The panning didn’t stop there for “Gigli”, which secured the most nominations with a total of ten that also includes a nod for worst screen couple. 

Mike Myers’ questionable version of "Dr. Seuss' the Cat in the Hat" and the American Idol version of “Beach Blanket Bingo”, a.k.a. "From Justin to Kelly" both tied for second place with eight nominations each, including worst picture.

“Gigli”, The Cat, and Justin to Kelly face stiff competition for the worst movie of the year as they go against "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "The Real Cancun."

This marks the 24th year that Golden Raspberry Award Foundation will dishonor Hollywood’s errors in judgment and just plain bad film making. The Razzies scooped the Oscars by one day when they announced their nominations on Monday. One day prior to the Oscar nominations announcement. 

The real fun will come on Feb. 28th, when the losers will be announced. 

“Gigli” failed on so many levels that the Razzies left no stone left unturned and dishonored it with duel nominations for worst supporting actor for Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. Lainie Kazan didn’t escape either, she not the nom for worst supporting actress, which leads to the worst director nomination for Martin Brest, who also got a nom for worst screenplayer.  Way to go Martin! 

Razzies Lowlights a.k.a. the official press release:

After setting a new record for worst second weekend fall-off in Hollywood history, 2003’s most critically reviled film GIGLI now leads the pack among nominations for The 24th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Awards, dis-honoring 2003’s Worst Achievements in Film. “Winners” (if that’s the right term here!) will be announced in ultra-low-budget ceremonies scheduled for 10:30am/PST Saturday, February 28 
at the Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, the now traditional 24 hours BEFORE That Other Award Show (a.k.a. “The Giving Out of the Little Gold Naked Men”).

Competing as 2003’s Worst Picture alongside 9-times-nominated GIGLI are THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT (a.k.a. The Dr. Seuss Mortification Project), that two-hour music video overloaded with guns and T&A CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, the delightfully dunderheaded BEACH PARTY throwback FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY and the first-ever Reality-TV Movie, THE REAL CANCUN. Competing in Worst Actor are Ben Affleck for DAREDEVIL, GIGLI and PAYCHECK, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ashton Kutcher (also with three titles each) Justin Guarini for JUSTIN TO KELLY and Mike Meyers for his fur-ball-hocking desecration of CAT-IN-THE-HAT. Alongside front-runner Jennifer Lopez for GIGLI, others vying for Worst Actress will be former Oscar® darling Angelina Jolie (BEYOND BORDERS and LARA CROFT 2) ersatz recording “star” Kelly Clarkson for JUSTIN TO KELLY and two of the three CHARLIE’S ANGELS, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. Other familiar names listed among contenders for Tinsel Town’s Tackiest Trophy include former Oscar® winners Al Pacino and Christopher Walken (both nominated as Worst Supporting Actor from GIGLI) previous RAZZIE® “winner” Kelly Preston and Alec Baldwin (both nominated for their supporting roles in CAT-IN-THE-HAT) and, copping a record 30th nomination in just 24 years, Awl-Time RAZZIE® Cham-Peen Sylvester Stallone, playing five roles(!) in SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER. A complete list of nominations is included with this press release.

The 2004 RAZZIE® ceremony will rip-and-tear its way through some 10 Worst categories in under an hour, among them such long-term RAZZIE® traditions as Worst Screen Couple and Worst Remake or Sequel and a brand new one, Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie, designed to dis-honor screen efforts that favor concept over content. Nominees were determined by mailing ballots to 578 Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members throughout 39 U.S. states and 15 foreign countries. The award itself is a handcrafted gold spray-painted golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled reel of Super 8 film, with an estimated street value of $4.89.

The RAZZIES® were created in 1980 by John Wilson, a life-long cynic and Cine-Maniac as well as the author of both EVERYTHING I KNOW I LEARNED AT THE MOVIES and the up-coming Warner book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE, scheduled for release to tie-in with next year’s 25th Annual RAZZIE® Awards.

24th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award Nominations

WORST PICTURE

CAT-IN-THE HAT (Universal/Dreamworks/Imagine) 
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (Columbia) 
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (20th Century-Fox) 
GIGLI (Columbia/Revolution) 
THE REAL CANCUN (New Line)

WORST ACTOR

Ben Affleck / DAREDEVIL, GIGLI and PAYCHECK
Cuba Gooding, Jr. / BOAT TRIP, FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS and RADIO
Justin Guarini / FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
Ashton Kutcher / CHEAPER by the DOZEN, JUST MARRIED and MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER
Mike Myers / THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT 

WORST ACTRESS

Drew Barrymore / CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE and DUPLEX
Cameron Diaz / CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
Kelly Clarkson / FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 
Angelina Jolie / BEYOND BORDERS 
and LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE of LIFE
Jennifer Lopez / GIGLI 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Anthony Anderson / KANGAROO JACK
Alec Baldwin / THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT
Al Pacino / GIGLI
Sylvester Stallone (Whose 5 Roles Could Fill This ENTIRE Category!) SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER
Christopher Walken / GIGLI and KANGAROO JACK

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lanie Kazan / GIGLI
Demi Moore / CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
Kelly Preston / THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT 
Brittany Murphy / JUST MARRIED 
Tara Reid / MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez / GIGLI
Eric Christian Olsen & Derek Richardson / DUMB AND DUMBERER
Justin Guarini & Kelly Clarkson / FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
Ashton Kutcher & EITHER Brittany Murphy (JUST MARRIED) 
 or Tara Reid (MY BOSS's DAUGHTER)
Mike Myers & EITHER Thing One OR Thing Two / THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT

WORST EXCUSE for an ACTUAL MOVIE (All Concept/No Content!) (New Category)

2 FAST, 2 FURIOUS
CHARLIE'S ANGLES: FULL THROTTLE
THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT 
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 
THE REAL CANCUN 

WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL

2 FAST, 2 FURIOUS 
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
DUMB & DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (Remake of WHERE THE BOYS ARE ‘60 and WHERE THE BOYS ARE ‘84)
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

WORST DIRECTOR

Martin Brest / GIGLI 
Robert Iscove / FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 
Mort Nathan / BOAT TRIP
The Wachowski Brothers / Both MATRIX Sequels
Bo Welch / THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT 

WORST SCREENPLAY

THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT, Screenplay by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer 
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, Screenplay by John August and 
Cormac & Marianne Wibberley, “Story” by August
DUMB AND DUMBERER, Screenplay by Robert Brener and Troy Miller, “Story” by Brener
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY, Written by Kim Fuller
GIGLI, Written by Martin Brest 

NOMINATIONS PER PICTURE:

GIGLI – 9
CAT-IN-THE-HAT – 8
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY – 8
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE - 7 
BOAT TRIP, DUMB & DUMBERER, JUST MARRIED, MY BOSS’S DAUGHTER 
and THE REAL CANCUN – - 2 Each

“WINNERS” WILL BE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

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