Blonde won the not-so-prestigious distinction of worst film at the 2023 Razzie Awards.
The Razzies, also known as the Golden Raspberry Award, honour the year’s worst films and performances and are not an honour you’d want to have on your acting resume.
Every year, while performers celebrate their nominations for Oscars, Baftas, and Golden Globes, they also risk being nominated for the sometimes-contentious Razzie.
Early this year, it was reported that Marilyn Monroe’s film Blonde had received eight nominations, including worst picture and worst script, as well as worst director and two nods for worst screen pair, worst remake/rip-off/sequel, and worst supporting actors.
The awards were announced on Friday, with Blonde winning worst film as well as worst script for writer-director Andrew Dominik.
Blonde, according to the Academy, is’misogynistic, lurid, and false,’ and’shamelessly exploits the legacy of the late Marilyn Monroe.’
Ana, who played the famed Marilyn Monroe in the film, escaped Razzie nominations and is instead nominated for an Oscar for best main actress at Sunday’s presentation.
In other news, famed actor Tom Hanks won two Razzies for worst supporting actor and worst screen combination for himself and ‘his rubber face’ in his Elvis role.
In announcing the prize, Razzie officials stated that he ‘went a bridge too far with his version of Col Tom Parker in the otherwise excellent biopic.’
They did, however, turn on themselves in the winners’ list, awarding themselves the worst actress award – the first time the awards had won something at their own event.
It follows their widely panned decision to nominate 11-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong for worst actress in Stephen King adaptation Firestarter, which they later retracted and apologised for.
Razzies co-founder John Wilson previously said of the decision: ‘Sometimes, you do things without thinking, Then you are called out for it. Then you get it. It’s why the Razzies were created in the first place.
‘The recent valid criticism of the choice of 11 year old Armstrong as a nominee for one of our awards brought our attention to how insensitive we’ve been in this instance.
‘As a result, we have removed Armstrong’s name from the Final Ballot that our members will cast next month. We also believe a public apology is owed Ms. Armstrong, and wish to say we regret any hurt she experienced as a result of our choices.’
Razzie Awards 2023 winners
Worst Picture: Blonde
Worst actor: Jared Leto, Morbius
Worst actress: The Razzies (for 43rd worst actress nominations blunder)
Razzie redeemer award: Colin Farrell (From 2004 worst ctor nominee to 2022 best actor Oscar front-runner)
Worst supporting actor: Tom Hanks
Worst supporting actress: Adria Arjona, Morbius
Worst screen combo: Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and that ludicrous accent), Elvis
Worst remake, rip-off or sequel: Disney’s Pinocchio
Worst directors: Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun, Good Mourning
Worst screenplay: Blonde, written for the screen by Andrew Dominik
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