12/14/06

Sound The Trumpets! The Golden Globe Nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio ("Blood Diamond" and "The Departed") and Clint Eastwood double-dip, Mel Gibson and Eastwood's labors of love ("Apocalypto" and "Letters From Iwo Jima") wave American flags on the ballot for Best Foreign Language Film, and Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" laughs last as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association names the nominees for the "The 64th Annual Golden Globes," to air 8 p.m. Monday, January 15, on NBC. But Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel" was a big hit (7 nominations) with the Hollywood Foreign Press. Don't forget to cast your ballot in your office pool. Below, the nominees ...

Best Motion Picture for Drama
"Babel"
"Bobby"
"The Departed"
"Little Children"
"The Queen"

Best Performance By An Actress In A Drama
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

Best Performance By An Actor In A Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Best Motion Picture for Comedy or Musical
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Dreamgirls"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Thank You For Smoking"

Best Performance By An Actress In A Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"
Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"

Best Performance By An Actor In A Comedy or Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You For Smoking"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Kinky Boots"
Will Ferrell, "Stranger Than Fiction"

Best Animated Feature Film
"Cars"
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Apocalypto" (USA)
"Letters From Iwo Jima" (USA/Japan)
"The Lives of Others" (Germany)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico)
"Volver" (Spain)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
Brad Pitt, "Babel"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers"
Clintt Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

Best Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
Clint Mansell, "The Fountain"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"
Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"
Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"

Best Original Song
"A Father's Way," Seal and Christopher Bruce for "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"Listen," Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles for "Dreamgirls"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith," Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda for "Bobby"
"The Song of the Heart," Prince Rogers Nelson for "Happy Feet"
"Try Not To Remember," Sheryl Crow for "Home of the Brave"

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