Razzie Awards
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana DeBose, FKA Twigs and Jack Black are among the music stars who are nominated for Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies, as they are commonly known, have been criticized as catty, cruel and sophomoric, but they endure because they offer an antidote to Hollywood’s ever-expanding season of self-congratulation.
It’s a simple fact that in the life of a performer, some projects are successful and some aren’t. Gaga’s Joker: Folie à Deux did not find its audience, but, happily, even as her Razzie nomination is announced, her “Die With a Smile” collab with Bruno Mars is in its third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And she is heading into the Grammy Awards on Feb. 2 as a double nominee for that sumptuous smash.
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Six of this year’s Razzie nominees are past Oscar winners, which again shows that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, to quote an old Carole King song. In addition to Gaga, Oscar winners on this year’s Razzie list are Joaquin Phoenix (her co-star in Joker: Folie a Deux), DeBose, Cate Blanchett, Jon Voight and Francis Ford Coppola.
Joker: Folie à Deux, the musical sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 film Joker (which received 11 Oscar nominations and won two) leads the field with seven Razzie nominations. Madame Web, Megalopolis, Borderlands and Reagan are close behind with six nods apiece.
Joker: Folie à Deux is competing for worst picture with Borderlands, Madame Web, Megalopolis and Reagan. It is vying for prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel with The Crow, Kraven the Hunter, Mufasa: The Lion King and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver.
Leslie Anne Down is nominated for a Razzie for playing Margaret Thatcher in Reagan. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for playing the late British Prime Minister in The Iron Lady.
The Razzie winners, if that is the right word, will be announced on March 1, the day before the Academy Awards.
See the full list of this year’s Razzie nominations below.
Worst Picture
Borderlands
Joker: Folie a Deux
Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan
Worst Actor
Jack Black, Dear Santa
Zachary Levi, Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie a Deux
Dennis Quaid, Reagan
Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted
Worst Actress
Cate Blanchett, Borderlands
Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a Deux
Bryce Dallas Howard, Argylle
Dakota Johnson, Madame Web
Jennifer Lopez, Atlas
Supporting Actor
Jack Black (voice only), Borderlands
Kevin Hart, Borderlands
Shia LaBeouf, Megalopolis
Tahar Rahim, Madame Web
Jon Voight, Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers
Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, Argylle and Kraven the Hunter
Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher), Reagan
Emma Roberts, Madame Web
Amy Schumer, Unfrosted
FKA Twigs, The Crow
Director
S.J. Clarkson, Madame Web
Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis
Todd Phillips, Joker: Folie a Deux
Eli Roth, Borderlands
Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted
Screen Combo
Any Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black), Borderlands
Any Two Unfunny “Comedic Actors,” Unfrosted
The Entire Cast of Megalopolis
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a Deux
Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronnie and Nancy”), Reagan
Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
The Crow
Joker: Folie a Deux
Kraven the Hunter
Mufasa: The Lion King
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Screenplay
Joker: Folie a Deux
Kraven the Hunter
Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan
Awards season isn’t all golden statues and gushing praise. Some movies are just stinkers, at least according to the 2024 Golden Raspberry Awards nominations, which provide a list of some of the organization’s picks for last year’s least noteworthy big screen bombs.
Leading the roster for the 44th annual edition of the least distinguished films is the fourth episode of the arthritic action franchise Expend4bles, which got seven nominations, including worst picture, worst supporting actress (Megan Fox), worst supporting actor (Sylvester Stallone), worst screen couple (“any 2 ‘Merciless Mercenaries’”), worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel, worst director and worst screenplay.
Hot on Sly and company’s heels were the gang from The Exorcist: Believer and Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey, the bloody exploitation flick that took advantage of end of the 95-year copyright protection term on author A.A. Milne’s beloved 1926 book Winnie-The-Pooh, with both films earning five nomination each.
A couple of superhero movies also racked up multiple noms, with the messy Shazam! Fury of the Gods and the confounding Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania getting four each.
The worst actor and actress categories are a mix of box office legends and action movie staples, with the men led by Oscar-winner Russell Crowe (Pope’s Exorcist), who will battle Vin Diesel (Fast X), Chris Evans (Ghosted), Jason Statham (Meg 2: The Trench) and Jon Voight (Mercy). On the women’s side, Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren (Shazam! Fury of the Gods) is in a tight race with Ana de Armas (Ghosted), Fox (Johnny & Clyde), Salma Hayek (Magic Mike’s Last Dance) and Jennifer Lopez (The Mother).
Lopez’s work as a former U.S. Army operative on the hunt for her kidnapped daughter earned notice a the awards that have been razzing the Hollywood establishment since 1981.
Check out the full list of the 2024 Golden Raspberry Awards nominations below.
Worst PictureThe Exorcist: BelieverExpend4blesMeg 2: The TrenchShazam! Fury of the GodsWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Worst ActorRussell Crowe – The Pope’s ExorcistVin Diesel – Fast XChris Evans – GhostedJason Statham – Meg 2: The TrenchJon Voight – Mercy
Worst ActressAna de Armas – GhostedMegan Fox – Johnny & ClydeSalma Hayek – Magic Mike’s Last DanceJennifer Lopez – The MotherDame Helen Mirren Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Worst Supporting ActressKim Cattrall – About My FatherMegan Fox – Expend4blesBai Ling – Johnny & ClydeLucy Liu – Shazam! Fury of the GodsMary Stuart Masterson – Five Nights at Freddy’s
Worst Supporting ActorMichael Douglas – Ant Man & The Wasp: QuantumaniaMel Gibson – Confidential InformantBill Murray – Ant Man & The Wasp: QuantumaniaFranco Nero – The Pope’s ExorcistSylvester Stallone – Expend4ables
Worst Screen CoupleAny 2 “Merciless Mercenaries” – Expend4blesAny 2 Money-Grubbing Investors Who Donated to the $400 Million for Remake Rights to The ExorcistAna de Armas & Chris Evans (who flunked Screen Chemistry) – GhostedSalma Hayek & Channing Tatum – Magic Mike’s Last DancePooh & Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers(!) in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or SequelAnt Man & The Wasp: QuantumaniaThe Exorcist: BelieverExpend4blesIndiana Jones and The Dial of…Still Beating a Dead HorseWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Worst DirectorRhys Frake-Waterfield – Winnie the Pooh: Blood and HoneyDavid Gordon Green – The Exorcist: BelieverPeyton Reed – Ant Man & the Wasp: QuantumaniaScott Waugh – Expend4blesBen Wheatley – Meg 2: The Trench
Worst ScreenplayThe Exorcist: BelieverExpend4blesIndiana Jones and the Dial of…Can I go home now?Shazam! Fury of the GodsWinnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey
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