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Babel towers over Golden Globes
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 Babel was the surprise winner at today's Golden Globe nominations, finishing ahead of more fancied contenders Flags of Our Fathers and The Departed. The globe-hopping, ensemble drama from the Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu led the charge with seven nominations, including best film, best actor (Brad Pitt) and best supporting actress for the Japanese newcomer Rinko Kikuchi.
Although a prestigious event in its own right, the Globes are traditionally seen as the most reliable pointer to the Oscars that follow. Last year's ceremony provided a springboard for Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney and Rachel Weisz, who all went on to win acting Oscars. But the Globe for best dramatic film went to Brokeback Mountain, which surprisingly lost out to Crash at the Academy Awards.
The 64th Golden Globes will be presented on January 15th, 2007.
List of motion-picture nominees
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, 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, Letters from Iwo Jima), Steven 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 (The Pursuit of Happyness), Listen (Dreamgirls), Never Gonna Break My Faith (Bobby), The Song of the Heart (Happy Feet), Try Not to Remember (Home of the Brave)
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