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Move over Oscars — you’re not the only game in town announcing nominations this week! Because where there are Academy Awards to honor the best in film, lurking nearby are the Golden Raspberry Awards to recognize the worst achievements made in the past year, thus balancing out the cinematic universe. And of course, any daring actor worth their salt will find themselves acknowledged by both institutions over the course of a career, as brilliantly demonstrated by Halle Berry. Affectionately nicknamed the Razzies (as am I by a work colleague who calls me “Razzie,” short for Razzmatazz), the 45th annual awards take place a day before the Oscars on March 1. This year’s crop of nominees range from comic book to video game to breakfast cereal adaptations, plus whatever genre Megalopolis is. And the nominees are:
The voters behind the Razzie Awards have announced their nominees for what they deem the “worst” films and performances of the year.
Five movies tied for the dubious distinction of earning the most nods, with six each for video game adaptation Borderlands, the widely panned Joker: Folie à Deux, Marvel movie Madame Web, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis and Ronald Reagan biopic Reagan, featuring Jon Voight “imitating Bullwinkle’s nemesis Boris Badenov as its narrator,” according to a Jan. 21 press release.
Last year, the independent slasher parody Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey — based on the beloved A.A. Milne character — took home the trophy for “worst picture,” Megan Fox won “worst actress” for Johnny & Clyde and “worst supporting actress” for Exp4ndables while Voight — a “worst supporting actor” nominee in 2025 — took home “worst actor” for Mercy.
This year’s winners — who will take home a $4.97 gold spray-painted statuette, according to the release — will be revealed on Saturday, March 1, the day before the Academy Awards. Read on for the full slate of nominees.
Worst Picture
Borderlands
Joker: Folie à Deux
Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan
Actor
Jack Black, Dear Santa
Zachary Levi, Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid, Reagan
Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted
Actress
Cate Blanchett, Borderlands
Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux
Bryce Dallas Howard, Argylle
Dakota Johnson, Madame Web
Jennifer Lopez, Atlas
Supporting Actor
Jack Black, Borderlands
Kevin Hart, Borderlands
Shia LaBeouf, Megalopolis
Tahar Rahim, Madame Web
Jon Voight, Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers
Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, Argyle and Kraven the Hunter
Leslie Anne Down, Reagan
Emma Roberts, Madame Web
Amy Schumer, Unfrosted
FKA twigs, The Crow
I know what you’re all thinking: what about Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga — Parts 1-3,612?! History will judge this snub. There are a few more categories, but these are my predictions for the ones excerpted above: I’m going with Megalopolis for Worst Picture, down to its scale matching its degree of nonsensicality. I think Dakota Johnson has Actress pretty locked up, yes? Even if “He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died,” didn’t make it into the final film, the line from the trailer was a MOMENT. As for Actor, I’m torn, because while I’d love for Zachary Levi to be declared a worst at anything, he’d still be winning an award. Supporting Actress is a complete toss up, but Supporting Actor? Come on, it has to go to Jon Voight, for the sheer breadth of contributions alone! Not everyone can appear in four clunkers in a single year, it is impressive. No wonder the president tapped him to be a new ambassador to the country of Hollywood. (Sidenote: how did I miss the release of a Reagan biopic with a Rocky & Bullwinkle connection? Thank moose and squirrel that my father isn’t around to see my transgression.) So yeah, Jon Voight for the win, or the whole thing is rigged!
PS — I know Razzies are film and not TV, but it seems appropriate to reminisce here on Voight’s hilarious line reading from Ray Donovan. “What did yooooooooou do Raymond?”
Todd Phillips, Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix attends ‘ Joker: Folie a Deux ‘ – UK Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, England. UK. Wednesday 25th September 2024 -,Image: 912099569, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NORESTRICTIONS, Model Release: no, Pictured: Joker: Folie a Deux – UK Premiere, Credit line: James Warren / Bang Showbiz / Avalon
Celebrities attend The World Premiere of Madame Web held at Regency Village Theatre
Featuring: Celeste O’Connor, Sydney Sweeney, Dakota Johnson and Isabela Merced
Where: Los Angeles, California, United States
When: 12 Feb 2024
Credit: Media Punch/INSTARimages
Todd Phillips, Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix during ‘Joker folie a deux’ red Carpet – The 81st Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy 04 Sept 2024,Image: 904760934, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli / AGF Foto / Avalon
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