by WSJ Staff
On Saturday night, Sandra Bullock made history by becoming just the second woman to accept her Golden Raspberry award — bestowed by the Razzie Awards for worst performance of the year — in person. Only Halle Berry, who won her Razzie in 2005 for “Catwoman,” has also had the humility (and sense of humor) to accept her award in person.
Granted, Berry and Bullock have the leeway to poke to fun at both their own careers and when films go awry — Berry is a best actress Oscar winner for 2001’s “Monster’s Ball” and Bullock is considered the front runner for the same award at this year’s Oscars ceremony, for her role as tough football mom in “The Blind Side.”
When accepting her speech, Bullock wheeled a wagon-full of DVDs for “All about Steve” — the panned comedy she won her Razzie for — on stage with her, and told the crowd everyone would get a copy.
“This is the deal I’m going to make. I will show up next year if you promise to watch the movie, really watch it, and really consider if it really and truly was the worst performance,” she said. “If you’re willing to watch it, I will come back next year and I will give back the Razzie.”
“I brought the shooting script, the final shooting draft,” she added. “And I will go page by page by page of my dialogue. I’m going to read the line the way that I read it in the film and then I want anyone who wants to come give me a line reading back to come up. So we can do this ’til about four o’clock, or you guys can rethink your decision and have me back next year.”