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It's that time of the year again, when the best and brightest of Hollywood and beyond assemble to honor the greatest in cinematic achievement with those prized little golden statues of peer admiration. But before we can get to all that, another esteemed organization has its day (the day before, to be exact) to call out the laziest, most witless, and most artlessly-hollow film releases of the year. Tonight, the 31st annual Golden Raspberry award winners were announced, 'honoring' the worst in film directing, acting, and production.

The biggest 'loser' of the night was undoubtedly The Last Airbender, which took home five small gold-painted raspberry statuettes, including Worst Picture and Worst Director for M. Night Shyamalan. Perhaps making up for bestowing only a handful of nominations, but no wins, on Shyamalan's dreadful The Happening in 2008, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation may have hammered the final nail in Shyamalan's credibility coffin, completing his incredible arc from Hollywood prodigal son to critically-reviled hack in barely a decade's time. Airbender also became the first recipient of a brand-new Razzie category, that of the "Worst Eye-gouging Misuse of 3D". The film's dreary and blurry 3D conversion sparked a firestorm of harsh criticism by many in the media during its run, including yours truly.

Other Razzies went to Sex and the City 2 (which was second only to The Last Airbender with three Razzies), Ashton Kutcher, and Jessica Alba.

The complete list follows ('winners' in bold):

Worst Picture

• Sex and the City 2
• The Bounty Hunter
• The Last Airbender
• Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Vampires Suck

Worst Director

• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer - Vampires Suck
• Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City 2
• M. Night Shyamalan - The Last Airbender
• David Slade - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Sylvester Stallone - The Expendables

Worst Actor

• Jack Black - Gulliver's Travels
• Gerard Butler - The Bounty Hunter
• Ashton Kutcher - Killers and Valentine's Day
• Taylor Lautner - Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine's Day
• Robert Pattinson - Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Remember Me

Worst Actress

• Jennifer Aniston - The Bounty Hunter
• Miley Cyrus - The Last Song
• Megan Fox - Jonah Hex
• Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City 2
• Kristen Stewart - Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Supporting Actor

• Billy Ray Cyrus - The Spy Next Door
• George Lopez - Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door, and Valentine's Day
• Dev Patel - The Last Airbender
• Jackson Rathbone - The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Rob Schneider - Grown-Ups

Worst Supporting Actress

• Jessica Alba - The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine's Day
• Cher - Burlesque
• Liza Minnelli - Sex and the City 2
• Nicola Peltz - The Last Airbender
• Barbra Streisand - Little Fockers

Worst Screenplay

• The Last Airbender, by M. Night Shyamalan
• Little Fockers, by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey
• Sex and the City 2, by Michael Patrick King
• Twilight Saga: Eclipse, by Melissa Rosenberg
• Vampires Suck, by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

Worst Screen Couple/Screen Ensemble

• Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler - The Bounty Hunter
• Josh Brolin's face and Megan Fox's accent - Jonah Hex
• The entire cast - Sex and the City 2
• The entire cast - The Last Airbender
• The entire cast - Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Eye-gouging Misuse of 3D

• Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
• Clash of the Titans
• Nutcracker 3-D
• Saw VII
• The Last Airbender

Worst Prequel, Remake, Ripoff, or Sequel

• Clash of the Titans
• Sex and the City 2
• The Last Airbender
• Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Vampires Suck

See also:

Live Blog: 2011 Academy Awards

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