Halle Berry staged an Oscar-worthy parody of her Academy Awards meltdown at last night's 25th annual Razzie awards in Los Angeles. Breaking with tradition, the Catwoman star showed up in person to collect her award as the worst actress of 2004. Explaining her decision to attend the event, Berry said: "My mother told me that if you couldn't be a good loser then there's no way you could be a good winner." Berry famously broke down at the podium upon winning the 2002 best actress Oscar for her role in Monster's Ball. She mimicked that moment again last night, faking sobs on stage for a full minute while clutching her Academy Award in one hand and her Razzie (actually a spray-painted golf ball) in the other. But her speech, when it finally came, went out of its way to spread the blame for Catwoman's failure. "I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of ****," she announced to tumultuous laughter. She added: "I'd like to thank the rest of the cast. To give a really bad performance like mine you need to have really bad actors." Catwoman scooped four Razzies in all, including worst director (for the one-named Pitof). But its performance was matched by that of Fahrenheit 9/11, which racked up a quartet of acting dishonours. George Bush was named worst actor, while the supporting actor awards were split between defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Britney Spears, who appeared briefly in the film to offer support to the president. The Razzie for worst screen couple went to Bush and the titular hero of My Pet Goat, the book he continued reading after learning of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre. None of the winners - Bush, Rumsfeld, Spears or the goat - were on hand to accept their awards. Unsurprisingly, the annual Razzie awards have struggled to find big names to grace the event. Prior to Berry, only comedian Tom Green - a 2002 winner for Freddie Got Fingered - has been prepared to show up in person. Even Berry would be forgiven for hoping that this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. "I hope to God I never see these people again," she said on leaving the theatre. http://film.guardian.co.uk/oscars2005/story/0,15583,1427071,00.html good to see she has a sense of humour.
if you look at what kind of movies win oscars it is probably possible. Chicago could have made that happen, and the aviotor also
I watched Three dollar baby on Sunday. Fell asleep twice during it. ***SPOILER***(even though the movie sucked) Very long and pretty boring. I remember saying, "just kill her, already! I need a cigarette!"
You might want to throw a ***SPOILER*** in that Fatty for the poeple who don't know what happens yet.
I loved the way Chris Rock was usually saying something to cut down the presenters as he introduced them albeit he was just joking with them...like when he introduced Halle saying something about a much awaited sequel "Catwoman 2". LOL Chris ripping on Jude Law was right on as it seemed like Jude Law was in like 10 consecutive movies that came out in one stretch last year. However, Jude is a good actor but everyone there knew that. Sean Penn didn't have to tell everyone but he was trying to be the hero and save Jude Law some shame. Halle looked great, though. She can catwomanize me any time.
