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The Stinkers - The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards
Worst of 2003 Ballot Announcement
The Stinkers
c/o Mike Lancaster
PO Box 920203
Sylmar, CA 91392-0203
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worstfilms@comcast.net
For Immediate Release
'Gigli' leads pack of stinkers in annual bad movie awards;
Affleck, Lopez vie for worst screen couple
Hollywood, CA -- It's a safe bet that Billy Crystal won't be asking America's favorite on-again, off-again celebrity couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, to accept any awards at next month's Academy Awards ceremony. But another film honoring group has singled the pair out for their cinematic achievements in 2003. The Los Angeles-based Bad Cinema Society, a group of movie buffs and critics dedicated to honoring Hollywood's major studio fiascoes, announced nominees in 18 categories for its 26th annual Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. The couple's critically maligned film, "Gigli," received a whopping 11 Stinkers nominations, setting a record for most bad movie nominations from the group. The previous Stinkers champion was 1999's "Wild Wild West" which claimed ten nominations.
Major nominations for "Gigli" include worst film, worst director, worst actor (Affleck), worst actress (Lopez), worst supporting actor (Justin Bartha), worst supporting actress (Lainie Kazan), worst fake accent, and worst on-screen couple. Only Universal's "The Cat in the Hat" seems poised to give Ben and J. Lo a run for their money. The Christmas stinker starring Mike Myers earned ten nominations, including worst film, worst actor (Myers), worst supporting actor (Alec Baldwin), and worst fake accent (Myers).
"2003 was a disastrous year for movies," said Bad Cinema Society co-founder Ray Wright, 43. "We could have had ten solid candidates in every category, and that is a rarity for us. Just when I didn't think it could possibly get any worse, it did!" Indeed, the Stinkers ballot categories are filled to the brim with what society co-founder Michael Lancaster, 46, describes as "the worst of the worst." Even Academy Award winners aren't immune from getting a bad movie award nomination. Cuba Gooding, Jr. (an Oscar winner for "Jerry Maguire") has become a perennial Stinkers nominee. This time, three films in which he stars are up for six awards, including worst actor, most painfully unfunny comedy and most intrusive musical score.
The society also took the "American Idol" film flop "From Justin to Kelly" to task. The film, which was not screened for critics prior to its release last spring, will battle it out in eight categories, including Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini for worst actor and actress, and on-screen couple. The duo also croons one of the society's five worst songs of the year, "Anytime."
Making his first screen appearance since 1994's "Richie Rich," former child star Macaulay Culkin earned a nod from the society for his comeback role in the little-seen "Party Monster." In its terse review of the film, London's respected Guardian newspaper called Culkin "simply the worst actor ever."
Worst film nominees are Boat Trip, The Cat in the Hat, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, From Justin to Kelly, and Gigli. Worst actor nominees are Ben Affleck (Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck), Macaulay Culkin (Party Monster), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Boat Trip, The Fighting Temptations & Radio), Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly), and Mike Myers (The Cat in the Hat).
Worst actress nominations went to Drew Barrymore (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle & Duplex), Kelly Clarkson (From Justin to Kelly), Kate Hudson (Alex and Emma & How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Lisa Kudrow (Marci X), and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli).
Supporting actor nominees are Alec Baldwin (The Cat in the Hat), Justin Bartha (Gigli), John Malkovich (Johnny English), Roger Moore (Boat Trip), and Sylvester Stallone (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over). Supporting actress nominees are Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses), Penelope Cruz (Gothika & Masked and Anonymous), Robin Givens (Head of State), Lainie Kazan (Gigli), Estella Warren (Kangaroo Jack).
Lancaster and Wright started the Cinema Society in 1978 while working as movie theater ushers as a way to "honor" Hollywood's big studio blunders which they saw for free as a company perk.
Only members of the Bad Cinema Society may cast votes. To join the society and cast your ballot, go to
www.thestinkers.com. Annual membership dues is $5.00. The final deadline for casting a ballot is February 16, 2004.
Stinkers award "winners" will be announced by the group on Sunday, February 22, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. P.S.T., one week prior to the Academy Awards telecast, on the society's web site,
www.thestinkers.com. The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, USA TODAY, the Los Angeles Times, and on the BBC, CNN, as well as in a slew of regional newspapers. The group's website has received more than one million hits.
THE STINKERS
OFFICIAL "WORST OF 2003" BALLOT
WORST FILM
Boat Trip
The Cat in the Hat
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
From Justin to Kelly
Gigli
WORST SENSE OF DIRECTION (Stop them before they direct again!)
Richard Benjamin (Marci X)
Martin Brest (Gigli)
Robert Iscove (From Justin to Kelly)
McG (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
Bo Welch (The Cat in the Hat)
WORST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Ben Affleck (Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck)
Macaulay Culkin (Party Monster)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Boat Trip, The Fighting Temptations & Radio)
Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly)
Mike Myers (The Cat in the Hat)
WORST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Drew Barrymore (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle & Duplex)
Kelly Clarkson (From Justin to Kelly)
Kate Hudson (Alex and Emma & How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
Lisa Kudrow (Marci X)
Jennifer Lopez (Gigli)
WORST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alec Baldwin (The Cat in the Hat)
Justin Bartha (Gigli)
John Malkovich (Johnny English)
Roger Moore (Boat Trip)
Sylvester Stallone (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over)
WORST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses)
Penelope Cruz (Gothika & Masked and Anonymous)
Robin Givens (Head of State)
Lainie Kazan (Gigli)
Estella Warren (Kangaroo Jack)
WORST SCREENPLAY FOR A FILM GROSSING MORE THAN $100 MILLION WORLDWIDE*
*using Hollywood math
The Cat in the Hat
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
The Matrix Reloaded & The Matrix Revolutions
Scary Movie 3
MOST PAINFULLY UNFUNNY COMEDY
Boat Trip
The Cat in the Hat
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Kangaroo Jack
Scary Movie 3
WORST SONG OR SONG PERFORMANCE IN A FILM OR ITS END CREDITS
Anytime (Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini) (From Justin to Kelly)
Baby Got Back (Justin Bartha) (Gigli)
'Cross the Green Mountain (Bob Dylan) (Gods and Generals)
Fun, Fun, Fun (Mike Myers) (The Cat in the Hat)
Power in My Purse (Lisa Kudrow) (Marci X)
MOST INTRUSIVE MUSICAL SCORE
Bad Boys 2
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Gigli
House of 1000 Corpses
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
WORST ON-SCREEN COUPLE
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli)
Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. and anyone forced to co-star with him (Boat Trip, The Fighting Temptations, Radio)
Lisa Kudrow and Damon Wayans (Marci X)
Stephen Lang and 5-Year-Old Lydia Jordan, YIKES!!! (Gods and Generals)
WORST FAKE ACCENT - MALE
Ben Affleck (Gigli)
Walter Goggins (House of 1000 Corpses)
John Malkovich (Johnny English)
Mike Myers (The Cat in the Hat)
John Travolta (Basic)
WORST FAKE ACCENT - FEMALE
Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses)
Kelly Clarkson (From Justin to Kelly)
Kate Hudson (Alex & Emma)
Jennifer Lopez (Gigli)
Connie Nielsen (Basic)
WORST SEQUEL
Bad Boys 2
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
The Matrix Reloaded & The Matrix Revolutions
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
LEAST "SPECIAL" SPECIAL EFFECTS
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Hulk
Kangaroo Jack
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
WORST ON-SCREEN GROUP
The Angels (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
The League of the Hopelessly Miscast (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
The Pennsylvania Posse (From Justin to Kelly)
The Post-Teen Alcoholics (The Real Cancun)
Sylvester Stallone and his multiple personalities (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over)
MOST ANNOYING NON-HUMAN CHARACTER
The Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers) (The Cat in the Hat)
The Hulk (Hulk)
Kangaroo Jack (Kangaroo Jack)
Thing 1 & Thing 2 (voices by Dan Castellaneta) (The Cat in the Hat)
Tink (Ludivine Sagnier) (Peter Pan)
MOST OVERRATED MOVIE
Big Fish
Kill Bill: Vol 1
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Lost in Translation
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Blurb:
'Gigli' breaks bad movie awards record: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's dead-on-arrival "Gigli" leads the competition as the worst film of 2003. So say bad movie experts The Bad Cinema Society, a Los Angeles-based group of movie buffs and critics. With an unprecedented 11 nominations to its credit, the film broke the society's previous all-time nomination record of ten held by 1999's "Wild Wild West." Worst film nominees for the society's 26th annual awards are Boat Trip, The Cat in the Hat, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, From Justin to Kelly, and Gigli. Worst actor nominees are Ben Affleck (Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck), Macaulay Culkin (Party Monster), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Boat Trip, The Fighting Temptations & Radio), Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly), and Mike Myers (The Cat in the Hat). Worst actress nominations went to Drew Barrymore (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle & Duplex), Kelly Clarkson (From Justin to Kelly), Kate Hudson (Alex and Emma & How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Lisa Kudrow (Marci X), and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli). Supporting actor nominees are Alec Baldwin (The Cat in the Hat), Justin Bartha (Gigli), John Malkovich (Johnny English), Roger Moore (Boat Trip), and Sylvester Stallone (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over). Supporting actress nominees are Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses), Penelope Cruz (Gothika & Masked and Anonymous), Robin Givens (Head of State), Lainie Kazan (Gigli), Estella Warren (Kangaroo Jack). Only members of the Bad Cinema Society may cast votes. To join the society and cast your ballot or to view the complete 18 category ballot, go to
www.thestinkers.com. Stinkers award "winners" will be announced by the group on Sunday, February 22, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. P.S.T., one week prior to the Academy Awards telecast. The group's website has received more than one million hits.
