Dishonorable mention

To the surprise of absolutely no one in attendance at the 27th annual Golden Raspberry Awards in Los Angeles last night, Basic Instinct 2 earned top dishonor as Worst Picture of 2006. The conspicuously unerotic and non-thrilling erotic thriller also earned booby prizes for Worst Actress (Sharon Stone), Worst Prequel or Sequel, and Worst Screenplay. Still, it could have been worse -- the movie didn't win in the category of Worst Screen Couple. "Sharon Stone's Lop-Sided Breasts" had been considered the leading nominee(s), but the award wound up going to even less worthy contenders: Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans for Little Man. (Fortunately for Washington, she was seen to much better advantage in another 2006 release, as the most unfortunate of Idi Amin's wives in The Last King of Scotland.) Razzies founder John Wilson made no apologies for dissing Little Man in two other categories as well. "I will admit there is `So stupid, it's funny,'" he said. "But there is also `So stupid, get out of my face.' And that's what this movie is." So he and his organization gave it the Golden Raspberry.

They got Razzied

Basic Instinct 2 and Little Man grab seven nomiations each as the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation announces this year's contenders for the anti-Oscars known as Razzies. I don't know about you, but I'm putting my money down on "Sharon Stone's Lopsided Breasts" to win the Worst Screen Couple prize. And I wouldn't be surprised if Nicolas Cage gets Razzied as Worst Actor for The Wicker Man. Which raises a question: If the latter does occur, would this make Cage the only actor in history to have an Oscar and a Razzie to his credit?