‘Diana the Musical,’ ‘Karen,’ Jared Leto, Amy Adams top 42nd Razzie nominations
Netflix’s Diana the Musical, based on the Broadway play that closed after less than 40 performances, led the pack of this year’s Golden Raspberry nominations, aka the Razzie, “celebrating” the worst in film, with nine, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, and four acting mentions in each main category.
The terrorizing white woman thriller Karen and the long-delayed disaster The Woman in the Window were next with five nominations apiece and both Dear Evan Hansen and Space Jam: A New Legacy came in with four.
Several actors found themselves double-nominated, including Oscar winner Jared Leto. He was nominated for Worst Supporting Actor and the highly specialized Worst Couple category for Either His 17-Pound Latex Face, His Geeky Clothes or His Ridiculous Accent, both for House of Gucci. 6-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is up for Worst Actress for The Woman in the Window and Worst Supporting Actress for Dear Evan Hansen. Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Ben Platt is a double nominee as Worst Actor and, like Leto, Worst Couple – Any Other Character Who Acts Like Platt Singing 24-7 is Normal, both for Dear Evan Hansen. Taryn Manning is also up for Worst Actress (Karen) and Worst Supporting Actress (Every Last One of Them).
The time-travel movie Infinite rounded out the worst picture category, also earning a worst actor nomination for Mark Wahlberg and worst supporting actress for Sophie Cookson.
Bruce Willis earned his own special category — worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie. Proving that quantity doesn’t mean quality, Willis “earned” eight nominations covering all of his 2021 films: American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Out of Death, Survive the Game and Midnight in the Switchgrass.
Winners will be announced the day before the Oscars, on March 26. Here is the full list of nominations.
WORST PICTURE
- “Diana the Musical” (The Netflix Version)
- “Infinite”
- “Karen”
- “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
- “The Woman in the Window”
WORST ACTOR
- Scott Eastwood, “Dangerous”
- Roe Hartrampf (as Prince Charles), “Diana the Musical”
- LeBron James, “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
- Ben Platt, “Dear Evan Hansen”
- Mark Wahlberg, “Infinite”
WORST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, “The Woman in the Window”
- Jeanna de Waal, “Diana the Musical”
- Megan Fox, “Midnight in the Switchgrass”
- Taryn Manning, “Karen”
- Ruby Rose, “Vanquish”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, “Dear Evan Hansen”
- Sophie Cookson, “Infinite”
- Erin Davie (as Camilla), “Diana the Musical”
- Judy Kaye (as both Queen Elizabeth and Barbara Cartland), “Diana the Musical”
- Taryn Manning, “Every Last One of Them”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ben Affleck, “The Last Duel”
- Nick Cannon, “The Misfits”
- Mel Gibson, “Dangerous”
- Gareth Keegan (as James Hewitt, the Muscle-Bound Horse Trainer), “Diana the Musical”
- Jared Leto, “House of Gucci”
WORST PERFORMANCE by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie
- Bruce Willis, “American Siege”
- Bruce Willis, “Apex”
- Bruce Willis, “Cosmic Sin”
- Bruce Willis, “Deadlock”
- Bruce Willis, “Fortress”
- Bruce Willis, “Midnight in the Switchgrass”
- Bruce Willis, “Out of Death”
- Bruce Willis, “Survive the Game”
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
- Any Klutzy Cast Member & Any Lamely Lyricized (or choreographed) Musical Number, “Diana the Musical”
- LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character (or Time-Warner product) He Dribbles on, “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
- Jared Leto & Either His 17-Pound Latex Face, His Geeky Clothes or His Ridiculous Accent, “House of Gucci”
- Ben Platt & Any Other Character Who Acts Like Platt Singing 24-7 is Normal, “Dear Evan Hansen”
- Tom & Jerry (aka Itchy & Scratchy), “Tom & Jerry the Movie”
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
- “Karen” (inadvertent remake of “Cruella deVil”)
- “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
- “Tom & Jerry the Movie”
- “Twist” (rap remake of “Oliver Twist”)
- “The Woman in the Window” (rip-off of “Rear Window”)
WORST DIRECTOR
- Christopher Ashley, “Diana the Musical”
- Stephen Chbosky, “Dear Evan Hansen”
- Coke Daniels, “Karen”
- Renny Harlin, “The Misfits”
- Joe Wright, “The Woman in the Window”
WORST SCREENPLAY
- “Diana the Musical,” script by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan
- “Karen,” written by “Coke” Daniels
- “The Misfits,” screenplay by Kurt Wimmer and Robert Henny
- “Twist,” written by John Wrathall and Sally Collett
- “The Woman in the Window,” screenplay by Tracy Letts, from the novel by A.J. Finn
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