All good things must come to an end...

So must the 2008 Out 100 Awards.

For lots more from the show and a full recap check back next week.

In the meantime -- we're headed to the after party and suggest you do a little partying of your own wherever you are!

-- NM

On stage: Labelle performs

Photos by Rae Votta

On stage: Presenters and award winners

Mark Ronson presenting to Sam Sparro

...after Cheyenne Jackson accepts, joking, "And I didn't even have to kiss a girl!"

Michelle Williams introducing Labelle

Adele is barely able to reach the mic, but is so adorable as she presents to Kay Perry...

Dan & Dean Caten accept for Stylemakers of the Year

John Cameron Mitchell presents to Gus Van Sant

The men of Milk, including screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (right) accept on Van Sant's behalf.

Photos by Rae Votta

Scene: Wilson Cruz, Suede, Michael Lucas

Wilson Cruz and Out's Matt Breen

Project Runway's Suede (left)

Michael Lucas in Bottega Veneta

Photos by Rae Votta

Scene: Sistah, don't you bother me!

And we won't. Because these three are fi-erce (hey! Where is Siriano?!) the 30-years-in-waiting trio introduced their second number first with a shout out to Obama (the crowd goes wild!) Then Labelle kicked it up a notch by slamming Prop 8. Sister don't you bother me! Here's hoping.

-- JH

Scene: Labelle Reunited at Out 100!

It takes more than one superstar to bring together a room full of hundreds of gay men and women after, oh, three hours of revelry and drink. But three legends reunited certainly did the trick. Niña Hendryx, Sarah Dash, and Patti Labelle rocked the house together for the first time in THIRTY years. That shut the room up for a second. Until everyone just screamed their hearts out.

-- JH

On stage... Jane Krakowski

The 30 Rock funny woman is presenting Cheyenne Jackson with the Entertainer of the Year award. A few of our favorite moments from her show below:

On stage: Dsquared2

Identical twin brothers, Dean and Dan Caten, are the masterminds behind Dsquared2 known for their low-lower-lowest-cut jeans and explosive runway spectacles are receiving the award for Stylemakers of the Year.

Check out some backstage footage of the guys (and a few drool-worthy models) at one of their Milan runway shows:

Now playing: Katy Perry's acceptance speech for Musician of the Year

She couldn't be here in the room either...

Artist of the Year: Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant is Out's Artist of the Year:

Coming after several years of smaller, independent films from the director (2003's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Elephant, 2007's Paranoid Park), Gus Van Sant's latest mainstream movie foray, Milk, is arguably his most ambitious undertaking to date. The robust cast of young actors is rivaled in number only by Spartacus and 300, yet with his deft hand he manages to make ample use of every actor who comes into the frame, most notably Sean Penn, James Franco, Diego Luna, and Emile Hirsch. Though Van Sant has always favored realistic and compelling storytelling over creating positive gay role models for their own sake, in Milk his admiration for the San Francisco politician is clear.

The road to Milk was hardly an easy one, with everyone and their boyfriend racing to get rights to various versions of the story onto the screen. After Van Sant read Dustin Lance Black's tremendous script and signed on to direct the film, Academy Award–winning producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen quickly came on board, and in a matter of months, the Portland, Ore.–based Van Sant was on his way to San Francisco to create the long-awaited epic. Both Penn and Franco cite Van Sant's involvement as the major force behind their interest in heading the cast. The auteur—whose genre-defying films include Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, the Oscar-nominated Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, and Last Days—will undoubtedly have a very busy awards season next spring as Academy voters consider Milk.

Photo: Greg Lotus