Also called "The Razzies". And by "raspberry" we mean a
big, loud, wet one, although the the trophy portrays, for simplicity's sake, a fruit.
When you've made a movie that's
So Bad Its Horrible, this is exactly the sort of "award" you may be in for.
The Razzies have been handed out since 1981, traditionaly on the evening before
The Oscar nominations are announced. Understandably, very few people ever show up in person to accept their Raspberry, a gold-painted plastic statue costing "about $4.89".
A few have though, taking the suck-atude of their movie in stride (which
makes you wonder). A few actors and films have won both Oscars and Razzies. A select few have been nominated for both awards
for the same work. Only one, in 2010, has ever won the same award in equivalent categories in the same year (albeit for different films -
Sandra Bullock actually did turn up to collect both though, the Worst Actress Razzie for
All About Steve and the Best Actress Oscar for
The Blind Side).
Two others won simultaneous awards: composer
Alan Menken (Oscar for Score and Song in
Aladdin, Razzie for Worst Song in
Newsies) and screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Oscar for
L.A. Confidential, Razzie for
The Postman - he decided to accept the Razzie, and they delivered it to him in his office). Among the people who showed up to collect awards are
Halle Berry for
Catwoman (bringing her Oscar to the ceremony!), Tom Green for
Freddy Got Fingered, and Paul Verhoeven for
Showgirls.
Bill Cosby received his Razzie for
Leonard Part Six on a talk show. The star of
The Wild Wild West, Robert Conrad, picked up the awards for the
ill-fated adaptation starring
Will Smith as a protest.
Biggest Razzie winners are
Jack And Jill (10 awards, i.e.
all the categories),
Battlefield Earth (9 total, 7 awards upon release, Worst Drama of the Razzie's First 25 Years in 2004, and Worst Movie of the 2000s in 2010),
Showgirls (8 total, 7 awards upon release and Worst Movie of the 90s in 2000) and
I Know Who Killed Me (8 awards in 2008 - though one is kind of a cheat:
Lindsay Lohan tied with Lindsay Lohan for Worst Actress as she
played two roles) for movies,
Sylvester Stallone (10 awards, including Worst Actor of
the 80s and Worst Actor of the Century) and
Madonna (8 awards, including Worst Actress of the Century) for actors.
Remember, it's just a movie...
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