Awards season is in full swing, which means that nominations and acceptance speeches are hurtling left, right, and centre as we make our way towards the grand finale that is the Academy Awards on the 24th of February.
But before the most coveted prizes are handed out must be announced the prize which no actor ever wants to win.
The dreaded Golden Raspberry, or Razzie Awards.
The awards recognise the “achievements” of the worst that the industry had to offer during the year, in juxtaposition to its Oscar sister.
It does not mean, however, that winning a Razzie makes an actor or actress bad at their craft as Sandra Bullock proved in 2010 when she won the Razzie for All About Steve a day before winning her Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side.
The feat could (unlikely) be repeated by Melissa McCarthy who is nominated for a Razzie for both The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party, and an Oscar for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Here’s holding thumbs for the nominees come February 23rd.
The 39th Golden Razzie Nominees:
WORST PICTURE
Gotti
The Happytime Murders
Holmes & Watson
Robin Hood
Winchester
WORST DIRECTOR
Etan Cohen, Holmes & Watson
Kevin Connolly, Gotti
James Foley, Fifty Shades Freed
Brian Henson, Happytime Murders
The Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter), Winchester
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Garner, Peppermint
Amber Heard, London Fields
Melissa McCarthy, The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party
Helen Mirren, Winchester
Amanda Seyfried, The Clapper
WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp (voice), Sherlock Gnomes
Will Ferrell, Holmes & Watson
John Travolta, Gotti
Donald J. Trump (as himself), Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9
Bruce Willis, Death Wish
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood
Ludacris (voice), Show Dogs
Joel McHale, Happytime Murders
John C. Reilly, Holmes & Watson
Justice Smith, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kellyanne Conway (as herself), Fahrenheit 11/9
Marcia Gay Harden, Fifty Shades Freed
Kelly Preston, Gotti
Jaz Sinclair, Slender Man
Melania Trump (as herself), Fahrenheit 11/9
WORST SCREENPLAY
Death of a Nation
Fifty Shades Freed
Gotti
Happytime Murders
Winchester
WORST REMAKE, RIPOFF or SEQUEL
Death of a Nation (remake of Hillary’s America)
Death Wish
Holmes & Watson
The Meg (ripoff of Jaws)
Robin Hood
WORST SCREEN COMBO
“Any two actors or puppets (especially in those creepy sex scenes),” Happytime Murders
“Johnny Depp and his fast-fading film career,” “Sherlock Gnomes
“Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly (trashing two of literature’s most beloved characters),” Holmes & Watson
“Kelly Preston and John Travolta (getting ‘Battlefield Earth’-type reviews!),” Gotti
“Donald J. Trump and his self-perpetuating pettiness,” Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9
