In a letter to Athens Games organizers released Tuesday, Jolie, star of the two "Lara Croft" adventure movies, agreed to run one of the very last legs of the relay in Athens, the day before the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony on August 13.

The 29-year-old actress who is also a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations (news - web sites) High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), will carry the Olympic torch for a few hundred meters on the afternoon of August 12, as the international relay comes to a close in the Greek capital after crossing all five continents.

"I would consider it an honor to run with the Olympic torch as a gesture of hope for refugees and to express my active support for sport and world peace," Jolie said. "The preferred time for me to run would be 1800 or 1900 hours." Jolie, whose second "Lara Croft" movie was partly filmed in Greece, is the first high-profile torchbearer to accept an invitation to run in the relay on its return to Greece.

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - Star-crossed Hollywood lovers Jennifer Lopez (news) and Ben Affleck (news) were united in shame as their flop movie "Gigli" led nominations for Hollywood's greatest dishonour, the Razzie awards.

The movie, which brought the couple together 25 months ago, won nine nods for the annual Golden Raspberry awards, or Razzies, Tinseltown's antidote to the Oscars (news - web sites) that singles out the worst films of the year for special mention. Lopez, 34, has become an annual recipient of the dishonour nominations for which are announced one day ahead of the unveiling of the annual Oscar nods, scheduled for Tuesday. Gigli," the rambling and disjointed story of a Lesbian hitwoman, was released last summer to critical derision and jeers for the movie and its stars, who became engaged after shooting the film. Both J-Lo and Affleck won nominations for worst actress and actor of 2003, Affleck for his roles in his films "Gigli," "Daredevil" and "Paycheck," and Lopez for her "Gigli" turn. Funnyman Mike Myers (news)' flop 2003 movie "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat" and the reality-TV based musical feature film "From Justin to Kelly" tied in second place with eight nominations a piece. Action adventure chick flick "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," starring Drew Barrymore (news), Cameron Diaz (news) and Lucy Liu (news), was next in line with seven nods, putting it line to become one of the top three shocker films of 2003. Affleck is vying against ill-esteemed competition including Cuba Gooding (news) Jr. for his roles in "Boat Trip," "Fighting Temptations," and "Radio," Mike Myers for "The Cat in the Hat," Ashton Kutcher (news) for "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Just Married," and "My Boss's Daughter," and "American Idol" star Justin Guarini for "From Justin to Kelly." Lopez was facing weak competition from Barrymore for "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Duplex;" Cameron Diaz for "Charlie's Angels;" Angelina Jolie (news) for Beyond Borders" and "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life;" and Kelly Clarkson (news) "From Justin to Kelly." The winners of the Razzies will be announced "in ultra-low-budget ceremonies" on February 28, a day before the Oscars are handed out, the organizers said in a statement. The award is a handcrafted gold spray-painted golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled reel of Super 8 film, "with an estimated street value of 4.89 dollars," organisers said. The Razzies were launched by John Wilson 1980, who describes himself as a "lifelong cynic and cine-maniac" as a parody of Hollywood frenzied series of annual awards that culminates in the Oscars. Ballots were sent to the 537 members of his Golden Raspberry Award Foundation in 38 US states and 12 other countries, he said.