Golden Globe nominations announced

As the awards season starts to shift into high gear, the latest batch of nominations have been announced. This time, it’s the turn of the Golden Globes, as handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

There are a few surprises here: given its mixed reception and low box office, Bobby was a long shot to make the list of Best Drama noms; while who would have expected Borat to turn up on a list back when it was being viewed as a possible audience misfire?

Still, there are also a lot of nominations we could have guessed: Babel leading the pack, with Dreamgirls not far behind. Leonardo DiCaprio running against himself for The Departed and Blood Diamond, Little Children cropping up as a Best Drama nomination with Kate Winslet also snagging a nod.

The awards themselves will be handed out on 15 January in LA. We’ve got the full film list here, but if you also want to check out the TV nominations, click here .

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Penélope 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
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyoncé Knowles - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Renée Zellweger - Miss Potter

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Apocalypto (USA)
Letters From Iwo Jima (USA/Japan)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Volver (Spain)

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 González Iñárritu - 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 Beyoncé 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