Razzie nominations: Grown Ups 2 out in front, Johnny Depp and Naomi Watts also dishonoured

With the Oscar nominations due out tomorrow, the “Golden Raspberry” awards have decided to reveal their woeful contenders for 2013 with several big names amongst those ‘recognised’.

It looks as though Adam Sandler will be suffering consecutive Razzie humiliation after his comedy sequel Grown Ups 2 was nominated for eight awards. The film is nodded for Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Sandler), Worst Supporting Actor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Supporting Actress (Salma Hayek), Worst Director (Dennis Dugan) and Worst Screenplay.

The film is followed by all-star rom-com Movie 43, sci-fi adventure After Earth and festive ‘comedy’ A Madea Christmas who all scored six nods apiece (including Worst Picture).

That particular category was rounded off by Disney flop The Lone Ranger which was mentioned five times including a Best Actor nod for Johnny Depp.

Naomi Watts was unsurprisingly recognised for her appalling turn as Princess Diana in the biopic flop Diana but also shared her nomination with her role in the much-ridiculed Movie 43.

On the subject of biopics, Ashton Kutcher was nodded in Worst Actor for his portrayal of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Halle Berry was another double nominee for her appearance in Movie 43 as well as the woeful thriller The Call.

Sylvester Stallone brought his career total of Razzie nominations to 31, with a three way nod in Worst Actor for his roles in thrillers Bullet to the Head and Escape Plan plus the boxing comedy Grudge Match.

Father and son pair Will and Jaden Smith were both nominated in the two male acting categories as well as the Worst On-Screen combo accolade for their roles in After Earth (a film which secured yet another Razzie nod for struggling director M. Night Shyamalan).

The Razzies also humiliated the likes of Lindsay Lohan (Scary Movie 5), Lady Gaga (Machete Kills), Kim Kardashian (Tyler Perry’s Temptation) and Chris Brown (Battle of the Year) with acting nods.

One film that surprisingly didn’t get more stick was The Hangover Part III which had to settle for the one mention for Worst Sequel.

The unlucky winners will be announced on my birthday (lucky me….) which is March 2nd.

The full list of nominees are below (with my predictions in blue):

WORST PICTURE
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43

WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp – The Lone Ranger
Ashton Kutcher – Jobs
Adam Sandler – Grown Ups 2
Jaden Smith – After Earth
Sylvester Stallone – Bullet to the Head/Escape Plan/Grudge Match

WORST ACTRESS
Halle Berry – The Call/Movie 43
Selena Gomez – Getaway
Lindsay Lohan – The Canyons
Tyler Perry – A Madea Christmas
Naomi Watts – Diana/Movie 43

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chris Brown – Battle of the Year
Larry The Cable Guy – A Madea Christmas
Taylor Lautner – Grown Ups 2
Will Smith – After Earth
Nick Swardson – A Haunted House/Grown Ups 2

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lady Gaga – Machete Kills
Salma Hayek – Grown Ups 2
Katherine Heigl – The Big Wedding
Kim Kardashian – Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Lindsay Lohan – ‘InAPPropriate Comedy/Scary Movie 5

WORST SCREEN COMBO
The entire cast – Grown Ups 2
The entire cast – Movie 43
Lindsay Lohan & Charlie Sheen – Scary Movie 5
Tyler Perry & either Larry the Cable Guy or that worn-out wig and dress – A Madea Christmas
Jaden Smith & Will Smith – After Earth

WORST DIRECTOR
13 directors of Movie 43
Dennis Dugan – Grown Ups 2
Tyler Perry – A Madea Christmas/Temptation
M. Night Shyamalan – After Earth
Gore Verbinski – The Lone Ranger

WORST SCREENPLAY
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Grown Ups 2
The Hangover, Part III
The Lone Ranger
Scary Movie 5
Smurfs 2

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