Donald Trump may well be kicking off 2019 with a clutch of Golden Raspberry awards after he and his associates received four nominations in Hollywood’s annual “worst of” lineup.

Trump was nominated for worst actor and worst screen combo (along with “his self-perpetuating pettiness” after his appearances in Michael Moore’s anti-Trump documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 and Dinesh d’Souza’s highly pro-Trump Death of a Nation. Fahrenheit 11/9 also yielded two more Trump-related nods in the worst actress category: his wife Melania will be competing with Kellyanne Conway, counsellor to the president and Trump’s former campaign manager.

However, more traditional entertainment-industry offerings received the bulk of the nominations. Three films got six nods each: puppet-noir comedy The Happytime Murders, gangster biopic Gotti, and Will Ferrell crime comedy Holmes & Watson. Gotti stars John Travolta and Kelly Preston (married in real life) were nominated as worst actor and actress respectively, as well as for worst screen combo (“getting Battlefield Earth-type reviews!”). Happytime Murders also received a worst screen combo nomination for its actor-puppet interactions, “especially in those creepy sex scenes”.

Elsewhere, former husband and wife Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were both nominated: Heard for worst actress for the London Fields adaptation, and Depp for Sherlock Gnomes, as well as worst screen combo with “his fast-fading film career”.

The winners of the Golden Raspberry awards are announced on 23 February, the day before the Academy Awards.

Full list of nominations

Worst picture

Gotti

The Happytime Murders

Holmes & Watson

Robin Hood

Winchester

Worst actress

Jennifer Garner – Peppermint

Amber Heard – London Fields

Melissa McCarthy – The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party

Helen Mirren – Winchester

Amanda Seyfried – The Clapper

Worst actor

Johnny Depp (voice only) – Sherlock Gnomes

Will Ferrell – Holmes & Watson

John Travolta – Gotti

Donald J Trump (as himself) – Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9

Bruce Willis – Death Wish

Worst supporting actor

Jamie Foxx - Robin Hood

Ludacris (voice only) – Show Dogs

Joel McHale – The Happytime Murders

John C Reilly – Holmes & Watson

Justice Smith – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Worst supporting actress

Kellyanne Conway (as herself) – Fahrenheit 11/9

Marcia Gay Harden – Fifty Shades Freed

Kelly Preston – Gotti

Jaz Sinclair – Slender Man

Melania Trump (as herself) – Fahrenheit 11/9

Worst screen combo

Any two actors or puppets (especially in those creepy sex scenes) – The Happytime Murders

Johnny Depp and his fast-fading film career (he’s doing voices for cartoons, fer kripesakes!) – Sherlock Gnomes

Will Ferrell and John C Reilly (trashing two of literature’s most beloved characters) –Holmes & Watson

Kelly Preston and John Travolta (getting Battlefield Earth type reviews!) – Gotti

Donald J Trump and his self-perpetuating pettiness – Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9

Worst remake, rip-off or sequel

Death of a Nation (remake of Hillary’s America)

Death Wish

Holmes & Watson

The Meg (rip-off of Jaws)

Robin Hood

Worst director

Etan Cohen – Holmes & Watson

Kevin Connolly – Gotti

James Foley – Fifty Shades Freed

Brian Henson – The Happytime Murders

The Spierig brothers (Michael and Peter) – Winchester

Worst screenplay

Death of a Nation

Fifty Shades Freed

Gotti

The Happytime Murders

Winchester