The Golden Globes Nominations: Leo Vs. Leo, Clint Vs. Clint
With no Golden Globes story line as compelling as last year's tension over whether or not the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would pit Heath Ledger's mumble-mouthed rancher against Jake Gyllenhaal's dreamy-eyed-yet-mercurial cowpoke (or, more accurately, "sheep-poke") bottom, we suppose we'll have to settle for the one you're going to be reading about all day: the double nominations of Clint Eastwood in the directing category (for both of his World War II movies) and Leonardo DiCaprio's dual Best Actor nods for The Departed and Blood Diamond. For those so inclined, squeezing one's eyes shut and imagining the steamy Leo-on-Leo action of DiCaprio's Boston cop and South African smuggler wrestling over the gilded Globe statue while grunting in passable Southie and Afrikaner accents might fill the erotic void left by the celebrated gay cowboys. In other multiple nominations news, Helen Mirren was recognized for playing both Elizabeth I in a TV miniseries and Elizabeth II in The Queen, an achievement that we genuinely hope you won't use to concoct transgressive, cross-generational fantasies that sully the monarchy. Leave the queens alone, sicky.
In the interest of summary: Babel led all films with seven nominations (including Best Drama), The Departed landed six, Borat hit the Best Comedy or Musical list (with Sacha Baron Cohen getting a nomination in the corresponding acting category), and Apocalypto garnered a nod in the HFPA's obscure, but prestigious, Best Mayan-Language Splatter Film Directed By A Noted Anti-Semite.
The full list of nominations is after the jump (including all the TV categories we couldn't be bothered to discuss above), and fine round-ups of this morning's Globes announcement can be found here, here, here, and here, should you not care to peruse our loving cut-and-paste of the HFPA's press release.
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
BABEL
Anonymous Content Production/Una Producci n De Zeta Film/Central Film Production; Paramount Pictures/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 Granada Production; Miramax Films
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
PEN LOPE 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
One America; Twentieth Century Fox
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox
DREAMGIRLS
DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/Content Film; Fox Searchlight Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. ANNETTE BENING
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
b. TONI COLLETTE
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
c. BEYONC KNOWLES
DREAMGIRLS
d. MERYL STREEP
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
e. RENEE ZELLWEGER
MISS POTTER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. SACHA BARON COHEN
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
b. JOHNNY DEPP
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
c. AARON ECKHART
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
d. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
KINKY BOOTS
e. 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/Village Roadshow Pictures
MONSTER HOUSE
Columbia Pictures; 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 Pictures Classics
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 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 I ?RRITU
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 and Beyonc Knowles
"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" — BOBBY
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and 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
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
a. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
Touchstone Television
b. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment
c. THE OFFICE (NBC)
Deedle Dee Prods. with Reveille i.a.w. NBC Universal Television Studio
d. UGLY BETTY (ABC)
Touchstone Television
e. WEEDS (SHOWTIME)
Showtime i.a.w. Lionsgate Television and Tilted Prods., Inc.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL
MARCIA CROSS
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
AMERICA FERRERA
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 - COMEDY OR 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 Boston Prod. i.a.w. Deep Indigo
BROKEN TRAIL (AMC)
Butchers Run Films and Once Upon a Time Films i.a.w. Sony Pictures 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. HBO Films
PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT (PBS)
Granada and WGBH-Boston Prod.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE 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 MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ANDR 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 A SERIES, 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 A SERIES, 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
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- HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 64TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS [HFPA.org]