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Golden Raspberry Awards
John Wilson at 29th Golden Raspberry Awards
Description	Worst in film
Country	United States
Presented by	Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
First awarded	1981
Website	http://www.razzies.com/

This is a list of people who accepted Golden Raspberry Awards. The Golden Raspberry Awards, known as the Razzies, is an awards ceremony to recognize the worst in film. American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson traditionally held pot luck dinner parties at his house in Los Angeles on the night of the Academy Awards, and decided to formalize the event after watching a double feature of Can't Stop the Music and Xanadu. Approximately three dozen people came to the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards. The 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards had double the attendance as the first, and the 3rd awards ceremony had double this number. By the 4th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony, CNN and two major wire services covered the event. According to Razzies tradition the ceremony itself precedes the corresponding Academy Award function by one day. The awards themselves typically cost US$4.79 each, in the form of a "golfball-sized raspberry" which sits atop a Super 8 mm film reel; the whole of which is spray-painted gold.

In 1988, Comedian Bill Cosby became the first recipient to accept a Golden Raspberry Award, for the film Leonard Part 6. Arrangements were made to present Cosby with his awards on a late-night program on the Fox Network. Fox made Cosby's awards out of 24-carat gold and Italian marble, which cost almost $30,000. Tom Selleck accepted his award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in the 1992 film Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. His award was presented to him when he appeared on The Chevy Chase Show. Paul Verhoeven accepted Worst Picture and Worst Director awards for the 1995 film Showgirls, at the awards ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Verhoeven became the first recipient to claim his award in person at the awards ceremony. In 1998, Brian Helgeland accepted his award for worst Screenplay for his work on the film The Postman. John J.B. Wilson presented Helgeland with the trophy at the recipient's Finestkind Productions office at Warner Bros.

Tom Green's 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered won in five categories at the 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards. Green had to be dragged off of the stage while accepting one of his awards because he would not stop playing the harmonica. At the 24th Golden Raspberry Awards, Ben Affleck was recognized in the Worst Actor category for his work on films Gigli, Daredevil, and Paycheck. In early March 2004, Affleck joked on the radio, complaining he was "stiffed" because he had not been given his Worst Actor trophy. On March 16, 2004, Affleck was presented with his trophy in an appearance on Larry King Live. The 2004 film Catwoman received multiple dishonors at the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actress and Worst Screenplay. Halle Berry attended the ceremony and accepted her award for Worst Actress while holding her Academy Award for her performance in Monster's Ball in one hand and her Golden Raspbery Award trophy in the other.

Background

American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson traditionally held pot luck dinner parties at his house in Los Angeles on the night of the Academy Awards. In 1981, after the 53rd Academy Awards had completed for the evening, Wilson invited friends to give random award presentations in his living room. Wilson decided to formalize the event, after watching a double feature of Can't Stop the Music and Xanadu. He gave them ballots to vote on worst in film. Wilson stood at a podium made of cardboard in a tacky tuxedo, with a foam ball attached to a broomstick as a fake microphone, and announced Can't Stop the Music as the first Razzie Award for Worst Picture. The impromptu ceremony was a success, and the following week a press release about his event released by Wilson was picked up by a few local newspapers, including a mention in the Los Angeles Daily News with the headline: "Take These Envelopes, Please".

The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". Wilson commented to the author of Blame It on the Dog: "When I registered the term with the Library of Congress in 1980, they asked me, 'Why raspberry? What's the significance of that?' But since then, razz has pretty much permeated the culture. We couldn't have done it without Hollywood's help." Wilson is referred to as "Ye Olde Head Razzberry". The ceremony's program is modeled after the Academy Awards, but is "deliberately low-end and tacky". The awards themselves typically cost US$4.79 each, in the form of a "golfball-sized raspberry" which sits atop a Super 8 mm film reel; the whole of which is spray-painted gold.

Approximately three dozen people came to the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards. The 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards had double the attendance as the first, and the 3rd awards ceremony had double this number. By the 4th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony, CNN and two major wire services covered the event. Wilson realized that by scheduling the Golden Raspberry Awards prior to the Academy Awards, the ceremony would get more press coverage: "We finally figured out you couldn't compete with the Oscars on Oscar night, but if you went the night before, when the press from all over the world are here and they are looking for something to do, it could well catch on," he said to BBC News.

According to Razzies tradition the ceremony itself precedes the corresponding Academy Award function by one day. Paid members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation vote to determine the winners; individuals may become members of the foundation by visiting the organization's website at www.razzies.com.

History

Bill Cosby was recognized at the 8th Golden Raspberry Awards with awards Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Actor, for the film 1987 Leonard Part 6. Cosby became the first recipient to claim an award. Cosby's trophy was worth $1.97. "I said to my publicist when I got the word, 'I want my Golden Raspberry and if it isn't golden, I'm going to the press.' My publicist called back and said they were upset, that they said they were just a little outfit operating out of one room. They tried to cop out. But if you take a big name and you say 'worst,' you have to perform. So they came up with the trophies and I got them on a show on the Fox network. It was a lot of fun to do, because they weren't serious and had never been called on it by anyone who got a Razzie," said Cosby. Arrangements were made to present Cosby with his awards on a late-night program on the Fox Network. Fox made Cosby's awards out of 24-carat gold and Italian marble, which cost almost $30,000. He later showed his trophy on The Tonight Show.

Tom Selleck accepted his award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in the 1992 film Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. He portrayed the character of King Ferdinand of Spain in the film. His award was presented to him when he appeared on The Chevy Chase Show.

Paul Verhoeven accepted Worst Picture and Worst Director awards for the 1995 film Showgirls, at the awards ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The audience gave Verhoeven two standing ovations after he told them he was driven out of Holland for being "sick and perverted and disgusting". He said he was glad he came to the United States and won an award for this work, "When I was making movies in Holland, they were blasted by critics as decadent, perverted and sleazy. Then I moved to the United States," said Verhoeven as the audience laughed. He commented, "I had the worst thing happen to me today. I got seven awards for being the worst, and it was more fun than reading the reviews (for Showgirls) in September," said Verhoeven while smiling at the audience. Verhoeven became the first recipient to claim his award in person at the awards ceremony.

In 1998, Brian Helgeland accepted his award for worst Screenplay for his work on the film The Postman. Awards founder John J.B. Wilson presented Helgeland with the trophy at the recipient's Finestkind Productions office at Warner Bros. Helgeland read from a prepared statement, "I'm sure it would sound better in Latin, but it is truly better to be ridiculed than ignored. Indifference is the enemy and with this Razzie indifference has been defeated. My films are like my children, each special in some way. In the case of 'The Postman,' I was perhaps an errant parent and therefore I am to blame. I wish, like Scrooge upon seeing Marley, I could blame it on a badly digested piece of meat. Alas, the blame rests upon my shoulders and I accept this award with humility, penance and above all, the sense of humor with which it is given. If I've learned anything from the year 1997, it is to not take any one film too seriously. I wish to thank John Wilson and I look forward to a time when the Razzies are given their own proper ceremony and national telecast. The world will be a better place with a few more laughs in it." At the 20th Golden Raspberry Awards, the 1999 film Wild Wild West was recognized as the worst in five categories, including Worst Picture, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Original Song. Robert Conrad was in attendance at the awards ceremony, and collected the Golden Raspberry Award trophies. Conrad starred in the television series The Wild Wild West as James West, the same character portrayed by actor Will Smith in the film version. He attended the awards ceremony because he disliked the film and wanted to publicly criticize it.

Barry Pepper won a Worst Supporting Actor award for his work in the 2000 film Battlefield Earth. Though Pepper did not accept his award because he had not been invited to the ceremony, he stated he would have accepted it if he had been invited. "I was hoping somebody would invite me. I would've gone and accepted it. That would've been so much fun. My agent probably would have told me not to," said Pepper.

Tom Green's 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered won in five categories at the 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Picture, Worst Screen Couple, and Worst Screenplay. Green attended the awards in person, and brought with him a cheap red carpet which he unrolled as he entered the theater where the awards were being presented. "I'd just like to say to all the other nominees in the audience, I don't think that I deserve it anymore than the rest of you. I'd like to say that. I don't think that it would be true, though," said Green. He had to be dragged off of the stage while accepting one of his awards because he would not stop playing the harmonica.

At the 24th Golden Raspberry Awards, Ben Affleck was recognized in the Worst Actor category for his work on films Gigli, Daredevil, and Paycheck. In early March 2004, Affleck joked on the radio, complaining he was "stiffed" because he had not been given his Worst Actor trophy. He said he should have at least been given "a golden sack of grapes". On March 16, 2004, Affleck was presented with his trophy in an appearance on Larry King Live. He commented, "It's a little cheap," and proceeded to pull the trophy apart while on the television program. The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation put the trophy up for bidding on eBay, where bidding rose to $967.97 from its initial $4.89 within 24 hours. "This is a classic case of life handing us lemons, our turning around and making lemonade. In this case, Razzberry lemonade," said John J.B. Wilson.

The 2004 film Catwoman received multiple dishonors at the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actress and Worst Screenplay. Screenwriter Michael Ferris accepted his award, and Halle Berry accepted her award for Worst Actress. Holding her Academy Award for her performance in Monster's Ball in one hand and her Golden Raspbery Award trophy in the other, Berry said to the audience at the ceremony, "Thank you so much. I never in my life thought I would be up here." She parodied her performance when she accepted her Academy Award, and thanked the film's director and her manager, "He loves me so much that he convinces me to do projects even when he knows that it is shit."

List

Year	Image	Recipient	Category	Film	Notes
1988		Bill Cosby	Worst Picture	Leonard Part 6	Cosby became the first recipient to accept a Golden Raspberry Award.
			Worst Actor
			Worst Screenplay
1993		Tom Selleck	Worst Supporting Actor	Christopher Columbus: The Discovery	Selleck accepted his award in an appearance on The Chevy Chase Show.
1996		Paul Verhoeven	Worst Director	Showgirls	Verhoeven became the first recipient to claim his award in person at the awards ceremony.
			Worst Picture
1998		Brian Helgeland	Worst Screenplay	The Postman	Helgeland was presented with the trophy at his Warner Bros. office by awards founder John J.B. Wilson.
2000		Robert Conrad	Worst Picture	Wild Wild West	Though not involved in the film's production, The Wild Wild West television series star Robert Conrad attended the ceremony to collect the trophies because he was disgusted with the film version.
			Worst Director
			Worst Screenplay
2001		Barry Pepper	Worst Supporting Actor	Battlefield Earth	Pepper was not invited to the ceremony, but later stated, "I would've gone and accepted it. That would've been so much fun."
2002		Tom Green	Worst Actor	Freddy Got Fingered	Green had to be dragged off the stage while accepting one of his awards because he would not stop playing the harmonica.
			Worst Director
			Worst Picture
			Worst Screen Couple
			Worst Screenplay
2004		Ben Affleck	Worst Actor	Gigli	Affleck was presented with his Worst Actor trophy in an appearance on Larry King Live.
				Daredevil
				Paycheck
2005		Halle Berry	Worst Actress	Catwoman	Berry accepted her award while holding her Academy Award for her performance in Monster's Ball in one hand and her Golden Raspbery Award trophy in the other.
		Michael Ferris	Worst Screenplay

See also

• John J.B. Wilson
• The Official Razzie Movie Guide

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External links

• Golden Raspberry Official Website
• Razzie Awards page on the Internet Movie Database

• Golden Raspberry Awards
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