Award for "Worst" rather than "Best"

Everyone knows about the apex of movie awards which every actor/actress on the planet will give anything and everything to have in their collection, “Academy Awards” a.k.a. ‘The Oscars’, but a very few people know about an award that gives the “Worst” instead of the “Best” that’s usually given.

Interestingly, this award known as “Golden Raspberry Award” a.k.a. ‘Razzie’ has a massive publicity of its own and the ceremony is typically held one day before the Academy Awards (its model). Most winners do not attend the ceremony.

The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, at John J. B. Wilson's (founder) living room alcove in Los Angeles to honour the worst in film of the 1980 film season, and the latest, the 33rd ceremony was held on February 23, 2013. Its categories includes; Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, Worst Picture, Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.

The awards themselves are enough joke of their own. They typically cost $4.97 each, in the form of a "golfball-sized raspberry" which sits atop a Super 8 mm film reel, the whole of which is spray-painted gold.



The amazing thing is that top Hollywood actors/actresses actually acknowledge this award either satirically or otherwise, e.g. Bill Cosby, Ben Affleck etc.; and some have even attended the ceremony in person to actually accept their award and also give an acceptance speech. Examples include; Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock etc.

Bill Cosby became the first recipient to claim an award in 1988. His trophy was worth $1.97. He accepted to receive the award, on the condition that it must be real gold. Arrangements were made to present Cosby with his awards which was remodeled and made out of 24-carat gold and Italian marble, which cost almost $30,000.

In 2004, after winning the ‘Worst actor’, Ben Affleck joked on the radio, complaining he was "stiffed" because he had not been given his Worst Actor trophy. He was presented with his trophy in an appearance on Larry King Live. He commented, "It's a little cheap," and proceeded to pull the trophy apart while on the television program.



Ironically, Halle Berry went on stage to accept her award for ‘Worst actress’ in 2005 for her role in Catwoman holding her Academy Award for her performance in Monster's Ball in one hand and her Golden Raspberry Award trophy in the other. She parodied her performance when she accepted her Academy Award.



After her Worst Actress nomination for All About Steve in 2010, Sandra Bullock expressed interest in coming up to pick up her award. She brought DVD copies of the movie to the audience, declaring that the voters should watch the movie to see if she was really the worst performer, implying the Razzie voters cast ballots for her just to see if she appeared at the ceremony. The following night, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Blind Side.

In case you’re curious, log on to their website www.razzies.com for more information.

Trey Songz Arrested For Injuring Woman With Money

Trey Songz made it rain, and he paid for it.

Trey Songz was recently arrested for indulging in some rappers' favorite activity: making it rain.

TMZ reports that the singer was having an album release party on August 21 at a strip club in Queens, NY. At around 4:00-4:15 AM, Trey became involved in an altercation outside of the club.

According to the criminal complaint, "Tremaine Neverson, did throw a sum of United States currency at the complainant and said sum of United States currency struck the complainant's left eye causing substantial pain to her left eye."

A month later, Songz was arrested for misdemeanor assault, and an order of protection was issued. He is due back in court in February.

Crazy Lawsuit against Diddy

In February 2011, Valerie Joyce Wilson Turks, accused P. Diddy, the mother of his children, Kim Porter, and Rodney King of being responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

In the lawsuit Turk claimed:

"[Diddy] went through Kim Porter and Rodney King and knocked down the WTC and then they all came and knocked my children down... He date raped me 24 years ago and knocked me down him and Kim Porter and Wallace Wright, then Sean Combs and Kim and Wallace Wright came back 18 years later and raped and sexually abused my children and knocked my children down and crushed me and my children daily."

Turks' lawsuit included numerous other claims and requested that the court award her one trillion dollars!

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La Toya: 'Michael sends me messages'

Michael Jackson's sister La Toya has claimed that the late singer is sending her messages from beyond the grave.

The 53-year-old star admitted that she has felt Michael's presence on more than one occasion since he passed away in June.

Speaking to the Daily Record, she explained: "I have had messages from Michael since his death. It happened for me in his house. All of a sudden I said, 'Michael are you there?' and the light started blinking. I love it. I really love it.

"It doesn't happen every time I ask but it happened one time and then another when someone else was there with me. It's absolutely right there are times you can feel a person's presence. And there are moments when I can smell his cologne. It's weird."

Discussing how she has coped with losing her brother, she continued: "I've been going so fast. There's been so much going on that I've really had no time to just sit and go and relax. I notice when I have two or three hours to myself, it's that moment of silence when I begin to think about him and I go into tears and cry.

"I think when you see these tributes everyone is doing to Michael, it says how much he was loved."

La Toya is expected to present a tribute to the music legend at the MOBO Awards in Glasgow tomorrow.

JACKSON WAS REPULSED BY HIS 'LIZARD-LIKE' APPEARANCE

MICHAEL JACKSON was repulsed by his own appearance and hated looking at photographs of himself - comparing himself to a lizard.
In taped chats with his confidante Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Jackson explained why he covered his face in public, and hinted about his motives for undergoing extensive plastic surgery.
The late star said, "I look like a lizard, I look like, it's horrible. I don't like it, I never like it. That's why I wish I could never be photographed or seen and I push myself to go to the things that we go to.
"I just don't want to look old. I hate to see people grow old, Shmuley."
Boteach, who taped the interviews between 1999 and 2001, claims he confronted Jackson about his surgery addiction, but insists his pal was in denial.
Boteach tells TV host Meredith Vieira, "I used to always tell him that he had to stop. He swore to me he did. But he didn't."

JACKSON HATED THRILLER ALBUM

MICHAEL JACKSON considered quitting work on his iconic 1982 album THRILLER - because he thought it "sucked".
In newly released tapes, obtained by Britain's News of the World newspaper, the King Of Pop revealed he broke down in tears because he thought the record's sound was "c**p".
Jackson was unhappy with the Quincy Jones-produced album - and even told pals he didn't want to release it.
In the recordings, Jackson is heard saying, "Thriller sounded so c**p. The mixes sucked. When we listened to the whole album, there were tears... I just cried like a baby. I stormed out of the room and said, 'We're not releasing this'."
But a visit to a local school playground convinced Jackson to change his mind.
He added, "One of the maintenance crew in the studio had a bicycle and so I took it and rode up to the schoolyard. I just watched the children play. When I came back I was ready to rule the world. I went into the studio and I turned them songs out."
The album has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.