British actress Marion Mathie (b.1925) died on January 20. Best known for her role as “She Who Must Be Obeyed” (a.k.a. Hilda Rumpole) on Rumpole of the Bailey, she also portrayed Susan Wyse on Mapp and Lucia. She appeared in the horror film Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and an episode of the television series Adam Adamant Lives!.
Normally presented on the evening before the Oscars, this year’s Golden Raspberries won’t be presented until April 1. Because of this delay, the nominees were announced on the evening before the Oscars. Adam Sandler received 11 Razzie nominations, more than doubling the previous record for most nominations in one year, set by Eddie Murphy in 2008, with a mere five.
Worst Picture
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
- Jack & Jill
- New Year’s Eve
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
Worst Actor
- Russell Brand in Arthur
- Nicolas Cage in Drive Angry 3-D, Season of the Witch, and Trespass
- Taylor Lautner in Abduction and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
- Adam Sandler in Jack & Jill and Just Go with It
- Nick Swardson in Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst Actress
- Martin Lawrence (as “Momma”) in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
- Sarah Palin in Sarah Palin: THe Undefeated
- Sarah Jessica Parker in I Don’t Know How She Does It and New Year’s Eve
- Adam Sandler (as “Jill”) in Jack & Jill
- Kristen Stewart in Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
Worst Supporting Actor
- Patrick Dempsey in Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- James Franco in Your Highness
- Ken Jeong in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, Hangover, Part 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Zookeeper
- Al Pacino (as “Al Pacino”) in Jack & Jill
- Nick Swardson in Jack & Jill and Just Go with It
Worst Supporting Actress
- Katie Holmes in Jack & Jill
- Brandon T. Jackson (as “Charmaine”) in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
- Nicole Kidman in Just Go with It
- David Spade (as “Monica”) in Jack & Jill
- The Underwear Model (a.k.a. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) in 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 for Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Tom Brady for Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
- Bill Condon for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
- Dennis Dugan for Jack & Jill and Just Go with It
- Garry Marshall for 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)
- Hangover, Part 2 (Both a Sequel and a Remake!)
- Jack & Jill (Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods’s GLen or Glenda)
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
Worst Screen Couple
- Nicoloas Cage and Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movies
- Shia LeBeouf and The Underwear Model (a.k.a. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) in Trannies #3
- Adam Sandler and either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker in Just Go with It
- Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, or Adam Sandler in Jack & Jill
- Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson in Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
Worst Screenplay
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, and Nick Swardson
- Jack & Jill, by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler
- New Year’s Eve, by Katherine Fugate
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon, by Ehren Kruger
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I, by Melissa Rosenberg
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The Academy of Motion Picture Ares and Sciences presented the Oscars on February 26. A full list of genre winners appears below.
- Animated Feature: Rango
- Animated Short Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- Written, Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
- Art Direction: Hugo, Dante Ferretti (Production Design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
- Achievement in Cinematography: Hugo, Robert Richardson
- Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
- Achievement in Sound Editing: Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- Achievement in Sound Mixing: Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
- Achievement in Visual Effects: Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, and Alex Henning
In addition, it should be noted that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on a novel by Swedish fan Stieg Larsson, received an Oscar for Achievement in Film Editing.
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Actress Elyse Knox (b.1917) died on February 16. Knox portrayed Isobel Evans in The Mummy’s Tomb, her only genre and her highest profile role. She retired in 1949, after a twelve year career, to focus on raising her children, both actors, Mark Harmon and Kristin Nelson.
Actor Philip Bruns (b.1931) died on February 8. Bruns appeared in a variety of genre films and television episodes, including Amazon Women on the Moon, The Twilight Zone, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Isis, and Amazing Stories. He may be best known for his work on the non-genre show Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and also created the role of Jerry Seinfeld’s father for one episode of Seinfeld.
Irish television RTÉ is running its Storyland contest, allowing viewers to vote on webisodes of different series with the winner of each round of voting commissioned to make additional episodes, this year, one of the contestants, Victory, is a science fiction series.
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Actress Zina Bethune (b.1945) was killed on February 12 in a hit-and-run in Griffith Park while trying to help a stray dog. Bethune is best known for her work on soap operas, but appeared in episodes of genre shows including Planet of the Apes, The Next Step Beyond, and The Invaders.
Actor David Kelly (b.1929) died on February 12. Kelly had recently appeared in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where he played Grandpa Joe. He also had a small role in Stardust, and appeared in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and episodes of Adam Adamant Lives! and Undermind
Despite genre nominations in four categories, a genre film only received the BAFTA Award in the Animated Film catgory for the movie Rango. Midnight in Paris (1 nomination) and Hugo (2 nominations) were shut out. The BAFTAs were presented on the evening of February 12.
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Actor S. William Hinzman (b.1936) died after a battle with cancer on February 5. Hinzman made his debut in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead where he was the first zombie on screen and subsequently made a career out of playing zombies. He had the title role in 1988′s Flesheaster, and often was cast in roles like “The Experienced Zombie” and “Romero the Zombie.”
