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Blowing Golden Raspberries at Hollywood
January 21, 2008

One of the Hound's favorite tinseltown traditions took place on January 21 (the day before the Oscars noms were announced), the unveiling of this year's Golden Raspberry nominations. The Razzies celebrate Hollywood's worst, presenting annual "Dis-Honors for Worst Achievements in Film." It's an award show that recognizes unheralded gems like Showgirls, Catwoman, and the oeuvre of Uwe Boll, so it's hard not to love the pure schauenfreude of the whole affair.

This year, the Razzies took particular aim at Eddie Murphy and Lindsay Lohan, but come on, those are pretty easy targets. Why is there no recognition for Brett Ratner, whose Rush Hour 3 was not only one of the worst things ever set to celluloid, but also marked Ratner's THIRD time ruining the third chapter of a popular film series? (Red Dragon and X-Men: Last Stand were the first two, if you're keeping score at home.) Why didn't the Razzies go after some less obvious cinematic abominations, like Brian De Palma's Redacted, a trite snoozer wrapped in a smug sense of Iraq War self-importance? That movie, brought to us by the director of Mission to Mars and Snake Eyes, makes us think that the terrorists may have already won.

Ah well, there's no pleasing some people. The Razzie nominations are below.

Worst Picture:
Bratz
Daddy Day Camp
I Know Who Killed Me
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Norbit

Worst Actor:
Nicolas Cage - Ghost Rider , National Treasure: Book of Secrets , and Next
Jim Carrey - The Number 23
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Daddy Day Camp and Norbit
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) - Norbit
Adam Sandler - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Worst Actress:
Jessica Alba - Awake , Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer , and Good Luck Chuck
Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos, & Skyler Shaye (A Four-for-One Deal!) - Bratz
Elisha Cuthbert - Captivity
Diane Keaton - Because I Said So
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey) - I Know Who Killed Me
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota) - I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Supporting Actor:
Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Kevin James - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) - Norbit
Rob Schneider - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jon Voight - Bratz , National Treasure: Book of Secrets , September Dawn , and Transformers

Worst Supporting Actress:
Jessica Biel - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Next
Carmen Electra - Epic Movie
Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) - Norbit
Julia Ormond - I Know Who Killed Me
Nicolette Sheridan - Code Name: The Cleaner

Worst Screen Couple:
Jessica Alba & EITHER Hayden Christensen (Awake ) OR Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck ) OR Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer )
Any Combination of Two Totally Air-Headed Characters - Bratz Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan (as The Yang to Her Own Yin) - I Know Who Killed Me
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) & EITHER Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) OR Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) - Norbit
Adam Sandler & EITHER Kevin James OR Jessica Biel - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Worst Remake or Rip-Off:
Are We Done Yet? - (Remake/Rip-Off of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House )
Bratz - (A Rip-Off If Ever There Was One!)
Epic Movie - (Rip-Off of Every Movie it Rips Off)
I Know Who Killed Me - (Rip-Off of Hostel [PEN#: 1691936], Saw , and The Patty Duke Show)
Who's Your Caddy? - (Rip-Off of Caddy Shack )

Worst Prequel or Sequel:
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Daddy Day Camp
Evan Almighty
Hannibal Rising
Hostel: Part II

Worst Director:
Dennis Dugan - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Roland Joffe - Captivity
Brian Robbins - Norbit
Fred Savage - Daddy Day Camp
Chris Siverston - I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Screenplay:
Daddy Day Camp - Screenplay by Geoff Rodkey and David J. Stem & David N. Weiss
Epic Movie - Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
I Know Who Killed Me - Written by Jeffrey Hammond
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry - Screenplay by Barry Fanaro and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Norbit - Screenplay by Eddie Murphy & Charles Murphy and Jay Sherick & David Ronn

Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie:
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Captivity
Hannibal Rising
Hostel: Part II
I Know Who Killed Me
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