The Alternative Results

Our nominees may not have taken home the gold for these "alternative Oscar" categories (except, perhaps, for Russell Crowe who may have won for being a big, hunky Aussie), but we felt they deserved to be singled out.

Voting through March 25th, 2001

Best Display of Cleavage
Drew Barrymore's in Charlie's Angels

Best Performance By A Chrome Dome
Chow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Performance By A Hot Australian
Russell Crowe in Gladiator

The Kevin Costner Commendation For Least Credible Accent
Madonna's British accent in The Next Best Thing

Best CHEMISTRY
Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Performance By a Prop
Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away

Best Evidence That Young Hollywood Needs a Spanking
The Skulls

Best Body Part Removal
The soldier's decapitation by cannonball in The Patriot

Movie That Was So Self-Importantly Well-Intentioned It Made You Want to Vote Republican
Pay It Forward

Most Amusing Performance By Borrowed Hair
Angelina Jolie's in Gone in 60 Seconds

Worst Title
Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire

Best Indication That Anyone Can Sell a Screenplay These Days
"Puny man-animal!"-Battlefield Earth

Special "People Have Been Shot For Less" Award
Battlefield Earth