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Razzies 2015 Winners: Cameron Diaz and Kirk Cameron Get Bashed at the 35th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards
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The Razzies nominations –
 
WORST PICTURE
• Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
• Left Behind
• The Legend of Hercules
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Transformers: Age of Extinction
 
WORST ACTOR
• Kirk Cameron, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
• Nicholas Cage, Left Behind
• Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
• Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
• Adam Sandler, Blended
 
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Mel Gibson, Expendables 3
• Kelsey Grammer, Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too, Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Shaquille O’Neal, Blended
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, Expendables 3
• Kiefer Sutherland, Pompeii
 
WORST ACTRESS
• Drew Barrymore, Blended
• Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman and Sex Tape
• Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
• Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
• Gaia Weiss, The Legend of Hercules
 
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Cameron Diaz, Annie
• Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Susan Sarandon, Tammy
• Brigitte Ridenour (née Cameron), Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
 
WORST DIRECTOR
• Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Darren Doane, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
• Renny Harlin, The Legend of Hercules
• Jonathan Liebesman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
 
WORST SCREEN COMBO
• Any Two Robots, Actors (Robotic Actors), Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Kirk Cameron & His Ego, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
• Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel, Sex Tape
• Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes
• Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
 
WORST SCREENPLAY
• Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
• Left Behind
• Sex Tape
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Transformers: Age of Extinction
 
REDEEMER AWARD
• Ben Affleck, from Gigli to Argo and Gone Girl
• Jennifer Aniston, from four-time Razzie nominee to Cake
• Mike Myers, from The Love Guru to directing Supermensch
• Keanu Reeves, from six-time Razzie nominee to John Wick
• Kristen Stewart, from six-time Razzie winner for Twilight to Camp X-Ray
 

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Business and economy

• The United Steelworkers union notifies the owner of the largest refinery in the United States that its members are on strike. The notification to Motiva constitutes a major escalation of ongoing labor-management confrontation in that industry. (Reuters)
• More than 5,000 workers at a General Motors plant in Brazil joins in a strike against the dismissal of proposal for another 800 factory employees. (GloboNews) (The Peninsula Qatar)

Disasters and accidents

• Three Italian cross-country skiers are killed and two are injured in an avalanche near the Great St Bernard Pass in theSwiss Alps. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

International relations

• Indonesia recalls its envoy to Brazil due to ongoing tension caused by Indonesia’s recent execution of a Brazilian drug smuggler. (Reuters)
• War in Donbass
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• The President of Peru Ollanta Humala recalls the ambassador to Chile over spying allegations. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The Willacy Detention Center in Willacy County, Texas is emptied of thousands of inmates the day after a riot makes it uninhabitable. (NBC News)

Science and technology

• NASA astronauts perform one of three ISS spacewalks to reroute cables needed in preparation for the 2017 arrival of the first commercial spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts. (AP)

Sports

• Floyd Mayweather announces that Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is set for 2 May 2015 at Las Vegas‘s MGM Grand Garden Arena. (USA Today)
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