The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known in short terms as Razzies and
Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic
under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film
industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards'
satirical annual ceremony has preceded its polar opposite, the coveted
Academy Awards, for four decades. The term raspberry is used in its
irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry", which in turn comes
from Cockney rhyming slang where "raspberry" is short for "raspberry
tart", which is rhyming slang for "fart". The statuette itself is a
golf ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled Super 8mm film reel
spray-painted gold, with an estimated street value of $4.97. The
Golden Raspberry Foundation have claimed that the award "encourages
well-known filmmakers and top notch performers to own their bad."The
first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in
John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the
worst films of the 1980 film season. To this day, Sylvester Stallone
is the most awarded actor ever with 10 awards won while Madonna is the
most awarded actress with 9 awards.American publicist John J. B.
Wilson traditionally held potluck parties at his home in Hollywood on
the night of the Academy Awards. In 1981, after the 53rd Academy
Awards had completed for the evening, Wilson invited friends to give
random award presentations in his living room. Wilson decided to hold
the event, after seeing a 99-cent double feature of Can't Stop the
Music and Xanadu. He gave attendees ballots to vote on the worst.
Wilson stood at a podium made of cardboard in a tacky tuxedo, with a
foam ball attached to a broomstick as a fake microphone, and announced
Can't Stop the Music as the first Golden Raspberry Award Winner for
Worst Picture. The impromptu ceremony was a success and the following
week a press release about his event was picked up by a few local
newspapers, including a mention in the Los Angeles Daily News with the
headline: "Take These Envelopes, Please".
Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic
under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film
industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards'
satirical annual ceremony has preceded its polar opposite, the coveted
Academy Awards, for four decades. The term raspberry is used in its
irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry", which in turn comes
from Cockney rhyming slang where "raspberry" is short for "raspberry
tart", which is rhyming slang for "fart". The statuette itself is a
golf ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled Super 8mm film reel
spray-painted gold, with an estimated street value of $4.97. The
Golden Raspberry Foundation have claimed that the award "encourages
well-known filmmakers and top notch performers to own their bad."The
first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in
John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the
worst films of the 1980 film season. To this day, Sylvester Stallone
is the most awarded actor ever with 10 awards won while Madonna is the
most awarded actress with 9 awards.American publicist John J. B.
Wilson traditionally held potluck parties at his home in Hollywood on
the night of the Academy Awards. In 1981, after the 53rd Academy
Awards had completed for the evening, Wilson invited friends to give
random award presentations in his living room. Wilson decided to hold
the event, after seeing a 99-cent double feature of Can't Stop the
Music and Xanadu. He gave attendees ballots to vote on the worst.
Wilson stood at a podium made of cardboard in a tacky tuxedo, with a
foam ball attached to a broomstick as a fake microphone, and announced
Can't Stop the Music as the first Golden Raspberry Award Winner for
Worst Picture. The impromptu ceremony was a success and the following
week a press release about his event was picked up by a few local
newspapers, including a mention in the Los Angeles Daily News with the
headline: "Take These Envelopes, Please".
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