Golden Globes Toast Mobsters and 'Dreamgirls'

Zap2It.com | December 14, 2006

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Hollywood Foreign Press also welcomes 'Ugly Betty' and 'Heroes'

The Hollywood Foreign Press heaped love upon Oscar favorites "The Departed" and "Dreamgirls" on Thursday (Dec. 14) morning, but it was the ensemble drama "Babel" that led the field with seven nominations.

In the best dramatic picture category, "Babel" and "The Departed" will face off against Emilio Estevez's "Bobby," Stephen Frears' "The Queen" and Todd Field's "Little Children."

"Dreamgirls" will face competition in the musical-comedy best picture race from "Little Miss Sunshine," "Thank You For Smoking" and the blockbusters "Borat" and "The Devil Wears Prada."

On the television side, the Globes made room for several new shows, including NBC's "Heroes" and ABC's "Ugly Betty."

"Heroes" will battle on the drama series front with "24," "Big Love," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost," while the comedy series competition for "Ugly Betty" includes "Desperate Housewives," "Entourage," "The Office" and "Weeds."

For the actors, being nominated was so nice that everybody wanted to do it twice. Actually, in the case of Helen Mirren -- nominated for "The Queen," "Elizabeth I" and "Prime Suspect: The Final Act" -- thrice was nice. The only multiple nominee on the film side was Leonardo DiCaprio, whose "Blood Diamond" performance will go head-to-head with his work in "The Departed." Splitting nominations between film and television were Emily Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada" and "Gideon's Daughter"), Toni Collette ("Little Miss Sunshine" and "Tsunami, The Aftermath") and Chiwetel Ejiofor ("Kinky Boots," "Tsunami, The Aftermath").

Also snagging two nominations was director Clint Eastwood, whose work on "Flags of our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima" will go against Frears, Scorsese and Inarritu.

That means that Eastwood goes into the directing category despite the fact that neither of his films was nominated in the best picture category -- "Flags" was snubbed, while the Japanese-language "Iwo Jima" is in the foreign film category against "The Lives of Others," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Volver" and, perhaps most intriguingly, Mel Gibson's polarizing "Apocalypto."

The Golden Globes will be presented on Monday, Jan. 15 on NBC.

A partial list of nominees (a complete list can be found here):

MOVIES

Best Picture - Drama
  • "Babel"
  • "Bobby"
  • "The Departed"
  • "Little Children"
  • "The Queen"

    Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

  • "Borat"
  • "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

  • Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
  • Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"
  • Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
  • Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

    Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat"
  • 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 Actress - Musical or Comedy

  • Annette Benning, "Running With Scissors"
  • Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"
  • Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
  • Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"
  • Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"

    Best Supporting Actor

  • Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
  • Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
  • Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
  • Brad Pitt, "Babel"
  • Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"

    Best Supporting Actress

  • Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
  • Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
  • Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
  • Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
  • Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

    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"

    TELEVISION

    Best Drama Series

  • "24"
  • "Big Love"
  • "Grey's Anatomy"
  • "Heroes"
  • "Lost"

    Best Comedy Series

  • "Desperate Housewives"
  • "Entourage"
  • "The Office"
  • "Ugly Betty"
  • "Weeds"

    Best Miniseries or Movie

  • "Bleak House"
  • "Broken Trail"
  • "Elizabeth I"
  • "Mrs. Harris"
  • "Prime Suspect: The Final Act"

    Best Actor - Drama Series

  • Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Michal C. Hall, "Dexter"
  • Hugh Laurie, "House"
  • Bill Paxton, "Big Love"
  • Kiefer Sutherland, "24"

    Best Actress - Drama Series

  • Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
  • Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
  • Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"
  • Ellen Pompeo, "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

    Best Actor - Comedy Series

  • Zach Braff, "Scrubs"
  • Steve Carell, "The Office"
  • Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
  • Jason Lee, "My Name Is Earl"
  • Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"

    Best Actress - Comedy Series

  • Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives"
  • America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
  • Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives"
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, "New Adventures of Old Christine"
  • Mary Louise Parker, "Weeds"

    Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Movie

  • Thomas Haden Church, "Broken Trail"
  • Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"
  • Justin Kirk, "Weeds"
  • Masi Oka, "Heroes"
  • Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"

    Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Movie

  • 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"