Today, the winners of the 45th annual Razzies were announced, and Francis Ford Coppola took home the $4.97 trophy for Worst Director for his work on Megalopolis.
The Oscar-winning Director wrote his acceptance speech online:
I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for @megalopolisfilm , and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!
In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now.
What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema’s most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, MEGALOPOLIS, and let us remind ourselves us that box-office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.
Just because we are talking about The Godfather 50+ years later does not mean we will talk about all of his other movies, like Megalopolis, in half a century. The last good movie he did was Peggy Sue Got Married in 1986. And he has made 10 movies since then that we don’t talk about, and the oldest one is 37 years old.
Now, I am going to say something hugely unpopular, but I don’t think The Godfather holds up. It was good for its time. But not as much now.
Talking about now. I did not vote for him as Worst Director. I voted for Todd Phillips for Joker: Folie a Deux. I regret my vote, I should’ve voted for whiny little bitch.
To see who else won the Golden Raspberry, then click here!
When I think of Bill Murray, I don’t think of him as a fan of the Backstreet Boys. However, the Boy Band shared a video of the actor cheering them on when they were rehearsing for Saturday Night Live’s 50th.
He looked as excited seeing them perform as much as he would be to see Manfred Mann sing Do Wah Diddy Diddy in person. It is so cute to see a 74-year-old act like a giddy kid.
And BSB felt the same way about him watching them. They wrote, “There have been a lot of surreal moments in our career but having the legendary Bill Murray watch our dress rehearsal for #SNL50 is gonna go down in history.”
Twenty years ago, Miranda Cosgrove was cast to play Josh Peck’s little sister on Drake & Josh. Her role was to torture her big brothers.
Cosgrove took that role so seriously that she is still scaring Peck. The other day, when he went to visit her on the set, she used one of the filters with a fake person in the background to prank him. Did it work? Yes, it did!
Once the wise evil sister, always the wise evil sister! And I love it.
I want a Drake & Josh revival with her kids doing to their uncles what Megan did to them. Oh, and her brothers would still be afraid of her!
Wilmer Valderrama and his fiancée, Amanda Pacheco, have some news to share: They are expecting their second child together.
The NCIS star shared with People what it means to him to be a dad, “Like you could in fact lift a car if you had to. Personally, being a girl dad has been the most fulfilling feeling. As an artist, it has also fueled me to make sure she has so many stories in which she sees herself as the hero of her journey! All in all, I was born to be a dad!”
And their daughter, Nakano, 4, was the first one to know. She kept telling her parents she wanted to be a big sister for months before it really happened. So, when it came time to take the pregnancy test, they let her tell them the results. The little girl is so happy, she is telling everyone that she is going to be a big sister.
When will she be able to meet her little sibling? Baby #2 will make their debut in the summer. That is not soon enough for the toddler.
