BBC REVEAL NEW
STINKER NOMINATIONS
Copyright 2002 www.bbc.co.uk
[ February 5th 2002 ]
Mariah
Carey and actor Tom Green have been given the
dubious honour of leading the field in nominations
for the Stinkers awards for the worst films of
2001. The Bad Cinema Society, which hands out
the awards, gave Green's gross-out comedy Freddy
Got Fingered seven nominations from 16 categories
- the most of any film.
Carey,
who has recently been dropped by her record company,
is nominated as worst actress - as is fellow singer-turned-film
star Jennifer Lopez. The list come one week before
the Golden Raspberry Foundation announces the
nominations for its least favourite films of the
year - with such tongue-in-cheek events providing
a distraction during the congratulatory Hollywood
awards season. Freddy Got Fingered picked up nods
for worst movie, worst sense of direction, worst
actor, worst song, worst on-screen couple, most
intrusive musical score and most painfully unfunny
comedy.
Other
contenders for the worst movie title were Carey's
Glitter, Pearl Harbor, 3000 Miles to Graceland
and Town and Country. Freddy Got Fingered was
recently named the worst film of 2001 by the Washington
Post, who said it merited "special psychiatric
study". Glitter, in which Carey made her big screen
debut, has earned the nickname "Litter" from the
Bad Cinema Society.
Penelope
Cruz, Angelina Jolie and Tea Leoni are also named
as possible winners - or losers - of the worst
actress category. Among male stars, Kevin Costner,
Steven Seagal, David Spade and Sylvester Stallone
will battle it out not to win the worst actor
award. In the category for worst on-screen couple,
The Stinkers list Woody Allen and "any actress
decades younger", Tom Green and "any person, animal
or foreign object" and Penelope Cruz with either
boyfriend Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp or Nicolas Cage.
The Bad
Cinema Society will also give a special award
to Sony Pictures, who created a fictional film
critic so they could put his glowing quotes on
film posters. The Stinkers will be handed out
on 22 March - two days before the Oscars. All
film fans are invited to join the society and
vote for the winners.
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