Saturday 14/March/2026 – 03:17 AM
While everyone is looking forward to glamor OscarThe Golden Raspberry Awards celebrate the worst of Hollywood each year. These awards are officially known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, but they have become known internationally as the Razzie, a cute name inspired by the term “raspberry” to indicate irony.
What is the Golden Raspberry Award and its relationship to the 2026 Oscars?
The awards were founded in 1981 by John J.B. Wilson, a publicity writer and film critic, after he watched Can’t Stop the Music and Xanadu and found that they deserved special recognition for their poor quality.
The first ceremony was held in Wilson’s living room in Los Angeles, and over time it grew in popularity and was covered by CNN in its fourth season, cementing the awards’ status as a satirical annual awards season tradition.
The reason for the name is that the golden raspberry symbolizes the common expression of blowing a raspberry, which is a mockery gesture. The award is made of plastic with gold spray paint, and the value of the prize is about 4.97 US dollars.
The winners are always announced the day before the Oscars, as a parody of the main event.
