If you weren't in San Francisco's Castro District on Friday night, you missed a helluva party. Like a Mardi Gras with pearl necklaces instead of beads, porn stars outdid themselves to offend the Mr. Rogers-contingent of the upscale gay community. Our night with Mr. Pam, a camera and a thousand porn stars (Erik Rhodes threatening to punch Janice Dickinson; Michael Lucas whispering not-so-sweet nothings into a spread-eagle Ryan Raz), seemed like it would never end, but it must have ... for the next day we waked up in our make-up, with a full hole and a sore head.

Related:
GayVN 2009: Red Carpet Gallery

GayVN Tailgate Parties in the Castro(TheSword.com)
2009 GayVN Nominated Movie Previews (NakedSword.com)

I can't remember a more exhausting but terrific GayVNs. Despite nearly two months of drama, speculation, rage and near collapse. There was craziness, of course (Lucas vs. Corrigan; the VIP bar closing at 9:30), and some surprises, but mostly it was as people predicted: Raging Stallion's epic To The Last Man took home somewhere between 13 and 18 awards, depending on how you do the math.

Various obligations of dubious value kept me from actually seeing most of the awards; I followed them via Twitter from above mentioned VIP bar and talking to people who were either furious, elated, blaze or high. But the things you do need to know: Diesel Washington brought his mother; the charming and learned Mason Wyler took everyone bowling; the Visconti Triplets can not speak a word of Italian; Bel Ami boys really are as grass-fed as they seem; the red carpet was actually blue; I love Erik Rhodes; the publisher of Unzipped is really into adult babies; and no matter how often you see it, Barrett Long's penis is really, really incredible.

Here are the parts we DO remember.

You can thank us later after the bump.

If the last contest didn't pan out, you cheapskates still have a chance ...

Despite some early grumbling about the sports-related theme, this year's 2009 GayVN Awards presented by NakedSword are shaping up to be what could very well be the most memorable gay porn event of the year. I've been lucky enough to go to the GayVN Awards for the last 8 years: While they're always fun, the awards themselves never quiet felt as grand or decadent as one might expect from, well, a gay porn awards ceremony.

This year, the awards return to the Castro Theatre, and what was once an industry-only event at a small nightclub in West Hollywood has morphed into a three-day, star-studded event filled with tons of parties -- some free and all open to the public. The gay festivities after the jump ...

The 2009 GayVN Award nominations were just announced and it's an interesting lot, to say the least (19 different guys nominated for best actor ... really?). While it's great that for the first time ever, they're recognizing online contributions, there are some glaring omissions (Sean Cody and Randy Blue not nominated for best site? Leo Gamiani (SIC) nominated for Best Web Performer but not Reese Rideout or Corbin Fisher's Dawson?)

In a related note, NakedSword is presenting this year's awards and they're going to be hosted by Janice Dickinson, Margaret Cho, and Alec Mapa. They're returning to the Castro Theater, so it should be fun regardless.

Take a gander at the bloated robust list over at The Sword and share your thoughts.

Two weekends ago we flew into Vegas to visit the set of a shoot for Manhunt's On The Hunt amateur site. Of course, when we got there we found that it wasn't just any shoot -- in addition to us, they'd flown in twenty guys, four porn-star directors and hoped to film forty scenes in just a few days. There were only two rules: no drugs and no sex off camera. If you wanted to fuck, you had to get a director. There was a lot of competition for directors.

With its huge budget, massive cast and intense violence, To The Last Man may be the most talked about porn film of the decade. It's become such a phenomenon, in fact, that the Unzipped Media, a subisidiary of the same company that runs Here! TV,has announced a non-hardcore screening of the film later this month at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles.

Special guests include stars like Antonio Biaggi, Jake Deckard, Damian Rios, Scott Tanner, Rick Powers and Ricky Sinz will be on hand. It's up to you, however, to determine if the big screen does these big men justice.

Raging Stallion's opened up a small selection of seats for this exclusive promotion. if you'd like to attend on January 21. Register here if you'd want, um, in.

-- Mike

Joseph Kerekes pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was immediately sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. He admitted he knew about and helped murder Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis in 2007, various news outlets are reporting.

This rather sudden twist comes as somewhat of a shock after what seemed like an endless stream of trial delays and hold ups. Kerekes is avoiding the death penalty by pleading guilty; Harlow Cuadra could still face death if he faces trial and is found guilty of first-degree murder.

(I'll be adding to this post as more details emerge...)

Maybe Zeb Atlas is like masturbation itself: no one talks about how much they like it. I was talking to Falcon's Troy Prickett about the Zeb and Matthew oral scene and the Zeb and Killian's anal scene (which was also just released) and he laughed that he'd never seen so much attention -- or orders for the movie.

Now, it's a PR guys job to hype everything, but when he says that in three days the number of people who watched the Atlas/Rush scenesurpassed anything they've ever put online.

So I can only imagine what kind of records the scene where Zeb finally looses his anal gay virginity are going to break.

Check out this clip from the Rush/Atlas scene from Best Men, Pt. 1 and see what all the fuss is about for yourself:

Yes, it's that time of the year again -- already! -- when we take pause and humbly reflect upon what makes GayPornBlog readers better than the readers of all those other blogs out there.

Yes, Mike and I do it all for you. How could you ever possibly repay us? Why, funny you should ask! Why not take a second to vote for us for Best Adult Blog at the 2009 Cybersocket Awards? You'll be glad you did!

Have you lost weight?

Friends of late porn star Cole Ryder have issued an official press release regarding his passing. Although final results of his autopsy are still pending, the coroner’s first impression is that the immediate cause of Cole’s death was congestive heart failure. The picture below of Cole is with his beloved dog Peanut, from a Cole Ryder tribute page.

The full press release is after the jump.

Raging Stallion's GRUNTS took home the awards for Best Video and a bunch more at the 2008 Grabby Awards, while Falcons Exclusive Erik Rhodes and Ridgeline's Jason Ridge tied for Best Actor. Below are a few quick picks, but I've got a few more hours in Chicago, but if you thought I was going to stay in my hotel room while everyone else has sex with Damien Crosse (above, blowing Erik Rhodes while Steve Cruz shoots a pic), you're nuts.

Performer of the Year: Jake Deckard and Jason Ridge
Best Director: Chris Ward and Ben Leon for GRUNTS
Best All Sex: LINK: The Evolution (All Worlds)
Best Newcomer:Steve Cruz
Hottest Bottom: Jesse Santana
Hottest Cock (Uncut): Devin Moss
Hottest Cock (Cut): Diesel Washington
Best Leather Video: Verboten 1-2 (Hot House)

For the full list of winners and more photos at The Sword.

Related: (UPDATED 5/26)
Erasure's Andy Bell Presents "Hottest Cock" Award at Grabbys (TheSword.com)
Sex, Drugs and Rockin' Holes: The Grabbys 2008 (TheSword.com)
International Mr. Leather 2008: Somewhere A Herd of Cows is Shivering (TheSword.com)
Leather and Lays: IML 2008

-- Mike

If you've never stumbled down to Starbucks hungover and found yourself in line with someone wearing ass-less chaps and a rubber dog mask, well my friend, you haven't lived. If you haven't been in a Hyatt elevator and watched someone carry on a styrofoam cup of steaming piss, however, consider yourself lucky. While the gay Grabby porn awards are tonight at Chicago's Park West Theater, the real show for the past day has been the lobby of the Hyatt Regency the host hotel of the International Mr. Leather competition and location of the infamous Leather Mart, where everything from bear claws to body bags and slings are on-sale. In addition, it's got some of the best overheard elevator conversations EVER.

It was so much fun last time that in celebration of this weekend's gay trifecta in Chicago, we're resurrecting our throuple with The Sword and Fleshbot to bring you live updates all weekend long from the Grabby Awards, International Mr. Leather and Bear Pride. While the sleazy pornstar polaroids from this year's GayVNs will be hard to beat, we've got a lot more cameras this time, and we're feeling a lot sluttier.

Get ready for daily (and hourly) updates from the leather-clad floor of the Hyatt Regency, breaking news in the Grabby Hottest Cock contest and liveblogging from the bathroom of the Park West Theater. Trust us, it'll be very.

Related:
Gay Porn Awards: Grabbys 2007

International Mr. Leather 2008: Somewhere A Herd of Cows Is Shivering (TheSword.com)
We Interrupt This GayVN Awards Coverage to Bring You Sleazy Polaroids From the Glass Elevator (TheSword.com)

-- Mike

What are Blake Riley, Steve Cruz, Jake Havoc, Tiger Tyson, Mitch Branson, TJ Hawke, Ross Hurston, all studio exclusives doing together naked? We're not telling, but it has something to do with 2008 NakedSwordman Colby Taylor. This might be a wet dream for the porn lovers, but it looks like a nightmare if you're a studio head. We'll tell you once our mouths aren't full. More pics after the jump ...

The 2008 Grabby nominations have been leaked to TheSword.com. Like Bette Milder, The Grabbys got their start in a bathhouse, but they've since moved on to tonier digs. Dubbed the "People's Choice" of gay porn awards, the Grabbys used to differentiate themselves from the GAYVNs by being the "fan-oriented" one as it was open to the public (although both events are now open to the public and since neither allows fans to vote, the metaphor sort of falls apart.)

Grabby categories and noms are a tad less tedious than the GAYVNs, although they are by no means free from the absurd ("Hottest Bottom" always makes me chuckle), or free from controversy; Michael Lucas' lack of screener submissions led to his movies being omitted for the consideration in the awards.

More shocking perhaps is the fact that my star-turn in Falcon's Dare has been overlooked for Best Non-Sexual Performance yet again. (Was I THAT bad? OK, please don't answer that).

-- Jack

Alex Chander and Brent Corrigan

Sleazy glass elevator Polaroids shot at the GayVN awards by Patrik from The Sword. Click here for the whole set.

Here's the blow-by-blow of the evening ...

The 10th Annual GAYVN Awards are less than a day away and they're turning out to be the most controversial and least anticipated awards on record. People are unhappy about the hosts, location and lack of pre- and after-parties, and even some last minute questions have been raised about the sloppiness in the nomination process (FriskyFans editor found a nominee that was released in 2005. Ouch!)

Regardless, it will be an interesting night filled with lots of drama, surprises and and more bad fashions than you can shake a stick at.

That's why we'll be trying something different this year: we're teaming up with our friends at TheSword and Fleshbot to LiveBlog the event: Check back here starting on Saturday at 7 p.m. PST for real-time updates, pics and maybe even some compromising video clips as they happen.

If you'll be going to the awards or any of the after-parties, be on your best behavior. You've been warned.

Omg, I totes forgot to mention that GayPornBlog won the Best Adult Blog at the Cybersocket Web Awards (for the fourth year in a row, holy fuck!). Mike and I are truly grateful to everyone who voted for us.

I actually don't have any idea who else won because we were the first award of the night and I was already half-way to blackout when I stumbled on stage to get my award from Jackie Beat. There is a complete list of winners here.

(photo courtesy Starrfucker.net)

-- Jack

I saw the caption above on the image below on Sister ROMA's MySpace page and couldn't help but to boost it (love ya' sis!) ... and add my own photo (from last month in Vegas with Ouchy & his Porn Clown Posse) to illustrate how our favorite grease-painted nun "blends" in so much better in some places than others ...

Q.
Which gay porn A-lister-turned amateur mogul is giving GayPornBlog co-editor Mike a hummer in the Jacuzzi tub of the Real World Suite at the Palms?

Q:
Whose fat cock is insanely hot TitanMan Damien Crosse effortlessly deep-throating at the AEE Expo this past Friday?

Click continue to find out ...

If there was a year with more porn scandals than 2007, I wasn't paying attention. Between the murders (both real and imagined) the relapses and the suicides and the scandals (both real and imagined), gay porn caught the public eye like never before. Of course, not everything was broken and decrepit -- some was hot and perverse. Here's some of our favorite images from 2007.

Some excellent extra bonus pictures (some EXCLUSIVE even!) of the cast of Titan's Fear at last week's Folsom Street Fair at the Titan/NakedSword booth:

Above photos by Brian Mills for Titan. Click continue for a few more ...

Folsom Events set them up -- and they took the bait! In what's sure to end up as talking point on tonight's O'Reilly Factor, Concerned Women for America has called on CA elected officials to publicly condemn the poster for the 2007 Folsom Street Fair -- a parody of the Last Supper with apostle porn stars (Titan Exclusives Tober Brant & Dean Flynn), drag nuns (Sister Roma, natch), and -- gasp! -- a black Jesus (source Towleroad).

Despite the fact that Folsom Street Fair is a pan-sexual event, and there are women in the poster, they are -- of course -- blaming the 'Gays'. See their very hysterical, Francine Fishpaw-style press release here.)

See the full-sized poster here. Their timing could not be more perfect with Folsom coming up this weekend. Another victory for San Francisco Values ... just wait until they see Jesus climb off the cross and rape a priest in Dark Alley's Passio!

-- Jack

Despite how unabashedly scripted most "Reality TV" shows have become, no gay porn producer has even tried, in earnest, to emulate the trend. Jet Set's American Porn Star and All Worlds' Fucking With The Stars, while billed as such, were in reality were anything but.

No doubt inspired by the runaway success of Mark Meets Zeb: The Texas Two-Step, Zeb Atlas is finally going to ditch his "looky looky, but no touchy touchy" policy and go all the way on camera. While the output will probably closely resemble a standard DVD release, to add extra sizzle he's invoking arguably the only interesting part of reality competition shows: The train wreck of schadenfreude and hubris that is known as the "open casting call".

With the conclusion today of San Diego Pride, the gays have pretty much wrapped up another exhaustive tour of duty. Between early June (Boston Pride) and late July, we manage to squeeze in about 150 events across the country, ranging from the teensy (the Erie, PA Pride Picnic) to the gargantuan flesh-fests in San Francisco and New York . With the let's-get-gay-married-celebrations done for the year, we can look forward to the piss-and-vinegar fests upcoming -- including next week's gratuitous Up Your Alley Fair and fall's Folsom Street Fair.

While I'm fairly sure that I was here for San Francisco Pride, I'm a little hazy on the particulars. These rainbow colors may not run, but they certain bleed together. For the rest of you who may or may not have taken part in festivities this year, I offer up a Very Special Episode of Tim and Roma, wherein Tim reveals that he met his husband at Pride fifteen years ago ... and that they haven't been back since. Of course, none of this would be interesting without porn stars -- this one's got beefcake including Roman Heart, Matthew Rush, Jake Deckard (left, dancing the Mr. Muscle Bear Contest), Carlo Masi and the men of Hot House. Pride without porn? FOR SHAME!

Tim and Roma's Privates on Parade: Gay Pride 2007 (free, NakedSword.com)
SF Gay Pride's Mr. Muscle Bear Contest (LavenderLounge.com)
Pride 2007 Colossus Pic Gallery (GusPresents.com)

-- Mike

Gay porn: It's not just for your DVD player any more! Leave it to Bravo, the world's first gay network to bring the fruits of hardcore anal sex to middle America. Kathy Griffin, the somewhat haggard and oft-beleagured champion of all things homosexual- and Nielsen-related helped our oft-maligned porn industry out of the corset and into the screens last night with a single stroke of ... well, maybe just a stroke.

Now in the company of media pioneers such as Hattie McDaniel and Lance Loud: Chi Chi LaRue, Falcon Exclusive Erik Rhodes and porn luminary Sister Roma. Glory be! Those of you who follow these things with the same throbbing attention that we do will remember that the Unthinkable Ms. Griffin hosted the GayVN Awards in February in San Francisco, molested Erik Rhodes on stage and designated an honorary NakedSwordsPigeon by, um, NakedSword.com.

How did we come so far in so short a time? Blame the Jenna Jameson E! True Hollywood Story, blame Bill O'Reilly's coverage of the COLT party, or blame Sisqo for the Thong Song. Either way, you can get out those Virginia Slims, cause our industry comes a long way!

Welcome to the F-List, Kathy!

Related:
-- GayVNs 2007: Kathy Griffin Edition (free, courtesy NakedSword.com)
-- GayVNs 2007: Red Carpet Highlights (GayPornBlog.com)
-- Kathy Griffin hosts Gay Porn Awards (courtesy BravoTV.com)

-- Mike

Both times I've been to IML Weekend in Chicago, I've missed the actual International Mr. Leather Contest. The first time it was ignorance, this time a misplaced nap. After years of America's Next Top Model and Dog: The Bounty Hunter, I can be lulled into thinking that nothing at IML can shock me. Then it dawns on me that I have missed a contest where 40 percent of your score is based on a category called "Pecs and Personality." That's, um, like me 100 percent. I'm not sure I would score as well in "Leather Image."

The weekend is more than just one contest; there's a separate Bootblack contest, porn-filled parties (TItan, COLT, Falcon, All Worlds, Hot House, Raging Stallion and others who throw celebrations while in town for the Grabby's), nearly a dozen "Leather Recovery" meetings and a legendary Leather Market in the basement of the Palmer House Hilton. This year they threw in Bear Pride on the same weekend, just to be safe. Be forewarned: by Saturday morning, even the elevator buttons have lube on them. I can't say the pics below are any safer.

Pics and tricks after the jump...

How can you resist a porn award show cheeky enough to refer to itself as the Grabbys? Unlike it's more formal February predecessor, the Grabbys are more pump than pomp, a weekend long party for studios, stars and assorted hanger-on perverts. Gay Chicago Magazine puts on the ritz, but the usual suspects -- Will Clark, Rentboy.com, NakedSword.com, studios like Falcon, Titan, Hot House and Raging Stallion all staged their own events. Needless to say, things are still a bit, uh, hazy. (For those of you degenerate enough to remember that Grabby weekend is also International Mr. Leather weekend in Chicago, you'll have to wait an extra day or so for those photos ... I'm still traumatized.)

Pics and winners after the jump...

Stop me if you've heard this one: A porn star, a drag queen and a tiny baggie walk into a bar... wait, scratch that.

Okay, okay. It's unfunny cause it's true. For those of you who weren't in San Francisco for the debaucherous GayVN weekend (or, alternately, if you were here but don't remember it), the Tim and Roma show has just released their now-annual and fantastic GayVN Awards Show episode, proving that it's not impossible to cringe while erect. In addition to footage from the awards, there's the unbeatable red carpet footage, including a special audience award in which Rod Barry and Erik Rhodes tie for Most Beer-licious Porn Star. Fun times, kids. Let the slurring begin...

The Tim and Roma Show: 2007 GayVN Special! (free, launches in Real Player)
--56K (Dial Up)
--350K (DSL)
--750K (Broadband)

Related:
Tim and Roma Show homepage
Tim and Roma Blog
GayVN Red Carpet Round Up (Gay Porn Blog)

-- Mike

Tomorrow marks the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, I'm given to review the numerous intersections of gay porn and the US military campaign. In fact, given the recent expose on poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, one could fairly claim that the gay porn industry is providing better care for our boys than George Bush.

If I were coming back from a tour of Baghdad, I'd side with the 82nd Airborne division and put myself in the muscular hands of Dink Flamingo (of Active Duty fame) than George Bush's Gollum-esque claws. Baghdad may be a dry town, but based on the footage online, Fort Bragg seems to be a party base.

All Worlds director Dirk Yates did most of his reality-style porn directing in peace time (in echoes of this month's Matt Sanchez scandal, Dirk was cemented in the porn firmament in 1993 when Tom Brokaw uncovered Dirk Yates' "Marine Porn Ring" on the nightly news), but he's still the standard-bearer for all the molestory hopeful's wishing to supplement a guy's GI Bill.

While Cpl. Matt Sanchez might claim that gay porn was a personal low point for him, blue movies trump the Green Zone for many vets. Take "Aidyn" (no word on his military name) at JakeCruise.com: not long ago his abdomen was sliced open by an IED, now his ass is being split by Jake's tongue. Even if Jake isn't your type, it's pretty easy to choose between the two.

This was the first year that the GayVN Awards were held last weekend in San Francisco and for weeks the city was abuzz with one crucial question: What does one wear to the Gay Porn Oscars? (Cue the International Male hotline.)

As a public service (or is it a cautionary tale?), we present some of the highlights. This year, as it was in the beginning and will be until the end, the gay porn firmament is a guady, garish and gorgeous selection of homosexual indulgences. Having trouble with the stock market? You might want to invest in bronzer futures or put your money in peroxide. Forget the fugs; Tara Reid ain't got nuffin' on gay porn! If anyone knows where I can find a good deal on some unicorn pelt, I got some sewing to do...

I know no one believed me when I said that COLT Man Carlo Masi jumped out of a cake at the COLT 40 (get it? get it?) Party at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House celebrating COLT's fortieth year in the industry. While there weren't much malt liquor, there were plenty of cosmos and possibly some mauled lickers (nyuk nyuk nyuk). They say you can be desensitized to porn, but it's four days later and I'm still speechless.

-- Mike

While technical difficulties are keeping me from getting you the photos from the GayVNs until later today (is it possible that computer servers are as hung over as we are), last night's GayVN Awards were historic in more ways than one. Of course, the big story -- Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita swept every category in which it was nominated, besting the previous record holder (Buckshot Productions Buckleroos which nabbed 11 two years ago).

Kathy Griffin (pictured above) was raunchy enough to earn herself an GayVN as an "Honorary Gay," the designation of NakedSwordsWoman (complete with actual Sword) and a role in Folsom Filth 2: Ladies' Night (okay, I don't have proof yet on the last one). The D-List ginger took on Aaron Carter's alleged problems with methaphetamine, molested Erik Rhodes onstage and generally having a riotous time with "her gays." When presented with option of being a top or bottom, Ms. Griffin politically chose "middle," which I believe means she likes it in the vagina.

Of course, to many involved the entire weekend was a bit of a blur, beginning with the COLT 40th party (COLT Man Carlo Masi jumping out of a cake!) and ending with NakedSword's debaucherous afterparty (Roman Heart go-go dancing! Chad Hunt and Barrett Long fluffing each other by Kink.com horse stables! Brent Corrigan looking sexy -- and suspicious! Me slipping in a puddle of Belvedere and Red Bull! Oh, the decrepit glamour of gay porn -- how I love you!)

For a full list of winners (including Hot House's excellent Justice (Best Oral) and Rascal's Delinquents (Best Renting), check out the GayVN site or check out other award-winners (like Dark Alley/Pitbull Production's The Show (Best Ethnic), Collin O'Neal's Lebanon (Best Pro/Am), Raging Stallion's Manhattan (Best Ethnic - Latin), COLT's minuteman 28: Peak Experience (Best Solo) or Falcon Studio's Spokes 3 (Best Group) online. Proof of quality, after all, isn't in the judges hands -- it's in ours, right?)

-- Mike

Should you find yourself in San Francisco this weekend craving something high-brow and historically significant to balance out the nonstop undulations of adulatory self-congratulation and debauch that is known as the GAYVN Award weekend, then you may be in luck.

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society is holding "Erotic Legacies", a reception to honor the history of GLBT erotica, complete with a mini-exhibit of gay erotic "gems" from their extensive collection and tours of their porn in their world-renowned archives.

Erotic Legacies
6-7:30 pm
Today, (2/22/07)

GLBT Historical Society
57 Mission Street, Suite 300 in San Francisco.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more info, check out the GLBT Historical Society Web site



Photo: Athletic Model Guild, c. 1950s, GLBT Historical Society

-- Jack

If you thought that porn stars didn't have the same relationship problems that you do ... you'd be right. On A Very Special Tim and Roma, our fearless hosts tackle the eternal question: How do porn stars -- let alone gay men -- manage to keep a relationship together while slurping so much cock. The answer provided by real life porn star gay couple Chad Donovan and Antonio Madiera: threesomes! Yes, your life is more boring, but at least you get to see Chad's HUMONGOUS (eleven? twelve?) cock:

Pretend that you're the Lucky Pierre sandwiched between Chad and Antonio (or the also interviewed Brad Patton and Brian Hansen) in the clip on the right.

(If you're having trouble watching it here, go directly to the Tim and Roma Show homepage and try downloading it to iTunes.)

Amour! Amour!

-- Mike