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Published: Feb. 23, 2008 at 2:11 PM
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Lohan picture 'wins' 8 Razzies

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Hollywood stars Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy were the big losers when the 28th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards were announced in Los Angeles Saturday.

Also known as the Razzies, the "awards" recognize the previous year's worst in film and are announced on the eve of the film industry's biggest night, the Academy Awards presentation.

Lohan's thriller "I Know Who Killed Me" was named Worst Picture, Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie and Worst Remake or Rip-Off, while Lohan tied with herself for Worst Actress for the two characters she played in the film -- and was named Worst Screen Couple, again for her duel role.

The film also earned Chris Siverston the Worst Director dis-honor, as well as a Worst Screenplay distinction for Jeffrey Hammond.

Murphy was named Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Supporting Actor for the multiple roles he played in the big-screen comedy "Norbit."

"Daddy Day Camp," a sequel to Murphy's flick "Daddy Day Care," won the Razzie for Worst Prequel or Sequel.


Radiohead joins N.J. festival lineup

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The British musical group Radiohead has joined singer Jack Johnson and others on the lineup at the All Points West Festival in Jersey City, N.J.

The "Kid A" group has signed on to headline the U.S. festival two of its three nights this August with Johnson serving as the headliner for the remaining night of performances, the BBC reported Saturday.

Radiohead will first perform at the annual music festival at Liberty State Park on Aug. 8 and 9, while Johnson wraps up the festival with a performance Aug. 10.

Other notable bands already signed for the New Jersey festival include the techno band Underworld, The Go! Team, Kings of Leon and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour.

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale starting next Friday.

The BBC said Radiohead also is due to start a U.S. tour this May and has a slate of European dates scheduled to start in June.


Portishead, Verve set for U.S. return

INDIO, Calif., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- British alternative bands Portishead and Verve are to perform their first U.S. show in nearly a decade at California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

The bands, which each saw a modicum of U.S. success during the 1990s, will perform at the festival in April and their presence is expected to help reinvigorate their careers and boost festival sales, Billboard reported Friday.

"The fans like them," said Paul Tollett, whose company organizes the annual festival, "but also they attract other bands to the bill and give a serious feel to the show."

Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley said the desert festival in Indio, Calif., will come as his band releases its first studio album in nearly 10 years.

Yet Utley ensured potential listeners that Portishead has been keeping busy during the band's time out of the recording studio and that the April festival will feature the band's new sound.

"There was never no Portishead," Utley said. "It was just we'd had enough, and we didn't have any ideas. We all got on with various different things, but we worked on each others' projects. There was always a Portishead."


Disney finding success with ABC Family

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The Walt Disney Co. is enjoying great success with its family-friendly U.S. cable network, ABC Family, despite initial industry criticisms.

Variety said Friday that while some industry officials had panned Disney for purchasing the struggling network for $5 billion seven years ago, the cable channel has rebounded dramatically thanks to the success of shows such as "Greek" and "Kyle XY."

Those series, along with mainstays such as "Gilmore Girls," allowed ABC Family to reach new viewership heights in 2007, including a highly successful December. That month an estimated 2.23 million viewers tuned into the cable network, making it the most-watched month in ABC Family's history.

Initiative Media Senior Vice President Kris Magel told Variety such success was due to strategic marketing by ABC Family officials, who are focusing their efforts on women between the ages of 14 and 28.

"They seem to have found an identity in the marketplace," Magel said. "And they're starting to see the fruits of their labor."


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