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"Babel," "Departed," And A Few Surprises Lead Golden Globes Nominations
by Jen Yamato | December 14, 2006
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"Babel"'s back in the game as this year's Golden Globes nominations were announced, including many expected Oscar pics -- and a few smaller surprises.

Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's multi-lingual drama had been praised by critics (and stands Certified Fresh at 70 percent on the Tomatometer) but had not been thought of an obvious contender for awards season, let alone the nominations leader with seven Golden Globes nods. Among the noms, "Babel" is in contention for Best Picture - Drama, Best Director (Innaritu), Best Actor (Brad Pitt) and two Best Supporting Actresses (Rinko Kikuchi and Adriana Barraza).


Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt in "Babel"

Also representing in force this year is Martin Scorsese's gangster pic, "The Departed," which nabbed the second-most nominations with six, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and two competing Best Supporting Actors (Mark Wahlberg and Jack Nicholson).

DiCaprio is one of the year's double-nominees, as he faces off with himself for Best Actor for his performances as an undercover cop in "The Departed" and a mercenary in "Blood Diamond."


DiCaprio in "The Departed"

Another filmmaker competing with himself for Golden Globes honors is Clint Eastwood, who is nominated twice for Best Director -- first, for helming his World War II drama "Flags of Our Fathers," and again for its Japanese-language companion piece, "Letters From Iwo Jima." "Letters" is also an entrant in the Best Foreign Language category, qualifying because it was filmed in Japanese, much like another American-made film in the running -- Mel Gibson's Mayan-language "Apocalypto."

But for all of these expected big-budget nominees, there were a few surprise picks from the film festival set. "Sherrybaby," for which Maggie Gyllenhaal is nominated for Best Actress, might be the smallest pic in the running; the film debuted at Sundance and played theatrically in only thirteen theaters during its release.


Gyllenhaal in "Sherrybaby"

Tobacco industry send-up "Thank You For Smoking," a $6.5 million project which built momentum from last year's Toronto and Sundance fests into $38 million gross worldwide, is in the running for Best Picture - Comedy and Best Actor (Aaron Eckhart). The feature-film debut of director Jason Reitman scored well with critics and stands at an impressive 87 percent on the Tomatometer.

Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat," the comedic sensation of 2006, was rewarded as well with two nominations (Best Picture - Comedy and Best Actor).

In a year of unusual multiple nominees, some performers racked up Globes noms with their television work as well. Helen Mirren, long-though to be the Best Actress front-runner for Brit biopic "The Queen," is up for two additional awards in the Best Actress in a Mini-series or TV Movie category where she'll compete against herself (for performances in "Elizabeth I" and "Prime Suspect: The Final Act").


Mirren in "The Queen"

Mirren will also face off against another dual nominee, Annette Bening, in this category (Bening's up for the TV pic "Mrs. Harris" and her film "Running With Scissors"). Thesps Chiwetel Ejiofor, Toni Collette, and Emily Blunt are also competing for both film and television Globes.

Further surprises came at the inclusion of devastatingly rotten films like the super-budget bomb of the summer, "The Da Vinci Code" (24 percent on the Tomatometer), which can now boast a Golden Globe nomination thanks to Hans Zimmer's Original Score.


"The Da Vinci Code": Golden Globe winner?

Emilio Estevez's ensemble piece "Bobby" is also rotten at 43 percent, yet will inexplicably vie for the Best Picture award against "Babel" (70 percent), "Little Children" (83 percent), "The Departed" (92 percent) and "The Queen" (98 percent).

Darren Aronofsky's sci-fi romance "The Fountain" split critics at 50 percent on the Tomatometer, but its score courtesy of "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream" composer Clint Mansell captured the attentions of HFPA voters in the same category.

And that other unknown film in the running for Best Original Score? "Nomad," a Kazakh language, Kazakhstan-set historical epic starring Jason Scott Lee and Jay Hernandez that has only yet been released in Switzerland and -- yep -- Kazakhstan.

The 64th Golden Globes Awards will take place January 15, 2007. Read on for the full list of film nominees.


Best Motion Picture - Drama

"Babel"
"Bobby"
"The Departed"
"Little Children"
"The Queen"


Best Performance By An Actress in A Motion Picture - 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 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 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 Motion Picture - 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 Motion Picture - 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 in a Motion 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 a Motion 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 Innaritu, "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, Scott Cutler, Beyonce Knowles

"Never Gonna Break My Faith" - "Bobby"
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy, Andrea 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

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downwithstarbucks writes:
on Dec 14 2006 02:59 PM

[b]half nelson?[/b]
ryan gosling had the best performance of the year (that i've seen - can't say i've seen leo in blood or will in pursuit yet). sad he gets denied here


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245_trioxin writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:20 PM

I think any song out of the tenacous d movie or even idlewild should have been nominated. i mean if three 6 mafia can win an oscar ya know?

thomas of the living dead


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Enemy writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:46 PM

Unfortunately, the Golden Globes are a joke and probably the worst awards show artistically; just nominating the most popular/most talked about movies and especially TV shows, generally.

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the_shadow writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:56 PM

In reply to this comment (#851153)
that's certainly true, but it looks like they've hit a new low this time around. the year has not been as bad for movies, as some these noms would seem to suggest.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Dec 14 2006 05:13 PM

to be fair, the Globes have gotten better with more indie films, but their still garbage compared to the Oscars. speaking of which, is Jon Stewart hosting again this year? god i hope so, it was the best Oscar night i've seen in the longest time.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 14 2006 06:09 PM

Please tell me those drama noms are a joke! I'm sure "Bobby" was typo that was supposed to read "Letters from Iwo Jima" or "Flags of Our Fathers."

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Instructo writes:
on Dec 14 2006 07:31 PM

globes wont decide much in terms of oscars this year....btw someone asked if jon stewart is hosting again...he is not..ellen degeneres will be hosting (although i wished it was jon he did a good job)

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Dec 14 2006 08:10 PM

at least the golden globes didn't give a best pic award to crash

the oscars?? now that's a joke


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CannibalPenguins writes:
on Dec 14 2006 09:05 PM

The Queen deserves best picture.

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Mike writes:
on Dec 14 2006 10:54 PM

In reply to this comment (#851158)
Agreed! Well-said! After last year the Oscars became a major joke.

As for the Globe noms:

Great for Maggie G. Woohoo! [b]Sherrybaby[/b] looks great and she looks great in it. I was so hoping she'd be nominated. Love her!

Great for Ferrell, Meryl, Annette, Emily Blunt, and Gustavo Santaolalla (I hope he wins).

With Maggie's nomination I can't say I'm disappointed at all. There are some good ones. A little surprising though they chose to ignore Ryan Gosling for [b]Half Nelson[/b]. Leo shouldn't have gotten nominated for two in the same category. Oh well, at least it should cancel him out for winning because it will divide the votes for him between the two movies. Will Smith shouldn't be nominated. At least he won't be at the Oscars. I just hope Maggie's nom carries over to the Oscar noms, and I also hope they expand [b]Sherrybaby[/b] a bit now.

Since they decided to go with some younger talent this year, such as Emily Blunt, it's totally unfair that they looked over Ellen Page for [b]Hard Candy[/b].

I disagree highly with the person who said it hasn't been a crappy year for movies because it has been. It's one of the worst in ages by far. I haven't rated a movie higher than an [b]A-[/b] yet. It doesn't look like any movie this year will be able to get a perfect rating from me.


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mizzoucritic writes:
on Dec 15 2006 01:16 AM

In reply to this comment (#851160)
Hate to break it to you, but Will Smith most likely will get a Best Actor Oscar nom. It's been on a lot of insider prediction lists and this GG nom only helps his chances.

As for Hard Candy (which I loved), it's too unnerving of a film for the Golden Globe or Oscar types to give it any cred.

And this year hasn't been terrible at the movies (look at '03 for a more recent example of a blah year excluding Mystic River, LOTR and Lost in Translation), and the end-of-year selection looks mighty promising. (With Letters, Pan's, Dreamgirls, Venus, Painted Veil and Curse of the Golden Flower)


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danpanic19 writes:
on Dec 15 2006 01:51 AM

The Globes and the Oscars are a totally different show! This year the Globes do seem a little weird! Tossing in nominations for less mainstream films like Babel, and then having nominations for people like Will Smith, who in my opinion is not a good actor!

Leo better win for one of his roles, because he is a great actor with a bad wrap!

THE ONLY THING I AM WANTING MORE THAN ANYTHING IS MARTIN SCORSESE BETTER TAKE BEST DIRECTOR AT THE GLOBES OR THE OSCARS! It is a long time overdue!


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yony writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:26 AM

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA - as it seems like Babel is going to take the award but wont be surprise if The Queen will take it

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA- Helen Mirren

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA - probably Forest Whitaker

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL- probably Dreamgirls but there is a chance for Borat

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL- Meryl Streep

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL- Sasha Baron Cohen

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM- Happy Feet

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM- Letters from Iwo Jima

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Jennifer Hudson

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Brad Pitt or Eddie Murphy I say Brad

BEST DIRECTOR- I want Clint to take this award ,but people says Scorcese

BEST SCREENPLAY- The Queen


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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:29 AM

In reply to this comment (#851162)
Marty won the Golden Globe two years ago, so he's not so overdue here. And as directing goes, Eastwood scored much more of a feat with either of his films than Marty in terms of pure directing. I know everyone thinks Marty deserves more awards than he's taken over the years (and I agree), but honestly, look at the movies that they are actually nominated for this year. Marty could have directed a movie like "The Departed" (which I liked, don't get me wrong) in his sleep. Eastwood's sweeping epics show much more growth and emotional power as a filmmaker. The fact that neither was nominated for best drama (which will prove to be an embarasment for this academy as it has and will be nominated - and probably win - almost every other major picture award) alone should mean Eastwood wins this category by default.

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FILMCZY writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:30 AM

I can't see "Babel" winning any major awards at the Oscars this year. It seems too "foreign" and "heavy" for the dreary Academy members. I think Best Picture will be either "Dreamgirls" ("Chicago," anyone?) or "The Departed". Clint has a chance but maybe the Academy is tired of heaping awards on him. Scorsese IS certainly due to win an Oscar. I think this is his year--but then I said that last year. The GG are nothing more than a party. Has anyone ever seen members of the "foreign press"? Who are these people anyway? The only think that saves the GG is the separate categories for Comedy/Musical movies and performances.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 15 2006 08:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#851165)
Agreed.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Dec 15 2006 08:35 AM

[b]The Usual Suspects & Ostrich Syndrome [/b]
"And A Few Surprises Lead Golden Globes Nominations"

Ha -- that cracks me up. These awards shows are staid and predictable... Hollywood likes to self-promote itself as pushing the envelope, thinking outside the box, but they're so smack-dab in the middle of an enclosed, lead-coated three-foot thick steel cube that they don't even realize it.


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CMPunk>you writes:
on Dec 15 2006 11:34 AM

"smack-dab in the middle of an enclosed, lead-coated three-foot thick steel cube"


Wow, how look did it take for you to come up with that gem? Sad.


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mizzoucritic writes:
on Dec 15 2006 11:56 AM

In reply to this comment (#851165)
Also agreed.

Babel isn't going to win anything big. Maybe score, but that's it.


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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 15 2006 12:54 PM

I'm happy about The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine, Ferrell, and Depp. Flags of our Fathers wasn't really any better than Bobby, so I disagree with that. And Crash was a great film that deserved Oscar.

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