The Golden Raspberries~ Celebrating Crappy Cinema

by Jonathan Kiersky | February 12, 2007

It’s that time of the year- no, not the Grammy’s (which were just a little too nauseating to watch after The Police decided that, yes, they do still hate each other some twenty-odd years later.) and no, not the Oscars- it’s time for the real awards to be handed out for the 27th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, or just the Razzies. The Razzies have been around since the early 1980’s and celebrating everything that is tremendously crappy in the film world. From weekly (and sometimes daily) updates on the film’s released each weekend to the “classics” that the big tube in the sky likes to send down through our television portals, the Golden Raspberries neither play favorites nor do they hold back any criticism. This year, on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 7:30pm/PST, (at The Ivar Theatre in Hollywood), the Razzies will once again hand out their ultra-chic trophies (golden spray-painted raspberry atop a 8mm reel) to those people, persons or films that were just so craptastic, their ineptitude just couldn’t be overlooked. Here is a quick look at some former “winners”. For more information on the Razzies, check out www.razzies.com

2005
Worst Picture: DIRTY LOVE
Worst Actress: Jenny McCarthy / DIRTY LOVE
Worst Actor: Rob Schneider / DOUCHE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO

2004
Worst Picture: CATWOMAN
Worst Actress: Halle Berry/CATWOMAN
Worst Actor in a Leading Role: George W. Bush/FAHRENHEIT 9/11

2003
Worst Picture: GIGLI
Worst Actor: Ben Affleck/GIGLI
Worst Actress: Jennifer Lopez/GIGLI
Worst Screen Couple: Affleck & Lopez/GIGLI

ALL-TIME RAZZIE® AWARDS CHAMPIONS: As of 26th Annual RAZZIE Awards

ALL-TIME WORST "ACTOR"
SYLVESTER STALLONE with 30 Nominations & 10 Awards (so far!)
SLY’s RAZZIE “WINS”
Worst Actor of 1984 for RHINESTONE
Worst Actor, Director & Screenplay of 1985 for both RAMBO II and ROCKY IV
Worst Actor of 1988 for RAMBO III
Worst Actor of the DECADE (For the 1980s)
Worst Actor of 1992 for STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT!
Worst Screen Couple of 1994 w/Sharon Stone in THE SPECIALIST
Worst Actor of the CENTURY for “95% of Everything He’s Ever Done”
Worst Supporting Actor of 2003 for SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER
Runner-Up as All-Time Worst Actor: KEVIN COSTNER
(with 16 Nominations and 6 Awards – So Far!)

ALL-TIME WORST "ACTRESS"
MADONNA with 15 Nominations & 9 Awards (so far!)
MADONNA’s RAZZIE “WINS”
Worst Actress of 1986 for SHANGHAI SURPRISE
Worst Actress of 1987 for WHO’S THAT GIRL?
Worst Actress of 1993 for BODY OF EVIDENCE
Worst Supporting Actress of 1995 for FOUR ROOMS
Worst Actress of the CENTURY for All of the Above – and MORE!
Worst Actress of 2000 for THE NEXT BEST THING
Worst Actress & Worst Screen Couple of 2002 for SWEPT AWAY (w/Adrianno Gianinni)
Worst Supporting Actress of 2002 for DIE ANOTHER DAY
Runner-Up as All-Time Worst Actress: BO DEREK
(with 11 Nominations and 6 Awards, so far -- including Worst Actress of the DECADE for the 1980’s)

ALL-TIME WORST PICTURES:
BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000) and SHOWGIRLS (1995) TIED with 7 "Wins" Each
NOTE: SHOWGIRLS amassed the Most Nominations Ever with 13 Nods
(More Noms Than There were Categories!)
It also “won” Worst Picture of The Decade for the 1990’s.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH got 8 nominations, and also "won" Worst Drama of Our First 25 Years at The Gala 25th Annual RAZZIE® Awards.
Runner-Up as All-Time Worst Picture:
THE LONELY LADY (1983) (with 11 Nominations & 6 "Wins")