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Full List of 2008 Grabby Awards Winners
May 25, 2008 |
[Edits 10:00 pm, 05/26 8:45 am.] The 2008 Grabby Awards were presented on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at The Park West theatre in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West co-hosted for the tenth consecutive year, alongside Raging Stallion exclusive Jake Deckard, TitanMen exclusive Dean Flynn and Trevor Knight. Serving as “trophy studs” were Hot House exclusive Ross Hurston, Jet Set exclusive Aaron James, COLT Man Ricky Parks and Rascal Video exclusive Blake Riley. Raging Stallion Studios claimed their first-ever Grabby for Best Video with the GRUNTS three-part military epic, while Jake Deckard and Jason Ridge snagged Best Performer honors. (And cheers to my colleagues over at TheSword for being the only people in Chicago still sober enough to post the winners a full 24 hours later…) Click here for the full list of winners…
LINK: THE EVOLUTION (All Worlds Video) went into the show with a leading 13 nominations, followed by the GRUNTS three-parter (Raging Stallion) with 10 nods, and VERBOTEN 1-2 (Hot House) with seven. Blake Riley and Jesse Santana tied with seven nods apiece, followed by Steve Cruz and Jake Deckard with six citations each.
***SPECIAL AWARDS***
WALL OF FAME
Tony DiMarco, director/videographer
Doug Jeffries, performer/director
Billy Masters, gossip columnist
Brian Mills, director/videographer, Titan Media
Kent North, performer (posthumously awarded)
Brent Smith, Hot House producer
Parker Williams, performer
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Toby Ross
MALEFLIXXX.TV VOD PEOPLE’S CHOICE
BREATHLESS (Titan Media)
***GENRE AWARDS***
BEST VIDEO
GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios)
BEST ALL-SEX VIDEO
LINK: THE EVOLUTION (All Worlds Video)
BEST COMEDY VIDEO
OLIVER TWINK (PZP Productions)
BEST FETISH VIDEO
INK STORM (Screaming Eagle XXX/Raging Stallion Studios)
BEST FETISH (EXTREME) VIDEO
FEAR (Titan Media)
BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO
CASTING COUCH (Olympus Studio/COLT Studio)
BEST LEATHER VIDEO
VERBOTEN 1-2 (Hot House Video)
BEST TWINK VIDEO
REAL & RAW MIAMI 1-2 (Citiboyz)
***SCENE AWARDS***
BEST CUM SCENE
VERBOTEN (Hot House): Francesco D’Macho and Romario Faria.
BEST DUO SEX SCENE
PLAYBACK (Raging Stallion): Jake Deckard and Remy Delaine.
BEST GROUP SCENE
LINK: THE EVOLUTION (All Worlds): Steve Cruz, Brendan Davies, Johnny Hazzard, Matt Majors, Joe Strong.
BEST RIMMING SCENE
RESTLESS YOUTHS (Rascal Video): Johnny Hazzard and Blake Riley.
BEST SOLO SEX SCENE
TIE: Tory Mason, PARADISE FOUND (Buckshot Productions)
TIE: Ricky Sinz, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion)
BEST THREEWAY SEX SCENE
LINK: THE EVOLUTION: Kevin Miles, Blake Riley, Scott Tanner.
***PERFORMER AWARDS***
BEST ACTOR
TIE: Jason Ridge, A RISING STAR (Ridgeline Films)
TIE: Erik Rhodes, IVY LEAGUE (Falcon Studios)
BEST NEWCOMER (two winners)
Steve Cruz
Blake Riley
BEST NONSEX PERFORMANCE
Lou Cass, DARE (Falcon Studios)
BEST PERFORMER (two winners)
Jake Deckard
Jason Ridge
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ricky Sinz, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion)
BEST VERSATILE PERFORMER
Erik Rhodes
HOTTEST BOTTOM
Jesse Santana
HOTTEST COCK (UNCUT)
Devin Moss
HOTTEST COCK (CUT)
Diesel Washington
***PRODUCTION AWARDS***
BEST ART DIRECTION
VERBOTEN 1-2 (Hot House)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chris Ward & Ben Leon, GRUNTS
BEST DVD EXTRAS
LINK: THE EVOLUTION (All Worlds)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Andrew Rosen, THE F WORD (Jet Set Productions)
BEST VIDEOGRAPHY
Brian Mills & Paul Wilde, H2O (Titan Media)
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BEST FETISH VIDEO
INK STORM (Screaming Eagle XXX/Raging Stallion Studios)
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Why no award for Logan McCree?
WOW JC everyone in Chicago must be drunk and or hungover this has got to be the slowest upload of the list of winners.
And I have not heard from a couple of people they must be VERY busy! Right!
The film from Ridgeline that Jason Ridge won for was, I believe, A Rising Star, not, as you have listed, A Star is Born.
Doug — Thanks for catching that! I made the switch; funny typo, eh?
Yeah, they must have partied something fierce this weekend to have nothing posted (except for TheSword) 24 hours later…
Regards,
JCA
Dewayne, seriously, I was thinking the same thing! Must have been some party.
LOL, that is so typical! It took over a day to even post the winners.
Congrats to Erik Rhodes, Diesel Washington, hot young stud Devin Moss, Ricky Sinz, Johnny Hazzard. -Barry
TYPO… Blake Riley also won Best Newcomer. Can’t forget my lil bro… he’s going far in the biz. Hot little fucker!
Thanks to Dillon Buck for being the first to post the results on the same night & for keeping us across the pond updated with his awesome coverage and pics. Hey J.C. nice to see the mention correctly for Screaming Eagle, not many have.
Steve — Thanks for the update! We made the change.
Regards,
JCA
More updates (as people stagger home…) to Wall of Fame, and Maleflix Award added.
Regards,
JCA
You see how everybody is jealous of Damon you see. I am the new age of gay journalism you will see. Brad and Angel will be begging me for it.
Congrats to Ricky Sinz!!! Happy about the Ink Storm win, too.
DeWayne, you wondered why there was no award for Logan McCree. The Grabbys usually nominate people in the Best Newcomer category if they’ve been in at least a couple of videos during the calendar year. That way there is a chance to compare their performances to see if they are really deserving of a nom.
Interestingly, Logan told me at the awards show that he doesn’t foresee himself getting nominated in the future, or even lasting very long in the industry. He seems to believe that his look places him in a sort of ’specialty’ category, and that interest in him will not last.
Personally, I find that hard to believe. He is a truly beautiful man, and has such a positive energy around him. I think he’ll be able to go as far as he wishes. Remember, not too long ago people wondered about Francois Sagat’s appeal.
But his “look” is a little more contained. . .
as always i’ve a lot of problems with these awards’ choices……Like the domination of RS and HH and some of their ’stars’, doesn’t look fair to me
“as always i√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve a lot of problems with these awards√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ choices√¢‚Ǩ¬¶√¢‚Ǩ¬¶Like the domination of RS and HH and some of their √¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢stars√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢, doesn√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t look fair to me”
–Don’t you know the secret to winning a Grabby? Show up.
and have sex with the judges….
When Brad and Angel are nominated next year, you are right Brigh Young they will be begging for some of the DK meat. They will know then who is the most influential journalist in the gay porn business. Right, Ms. Sechrest?
DK out.
What are they going to be nominated for, that “boring” Michael Lucas scene you trashed because it wasn’t disgusting enough for you? Or in that nonexistant category for websites?
Happy to see sexy little fucker Devin Moss getting some love, especially given the infatuation with Jesse/Guy. “Real & Raw” from Citiboyz won?! I never thought I’d see that happening at one of the Big award shows. What happened that Bel Ami doesn’t win this automatically? (Not that I complain.) “Oliver Twink” winning is gratifying, too.
P.S. Congrats to Tory Mason, too. And I just realized Erik Rhodes finally won something. Long overdue, although I never saw “Ivy League” so I can’t judge if it was worthwhile.
Toby Ross and Citiboyz are both Chicago-based. Hmmmmm…
Will-
To be fair Citiboyz has never won a Grabby before to my knowledge and they are not Chicago based.
I apologize if I was incorrect about that. Didn’t they used to be anyway? I remember several videos of theirs set in Chicago. Where are they based? (Website doesn’t say.)
Citiboyz is out of Springfield and this is indeed their first EVER Grabby win.
So I was kind of close, anyway. . .
But congrats to Citiboyz!!