Now in it’s 19th year, the gay adult entertainment industry descended upon Chicago’s Hard Rock Hotel and Park West Theater to attend the annual Grabby Erotic Video Awards this memorial day weekend. The award show was hosted by gay porn celebrity & studio director, Chi Chi Larue and the extraordinary diva Honey West. Co-hosting the center stage were gay video porn stars Diesel Washington, Roman Heart and Jeremy Bilding.
Chris Ward’s Raging Stallion Studios brand was the biggest winner. 3 major titles went to the studio for Best Movie, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
This is the 3rd year that Raging Stallion Studios has dominated the major award categories.
Best Duo: Bobby Clark and David West, Boy Country (COLT Studio Group’s Buckshot label)
Hottest Cock, Cut: Tony Buff
Hottest Cock, Uncut: Rafael Alencar
Best Group: Damian Crosse, Fracesco DeMacho, Wilfred Knight, Steve Cruz and Angelo Maroo, Focus/ReFocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Best Fetish Movie: Folsom Flesh (TitanMen)
Best Fetish Extreme: Up Yours 1 & 2 (Hot House Entertainment’s Club Inferno)
Best International Movie: Men of Israel (Lucas Entertainment)
Best Solo: Adam Killian, Taken: to the Lowest Level (Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Web Based Porn Site: RandyBlue.com
Best Leather Movie: Skuff 4 (Hot House Entertainment)
Best Videography: Mr. Pam, Men of Israel (Lucas Entertainment)
Best Pornstar Blog: Ricky Sinz
Best Box Cover: Taken: to the Lowest Level (Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Pro/Am: Summer Recruits (Active Duty)
Best Versatile Performer: Matthew Rush
Best Screenplay: Dan Rhodes, Focus/Refocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Best Ethnic: Blackballed 7 (Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Art Direction: Asylum (Falcon Studios)
Best Twink Video: Keep’em Cummin (Cityboyz)
Best Cum Scene: Gridiron Gang Bang (Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Comedy: Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer’s Balls (Dominic Ford)
Best Pornstar Website: RomanAndBenjamin.com
Best Rimming Scene: Benjamin Bradley and Jeremy Bilding, Tread Heavy (Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Still Photographer: Gio Photography
Best Three Way: Adam Killian, Leo Giamani and Ty Colt, The Trainer (Falcon Studios)
Best Supporting Actor (tie): Diesel Washington, Asylum (Falcon Studios) and David Taylor, Focus/ReFocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Best Director (tie): Chi Chi LaRue, Taken to the lowest level (Channel 1 Releasing); Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony DiMarco, Focus/ReFocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Hottest Bottom: Vince Ferelli
Best Newcomer (tie): Austin Wilde and Samuel Colt
Best Actor: Cole Streets, Focus/Refocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Performer of the Year (tie): Adam Killian and Tony Buff
Best Movie: Focus/Refocus (Raging Stallion Studios)
Best All Sex Movie: Taken: to the Lowest Level (Channel 1 Releasing)
Wall of Fame: Trevor Knight, Ross Cannon, Dink Flamingo, Jason Ridge
The Grabby Awards are presented annually in Chicago to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by Grab Magazine, a free weekly that describes itself as “Chicago’s premier LGBT publication.” The Grabby Awards and Grab Magazine are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC. The awards were owned until 2009 by Gay Chicago Magazine.
Chicago has been home to the International Mister Leather Contest (IML) for 20 years, and the founder of IML, Chuck Renslow, is the one who suggested that the Grabbys be added to the weekend’s activities to provide additional entertainment for the tens of thousands of IML fans.
Tags: awards, Chicago, Grabbys, Raging Stallion Studios