‘Twilight’ and "The Last Airbender” Leads Razzie Nominations: Haters Gotta Hate!

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s the essential truth of the old maxim: haters gotta hate.

And nobody does it quite as well as the Razzie Awards, which today announced the nominations for their 31st annual pitcher of Hollywood haterade, including a whopping nine nods for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Considering the Golden Raspberry Awards(as they are more formally known) only honor the Worst Achievements in Film in 10 different categories, that’s quite a feat, but “Eclipse” isn’t alone — M. Night Shyamalan’s live action adaptation of “The Last Airbender” also earned nine nods.

Joining the two films in the Worst Picture category are the “Twilight” parody “Vampires Suck,” the Jennifer Aniston rom-com “The Bounty Hunter” and the critically reviled “Sex and the City 2.”

Fans of “Twilight” also have a new twist on the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate, as Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were both nominated in the Worst Actor category. Shyamalan, meanwhile, likely faces his stiffest competition in the new Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D category, where “The Last Airbender” faces off against the poster child for poor 3-D conversion, “Clash of the Titans.”

“Eclipse,” the third installment in “The Twilight Saga,” tied M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” for the most Razzie nominations, which were announced this morning.

The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation (dis)honored “Twilight” and “Airbender” with nine nominations apiece, including Worst Picture of 2010, for the 31st Annual RAZZIE Awards.

From the release:

In addition to Worst Director and Worst Picture, the [“Last Airbender”] is up for Worst Remake, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble (the entire cast) and a brand-new RAZZIE® category for 2010, Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D.

Neck-and-neck with “Airbender” in the RAZZIE race (while taking a decidedly bigger bite it at the box office) is last year’s 4th biggest money-maker, “Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” also with nine shots at taking home spray-painted gold. All three of the principal characters of “Eclipse” are individually nominated for their acting, and the entire cast is also up for Worst Screen Ensemble.

Rounding out the Worst Picture list are the aptly titled “Twilight” parody “Vampires Suck,” the bling-obsessed superslick chick flick “Sex & The City 2,” and the decidedly un-romantic rom-com/revenge fantasy “The Bounty Hunter.”

Other notable nominees include a trio of long established divas, Cher, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand all vying to be named Worst Supporting Actress, ’tween bong enthusiast Miley Cyrus nominated for Worst Actress, and Jack Black, Gerard Butler and Ashton Kutcher up against Twilight’s Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson for Worst Actor.

The RAZZIE “winners” will be announced in ceremonies at Hollywood’s Barnsdall Gallery Theatre at 7:30 p.m. PST on Saturday, Feb. 26 – the now night before the Oscars.

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