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GAYVN
GETTING GRABBYS
Winners were celebrated over Memorial Day weekend
Winners of the 2017 Grabbys were revealed May 27
in Chicago. Hosted by Chi Chi LaRue and Honey
West in the Metro Theater, the annual awards show
once again took place during Memorial Day weekend
in conjunction with the International Mister Leather
Contest.
Social media was abuzz over a couple of
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Falcon Studios Group snagged three major honors.
In addition to the awards to Corrigan and Valenti, the
Best All-Sex Movie Grabby went to Raging Stallion’s
Erect This!
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, Grab magazine,
not only for the prestigious honor you’ve given
me, but also for the recognition of our brands and
developments at the show. Men.com performer Johnny
talent,” stated Tim Valenti, Falcon Studios Group and
Rapid was named the newest Fleshjack Boy. And
NakedSword Network president. “I can’t think of a
while presenting a film clip of a Falcon movie, studio
better Lifetime Achievement Grabby recipient than
exclusive Ryan Rose announced he would retire at the
Brent Corrigan. He is a superstar who has been part of
end of his Falcon contract.
this industry for over 12 years and he’s now becoming
Falcon exclusive Brent Corrigan was given the
a powerhouse director as well. And, Steve Cruz and
Lifetime Achievement Award, and three individuals
Raging Stallion deliver some of the best all-sex movies
were added to the Grabbys Wall of Fame: adult star
around, and we are thankful for your honoring of Erect
Trenton Ducati, Falcon Studios Group/NakedSword
This! Finally, I want to thank the entire team at Falcon
President Tim Valenti and photographer/writer/
Studios Group and NakedSword and our talented
director Gio Caruso.
group of exclusives and models, without whom none
Ducati got some nice mainstream media attention in
of these honors and accolades would be possible.”
an article at Vice.com, which followed the porn star/
NakedSword Originals’ Secrets and Lies won both Best
director over the course of the weekend in an article
Movie and Best Actor for Rocco Steele’s performance
titled “Gay Porn Stars Don’t Party Like You Think
in the film, and NakedSword’s Scared Stiff took home
They Do.” Despite the headline, though, Vice reporter
three awards: Hottest Rimming, Best Screenplay
Mike Miksche’s article was illustrated with a shot of
(written by Jackie Beat) and Best Supporting Actor for
Ducati at a party sponsored by GAYVN to promote the
Seth Santoro. NakedSword Originals director
return of the GAYVN Awards, which will take place in
mr. Pam said, “A big thanks to the Grabbys for all the
January 2018.
recognition this year! This was one of the best years
for NakedSword Originals and I’m proud to have been
a part of the two amazing NakedSword Original films
that were acknowledged at this year’s show!”
CockyBoys’ One Erection won Best Group as well as
Best Director honors for both Jake Jaxson and Chi Chi
LaRue. Additionally, Carter Dane won Best Newcomer
and Liam Riley took home the Best Twink award for
the second time, rounding out the four trophies the
studio took home.
“Thank you to the Grabbys for acknowledging the
hard work we all put into making these movies,”
owner and director Jake Jaxson said. “I want to thank
Chi Chi LaRue again for making One Erection come
to life. I couldn’t be more proud to share the Best
Director award with her. Also, congratulations to Chi
Chi and the boys for the Best Group Scene award; it
was well deserved. Of course Liam Riley won Best
Twink in the business and Carter Dane was certainly
the industry’s best newcomer. Congratulations to all!”
Icon Male proved to be popular with the fans once
again, winning the Steamworks Fan Favorite Movie.
“We are incredibly honored to receive the Fan Favorite
Movie award from the Grabbys for the second year in
a row,” said Mile High Media VP Jon Blitt. “We work
hard to create unique and compelling content. To
receive the most fan votes for Brandon Wilde’s First Gang
Bang means we are doing things right. Our fans love
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From left, One Erection directors Chi Chi LaRue, Jake Jaxson; Twink Performer Liam Riley, Best Newcomer Carter Dane; Secrets & Lies Best Actor Rocco Steele (second from left); Alex Mecum, Jesse Jackman, Dirk Caber with trophies for Cauke for FREE.
GRABBY AWARDS
Twink Performer—LIAM RILEY
Best Newcomer—CARTER DANE
Best Actor—ROCCO STEELE in Secrets & Lies (Naked Sword/Rock Candy)
Best Screenplay (tie)— JACKIE BEAT for Scared Stiff (Naked Sword)
JESSE JACKMAN, JASUN MARK and KEITH WEBB for Cauke for FREE (Titan Men)
Best Fetish Movie—ROUGH TRADE (Titan Men)
Best Versatile Performer—QUENTIN GAINZ
Hottest Top—DIEGO SANS
Hottest Bottom—DEVIN FRANCO
Hottest Cock—JACK HUNTER
Best Videography—MARC MACNAMARA for Tarzan: A Gay XXX Parody (Men.com)
Best Group—LEVI KARTER, TAYTE HANSON, ALLEN KING, LIAM RILEY, KODY STEWART and COLBY
KELLER in One Erection (Cocky Boys)
Best Duo—DAMON HEART and DYLAN JAMES in Barebackula (Lucas Entertainment)
Best All Sex Movie—ERECT THIS! (Raging Stallion)
Manly Man—SERGEANT MILES
The following is the full list of the winning movies, scenes and performers at the 2017 Grabbys.
Performers of the Year—JACK HUNTER and WESLEY WOODS
Hottest Rimming—TOM FAULK, JACK HUNTER, COLBY KELLER, RYAN ROSE, SETH SANTORO and
WESLEY WOODS in Scared Stiff (Naked Sword)
Best Director—JAKE JAXSON and CHI CHI LARUE for One Erection (Cocky Boys)
Best Still Photographer—GIO CARUSO
Best Supporting Actor—SETH SANTORO in Scared Stiff (Naked Sword)
Hottest Flip—MATTHEW BOSCH and ALEX MECUM in Cauke for FREE (Titan Men)
Best Art Direction—STAR WARS: A GAY XXX PARODY (Men.com)
Best 3 Way—HUGO ARENAS, HANS BERLIN and CRAIG DANIEL in Skins (Kristen Bjorn)
Best Movie or Web Series—SECRETS & LIES (Naked Sword/Rock Candy)
Best Video Company Site— NEXT DOOR STUDIOS
Best Fetish Site—LUCASRAUNCH.COM
Best Live Cam—SUPERMEN.COM
Best Porn Blog—QUEER ME NOW
Squirt.org Fan Favorite Porn Star—DIEGO SANS
Steamworks Fan Favorite Movie—BRANDON WILDE’S FIRST GANG BANG (Icon Male/Mile High Media)
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