Grabby Nominations Announced

CHICAGO - Nominations for the 17th Annual Grabby Adult Erotic Video Awards have been announced. A gala presentation ceremony will occur May 24 at the Park West Theater during "Grabby Weekend," an annual Memorial Day celebration that brings together the Grabbys, the International Mr. Leather competition and Bear Pride .

"We are pleased with the nominations that our reviewers and judges decided on and look forward to Grabby night," said Stacy Bridges and Mark Nagel, the executive producers of the Grabby Awards.

Nagel added, "With the audience being 90 percent fans, this truly is a night for the industry and stars to shine."

The Grabby Awards are presented by Gay Chicago Magazine and Behind Closed Doors. Tickets for the event go on sale to the industry April 2 and to fans April 16.

And the nominees are:

Genre awards

Best Video: Fraternity Gangbang 2 (Jet Set Men), GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Gunnery Sgt. McCool (TitanMen), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions), Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best All-Sex Video: Breakers (TitanMen), Communion (Hot House Entertainment), H2O (TitanMen), Just Add Water (Jet Set Men), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Mirage (Raging Stallion Studios), Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best Twink Video:
Dating Alex (Sk8erboy), Desires (Jet Set International), Fucking Twinks (8teenboy), Oliver Twink (PZP), Real and Raw Miami 1-2 (CitiBoyz), Rebel (Bel Ami).

Best Comedy Video:
Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video), Campus Pizza (TitanMen), Cock Tease (Jet Set Men), How to Seduce a Straight Man (Red Devil Entertainment), Oliver Twink (PZP), Private Lowlife (Hot House Entertainment).

Best Fetish Video:
Ink Storm (Raging Stallion Studios), Jockstrap (Hot House Entertainment), Roid Rage (Raging Stallion Studios), Spy Quest 3 (TitanMen), Vanished (Mustang), Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best Fetish Extreme Video: Fear (TitanMen), Fist and Shout (Raging Stallion Studios), Folsom Leather (TitanMen), Knuckle Sandwich (Club Inferno), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Slam Dunk (Hot House Entertainment).

Best International Video: Casting Couch (Olympus), Jungle Cruisers 2 (Alexander Pictures), Knockout (Falcon International), Mating Season (Bel Ami), The Men I Wanted (All Worlds Video), Sao Paulo (Collin O'Neal's World of Men).

Best Leather Video: Communion (Hot House Entertainment), Folsom Leather (TitanMen), Instinct (Raging Stallion Studios), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Vanished (Mustang), Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Individual scene awards

Best Cum Scene: Jason Ridge in Communion (Hot House Entertainment); Dean Phoenix in Brotherhood (Buckshot Productions); Blake Riley, Kevin Miles and Scott Tanner in Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video); Dean Flynn, Jason Reynolds and Vinnie D'Angelo in Gunnery Sgt. McCool (TitanMen); Corey Stevens in Too Cute to Be Straight (CitiBoyz); Francesco D'Macho and Romario Faria in Verboten 2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best Rimming Scene: Cort Donovan and Noah Driver in Dare (Falcon Studios); Alex Collack, CJ Knight and Tyler Saint in Jockstrap (Hot House Entertainment); Erik Rhodes, Ryan Wade, Tony Martin and Zackary Ryan in Ivy League (Falcon Studios); Blake Nolan, Bobby Williams, Chad Hunt, Dean Tucker, Eddie Diaz, Ken Mack, Nick Marino and Tim Towers in Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video); Arpad Miklos, Francesco D'Macho and Ken Browning in Private Lowlife (Hot House Entertainment); Blake Riley and Johnny Hazzard in Restless Youths (Rascal Video).

Best Solo Sex Scene: Damien Crosse in H2O (TitanMen), Jeremy Hall in Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video), Lex Sabre in Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Mike Roberts in Jockstrap (Hot House Entertainment), Ricky Sinz in GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Tory Mason in Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions).

Best Duo Sex Scene: Jesse Santana and Tyler Saint in Fraternity Gangbang 2 (Jet Set Men), Ricky Sinz and Roman Ragazzi in GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Damien Crosse and Eddie Stone in H20 (TitanMen), Tyler Riggz and Vinnie D'Angelo in Jockstrap (Hot House Entertainment), Jake Deckard and Remy Delaine in Playback (Raging Stallion Studios), Blake Riley and Johnny Hazzard in Restless Youths (Rascal Video).

Best Three-Way Sex Scene: Jorden Michaels, Justin Burkshire and Kurt Wild in Brotherhood (Buckshot Productions); Aaron King, Brad Star and Sebastian Young in Cock Tease (Jet Set Men); Matt Cole, Steve Cruz and Vinnie D'Angelo in Communion (Hot House Entertainment); Jake Deckard, Ricky Sinz and Trey Casteel in GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios); Brandon Monroe, Justin Burkshire and Scott Tanner in Gunnery Sgt. McCool (TitanMen); Blake Riley, Kevin Miles and Scott Tanner in Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video).

Best Group Sex Scene: Allen Silver, Andrew Justice, Dean Flynn, Jesse Santana and Justin Riddick in Barnstorm (TitanMen); Dallas Reeves, Eric Blaine, Mason Wyler, Matthew Rush, Roman Heart and Tyler Saint in Dare (Falcon Studios); Brant Moore, Johnny Donovan, Jason Crew, Jesse Santana, Sebastian Rivers, Sebastian Young and Tyler Saint in Fraternity Gangbang 2 (Jet Set Men); Erik Rhodes, Ryan Wade, Tony Martin, and Zackary Ryan in Ivy League (Falcon Studios); Brendan Davies, Joe Strong, Johnny Hazzard, Matt Majors and Steve Cruz in Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video); Dominic Pacifico, Hussein, Justin Christopher, Max Schutler, Rambo, Steve Cruz and Tommy Blade in Mirage (Raging Stallion Studios).

Performer Awards

Best Actor: Alex Chandler in Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions), Dean Flynn in Campus Pizza (TitanMen), Dean Monroe in Rich Kid (Private Man), Erik Rhodes in Ivy League (Falcon), Jake Deckard in GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Jason Ridge in A Rising Star (Ridgeline Films).

Best Supporting Actor: Andrew Justice in Barnstorm (TitanMen), Jeremy Hall in Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video), Ricky Sinz in GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Roman Heart in A Rising Star (Ridgeline Films), Tory Mason in Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions), Trevor Knight in Basic Plumbing 3 (Falcon Studios).

Best Non-Sex Performance: Chi Chi LaRue in [2] of a Kind (Unzipped), Dan Cross in Unspeakable (Red Devil Entertainment), Lou Cass in Dare (Falcon Studios), Misty Eyez in Oliver Twink (PZP Productions), Ryan Block in Hungry 4 Sex 2 (Gino Pictures), Sharon Kane in Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video).

Best Performers (two awards): Alex Baresi, Diesel Washington, Francesco D'Macho, Jake Deckard, Jason Ridge, Jeremy Hall, Jesse Santana, Steve Cruz, Tiger Tyson, Vinnie D'Angelo.

Best Newcomers (two awards): Blake Riley, Christan Cruz, CJ Knight, Devin Moss, Jesse Santana, Josh Vaughn, Mitch Branson, Ricky Sinz, Steve Cruz, Tommy Lima.

Best Versatile Performer:
Alex Collack, Blake Riley, Dean Flynn, Erik Rhodes, Francesco D'Macho, Jake Deckard, Jason Ridge, Johnny Hazzard, Luke Hass, Max Schutler.

Hottest Bottom: Blake Riley, Brian Hanson, CJ Knight, Dean Flynn, Dominic Pacifico, Jesse Santana, Josh Vaughn, Mason Wyler, Roman Ragazzi, Steve Cruz.

Hottest Cock: Damien Crosse, Devin Moss, Diesel Washington, Jake Deckard, Jeremy Hall, Jesse Santana, Justin Christopher, Rafael Alencar, Supreme, Tyler Saint.

Production awards

Best Art Direction: Jim Steel's Beach House Diaries (Men of Odyssey), GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Ivy League (Falcon Studios), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Mirage (Raging Stallion Studios), Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best Director: Andrew Rosen for Fraternity Gangbang 2 (Jet Set Men), Bruce Cam for Breakers (TitanMen), Chi Chi LaRue for Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Chris Ward and Ben Leon for GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Kristofer Weston for Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions), Steven Scarborough for Verboten 1-2 (Hot House Entertainment).

Best DVD Extras: Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video), GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Mirage (Raging Stallion Studios), Spy Quest 3 (TitanMen), Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine (Pitbull Productions).

Best Screenplay: Andrew Rosen for The F Word (Jet Set Men), Doug Jeffries for Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 (All Worlds Video), Jerry Douglas for Brotherhood (Buckshot Productions), Jett Blakk for Unspeakable (Oh Man! Studios), Matt Corbert for Paradise Found (Buckshot Productions), Peter Z. Pan for Oliver Twink (PZP).

Best Videography: Richard Board for Communion (Hot House Entertainment), Ben Leon for GRUNTS (Raging Stallion Studios), Hugh Wild and Brad Austin for Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video), Ben Leon for Playback (Raging Stallion Studios), Brian Mills and Paul Wilde for Breakers (Titan Media), Brian Mills and Paul Wilde for H2O (TitanMen).

Special awards will be announced during the ceremony.