ChicagoPride.com News March 23, 2006

Gay Chicago Magazine Announces 2005 Grabby Nominees Grabbys will be held Saturday, May 27, 2006 at The VIC Theatre

CHICAGO, IL -- Gay Chicago Magazine has announced this year’s Grabby nominees for the best videos of 2005.

The Grabbys will be held Saturday, May 27, 2006 at The Vic Theatre, 3145 N.Sheffield. Grabby featured Hostesses Chi-Chi LaRue and Chicago’s very own Honey West, will return for their 8th anniversary and be joined by Adult Superstars Rod Barry, Brad Benton and Chad Hunt. There will also be numerous star presenters and, of course, a team of four hot, industry newcomer Trophy studs.

Below are the nominees for the 21 categories that are judged by the Grabby Awards committee.

BEST VIDEO 110° in Tucson () Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Dangerous Liaisons () Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Thirst (Adonis Pictures) Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal Video)

BEST ALL-SEX VIDEO Arabesque () Bang Bang! (Mustang Studios) Gale Force: Mens Room 2 (Titan Media) Heaven to Hell (Falcon Studios) Skuff 3 (Hot House Entertainment) Wide Strokes (COLT Studio)

BEST COMEDY VIDEO 8 Simple Rules (For Doing My Son) (All Worlds Video) Lights & Darks (Electro Video/Channel 1 Releasing) Through the Woods (Falcon Studios) Wet Palms 7-9 (Jet Set Productions) Wicked (Rascal Video)

BEST LEATHER VIDEO Bootstrap (Falcon Studios) LeatherBound (Buckshot Productions) The Missing (Hot House Entertainment) The Red and the Black (Raging Stallion Studios) Prowl 4 (MSR Videos)

BEST FETISH VIDEO Cirque Noir (Titan Media) Hole Sweet Hole (Raging Stallion Studios) Mutiny (Dark Alley Media) The Shaft (Raging Stallion Studios) Twisted (Hot House Entertainment)

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO Decameron (Lucas Kazan Productions) Firestarter (Studio 2000 International) Hangar (Sarava) Love & Lust (LKP/Sarava) Lukas in Love (Bel Ami) Manville (Kristen Bjorn/Sarava)

BEST DIRECTOR Jett Blakk — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Jerry Douglas — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Joe Gage — 110° in Tucson (Titan Media) Chi Chi LaRue — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal Video)^ — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Steven Scarborough — The Missing (Hot House Entertainment) Chris Ward — Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios)

BEST SCREENPLAY Jett Blakk — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Jerry Douglas — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Joe Gage — 110º in Tucson (Titan Media) Doug Jeffries, Chi Chi LaRue — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal Video)8 Tony DiMarco — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Chris Steele — Through the Woods (Falcon Studios)

BEST VIDEOGRAPHY Richard Board — Mischief (Hot House Entertainment) Ross Cannon — Thirst (Adonis Pictures) Tony DiMarco — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Ben Leon — Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios) Max Phillips — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Hue Wilde — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal Video)

BEST ART DIRECTION Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios) Cirque Noir (Titan Media) Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Heaven to Hell (Falcon Studios) Wrong Side of the Track (Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing)

BEST DVD EXTRAS 110° in Tucson (Titan Media) Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios) Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Cirque Noir (Titan Media) Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Heaven to Hell (Falcon Studios)

BEST CLASSIC DVD Adam & Yves (Bijou) Big Guns: Original Ending (Catalina Video) Sgt. Swann's Private Files (All Worlds) That Boy (Gorilla Factory) Traveling Journeyman (AVI)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Brad Benton — Desperate Husbands (All Worlds Video) Kent Larson — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Dean Monroe — Heaven to Hell (Falcon Studios) Chad Savage — Wrong Side of the Tracks 2 (Rascal Video) Dillon Press — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Jacob Slader — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment)

BEST ACTOR Rod Barry — Thirst (Adonis Pictures) Brad Benton — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Johnny Hazzard — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1-2 (Rascal Video) Jason Kingsley — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Gus Mattox — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Brad Patton — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions)

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE Rod Barry — Thirst (Adonis Pictures) Brad Benton – Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Johnn y Hazzard — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1 (Rascal Video) Miguel Leonn — Passport to Paradise (Raging Stallion Studios) Manuel Torres — Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios) Chris Wide – Minute Man 23 (COLT Studio)

BEST DUO SEX SCENE Huessein, François Sagat — Arabesque (Raging Stallion Studios) Edu Boxer, Manu Maltes — Michael Lucas' Auditions 4 (Lucas Entertainment) Jason Kingsley, Brad Patton — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Troy Punk, Ty Hudson — Dirty Little Sins (Red Devil Entertainment) Shane Rollins, Alex Collack — Ram Tough (Hot House Entertainment) Brent Everett, Roman Heart — Super Soaked (Jocks Studios) Johnny Hazzard, Tyler Riggz — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1 (Rascal Video)

BEST THREE-WAY SEX SCENE Matthew Rush, Kane O’Farrell, Ivan Andros. — Bootstrap (Falcon Studios) Cobalt, Stretch, Spencer Quest— Cirque Noir (Titan Media) Gus Mattox, Wilfried Knight, J. — Dangerous Liaisons (Lucas Entertainment) Brad Patton, Josh Weston, Joe Sport — Heaven to Hell (Falcon Studios) Jan Fischer, Rafael Carreras, Simon Angel — Master of the House (Rascal Video) Jason Ridge, Collin O'Neal, Christoph Scharff — Skuff 3 (Hot House) Johnny Hazzard, Marcus Iron, Tommy Ritter — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1 (Rascal Video)

BEST GROUP SEX SCENE 110º in Tuscon — Damon DeMarco, Daxx Reed, Tyler Cane, Andy Hunter, Bryce Pierce, Devon Cade (Titan Mediia) Arabesque — Huessein, Joey Russo, Sarib, JC, Colin West (Raging Stallion Studios) Beyond Perfect — Sex club (Buckshot Productions) Gale Force: Mens Room 2 — Gus Mattox, Blu Kennedy, Jacob Slader, Nick Parker, Justin Gemini (Titan Media) Heaven to Hell — Full-cast final orgy (Falcon Studios) The Missing — Martin Mazza, Matt Majors, Marco , Jed Willcox (Hot House Entertainment) Set in Stone — Eddie Stone, Lucas Foz, Jan Fischer, Angelo Fuentes, Rafael Carreras, Tommy Ritter (Rascal Vidieo)

BEST NON-SEX PERFORMANCE Joe Gage — Beyond Perfect (Buckshot Productions) Fay Dubois — Raw 2 (All Worlds Video) Chi Chi LaRue — Wicked (Rascal Video) Sister Roma — Wet Palms 7-9 (Jet Set Productions) Miss Bradley – Wrong Side of the Tracks #1 (Rascal Video)

BEST NEWCOMER Benjamin Bradley Remy Delaine Alex Fuerte Roman Heart Huessein Jason Kingsley Andy Kirra Spencer Quest Erik Rhodes Chris Wide

PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Rod Barry Brad Benton Jason Crew Johnny Hazzard Kent Larson Gus Mattox Arpad Miklos Brad Patton Pete Ross Jacob Slader

For more information on the Grabby Awards visit www.grabbys.com.