Interesting stuff thanks for shareing that Craig.
best, Tom
Craig Miller wrote:
> Last night was the 25th annual presentation of the Golden
> Raspberry Awards -- or Razzies -- and, once again, Genny
> and I were present.
>
> Below is a press release, with all the winners listed. But
> let me give you some of the highlights.
>
> Being a major anniversary for them, rather than being in an
> overcrowded hotel ballroom, as they frequently are, this
> year the Razzies were held in the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood.
> Despite the larger venue -- probably double the size of most
> years' sites -- dozens of people were turned away.
>
> The show started -- as usual -- with a musical number. This
> year it was "Lame", sung to the tune of "Fame", and served
> to describe what typical Razzie winners are.
>
> The show is always cheeky, with most of the humor coming
> during the announcements of nominees in each category
> from a reading of some of the most scathing review quotes
> imaginable for each nominated film (all given with citations
> of their sources).
>
> Very rarely do "winners" show up to collect their awards. I
> can only recall two instances. The first was Paul Verhoeven.
> He came in 1996 to accept for Showgirls and made a
> delightful and self-mocking speech. He accepted two
> awards. In 2002, Tom Green showed up to accept for
> Freddie Got Fingered. He accepted quite a few. Being
> Tom Green, he started out mildly amusing (but only mildly)
> and quickly went to boring and then annoying. And then
> Really Annoying. To the point that, at the end of the evening,
> he wouldn't get off the stage and several members of the
> cast had to drag him off. (Speaking to one of the cast after
> that show, when we ran into them in a restaurant, this was
> not planned nor rehearsed. They really couldn't get him to
> leave. And they were about to go into overtime and have to
> pay a hefty penalty for the theater, which had another show
> coming in. So they were determined to get him off, no
> matter what it took.)
>
> But last night's show was different. First, one of the writers
> of Catwoman was in the audience and came on stage to
> accept the award for Worst Screenplay. The applause
> (and astonishment) for his being there was so loud, I'm not
> sure which writer it was. I could make out his first name but,
> there being two writers in the credits named John, I'm not
> sure if he was John Brancato or John Rogers. I think the
> former. He started out by joking "You know, they can't all
> be Hotel Friggin' Rwanda" and went on to thank the 27 other
> writers who worked on the screenplay many of whom, he
> said, were smart enough not to put their names on the thing.
> He also thanked his accountant, who had let him know about
> some financial crisis that made his participation mandatory.
>
> Later in the evening, Julie Newmar, the original Catwoman
> on the 1960s TV version of Batman, came on stage to
> accept the Worst Picture award (to Catwoman) "on behalf
> of the producers". I don't think the producers actually sent
> her. She gave an amusing, if disjointed, acceptance
> speech, including surprise that she's never been invited
> before. She went on to mention some of her performances
> that might have elicited a Razzie win.
>
> But the highlight of the evening, bringing the audience to its
> feet, was when John Wilson, founder of the Razzies and a
> member of the award show cast, announced that the award
> for Worst Actress (Halle Berry, in Catwoman) was being
> accepted by Halle Berry.
>
> He pointed offstage, into the wings, and the audience didn't
> know what to expect. The writer is one thing but... There
> was a pause and we were kind of expecting one of the
> show cast -- probably Chip Dornell, the Black male cast
> member -- to come on stage in a wig and costume to do
> some kind of parody.
>
> But, holy crap, it really was Halle Berry.
>
> She gave a great speech.
>
> She came out carrying her Oscar, took the Golden
> Raspberry Award in her other hand, and gave the opening
> few moments of her breathless, shocked Oscar speech.
> And then went into remarks for us. I can't remember
> everything she said but, among them, she thanked Warner
> Bros. for putting her into "a piece of crap movie". She
> thanked her manager, who she brought out on stage, and
> told him, next time he recommends she do a picture, he
> should read the script and not just the number of zeroes
> after the one. She admitted that her acting in it was terrible
> and, in a parody of frequent award show comments, said
> that acting as bad as hers was doesn't happen in a vacuum.
> It required bad acting from dozens of other actors. And she
> brought on stage an actor named Alex Borstein who
> appeared in Catwoman with her. They did a bit with
> Borstein (who is female) staring at Berry's very visible
> cleavage while she spoke.
>
> Berry culminated her speech by saying that, when she was
> young, her mother gave her some advice which can be
> summed up as "If you can't accept criticism, you aren't
> worthy of praise; if you can't lose gracefully, you don't
> deserve to win." Berry talked about how she started out in
> beauty pagents and she won the first three pagents she
> entered. Her fourth pagent was Miss USA and it came
> down to her and "this gorgeous, buxom blonde". Berry knew
> she wasn't going to win. And, sure enough, the blonde was
> the winner. In her mind, she knew her mother's advice. She
> should think kindly of the winner. But, deep down, she "just
> wanted to bitch slap that girl's face". She continued: "And I
> just want to bitch slap all of your faces but," she took a deep
> breath, "No. I remember my mother's advice. I'll accept this
> award gratefully and hope I never see you people again."
>
> And with that, she walked back into the wings to a standing
> ovation. The speech was in no way bitter and she, several
> times, blamed herself for what she did. She also said that,
> "if I ever get another acting job," now the Oscar winner
> pressure is off her, so she's glad for this.
>
> A truly funny and classy speech.
>
> (I don't know if it was actually her manager on stage with her
> -- I think it probably was -- but it was definitely Alex Borstein.)
>
> There was, as usual, a ton of press there so you'll probably
> see a lot of coverage today from the show. Especially with
> Halle Berry having been there.
>
> Craig.
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> Halle�s Feline Fiasco CATWOMAN and President�s
>
> FAHRENHEIT Blunders Tie for 25th RAZZIE Dis-Honors
>
> Halle Berry�s berry bad CATWOMAN and several political
> figures, including President George W. Bush dominated
> Hollywood�s Least-Coveted Trophy ceremonies as
> �winners� of The Gala 25th Annual RAZZIE Awards were
> announced the now-traditional 24 hours BEFORE That
> Other Award Show: 7:30pm/PST Saturday, February 26 at
> the historic Ivar Theatre in Hollywood.
>
> Opening with the splashy production number �Lame!� (sung
> to the tune of 1980�s Oscar winning Best Song �Fame�) this
> year�s RAZZIE show was a 90-minute parody of award
> shows in general and the Academy Awards in particular.
> Complete with presenters in tuxedoes and evening gowns,
> bitingly vicious real critics� quotes on each of the nominees
> and ? if history is any indication ? NONE of the expected
> �winners� within a mile of the hall, The Silver Anniversary of
> the Golden Raspberry Awards proved to be a memorable
> comic evening.
>
> In addition to Worst Picture and Halle Berry as Worst
> Actress, CATWOMAN also took spray-painted gold as
> Worst Director (A single-named French auteur-of-the-awful
> called �Pitof�) and Worst Screenplay. Nipping at
> CATWOMAN�s heels, and also �winning� four trophies, was
> Michael Moore�s Bush-bashing documentary FAHRENHEIT
> 9/11. RAZZIE Foundation members chose to do some
> Bush-bashing of their own, dis-honoring the current
> President with Awards for Worst Performance by an Actor
> in a Leading Role and, paired with either Condoleeza Rice
> or His Pet Goat, as the year�s Worst Screen Couple. Both
> supporting RAZZIES also went to FAHRENHEIT, with
> Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld swiping Worst
> Supporting Actor and Bubble-Headed Bubble-Gum Pop
> Princess Britney Spears getting her second Worst statuette
> for a brief but hilarious clip in which she espouses blind faith
> in Bush�s policies while loudly popping chewing gum and
> wearing an obvious (and slightly askew) blonde wig atop
> her head. And California�s current governor Ah-Nuld
> Schwarzenegger finally �won� a Golden Raspberry as Worst
> RAZZIE �Loser� of The First 25 Years ? eligibility for which
> was determined by having amassed the most nominations
> over the years without previously �winning� a statuette.
> There were also categories dis-honoring The Worst
> Comedy, Drama and Musical of the Last 25 Years, as well
> as Worst Remake or Sequel of 2004. A complete list of
> �winners� is included with this press release.
>
> The Gala 25th Annual RAZZIES celebrated both the
> Awards� having reached the quarter century mark, and the
> publication of Foundation founder John Wilson�s new book,
> THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE. �Winners� were
> determined by mailing ballots to about 675 film
> professionals, film journalists and film fans from 40 U.S.
> states and 15 foreign countries. The RAZZIE Award itself is
> an intentionally cheapjack tchotchke featuring a golf-ball-
> sized, handcrafted RAZZberry atop a mangled Super 8 film
> reel that�s spray-painted gold. It has an estimated street
> value of $4.97.
>
> Gala 25th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE) Award �Winners�
>
> WORST PICTURE
> CATWOMAN (Warner Bros.)
>
> WORST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
> George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
>
> WORST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
> Halle Berry / CATWOMAN
>
> WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Donald Rumsfeld / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
>
> WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Britney Spears / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
>
> WORST SCREEN COUPLE
> George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
>
> WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL
> SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Warner Bros.)
>
> WORST DIRECTOR
> �Pitof� / CATWOMAN
>
> WORST SCREENPLAY
> CATWOMAN Written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and
> John Rogers
>
> WORST �MUSICAL� of Our First 25 YEARS
> FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY* (2003 / Nominated for 8 Awards, �winner� of 1)
>
> WORST �COMEDY� of Our First 25 YEARS
> GIGLI* (2003 / Nominated for 9 Awards, �winner� of 6)
>
> WORST �DRAMA� of Our First 25 YEARS
> BATTLEFIELD EARTH* (2000 / Nominated for 9 Awards, �winner� of 7)
>
> WORST RAZZIE LOSER of Our First 25 YEARS
> Dis-Honoring The Performer Who�s Amassed the MOST Nominations
> w/out �Winning� a RAZZIE
>
> Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger (With 8 Nominations, including one for 2004)
>
> �WINS� per PICTURE:
> CATWOMAN = 4 Worst Picture, Actress, Director & Screenplay
>
> FAHRENHEIT 9/11 = 4 Worst Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
> & Screen Couple
>
> BATTLEFIELD EARTH, FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY, GIGLI, SCOOBY DOO 2 = 1 Each
>
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