One of the greatest achievements in an actor's career is getting recognized for his hard work. That's why it must be such a heart-warming experience for Eddie Murphy to be nominated for major awards two years in a row. Last year it was for his role in Dreamgirls, and this year, it's for a little movie called Norbit. Except with Norbit, he's getting recognized for making a genuinely awful movie. At least people watched it!

Murphy alone received five Razzie nods, more than anyone has ever gotten in a single year. Besides worst picture, "Norbit" had nominations for Murphy as worst actor in the title role, supporting actress as Norbit's morbidly-obese wife, supporting actor as an Asian man and worst screen couple for Norbit opposite either of Murphy's other characters.

"We decided that each of his characters was so offensive that he deserved individual nominations," said Razzies founder John Wilson. Murphy also shared a screenplay nomination for co-writing the film.

In other E.M. news, rumor has it he split with Tracey Edmonds because she refused to sign a pre-nuptial agreement. I would have preferred to hear that they broke up because Edmonds was encouraging him to be a father to his daughter with Mel B. Oh, well.