GayVNs 2008: More, More, More! (Drunks, Drag, Tans) Two+ hours and countless fart jokes later, the 2008 GayVNs are over. While Derek and Romaine were limited to a five-minute intro due to bad press and an industry revolt, Lady Bunny hammed it up with Laugh-In segments and Benny Hill-style humor. High-larious. GRUNTS and Link were the big winners, but before we go back to our regularly scheduled pornography, we offer this uncensored look at the highlights of the best award show we've seen in awhile. Award highlights: Best Videography: Brian Mills, H20 Best Director: Chris Ward and Ben Leon, GRUNTS Best Picture: GRUNTS, Raging Stallion Performer of the Year: Jake Deckard Best Sex Comedy: The Intern, Lucas Entertainment Best All-Sex: Link: The Evolution Who said lezbins don't have a sense of humor? Derek and Romaine did a stand up job by substituting themselves with actual potted plants in their intro segment. Really? We're just glad WE didn't have to host. (click photos to enlarge) 2. Chi Chi Proves to Be the Host With the Most ... Without Even Hosting Referring to the popular disdain of Derek and Romaine, Chi Chi reminded the audience how good she looks in comparison. Ouch! Of course, she and we had to admit that the duo didn't do half-bad, after all. Bitch looked fierce and it had nothing to do with Marc Jacobs. In other news, the Lion of Chelsea admitted that he was behind the disqualification of Dark Alley's 8 1/2 (for its bareback scenes). (Pictured with Best Supporting Actor winner for The Intern Christian Cruz. Barrett Long passing behind them at right.) 4. Chad Hunt's Neck Scarf His most fashion-forward moment since this full-arm baby tattoo. We're fearful that the actor-director-producer would beat us to a pulp if we didn't mention that the man who became Sgt. Haole in GRUNTS finally got his due. We're a little biased here, as we were on set for the production, but since Raging Stallion is the perpetual Bad News Bears of the industry, and since they've never taken home Best Picture or Best Director, we're a little farklempt. "The one that I'm most proud of, oddly," says Raging Stallion prexy Chris Ward, "is best editing. I pride myself on my filmmaking and that's the root of it. It's a testament to our technical ability." 7. Tory Mason's New Haircut It's avante-avante! And the same flaccid mohawk that Chi Chi has out of drag. You can't hold the twink still but really, who wants to hold down the next Abe Lincoln. Okay, back to fellating. RELATED: Live Blogging the GayVNs (Fleshbot.com) Live Blogged GayVN 2008 Pics (GayPornBlog.com) Trailer: GRUNTS UPDATE: Complete List of Winners Best Newcomer: Blake Riley, Link: The Evolution/Little Big League 3 Best Amateur Video: Edge Series 1 (Chaos Men) Best Pro/Am Releas: Edinburgh (Collin O'Neal's World of Men) Best Solo Performance: Ricky Sinz, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best Alternative Release: Naked Boys Singing (TLA Releasing) Best Bisexual Release: Bi Accident (Devil's Film) Best Leather Video: Folsom Leather (Titan Media) Best Oral Scene: Joey Amis takes on the cast of Mating Season (Bel Ami) Best Specialty Release: Executive Pleasures 1 (MenAtPlay.com) Best Specialty Release (18-23): Rebel (Bel Ami) Best Specialty Release (Bear): When Bears Attack (Rascal Video) Best Specialty Release (Extreme): Fear (Titan Media) Best Group Scene: Steve Cruz, Johnny Hazzard, Joe Strong, Matt Majors, Brendan Davies, Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Non-Sexual Performance: Joe Shepard, The Intern (Lucas Entertainment) Hall of Fame Inductees: Paul Barresi Rod Barry Terry LeGrand Greg Lenzman Lucas Kazan David McCabe Tiger Tyson Best Boxcover Concept: Passio (Dark Alley Media) Best Overall Marketing Campaign: Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Packaging: Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Still Photographer: Kent Taylor/Geof Teague, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best Makeup Artist: Seth Stone, On Fire! (Jet Set Men) Best Art Direction: Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Editing: Chris Ward/Ben Leon, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best DVD Extras/Special Edition: GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best Solo Video: Minute Man Solo #29: Built (COLT Studio) Best Classic Gay DVD: Falcon 35th Anniversary Box Set (Falcon) Best Actor - Foreign Release: Jean Franko, The Men I Wanted (Lucas Kazan Productions) Best Renting Title of 2007: The Intern (Lucas Entertainment) Special Achievement Award: Tim Valenti, NakedSword.com Best Supporting Actor: Tie: Christian Cruz, The Intern (Lucas Entertainment); Ricky Sinz, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best Sex Comedy: The Intern (Lucas Entertainment) Best Threesome: Jesse Santana, Nickolay Petrov, Jason White, Just Add Water (Jet Set Men) Best Ethnic-Themed Video: Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine! (Pitbull Productions) Best Ethnic-Themed Video (Latin): Amazonia: Capture and Release (Atheltic Model Guild/AMG Brasil) Best Music: Red Shag, Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Screenplay: Jerry Douglas, Brotherhood (Buckshot Productions) Best Foreign Release: Knockout (Falcon International) Best All-Sex Video: Link: The Evolution (All Worlds Video) Best Sex Scene - Duo: Ricky Sinz and Roman Ragazzi, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Best Videography: Brian Mills and Paul Wilde Best Actor: Jake Deckard, GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) Performer of the Year: Jake Deckard Best Director: Chris Ward and Ben Leon, GRUNTS Best Picture: GRUNTS (Raging Stallion) | save to del.icio.us | digg it | facebook it | Comments (0) 0 TrackBacksListed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: GayVNs 2008: More, More, More! (Drunks, Drag, Tans). TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.thesword.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/687 |
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