane’s “Live in My Secrets” and Erica McLean’s “Hardcore Circus” share the Independent Spirit award. Both are creatively (and by that I don’t mean “incompetently”) shot and are very sexy and individualized snapshots of the dirty minds of Kane and McLean.

Not every performer who steps behind the camera can translate his or her “vision” to the screen, and that has something to do with the fact that not every performer likes sex. But Kane does, and she made a “Personal Jesus” of a porn movie (I’m thinking of the first scene in particular) that ends with her and Sasha Grey wading through some cherry syrup on the way to each other.

McLean’s “Hardcore Circus” was also a contender for Most Gleeful but is more appropriate here because the viewer really gets the idea that the director has let him or her in on a very nice surprise.

As I think about it, this last award is the most meaningful, because porn, Readers, is about people fucking people, and these two movies give you a sense of who these people are.

Sadly, this year also featured a winner for Worst Porn Movie in “The Lingerie Salesman’s Worst Nightmare.” I believe a marketing psychologist would be able to point to the inclusion of the phrase “worst nightmare” in the title of a porn movie as a prediction of how a viewer might react to it, but it could have been called “Gram Ponante Is America’s Beloved Porn Journalist” and it still would have been awful.

Honorable Mentions

Most Elegant Riding Out Her Contract movie: “Stoya: Scream“
Europorn of the Year: Viv Thomas’ “One Night Stand“
Tranny Film: “Girlfriends???”
Comeback of the Year: Rocco Siffredi in “Rocco Ravishes L.A.“

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