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'Twilight' Leads This Year's Razzie Award Nominations, Honoring the Berry Worst in Movies
Sorry to disappoint all the Twihards out there, but this year's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II" leads the pack of nominees for the annual Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies.
Lampooning the Oscars--which will reveal their current crop of nominees tomorrow--the Razzies "honor" the "berry worst" the big screen had to offer. This is the 33rd year the Razzies will be handed out.
Not even veteran stars are spared; the iconic Barbra Streisand pulled in a nom for her role as an overbearing mother in "The Guilt Trip." She's up against Tyler Perry in the Worst Actress category, Perry for his gender-bending turn in "Madea's Witness Protection." Worst Actor is a familiar set of names of men whose performances we love to hate and/or hate to love, including Perry again (for "Alex Cross" and "Good Deeds"), Nicolas Cage ("Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance" and "Seeking Justice") and Razzie favorite Adam Sandler ("That's My Boy"). Music world stars who tried to cross over also didn't fare well this year; both Rihanna and Vanilla Ice are up for Razzies for their cinematic endeavors.
The Razzies, whose prize is a $4.79 painted trophy, will be awarded February 23, on the eve of the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Good Bad luck to all the nominees!
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Here's a complete list of nominees:
Worst Picture
Battleship
Oogieloves in the
Big Balloon Adventure
That's My Boy!
A Thousand Words
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Worst Director
Sean Anders - That's My Boy!
Peter Berg - Battleship
Bill Condon - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Tyler Perry - Good Deeds & Madea's Witness Protection
John Putch - Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Worst Actress
Katherine Heigl - One For The Money
Milla Jovovich- Resident Evil #5: Retribution
Tyler Perry (In Drag)- Madea's Witless Protection
Kristen Stewart- Snow White and The Huntsman & Twilight S.B.D. #2
Barbra Streisand - Guilt Trip
Worst Actor
Nicolas Cage - Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance & Seeking Justice
Eddie Murphy - A Thousand Words
Robert Pattinson - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Tyler Perry (Not in Drag) - Alex Cross & Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Adam Sandler - That's My Boy!
Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Biel - Playing For Keeps & Total Recall
Brooklyn Decker - Battleship & What to Expect When You're Expecting
Ashley Greene - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Jennifer Lopez - What to Expect When You're Expecting
Rihanna - Battleship
Worst Supporting Actor
David Hasselhoff - Pirannha 3-DD
Taylor Lautner - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Liam Neeson - Battleship & Wrath of the Titans
Nick Swardson - That's My Boy!
Vanilla Ice - That's My Boy!
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Worst Screen Ensemble
Battleship
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
That's My Boy!
Twilight S.B.D. #2
Madea's Witness Protection
Worst Screenplay
Atlas Shrugged Part II
Battleship
That's My Boy!
A Thousand Words
Twilight S.B.D. #2
Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance
Pirannha 3-DD
Red Dawn
Twilight S.B.D. #2
Madea's Witness Protection
Worst Screen Couple
Any two cast members from Jersey Shore - The Three Stooges
Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart - Twilight S.B.D. #2
Tyler Perry and his drag - Madea's Witness Protection
Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, or Susan Sarandon - That's My Boy!
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