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Halle in tears again... for worst actress
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Posted on 02/27/2005 6:47:29 AM PST by Humblebum

Halle in tears again... for worst actress 14:00pm 27th February 2005 Halle Berry as Catwoman

Catwoman: Claws out for film flop Most Hollywood stars fail to appear at awards ceremonies if they haven't won, but actress Halle Berry surprised the showbiz world by turning-up in person to collect a gong for worst actress.

Berry was named worst actress of 2004 by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for her performance in Catwoman and she showed up to accept her "Razzie" carrying the Oscar she won in 2002 for Monster's Ball.

"They can't take this away from me, it's got my name on it!" she quipped. A raucous crowd cheered her on as she gave a stirring recreation of her Academy Award acceptance speech, including tears.

She thanked everyone involved in "Catwoman," a film she said took her from the top of her profession to the bottom.

"I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of s***," she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him "next time read the script first."

It is rare for a Razzie winner to show up at the spoof awards held on the night before Oscars - but Berry did, saying her mother taught her that to be "a good winner you had to be a good loser first." She received a standing ovation.

Catwoman tied with Fahrenheit 9/11 by winning four Razzies - worst picture, worst directing, worst screenplay and worst performance by an actress for Berry and her "berry bad" work.

Bush bashing

John Wilson, founder of the nonprofit Golden Raspberry Award Foundation that gives out "Hollywood's least coveted trophies," said Moore's anti-Bush documentary allowed the foundation's nearly 700 members to do some Bush bashing of their own.

The president not only was named worst male actor in a leading role, he also won for being half of the year's worst screen couple when paired with either Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or "My Pet Goat," the book he was reading to schoolchildren on the morning of September 11.

Footage of Bush continuing to read after being given first word of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was one of the key scenes in Moore's highly critical film. . Winners receive a golf ball-sized figure of a Raspberry atop a mangled Super 8 film reel that is spray-painted gold. It has an estimated street value of £3, although Wilson said costs were rising as Super 8 film reel cans are getting harder to find.


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KEYWORDS: award; halleberry; razzie
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To: robertpaulsen
Yep. A real slap in the face to the white mother who single-handedly raised her.

Unless you've seen her X-Men, you don't know what a slap in the face is.

21 posted on 02/27/2005 7:06:23 AM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Humblebum
"Berry was named worst actress of 2004 by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for her performance in Catwoman and she showed up to accept her "Razzie" carrying the Oscar she won in 2002 for Monster's Ball."

If she showed up in person to claim the Razzie, and had her Oscar in hand, I think it looks as though she has *issues*. And she probably feels as though the Razzie is in part an attack on her (personal) sexual appeal versus other Hollywood women (which is always a VERY competitive *cat fight*,) as the role of Catwoman is all about the bod and the role's sexuality.

As far as her acceptance of her Oscar...she went WAY over the top. WAY.

Just my opinion. And she has exhibited a spoiled and privileged attitude before in her HIT AND RUN, which left someone in need of immediate medical help. Halle didn't care....

22 posted on 02/27/2005 7:08:37 AM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: Humblebum

They love you for your body Halle-you are just so dang sexy, they don't even notice your acting talents.

When you are old and wrinkled, maybe those shallow minded dodos will notice your brain. (just kidding....well sort of kidding.)


23 posted on 02/27/2005 7:10:01 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (When the left hates you, rejoice, for you are right!!!!!)
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To: Humblebum

I was trapped on a flight from Mexico back to America when I saw this film. I liked it for two reasons: Halle is easy on the eyes, and someone should've kicked the sh*t out of Sharon Stone a decade ago, LOL!

They just don't make Movie Stars like they used to, do they? I wish the Info-tainment Industry would go back to the days of glam and stardust and creating interesting and glamorous lives for their stable of stars. It's an industry founded on Make Believe anyway, so what's the harm?


24 posted on 02/27/2005 7:10:21 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Victor

Her mother is white.


25 posted on 02/27/2005 7:11:58 AM PST by Fudd Fan (MaryJo Kopechne needed an "exit strategy")
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To: Humblebum

Heh.... She's a good sport!


26 posted on 02/27/2005 7:12:29 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: SheLion
She will just scream that it's because she is black......I don't know why, for the life of me, anyone has to bring race into this.

_________________________________________

Give it a rest. You are the first and likely only one to mention race, it's not in the article.

27 posted on 02/27/2005 7:13:17 AM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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To: Humblebum
"I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of s***," she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him "next time read the script first."

Halle looks like a finger pointer to me. Nobody forced her to take the role, act it as she did, and take the money. I think that her behavior makes her look so bad.

28 posted on 02/27/2005 7:15:53 AM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: Victor
Black, indeed. She looks more Castillian Spanish, if anything...

Really?

How many Castillian Spaniards have you ever met?


José María Barreda, President of the Province of Castilla-La Mancha with Castillian newspaper-woman Nieves Herrero

29 posted on 02/27/2005 7:16:18 AM PST by Polybius
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To: Humblebum

TRASH


30 posted on 02/27/2005 7:17:01 AM PST by solo gringo (Liberal democrats are parasites)
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To: Wormwood

Exactly what I was thinking.

Ditto and bump.


31 posted on 02/27/2005 7:17:49 AM PST by Griptilian
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To: Humblebum
Footage of Bush continuing to read after being given first word of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was one of the key scenes in Moore's highly critical film.
 
I believe I speak for everyone here when I say that it will be a question for the ages:  How many lives would have been saved if only W had of jumped up, dropped trow, pulled his hair into a Dagwood Bumpstead type fright-wig, and run around the classroom screaming hysterically "IWANTICECREAM-IWANTICECREAM-IWANTICECREAM!!!!" while kicking over desks and children unconcious.
But at least we know what to do in the future.
 
...or maybe I just speak for those at DU...
Owl_Eagle

"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"

-Hillary Clinton
(Yes, she really said that
Peggy Noonan
The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)

32 posted on 02/27/2005 7:18:39 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts. "Aww. not even a little?")
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To: tet68

She can "purr" for me, anytime.


33 posted on 02/27/2005 7:18:40 AM PST by reg45
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To: SheLion

I agree 100% but which side is constantly bringing it up?


34 posted on 02/27/2005 7:19:30 AM PST by JoeV1
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To: Humblebum

She thanked everyone involved in "Catwoman," a film she said took her from the top of her profession to the bottom.

"I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of s***," she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him "next time read the script first."

Really? What about reading the script yourself, Halle? You probably got paid more for that POS than I will make in the next ten years (if not more). Those who think this was a standup move on her part are wrong--she is just trying to play the victim here. Blame the agent, Warner Bros, the director--anyone but her. Excuse me if I don't cry any tears for her. She need to take more responsibility for her own actions and career.


35 posted on 02/27/2005 7:22:05 AM PST by rbg81
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To: Miss Behave

You gals are being a little hard on Halle, aren't you? The only thing I can think of that could make her look bad to us guys, would be for her to announce that she is a lesbian. Even then we would all be volunteering to help cure her of that. (Just having fun with this, I don't watch the Oscar show, nor do I care which Hollywoodite won what or for what they won what.)


36 posted on 02/27/2005 7:23:07 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (When the left hates you, rejoice, for you are right!!!!!)
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To: JoeV1

I agree 100% but which side is constantly bringing it up?

The side that wants to keep thing stirred up.  Al Sharpton and Jesse come to mind.

I don't care WHAT color a person's skin is.  That is irrelevant to me.  I just wish everyone would get past this color business. 


37 posted on 02/27/2005 7:25:49 AM PST by SheLion (The America we once knew and loved ........................is gone.)
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To: tet68

oh yeah...thats more like it!


38 posted on 02/27/2005 7:27:08 AM PST by Khurkris
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To: wtc911; SheLion

Checkmate :~D


39 posted on 02/27/2005 7:28:44 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: F.J. Mitchell
Halle's problem of picking roles isn't uncommon in Hollywood. Many oscar winners go from glory to crap in just one film. In this case, the producers of Catwoman were hoping to ride the wave of success of comic book movies like Spiderman and XMen. Adding a big name like Berry to the movie seemed a sure thing. But even the biggest name can't save a poorly written script and bad directing. Lesson learned: pick better scripts, Halle.

That said, I think Halle is one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.

40 posted on 02/27/2005 7:28:51 AM PST by rintense
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