Golden Globe Nominations (Film)

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Friday, December 15, 2006

I personally tend not to give a second look at any award not named "Oscar," but for those of you who do ... the nominations for the Golden Globes were announced and you can find them below:

Best Picture – Drama
“Babel”
“Bobby”
“The Departed”
“Little Children”
“The Queen”

Best Picture – 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 Actor – 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 Actress – Drama
Penélope Cruz, “Volver”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Sherrybaby”
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”


Best Actor – Comedy or Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
Johnny Deep, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Kinky Boots”
Aaron Eckhart, “Thank You for Smoking”
Will Ferrell, “Stranger than Fiction”


Best Actress – 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 Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck, “Hollywoodland”
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Brad Pitt, “Babel”
Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed”


Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, “The Devil Wears Prada”

Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”
Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel”


Best Director
Clint Eastwood, “Flags of Our Fathers”
Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Stephen Frears, “The Queen”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”


Best Song
"Pursuit of Happyness" "A Father's Way
"Dreamgirls"  "Listen"
"Bobby"   "Never Gonna Break My Faith"
"Happy Feet" "The Song of the Heart"
"Home of the Brave" "Try Not to Remember"


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


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 Foreign Language
"Apocalypto'"
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
"The Lives of Others"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"Volver"

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


The only thing I find interesting is DiCaprio's two nominations.  I never really gave this guy the credit he deserved, but after seeing The Departed I just couldn't NOT like him.  Him and Will Smith are easily my two favorite actors, noone else is even close, so kudos on the nominations.