Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana DeBose, FKA Twigs and Jack Black are among the music stars who are nominated for Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies, as they are commonly known, have been criticized as catty,

In the directing category, Jerry Seinfeld, who is also nominated for Worst Actor, is competing against Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Phillips, Eli Roth and S.J. Clarkson. The awards are voted for by more than 1,200 movie fans and film critics, and winners will be announced on Saturday March 1, the day before the Oscars.

"Joker: Folie a Deux" was nominated for seven Razzies on Tuesday, leaving the sad clown atop the annual tongue-in-cheek list of the worst movies of the year.

For anyone unfamiliar, the Razzies are the antithesis to the Oscars, seeking to spotlight, mock, and shame the “worst” movies of the year. Some people find this a cathartic part of the awards season that counteracts the solemnity of it all with a bit of levity. Others think the Razzies denigrate the hard work the cast and crew put into a movie.

The nominees for the best of the worst of cinema – the awards known as the Razzies – were released Tuesday, and the oft-derided “Joker” sequel led the pack.