Ahead of the Oscars, Will Smith and son crowned worst actors at Razzies

Sci-fi flop “After Earth” starring Will Smith and son Jaden earned three Golden Raspberries on Saturday at the annual Razzie worst-of film awards, Hollywood’s hall of shame. A day before the Oscars, spoof comedy compilation “Movie 43” won worst picture, while Adam Sandler, a perennial Razzie favorite, went home empty-handed despite being nominated in seven categories.

Jaden Smith won worst actor, while his Hollywood A-list dad Will earned worst supporting actor, and the father-and-son team were named the Worst Screen Combo.

The duo was “stranded on Planet Nepotism,” Razzies founder John Wilson said at the award ceremony.

Another of last year’s big box office duds, “The Lone Ranger” starring Johnny Depp — on which Disney took a $200 million write-off — was named “Worst Re-Make/Rip Off or Sequel.

“Movie 43,” an anthology of short films featuring stars including Richard Gere, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet, took the top prize of the night, as well as worst director and worst screenplay.

Tyler Perry was named worst actress for his cross-dressing title role in “A Madea Christmas,” while US reality TV star Kim Kardashian won worst supporting actress for “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.”

But Sandler failed to make it three worst actor awards in a row, despite earning seven nods for his latest film, “Grown Ups 2.” The actor won in 2012 for his cross-dressing romp “Jack and Jill,” and last year for the lowbrow comedy “That’s My Boy.”

Other nominated actors were Johnny Depp for “The Lone Ranger,” Ashton Kutcher for his role as Apple founder Steve Jobs in “Jobs,” and tough guy Sylvester Stallone for three films: cop action flick “Bullet to the Head,” prison escape flick “Escape Plan” with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and “Grudge Match” about a rematch of ageing boxers with Robert De Niro.

Amazingly, Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups 2” didn’t take home the top prize. Instead, that honor went to “Movie 43,” a movie that was a collection of astoundingly unfunny sketches featuring some surprisingly huge names (Kate Winslet, what did they blackmail you with?). Other winners were somewhat more predictable.

In addition to Worst Picture, the Razzies handed “Movie 43” the Worst Director (which will have to be divided amongst the 13 people credited with having a hand in that monstrosity) and Worst Screenplay awards (again: 19 credited writers will have to divvy up the award).