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Halle’s Berry Bad CATWOMAN, Oliver’s Stoned Epic

ALEXANDER Lead 25th RAZZIE® Noms as 2004’s Worst

 

A Complete LIST of All Nominees Appears Below This Text

 

  An Oscar® winner calamitously miscast as a cartoon character and a big budget epic that managed to be both historical and hysterical led the pack as Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members revealed their choices for 2004’s Worst Achievements in Film. Contenders for The Gala 25th Annual RAZZIES® were unveiled for the first time in a press conference celebrating 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.

 

  In addition to CATWOMAN with 7 nominations and ALEXANDER with 6, this year’s Worst Picture list also includes the inexplicable, astoundingly unfunny sequel SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, Ben Affleck’s snowball-from-Hell yuletide “comedy” SURVIVING CHRISTMAS and the Wayans Brothers’ creepy, cross-dressing reverse-blackface farce WHITE CHICKS. Vying alongside Halle Berry for Worst Actress are Hilary Duff for CINDERELLA STORY and RAISE YOUR VOICE, Angelina Jolie for both ALEXANDER and TAKING LIVES and two pairs of risible siblings, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen for NEW YORK MINUTE and The Wayans “Sisters” for WHITE CHICKS.  Besides Colin Farrell’s comically intense portrayal of ALEXANDER, the Worst Actor field also features last year’s “winner” Affleck for both SURVIVING and JERSEY GIRL, Vin Diesel in CHRONICLES of RIDDICK, Ben Stiller (setting a new record with FIVE titles) and one of several political figures garnering RAZZIE nods this year, President George W. Bush as himself in FAHRENHEIT 9/11, for which performance he is also nominating as Worst Screen Couple paired with either Condoleeza Rice and/or His Pet Goat. For their appearances in FAHRENHEIT, both Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got Supporting nominations. And California’s current governor Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger is also nominated as Worst Supporting Actor for his cameo as “Prince Hapi” in Worst Remake contender AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. “The Uber-Nator” is also one of the contenders for a Special Commemorative RAZZIE as one of five Worst RAZZIE “Losers” of The First 25 Years – eligibility for which was determined by having amassed the most nominations over the years without ever actually “winning” a statuette. There are also categories dis-honoring The Worst Comedy, Drama and Musical of the First 25 Years. A complete list of nominations is included in this press release.

 

  Nominees were determined by mailing ballots to more than 650 film professionals, film journalists and film fans from 40 U.S. states and 15 foreign countries. Often called Tinsel Town’s tackiest Trophy, 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 and has an estimated street value of $4.97. Ceremonies will be held the now-traditional 24 hours BEFORE That Other Award Show: 7:30pm/PST Saturday, February 26 at the historic Ivar Theatre in Hollywood.

 

  For more information on The RAZZIE nominees, RAZZIE history or THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE, please inquire to: HeadBerry@razzies.com

 

 

25th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award Nominations

 

WORST PICTURE

 

ALEXANDER (Warner Bros.)

CATWOMAN (Warner Bros.)

SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2 (Triumph Films)

SURVIVING CHRISTMAS (DreamWorks)

WHITE CHICKS (Columbia/Revolution)

 

WORST ACTOR

 

Ben Affleck / JERSEY GIRL and SURVIVING CHRISTMAS

George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Vin Diesel / CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK

Colin Farrell / ALEXANDER

Ben Stiller / ALONG CAME POLLY, ANCHORMAN, DODGEBALL,

ENVY and STARSKY & HUTCH

 

WORST ACTRESS

 

Halle Berry / CATWOMAN   

Hilary Duff / CINDERELLA STORY and RAISE YOUR VOICE

Angelina Jolie / ALEXANDER and TAKING LIVES

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE

Shawn & Marlon (The Wayans Sisters) / WHITE CHICKS

 

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

 

Ben Affleck & EITHER Jennifer Lopez OR Liv Tyler / JERSEY GIRL

Halle Berry & EITHER Benjamin Bratt OR Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN

George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE

The Wayans Brothers (In or Out of Drag) WHITE CHICKS

 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Carmen Electra / STARKSY & HUTCH

Jennifer Lopez / JERSEY GIRL

Condoleeza Rice / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Britney Spears / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN

 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Val Kilmer / ALEXANDER

Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger  / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE

Donald Rumsfeld / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Jon Voight / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2

Lambert Wilson / CATWOMAN

 

WORST DIRECTOR

 

            Bob Clark / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2

            Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader / EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING

“Pitof” / CATWOMAN

Oliver Stone / ALEXANDER

Keenan Ivory Wayans / WHITE CHICKS

 

WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL

 

ALIEN v PREDATOR (20th Century-Fox)

ANACONDAS: HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (Screen Gems)

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE (Disney)

EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING (Warner Bros.)

SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Warner Bros.)

 

WORST SCREENPLAY

 

ALEXANDER, Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis

CATWOMAN, Written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers

SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, Written by Steven Paul and Gregory Poppen

SURVIVING CHRISTMAS, Written by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jeffrey Ventimilia & Joshua Sternin

WHITE CHICKS, Written by Keenan & Shawn & Marlon Wayans and Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden

and Xavier Cook
 

 

Special “Worst of Our First 25 Years” Awards


 

WORST RAZZIE LOSER of Our First 25 YEARS


Kim Basinger (With 6 Nominations Total)

Angelina Jolie (With 7 Nominations, including 2 for 2004)

Ryan O’Neal (With 6 Nominations Total)

Keanu Reeves (With 7 Nominations Total)

Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger (With 8 Nominations, including 1 for 2004)


WORST ‘DRAMA’ of Our First 25 YEARS


BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000)

THE LONELY LADY (1983)

MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)

SHOWGIRLS (1995)

SWEPT AWAY (2002)


WORST ‘COMEDY’ of Our First 25 YEARS


ADVENTURES of PLUTO NASH (2002)

THE CAT IN THE HAT          (2003)

FREDDY GOT FINGERED (2001)

GIGLI (2003)

LEONARD PART 6 (1987)


WORST ‘MUSICAL’ of Our First 25 YEARS


CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC (1980)

FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003)

GLITTER (2001)

RHINESTONE (1984)

SPICE WORLD (1998)

XANADU (1980)


NOMINATIONS PER PICTURE


CATWOMAN = 7  (Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Couple, Director, Screenplay)

ALEXANDER = 6  (Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay)

WHITE CHICKS = 5 (Picture, Actress, Director, Couple, Screenplay)

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 = 5 (Actor, Couple, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress 2x)

SUPERBABIES = 4  (Picture, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay)

SURVIVING CHRISTMAS = 3   (Picture, Actor, Screenplay)

JERSEY GIRL = 3 (Actor, Supporting Actress, Couple)

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE = 2 (Supporting Actor, Remake or Sequel)

EXORCIST 4: THE BEGNINNING = 2 (Director, Remake or Sequel)

NEW YORK MINUTE = 2 (Actress, Couple)

STARSKY & HUTCH = 2 (Actor, Supporting Actress)



©2005, Golden Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson