The Razzies 2009: Myers' Guru lands triple awards haul
Story by Jack Foley
MIKE Myers scored an unwanted hat-trick at the annual Golden Rasperrries by picking up three prizes for his comedy flop The Love Guru.
The awards – traditionally announced on the Saturday before the Oscars in recognition of the worst Hollywood movies of the year – named The Love Guru worst picture, Myers worst actor and the film worst screenplay.
The Love Guru followed the fortunes of an ice hockey player who turned to a mystic (played by Myers) to help him turn around his professional and personal fortunes. It co-starred Jessica Alba, Sir Ben Kingsley and Justin Timberlake.
Another “big winner” at the Razzies was Paris Hilton, who achieved a rare double by being named worst actress and supporting actress. The former came for her critically derided farce The Hottie and the Nottie, while the latter came for her cameo in musical Repo! The Genetic Opera.
Neither Myers nor Hilton attended the Los Angeles ceremony to collect their awards.
Mamma Mia! landed an unlikely prize at the awards, too, for Pierce Brosnan, who was named worst supporting actor ahead of Love Guru co-star and fellow Brit, Sir Ben Kingsley.
Past Razzie winners have included Ben Affleck, Eddie Murphy, Daryl Hannah and Halle Berry, who broke with tradition to become one of the few recipients to collect her prize in person.
Founded by John Wilson, a copywriter and publicist, the Golden Raspberries – or Razzies – have been pouring scorn on Hollywood’s great and good since 1981.
Awards are voted upon by members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation (Graf) which – unlike the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – includes members of the public.