Adam Sandler Makes Razzie Award Nomination History (Complete List!)
The Razzie nominations for this year are out, and gee, did Adam Sandler clean up or what?
-Lucia Peters, BettyConfidential.com
Man. Adam Sandler really has to stop making mediocre movies. The nominations for the world-famous Razzie Awards were announced this weekend, and between Jack and Jill, Bucky Larson, and Just Go With It, Adam racked up a new record for Most Razzie Nominations in a Single Year: 11. ELEVEN Razzie nominations? That's more than twice the previous record of noms held by a single person (Eddie Murphy) in any given year (2007)! Whatever happened to the days of Punch Drunk Love? Sigh.
Anyhoo, for those of you not in the know, the Razzies, more accurately known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, were founded in 1980 as an antidote to the hullabaloo and arrogance of awards season. Instead of honoring great achievements in filmmaking, the Razzies recognize the absolute worst in filmmaking. As you might imagine, they are absolutely HILARIOUS. Though traditionally the Razzies have been held the day before the Oscars, this year, they've been pushed back to April 1 (April Fool's Day? Sounds perfect to me!), and as such, the nominations for the 32nd season have just been announced. Check them out here:
WORST PICTURE
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jack & Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
WORST ACTOR
Russell Brand, Arthur
Nicolas Cage, Drive Angry 3-D, Season of the Witch and Trespass
Taylor Lautner, Abduction and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
Nick Swardson, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
WORST ACTRESS
Martin Lawrence, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin: The Undefeated (Ed. note: Bwahahahahahaha.)
Sarah Jessica Parker, I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year's Eve
Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill (Ed. note, part 2: Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!)
Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Patrick Dempsey, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
James Franco, Your Highness
Ken Jeong, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Hangover Part 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Zookeeper
Al Pacino, Jack & Jill
Nick Swardson, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Katie Holmes, Jack & Jill
Brandon T. Jackson, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Nicole Kidman, Just Go With It
David Spade, Jack & Jill
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Cast of Jack & Jill
Cast of New Year's Eve
Cast of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tom Brady, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Dennis Dugan, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
Garry Marshall, New Year's Eve
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Arthur
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (ripoff of Boogie Nights and A Star Is Born)
The Hangover Part 2 (both a sequel and a remake)
Jack & Jill (remake/ripoff of Ed Woods' Glen or Glenda)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Nicolas Cage and Anyone Sharing the Screen With Him in any of his three 2011 movies
Shia LeBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Adam Sandler and either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker, Just Go With It
Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
WORST SCREENPLAY
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson)
Jack & Jill (screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, story by Ben Zook)
New Year's Eve (written by Katherine Fugate)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (written by Ehren Kruger)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg)
Well. That certainly is a high concentration of really terrible movies. Who (besides Adam Sandler, that is) do you think is going to win? It's a dubious honor, to be sure, but there's as long as you're willing to take it with good grace and a sense of humor, there's something to be said for adding a Razzie to your awards shelf.
Be sure to tune in on April 1 for the results!
Tell us: What do you think the worst movie of 2011 was?
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