Ensemble drama Babel leads the nominations at next year’s Golden Globe Awards, boasting seven nods including Best Dramatic Picture and an acting accolade for star Brad Pitt.
The film, spanning several countries telling four interrelated stories, sees Pitt praised in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category. He’ll battle it out alongside Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland) and Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls), as well as The Departed co-stars Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. The mob thriller earned a total of six nominations today.
Babel‘s Rinko Kikuchi and Adriana Barraza also received supporting acting nods, along with Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal, Emily Blunt for The Devil Wears Prada and Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls.
But it’s Leonardo DiCaprio who looks most likely to convert an acting nomination into a trophy after being named twice in the Best Actor category.
His performances in The Departed and Blood Diamond are up against Peter O’Toole‘s in Venus, Will Smith‘s in The Pursuit of Happyness and Forest Whitaker‘s portrayal of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
Actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood is another star with a double reason to celebrate–Flags of Our Fathers competes against his other war film Letters from Iwo Jima in the Best Director category.
Meanwhile, Helen Mirren stands to win three awards at the star-studded Hollywood ceremony next month. Her role as monarch-in-crisis Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen pits her against another veteran British actress, Judi Dench, for Notes on a Scandal. Penelope Cruz is also a strong contender for Best Actress in Volver, as well Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby) and Kate Winslet in the suburban drama Little Children.
Mirren‘s other nods are for small-screen work–her roles in Prime Suspect: The Final Act and period piece Elizabeth I could see her pick up a Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Both films will compete for Best TV Mini-Series alongside the star-studded adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ complicated crime masterpiece Bleak House, Broken Trail and Mrs. Harris.
There were no surprises in the most popular TV categories with 24, Big Love, Lost, Heroes, and hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy all in with a chance to win the Best Drama Prize, and Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Office, Ugly Betty and Weeds battling it out for the Best Comedy or Musical.
Last month it was revealed Hollywood legend Warren Beatty is to be honored with the 64th Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards. It will be Beatty‘s sixth Globe.
The awards are given out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and are a key indicator of which movies will compete for the Academy Awards, the film industry’s top honors.
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Best Motion Picture – Drama
Babel
Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De ZetaFilm/Central Film Production; ParamountPictures/Paramount Vantage
Bobby
Bold Films; The Weinstein Company
The Departed
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
Little Children
New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema
The Queen
A GranadaProduction; Miramax Films
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama
Penélope 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 Motion Picture – 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 – Comedy Or Musical
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of AmericaFor Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
One America;Twentieth Century Fox
The Devil Wears Prada
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox
Dreamgirls
Dreamworks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamworksPictures/Paramount Pictures
Little Miss Sunshine
Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures
Thank You For Smoking
Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/ContentFilm; Fox Searchlight Pictures
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture –Comedy Or Musical
Annette Bening
Running With Scissors
Toni Collette
Little Miss Sunshine
Beyoncé Knowles
Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger
Miss Potter
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – ComedyOr Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of AmericaFor 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
Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studio; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Happy Feet
Kingdom Pictures, Llc; Warner Bros. Pictures/VillageRoadshow Pictures
Monster House
ColumbiaPictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto (USA)
Touchstone Pictures/Icon Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Letters From Iwo Jima(USA/Japan)
Warner Bros. Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures; Warner Bros.Pictures
The Lives Of Others (Germany)
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion; Sony PicturesClassics
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)
Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto; Picturehouse
Volver (Spain)
El Deseo; Sony Pictures Classics
Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In AMotion Picture
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 In AMotion Picture
Ben Affleck
Hollywoodland
Eddie Murphy
Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson
The Departed
Brad Pitt
Babel
Mark Wahlberg
The Departed
Best Director – Motion Picture
Clint Eastwood
Flags Of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood
Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears
The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
Babel
Martin Scorsese
The Departed
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Guillermo Arriaga
Babel
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Little Children
Patrick Marber
Notes On A Scandal
William Monahan
The Departed
Peter Morgan
The Queen
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat
The Painted Veil
Clint Mansell
The Fountain
Gustavo Santaolalla
Babel
Carlo Siliotto
Nomad
Hans Zimmer
The Da Vinci Code
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“A Father’s Way” — The Pursuit Of Happyness
Music By: Seal And Christopher Bruce
Lyrics By: Seal
“Listen” — Dreamgirls
Music & Lyrics By: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, ScottCutler And Beyoncé Knowles
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” — Bobby
Music & Lyrics By: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy AndAndrea Remanda
“The Song Of The Heart” — Happy Feet
Music & Lyrics By: Prince Rogers Nelson
“Try Not To Remember” — Home Of The Brave
Music & Lyrics By:Sheryl Crow
Best Television Series – Drama
24 (Fox)
Imagine Television And 20th Century Fox Television I.A.W.Real Time Prods.
Big Love (HBO)
Anima Sola And Playtone Prods. I.A.W. HBO Entertainment
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Touchstone Television
Heroes (NBC)
Nbc Universal Television Studios I.A.W. Tailwind Prods.
Lost (ABC)
Touchstone Television
Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series –Drama
Patricia Arquette
Medium
Edie Falco
The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly
Lost
Ellen Pompeo
Grey’s Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick
The Closer
Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Patrick Dempsey
Grey’s Anatomy
Michael C. Hall
Dexter
Hugh Laurie
House
Bill Paxton
Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland
24
Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
DesperateHousewives (ABC)
Touchstone Television
Entourage (HBO)
Leverage And Closest To The Hole Prods. I.A.W. HboEntertainment
The Office (NBC)
Deedle Dee Prods. WithReveille I.A.W. Nbc Universal Television Studio
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Touchstone Television
Weeds (Showtime)
Showtime I.A.W. Lionsgate Television And Tilted Prods., Inc.
Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series –ComedyOr Musical
Marcia Cross
Desperate Housewives
AmericaFerrera
Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman
Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The New Adventures Of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker
Weeds
Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – ComedyOr Musical
Alec Baldwin
30 Rock
Zach Braff
Scrubs
Steve Carrell
The Office
Jason Lee
My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub
Monk
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Bleak House (PBS)
Bbc And Wgbh BostonProd. I.A.W. Deep Indigo
Broken Trail (AMC)
Butchers Run Films And Once Upon A Time Films I.A.W. SonyPictures Television
Elizabeth I (HBO)
Company Pictures And Channel 4 I.A.W. Hbo Films
Mrs. Harris (HBO)
Killer Films, Number 9 Films And John Wells Prod. I.A.W. HboFilms
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS)
GranadaAnd Wgbh-Boston Prod.
Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or MotionPicture Made For Television
Gillian Anderson
Bleak House
Annette Bening
Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren
Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren
Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo
Tsunami, The Aftermath
Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or MotionPicture Made For Television
André Braugher
Thief
Robert Duvall
Broken Trail
Michael Ealy
Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Tsunami, The Aftermath
Ben Kingsley
Mrs. Harris
Bill Nighy
Gideon’s Daughter
Matthew Perry
The Ron Clark Story
Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In ASeries, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Emily Blunt
Gideon’s Daughter
Toni Collette
Tsunami, The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl
Grey’s Anatomy
Sarah Paulson
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Perkins
Weeds
Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In ASeries, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Thomas Haden Church
Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons
Elizabeth I
Justin Kirk
Weeds
Masi Oka
Heroes
Jeremy Piven
Entourage
