Jet Set Productions' The Hole was named Best Video of 2003 at the 6th Annual GAYVN Awards held Thursday, March 11. The takeoff on mainstream Hollywood's The Ring also won trophies for Best Director (Wash West), Editing (Andrew Rosen), Solo Performance (Tag Ericksson), and Overall Marketing Campaign.
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All Worlds Video, which had the most nominations (19) going into the show, also led the studios in number of awards won. Five of its seven trophies are for There Goes the Neighborhood which won in the Best Comedy, Screenplay (Rick Tugger), Music (Gian Franco), Non-Sex (Rowdy Carson), and Supporting Actor (Brad Benton) categories. All Worlds' two other awards are for Best Ethnic-Themed Video (Sins of the Father), and Best Director, Bisexual Video (Dirk Yates).
Jason Ridge was voted Best Newcomer and Joe Foster was named Performer of the Year.
The evening's one tie was in the Best All-Sex Video category. The winners are Titan Media's Gorge and Sarava Productions' Bone Island.
Titan Media movies, Gorge and Carny, won a total of five awards. In addition to the All-Sex trophy, Gorge director/cinematographer Bruce Cam was also honored in the Best Videography category. Carny won for Best Art Direction, Packaging, and DVD Extras.
Michael Soldier was named Best Actor for his performance in Raging Stallion Studios' A Porn Star Is Born. Peter Raeg, Michael Vincenzo, and Shane Rollins won Best Threesome trophies in another Raging Stallion title, Gay Dreams.
Tag Adams and Chad Hunt's scene in Detention (Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing) took Best Sex Scene honors. The Best Group Scene award went to Detention's big classroom orgy.
Lane Fuller and Brad Patton got the Best Oral Scene nod in Falcon Studios' Drenched 1. Falcon also won in the Best Classic DVD category for The Other Side of Aspen 2. Hot House Entertainment titles Skuff 2 and Mo' Bubble Butt were named Best Leather Video and Best Specialty Release. Bel Ami received awards for Best DVD (Just for Fun) and Solo Video (Boy Watch 4).
Oh Man! International's Legionnaires was voted Best Foreign Release, Rad Video's American Way 3: Love took the Best Specialty Release (18-23) award, Male Media One's Bisexual Houseguest won in the Bisexual Video category, Mykonos: LKP Casting 3 (Lucas Kazan Productions) won for Best Amateur Video, and Kristen Bjorn's Sarava Productions also was awarded the Alternative Video trophy for The Agony of Ecstasy.
Colt Studio's Reload was named Best Renting Tape of the Year.
Performers Tom Chase and Kurt Young, videographer Todd Montgomery, and filmmakers/editors Barry Knight and Russell Moore were inducted into the GAYVN Hall of Fame in a special presentation by Gino Colbert.
The awards show, attended by nearly 300 gay XXX industry guests, was held at Rage nightclub in West Hollywood, California.
Prior to host Chi Chi LaRue taking the stage, a filmed welcome was shown on the club's big screens in which one of the famous drag queen's nipples was exposed, in a parody of the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction," to the great delight of the crowd.
2004 GAYVN Awards Winners
Best Actor
Michael Soldier, A Porn Star Is Born (Raging Stallion Studios)
Best All-Sex Video (tie)
Bone Island(Sarava Productions)
Gorge (Titan Media)
Best Alternative Video
The Agony of Ecstasy(Sarava Productions)
Best Amateur Video
Mykonos: LKP Casting 3 (Lucas Kazan Productions)
Best Art Direction
Carny (Titan Media)
Best Bisexual Video
Bisexual Houseguest (Over There/Male Media One)
Best Classic DVD
The Other Side of Aspen 2(Falcon Studios)
Best Director
Wash West, The Hole(Jet Set Productions)
Best Director (Bisexual)
Dirk Yates, Dirk Yates Private Collection 208 (All Worlds Video)
Best DVD
Just For Fun(Bel Ami Entertainment)
Best DVD Extras
Carny(Titan Media)
Best Editing
Andrew Rosen, The Hole (Jet Set Productions)
Best Ethnic-Themed Video
Sins of the Father(All Worlds Video)
Best Foreign Release
Legionnaires(Oh Man! International)
Best Group Scene
Detention(Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing): Johnny Hazzard, Matt Summers, Logan Reed, Chad Hunt, Matt Majors, Andy Hunter, Mike Johnson
Best Leather Video
Skuff 2 (Hot House Entertainment)
Best Music
Gian Franco, There Goes the Neighborhood (All Worlds Video)
Best Newcomer
Jason Ridge
Best Non-Sex Performance
Rowdy Carson, There Goes the Neighborhood (All Worlds Video)
Best Oral Scene
Brad Patton, Lane Fuller, Drenched 1 (Falcon Studios)
Best Overall Marketing Campaign
The Hole(Jet Set Productions)
Best Packaging
Carny(Titan Media)
Performer of the Year
Joe Foster
Best Renting Tape
Reload (Colt Studio)
Best Screenplay
Rick Tugger, There Goes the Neighborhood (All Worlds Video)
Best Sex Comedy
There Goes the Neighborhood(All Worlds Video)
Best Sex Scene
Tag Adams, Chad Hunt, Detention (Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing)
Best Solo Performance
Tag Eriksson, The Hole (Jet Set Productions)
Best Solo Video
Boywatch 4(Bel Ami Entertainment)
Best Specialty Release
Mo' Bubble Butt(Hot House Entertainment)
Best Specialty Release (18-23)
American Way 3: Love (Rad Video)
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Benton, There Goes the Neighborhood (All Worlds Video)
Best Threesome
Michael Vincenzo, Peter Raeg, Shane Rollins, Gay Dreams(Raging Stallion Studios)
Best Video
The Hole(Jet Set Productions)
Best Videography
Bruce Cam, Gorge(Titan Media)
Hall of Fame
Tom Chase
Barry Knight
Todd Montgomery
Russell Moore
Kurt Young
