Paris Hilton in The Hottie and the Nottie
Paris Hilton was the big "winner" at this year's Razzie Awards celebrating cinema's lowlights.
Hilton single-handedly copped three individual awards — worst actress (for The Hottie and the Nottie), supporting actress (Repo! The Genetic Opera) and on-screen couple (for either of her Hottie pairings) — tying a record set in 2008 by ...
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The Love Guru
The Love Guru didn't feel any love from audiences and critics alike, but it is getting some from the Razzies.
The Mike Myers summer bomb topped Razzie nominations with a leading seven mentions, including, naturally, worst picture.
"This is one of those auteur-of-the-awful situations," Razzies founder, John Wilson, said. "I think people are ...
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Well its been a while but now that all the poster boards have long been collecting dust a new episode of Earl has finally been unleashed and it did not disappoint After NBC President and CEO Jeff Zucker got the ball rolling with a quick recap and a good-natured joke or two about the writers strike we were back in Camden County Earl and Billie were of course right where we left them unconscious in the street As Randy commandeers an ambulance in order to rush him to the hospital Earl dreams of starring in a sitcom since TV has always been a source of solace This was an excellent way to kick off Earls return I think the onscreen dichotomy between the actual episode and a farcical send-up of classic TV really drove the point home that these writers are right on the cutting edge Also it was in this imagined show that the big buzz surrounding tonights installment played out Paris Hilton fresh off of her latest box office flop The Hottie and the Nottie
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Feb 14, 2008 06:41 PM ET
- by Ken Fox
The Hottie and the Nottie courtesy Regent Releasing
Not that we needed anyone but our own Maitland McDonagh to tell us exactly how bad The Hottie and the Nottie -- cultural time- and attention-waster Paris Hilton's latest attempt to star in something that isn't shot in night-vision -- turned out to be (the divine Ms. M's excoriating exegesis is currently topping the "The Bad Review Revue" list over at the hilarious DefectiveYeti.com). It seems IMDb users have also weighed in with their own carefully considered opinions. According to the folks over at SlashFilm.com, Hottie has unseated the 2004 horror-indie Zombie Nation as the absolutely worst rated movie ever on a site that tracks roughly a bazillion titles. How low is the rating? It's #1 in the bottom 100. Out of ten stars, it's currently sporting a 1.5. That's bad, people. To make matters even worse, BoxOfficeMojo.com is reporting Hottie grossed an embarrassing $27,696 on 111 screens during its opening -- and presumably biggest -- weekend (that breaks down to about $249.51 per scr...
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Repeat scene partners Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson topped the weekend box office as Fool's Gold drew $22 million in its debut. Coming in second was Martin Lawrence's Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, which opened with $17.1 mil.Rounding out the top five were Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert ($10.5 million), The Eye ($6.6 mil) and Juno ($5.73 mil). Paris Hilton's The Hottie and the Nottie bombed with a take of just $25,000 on 111 screens, or an average of about $225 (20 people?) per screening.
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