[Update: 04/01/2022. In light of Bruce Willis’ family announcing that he has aphasia and is stepping back from acting, the Razzie award and nominations have been withdrawn.]
The satirical 42nd Annual Razzie Awards for the worst cinematic achievements of the past year were announced March 26, a day ahead of the Academy Awards.
Genre scored four “winners,” with three Golden Raspberry trophies claimed by Space Jam: A New Legacy, and one by Bruce Willis for his work in Cosmic Sin.
The complete list of winners follows.
WORST PICTURE
- Diana: The Musical (The Netflix Version)
WORST ACTOR
- LeBron James / Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST ACTRESS
- Jeanna de Waal / Diana the Musical
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Judy Kaye (as BOTH Queen Elizabeth & Barbara Cartland) / Diana: The Musical
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Jared Leto / House of Gucci
WORST PERFORMANCE by BRUCE WILLIS in a 2021 MOVIE (Special 8 Title Category)
- Bruce Willis / Cosmic Sin
RAZZIE® REDEEMER AWARD
- Will Smith – for King Richard
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
- LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character (or WarnerMedia Product) He Dribbles On Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST DIRECTOR
- Christopher Ashley / Diana: The Musical
WORST SCREENPLAY
- Diana: The Musical / Script by Joe DiPietro, Music and Lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan
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So: they didn’t like Diana: The Musical much, eh? At least, I get that vague impression….
I’m not sure I understand “worst performance by Bruce Willis”… there are less worse and worst worse? And does that include “plot” (and yes, I meant the quotes around that word)?
Re: Mark’s confusion. It was an entire category of performances by Bruce Willis in films released in the last year. So yes, there were greater and lesser “worst” performances.
Craig has the Bruce Willis answer covered. If anybody wants to see the entire list of Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie finalists, click on 42nd Razzie Award Nominations.
“Diana: The Musical.” Was this trip really necessary?
I can perhaps imagine Shakespeare being capable of writing a good tragedy on the subject. If one wants music with the tragedy, try an opera–Puccini or Verdi come to mind, or perhaps Bizet. But not this. Not a Boredway-style musical. Caveat: I haven’t seen it, and don’t intend to. I am not involved in the “fandom” surrounding Princess Diana and her memory–I even missed the news of her death.
I was at Worldcon in San Antonio at the time, and when it first hit, I was busy drinking vodka with some Russian fans, discussing Sputnik and my hometown (Sitka, Alaska, the old Russian capital of Alaska). I was so busy with fannish stuff at the con that it took until the last day for me to find out what had happened.