29th Annual Razzie Awards, Winners Announced on Saturday, February 21

29th Annual Razzie Award Nominations

Mike Myers in 'The Love Guru'

LOS ANGELES, California -- Voters for 2008's worst movies love Mike Myers. They really love him. Myers' comedy flop, "Th e Love Guru" led the field for the Razzies with seven nominations, among them worst picture and worst-acting slots for Myers, Jessica Alba, Verne Troyer and Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley.

The number of nominations for "Love Guru" was appropriate given what a personal project it was for Myers, who not only starred but also co-wrote and produced the movie, said John Wilson, founder of the Razzies, an Oscar spoof that dishes out "dis-honors" for the lousiest stuff Hollywood dredged up the previous year.

"This is one of those auteur-of-the-awful situations," Wilson said. "I think people are tired of him in general. He hasn't really made a good movie in quite some time." Razzie < i>"winners" will be announced Saturday, February 21, the day before the Oscars.

Paris Hilton as Cristabel in 'The Hottie & the Nottie'

The other worst-picture contenders were "Disaster Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," Hollywood spoofs that shared a nomination for a "badly beaten dead horse of a concept;" the fright flick, "The Happening" and the sword-and-sorcery fantasy, "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Ta le."

Also making the worst-picture list was Paris Hilton's romantic comedy bomb, "The Hottie & the Nottie." Plus, Hilton had three individual nominations: worst actress and worst screen couple alongside her co-stars in "The Hottie & the Nottie," plus worst supporting actress for "Repo! The Genetic Opera."

Eddie Murphy, named worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress last year for multiple roles in "Norbit," has two nominations this t ime, as worst actor and screen couple alongside himself for dual roles in his sci-fi comedy dud, "Meet Dave."


Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher overact onscreen
in 'What Happens in Vegas'

Cameron Diaz also picked up two Razzie nominations for the romance, "What Happens in Vegas," as worst actress and worst screen couple alongside co-star Ashton Kutcher. Along with Kingsley, Oscar winner Al Pacino had a worst-actor nomination for his crime thr illers, "88 Minutes" and "Righteous Kill."

The stars of the remake, "The Women" — Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and Meg Ryan — shared a worst-actress nomination. Joining them, Alba, Diaz and Hilton in the worst-actress category was Kate Hudson for "Fool's Gold" and "My Best Friend's Girl."

Besides Murphy, Myers and Pacino, worst-actor nominees were Larry the Cable Guy for "Witless Protection" and Mark Wahlberg for "The Happening" and "Max Payne."

"In the Name of the King" filmmaker Uwe Boll had three nominations for 2008 movies, worst director for that flick and "1968: Tunnel Rats" and "Postal," supp orting actor for playing himself in "Postal" and screen couple alongside "any actor, camera or screenplay."


Filmmaker Uwe Boll 'wins' special prize for
worst career achievement

Boll — whose movies include such horror or action tales as "Bloodrayne," "Alone in the Dark" and "House of the Dead" — also was selected by Razzies voters to receive a special prize for worst career achievement as "Germany's answer to Ed Wood, " the legendary bad filmmaker responsible for "Plan 9 From Outer Space."

"It's pretty insulting to Ed Wood. Although Wood didn't understand how to splice two frames together, there was a joy of incompetence in his work," Wilson said. "Uwe Boll's like our Meryl Streep. As long as he continues to work, he will get nominated, just like Meryl Streep does with those other awards."

A spoof of Hollywood awards, the Razzies made their announcement the day before the Oscar nominations come out. Razzie "winners" will be announced Saturday, February 21, a day before the Oscars.

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