Gay Chicago Magazine posted the list of nominations in 21 categories for its 2006 Grabby Awards today.
With 18 and 11 nominations, respectively, Rascal Video and Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 lead in studio and picture nominations. (Rascal's total includes one nomination for its subsidiary line, ElectroVideo.)
Raging Stallion Studios racked up a total of 14 nominations, mainly for its hit Arabesque which received eight, including a nod for Best All-Sex Video.
Also with 14 nominations is COLT Studio Group, parent of Buckshot Productions. Buckshot's Beyond Perfect falls right behind Wrong Side with ten nominations.
Lucas Entertainment's Dangerous Liaisons, which tied for Best Picture with Wrong Side of the Tracks at the GAYVN Awards two weeks ago, received nine nominations.
Falcon Studios, whose brands include Mustang and Jocks, received 13 nominations.
The six nominees for Best Video are 110 ยบ in Tucson (Titan), Beyond Perfect (Buckshot), Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas), Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil), Thirst (Adonis), and Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal).
Nominees in the Best Actor category are Rod Barry (Thirst), Brad Benton (Dirty Little Sins), Johnny Hazzard (Wrong Side of the Tracks), Jason Kingsley (Beyond Perfect), Gus Mattox (Dangerous Liaisons), and Brad Patton (Beyond Perfect).
For the second year, VOD company Maleflixxx will present a "People's Choice" award. The winning title is chosen from the most popular movies (not necessarily first-released in 2005, the year honored by the Grabbys) shown on its site during the year. Nominees in this category are The Matrixxx (Big Blue), Recruits (Falcon), Score (High Octane), Manhunt.TheMovie (Hot House), Crossroads of Desire (Kristen Bjorn), Italian for the Beginner (Lucas Kazan), Hell Room (MSR), Hard as Wood (Raging Stallion), and Ace in the Hole (Studio 2000).
The 2006 Grabby Awards will be presented on May 27 at the VIC Theater in Chicago. Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West will co-host for the eighth time.
Sponsors of the event are Maleflixxx, GayMovies.com, CCBill.com, ID Lube, and GAYVN.
For a complete list of categories and nominees visit Grabbys.com.
