23 January,2009 08:27 AM IST | | Agencies
The Love Guru, a comedy that Mike Myers spent years developing only to see it flop at the box office last summer, led the contenders for the annual Razzie Awards, a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of the year's worst movies, organisers said on Wednesday.
The film, in which the Canadian comic plays a spiritual healer, picked up seven nominations, including worst picture, director and screenplay.
Myers will compete for worst actor alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars last year's winner, Eddie Murphy, Al Pacino, Mark Wahlberg as well as comedian Larry the Cable Guy.
The worst actress category comprises Myers' co-star Jessica Alba, who was also honoured for The Eye, Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas), Paris Hilton (The Hottie & the Nottie), Kate Hudson (Fool's Gold and My Best Friend's Girl), and the cast of The Women, including Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Meg Ryan.
Director M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening and the low-budget romantic comedy The Hottie & the Nottie were also nominated for worst picture, alongside the similarly themed spoof combo Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans, and the fantasy adventure In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
