Mark your calendars for April 1. Yes, that day is popularly known as April Fools’ Day, but, this year, it’s also the day when the Razzies will award the worst in 2011 cinema.
The nominations for the 32nd Annual Razzie Awards were announced today, February 25, and leading the pack is Adam Sandler, who had three critically panned films last year. Sandler racked up 11 individual nominations, breaking the original record of five set by Eddie Murphy in 2007.
Sandler’s cross-dressing comedy, “Jack & Jill,” leads the Worst Picture nominations with 12, including Worst Actor for Sandler (for playing Jack) and Worst Actress for Sandler (for playing Jill). Katie Holmes received a nod for Worst Supporting Actress as Jack’s wife. Al Pacino, who played himself in the movie, nabbed a Worst Supporting Actor nomination.
Other films in the Worst Picture field are “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (which Sandler’s Happy Madison studio produced), “New Year’s Eve,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.” This marks the first year in Razzie history that all five Worst Picture nominees are competing for the categories of Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Cast Ensemble.
Here is the complete list of the Razzie nominations:
Worst Picture:
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions
Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions
Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Paramount Pictures / Hasbro
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Summit Entertainment
Worst Director:
Michael Bay - TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Tom Brady - BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Bill Condon - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Dennis Dugan - JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Garry Marshall - NEW YEAR'S EVE
Worst Actor:
Russell Brand - ARTHUR
Nicolas Cage - DRIVE ANGRY 3-D, SEASON OF THE WITCH and TRESPASS
Taylor Lautner - ABDUCTION and TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART I
Adam Sandler - JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Nick Swardson - BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Worst Actress:
Martin Lawrence (As "Momma") - BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Sarah Palin (As "Herself") - SARAH PALIN: THE UNDEFEATED
Sarah Jessica Parker - I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT and NEW YEAR'S EVE
Adam Sandler (As "Jill") - JACK & JILL
Kristen Stewart - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Supporting Actor:
Patrick Dempsey - TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
James Franco - YOUR HIGHNESS
Ken Jeong - BIG MOMMA'S #3, HANGOVER PART 2, TRANSFORMERS #3 and ZOOKEEPER
Al Pacino (As "Al Pacino") - JACK & JILL
Nick Swardson - JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Worst Supporting Actress:
Katie Holmes - JACK & JILL
Brandon T. Jackson (As "Charmaine") - BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Nicole Kidman - JUST GO WITH IT
David Spade (As "Monica") - JACK & JILL
The Underwear Model (aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) - TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Worst Screen Ensemble:
The Entire Cast of BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
The Entire Cast of JACK & JILL
The Entire Cast of NEW YEAR'S EVE
The Entire Cast of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
The Entire Cast of TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Screen Couple:
Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movies
Shia LeBeouf & The Underwear Model (aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) TRANNIES #3
Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker /JUST GO WITH IT
Adam Sandler and EITHER Katie Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler / JACK & JILL
Krtisten Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner OR Robert Pattinson /TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Screenplay:
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson
Screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, Story by Ben Zook
Written by Katherine Fugate
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Written by Ehren Kruger
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel:
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
(Rip-Off of BOOGIE NIGHTS and A STAR IS BORN)
THE HANGOVER PART 2
(Both a Sequel AND a Remake!)
JACK & JILL
(Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods' GLEN OR GLENDA)
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Source: Razzies Web site
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