The Dark Knight (SPOILERS)

[Doctor Who?]

I'm sorry but i have never seen her be good in anything.

The same goes for Halle Barry.

If either of them are in the next movie that yells stunt casting to me.

[dignan]

Maybe they could bring in Stephanie Brown and have the Spoiler storyline. 

[Natureboy]

I'm sorry but i have never seen her be good in anything.

The same goes for Halle Barry.

If either of them are in the next movie that yells stunt casting to me.

Monster's Ball - Berry
Girl Interrupted - Jolie
Both fantastic performances.

But your point is taken, I left myself wide open being so vague.  Not all Oscar winning actresses are the cream of the Crop (Catherine Zeta-Jones in that painful film Chicago) or actors for that matter, George Clooney always acts like George Clooney in everything. 

I was just pointing out that it is not fair to write Jolie off as a "fucking hack" just because she is tabloid fodder or because she has now gone where the money is, the action genre.  Watch her older independent stuff to see what I am talking about..

[Doctor Who?]

OK point taken.

I am still hurting from Die another Day and Mr and Mrs.Smith so maybe I am not the best judge.

[Natureboy]

OK point taken.

I am still hurting from Die another Day and Mr and Mrs.Smith so maybe I am not the best judge.

Agreed, I do have a special respect for Halle Berry though because she did attend the Razzies and accept her award for Worst Actress for her performance in Catwoman.

[Doctor Who?]

She did that?!

Has anyone else in Hollywood ever done that?

Maybe she is cool after all.

[Tripe]

Cosby accepted his "awards" for Leonard Part Six, though I think Halle's acceptance appearance was funnier.

[Natureboy]

She did that?!

Has anyone else in Hollywood ever done that?

Maybe she is cool after all.

Agony Booth webmaster Albert Walker did an interview with John Wilson, creator of the Razzies

Here is his answer to how Berry's appearance came about:




AW: How did it come about that Halle Berry accepted her Razzie in person? Who's idea was it, and what do you think was Halle's primary motivation in accepting the award personally?

I saw an online item attributed to an Irish newspaper, "quoting" Halle Berry saying she intended to attend our ceremonies if she won for Catwoman, and "strut proudly up the red carpet" to accept. When I called Berry's publicist to either confirm or deny the quote, I was told that it was fabricated and that Halle already had a charity event she was booked to attend on Oscar Eve in 2005 (the night of our 25th Annual awards). I then told the publicist that if the quote was untrue, we had no intention of pursuing the matter, and I appreciated her taking my call.



Worst Actress "winner" Halle Berry brought the house down at the 25th Annual RAZZIES by becoming the first star of her caliber to show up and accept her award.
Apparently, that set things in motion, and Berry then spoke with several friends and fellow actors from Catwoman, all of whom seem to have encouraged her to show up as a lark. About 28 hours before the ceremony was scheduled, I got another call from Halle's publicist, letting me know that Berry did plan to attend, and setting some ground rules: I was to tell no one she would be showing up; We had to sneak her in backstage, so neither the audience nor the press in attendance would know she was there until she walked out to accept her Razzie; and that I had to read the publicist the section of the show script that dealt with Berry and her performance.

One of the most amusing devices we've used over the years is finding the funniest (i.e., nastiest) actual critic's quote for each of the nominees. For Berry, we had a newspaper quote which read: "Yoo-hoo, Miss Berry—The Academy's calling... they want their statue back!" When I read the publicist that quote, she laughed and said Halle herself had read the quote to her over the phone when the film was released. The publicist suggested that "maybe some fun could be had" playing off the quote.

When Berry arrived backstage halfway through our ceremonies, she had an entourage with her, including Alex Borstein, who played her best friend in the film, and her manager, who had a black velvet bag in his hand. Just before I went onstage to announce that Halle had "won", the manager pulled Berry's Academy Award out of the velvet bag and asked, "Do you have any problem if she brings this out with her?" I thought the idea was hilarious, and suggested that I actually hand her her Razzie before she came out, so she'd be entering with an Oscar in one hand and a Razzie in the other. Her entrance almost literally brought down the house—She got a minute-long standing ovation, then launched into a joke and expletive-peppered parody of her own Oscar speech from a few years earlier, totally endearing herself to our audience and the press.

You can view her entire speech on our website, and you can also view a clip from Inside the Actors Studio in which Halle explains her motives for attending the Razzies.

[Tripe]

That's OK, the sound and image quality isn't the best on the vid.

She actually is a class act.

[Doctor Who?]

Wow she sounds like a really cool person.

Nice to know she didn't let the Oscer go to her head like some people do.

Didn't Cosby go on tv and tell people not to see Leonard part Six?

[Natureboy]

Wow she sounds like a really cool person.

Nice to know she didn't let the Oscer go to her head like some people do.

Didn't Cosby go on tv and tell people not to see Leonard part Six?

If he didn't he should have......

[Doctor Who?]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that he went on a Talk show the week it came out and did that.

[Tripe]

Yep he did. And then he had them make solid gold razzies to present to him.

[Doctor Who?]

I wonder if he has that siting proudly on shelf somewhere in his house.

[Chaos]

She's a fucking hack.

That's essentially what I was trying to say, but sometimes I get called out for being slightly ranty-bitchy, so I thought I'd try the calm explanation look on for size.   

But yeah, she's a fucking hack. 

Right, as her Academy Award proves, she just doesn't have the chops. 

sorry, had to point that out.

Her sex symbol status doesn't take away from the fact that she can be a great actress at times (certainly not in Mr. and Mrs. smith though)

Yes, an arbitrary award granted by a collection of stifled old codgers PROVES (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) that she has talent.