Golden Raspberry Awards

The Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were made by John J. B. Wilson in 1980, with the goal of being the opposite of the Academy Awards (Oscars) by dishonoring the worst movies and worst actors. It is usually a plastic raspberry spray-painted gold and mounted on a plastic base, however Bill Cosby accepted a custom-made one made out of 24 carat (99.99%) gold and Italian marble.

Today, awards are voted by the membership of the "Golden Raspberry Award Foundation" (GRAF), and anyone can become a member of the foundation, something that does not happen with the Academy Awards. Usually, nominations are made public one day before the Motion Picture Academy says its Oscar nominations, and the awards are presented one day before the Oscar ceremony.

Few winners have accepted their Golden Raspberry Awards or have attended the Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony to personally accept their awards. Those who accepted and/or attended, include Bill Cosby (Worst Picture/Worst Screenplay/Worst Actor), Tom Green (Worst Actor/Worst Director), Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock (Worst Actress), Michael Ferris and J. D. Shapiro (Worst Screenplay), Alan Menken (Worst Original Song), and Paul Verhoeven and Dinesh D'Souza (Worst Director). Bill Cosby was the first winner to accept his awards for "Worst Picture/Worst Screenplay/Worst Actor" in 1988 for the movie Leonard 6, but he didn't attend the ceremony and got his awards in The Late Show  instead, and Paul Verhoeven was the first winner to attend the ceremony in 1996, to accept his award for "Worst Director" for the movie Showgirls.

The term "raspberry" is used as a joke, as in "blowing a raspberry."

 Other websites 


 Razzie Awards page on the Internet Movie Database
 Razzie channel on YouTube
 All Time Razzie Champions List

Category:Movie awards