Editing 24th Golden Raspberry Awards (section)

{{short description|Award ceremony presented by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation in 2003}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number           = 24
| award            = Golden Raspberry Awards
| date             = February 28, 2004
| site             = Sheraton Hotel, [[Santa Monica]], [[California]]
| film             = ''[[Gigli]]''
| most_wins        = ''Gigli'' (6)
| most_nominations = ''Gigli'' (9)
| last             = 23rd
| next             = 25th
}}

The '''24th Golden Raspberry Awards''', or '''Razzies''', were held on February 28, 2004, at the Sheraton Hotel in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]], to honor the worst films the [[film industry]] had to offer in [[2003 in film|2003]].

Late summer [[box-office bomb|box office flop]] ''[[Gigli]]'' led the pack, receiving nine nominations and becoming the first film to sweep the six major categories ([[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Director]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Actor]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Actress]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Screenplay]], and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo|Screen Couple]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Gigli nominated as Razzies' prize turkey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/26/awardsandprizes.news |website=the Guardian |date=26 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CNN.com - At the Razzies, it's a Bennifer sweep - Feb. 28, 2004 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/28/razzies.reut/index.html |website=Cnn.com }}</ref> Tied for second most-nominated, with eight each, were the [[Mike Myers]] holiday film ''[[The Cat in the Hat (film)|The Cat in the Hat]]'' and ''[[From Justin to Kelly]]'', a remake of ''[[Where the Boys Are]]'' inspired by the television series ''[[American Idol]]''.

As with [[Bill Cosby]] on the [[8th Golden Raspberry Awards]] and [[Tom Selleck]] on the [[13th Golden Raspberry Awards]], respectively,<ref>{{cite press release |title=The 24th Annual RAZZIE® Awards "WINNERS" Announced |url=http://www.razzies.com/asp/24thAwards.htm |website=Razzies.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040316032100/http://www.razzies.com/asp/24thAwards.htm |archive-date=2004-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=24th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award Nominations |url=http://www.razzies.com/asp/24thNominations.htm |website=Razzies.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040128024628/http://www.razzies.com/asp/24thNominations.htm |archive-date=2004-01-28 |date=18 March 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Ben Affleck]] did not attend the ceremony, but was quoted by the [[Associated Press]] as saying that he felt "stiffed" by the Golden Raspberry Awards committee, who did not send the prize out to him. Razzies founder John Wilson delivered the trophy to the studios of ''[[Larry King Live]]'' but Affleck was unimpressed and left it behind. Wilson retrieved the trophy and auctioned it on eBay.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 17, 2004 |author=Stephen M. Silverman |title=Affleck Refuses Razzie on 'Larry King' |url=https://people.com/celebrity/affleck-refuses-razzie-on-larry-king/ |website=PEOPLE.com }}</ref> The trophy sold for $1700 which Wilson used to pay for the Ivar Theater for the [[25th Golden Raspberry Awards]] the next year.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Razzies: A brief history |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/28/razzies-brief-history/ |website=EW.com |quote=Wilson auctions off the broken trophy on eBay, where it sells for $1,700. "Enough money to pay for the hall that year," Wilson notes.}}</ref> Affleck went on to win the first [[Razzie Redeemer Award|Razzie Reedemer Award in 2014]].