The Razzie Awards for the Worst of Film Love them some “Twilight”

Following the pattern they have set since the Twi-crap series debuted, the Razzie Awards for the Worst in Film gave the final Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn Pt. 2, a whopping 11 nominations. The movie contends in every single category and is a clear favorite to win (or is it lose? lol) in most categories topping such drivel as That’s My Boy and Battleship. Take a look at all the nominees below and head here for more on the infamous Razzie Awards.

2013 RAZZIE AWARD NOMINATIONS~ 

Worst Picture
Battleship
The Oogieloves in Big Balloon Adventure
That’s My Boy
A Thousand Words
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II

Worst Director
Sean Anders, That’s My Boy
Peter Berg, Battleship
Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Tyler Perry, Good Deeds / Madea’s Witness Protection
John Putch, Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Worst Actress
Katherine Heigl, One for the Money
Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: Retribution
Tyler Perry, Madea’s Witness Protection
Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II / Snow White and the Huntsman
Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip

Worst Actor
Nicolas Cage, Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance / Seeking Justice
Eddie Murphy, A Thousand Words
Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Tyler Perry, Alex Cross / Good Deeds
Adam Sandler, That’s My Boy

Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Biel, Playing For Keeps / Total Recall
Brooklyn Decker, Battleship / What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Ashley Greene, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Jennifer Lopez, What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Rihanna, Battleship

Worst Supporting Actor
David Hasselhoff, Pirannha 3-DD
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Liam Neeson, Battleship / Wrath of the Titans
Nick Swardson, That’s My Boy
Vanilla Ice, That’s My Boy

Worst Screen Ensemble
Battleship
The Oogieloves in Big Balloon Adventure
That’s My Boy
The Twilight Saga: Eclipsed Part II
Madea’s Witness Protection

Worst Screenplay
Atlas Shrugged Part II
Battleship
That’s My Boy
A Thousand Words
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II

Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance
Pirannha 3-DD
Red Dawn
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Madea’s Witness Protection

Worst Screen Couple
Any two cast members from Jersey Shore in The Three Stooges
Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Tyler Perry and his drag in Madea’s Witness Protection
Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, or Susan Sarandon in That’s My Boy

Holdovers Hold Up while Brad Bombs at the Weekend Box Office

In the traditionally slow weekend after Thanksgiving, Hollywood rarely releases big new film because they seem to always tank. Well, this weekend they offered up two new movies, and wouldn’t you know it, they both bombed. Poor Brad Pitt’s well reviewed by moviegoer-reviled flick Killing Them Softly took in a paltry $7 million for a seventh place debut while the horror crapfest The Collection did even worse with just $ 3.4 million…. With this news, I wonder if the studios will avoid the weekend again next year? … In the meantime, their holdovers did quite well as Twlight, Skyfall, Lincoln, The Life of Pi and Rise of the Guardians all did double digits. Take a look at the new top ten below and head to Box Office Mojo for the latest on the numbers.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Sum. $17,410,000 -60.1% 4,008 -62 $4,344 $254,593,000 $120 3
2 2 Skyfall Sony $17,000,000 -52.1% 3,463 -63 $4,909 $246,029,000 $200 4
3 3 Lincoln BV $13,509,000 -47.4% 2,018 – $6,694 $83,698,000 $65 4
4 4 Rise of the Guardians P/DW $13,500,000 -43.2% 3,672 +19 $3,676 $48,947,000 $145 2
5 5 Life of Pi Fox $12,000,000 -46.6% 2,928 +1 $4,098 $48,361,000 $120 2
6 6 Wreck-It Ralph BV $7,020,000 -57.6% 3,087 -172 $2,274 $158,257,000 $165 5
7 N Killing Them Softly Wein. $7,000,000 – 2,424 – $2,888 $7,000,000 $15 1
8 7 Red Dawn (2012) FD $6,550,000 -54.1% 2,781 +57 $2,355 $31,320,000 $65 2
9 8 Flight Par. $4,540,000 -46.3% 2,603 -35 $1,744 $81,527,000 $31 5
10 N The Collection LD $3,409,000 – 1,403 – $2,430 $3,409,000 – 1

“Twilight” Opens Big but “Lincoln” is the Real Surprise at the Box Office

As expected the final installment in the craptastic Twilight series, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2, opened to a big number at the box office this weekend. However, the more interesting news is just how well Lincoln did in its first weekend in wide release… Breaking Dawn took in a giant $141 million for the second highest opening in the franchise’s history (behind New Moon) and the 8th biggest opening of all time. As usual, the grosses are likely to be front loaded for the film, but it should finish with a respectable sum making this series one of the most profitable (despite the lack in quality) in film history…. Aside from the vamps and werewolves, a President was making some news of his own this weekend as Steven Spielberg‘s Oscar bait Lincoln far surpassed expectations to rope in a very strong $21 million. That makes it the third big studio drama after Argo and Flight to pull in very good grosses this fall. Hopefully that will be a sign that quality dramatic films should be made by the studios, not just mindless popcorn flicks… Holding up quite well in its second weekend was the James Bond smash Skyfall which took in another $41.5 million for a total of $161 million and will become the highest grossing Bond pic in the next two days…. For more on all these numbers, head to Box Office Mojo here and check out the new top ten below.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Sum. $141,300,000 – 4,070 – $34,717 $141,300,000 $120 1
2 1 Skyfall Sony $41,500,000 -53.0% 3,505 – $11,840 $161,337,000 $200 2
3 15 Lincoln BV $21,000,000 +2,123.9% 1,775 +1,764 $11,831 $22,419,000 $65 2
4 2 Wreck-It Ralph BV $18,312,000 -44.5% 3,622 -130 $5,056 $121,479,000 $165 3
5 3 Flight Par. $8,615,000 -41.7% 2,612 +565 $3,298 $61,336,000 $31 3
6 4 Argo WB $4,070,000 -38.5% 2,210 -553 $1,842 $92,022,000 $44.5 6
7 5 Taken 2 Fox $2,100,000 -47.7% 2,063 -424 $1,018 $134,624,000 $45 7
8 8 Pitch Perfect Uni. $1,260,000 -51.0% 1,122 -269 $1,123 $62,000,000 $17 8
- 9 Here Comes the Boom Sony $1,200,000 -52.4% 1,350 -694 $889 $41,019,000 – 6
- 6 Cloud Atlas WB $900,000 -66.1% 920 -1,103 $978 $24,894,000 – 4

Jason Mraz and Christina Perri go the “Distance”

So, what’s the best way to publicize a summer tour? For Madonna, it might be flashing various body parts but for singer songwriters Jason Mraz and Christina Perri, the answer is by releasing new music. The two hit makers hit the road together this August and have marked the occasion by releasing a gorgeous new ballad “Distance”. The single is easily the best duet to hit the airwaves since Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson’s Grammy nominated smash “Don’t You Wanna Stay” a couple of years ago. I think this single could prove pretty popular as well and could contend for next year’s Grammys in the Pop Vocal Duo/Group or Collaboration category. The song is the followup to Mraz’s recent top ten hit “I Won’t Give Up” and Perri’s hit from the last Twilight film “A Thousand Years“. Check out their new one below and here’s some quick trivia for ya. Did you know that Mraz’s Grammy winning # 6 hit “I’m Yours” holds the record for the longest running song on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with 76 weeks on the list? For more on their tour, head here and enjoy “Distance” below.

Jason Mraz & Christina Perri “Distance”

Pitbull v. Huey Lewis~ “Back in Time”

Are movie soundtracks about to have a rebirth? Over the past few years, hit soundtracks have been few and far between unless it was a from a film musical (like Mamma Mia) or the tween crap Twilight saga. However, the current # 1 album in the country is The Hunger Games soundtrack and this spring and summer, there are a lot of big movie music collections coming at you like Think Like a Man,  Sparkle, Rock of Ages, and MIB 3. The latter film is the third action packed movie in the Men In Black trilogy starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. This new film has them going back in time to the sixties and, fittingly, the theme song for MIB 3 is entitled “Back in Time” by Pitbull. This Latin infused dance track also features a sample from another hit movie song, the 60′s hit “Love is Strange” by Micky & Sylvia which gained legions of new fans when it appeared in Dirty Dancing…. Now, the title “Back in Time” may be familiar to a lot of 80′s movie fans as it was the title of the Huey Lewis & the News hit song from 1985′s Back to the Future…. So now I pose this question to you~ which song really makes you want to go “Back in Time”? For me, Huey Lewis wins by a mile. What about you? Take a listen to both below and let me know in the comments section and watch for MIB3 to hit cinemas on May 25th.

“Back in Time”- Pitbull

“Back in Time”- Huey Lewis & the News

The Hunger Games~ Please let this be better than that Twilight crap!

The latest film in the crapfest Twilight film series hits theatres this weekend and you can’t pay me to see it. However, there’s a new teen literary to film phenomena coming our way that I may just have to check out. It’s the adaptation of the popular Hunger Games series. These books follow a young boy and girl from 12 different districts that are forced to fight to the death by their capital in a future society. Unlike Twitard which features atrocious acting (ahem Kristen Stewart and the lovely but boring Taylor Launter, to name a few), these Games feature an awesome cast lead by Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones),  SAG Award nominee Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are Alright), Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock), Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz, plus Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song) and two-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson (The Messenger, The People V. Larry Flint). The action packed drama hits theatres in March and I’m cautiously optimistic. Take a look at the trailer below and let me know if you think this one will be worth your while.

The Hunger Games trailer

Taylor Lautner ~ Action Hero?

Sure Taylor Lautner has a ridiculously hot buff bod and can make the girls (and the gays) squeal with his turn in the Twilight films. But now the question on Hollywood’s mind is~ can he be the next big action hero? Well, we will find out come September when his first lead role outside the Twilight series hits theatres. In Abduction, Taylor plays a teen who has always felt disconnected, and ventures to discover his true origins which unleashes a chain of violent events. Co-starring in the film are Lily Collins (yes, that’s Phil’s daughter), Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Alfred Molina and three-time Oscar nominee Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Working Girl, Gorillas in the Mist). Looking at the first trailer below, I’m still on the fence as to whether Taylor can carry a film himself. However, the action looks credible and the supporting cast is strong which should help out if Taylor focuses on his abs instead of his emotions… Regardless, we’ll find out if the werewolf can become a true leading man when Abduction hits theatres on Sept. 23rd. Check out the trailer below.

Abduction

That Twilight crap leads the People’s Choice Nominations

The never-ending crapfest that is Twilight just keeps on sucking the blood out of Hollywood as it and its stars (Taylor Lautner, Robert Pantison and Kristen Stewart) landed the most nominations for the People’s Choice Awards today. The film will be vying for the kudos when the show airs on CBS on January 5th, 2011 hosted by Queen Latifah … Other multiple nominees include Inception, Date Night, Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Pink, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry, Eminem, Rihanna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, and more… Check out the full list of nominees below and head over to the People’s Choice Awards website to make your vote here.

MOVIES

Best Film:
Alice In Wonderland
Inception
Iron Man 2
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Actor
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island/Inception
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2
Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Actress
Angelina Jolie, Salt
Jennifer Aniston, The Bounty Hunter
Julia Roberts, Eat Pray Love
Katherine Heigl, Life as We Know It
Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse/The Runaways

Action Movie
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Robin Hood
Salt

Action Star
Angelina Jolie, Salt
Bradley Cooper, The A-Team
Jackie Chan, The Spy Next Door
Jake Gyllenhaal, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2

Horror Movie
The Crazies
The Last Exorcism
Let Me In
Nightmare on Elm Street
Resident Evil: Afterlife

Drama:
Alice in Wonderland
Dear John
Inception
The Social Network
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Family Movie
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Karate Kid
Shrek Forever After
Toy Story 3

Comedy
Date Night
Easy A
Grown Ups
Sex and the City 2
Valentine’s Day

Comedy Star
Adam Sandler, Grown-Ups
Drew Barrymore; Going the Distance
Steve Carell and Tina Fey, Date Night
Will Ferrell, The Other Guys

On-Screen Team
Date Night (Tina Fey & Steve Carell)
Inception (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao)
Iron Man 2 (Robert Downey Jr. & Don Cheadle)
The Karate Kid (Jaden Smith & Jackie Chan)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner)

Favorite Movie Star Under 25
Emma Watson
Kristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Vanessa Hudgens
Zac Efron

TV

Drama Series:
The Good Wife
Gossip Girl
Grey’s Anatomy
House
The Vampire Diaries

Drama Actor
Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl
Hugh Laurie, House
Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries
Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy
Taye Diggs, Private Practice

Drama Actress:
Lisa Edelstein, House
Blake Lively; Gossip Girl
Juliana Marguiles, The Good Wife
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Kate Walsh, Private Practice

Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
2.5 Men

Comedy Actor:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory

Comedy Actress
Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives
Jane Lynch, Glee
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Crime Drama
Bones
Criminal Minds
Law & Order: SVU
Lie To Me
NCIS

“Crime Fighter”:
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Emily Deschanel, Bones
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Mark Harmon, NCIS
Tim Roth, Lie to Me

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series
Fringe
Smallville
Supernatural
True Blood
The Vampire Diaries

“TV Obsession”:
Burn Notice
Dexter
Pretty Little Liars
True Blood
White Collar

Best Guest Star, Series:
Betty White, Community
Britney Spears and Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
Carrie Underwood, How I Met Your Mother
Demi Lovato, Grey’s Anatomy;

TV Family
The Griffins, Family Guy
The Harpers, 2.5 Men
The Pritchetts/Dunphys, Modern Family
The Scavos, Desperate Housewives
The Simpsons

Family TV Movie:
Beauty & the Briefcase
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
iCarly: iPsycho
Revenge of the Bridesmaids
Starstruck

New TV Drama:
Blue Bloods
Chase
The Defenders
Detroit 1-8-7
The Event
Hawaii Five-O
Hellcats
Law and Order: LA
Nikita

New TV Comedy

$#*! My Dad Says
Better With You
Mike & Molly
No Ordinary Family
Outsourced
Raising Hope
Running Wilde

MUSIC

 Male Artist:

 Michael Buble

 Eminem

Enrique Iglesias

Tim McGraw

Usher

 

Female Artist:

Lady Gaga

Katy Perry

Pink

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

 

Favorite Song:

“Airplanes”- B.o.B w/Hayley Williams

“California Gurls”- Katy Perry w/Snoop Dogg

“Love the Way You Lie”- Eminem w/Rihanna

“OMG”- Usher w/Will.I.Am

“Telephone”- Lady Gaga w/Beyonce

 

Rock Band:

Daughtry

Linkin Park

Maroon 5

Nickelback

Paramore

 

Breakout Artist:

B.o.B

Bruno Mars

Ke$ha

Justin Bieber

Selena Gomez & the Scene

 

Pop Artist:

Beyonce

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga

Pink

Rihanna

 

Country Artist:

Carrie Underwood

Keith Urban

Lady Antebellum

Rascall Flatts

Taylor Swift

 

R& B Artist:

Alicia Keyes

Beyonce

Mary J. Blige

NeYo

Usher

 

Hip Hop Artist:

Drake

Eminem

Jay Z

Ludacris

Snoop Dogg

 

Music Video:

“Baby”- Justin Bieber w/Ludacris

“Love the Way You Lie”- Eminem w/Rihanna

“Teenage Dream”- Katy Perry

“Telephone”- Lady Gaga w/Beyonce

 “Waka Waka”- Shakira w/Frshlyground

ONLINE

 

Favorite Web Celeb:

Alicia Keyes

Betty White

Jimmy Fallon

Katy Perry

Teri Hatcher

 

Favorite Viral Video Star:

Giant Double Rainbow

Grayson Chance “Paparrazi”

Madison Square Park Proposal

“Single Ladies” Devastation

Tarp Surfing

 

 

Is it The Advocate or Entertainment Weekly?

Ok, this picture says it all…. Twilight is officially more gay than  Richard Simmons, and I say that with love. Take a look at the new cover of The Advocate, er, I’m sorry, Entertainment Weekly for all the proof you need… And scene.

The Twi-hards own the MTV Movie Awards… and Xtina!

Last night was all about Twilight at the MTV Movie Awards where the sequel, Twilight: New Moon, swept the outrageous awards show for the second year in a row. On the one hand, it should be no surprise that it won everything because the Twi-tards are crazy obsessive in their support for this franchise, but it’s still rather annoying that the iminently unlikable and untalented Kristen Stewart wins best actress for it over Oscar winner Sandra Bullock. At least, Bullock picked up the “Generation Award” for her work. She also gave a great speech and received some plaudits from her funny costars Betty White and Bradley Cooper. Oh, and yeah, she kissed Scarlett Johanson, yada yada…. I guess it’s also interesting to note that New Moon demolished Avatar beating it in all of its categories. Apparently the all time highest grossing movie isn’t so loved after all. (And um, if you look at attendance numbers it is no where near being the most successful movie ever. It lags far behind Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, E.T. and others.) The show also featured comedian Aziz Ansari giving it his best shot as host. Unfortunately the hilarious star of Parks and Recreation suffered the fate of most hosts of this show: having to perform to a somewhat indifferent audience who wasn’t listening. We also got a lot of stupid comedy bits from the likes of Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Adam Sandler and his buddies and a terrible dance number from Tom Cruise (as his Tropic Thunder alter ego) with J Lo. I guess most of the audience was amused by the last one. Me, not so much. I did enjoy Christina Aguilera’s no holds barred performance though and Snoop Dogg and Katy Perry (who sang some of her song live even) were decent. For all of the info on the show, check out MTV’s website. Your full list of winners is below:

Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart (New Moon)
Best Breakout Star: Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Best Scared as Sh*! Performance: Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Body)
Best Kiss: Stewart and Robert Pattinson (New Moon)
Best WTF Moment: Ken Jeong (The Hangover)
Best Villain: Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Biggest Badass Star: Rain (Um, who?)
Best Fight: Beyonce and Ali Larter (Obsessed)
Best Male Performance: Pattinson
Best Comedic Performance: Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)
Best Movie: Twilight~ New Moon
Generation Award: Sandra Bullock

And here’s Christina Aguilera’s performance of “Bionic/Not Myself Tonight/WooHoo”