Okay, months worth of accolades and awards speculation are over.  What better way to cleanse your palette than with the Golden Rasberries, the annual joke awards honoring the very worst in theatrical features.  The list of Razzie nominees from the year that was in 2011 is now online, and it contains a surprise or two.

It's a good year to be an animated film.  If studio estimates prove accurate, then 20th Century Fox's Rio will have claimed the top spot for the second week in a row, pulling in a projected $26.8 million over the holiday weekend.  Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, meanwhile, nipped at Rio's animated heels with $25.7 million in estimated receipts.  This weekend was the second in a row that has exceeded the grosses from the same weekend last year, with another new release, Water for Elephants, adding $17.5 million to the overall box office.

The reign of family-oriented films continues, with Rio making what is estimated to be the biggest opening of the year so far with a projected $40 million haul over the weekend.  Not only that, but the animated musical led the pack in what was the first weekend of 2011 to see an increase over the corresponding weekend last year.  Rio accounted for the lion's share of the roughly 11% increase over the same three-day window in 2010, with the attempted horror franchise restarter Scream 4 earning an estimated $19.3 million, well below expectations.

At 65 years old, Dame Helen Mirren defies the showbusiness convention that women over a certain age cannot retain – or perhaps even increase – their sex appeal.  The Oscar winner is one of the most respected actors on the planet, having appeared in films such as The Queen, Gosford Park, The Madness of King George, The Mosquito Coast, and The Last Station.  Over the weekend, she hosted Saturday Night Live, and series regular Nasim Pedrad discovered that the sexy screen icon has a physical attribute with miraculous properties.  Check out the SNL digital short to see how transcendent Dame Helen's breasts can be.

It was the weekend of Russell Brand, with current studio estimates showing that films starring the British comedian occupied the number one and three spots at the box office.  Though the second week showing of Hop is undoubtedly a victory for Brand, Arthur is a mixed bag, debuting behind the action thriller Hanna.  Last weekend's Hop, in which Brand voices the Easter Bunny, retained the number one position with an estimated $21.6 million, but the new release Arthur, with Brand in the title role, came in third place with $12.3 million.

If Miley Cyrus can host Saturday Night Live, then why can't Helen Mirren?  The 65 year-old Oscar winner will take the stage of Studio 8H on April 9th in order to promote Arthur, in which she plays sardonic nanny Hobson to Russell Brand's titular irrepressible billionaire.  Joining her on the show are musical guests the Foo Fighters.  The preceding week's show, on April 2nd, will see a British musical giant getting his sketch on, as Elton John has been set to host the first episode in April.

James Marsden is a really funny actor who has long played second fiddle to impossible-to-top lead characters.  He was Cyclops to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in the X-Men films, and he played Lois Lane's human boyfriend competing with Brandon Routh's man of steel in Superman Returns, and now, in Hop, he's the human sidekick of none other than the Easter Bunny.  Reluctant Easter Bunny in training voiced by British comedy superstar Russell Brand, to be more precise.  Hop features both live action and CG animation, courtesy of Illumination Entertainment, the company responsible for Despicable Me, which also included the voice of Russell Brand as the voice of Dr Nefario.  Check out a new, third trailer for Hop right here (via Deadline).

This summer, Russell Brand will be taking on the remake of Arthur where he’ll play the title role. Dudley Moore originated the lovable lout (opposite Liza Minnelli) in 1981. This modern take on the film features Brand as the happy-go-lucky drunk who is an heir to a vast fortune - that is if he marries a girl he doesn’t love. Ah, romance!

The remake also features the undeniably talented Helen Mirren, Nick Nolte and relative newcomer, Greta Gerwig (House of the Devil, Greenberg, and No Strings Attached).

With 2010 coming to an end, iamROGUE.com has been talking this week to look back at the hottest young men and women under 30 who held our attention this past year. Whether it was the boys (and a girl) from The Social Network or The Kids who are clearly All Right, we decided to pick our favorites.

The first official stills of Helen Mirren and Russell Brand in character as Arthur have emerged, thanks to a profile on the film and star in the NY Times. Although based on the lovable drunk originally portrayed by Dudley Moore, Brand seems to be playing himself, i.e. an ascot-wearing rapscallion with a penchant for making a (insert preferred word here) out of himself. Hey, whatever pays the bills.