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Will Palin Catch A Razzie?
Tongue-in-cheek Razzies salute the worst in the world of cinema
Perhaps you missed this story amid all the hubbub during Oscar Week, but on the eve of the annual Academy Awards, the Razzies came calling for Sarah Palin. The former vice presidential candidate was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award as worst actress for her “performance” in the documentary “The Undefeated,” a film about her political career.
The tongue-in-cheek Razzies, which purport to salute the worst in the world of movies each year, typically are presented the day before the Academy Awards but their schedule was shifted this year — the nominees were released on the day before the Oscar ceremony and the winners (or losers, depending on how you look at it) are to be announced April 1. (I think that April Fools Day is perfect timing.)
The Razzies are similar to the “Ig Noble Awards”, conceived by SHS grad Marc Abrahams which spoof “Improbable Research”. The Ig Nobles are presented during the time when the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden. “The 22nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony,” will be held at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre on September 20, 2012
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Alaska’s former governor could take some comfort in being in good company: Among her fellow nominees this year are such noted performers as Al Pacino (a supporting actor nod for “Jack and Jill”) and Nicolas Cage (worst actor for “Drive Angry”).
Palin’s fellow nominees in the worst actress category are Kristen Stewart (“Breaking Dawn”), Sarah Jessica Parker (both “New Year’s Eve” and “I Don’t Know How She Does It”) and two men performing in drag, Martin Lawrence (“Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son”) and Adam Sandler, whose nomination for “Jack and Jill,” was one of a record 11 he received in various Razzie categories. (The film actually got more “dings” than there were categories.)
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“The Undefeated,” a film written and directed by Stephen K. Bannon, debuted in theaters on July 15. It is not to be confused with the football documentary “Undefeated,” which won this year’s Oscar for best documentary feature.
Previous Razzie winners include George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld for the 2004 Michael Moore documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” and Donald Trump for a small role as himself in the 1990 Bo Derek farce “Ghosts Can’t Do It.”
Watch for it on April Fool’s Day!
