Nominations announced for worst films of 2016

Leading the list is "Zoolander 2" -- "the 15-years-too-late sequel" -- with nine nominations including for worst picture, worst actor (Ben Stiller), worst supporting actor (Owen Wilson) and worst supporting actress (Kristen Wiig).

In second place comes the superhero movie "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," described as a "WTF comic book battle-royale."

The film starring Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman, which scored big at the box office earning nearly $900 million, got eight nominations including for worst picture, worst director (Zack Snyder) and worst actor (Affleck).

Both "Zoolander 2" and "Batman v Superman" also earned nods for worst ripoff, remake, prequel or sequel.

"2016 was so overfull of bad movies that we had to expand every category from the usual five contenders to six," organizers said in announcing this year's crop of nominees.

The other Worst Picture contenders are "Dirty Grandpa," "Gods of Egypt," "Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party" and "Independence Day: Resurgence."

On the acting front, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Megan Fox, Tyler Perry, Julia Roberts, Naomi Watts and Shailene Woodley were among stars given the dubious honor of being nominated for a Golden Raspberry.

The nominees in eight of nine categories were chosen in an online vote by 1,014 voting Razzie members from 49 US states and 24 countries. 

The nominees for Worst Screen Combo were selected by thousands of users of the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

The winners will be announced on February 25, the eve of the Oscars.

The Razzies were created in 1980 as an antidote to Hollywood's star-studded back-slapping annual awards season, which this year climaxes on February 26 with the 89th Oscars.

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WORST PICTURE 

- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  

- Dirty Grandpa 

- Gods of Egypt 

- Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 

- Independence Day: Resurgence  

- Zoolander No. 2 

WORST ACTOR  

- Ben Affleck / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice   

- Gerard Butler / Gods of Egypt & London Has Fallen 

- Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice   

- Robert  de Niro / Dirty Grandpa 

- Dinesh D'Souza [as Himself] Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 

- Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2 

WORST ACTRESS  

- Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 

- Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween 

- Julia Roberts / Mother's Day  

- Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton]  Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 

- Naomi Watts / Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In 

- Shailene Woodley / Divergent Series: Allegiant  

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS   

- Julianne Hough / Dirty Grandpa  

- Kate Hudson / Mother's Day  

- Aubrey Plaza / Dirty Grandpa  

- Jane Seymour / Fifty Shades of Black 

 -Sela Ward / Independence Day: Resurgence  

- Kristen Wiig / Zoolander No. 2 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

- Nicolas Cage / Snowden  

- Johnny Depp / Alice Through the Looking Glass 

- Will Ferrell / Zoolander No. 2 

- Jesse Eisenberg / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice   

- Jared Leto / Suicide Squad  

- Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2 

WORST SCREEN COMBO 

- Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  

- Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals / Gods of Egypt 

- Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume / Alice Through the Looking Glass 

- The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors / Collateral Beauty  

- Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig / BOO! A Medea Halloween

- Ben Stiller and His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2  

WORST DIRECTOR  

- Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley / Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 

- Roland Emmerich / Independence Day: Resurgence 

- Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween  

- Alex Proyas / Gods of Egypt  

- Zack Snyder / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice   

- Ben Stiller / Zoolander  No. 2 

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF  or SEQUEL  

- Alice Through the Looking Glass 

- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice   

- Fifty Shades of Black 

- Independence Day: Resurgence 

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 

- Zoolander No. 2 

WORST SCREENPLAY  

- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice    

- Dirty Grandpa  

- Gods of Egypt  

- Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 

- Independence Day: Resurgence  

- Suicide Squad  

NOMINATIONS PER PICTURE

- Zoolander No. 2 = 9

- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice = 8

- Dirty Grandpa = 6

- Gods of Egypt = 5

- Hillary's America = 5

- Independence Day: Resurgence = 5

- Alice Through the Looking Glass = 3