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The Golden Raspberry Awards is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic failures. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical annual ceremony is predated by its progenitor, the Academy Awards, by five decades. The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". The statuette is a golf ball-sized raspberry atop a Super 8mm film reel atop a 35-millimeter film core with brown wood shelf paper glued and wrapped around it—sitting atop a jar lid spray-painted gold. The Golden Raspberry Foundation has claimed that the award "encourages well-known filmmakers and top-notch performers to own their bad."

History
at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards in LA in 1980 American publicist John J. B. Wilson went to see a 99-cent double feature of ''Can't Stop the Music and Xanadu and thought on his drive home that those movies deserved awards for their low quality, and subsequently started thinking of all the other films that disappointed him in 1980, particularly as he had watched hundreds of productions in his job making trailers. The following year during a potluck party held at his home in Hollywood on the night of the 53rd Academy Awards, Wilson passed ballots regarding the worst in film to the attendees, and invited his friends to give random award presentations in his living room. at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards in 2009Approximately three dozen people came to the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards. The Golden Raspberry Awards subsequently retracted the award category, saying it was inappropriate to award a Golden Raspberry to someone whose performance was affected by a medical condition. At the same time, the Awards retroactively retracted their 1980 Worst Actress nomination of Shelley Duvall in The Shining'', stating "We have since discovered that Duvall's performance was impacted by Stanley Kubrick's treatment of her throughout the production". In 2023, following backlash for nominating 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong for Worst Actress, the Golden Raspberry Awards rescinded the nomination and said individuals under age 18 would no longer be nominated. The Razzies themselves later won the category for the blunder. ==Format==
Format
at the 29th Golden Raspberry AwardsMembers of the Golden Raspberry Award Organization pay for membership, and number 650 from 19 countries. The ceremonies have generally been scheduled with both nominations and awards revealed in the day before the Academy Awards with only two exceptions; the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards had the nominees announced the day before the Academy Award nominees but the ceremony took place on April 1, and the milestone 40th Golden Raspberry Awards, the ceremonies of which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the winners revealed online. ==Recipients who have accepted their award==
Recipients who have accepted their award
Paul Verhoeven was the first person to go to the ceremony in 1996 to receive his award in the category Worst Director for the movie Showgirls. Other recipients who have accepted their Golden Raspberry Award include Bill Cosby, who became the first to accept a Razzie award, but which was presented to him in The Late Show in 1988 for his work on Leonard Part 6 (Worst Picture/Worst Screenplay/Worst Actor), Tom Green (Worst Actor/Worst Director), Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock (Worst Actress), Michael Ferris and J. D. Shapiro (Worst Screenplay), Alan Menken (Worst Original Song), Dinesh D'Souza (Worst Director), and Fifty Shades of Grey producers Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca. ==Contenders for worst and best==
Contenders for worst and best
Several people and/or films have received Razzie nominations while simultaneously receiving award nominations and other cultural honors from different organizations, sometimes for the same work or role. Razzie and Oscar Three people have won both a Razzie and an Oscar the same weekend: composer Alan Menken in 1993, screenwriter Brian Helgeland in 1997, and actress Sandra Bullock in 2010, though all three won for different films (for example, Helgeland won a Razzie for The Postman and an Oscar for L.A. Confidential). Three actors have received Oscar and Razzie acting nominations for the same role: James Coco (Only When I Laugh), Amy Irving (Yentl), and Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy). Nineteen Worst Picture nominees have been nominated for an Oscar (with only four of them "winning" the Worst Picture Razzie), with Pearl Harbor being the only film in 2002 that won in any Oscars category, namely Best Sound Editing. Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame became the first and so far only animated film to be nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie. The film was nominated for Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million at the 17th ceremony, but it was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score at the 69th Academy Awards. Blonde became the first NC-17 rated film to be nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie. The film was nominated for the most Razzies with eight at the 43rd ceremony: winning only two (including Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay), while the film's main star Ana de Armas was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards. As of 2024, 77 films have been nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie. Only one film, Wall Street, has won both awards, with Michael Douglas winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Daryl Hannah winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress. Razzie and Tony Newsies was nominated for Worst Picture at the 1993 ceremony, and Alan Menken won Worst Original Song for "High Times, Hard Times". The 2011 stage adaptation, which did not include "High Times, Hard Times", was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Menken won Best Original Score. ==Categories==
Categories
Current AwardsWorst Picture: 1980 to present • Worst Director: 1980 to present • Worst Actor: 1980 to present • Worst Actress: 1980 to present • Worst Supporting Actor: 1980 to present • Worst Supporting Actress: 1980 to present • Worst Screenplay: 1980 to present • Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel: 1994 to present, except 1996 and 1999 • Worst Screen Combo: 2013 to present • Razzie Redeemer Award: 2014 to present, except 2021 RetiredWorst Original Song: 1980 to 1999, 2002 • Worst New Star: 1981 to 1998, except 1989 • Worst Musical Score: 1981 to 1985 • Worst Visual Effects: 1986 to 1987 • Worst Screen Couple: 1994 to 2009, 2011 to 2012Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble: 2010 • Worst Screen Ensemble: 2011 to 2012 Special categories Special categories have also been introduced for specific years. Such special awards include: Anniversary awards Every decade-closing ceremony (except in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancelation of the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards) includes an award for the worst actors and movies of the decade—though the 2000 ceremony put the actors as worst of the 20th century instead. Special prizes for the 25th anniversary of the Razzies awards were also given out in 2005. ==Other types of awards==
Other types of awards
Razzie Redeemer Award The Razzie Redeemer Award is presented to a former nominee or winner who has subsequently made a comeback from critical or commercial failure. The award was introduced in 2014. Winners include Ben Affleck, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, "A Safe Hollywood-Haven", Melissa McCarthy, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Colin Farrell, Fran Drescher, Pamela Anderson and Kate Hudson. Worst Career Achievement This award has been given five times, to Ronald Reagan in 1981, to Linda Blair in 1983, to Irwin Allen in 1985, to "Bruce the Rubber Shark" from Jaws in 1987, and to director Uwe Boll in 2009 who received this for his achievement as "Germany's answer to Ed Wood". Governor's Award This is a special award given by Razzie Award Governor John J. B. Wilson to an individual whose achievements are not covered by the Razzies' other categories. It was awarded in 2003 to Travis Payne for "Distinguished Under-Achievement in Choreography" in the film From Justin to Kelly. It would again be awarded in 2021 to the year 2020 for "The Worst Calendar Year EVER!" Barry L. Bumstead Award This award is given to movies with particularly high budgets that bombed at the box office. It was awarded in 2015 to United Passions, to Misconduct in 2016, in 2017 to CHiPs and in 2018 to Billionaire Boys Club. ==Records==
Records
By films in a single year The following nominees received at least 10 nominations in a single year: The following winners received at least 6 awards in a single year: By films overall The following nominees received at least 10 nominations overall: The following winners received at least 6 awards overall: By franchise The following franchises received at least 3 nominations overall: By person The following people received at least 10 nominations overall: The following winners received at least 5 awards overall: ==Ceremonies==
Ceremonies
• 1980: 1st Golden Raspberry Awards • 1981: 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards • 1982: 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards • 1983: 4th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1984: 5th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1985: 6th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1986: 7th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1987: 8th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1988: 9th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1989: 10th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1990: 11th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1991: 12th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1992: 13th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1993: 14th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1994: 15th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1995: 16th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1996: 17th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1997: 18th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1998: 19th Golden Raspberry Awards • 1999: 20th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2000: 21st Golden Raspberry Awards • 2001: 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2002: 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2003: 24th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2004: 25th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2005: 26th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2006: 27th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2007: 28th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2008: 29th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2009: 30th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2010: 31st Golden Raspberry Awards • 2011: 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2012: 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2013: 34th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2014: 35th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2015: 36th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2016: 37th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2017: 38th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2018: 39th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2019: 40th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2020: 41st Golden Raspberry Awards • 2021: 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2022: 43rd Golden Raspberry Awards • 2023: 44th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2024: 45th Golden Raspberry Awards • 2025: 46th Golden Raspberry Awards == Reception == The Razzies have received criticism, including from news sources such as IndieWire and The Daily Telegraph, for several issues, including that members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation are not required to watch the nominated films.) Critics take issue with the Razzies picking "easy targets" and critically panned mainstream films instead of those perceived as less popular but more deserving of notice, and continuing to appeal to celebrities, seemingly for publicity and attention. The Razzies have also seen significant criticism from both within the industry and its own voting body for including underage actors and actresses in their ballots and nominations, with many noting the outcome of their careers and later personal and legal issues. Among those who were nominated or won include Aileen Quinn (at age 11) for Annie (winner), Gary Coleman (at age 14) for On the Right Track in 1982, Macaulay Culkin (at age 14) for Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster, and Richie Rich in 1995, Jake Lloyd (at age 11) for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Jaden Smith (age 15) for After Earth (winner), and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (at age 12) for Firestarter. Maddie Ziegler, though 18 years old when nominated, won Worst Supporting Actress for Music, released in 2021, for a role she played at 14 years old during filming in 2017. After backlash in 2023, the Razzies announced they would no longer nominate individuals under age 18. ==See also==
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