Film - Golden Raspberry Awards

Oscars Shmoscars. We all know that the highlight of the film awards calendar is the presentation of the Golden Raspberry awards for the Best Worsts in the business. Here's this year's winners...

Press Release

Forget the yachts! 2021 found billionaires escaping the woes of earth in their personal spaceships. Now, adding to the junk already “out there,” The 42nd Annual Razzie® Awards were beamed from an International Goodwill Space Station to YouTube’s Razzie Channel [watch the full ceremony below, it's only 6 minutes! - Ed].

 
Golden Raspberry Award members, spanning almost every continent and 49 U.S. States, except one of the Carolinas, have cast their votes. After streaming a record glut of eligible contenders, and shaking off their stupor, the results are in!

Using local talent, and keeping within the traditional budget, the Razzies team enlisted the help of aliens (who can legally work for zilch) to deliver the un-coveted $4.97 trophies to very eager recipients!

The bulk of the tacky, gold-spray-painted statuettes were “won” by two films. The NetFlix/streaming version of the year’s biggest Broadway bomb, Diana: The Musical “won” in five categories: Worst Picture (which critics said “makes Cats “Look like a masterpiece!”); Worst Actress (Jeanna deWaal as a twitterpated version of the Princess of Wales), Worst Supporting Actress (Judy Kaye in a dual role), Worst Director (Christopher Ashley) and Worst Screenplay (featuring some of the year’s most ridiculed dialogue and lyrics – Including rhyming “Camilla” with both “Manilla” and “Godzilla”).

Dribbling into second place with three “wins” was Space Jam: A New Legacy, more of a remake than a sequel, called out as a 115 minute commercial for all things WarnerMedia. Basketball phenom LeBron James was the MVP in both Worst Actor and Worst Screen Couple (along with all those cartoon co-stars and product plugs) while the film itself was chosen Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel.

Other winners included Jared Leto (rhymes with “Gepetto”) for Supporting Actor, giving a controversial performance as “Paolo” in House of Gucci; 4-time past Razzie® “winner” Will Smith, praised for his performance in Oscar favorite King Richard and awarded as this year’s Razzie® Redeemer; and Bruce Willis in Cosmic Sin, chosen from among eight low budget movies nominated in the special category Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie.

A complete list of this year’s “winners” is below [you can find the nominees lists here to see who dodged the Razzie bullet this year - Ed].


WORST PICTURE

Diana: The Musical (The Netflix Version)


WORST ACTOR

LeBron James / Space Jam: A New Legacy

WORST ACTRESS

Jeanna de Waal / Diana the Musical

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Judy Kaye (as BOTH Queen Elizabeth & Barbara Cartland)
Diana: The Musical

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jared Leto / House of Gucci


WORST PERFORMANCE by BRUCE WILLIS
in a 2021 MOVIE (Special 8 Title Category)

Bruce Willis / Cosmic Sin


RAZZIE® REDEEMER AWARD

Will Smith – for King Richard


WORST SCREEN COUPLE

LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character
(or WarnerMedia Product) He Dribbles On
Space Jam: A New Legacy


WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL

Space Jam: A New Legacy

WORST DIRECTOR

Christopher Ashley / Diana: The Musical

WORST SCREENPLAY

Diana: The Musical / Script by Joe DiPietro,
Music and Lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan 

Image & info - The Razzies