US: If you think the Oscar battle for best actress is going to be close, wait until you see who's fighting it out for the dubious honor of being named the year's worst actress: Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie.
The nominations for the Golden Raspberry or Razzie awards for 2002's worst films, actors and actresses were announced yesterday , a day ahead of Oscar nominations, and this year the worst actress category seems to be swept away by a high-profile who's who of talent, beauty and bad luck.
Competing for worst picture are critical flops which include Eddie Murphy's $85 million down-the-toilet action film The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Madonna's spoiled wife epic Swept Away, Spears's wooden screen debut Crossroads and Oscar winner Roberto Benigni's wooden remake of Pinocchio. Add to the mix George Lucas's latest entry in what Razzie organisers call a series from a galaxy far, far too long: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
The Razzies are also going to be a close fight for worst actress. Spears is nominated for Crossroads, Madonna for Swept Away, Jolie for the box office bomb Life Or Something Like It, Ryder for Mr Deeds Goes to Town, and Lopez has a shot with two films, Enough and Maid in Manhattan.
The Razzies are handed out on March 22nd or, as the organisers like to say, "24 hours before That Other Awards Show..."
- And the "Raspberry" nominees are...
WORST PICTURE: The Adventures of Pluto Nash; Swept Away; Crossroads; Pinocchio; Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
WORST ACTRESS: Brittney Spears - Crossroads; Madonna - Swept Away; Angeline Jolie - Life Or Something Like It; Winona Ryder - Mr Deeds Goes to Town; Jennifer Lopez - Enough and Maid in Manhattan.
WORST ACTOR: Eddie Murphy - Pluto Nash; Roberto Benigni Pinocchio; Adriano Giannini - Swept Away; Steven Seagal - Half Past Dead; Adam Sandler - Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights and Mr. Deeds.
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Hayden Christensen - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Tom Green - Stealing Harvard; Freddie Prinze Jr - Scooby Doo: Where Are You; Christopher Walken - The Country Bears; Robin Williams - Death To Smoochy.
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lara Flynn Boyle - Men in Black II; Bo Derek - Master of Disguise; Madonna - Die Another Day; Natalie Portman - Star Wars; Rebecca Ramijn-Stamos - Rollberball.
WORST SCREEN COUPLE: Adriano Giannini and Madonna - Swept Away; Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi - Pinocchio; Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman - Star Wars; Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro - Showtime; Murphy and Owen Wilson - I Spy; Murphy and his clone - Pluto Nash; Britney Spears and Anson Mount - Crossroads.
WORST DIRECTOR: Roberto Benigni - Pinocchio; Tamra Davis - Crossroads; George Lucas - Star Wars; Guy Ritchie - Swept Away; Ron Underwood - The Adventures of Pluto Nash.