The Razzies 2012: The Worst of The Worst in Movies! And The Nominees Are....

[Brian Damage]

Adam Sandler
Sets New Record
for Most RAZZIE® Nominations
in a Single Year
As an Actor, Producer and Screenwriter,
Sandler Racks Up a Staggering
11 'Worst in Film' Nods

With three critically-panned movies released by his Happy Madison Productions, 2011 was A Berry Bad Year for Adam Sandler, who now totally dominates the list of contenders for The 32nd Annual RAZZIE® Awards. Sandler has more than doubled Eddie Murphy's old record for the most nominations accrued by an individual in a single year. As an actor, writer and/or producer on JACK & JILL, BUCKY LARSON and JUST GO WITH IT, the former SNL star has amassed a whopping 11 RAZZIE® nods, dis-honoring last year's Worst Achievements in Film.

Leading the pack for Worst Picture is Sandler's cross-dressing comedy JACK & JILL, which received 12 nods in all (becoming only the 4th film in the Tacky Trophy's history ever to get more dings than the awards have categories). Besides having the inside track to "win" the top award, JILL is also contending for Sandler as Worst Actor (as male twin Jack) Katie Holmes as Worst Supporting Actress (playing Jack's wife) and former Oscar® regular� Al Pacino, nabbing his third RAZZIE® nod for playing "himself" as being madly in love with Sandler's female twin. Sandler is also nominated for Worst Actress for playing the role of Jill and, should he "win," and choose to follow in the footsteps of previous "winners" Halle Berry (CATWOMAN) and Sandra Bullock (ALL ABOUT STEVE) Sandler could potentially become the first "winner" who literally has the balls to accept a Worst Actress RAZZIE®.

Also selected as Worst Picture nominees for 2011 are:� BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (in which a Midwestern dolt comes to Hollywood to pursue a career in porno films); NEW YEAR'S EVE (which wastes some than 20 major stars on a "plot" almost as sophisticated as an episode of THE LOVE BOAT); TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (an even louder, even longer 3-D follow up to Michael Bay's 2009 Worst Picture "winner" TRANSFORMERS 2); and the 4th installment in the TWILIGHT series, BREAKING WIND, PART I (in which Sparkly Vampire Edward finally marries – and impregnates – Whiny Goth Girl Bella).

For the first time in RAZZIE® history, all five nominated Worst Pictures are also vying for Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Ensemble. Other well-known potential RAZZIE® recipients include: Former Oscar® winners Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, British comedian Russell Brand (a Worst Actor choice for the massively disappointing remake of ARTHUR) and The Victoria's Secret Underwear Model who replaced Megan Fox as the girlfriend of Shia Le Beouf in TRANNIES #3. A complete list of nominees is below this press release.

The RAZZIES® were created in 1980 as a logical antidote to Tinsel Town's annual glut of self-congratulatory awards by John Wilson, author of THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE and EVERYTHING I KNOW I LEARNED AT THE MOVIES. Nominees were determined by mailing ballots to 657 voters in 46 U.S. states and 17 foreign countries. "Winners" will be announced, appropriately, on Sunday, April 1 – April Fools' Day.

http://www.razzies.com/history/32ndNoms.asp

[JamesG]

The Complete 32nd Golden Raspberry Award Nominations



Worst Picture:

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jack and 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, Season of the Witch and Trespass
Taylor Lautner - Abduction and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Adam Sandler (as Jack) - Jack and Jill and Just Go with It
Nick Swardson - Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star







Worst Actress

Martin Lawrence (as Big Momma) - Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Sarah Palin (as herself) - The Undefeated
Sarah Jessica Parker - I Don’t Know How She Does It and New Year’s Eve
Adam Sandler (as Jill) - Jack and Jill
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 II, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Zookeeper
Al Pacino - Jack and Jill
Nick Swardson - Jack and Jill and Just Go with It







Worst Supporting Actress:

Katie Holmes - Jack and Jill
Rosie Huntington-Whitely - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Brandon T. Jackson (as Charmaine) - Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Nicole Kidman - Just Go with It
David Spade (as Monica) - Jack and Jill







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 and Jill and Just Go with It
Garry Marshall - New Year's Eve







Worst Screenplay:

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jack and Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1







Worst Screen Couple:

Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movies
Drive Angry, Season of the Witch and Trespass


Shia LaBeouf & The Underwear Model (Rosie Huntington-Whitely)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon


Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker
Just Go with It


Adam Sandler & EITHER Katie Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler
Jack and Jill


Kristen Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1







Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel:

Arthur
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (Rip-off of Boogie Nights and A Star Is Born)
The Hangover Part II
Jack and Jill (Remake/Rip-off of Glen or Glenda)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1







Worst Screen Ensemble:

The Entire Cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
The Entire Cast of Jack and Jill
The Entire Cast of New Year’s Eve
The Entire Cast of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Entire Cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

[Zoneboy]

The trailer for Bucky Larson was enough to induce vomiting so I hope it dominates at the Razzies.

[James28]

Why are Martin Lawrence, Adam Sandler, and Brandon Jackson even nominated for the Worst Actress/Supporting Actress Category? Because they played female characters? An actress is a female, and Sandler, Lawrence, and Jackson are males, so they do not belong in that category.

[MrCleveland]

I go for "Jack and Jill", Adam Sandler's career is just shot!

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by James28

Why are Martin Lawrence, Adam Sandler, and Brandon Jackson even nominated for the Worst Actress/Supporting Actress Category? Because they played female characters? An actress is a female, and Sandler, Lawrence, and Jackson are males, so they do not belong in that category.

The Razzies aren't meant to be taken seriously, they also have Jack And Jill listed as a rip-off of Glen Or Glenda and it's not.

[James28]

^^Regardless of that, they still need to be removed from the Worst Actress/Supporting Actress category. Razzie committee went a little too far with this.

[JamesG]

It's a joke.

It would be pretty hilarious to see Martin Lawrence win for 'Worst Actress'.

[James28]

^^And will that offend any of the LGBT community?

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by James28

^^And will that offend any of the LGBT community?

I don't see how it would because, again, this isn't meant to be taken seriously at all.