'Last Airbender,' 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' lead 31st annual Razzie nominations

 

M. Night Shyamalan may have received best director and screenplay Oscar nominations for the 1999 best picture nominee "The Sixth Sense," but more recently his films are being nominated for the Golden Raspberry -- Razzie -- Awards. His 2010 misfire, "The Last Airbender," makes him a threepeat offender in the Razzie world after 2006's "The Lady in the Water" and 2008's "The Happening."

His 3-D version of the popular animated TV series scored nine Razzie nominations Monday morning, including worst picture, director, remake, screenplay, worst screen couple/worst ensemble and a new Razzie category, worst eye-gouging misuse of 3-D.

Also scoring nine thumbs down was the box-office giant "Eclipse," the third installment in "The Twilight Saga."

Joining "Airbender" and "Eclipse" in the worst picture category are "The Bounty Hunter," "Sex and the City 2" and "Vampires Suck."

Battling it out for worst actor are nominees Jack Black for "Gulliver's Travels," Gerard Butler for "The Bounty Hunter," Ashton Kutcher for "Killers" and "Valentine's Day," Taylor Lautner for "Eclipse" and "Valentine's Day," and Robert Pattinson for "Remember Me" and "Eclipse."

Worst actress nominees are Jennifer Aniston for "The Bounty Hunter" and "The Switch," Miley Cyrus for "The Last Song," all four gal pals from "Sex and the City 2," Megan Fox for "Jonah Hex" and Kristen Stewart for "Eclipse."

Those with the dubious distinction of being nominated in the supporting actress category are

Around the awards track: Ronni Chasen touched the 'queen of the West' | Jesse Tyler Ferguson wants to host the Tonys

? Nearly 1,000 mourners on a crisp and windy Sunday overflowed from the chapel at Hillside Memorial Park to remember slain Oscar consultant Ronni Chasen. Speakers included her filmmaker brother Larry Cohen, who recalled to mourners how he gave his sister — "my little companion" — her first celebrity encounter when he took her to see Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at a rodeo in New York City where Chasen briefly met Evans. On their subway ride home, Evans bragged to strangers, beaming, "I touched the queen of the West! I touched the queen of the West!" L.A. TIMES

? Now that his TV show has won the Emmy as best comedy series, Jesse Tyler Ferguson wants to host the Tonys. He says of his wish, which he tweeted last week, "I'm not joking around. Thanks to 'Modern Family' I'm in a place where I might actually bring viewers to the Tony Awards that might not necessarily tune in otherwise …. At my core I'm a song and dance man …. Basically, everything Neil Patrick Harris does I want to do." NEW YORK POST

? Gossipmeisters say Miley Cyrus pulled the plug on singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" at the American Music Awards because of rumors that the man who wrote and sang it, Bret Michaels, had a fling with her mom.  TMZ

? Cher says that there are just some moments at award shows that you will remember forever, like when Lady Gaga turned to her at the MTV VMAs and said, "Here, Cher, will you hold my meat purse?" MTV

? For the second time in his career, director Chang Tso-chi won best picture at the Golden Horse Film Awards, which are equivalent to the Oscars in Taiwan. Previously, he won in 2002 for "The Best of Times." On Saturday, he prevailed for "When Love Comes" — no shocker since it led with the most nominations: 14. However, the big surprise: He lost best director to Chung Mong-hong for "The Fourth Portrait." SIDNEY MORNING HERALD

? The International Emmys will be held tonight. British tube fare, as usual, leads with the most nominations. ASSOCIATED PRESS

-- Tom O'Neil

Photo: Jesse Tyler Ferguson in "Modern Family." Credit: ABC