Pack Your Bongs!! HIGH TIMES' 2006 Stony Awards Returns to BB King's with Massive Hits

In lieu of a recent indescretion (some of you my have seen the scandalous weed-in-purse photo), High Times would like to extend a formal invitation to the 2006 Stony Awards on Oct. 24 to Paris Hilton, and give her a VIP (Very Important Pothead) pass to the anticipated ceremonies for a night of laughs and fun stoner banter.

Paris won’t be walking the green carpet alone. She'll be joined by a calvacade of stoner celebrities, including Stonys co-hosts Redman and Doug Benson, Adrianne Curry and Chris Knight, Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlins, Jeff "The Dude" Dowd, Penthouse Pets Krista Ayne and Aria Giovanni, James Toback and many more.

The Adam Sandler’s comedy Grandma's Boy leads all movies with six nominations, including Best Stoner Movie, Best Actor in a Movie, Best Pot Scene in a Movie, and Best Song in a Movie or TV Series. Haven, starring Orlando Bloom, snagged four nominations, and A Scanner Darkly and Stoned are both nominated for three, making them the other front-runners in the movie categories. Showtime's marijuana-friendly series Weeds received eight nominations, including Best TV Series, Best Actress in a TV Series, Best Actor in a TV Series and Stoner of the Year. HBO's popular series Entourage received four nominations.

The 2006 Stony Awards will take place at BB King's, located at 237 W. 42nd St. Ticket prices are as follows: $30 in advance, $40 day of show and $150 VIP tix.

Stonys Schedule:

Photographers are invited to shoot celebrity arrivals on the "Green Carpet" from 7-8:30 pm. Please arrive by 6:45 pm.

Doors open at 7 pm. DJ Stretch Armstrong will keep the party jumping from 7-9 pm.

Stonys showtime is 9 pm sharp. The award show will run until 10:30 pm and will be followed by special performances by Redman and Herbal Nation featuring Divadelic.

Confirmed Nominees & Presenters:

Jenji Kohan & Roberto Benbib
– Weeds creator & writer/executive producer

Adrianne Curry & Chris Knight
– My Fair Brady co-stars

Charlie Murphy & Donnell Rawlins
– Chappelle’s Show co-stars

Tom Bernard & Michael Barker
– Sony Pictures Classic co-presidents

James Toback
– Harvard Man/When Will I Be Loved director

Nicholas Jarecki
– The Outsider director

Krista Ayne & Aria Giovanna
– Penthouse Pets of the Month

Jeff Dowd
– a.k.a., The Dude (inspired The Big Lebowski)

Paul Rachman & Steven Blush
– American Hardcore director & producer

Allen St. Pierre
– NORML executive director

Gillian Grisman
– Grateful Dawg & Press On director

Ryan Miller
– Guster lead singer/guitarist

Josh Gilbert
– a/k/a Tommy Chong director

Dean Budnick & Peter Shapiro
– Wetlands Preserved director & producer

Steven Hurlburt & Flournoy Holmes
– Dreadheads co-directors

Martin Torgoff & Dana Perry
– The Drug Years co-producers

Ace Lichtenstein
– The Marijuana-Logues producer

Michael Tully & Damian Lahey
– Cocaine Angel director & co-star

Dave Bumba
– Ritalin Junkies director

Donnie L. Betts
– Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress director

Scott Shuffitt
– Lebowski Fest co-founder

Bobby Black
– High Times columnist

Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling
– NYC standup comic, former Howard Stern sidekick

Stonys Talent:

Redman is the renowned rapper who has starred in How High and Method and Red. In addition to co-hosting the Stonys, “The Funk Doc” will perform a set of songs after the awards show has concluded.

Co-host Doug Benson co-wrote and co-stars in The Marijuana-Logues. He’s a regular on Best Week Ever and performs stony standup at comedy clubs across America.

Singer-songwriter Tara Angell will open the show with her version of Weeds’ theme song, “Little Boxes.” Her debut album, Come Down, was released last year by Rykodisc.

Actor Jake Broder will perform a selection from his play, His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley in the Zam Zam Room. He’s also appeared in Kevin Spacey’s By the Sea and in Amadeus on Broadway.

Oakland-based hip-hop artist Zion I will perform their Stony-nominated song from Grandma’s Boy, “Spinning.”

New York DJ legend Stretch Armstrong will spin a two-hour set from 7-9 pm. He’s known for mix tapes, producing hip-hop artists and his Sunday night show on Hot 97.

Along with Doug Benson and Arj Barker, Tony Camin co-wrote and co-stars in The Marjijuana-Logues. Camin, Benson and Redman will perform a selection from The Marijuana-Logues. Camin hosted last year’s Stonys.

Providence-based funk band Herbal Nation recently swept the Global Marijuana Music Awards on the strength of their song, “We Love the Herb.” They have performed at the Cannabis Cup, the Boston Freedom Rally and opened for George Clinton.

Divadelic – singers Sativa and Kendra from George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic and Children of Production – will perform with Herbal Nation. Sativa is Clinton’s daughter.

2006 Stony Nominees:

BEST MOVIE
A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
Brick (Rian Johnson)
Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
Haven (Frank E. Flowers)
London (Hunter Richards)
Stoned (Stephen Wooley)

BEST STONER MOVIE
Clerks II (Kevin Smith)
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
Grandma's Boy (Nicholaus Goossen)
Nacho Libre (Jared Hess)
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (Liam Lynch)
The Comedians of Comedy (Michael Blieden)

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE
Jack Black (Nacho Libre)
Dave Chappelle (Dave Chappelle's Block Party)
Rory Cochrane (A Scanner Darkly)
Allen Covert (Grandma's Boy)
Leo Gregory (Stoned)
Luke Wilson (The Family Stone)

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE
Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Agnes Bruckner (Haven)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby)
Monet Mazur (Stoned)
Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)
Sarah Silverman (Jesus Is Magic)

STONER OF THE YEAR
Doug Benson (Best Week Ever)
Tommy Chong (That 70s Show, a/k/a Tommy Chong)
Peter Dante (Grandma's Boy)
Jerry Ferrara (Entourage)
Kevin Nealon (Weeds, Grandma's Boy)
Joe Rogan (Fear Factor)

BEST POT SCENE IN A MOVIE
A Scanner Darkly
Brokeback Mountain
Duck Season
Grandma's Boy
Haven

BEST DOCUMENTARY
a/k/a Tommy Chong (Josh Gilbert)
Awesome: I Fucking Shot That (Nathaniel Hornblower)
Tales of the Rat Fink (Ron Mann)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
The Outsider (Eugene Jarecki)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (David Leaf & John Scheinfeld)
Trudell (Heather Rae)

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Arido Movie; Brazil (Lirio Ferreira)
Duck Season; Mexico (Fernando Eimbeke)
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili; Tibet (Lu Chuan)
Pusher III: I'm the Angel of Death; Denmark (Nicholas Windng Refn)
Stoned; United Kingdom (Stephen Wooley)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Grandma's Boy
Haven
Nacho Libre
Tales of the Rat Fink
Weeds

BEST SONG IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES
“Lazy Sunday,” Adam Samberg & Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live)
“Grandma's Boyee,” Kool Keith & Kutmaster Kurt (Grandma's Boy)
“Little Boxes,” Elvis Costello (Weeds)
"Spinning," Zion I (Grandma's Boy)

BEST UNRELEASED FILM
Cocaine Angel (Michael Tully)
Commune (Jonathan Berman)
Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress (Donnie L. Betts)
Ritalin Junkies (Dave Bumba)
Wetlands Preserved (Dean Budnick)

BEST TV SERIES
Best Week Ever (V-H1)
Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (Comedy Central)
Entourage (HBO)
Family Guy (Fox)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Weeds (Showtime)

BEST CABLE NEWS SHOW
Dogs Bites Man (Comedy Central)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

BEST LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)

BEST REALITY TV SERIES
Fear Factor (NBC)
My Fair Brady (V-H1)
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
Supergroup (V-H1)
The Flavor of Love (V-H1)

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES
Jerry Ferrara (Entourage)
Adrian Grenier (Entourage)
Justin Kirk (Weeds)
Romany Malco (Weeds)
Kevin Nealon (Weeds)
Matt Walsh (Dog Bites Man)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES
Adrianne Curry (My Fair Brady)
Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds)
Tonye Patano (Weeds)
Andrea Savage (Dog Bites Man)

BEST TV SPECIAL
The Drug Years (V-H1)
100 Funniest Movies (Bravo)
When the Levees Break (HBO)

BEST STONER DVD
Coachella (Drew Thomas)
Dreadheads: Portrait of a Subculture (Steven R. Hurlburt & Flournoy Holmes)
1st Annual Bongidae (Jimbeau Andrews & Jon Phillips)
Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel (Gandulf Hennig)
Puff, Puff, Pass (Mekhi Phifer)

TOP POT COMIC
Arj Barker
Doug Benson
Tommy Chong
Zach Galifianakos
Bill Maher
Sarah Silverman

BEST PLAY
Lenny Bruce: In His Own Words (Joan Worth & Alan Sacks)
His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley in The Zam Zam Room (Philip Breen)
The Marijuana-Logues (Jim Millan)