29th Golden Raspberry Awards Nominations

Though this site tends to focus more on Oscar and other awards shows that award excellence in film making, I do like to make an exception in mentioning the Golden Raspberry Awards. Now in case you don't know what the Raspberries are, they are basically the anti-Oscar, giving awards to movies that have the least artistic merit to them. This year the nominees are:

Worst Picture:

• "Disaster Movie" and "Meet the Spartans"
• "The Happening"
• "The Hottie and the Nottie"
• "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale"
• "The Love Guru"

Worst Actor:

• Larry the Cable Guy, "Witless Protection"
• Eddie Murphy, "Meet Dave"
• Mike Myers, "The Love Guru"
• Al Pacino, "88 Minutes" and "Righteous Kill"
• Mark Wahlberg, "The Happening" and "Max Payne"

Worst Actress:

• Jessica Alba, "The Eye" and "The Love Guru"
• Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and Meg Ryan, the Cast of "The Women"
• Cameron Diaz, "What Happens in Vegas..."
• Paris Hilton, "The Hottie and the Nottie"
• Kate Hudson, "Fool's Gold" and "My Best Friend's Girl"

Worst Supporting Actor:

• Uwe Boll, "Postal"
• Pierce Brosnan, "Mamma Mia!"
• Ben Kingsley, "The Love Guru", "War, Inc." and "The Wackness"
• Burt Reynolds, "Deal" and "In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale"
• Verne Troyer, "The Love Guru" and "Postal"

Worst Supporting Actress:

• Carmen Electra, "Disaster Movie" and "Meet The Spartans"
• Paris Hilton, "Repo: The Genetic Opera"
• Kim Kardashian, "Disaster Movie"
• Jenny McCarthy, "Witless Protection"
• Leelee Sobieski, "88 Minutes" and "In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale"

Worst Screen Couple:

• Uwe Boll and ANY Actor, Camera or Screenplay
• Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, "What Happens in Vegas..."
• Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore, "The Hottie and the Nottie"
• Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy, "Witless Protection"
• Eddie Murphy IN Eddie Murphy, "Meet Dave"

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel:

• "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
• "Disaster Movie" and "Meet The Spartans"
• "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
• "Speed Racer"
• "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"

Worst Director:

• Uwe Boll, "Tunnel Rats", In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" and "Postal"
• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, "Disaster Movie" and "Meet The Spartans"
• Tom Putnam, "The Hottie and the Nottie"
• Marco Schnabel, "The Love Guru"
• M. Night Shyamalan, "The Happening"

Worst Screenplay:

• "Disaster Movie" and "Meet The Spartans" - Both Written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
• "The Happening" - Written by M. Night Shyamalan
• "The Hottie And The Nottie" - Written by Heidi Ferrer
• "In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" - Screenplay by Doug Taylor
• "The Love Guru" - Written by Mike Myers and Graham Gordy

Worst Career Achievement (Special Category!): Uwe Boll (Germany's Answer to Ed Wood)

Nice to see Uwe Boll getting a special award. I hope he walks away with more Raspberries then anyone.