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And the Razzie goes to…
Yearly round Oscars time, when the best in cinema is well known, an alternate awards ceremony is held that singles out the worst (a minimum of, based on them) in motion pictures – the Razzie Awards.
Round since 1981, this forty fourth version of the notorious “honors” counted Jason Statham, Vin Diesel and Ana de Armas among the nominees for worst actor and actress.
“Expend4bles,” “Meg 2: The Trench,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and the tasteless “Exorcist: Believer” had been up for worst movie of 2023.
However in a foul signal for the now-public domain figure Mickey Mouse, the horror movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey” took dwelling the Razzie for worst image, the awards affiliation introduced on Saturday.
Within the appearing classes, Academy Award-winner Jon Voight received worst actor for the movie “Mercy,” whereas Sylvester Stallone snagged worst supporting actor for “Expend4bles.”
“Transformers” star (and poet) Megan Fox had the excellence of profitable two Razzies, for worst actress and supporting actress, for “Johnny & Clyde” and “Expend4bles,” respectively.
The “Winnie the Pooh” horror movie received 4 different awards, together with worst display screen couple for Pooh and Piglet as “Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers (!),” based on the Razzie announcement.
The Razzies – additionally known as the Golden Raspberry Awards – haven’t come with out their fair proportion of controversy.
Final yr, the group was called out for nominating then-12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong for her starring function within the “Firestarter” remake, prompting an apology.
And in 2010, Sandra Bullock made a point to attend the Razzie ceremony – on the identical weekend she would later win an Oscar for “The Blind Facet” – to just accept her worst actress award for the misbegotten comedy “All About Steve.” She introduced a cartload of DVDs of the movie through which she costarred with Bradley Cooper and urged Razzie voters to really watch the film, arguing it actually wasn’t that dangerous. (This author occurs to agree with Bullock, which serves as a reminder for every thing from the Oscars to the Razzies: like several artwork kind, movie is fully subjective.)