The past year has not been a good one for Adam Sandler when it comes to the critics. Having taken on the roles of both brother and sister in the film Jack and Jill could easily earn him a worst actress nomination, while Just Go With It, a rom-com in which he teamed up with Jennifer Anniston, also received stinking reviews.Sony Pictures
The past year has not been a good one for Adam Sandler when it comes to the critics. Having taken on the roles of both brother and sister in the film Jack and Jill could easily earn him a worst actress nomination, while Just Go With It, a rom-com in which he teamed up with Jennifer Anniston, also received stinking reviews.Sony PicturesM Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender received several awards last year, including worst picture. The 3D spectacle, which came with a $150 million (£96 million) price tag, was intended to be the first in a trilogy, though the public's response to the initial offering does not bode well for the sequels.ParamountSources close to Kristen Stewart confirmed that the actress and Robert Pattinson have broken up and that Kristen was devastated by the split.Summit EntertainmentAdam Sandler-scripted Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star has an impressive 0 percent rating on the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it a frontrunner for some awards at the Razzies.Sony PicturesEddie Murphy still holds the dubious honour of winning the most Razzie awards in a single year after being selected for five categories in 2008, when he won worst actor for his performance in Norbit.DreamworksNone of Michael Bay's Transformers films have fared particularly well with critics. The previous film in the series, Revenge of the Fallen, featuring Megan Fox, won the Razzie award for worst picture in 2009. Underwear model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's performance in Dark of the Moon, the series' third outing, has since made "Megan Fox look like Meryl Streep", according to a CNN reviewer.Paramount StudiosMadonna has not had a great deal of luck when it comes to the Razzies. She has been named worst actress five times, most recently for her then husband Guy Ritchie's ill-fated Swept Away.Screen Gems
The annual Golden Raspberry - or Razzie - Awards has been rescheduled to April Fools' Day.
Instead of holding the alternative awards ceremony on 25 February, the day before the Oscar awards are due to take place in Los Angeles, Razzies founders John Wilson and Mo Murphy decided to delay the ceremony itself, while still announcing the nominations for the 23rd worst-movie awards on the same date in nearby Santa Monica.
"In addition to allowing the Razzies' more than 600 voting members additional time to see the drek they will eventually nominate, this new schedule will also allow for more input from the movie-going public before the contenders are determined," the organisers announced on the awards' website.
Frontrunners for this year's awards are Adam Sandler, who has acted in, produced and written several of the worst-received films, Bucky Larson, Jack & Jill and Just Go With it.
Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark Of The Moon could scoop a number of Razzies, with the performance of underwear model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley singled out by a number of critics.
Some performers take the Razzies in stride and with good humour. Halle Berry thanked the producers of Catwoman for "putting me in a God-awful" movie" when she collected the worst actress prize in 2007.
Sandra Bullock also attended the ceremony to accept the same award in person in 2010 for the flop All About Steve, the day before she collected the best actress award at the Oscars for The Blind Side.
