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The nominees for this year's Golden Raspberry Awards were just announced, naming some of the worst films of the year.

Surprisingly, The Spirit is noticeably absent, despite the critical beatdown delivered by most critics (I wasn't too kind on it, either) that puts its Tomato Meter rating at a sad 14%, the disappointing box office, a For Your Consideration video and a campy Samuel L. Jackson giving it extra Razzie credential.

Instead, these are the movies contending for worst of 2008.

Worst Picture:
Speed Racer
Disaster Movie
Meet the Spartans
The Day the Earth Stood Still
High School Musical 3
The Hottie & The Nottie
Dungeon Siege
The Love Guru
Postal
Rambo
The Happening
Meet Dave
Witless Protection

Worst Actor:
Zac Efron (HSM3)
Dane Cook (My Best Friend's Girl)
Larry the Cable Guy (Witless Protection)
Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)
Al Pacino (Righteous Kill)
Keanu Reeves (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Sylvester Stallone (Rambo)
Tom Cruise (Valkyrie)
Will Ferrell (Semi-Pro)
Ashton Kutcher (What Happened in Vegas)
Mike Myers (The Love Guru)
Adam Sandler (You Don't Mess with the Zohan)
Mark Wahlberg (The Happening)

Worst Actress:
Paris Hilton (The Hottie & The Nottie)
Jessica Alba (The Love Guru)
The cast of The Women
Camilla Belle (10,000 BC)
Cameron Diaz (What Happened in Vegas)
Kate Hudson (My Best Friend's Girl)
Diane Keaton (Mad Money)
Jennifer Connelly (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Zooey Deschanel (The Happening)
Vanessa Hudgens (HSM3)
Eva Longoria-Parker (Over Her Dead Body)
Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases)

Worst Director:
Uwe Boll (Dungeon Siege)
Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer (Disaster Movie / Meet the Spartans)
Tom Putnam (The Hottie & The Nottie)
Marco Schnabel (The Love Guru)
Sylvester Stallone (Rambo)
Jon Avnet (Righteous Kill)
Diane English (The Women)
Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC)
Brian Robbins (Meet Dave)
Kenny Ortega (HSM3)
M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening)

Such choices! I know a lot of people are pulling for a Shyamalan sweep. Then there's High School Musical 3, which isn't just a bad movie—it's also directly responsible in the Great Laming of our culture. Personally, I'd like to see either a Meet Dave or Love Guru win, just to warn off Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers from further embarrassment.