Golden Raspberry Awards handed out

George W. Bush won the “Razzie” worst actor of the year award on
Saturday for his performance as president in “Fahrenheit 9/11” but his
moment in Hollywood’s dubious spotlight was eclipsed by Halle Berry,
who actually turned up to receive her embarrassing accolade.

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 (news – web
sites) — 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.

Bush, beating such established Hollywood heroes as
Colin Farrell and Vin Diesel, won the Razzie for worst actor of the
year for his appearance in Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit
9/11.”

Bush, two members of his administration, Britney
Spears and the storybook about a goat that the president was reading to
children as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were taking place all took top
honors at the “Razzie” awards, now in their 25th year.

“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.

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 (news – web sites) or “My Pet Goat,” the book he was
reading to schoolchildren on the morning of Sept. 11.

Footage
of Bush continuing to read after being given first word of the attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news – web sites) was one
of the key scenes in Moore’s highly critical film.

Two other
“Fahrenheit” stars were “honored.” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
was named worst supporting actor and pop star Spears won for worst
supporting actress for a clip in which she declared blind faith in
Bush’s policies while popping chewing gum.

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
$4.97, although Wilson said costs were rising as Super 8 film reel cans
are getting harder to find.

Here’s the complete list:

WORST PICTURE
CATWOMAN (Warner Bros.)

WORST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

WORST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Halle Berry / CATWOMAN

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Donald Rumsfeld / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Britney Spears / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / FAHRENHEIT 9/11

WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL
SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Warner Bros.)

WORST DIRECTOR