SAN FRANCISCO—NakedSword is celebrating since the 2017 Grabbys nominations were announced this week. The company's NakedSword Originals' production arm, producing premium series that run exclusively on NakedSword.com, garnered 27 nominations.
Scared Stiff is one of the two most nominated movies by any studio in the 2017 Grabbys. Its 13 nominations include Best Movie, Best Director (Chi Chi LaRue), Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Actor (Falcon's Ryan Rose) and Best Videography (mr. Pam).
NakedSword Director mr. Pam is also nominated for Best Videography for the NakedSword/Rock Candy production Secrets & Lies, which was nominated for 10 Grabbys, including Best Movie, Best Director (mr. Pam) and Best Actor (Trenton Ducati and Rocco Steele).
NakedSword also is nominated as Best Video Company Site for NakedSword.com. See the full list below.
As per tradition, NakedSword will be on hand at the Grabbys in Chicago on May 27 to celebrate with the gay adult industry. Tim Valenti, president of Falcon Studio Group and the NakedSword Network, said, "It never gets old being recognized by the Grabbys for all the work we put into making these features and series that NakedSword Originals has become known for."
He added, "I have to say a HUGE THANK YOU to both mr. Pam and Chi Chi LaRue for making two of the best movies in the industry last year, Secrets & Lies and Scared Stiff, for NakedSword Originals. I'm very proud of the movies we put out as a whole last year and we thank the Grabbys for all the love!"
NAKEDSWORD FULL NOMINATIONS
BEST MOVIE OR WEB SERIES
Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
BEST VIDEO COMPANY SITE
NakedSword.com
BEST ACTOR
Trenton Ducati, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
Falcon Exclusive Ryan Rose, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Rocco Steele, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Colton Grey, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword/Rock Candy)
Jack Hunter, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Seth Santoro, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Wesley Woods, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
BEST DUO
Jack Hunter & Seth Santoro, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Trenton Ducati & Colton Grey, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
BEST 3 WAY
Brian Bonds, Trenton Ducati & Brandon Wilde, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword/Rock Candy)
BEST GROUP
Ryan Rose, Seth Santoro, Jack Hunter, Tom Faulk, Wesley Woods & Colby Keller, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
BEST ALL-SEX MOVIE
Sexperiment (NakedSword Originals)
HOTTEST RIMMING
Tom Faulk, Jack Hunter, Colby Keller, Ryan Rose, Seth Santoro & Wesley Woods, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Rocco Steele & JD Phoenix, Sexperiment (NakedSword Originals)
HOTTEST FLIP
Jack Hunter and Seth Santoro, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Colton Grey & Jacob Peterson, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword/Rock Candy)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Jackie Beat, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
Jack Shamama, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals)
BEST DIRECTOR
mr. Pam, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
Chi Chi LaRue, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
BEST VIDEOGRAPHY
mr. Pam, Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)
mr. Pam, Secrets & Lies (NakedSword Originals/Rock Candy)
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
mr. Pam
BEST ART DIRECTION
Scared Stiff (NakedSword Originals)