Usually held one day before the Academy Awards, this year the Razzies are changing the game a bit, choosing instead to unveil their nominations this weekend, with the ceremony to take place on April 1st — that's right, April Fools Day. So who earned the distinction in 2011 of the best at being the worst? Adam Sandler.
Breaking the previously record held by Eddie Murphy, Sandler earned 11 Razzie nominations in all for the Worst Achievements In Film in the past year ("Jack & Jill" earned a total of 12 nods). Starring in two movies — "Just Go With It" and pulling double duty in "Jack & Jill" — in addition to producing "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star," the Razzie folks had plenty to choose from in what was a banner year for Sandler mediocrity. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" brought up the rear with seven nominations each. But the fun of the Razzies are the creative ways in which they take jabs at the movies.
"The Hangover Part II" hilariously was nominated for being both the worst sequel and remake, while both Sarah Palin and Al Pacino earned nods for playing themselves. Both Sandler and Martin Lawrence earned Worst Actress for their cross-dressing turns ("Jack & Jill" and "Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son," respectively) while Rosie Huntington-Whitely is referred to as The Underwear Model who paired up with Shia LaBeouf for Worst Screen Couple.
Anyhow, check out the best of the worst below.
Worst Picture
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions
JACK & JILL
Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Paramount Pictures / Hasbro
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Summit Entertainment
Worst Actor
Russell Brand
ARTHUR
Nicolas Cage
DRIVE ANGRY 3-D, SEASON OF THE WITCH and TRESPASS
Taylor Lautner
ABDUCTION and TWILIGHT S.B.D. PART I
Adam Sandler
JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Nick Swardson
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Worst Actress
Martin Lawrence (As "Momma")
BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Sarah Palin (As "Herself")
SARAH PALIN: THE UNDEFEATED
Sarah Jessica Parker
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT and NEW YEAR'S EVE
Adam Sandler (As "Jill")
JACK & JILL
Kristen Stewart
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Supporting Actor
Patrick Dempsey
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
James Franco
YOUR HIGHNESS
Ken Jeong
BIG MOMMA'S #3, HANGOVER PART 2, TRANSFORMERS #3 and ZOOKEEPER
Al Pacino (As "Al Pacino")
JACK & JILL
Nick Swardson
JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Worst Supporting Actress
Katie Holmes
JACK & JILL
Brandon T. Jackson (As "Charmaine")
BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Nicole Kidman
JUST GO WITH IT
David Spade (As "Monica")
JACK & JILL
The Underwear Model (aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley)
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Worst Screen Ensemble
The Entire Cast of BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
The Entire Cast of JACK & JILL
The Entire Cast of NEW YEAR'S EVE
The Entire Cast of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
The Entire Cast of TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Director
Michael Bay
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Tom Brady
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Bill Condon
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Dennis Dugan
JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
Garry Marshall
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
ARTHUR
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
(Rip-Off of BOOGIE NIGHTS and A STAR IS BORN)
THE HANGOVER PART 2
(Both a Sequel AND a Remake!)
JACK & JILL
(Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods' GLEN OR GLENDA)
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Screen Couple
Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movies
Shia LeBeouf & The Underwear Model (aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) TRANNIES #3
Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker / JUST GO WITH IT
Adam Sandler and EITHER Katie Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler / JACK & JILL
Kristen Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner OR Robert Pattinson / TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Worst Screenplay
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson
JACK & JILL
Screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, Story by Ben Zook
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Written by Katherine Fugate
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Written by Ehren Kruger
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg