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The Oscar nominations were released today, but I had more fun reading up on the 27th Annual Razzie nominations, which honours the worst 2006 had to offer filmgoers. The award ceremony takes place one day before the Oscars are handed out and while all who are nominated can attend, few come out to accept their $4.97 gold-spray-painted trophy.

Leading the way with 7 nominations apiece are Basic Instinct 2 and Little Man. In a quote I will remember for a long time, the Razzie press release noted Little Man was "a comedy nearly as devoid of laughs as Schindler's List".

It's easy to target bad films, but what I also enjoy is the way they find the truly horrible in good or average fare. Kate Bosworth was nominated for worst supporting actress for her stint as Lois Lane in Superman Returns.

I've felt that there have been too many family pictures this past year, and I share the same sentiment with other media who are getting sick and tired of the animated, dancing animal fare that offer zero originality and blatant stealing of past ideas (Happy Feet...March of the Penguins anyone?). So they make my day by creating a Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment category, nominating Deck the Halls, Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties, RV, Santa Clause 3 and The Shaggy Dog.

One more thing I enjoy is that, unlike the Oscar nominations that sometimes causes voter split when an actor puts in a good performance in more than one film (such as Leonardo DiCaprio getting an Oscar nomination for Blood Diamond but not for The Departed), the Razzies just lump all the s*** you've done together. Tim Allen gets three for worst actor for Santa Clause 3, The Shaggy Dog and Zoom (what is Zoom anyway?) while Rob Schneider gets a pair for The Benchwarmers and Little Man.

M. Night Shamalyan, the mind behind the box-office bust Lady in the Water, may walk with two razzies as they also have no fear in pointing out if you're doing a lousy job more than once in the same movie, getting nominated for worst director and worst supporting actor.

You can see all the nominations below. Awesome!

The 27th annual Razzie Award Nominees