Worst actors? Trump & Melania bag Razzie nominations
Agencies | Jan 22, 2019, 05:42 IST
Reuters photoLOS ANGELES: John Travolta's mob movie flop "Gotti" and President Trump were nominated on Monday for the Razzie Awards for the worst films of 2018 after a year that organizers called full of disasters - both on and off screen.
The new Sherlock Holmes comedy "Holmes & Watson" garnered six mentions, including for its stars Will Ferrell and John C Reilly, who were cited for "trashing two of literature's most beloved characters." The tongue-in-cheek Razzies, created in 1980, serve as an antidote to Hollywood's Oscars ceremony. Nominees were announced a day before Tuesday's Academy Awards nominations.
Trump got two worst actor nominations for appearing as himself in the 2018 documentaries "Death of a Nation," from conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, and liberal Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9." Trump previously won a Razzie for his cameo as a businessman in the 1989 crime comedy "Ghosts Can't Do It." On Monday, Trump's wife, Melania, and White House aide Kellyanne Conway both got nods in the worst supporting actress field for their archival footage in "Fahrenheit 11/9."
"Gotti," about late New York Mafia boss John Gotti, took in just $4.3 million at the box office last summer and notched six nods, including worst picture, screenplay, actor and "worst screen combo" for stars Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston. Nominees and winners of the Razzies are voted for online by around 1,000 Razzie members from 24 countries, who sign up online and pay a $40 membership fee.
Other nominees this year are Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard for worst actor and worst actress for "Sherlock Gnomes" and "London Fields" respectively. Past Oscar winner Helen Mirren has her first Razzie nomination for "Winchester". Melissa McCarthy, who is nominated for worst actress for both "The Happytime Murders" and "Life of the Party", is one Razzie nominee who could also get an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for playing author-turned-conwoman Lee Israel in "Can You Ever Forgive Me"? agencies
The new Sherlock Holmes comedy "Holmes & Watson" garnered six mentions, including for its stars Will Ferrell and John C Reilly, who were cited for "trashing two of literature's most beloved characters." The tongue-in-cheek Razzies, created in 1980, serve as an antidote to Hollywood's Oscars ceremony. Nominees were announced a day before Tuesday's Academy Awards nominations.
Trump got two worst actor nominations for appearing as himself in the 2018 documentaries "Death of a Nation," from conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, and liberal Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9." Trump previously won a Razzie for his cameo as a businessman in the 1989 crime comedy "Ghosts Can't Do It." On Monday, Trump's wife, Melania, and White House aide Kellyanne Conway both got nods in the worst supporting actress field for their archival footage in "Fahrenheit 11/9."
"Gotti," about late New York Mafia boss John Gotti, took in just $4.3 million at the box office last summer and notched six nods, including worst picture, screenplay, actor and "worst screen combo" for stars Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston. Nominees and winners of the Razzies are voted for online by around 1,000 Razzie members from 24 countries, who sign up online and pay a $40 membership fee.
Other nominees this year are Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard for worst actor and worst actress for "Sherlock Gnomes" and "London Fields" respectively. Past Oscar winner Helen Mirren has her first Razzie nomination for "Winchester". Melissa McCarthy, who is nominated for worst actress for both "The Happytime Murders" and "Life of the Party", is one Razzie nominee who could also get an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for playing author-turned-conwoman Lee Israel in "Can You Ever Forgive Me"? agencies
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