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Monday, April 29
The Indiana Daily Student

Blame, Shame and Fame

We pick the winners and losers of pop culture 2000

Most likely to dump his wife, get an earring and run off with Jack Nicholson's girlfriend: Harrison Ford\nMost bizarre friendship: Michael Jackson and Macauley Culkin\nBest Movie Sex Scene: The chickens of "Chicken Run"\nMost like a teenage Celine Dion: Jessica Simpson\nMost Gratuitous Nudity: Richard Hatch in "Survivor"\nBiggest Anglophile: Madonna\nThe Jennifer Lopez Award for Most Revealing Outfit: Tie -- Britney Spears and Geena Davis\nWorst Song of the Year: Tie -- Aaron Carter's "Aaron's Party (Come 'n Get It)" and O-Town's "Liquid Dreams"\nMost Informative Election Coverage: Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show"\nFreakiest Couple: Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton\nWorst Sequel: Tie -- "Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows" and "Urban Legends: Final Cut"\nMost likely to be rehab bunkmates: Robert Downey Jr., Ol' Dirty Bastard and Darryl Strawberry\nScariest Ally McBeal "Dancing Baby" rip off: The baby in "Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps"\nMost upsetting departure from television:Andy Richter \nFunniest Movie Title: "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"\nBest Marketing Ploy to Get Men Into a Chick Flick: "Coyote Ugly" and "Charlie's Angels"\nMost stuck-up "It" girl: Kate Hudson\nMost In Need of Forehead Reconstruction By Way Of Baseball Bat: James van der Beek\nBest Job at Proving He's Still an Idiot: Keanu Reeves with "The Replacements" and "The Watcher"\nMost Likely to Make You Want To Drown Yourself in a Bathtub: "What Lies Beneath"\nBest "Wall Street" Rip Off: "Boiler Room"\nCheesiest Movie: "Duets"\nBest Movie Ruined in the Last 10 Minutes: Tie -- "Almost Famous" and "Frequency"\nBest Former Child Star Turned Full-On Hottie: Kirsten Dunst\nMost Depressing Film: "The Virgin Suicides"\nBest Special Effects that Look Like You Did Them Yourself In Your Backyard: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad"\nWorst Movie to See on Drugs: "The Cell"\nBiggest Beef:Eminem and Everlast\nBiggest Pair of Underwear on Screen:"Road Trip"\nCelebrity We're Most Sick of Seeing: Helen Hunt\nMovie Most Likely to Make You Want to Turn and Run From Scientology: "Battlefield Earth"\nGreediest Couple: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones for making money on their wedding\nMost Senseless Fun: "Charlie's Angels"\nBest Line: Shaft: "It's my duty to please that booty"\nThe Ricky Martin Award for Latin Flavor of the Month: Penelope Cruz\nBest On-Screen Duo: Chris Rock and Morgan Freeman in "Nurse Betty"\nBoy Band Most Likely to Kick All the Other Boy Bands' Asses in a Fight: 98 Degrees\nMost Dragged Out Departures: Tie -- Barbra Streisand leaving concerts and Kathie Lee Gifford leaving "Live"\nBiggest Kiss-Ass: Carson Daly\nThe Next Kriss Kross: Lil' Bow Wow\nBiggest Disaster Since Titanic: "The Beach"\nMost likely to make you ask, "How did you get out of the trailer park?" Threeway Tie -- Christina Aguilera, Fred Durst and Eminem\nBest Sample: Offspring using Rob Schneider\nWorst Sample: Jessica Simpson using John Mellencamp\nChannel Most Obsessed with Crappy Music of the past: VH1\nChannel Most Obsessed with Crappy Music of the present: MTV\nMost Drool-worthy Video: D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does it Feel)"\nMost vexed actor:Joaquin Phoenix\nWeirdest Career Turnover: Christian Bale going from Jesus in "Mary Mother of God" to title character in "American Psycho"\nWorst Use of Facial Hair: The Backstreet Boys\nMost Accurate Movie Title: "Loser"\nMost Likely to Single-handedly Kill Teen Movies: Freddie Prinze Jr.\nCelebrity with More Money than God: Oprah (but she is God, right?)\nFunniest new guy: Owen Wilson\nHeaviest Rotation of Annoying Song: "The Thong Song" by Sisqo\nBand We're Gonna Miss the Most: Smashing Pumpkins\nThe Winner of the Gwyneth Paltrow/Ben Affleck Award for "We don\'t give a #@!* if they're dating anymore:" Tie -- Russell Crowe/Meg Ryan and Britney Spears/Justin Timberlake

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