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Razzie Awards: 'Gotti,' 'Holmes & Watson' Among Nominees for Worst Picture


 
by Katherine Schaffstall

John Travolta, Melissa McCarthy, Bruce Willis, Jennifer Garner and Donald Trump are among the acting nominees for the 39th annual celebration of the worst movies of the past year.



Courtesy of Brian Douglas; Photofest; Giles Kyte

The nominations for the 39th annual Razzie Awards have been announced. The awards show "honors" the worst films of 2018.

This year's nominees for worst picture, as opposed to the Oscars' best picture, include Gotti, The Happytime Murders, Robin HoodWinchester and the "comedy whose own ads admit it 'doesn't have a clue,'" the Razzies said in its announcement, Holmes & Watson.
Nominees for worst acting include John Travolta for Gotti, Melissa McCarthy for The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party, Bruce Willis for Death Wish and Jennifer Garner for Peppermint. The "best-known Razzie repeat offender" Donald Trump is also nominated for his appearances through archival footage in the documentaries Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9.
The 2019 Razzie Awards nominations were announced Sunday via a video on the Razzies Awards YouTube channel. The 39th annual Razzie Awards will take place Feb. 23, the night before the 91st Academy Awards.
A full list of the 2019 Razzie Awards nominees follows.
  • Worst Picture


    Photofest

    Gotti
    The Happytime Murders
    Holmes & Watson
    Robin Hood
    Winchester 
  • Worst Actress


    Hopper Stone/STX

    Jennifer Garner / Peppermint
    Amber Heard / London Fields
    Melissa McCarthy / The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party
    Helen Mirren / Winchester
    Amanda Seyfried / The Clapper   
  • Worst Actor


    Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures

    Johnny Depp (Voice OnlySherlock Gnomes
    Will Ferrell / Holmes & Watson
    John Travolta / Gotti
    Donald J. Trump (As Himself) / Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9    
    Bruce Willis / Death Wish  
  • Worst Supporting Actor



    Jamie Foxx / Robin Hood
    Ludacris (Voice Only) Show Dogs
    Joel McHale / The Happytime Murders
    John C. Reilly / Holmes & Watson
    Justice Smith / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom  
  • Worst Supporting Actress


    Photofest

    Kellyanne Conway (As Herself) / Fahrenheit 11/9
    Marcia Gay Harden / Fifty Shades Freed
    Kelly Preston / Gotti
    Jaz Sinclair / Slender Man
    Melania Trump (As Herself) Fahrenheit 11/9 
  • Worst Screen Combo


    Photofest

    Any Two Actors or Puppets (Especially in Those Creepy Sex Scenes) / The Happytime Murders
    Johnny Depp & His Fast-Fading Film Career (He’s doing voices for cartoons, fer kripesakes!) / Sherlock Gnomes
    Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly (Trashing Two of Literature’s Most Beloved Characters) / Holmes & Watson
    Kelly Preston & John Travolta (Getting BATTLEFIELD EARTH type Reviews!) / Gotti
    Donald J. Trump & His Self Perpetuating Pettiness / Death of a Nation & Fahrenheit 11/9  
  • Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel


    Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

    Death of a Nation (remake of Hillary’s America...)
    Death Wish
    Holmes & Watson
    The Meg (rip-off of Jaws)
    Robin Hood  
  • Worst Director


    Bill Watters/Getty

    Etan Cohen / Holmes & Watson
    Kevin Connolly / Gotti
    James Foley / Fifty Shades Freed
    Brian Henson / The Happytime Murders
    The Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter) / Winchester 
  • Worst Screenplay


    Ben King/CBS Films

    Death of a Nation, Written by Dinesh D’Souza & Bruce Schooley
    Fifty Shades Freed, Screenplay by Niall Leonard, from the Novel by E.L. James  
    Gotti, Screenplay by Leo Rossi and Lem Dobbs
    The Happytime Murders, Screenplay by Todd Berger, Story by Berger and Dee Austin Robinson  
    Winchester, Written by Tom Vaughan and The Spierig Brothers

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