Golden Raspberry Awards

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The Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. Current awards are voted upon by the membership of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Traditionally, nominations are announced one day before the Motion Picture Academy announces its Oscar nominations, and the awards are presented one day before the Oscar ceremony.

The term "raspberry" is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry."

Many quite distinguished actors, directors and producers have received the recognition of a Golden Raspberry.

Due to the nature of the award, it is typically not picked up by its recipients. In fact, this has only happened three times in the history of the awards. The first was when Paul Verhoeven accepted Worst Director for Showgirls in 1996. The second was when Tom Green accepted all five of his Razzie Awards including Worst Picture for Freddy Got Fingered in 2002.

Ben Affleck, after winning "Worst Actor" for his work in Gigli asked why he didn't get his trophy. He was presented the Razzie live on the Larry King Show a week later, which he promptly smashed. The smashed razzie fetched quite a haul on e-bay.

The third was when Halle Berry surprised Hollywood, clutching her Academy Award in one hand and her Razzie in the other, she gave a mock breathless acceptance speech at the 2004 awards. Berry had won the award for worst actress for her performance in Catwoman which also won in three other categories. Shortly after this incident John Wilson released a statement to the press praising Halle Berry's other performances and stating that he looks forward to Berry giving another Oscar-worthy performance.

1 Types of Awards
2 See also
3 External links

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Types of Awards

Over the years the Golden Raspberry Awards have had three different awards.

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Razzie Award

The most famous award. It usually takes the form of a raspberry on a plastic base and is spray painted gold. It was first awarded in 1981.

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Worst Career Achievement Award

This award was only awarded from 1981 to 1987.

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Governor's Award

This is a special award given by Razzie Award governor John Wilson to an individual whose achievements are not covered by the Razzie's other categories. It was awarded in 2003 to Travis Payne for "Distinguished Under-Achievement in Choreography" in the film From Justin to Kelly.

Golden Raspberry Awards