In recent years, the fine art of the film spoof has been completely lost in a blitzkrieg of lazy, crass parodies lacking any subtlety or invention.

When Adam Sandler’s bad, he’s really bad, according to voters for the Razzies — an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year.

Adam Sandler has shattered an unwanted Hollywood awards season record, picking up 11 nominations for the Razzies - the Academy Awards spoof singling out the year's worst movies.

Normally a movie that follows a pizza boy and his loud-mouthed compadre as they do battle with two miscreants whose only ambitions are to be wildly wealthy and blow things up would garner little more than an exasperated sigh.

Movie star Will Ferrell is taking three up-and-coming comics on a seven-date US tour to promote his upcoming movie 'Semi-Pro'.