In adition to being slammed as the worst show on television, Heroes‘ almost universally-reviled Maya character, played by Dania Ramirez.
The full list of Lazzie winners, compliments of IMDB, appears below:
The John T. Leguizamo Award for Worst Actor in a Movie - Diego Luna (Milk)
The John T. Leguizamo Award for Worst Actor on TV - Cristian de la Fuente (In Plain Sight)
The ‘There’s Always Waitressing’ Award for Worst Actress in a Movie - Jessica Alba (for all of 2008)
The ‘There’s Always Waitressing’ Award for Worst Actress on TV - Dania Ramirez (Heroes)
The ‘We Want Our Money Back’ Award for Worst Movie - The Love Guru
The ‘Worst Fauxtino of the Year’ Award for Worst Portrayal of a Latino - Vanessa Ferlito(Nothing Like the Holidays)
The ‘No Espeak Espanish’ Award for Poor Spanish Speaking Skills in a Movie - Victor Rasuk (Che)
The ‘No Espeak Espanish’ Award for Poor Spanish Speaking Skills on a TV Show - Michael Trevino (90210)
The ‘I’d Rather Be Watching the Weather Channel’ Award for Worst TV Show - Heroes
Award for Ickiest Onscreen Chemistry in a Movie - Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Award for Ickiest Onscreen Chemistry on a TV Show - Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith (Grey’s Anatomy)
The Setting Us Back Award for Negative Stereotyping in a Movie - Eva Mendes (The Women)
The Setting Us Back Award for Negative Stereotyping on a TV Show - Viva Hollywood
Best Reality TV Trainwreck Female - Daisy de la Hoya (Rock of Love)
Best Reality TV Trainwreck Male - Frankie Delgado (Bromance)
The ‘Karma’s a Beyotch’ Award for Shady Behaviour Female - America Ferrera (for rolling her eyes at a co-star on a press tour)
The ‘Karma’s a Beyotch’ Award for Shady Behaviour Male - Eduardo Verastegui (for voting in favour of banning gay marriages in California)
The Biggest Disappointment in a Movie Award - Nothing Like the Holidays
The Biggest Disappointment in a TV Show Award - Ugly Betty
The Lifetime Underachievement Award - Luis Guzman.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
speaking as a Latino and overall nerd, I can’t disagree with this.
The best one was Luis Guzman’s Lifetime Underachievement Award!
February 20th, 2009 at 12:00 am
I know! Ten years ago, I thought he was going to be a superstar, and then…nothing.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I’m baffled why Eduardo Verastegui got the Shady Behavior Award for supporting Prop. 8. What does one’s sociopolitical beliefs have to do with acting ability or lack thereof?
Besides, most Latinos supported Prop. 8 so Mr. Verastegui represents the mainstream of his community.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I’ll say this about Luis Guzman, he’s a funny dude and unfortunately I think Hollywood stereotypes him much in the same way they have done Cheech Marin.
BTW If you haven’t seen it I saw A/K/A Tommy Chong last night on the Showtime Networks…Very thoughtful and well done.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
And I will say this about Heroes too…The Ramirez inclusion seemed doomed to fail from the start since ANY minority with powers got railed on all over the fan sphere. Think about it….
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Daryll, I think that the key with a show like HEROES is to include minorities in the initial cast and get people engaged in them rather than trying to shoehorn it in later. Adding a minority to an established cast reeks of tokenism; INCLUDING minorities does not. Think of LOST.