Comic actor Adam Sandler may not be in the running for an Oscar this year, but he has set a new record for another award - the most Razzie nominations for the worst films and performances of 2011.

The producer, actor and writer received a leading 11 Razzie nods, including worst actor, actress, screenplay and film, in a contest created as an antidote to the love-fest that engulfs Hollywood during Oscar season.

Sandler's cross-dressing comedy Jack & Jill, in which he played both the male and female roles, led the pack of poor movies with 12 nods.

His romantic comedy Just Go With It got 5, and Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star, for which Sandler wrote the screenplay, notched up 6 nominations.

But Sandler, who ironically was voted People's Choice best movie comedy actor in January, was in excellent company.

Al Pacino, regarded as one of the best living film actors, got a dishonourable mention for his cameo in Jack & Jill.

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman got a nod for her supporting role in Just Go With It and Nicolas Cage was nominated worst actor for his performances in three 2011 movies - Trespass, Season Of The Witch and Drive Angry 3-D.

And the first instalment in the finale of vampire romance The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - a favourite Razzie target - got eight nods, including worst movie and worst acting nods for stars Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart.

The winners will be determined by 600-plus voters of the Golden Raspberry Foundation and announced on April Fool's Day.

That is a change in tradition that for years saw the Razzies handed out on the eve of the annual Academy Awards, sometimes making for a bizarre weekend.

The group, which was created in 1980 by California movie buff John Wilson, gave Sandra Bullock a Razzie for comedy All About Steve in 2010, the same year she won the best actress Oscar the following day for her role in The Blind Side.

Other notable 2012 Razzie nominations went to Britain's Russell Brand for worst actor in worst remake contender Arthur; action movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon and its director Michael Bay; and romantic comedy New Year's Eve which Wilson said "wasted more than 20 major stars on a plot almost as sophisticated as an episode of The Love Boat".

Tea Party favourite Sarah Palin got a tongue in cheek worst actress nod, for playing herself in her political documentary film The Undefeated.

Reuters