40th Golden Raspberry Awards

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40th Golden Raspberry Awards
Awarded forWorst in film
DateCancelled (originally March 14, 2020) (Online version on March 16, 2020)
Site Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Worst Picture Cats
Most awardsCats (6)
Most nominationsCats (9)

The 40th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was an awards ceremony that identified the worst the film industry had to offer in 2019, according to votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. Razzies co-founder John J. B. Wilson has stated that the intent of the awards is "to be funny." [1] The nominees were announced on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the 92nd Academy Awards. The ceremony, the date of which was later announced to be March 14, 2020, [2] was ultimately cancelled amid the concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The organizers announced the ceremony's winners online on March 16, 2020. [4] No nominees were announced for the "Worst of the Decade Awards", despite being the tradition for the final ceremony of the decade.

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Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2020. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Tim Bevan, Worst Picture co-winner Tim Bevan (cropped).jpg
Tim Bevan, Worst Picture co-winner
Tom Hooper, Worst Picture co-winner, Worst Director winner and Worst Screenplay co-winner TomHopper10TIFF.jpg
Tom Hooper, Worst Picture co-winner, Worst Director winner and Worst Screenplay co-winner
John Travolta, Worst Actor winner John Travolta Cannes 2018 (cropped).jpg
John Travolta, Worst Actor winner
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Hilary Duff, Worst Actress winner
James Corden, Worst Supporting Actor winner James Corden at 2015 PaleyFest (cropped).jpg
James Corden, Worst Supporting Actor winner
Rebel Wilson, Worst Supporting Actress winner Rebel Wilson (6707611099) (cropped).jpg
Rebel Wilson, Worst Supporting Actress winner
Eddie Murphy, Razzie Redeemer Award winner Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg
Eddie Murphy, Razzie Redeemer Award winner
40th Golden Raspberry Award nominees
Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following ten films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple nominations at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards
NominationsFilm
9 Cats
8 A Madea Family Funeral
Rambo: Last Blood
5 Hellboy
4 The Haunting of Sharon Tate
3 The Fanatic
Zeroville
2 Dark Phoenix
The Hustle
Serenity

The following films received multiple wins:

Films with multiple wins at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards
WinsFilm
6 Cats
2 Rambo: Last Blood

Criticism

The Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property nominations were also heavily criticized. WhatCulture criticized the nominations, saying that "It feels as though voters just wanted to nominate Joker for the enormous social media publicity it would generate, and then shaped a dubious awards category around it. Dragged Across Concrete is an even weirder pick, though, both because of its low-budget nature and the fact that there's not that much carnage in it. Michael Bay's 6 Underground is clearly a far worthier nominee than either of those films, given how much obvious human collateral damage is racked up amid the chaotic action sequences." [10]

Planned ceremony

In June 2019, Comedy Dynamics (a company founded by Brian Volk-Weiss) announced that it would produce the awards ceremony. Also, it was to be broadcast live on a "Comedy Dynamics Network", which would have marked the first time a Golden Raspberry ceremony was watched by public through a live telecast. [11] [12]

The unusual scheduling of the 92nd Academy Awards (usually held towards the end of February) on February 9 affected the 2020 edition of the Golden Raspberry Awards. The organizers announced the nominees on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the AMPAS event. The organizers later announced that the year's Razzie ceremony would be held on March 14; [2] it would have been the second ceremony held after the Academy Awards, spurning the tradition of announcing the winners on the eve of the Oscars ceremony.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was going to go on as scheduled. [13] The organizers later ultimately announced that the ceremony was cancelled, citing bans on mass gatherings that were enacted by local authorities in the wake of the outbreak. [3] The organizers eventually announced winners online on March 16, 2020, through their website and their YouTube channel. [4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Referred to as Hellboy 2019 on the official nomination list.

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