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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman earn pre-Oscars 'dishonours'
2006-03-05
Superstar Tom Cruise, his fiancee Katie Holmes and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman won dishonour at the annual Golden Razzie awards, an Oscars spoof held a day ahead of the big awards. Tom Cruise and his pregnant paramour scooped the lowest award in the Razzies newest category, Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets of 2005, but they had to share their shame with Oprah "Winfrey's Couch, The Eiffel Tower and "Tom's Baby." Cruise, 43, famously announced he was in love with Holmes by jumping on talk show queen Winfrey's sofa during a broadcast last year, Cruise then proposed to Holmes, 26, atop Paris' Eiffel Tower in June and announced they were expecting in October, all amid a massive glare of tabloid publicity. Razzie founder John Wilson said the formerly ultra-private Cruise deserved the award because he made a spectacle of himself when he decided to "suddenly propose in front of reporters on the Eiffel Tower and jump up and down like the monkey in "Curious George" on Oprah Winfrey's couch." Cruise's Oscar-winning ex, Kidman, shared the Razzie award Saturday for the worst screen couple of 2005 with Will Ferrell for their movie version of the 1960s television show "Bewitched." "Top Gun" and "Mission Impossible" star Cruise, separated from Kidman, 38, in 2001 after 10 years of marriage, later divorced her and began dating Holmes after at least one other high-profile romance in April last year. In the most tiresome celebrity category, Cruise and Holmes beat "The Simpsons" -- singing sisters Ashlee, Jessica and Jessica's estranged husband Nick Lachey; new mom Britney Spears; and hotel heiress Paris Hilton in the category. The couple dubbed "TomKat" reigned over a year marked by a string of tired remakes and movie sequels led by the comedy adventure "Son of the Mask," which went to Saturday's show armed with eight nominations. The gross out romantic comedy "Dirty Love," written by and starring former Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy, took home the most gold spray-painted statuettes with three at the 26th annual Razzie Awards held in Hollywood. The blonde bombshell McCarthy won for worst actress and worst screenplay, while her former husband, John Asher, took home worst director dishonors at the mock movie awards. US comic actor Rob Schneider was disgraced with the award for the worst performance by an actor last year for his slapstick feature "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo", while heart-throb Hayden Christensen won worst supporting actor for his role in "Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith." Hilton won for worst supporting actress for her role in the camp horror flick "House of Wax," while "Son of the Mask," an ill-thought sequel to Jim Carrey's 1994 hit minus the star, was chosen worst remake or sequel. But none of the shamed stars took the lead from last year's winner Halle Berry and showed up an the ceremony to collect their gold spray-painted plastic raspberries, which organisers say are worth as much as 4.97 dollars. "For me this year was that one of the worst so it's good for us," said event organiser Chip Dornell. "The very worst movies are those that you can watch over an over again and see the different cliches each time and never get bored," he said referring to this year's horrors such as "Son of the Mask" and "Dukes of Hazzard." The proud losers of the Razzies, organised by the tongue-in-cheek Golden Raspeberry Foundation, were determined by mailing ballots to about 750 film professionals, film journalists and film fans from 41 states and 15 countries.
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