The Hot d'Or is back

I realize that it's winter and cold in most place across the U.S. Thus few people are thinking about movie awards, except Hollywood executives planing for the Oscars next year. But there is good news to be had, and it happened in France - of course.

After a 9 year hiatus, the Hot d'Or Awards are back. You might have heard of it by its other title, the Golden Hots Awards. Still scratching your head? Ok, its the European version of the AVN porn awards.

That might have perked up some ears.

Yes, having gotten tired of competing with the Cannes Film Festival for years, the Hot d'Or Awards stopped for a time. And now that they are back they have picked a new venue as well. But the questions you want answered have nothing to do with that, right?

The Awards was a somber event. No porn is shown and to all the reports I can find, no one got naked. Still there ws no lack of star power or titilating subjects.

Winning films included: Billionaire,Pirates II, and Ritual.

Best Internet Actress went to Katsuni



and the Best Actress award was won by none other than - Tarra White for her work in Billionaire.



Congratulations to the winners, and to the Hot d'Or for returning after a 8 year absence.

Of course I know that no one has ever seen any of these films, these women, or porn in general. That's why the porn industry makes more money than all of Hollywood every year.

Porn stars upset over lack of exposure

Some things you just cant make up. In France, at the Cannes, there was a small group of porn actresses that were getting a bit of coverage. The reason they were there was to try to gain attention for the revival of the Hot d’Or Film Festival.

The Hot d’Or Film Festival ran from 1992 until 2001, and occurred at the same time as Cannes Film Festival. Like the U.S. Adult Video News Awards (AVN Awards), the Hot d’Or was a showcase of new porn movies. Awards were given out for Best Director, Best American and European Film, Best Actor/Actress, plus a few industry specific honors like Best Box Cover and New Starlett (American/European).

Now I have no problem with an industry awarding the best of it’s own. I just find it interesting on 2 points. The first is the fact that any event or activity related to porn has ever ended amazes me. The porn industry makes more money than all of Hollywood and Eurpoe combined, from just the U.S. alone. Which always amazes me since no one ever buys porn, of course. So to see any of their events end or fail seems to be shocking considering their success.

The second thought is the fact that porn needs more exposure to succeed. It just seems odd considering that I can’t think of another industry that receives as much exposure for it’s exposure. And in non-prudish France of all places. I mean if this were Britian I could understand the plea. But France?

There is no real point to the post. Just an observation. It caught my attention. I’m sure that no one has ever seen a porn movie anyway, let alone to be at an awards ceremony. Though I think it would be interesting to interview people in the industry or to cover an awards show. Maybe if you my readers express interest I will look into it.