Hot d'Or

Hot d'Or
Golden Hot
Sponsor Hot Vidéo
Location Cannes and Paris[1][2]
Country France
Reward Hot d'Or d'honneur
First awarded 1992[3]
Last awarded 2001, 2009*
Official website hot-dor.fr
Television/Radio coverage
Network Canal+

Hot d'Or (English: Golden Hot)[4] was an adult film industry pornographic award, awarded annually from 1992 to 2001 in Cannes, France[3][5] by the French trade journal Hot Vidéo.[2][3][6]

Overview

The awards have been described as the porn equivalent of the Palme d'Or[5] or the Academy Awards.[3][7][8] The analogous American honor is the AVN Award.[2][8][9] The inaugural event was held over two weeks in May in a hotel complex, at exactly the same time as the Cannes Film Festival.[5][6] Venues included the Royal Casino Hotel, situated five miles from the Croisette.[4] In 1997, the event was held at the Lido in Paris.[2][3]

The Hot d'Or was noted for the lavish parties that accompanied it,[6] particularly those held by Private Media Group on board a yacht in Cannes marina.[5] The event attracted many performers, paparazzi, directors, and producers and distributors who would make deals buying and selling films.[5] The event would often court publicity by having porn stars pose naked on the public beach.[6] Consequently, it attracted attention from international media who were in town for the mainstream festival.[5]

The highest award given was the Hot d'Or d'honneur,[4] which was awarded to figures including Estelle Desanges, Marc Dorcel, Julia Channel, John Stagliano, Internet Entertainment Group and Ona Zee.

20th anniversary*

After an eight-year absence, the awards returned to Paris on October 20, 2009 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hot Vidéo magazine.[1][10] They were held at Salle Wagram at the art deco Radisson Hotel, and French pop star Helmut Fritz performed at the show.[1] French television giant Canal Plus had the rights to broadcast the show during their late-night block of adult programming.[1]

Reception and review

Hot d'Ors presence was not particularly welcomed by the Cannes Film Festival or Cannes city officials.[6] In 1998 (when the awards were again held in Cannes),[2] Steve Vlottes of Wicked Pictures said the awards were: "the most important show that we attend".[3]

Return of award program

Upon the announcement of Vardon's wife, former adult film star Tabatha Cash, taking over as the editor in chief of Hot Video magazine, there was speculation about the return of the award program and show.[11]

Award history

1st Annual Hot d'Or (1992)
2nd Annual Hot d'Or (1993)
3rd Annual Hot d'Or (1994)
4th Annual Hot d'Or (1995)
5th Annual Hot d'Or (1996)
6th Annual Hot d'Or (1997)
7th Annual Hot d'Or (1998)
8th Annual Hot d'Or (1999)
9th Annual Hot d'Or (2000)
10th Annual Hot d'Or (2001)

Award winners:

11th Hot d'Or (2009) for the 20th Anniversary of Hot Video magazine

The complete list of winners follows:[1]

Honorary Awards:[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Fishbein, "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards", Retrieved June 6, 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Hot d'Or 1998 Winners". Web.archive.org. 2007-08-25. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cannes gets sexy with the Academy Awards of adult video" by Alannah Weston; Archived at: Archived February 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 3 David Patterson (1995-05-29). "Hot under the collar". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The other Cannes festival", article by Stephen Walker at Salon.com, May 21, 2001
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Benjamin Craig (2002). Cannes: A Festival Virgin's Guide. Cinemagine Media Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 0-9541737-1-6.
  7. ↑ The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000. Taylor & Francis. 2002. p. 292. ISBN 0-415-93696-9.
  8. 1 2 James F. English (30 June 2009). The Economy of Prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value. Harvard University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-674-03653-6. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hots d’or, manque d’ardeur". 25 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Hot D’Or Ceremony is Back". hot-dor.fr. 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  11. ↑ "Tabatha Cash in Hot Video: Former porn star returns after the death of her husband". purepeople.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hot Vidéo, "Special Cannes +", N. 33. June 1992
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Hot Vidéo, "Special Hot D'Or '93", N. 44. June 1993
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hot Vidéo, "Special Hot D'Or '94", N. 55. June 1994
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 "Hot d’Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d’or". Hot-dor.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  16. 1 2 3 "Meilleure Starlette Européenne". 6 February 1997. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Cérémonies". hot-dor.fr. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Quand les actrices porno jouissent de la musique". Chartsinfrance.net. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  19. ↑ "News From Cannes 1", Paul Fishbein, Adult Video News, 21 May 1999, Retrieved 2007-12-28 Archived January 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  20. 1 2 "Meilleure Actrice Européenne". 19 May 1999. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Hot d'Or 2000 Winners". Web.archive.org. 2007-08-27. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2014-05-04.

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