Actors Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy lead the nominations for the "Golden Raspberry" awards, singling out Hollywood's worst movie performances from the past year.
The organization which runs the annual Oscars spoof nominated Lohan for a "Razzie," as the award is called, for her role in I Know Who Killed Me, a horror film in which she plays psychically connected twins.
The flick also received Razzie nominations as 2007's worst picture, screenplay, director and worst screen couple - for Lohan's turn appearing opposite herself in the film.
Lohan, 21, made her name appearing in such popular movies as The Last Show and Freaky Friday. But she has had a dry spell coinciding with her recent negative appearances in the tabloids.
Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy received a record five Razzie nods in one year for Norbit. Murphy plays a nerd who meets the love of his life, but who happens to be married to a grossly obese woman, also played by Murphy.
The veteran funnyman was dishonored with nominations for worst actor, supporting actor, actress, worst on-screen couple and worst screenplay.
Murphy had received an Oscar nomination last year for his supporting role in Dreamgirls, but some observers said his hopes of winning the award were brought down by his association with Norbit.
Other nominees for the Razzies award, which was created in 1980, included Bratz and Daddy Day Camp for worst picture, and the Silence of the Lambs sequel Hannibal Rising in the new category "Worst Excuse For A Horror Movie."
Winners will be announced on Feb. 23, a day before the 80th Academy Awards.
Winners of the Razzies rarely show up to collect their prize - a gold spray-painted plastic statuette in the shape of a raspberry. Organizers say the statuettes are worth as much as US$4.89 (NT$158).(AFP)
諷刺好萊塢年度最爛影片的「金酸莓獎」入圍名單出爐,演員琳賽.羅涵和艾迪.墨菲入圍項目遙遙領先。
以嘲諷奧斯卡獎為樂的主辦單位提名琳賽.羅涵角逐「金酸莓」獎座;她在驚悚片「雙面人質」中演出一對有心電感應的雙胞胎而受到評審青睞。
該片還入圍了二OO七年金酸莓獎的最爛影片、最爛劇本、最爛導演和最爛銀幕搭檔─琳賽.羅涵在片中所分飾的兩個角色─等項目。
二十一歲的羅涵曾擔綱演出熱門電影「大家來我家」和「辣媽辣妹」,但她最近負面新聞不斷導致演藝事業走下坡。
同時,艾迪.墨菲個人以「糯米正傳」打破金酸莓獎紀錄入圍了五項提名;他在片中飾演一個呆子,在遇見此生真愛之際,卻碰巧要和一個非常臃腫的女人(艾迪.墨菲飾)結婚。
這位喜劇老將這次一口氣入圍了最爛男主角、最爛男配角、最爛女配角、最爛銀幕搭檔和最爛劇本。
墨菲去年因為「夢幻女郎」入圍奧斯卡金像獎最佳男配角,但部分媒體觀察家認為,就是「糯米正傳」讓他奪獎無望。
金酸莓獎設立於一九八O年。今年榜上有名的還包括入圍最爛影片的「閃亮小天后」和「奶爸集中營」,入圍今年新增項目─行恐怖之名的最爛恐怖片的「人魔崛起」(「沉默的羔羊」續集)。
得獎名單將於二月二十三日出爐,正好就在第八十屆奧斯卡獎頒獎典禮前一天。
金酸莓獎得主鮮少出席領獎─一個噴上金漆、覆盆莓造型的塑膠小獎座,主辦單位表示,這獎座價值約四點八九美元(新台幣一百五十八元)。
(法新社/翻譯:袁星塵)
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Let’s explore another delicacy primarily known to Tainan locals: floating milkfish in thick soup. Despite its peculiar name, this dish is another Tainan specialty that showcases the popularity of milkfish, which is made into fish paste and served in thick soup. Unlike the version with tutuo fish, which also adds other ingredients to its thick soup, the floating milkfish version primarily features the “floating fish” itself in its thick soup, ensuring that the fish paste remains the star of the dish. 讓我們來探索另一道台南人熟悉的美食:浮水魚羹。這道菜名奇特的美食,再再展現了台南虱目魚料理的多樣。浮水魚羹是用虱目魚漿做成的羹品,雖然和𩵚魠魚羹一樣是羹湯,但不像𩵚魠魚羹會在湯中加入其他食材,而是讓虱目魚漿成為這道料理的主角。 peculiar (adj.) 獨特的;古怪的 The belly of a milkfish is considered the most
The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80 percent of US IVF procedures involved the transfer of frozen embryos, according to a recent report by the US Department of Health and Human Services. HOW IS EMBRYO FREEZING USED IN IVF? IVF uses high doses of hormones to stimulate ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible. Once
A situation puzzle is a game in which one person describes a scenario and asks the players to explain it. The situation is deliberately lacking in details, but the players may acquire more information by asking questions — however, these can only be answered with “yes” or “no.” A player wins by describing the approximate events that led up to the situation. To do so, they must use a blend of logical and lateral thinking. A famous example of this is sometimes known as “Turtle Soup.” Here’s the riddle: “A man in a restaurant orders turtle soup, tastes it