Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Lindsay Lohan's downward spiral hit rock bottom
Lindsay Lohan's downward spiral hit rock bottom Monday when her 2007 thriller, "I Know Who Killed Me," was nominated for nine Razzie Awards - the dishonors given to the worst movies and actors of the past year.
Lohan, who played dual roles in the film, actually received two nominations in the worst actress category - one for each of the characters she portrayed.
"'I Know Who Killed Me' is the most fabulously brainless movie since 'Showgirls,' which Razzie voters picked as the worst movie of the 1990s," said John Wilson, the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards.
"For worst actress, Lohan polled more heavily than any actor since Sofia Coppola in 'The Godfather: Part III,'" he noted.
Lohan played a high school student who is abducted by a serial killer and somehow wakes up in a hospital with the identity of a one-legged stripper. Other nominations for "I Know Who Killed Me" included worst movie and director.
Personally outdoing Lohan was Eddie Murphy, whose comedy "Norbit" earned him an all-time-high five Razzie noms among the film's eight nods, including worst movie.
Murphy, nominated for an Oscar last year for playing a drug-addled soul singer in "Dreamgirls," was nominated for worst actor and actress - he also played the title character's overbearing, obese wife - plus worst screen couple and worst supporting actor for his additional role as an elderly Asian man.
"We decided that each of his characters was so offensive that he deserved individual nominations," Wilson said.
The other worst picture nominees were "Bratz," based on the edgy line of girls' dolls; "Daddy Day Camp," a comedy with Cuba Gooding Jr., and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," which starred Adam Sandler and Kevin James as New York firemen pretending to be a gay couple. "Chuck & Larry" received eight nominations in all.
In addition to Murphy, Sandler and Gooding, other worst actor picks were Nicolas Cage for "Ghost Rider" and Jim Carrey for "The Number 23." Hottie Jessica Alba, who starred in three stinkers last year - "Awake," "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Good Luck Chuck" - and Diane Keaton ("Because I Said So") were among the worst actress nominees.
The Razzies, now in their 28th year, will announce the winners Feb. 23, the day before the Academy Awards ceremony.
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