SAN FRANCISCO—Raging Stallion Studios’ Ride or Die won top honors at the 2023 Grabbys last Saturday, May 27. Following an unprecedented series of wins at the Fleshbot and GayVN Awards, Ride or Die won the awards for Best Movie, Best Director (Tony Dimarco), Best Screenplay (Ben Rush) and Best Actor (Exclusive Cole Connor).
Falcon | NakedSword president and CEO Tim Valenti said, "Ride or Die is a juggernaut project that has earned its place as one of the most awarded gay adult films of all time. Director Tony Dimarco and screenwriter Ben Rush along with an A-list cast and top-notch crew, turned out a mega-blockbuster that is most definitely a contemporary classic. Grabby Awards for SCRUM: Balls to the Wall, Dirty Desert Doctors, and Tales From the Locker Room 3, along with a Lifetime Achievement honor for our very own Trenton Ducati, are a testament to Falcon | NakedSword’s position as the industry’s leading producer of first-rate, premium gay content."
To celebrate Ride or Die's success, Falcon | NakedSword has released behind-the-scenes footage that can be watched exclusively on NakedSword.com. In Ride or Die: Behind Bars, fans can watch the official music video for "Ride On It," Ride or Die's original hit song from Exclusive Andre Donovan and Remixlab, along with a parody video of Chicago's "Cell Block Tango" and two separate featurettes that give fans a unique look behind the cameras of Raging Stallion’s most ambitious production to date. The bonus material plus the special director’s cuts for all nine episodes of Ride or Die and the extreme Golden Edition of " Ride or Die: Slippery When Wet" can be found exclusively on NakedSword’s Ride or Die: Full Sentence playlist.
At the Falcon | NakedSword’s official Grabbys kick-off party at Sidetrack Chicago, the 2023 Grabbys ceremony also awarded trophies to Falcon | NakedSword Exclusives Beau Butler (Hottest Bottom), Cade Maddox (Hottest Body) and Drew Valentino (Best Newcomer). The Tales From the Locker Room 3 from Falcon Studios took home Best Supporting Actor (Devin Franco) and Best Threeway (Bruce Beckham, Taylor Reign, and Drake Von) with Raging Stallion Studios’ eight-man locker room orgy from SCRUM: Balls to the Wall winning Best Group Scene. In addition, industry veteran Trenton Ducati was named Best Director (All-Sex) for Hot House’s Dirty Desert Doctors and honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
FALCON | NAKEDSWORD 2023 Grabby Award Winners
• Best Movie/Web Series – Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Director (Feature) – Tony Dimarco, Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Screenplay – Ben Rush, Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Actor – Cole Connor, Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Director (All-Sex) – Trenton Ducati, Dirty Desert Doctors (Hot House)
• Best Group Scene – Cole Connor, Devin Franco, Drew Valentino, JJ Knight, Luca del Rey, Roman Todd, Tarzan Top and Tristan Hunter – SCRUM: Balls to the Wall (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Threeway – Bruce Beckham, Taylor Reign and Drake Von, Tales From the Locker Room 3 (Falcon Studios)
• Best Supporting Actor – Devin Franco, Tales From the Locker Room 3 (Falcon Studios)
• Best Newcomer – Drew Valentino
• Hottest Bottom – Beau Butler
• Hottest Body – Cade Maddox
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Trenton Ducati
