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It was an unforgettable weekend for actress, Sandra Bullock. On Saturday she collected the Golden Raspberry Award for the worst actress, and the next day, she got the Oscar award for the role in football drama, The Blind Side.
The Razzie awards are held in Los Angeles to celebrate the worst films of the year. The last big star to get the award was Halle Berry in 2005.
Bullock arrived with hundreds of copies of the DVD, All about Steve, “the worst film of the year” to give to the audience.
She joked with the audience, “I will show up next year if you promise to watch the movie and really consider if it was truly the worst performance. If you’re willing to watch, I’ll come back next year and give back the Razzie”.
In All about Steve, Bullock plays a character called Mary, who is a shy crossword-writer. The “terrible” plot includes her joining a protest group, getting hit by a tornado, falling down a mine and meeting a deaf girl at the bottom of it.
The leading actor in All about Steve, Bradley Cooper, also won an award. Together with Bullock they were voted the worst screen couple.
The Razzies was started by American, John J.B. Wilson, in 1981. He was involved in the media and entertainment industry. Wilson used to have dinner parties at his house in Los Angeles on the night of the Academy Awards. One year, after watching a very bad film win an award, he decided to ask his dinner party guests to vote for the worst films of the year, and this began to be a formal, annual event. Now, anyone can register on the website, to vote for award winners. For the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards in 2009, about 650 journalists, cinema fans, and people in the film industry voted. They came from 45 states in the United States and 19 other countries.
Major TV companies are there to film the event, and it is now watched by millions all over the world.
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Choose the correct answer.
Why did Sandra Bullock win a Razzie?
a. Because she starred in The Blind Side.
b. Because All about Steve was voted the best film.
c. Because she starred in the worst film.
d. Because she starred in the best film.
What did Sandra Bullock think of the audience’s vote at the Razzies?
a. She knew they had watched the film
b. She didn’t think they had watched the film.
c. She didn’t think they knew anything about films.
d. She knew they all wanted a DVD of the film.
What makes the plot “terrible”?
a. It’s full of unbelievable, dramatic events.
b. It’s boring and dull.
c. It’s about football.
d. It’s about a shy girl.
