In 1981, the publicist, copywriter, and true American hero John J. B. Wilson hosted the first ever Golden Raspberry Awards in his living room, honoring the finest endeavors in bad filmmaking from the previous year. (The first official Worst Picture winner was the Village People biopic Can’t Stop the Music. As it turns out, they can stop the music, and they did.)
Thirty-four years later, The Razzies are more important than ever, serving the essential purpose of reminding audiences that for every fancy-pants Oscar film that gets made, there are five others that get chewed up and spit out, doomed to live on in Hollywood infamy and Netflix-bound shame.
In the wake of the unpredictable Golden Globe Awards, this year’s stupendous nominees have just been announced. Of course, it wouldn’t be the Golden Raspberrys without His Holy One, Nicolas Cage, who nabbed his fifth-career nomination for Left Behind, or Razzie legends Michael Bay (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Renny Harlin (The Legend of Hercules), whose five-career Worst Director nominations are tied for the most all-time along with Brian De Palma (Brian, get back to work).
Remember, fellas, just like at any award ceremony, it’s an honor just to be nominated.
The Razzies will be awarded at Hollywood’s Montalban Theater on February 21—the day before the Academy Awards. Full nominees list below.
WORST PICTURE
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST ACTOR
Kirk Cameron, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Nicolas Cage, Left Behind
Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Adam Sandler, Blended
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mel Gibson, Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer, Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Shaquille O’Neal, Blended
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland, Pompeii
WORST ACTRESS
Drew Barrymore, Blended
Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Gaia Weiss, The Legend of Hercules
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz, Annie
Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Susan Sarandon, Tammy
Brigitte Ridenour (née Cameron), Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Darren Doane, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Renny Harlin, The Legend of Hercules
Jonathan Liebesman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Annie
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Robots, Actors (Robotic Actors), Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kirk Cameron & His Ego, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel, Sex Tape
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes, The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
WORST SCREENPLAY
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
Sex Tape
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
REDEEMER AWARD
Ben Affleck, from Gigli to Argo and Gone Girl
Jennifer Aniston, from four-time Razzie nominee to Cake
Mike Myers, from The Love Guru to directing Supermensch
Keanu Reeves, from six-time Razzie nominee to John Wick
Kristen Stewart, from six-timei Razzie winner for Twilight to Camp X-Ray
