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The infamous Razzie Awards are back, (dis)honoring the worst of the year’s cinema.
While Sunday’s Academy Awards will celebrate Christopher Nolan’s landmark drama “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie,” the 44th annual Razzies will focus on lesser-seen films, such as the fourth film ” Expendables” and “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a horror adaptation that won five unwanted awards.
“Blood and Honey” practically swept the Razzies, winning worst picture, director and screenplay (Rhys Frake-Waterfield), screen pairing (Pooh and Piglet) and remake/rip-off/sequel. Sylvester Stallone and Megan Fox won supporting actor categories for “Expend4bles,” and Fox took home lead actress for “Johnny & Clyde.” Jon Voight won worst actor for “Mercy.”
The Razzies also awarded Fran Drescher the “Redeemer Award,” in recognition of the 1998 Razzie nominee for “The Beautician and the Beast” for: oooh! – “his brilliant guidance of the Actors Guild through a prolonged 2023 strike to a successful conclusion.”
The satirical anti-awards body, founded in 1981 by John Wilson and Mo Murphy, came under fire last year for nominating 12-year-old “Firestarter” star Ryan Kiera Armstrong for worst actress. After an online uproar, the Razzies removed Armstrong from the ballot and gave him itself the award for worst actress, for “Her 43rd mistake in the worst actress nominations.” Last year’s winners also included Tom Hanks, Jared Leto, Machine Gun Kelly and Andrew Dominik.
This year’s Razzie winners were announced by Mean Gays (Aaron Goldenberg and Jake Jonez), who held a virtual ceremony a day before the 96th Academy Awards. The comedy duo formed a new strategic partnership with the Razzies brokered by Evan Mirzai and his House of M production company.
See the full list of winners and watch the ceremony below.
IMAGE
“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
ACTOR
Jon Voight / “Mercy”
ACTRESS
Megan Fox / “Johnny and Clyde”
RAZZIE® REDEEMER AWARD
Fran Drescher, nominated in 1998 and current president of SAG/AFTRA, for her brilliant guidance of the actors guild through a prolonged 2023 strike to a successful conclusion.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Megan Fox / “Expend4bles”
SECONDARY ACTOR
Sylvester Stallone / “Expend4ables”
SCREEN COUPLE
Pooh and Piglet in “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
REMAKE, SCAM or SEQUEL
“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
DIRECTOR
Rhys Frake-Waterfield / “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
SCRIPT
Rhys Frake-Waterfield / “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”