March 26 (Reuters) – A musical about Diana, the late Princess of Wales, and a remake of the semi-animated “Area Jam” starring LeBron James took dwelling probably the most Razzies, the awards that skewer the 12 months’s lamest movies on the eve of the large Oscar ceremony.
The Razzies introduced the winners forward of Sunday’s Academy Awards, handing out 5 prizes to “Diana: The Musical,” the movie model of a Broadway manufacturing that closed in December after simply 33 common performances.
After its ignominious demise on stage, the movie model snagged Razzies for worst image, worst actress for Jeanna deWaal within the title function, worst supporting actress for Judy Kaye, and worst director for Christopher Ashley.
The Diana duo of Joe DiPietro and David Bryan claimed worst screenplay for what the Razzies known as “a few of the 12 months’s most ridiculed dialogue and lyrics, together with rhyming ‘Camilla’ with each ‘Manilla’ and ‘Godzilla,'” the Razzies mentioned in a press release asserting the winners.
“Area Jam: A New Legacy” received three Razzies: worst actor for LeBron James, worst rip-off or sequel, and worst display screen couple for James mixed with any of the cartoon characters.
The film put the NBA star, shot in reside motion, in a cosmic basketball recreation with Looney Tunes characters, remaking the 1996 authentic with Michael Jordan.
As typical, the Razzies ridiculed a former Oscar winner, naming Jared Leto worst supporting actor for his over-the-top efficiency as Paolo in “Home of Gucci.”
The Razzies gave Bruce Willis his personal particular class, nominating him eight occasions for “Worst Efficiency by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Film,” in eight forgettable movies. The one known as “Cosmic Sin” took the prize.
4-time Razzie winner Will Smith acquired the one true honor, the redeemer award, for his function in “King Richard,” for which Smith can also be nominated for a finest actor Oscar.
The Razzies, the self-described “ugly cousin to the Oscars,” began in 1980 because the Golden Raspberry Awards, created by UCLA movie faculty graduates and movie trade veterans John J.B. Wilson and Mo Murphy.
Greater than 1,100 Razzie members from throughout the US and about two dozen different international locations vote on the awards, based on the Razzie web site.
Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Enhancing by Leslie Adler
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