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16th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 16th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1996, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1995. For the first time in Razzie history, an actual "winner" showed up to the ceremony and accepted his award: ''Showgirls'' director Paul Verhoeven. Awards and nominations File:Paul Verhoeven Cannes 2016.jpg, Paul Verhoeven, Worst Director winner. File:Pauly Shore is Dead Red Carpet.jpg, Pauly Shore, Worst Actor winner. File:Elizabeth Berkley 2008.jpg, Elizabeth Berkley, Worst Actress winner and Worst New Star winner. File:Dennis Hopper Cannes 2008 (cropped).jpg, Dennis Hopper, Worst Supporting Actor winner. File:Madonna by David Shankbone cropped.jpg, Madonna, Worst Supporting Actress winner. File:Dave Stewart(musician).jpg, David A. Stewart, Worst Original Song co-winner. File:Terry Hall 2.JPG, Terry Hall, Worst Original Song co-winner. Films with multiple nominations These films garnered multiple nominations: S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a historic hotel located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. It opened on May 15, 1927, and is the oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles. History The hotel was built in 1926, in what is known as the Golden Era of Los Angeles architecture, and was named after the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. It was financed by a group that included Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Sid Grauman."The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: The Story of an L.A. Icon" Discover Los Angeles. May 14, 2014. It cost $2.5 million ($ today) to complete and opened on May 15, 1927. The hote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Pat
''It's Pat'' is a 1994 American slapstick comedy film directed by Adam Bernstein and starring Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket, and Kathy Griffin. The film was based on the ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') character Pat, created by Sweeney, an androgynous misfit whose sex is never revealed. Dave Foley plays Pat's partner Chris, and Charles Rocket, another ''SNL'' alumnus, plays Pat's neighbor Kyle. The film was released in only thirty-three theatres in three cities in the United States. ''It's Pat'' was critically panned by critics, and bombed at the box-office, only grossing $60,822 against its $8 million budget. Plot Pat Riley is a chubby, whiny, and obnoxious job-hopper of indeterminate gender who is searching for a steady foundation in life. Pat falls in love with Chris (whose sex is also unrevealed to the audience) and the two get engaged. Meanwhile, Pat's neighbor Kyle develops an unhealthy obsession with identifying Pat's sex, and begins stalking them. He sends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in ''The Lords of Flatbush''. Stallone subsequently found gradual work as an extra or side character in films with a sizable budget until he achieved his greatest critical and commercial success as an actor and screenwriter, starting in 1976 with his role as boxer Rocky Balboa, in the first film of the successful ''Rocky'' series (1976–present), for which he also wrote the screenplays. In the films, Rocky is portrayed as an underdog boxer who fights numerous brutal opponents, and wins the world heavyweight championship twice. In 1977, Stallone was the third actor in cinema to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mnemonic (film)
''Johnny Mnemonic'' is a 1995 cyberpunk film directed by Robert Longo in his directorial debut. Based on the 1981 story of the same name by William Gibson, it stars Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren. Reeves plays the title character, a man with an overloaded, cybernetic brain implant designed to store information. The film portrays Gibson's dystopian, prophetic view of 2021 with the world wracked by a tech-induced plague, awash with conspiracies, and dominated by megacorporations, with strong East Asian influences. Shot on location in Canada, with Toronto and Montreal filling in for the Newark and Beijing settings, a number of local sites, including Toronto's Union Station and Montreal's skyline and Jacques Cartier Bridge, are prominently featured. A longer version (103 mins) of the film that is closer to the director's cut premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995, featuring a score by Mychael Danna and different editing. The film was released in the United States on May 26, 1995. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves ( ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in '' Youngblood'' (1986). He had his breakthrough role in the science fiction comedy ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' (1989), and he reprised his role in its sequels. He gained praise for playing a hustler in the independent drama ''My Own Private Idaho'' (1991) and established himself as an action hero with leading roles in ''Point Break'' (1991) and ''Speed'' (1994). Following several box office failures, Reeves's performance in the horror film '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997) was well received. Greater stardom came for playing Neo in the science fiction series ''The Matrix'', beginning in 1999. He played John Constantine in ''Constantine'' (2005) and starred in the romantic drama '' The Lake House'' (2006), the science fiction thriller ''The Day the Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (; ' McLachlan, February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dale Cooper in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), as well as roles in two of David Lynch's films: Paul Atreides in '' Dune'' (1984) and Jeffrey Beaumont in '' Blue Velvet'' (1986). MacLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in '' The Hidden'' (1987), Ray Manzarek in ''The Doors'' (1991), Cliff Vandercave in ''The Flintstones'' (1994), Zack Carey in ''Showgirls'' (1995) and the voice of Riley's father in '' Inside Out'' (2015). He has had prominent roles in television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in ''Sex and the City'' (2000–2002), Orson Hodge in '' Desperate Housewives'' (2006–2012), The Captain in '' How I Met Your Mother'' (2010–2014) and ''How I Met Your Father'' (2022), the Mayor of Portland in ''Portlandia'' (2011–2018), and Calvin Johnson in ''Agents of S.H.I.E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Costner starred in ''Fandango'', ''American Flyers'', '' Silverado'' and many other films. He rose to prominence with his starring roles in ''The Untouchables'' and '' No Way Out'' (1987). He then starred in ''Bull Durham'' (1988), ''Field of Dreams'' (1989), ''Dances with Wolves'' (1990), for which he won two Academy Awards, ''JFK'' (1991), '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991), '' The Bodyguard'' (1992), ''A Perfect World'' (1993), and ''Wyatt Earp'' (1994). In 1995, Costner starred in and co-produced ''Waterworld''. His second directorial feature, ''The Postman'', was released in 1997. He later starred in ''Message in a Bottle'' (1999), '' For Love of the Game'' (1999), '' Thirteen Days'' (2000), ''3000 Miles to G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jury Duty (film)
''Jury Duty'' is a 1995 American courtroom comedy film directed by John Fortenberry, written by Neil Tolkin, Barbara Williams, and Adam Small (credited as Samantha Adams), and starring Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray, Shelley Winters, and Abe Vigoda. The film was actress Billie Bird's last screen appearance. Reviews were negative, and the film was a box office bomb. Plot Tommy Collins is an unemployed erotic dancer living at his mother's home in a trailer park while he looks for a decent job. He finds out that his mother, and her boyfriend Jed, a polystyrene collector, are going to Las Vegas to be married and taking the mobile home with them. Although his mother had arranged for Tommy to stay with the Woodalls, he considers them awful people and decides to look for other living arrangements for him and his chihuahua Peanut (who loves the game show ''Jeopardy!''). He rummages through the trash and finds his letter for jury duty that he had thrown awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Award For Worst Actor
The Razzie Award for Worst Actor is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actor of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated. The category of "actor" has expanded to include the subjects of documentary films; this process has been criticised. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins 4 wins *Sylvester Stallone 3 wins *Kevin Costner *Adam Sandler 2 wins *Pauly Shore * John Travolta Multiple nominations 15 nominations *Sylvester Stallone 12 nominations *Adam Sandler 7 nominations *Kevin Costner * John Travolta 5 nominations *Nicolas Cage *Eddie Murphy 4 nominations *Ben Affleck *Johnny Depp *Arnold Schwarzenegger *Bruce Willis 3 nominations *Tom Cruise *Will Ferrell *Ashton Kutcher *Keanu Reeves *Burt Reynolds *Steven Seagal *Mark Wahlberg 2 nominations *Christopher Atkins *Gerard Butler *Andrew D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterworld
''Waterworld'' is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Charles Gordon and John Davis. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The setting of the film is in the distant future. The polar ice cap has completely melted, and the sea level has risen over , covering nearly all of the land. The plot of the film centers on an otherwise nameless antihero, "The Mariner", a drifter who sails the Earth in his trimaran. The most expensive film ever made at the time, ''Waterworld'' was released to mixed reviews from critics, who praised the futuristic setting and premise, but criticized the execution including the characterization and acting performances. The film also was unable to recoup its massive budget at the box office despite being one of the highest grossing films of 1995; however, the film did lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
