Babel, Dreamgirls, The Departed Could Be Winners At Golden Globes

It’s anyone’s guess which actors and films will walk away with a Golden Globe Monday night, with a Supremes-inspired musical, a Boston mob tale, and a globe-spanning ensemble piece among the frontrunners.

The Globes split films up into two categories – musical or comedy, and drama. Odds are on the musical Dreamgirls to win best film in the former category, though dark horses Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Little Miss Sunshine could rule the night.

Predicting best drama is also challenging – with the films The Queen, The Departed, and Babel all earning critical raves.

The winners in both categories will likely earn a best picture Oscar nomination when those are announced on Jan. 23.

Though wins are never a sure thing, the closest bet would be Helen Mirren as best actress in a drama for her role as Elizabeth II in The Queen. Forest Whitaker is seen as a strong contender in the best dramatic actor category for playing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland. He faces competition from Peter O’Toole, seven times nominated for an Oscar, as a lecherous actor in Venus. Leonardo DiCaprio shows up twice in the same category – for his roles in The Departed and Blood Diamond.

“It’s a pretty fantastic feeling. I must say I’m pretty humbled and honoured by it all,” said DiCaprio, who wouldn’t speculate on an Oscar nomination. “It would be a great feeling. It really would. It’s one of those things, and I keep saying it but it’s the truth, I have no control over it. It’s not at all in my hands.”

The supporting acting and directing categories aren’t split up into genres at the Globes, meaning that the winners there are virtually assured an Oscar nod.

Up for supporting actress: Babel’s Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal, Emily Blunt for The Devil Wears Prada, and Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls.

Supporting actor nominees include Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland, Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg for The Departed, and Brad Pitt for Babel.

Clint Eastwood is another double nominee, competing with himself for best director on the WWII companion films Letters From Iwo Jima and Flags Of Our Fathers. Stephen Frears is nominated for The Queen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel, and Martin Scorsese for The Departed.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former Globe winner, will present the evening’s final award, for best dramatic picture.

The awards are handed out at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

 

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Nominees for the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards:

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Picture, Drama:

Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

Actress, Drama:

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

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

Picture, Musical or Comedy:

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking

Actress, Musical or Comedy:

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

Actor, Musical or Comedy:

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

Supporting Actress:

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

Supporting Actor:

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

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

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

Foreign Language:

Apocalypto, USA
Letters from Iwo Jima, USA/Japan
The Lives of Others, Germany
Pan’s Labyrinth, Mexico
Volver Spain

Animated Film:

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Original Score:

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

Original Song:

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

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Series, Drama:

24
Big Love
Grey’s Anatomy
Heroes
Lost

Actress, Drama:

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

Actor, Drama:

Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Hugh Laurie, House
Bill Paxton, Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

Series, Musical or Comedy:

Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds

Actress, Musical or Comedy:

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

Actor, Musical or Comedy:

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

Miniseries or movie:

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

Actor, Miniseries or Movie:

Andre 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

Actress, Miniseries or Movie:

Gillian Anderson, Bleak House
Annette Bening, Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo, Tsunami, The Aftermath

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

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie:

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

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