<P> The film was the most awarded at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning five of six nominations, including Worst Picture (tied with Fantastic Four) and both leading roles . In contrast, Ellie Goulding's single "Love Me like You Do" was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, while The Weeknd's single "Earned It" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song . </P> <P> It is the first film in the Fifty Shades film series and was followed by two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). </P> <P> Twenty - one - year - old Anastasia "Ana" Steele is an English literature major at Washington State University's ("WSU") satellite campus near Vancouver, Washington . When her roommate, Kate Kavanagh, becomes ill and is unable to interview Christian Grey, a 27 - year - old billionaire entrepreneur, for the college newspaper, Ana agrees to go in her place . At Christian's Seattle headquarters called Grey House, Ana stumbles her way through the meeting . Christian, who is that year's WSU commencement speaker, takes an interest in her; soon after, he visits the hardware store where Ana works . He agrees to Ana's request for a photo shoot to accompany the article for which Ana had interviewed him . </P> <P> Christian invites Ana for coffee, but he leaves abruptly, saying he is not the man for her . Christian later sends Ana first edition copies of two Thomas Hardy novels, including Tess of the d'Urbervilles, as a gift . </P>

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