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Featured Star: Matthew Rush

Matthew RushSix feet tall and full of muscle, Matthew Rush has been one of the most popular gay porn stars of the last decade. Born on September 22, 1972, Matthew is on the cusp of Virgo and Libra.

After filming his first adult movies in 2001, it wasn’t long before Matthew was one of the industry’s superstars. His immense popularity showed when he won Best Newcomer trophies at the Grabbys and the GayVN Awards in 2002, along with Best Solo at the Grabbys the same year. Matthew’s trophy case must be getting full, as he’s taken home Grabby Awards for Best Performer and Best Duo (2003), a Grabby Award for Hottest Ass (2005), and a Grabby Award for Best Versatile Performer (2010). He also became a member of the Grabby Awards Wall of Fame in 2006.

Such was Matthew’s star power that he became one of the few performers ever to sign a lifetime exclusive contract with Falcon Studios, for which he starred in films like The Recruits, From Top To bottom, and Bootstrap. Matthew also directed his first feature for Falcon Studios, Rush and Release. On screen Matthew is known mainly as a top, although he has bottomed for a handful of performers including Ethan Kage, Erik Rhodes and Rob Romoni.

Matthew has achieved success as a mainstream actor, a dream of many porn stars. He has appeared in the TV detective film Third Man Out alongside Chad Allen and in the motion picture Another Gay Movie. Matthew has also enjoyed a lot of success in theater, acting in the traveling stage production of Making Porn as well as Naked Men, Psycho Beach Party and CellbloQ.

Aside from performing, Matthew is a bodybuilder and professional trainer under his real name, Gregory Grove. He has competed at the Gay Games in Sydney, Australia, and hopes to one day open a gym. Matthew also works as head of “FabScout Live,” a live entertainment division of gay adult agency FabScout.

In January of 2009 Matthew made industry headlines when he announced he’d be parting ways with Falcon Studios. Matthew asked to be let out of his Lifetime Exclusive contract in order to pursue other interests within the industry. His final performance for Falcon was a live webcam show on January 11, 2009. His first post-Falcon porn shoot was with Pantheon Productions in San Francisco on January 23, 2009, for the film Brief Encounters. Riding the wave of Pottermania, Matthew starred as the evil Voldemorecock in the 3D feature Whorrey Potter and the Sorceror’s Balls in spring 2010. AEBN has just added his latest film, Affirmative Blacktion — an all-star extravaganza of interracial butt sex that you’ll gush over, quite literally!

Affirmative Blacktion Whorrey Potter and the Sorceror's Balls Brief Encounters The Best of Matthew Rush

2011 Grabby Awards Winners Announced

CHICAGO — The 2011 Grabby Awards on Saturday night attracted a galaxy of gay porn stars and their fans who honored gay adult industry’s best talent and performers, including big-winner Brent Everett, who won the Best Actor award and shared the Performer of the Year award with Samuel Colt.

And Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios took home 10 awards, including three for “Brutal 1 & 2,” the two-part epic, which won for Best Director, Best Videographer and Best Supporting Actor. Raging Stallion/Falcon received 60 nominations for the Grabbys.

“Stars have flown in from all over the country and world for the most anticipated weekend in the industry,” Stacy Bridges told GoPride.com of the evening’s festivities hosted by Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West,

Bridges and Mark Nagel, the show’s organizers and producers, called this year’s award ceremony at Chicago’s Park West Theatre another success of the awards program presented by Grab Magazine. The show coincides annually with International Mr. Leather over Memorial Day weekend.

Other award winners included Next Door Studios, which won Best Original Content, and Naked Sword, which won Best VOD Site. Channel 1 Releasing won Best Affiliate Program.

Sister Roma, Steve Shay, Brandon Baker and Dean Monroe all were presented with a Grabby Wall of Fame awards and the Gay Porn Times won Best Porn Blog.

Chris Ward, president of Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios, said that his company was honored for “overwhelming recognition.”

“This is a testament to the talent and hard work that our directors, models and staff members bring to every production, and I am tremendously proud of all of them,” he said.

Here is the complete list of winners: (after the jump)
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2011 Grabby Award Nominations

The 2011 Grabby Awards have been announced! Grabby Awards (better known as The Grabbys), are presented annually in Chicago to honor work done in the gay porn industry. The awards are sponsored by Grab Magazine, a free weekly that describes itself as “Chicago’s premier LGBT publication.” The first Grabby Awards (formally known as Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards) were given in 1991, when the awards were listed in the year-end issue of Gay Chicago Magazine. This year, the Grabby events will be held over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, IL, with the Grabby Awards show on Saturday, May 28th, at the Park West Theatre. Red carpet/doors open at 6:00 PM.  Show stars at 7:30 PM.  For the complete list of nominees, click here.

BEST NEWCOMER
Eric Austyn
Brandon Bangs
Kennedy Carter
Landon Conrad
Drew Cutler
Steve Daigle
Jimmy Durano
Kris Evans
Jayden Grey
Jake Lyons
Landon Mycles
Riley Price
Angel Rock
Brandon Wilde

BEST VERSATILE PERFORMER
Benjamin Bradley
Rod Daily
Tommy Defendi
Shane Frost
Adam Killian
Kyle King
Wilfried Knight
Brandon Lewis
Luke Marcum
Matthew Rush

PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Samuel Colt
Landon Conrad
Race Cooper
Drew Cutler
Rod Daily
Steven Diagle
Brent Everett
Kris Evans
Conner Habib
Adam Killian
Wilfied Knight
Brandon Lewis
Angelo Marconi
Landon Mycles
Austin Wilde

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