February 26, 2007
La Dolce Vita Wins Big At GayVN Awards
The GayVN Awards for 2007 were held at the Castro Theater in San Francisco for the first time, and by all accounts, it was a huge success. Companies like Naked Sword spent an unbelievable amount of money on huge parties, dinners, booze, and every kind of promotional material imaginable. The SF Chronicle covered it twice, first as a pre-event piece about the state of the industry, and also as a wrap-up of the show.
Kathy Griffin did a great job hosting the show, probably better than Ellen did with the Oscars. Kathy's father just died last week, but as she said, "Thank god for my gays bringing me here, otherwise I'd be at home crying." Other than the funeral, the timing for her appearance was perfect, given the recent events with Britney Spears and Anna Nichole Smith. The jokes wrote themselves!
There were some surprize guests at the awards including Robert Best from Project Runway Season 3 (the queen that designs dresses for Barbi). Tober Brandt brought his Mom. "I took her to the Black Party, too, this is nothing!", he said. Derek Hartley, nominated for Non-Sex Performance in "Big Rig", brought gay male half the bitches from Sirius Radio's "Derek and Romaine Show".
In addition to Best Picture, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita was awarded trophies for Best Actor (Michael Lucas), Art Direction, Direction (Michael Lucas and Tony Dimarco), DVD Extras/ Special Edition, Editing (Frank Tyler), Marketing Campaign, Music (Nekked), Non-Sex Performance (Samantha Samson), Packaging, Screenplay (Tony Dimarco), Supporting Actor (Spencer Quest), Threesome (Jason Ridge, Michael Lucas, Derrick Hanson), and Videography (Tony Dimarco). The movie won every category it was nominated!
Francois Sagat was chosen as Performer of the Year, and Matt Cole as Best New Comer. Paul Baressi can stop whining cause he finally got an award for Best Non-Sex Performance, although he had to share it with Savannah Samson, also from La Dolce Vita.
Those are the major awards, but to see the entire list, visit GayVN.com
I shot 179 photos at the GayVN Awards and the pre-party, but put my camera away for the after party at Kink.com's Porn Palace. Carrying a big ole' camera gets in the way of boys feeling me up, so I didn't want anything to prevent that. VIP Members of Lavender Lounge can see my GayVN 2007 pictures in the Paparazzi Pix section. Join today!
Posted by lavenderlounge at 2:02 PM
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