Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood were among the multiple Golden Globe nominees Thursday, including best dramatic picture.
December 15, 2006 (Press Release) --
Also nominated for best dramatic picture: the Robert Kennedy story "Bobby," the mob tale "The Departed," the suburban drama "Little Children" and the royalty-in-crisis "The Queen."
A few surprises cropped up among nominees for the 64th annual Globes, Hollywood's second-biggest film honors after the Academy Awards and traditionally a solid forecast for how the Oscars might play out.
Among them: Sacha Baron Cohen's unexpected $100 million hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The satire of American culture was nominated for best musical or comedy film, while Cohen got a bid for best actor in a musical or comedy.
After Mel Gibson's troubles over his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic comments last summer, the filmmaker landed back in awards contention for his bloody Mayan epic "Apocalypto," nominated for best foreign-language flick.
Previously, no actor or director had been nominated twice in the same category in one year. This time, the Globes set up intriguing competitions for actors and filmmakers competing against themselves.
Along with a best-actress film nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen," Mirren was nominated twice as best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for playing the monarch's predecessor and namesake in "Elizabeth I" and for her detective saga "Prime Suspect: The Final Act."
Mirren is considered the favorite to win the best-actress Oscar.
Eastwood is up against himself as best director for his World War II epics "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," which tell the story of the Pacific island battle from the American and Japanese points of view, respectively.
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A few surprises cropped up among nominees for the 64th annual Globes, Hollywood's second-biggest film honors after the Academy Awards and traditionally a solid forecast for how the Oscars might play out.
Among them: Sacha Baron Cohen's unexpected $100 million hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The satire of American culture was nominated for best musical or comedy film, while Cohen got a bid for best actor in a musical or comedy.
After Mel Gibson's troubles over his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic comments last summer, the filmmaker landed back in awards contention for his bloody Mayan epic "Apocalypto," nominated for best foreign-language flick.
Previously, no actor or director had been nominated twice in the same category in one year. This time, the Globes set up intriguing competitions for actors and filmmakers competing against themselves.
Along with a best-actress film nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen," Mirren was nominated twice as best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for playing the monarch's predecessor and namesake in "Elizabeth I" and for her detective saga "Prime Suspect: The Final Act."
Mirren is considered the favorite to win the best-actress Oscar.
Eastwood is up against himself as best director for his World War II epics "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," which tell the story of the Pacific island battle from the American and Japanese points of view, respectively.
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