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2008 BET Awards :: Recap and Review

The 2008 BET Awards were held on Tuesday ... the awards show recognizes the best in music, film and sports ...

Kanye West won two awards (Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Best Collaboration) ... Alicia Keyes was named Best Female R&B Artist ...

The handing out of the awards was entertaining ... but the highlight of the night were the many, many performances ... ranging from a showstopping opening number by Usher ("Love in This Club") to T-Pain with Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi to Keys, who led a '90s revival with appearances by R&B super groups TLC (T-Boz and Chilli), En Vogue and SWV ...

Here is a list of the winners ...

* Video of the Year: UGK featuring Outkast, "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)"
* Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown
* Best Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keys
* Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Kanye West
* Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Missy Elliott
* Best Gospel Artist: Marvin Sapp
* Best New Artist: The-Dream
* Best Group: UGK
* Best Collaboration: Kanye West featuring T-Pain, "Good Life"
* Best Video Director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto
* Viewers' Choice Award: Lil Wayne featuring Static, "Lollipop"
* BET J Award: Raheem DeVaughn
* Best Actor: Denzel Washington
* Best Actress: Halle Berry
* Female Athlete of the Year: Candace Parker
* Male Athlete of the Year: Kobe Bryant

~Papi Chulo~

Oscars Put an End to Threesomes

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that its changing the rules of its Music, Original Song category ...

A film will only be eligible for two nominations for Original Song ... although a production may submit any number of songs for consideration ...

~Papi Chulo~

Lexington Steele, Mercenary Pictures Win 4 Urban Spice Awards

Legendary performer Lexington Steele picked up four awards at the first annual Urban Spice Awards on Sunday ...

Steele ... as a performer ... and his company ... Mercenary Pictures ... were recognized ...

Here is the full press announcement ...

Performer Lexington Steele and his company, Mercenary Pictures, added four Urban Spice Award trophies to his collection of accolades.

Steele won Crossover Male and Visionary at the first Urban Spice Awards ceremony on June 8 at Platinum Live in Studio City, Calif.

Mercenary Pictures' Lex on Blondes 4 also was named Best Interracial Release and Black Moon Rising 6 won Best Pro-Am Release.

"The Urban Spice Awards were voted on by the fans, and it's wins like these that mean a lot to myself and everyone at Mercenary Pictures," Steele said. "It's great to know the fans enjoyed the interracial action in Lex on Blondes 4 as well as the ethnic amateurs Tina Tyler brings together in Black Moon Rising 6. They also recognized my strides to bridge the gulf between mainstream and adult by awarding me with the Crossover Male award and they understand the increasing role of ethnic and interracial in adult entertainment with my Visionary award."

Mercenary Pictures series include ManHammer, Lex Steele XXX, SuperWhores, Black Reign, Pole Position: Lex POV and IronHead. Company owner Lexington Steele has directed more than 35 videos, and continues to perform exclusively for Mercenary.

For more information on Lexington Steele ... Click Here ...

~Papi Chulo~

2008 Urban Spice Awards

The first annual Urban Spice Awards were held at Platinum Live on Sunday ... The first-ever event was organized by director Giana Taylor ... The awards were created to "celebrate outstanding achievement in Black, Latin and Asian porn" ... and last night the stars came out to celebrate and show their support ...

Sean Michaels: "It was a poignant night. This is something that needed to be done long ago. When I came into the industry in 1986-87, there was a big issue with racism ... and there still is an issue with racism. But there is definitely more promise in this industry's future for ethnic performers and white performers. We all want to be recognized and appreciated. Why exile a huge part of the adult industry when it comes to certain awards shows? It's just really rude and disrespectful. This is a launching pad for many future ethnic events. People need to recognize the relevance of tonight. This is a $13-14 billion dollar industry and the urban community is such a big part of that. It's really just time to recognize us the right way."

The awards show started with the induction of the Hall of Fame recipients ... Jeannie Pepper, Mr. Marcus, Julian St. Jox, Byron Long, Devlin Weed, and Sean Michaels took the stage ... Also inducted (but not at the actual ceremony) were Heather Hunter, Ray Victory, Vanessa Del Rio and Johnny Keyes ...

West Coast Productions received the Lifetime Achievement Award ... National sales manager Vernel along with Mr. Marcus, ManDingo, Alexander DeVoe and others gathered on stage to speak on the company's impact on porn ...

Alexander DeVoe: "Without West Coast there wouldn't be me. [Owner] James Alexander gave me creative rein to develop my stuff. I learned what worked and what didn't."

ManDingo: "If it weren't for West Coast a lot of us wouldn't be here."

Among those in attendance were ... Shorty Mac, Pinky, Marco Banderas, Cherokee, Jada Fire, Trina Michaels, Jessica Drake, Julia Ann, Trinity Post, Sophie Dee, Priya Ray, Karen Stagliano, Gianna, Jon Jon, Lee Bang, Tommy Gunn, Brad Armstrong, Ivan, Tony T, Juan Cuba, Grip Johnson and Sara Jay ...

Giana Taylor: "It was very hectic, but I feel we had a great turnout and I'm so glad everyone came out and supported the movement. I think next year it will be better. It was definitely a learning experience for me. I know I have to get a bigger venue and more staff! I just hope everybody enjoyed the show and come back next year. The first year is always the hardest."

Here is a complete list of the winners ...

Lauren Hutton Still Suffers from Verbal Diarrhea

Former supermodel Lauren Hutton continues to act bizarrely in her old age ... First she's calling the writers of the Sex and the City movie gay sluts ... and now while accepting an A-List Award on Bravo she delivers an odd acceptance speech ...

Lauren Hutton: "I've been up for 46 hours. It's a long story, but a good one."

The 64-year-old model/actress doesn't give the "good" story but she does babbles on and on about how the award will make a useful kitchen utensil ... and how all awards should be collected and used to "fill one of the holes in our atmosphere" ...

Here is the clip ...

~Papi Chulo~

2008 F.A.M.E. Awards

The 2008 F.A.M.E. Awards were held Saturday night on the main stage of Erotica LA at the Los Angeles Convention Center ...

Over 300 stars were in attendance ... and nearly 104,000 votes were placed by fans for the awards ...

Here is the complete list of winners ...

Favorite Female Starlet: Tera Patrick
Favorite Male Star: Evan Stone
Favorite Celebrity Sex Tape: 1 Night in Paris (Red Light District)
Favorite Feature Movie: Babysitters (Digital Playground)
Favorite Oral Starlet: Penny Flame
Favorite Anal Starlet: Jenna Haze
Favorite Breasts: Ashlynn Brooke
Favorite Ass: Gina Lynn
Hottest Body: Jesse Jane
Favorite Female Rookie: Bree Olson
Favorite Gonzo Movie: InTERActive (Hustler/Teravision)
Favorite Director: Stormy Daniels
Dirtiest Girl in Porn: Hillary Scott
Favorite Studio: Evil Angel
Favorite Underrated Star: Brooke Haven

~Papi Chulo~

"Not Bewitched XXX" Trailer to Debut at F.A.M.E. Awards

An animated trailer for Not Bewitched XXX will debut at the F.A.M.E. Awards ...

Producers Scott David and Jeff Mullen of X-Play will be at Saturday's award show to debut a 60-second trailer for the new sitcom porn parody ...

Not Bewitched XXX stars Jenna Haze as Samantha, Teagan as Tabitha, Mike Horner as Darren, Ron Jeremy as Dr. Bombay and Nina Hartley as Endora ...

Jeff Mullen: "Not Bewitched XXX is our best piece of work ever. This is really becoming one hell of a movie with a great cast, hot sex and a belly full of laughs and our work with Copper Digital on the animation is wonderful."

A full-length trailer will premiere at the end of the month when the movie's official site launches ... Not Bewitched XXX arrives on DVD in September from Adam & Eve Pictures ...

Scott David: "We took our time making Not Bewitched XXX so that we would get every detail just right. The chance to debut the trailer came at the perfect time and we're happy that the F.A.M.E. Awards organizers asked us to showcase it to the fans."

~Papi Chulo~

Urban Spice Awards Pre-Party

The official pre-party for the first annual Urban Spice Awards will take place on May 30 at Weber's (19312 Vanowen St., Reseda CA 91335) ...

The pre-party is hosted by industry veteran Mr. Marcus ... and fan favorite Pinky ...

Several porn stars have been invited as special guests ... those include Shorty Mac, J-Strokes, Beauty Dior, Jazmin Cashmere, Cherokee, Rock, Shyla Haze, Rico Strong, Ethan Hunt, Sydnee Capri, Prince Yahshua and Carmen Hayes ...

Event organizer and founder Giana Taylor will also be at the pre-party ... as will directors Alexander DeVoe, Lee G, Diana DeVoe and John E. Depth ...

The Urban Spice Awards will take place June 8 at Platinum Live in Studio City ...

~Papi Chulo~

2008 Grabby Award Winners

The 2008 Grabby Awards were held over the weekend in Chicago ... The Saturday night event was hosted by famed director Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West ...

This year had many awards handed out twice ... due to many ties ...

Here are the major award winners ...

:: Performer Awards ::

Best Actor(s)
TIE: Jason Ridge and Erik Rhodes

Best Newcomer(s)
TIE: Steve Cruz and Blake Riley

Best Non-sex Performance
Lou Cass

Best Performer(s)
TIE: Jake Deckard and Jason Ridge

Best Supporting Actor
Ricky Sinz

Best Versatile Performer
Erik Rhodes

Hottest Bottom
Jesse Santana

Hottest Cock (Uncut)
Devin Moss

Hottest Cock (Cut)
Diesel Washington

Hot House Named Top Studio at EGPA Awards