With a triumphant 8 nominations, Dreamgirls jumps the pack with its own blend of Chicago style razzle-dazzle. But Babel comes up strong with seven nominations including the crucial Best Picture and Director nods.
The stunning Pan's Labyrinth and her Majesty The Queen fight over six nods, while DiCaprio's The Departed and Blood Diamond scrape a sparkling five apiece - including that coveted Director nod for Marty. Will it be his year, finally? Or will Clint deny him again with his acclaimed Letters From Iwo Jima?
Who was robbed, which of them are overrated? Personally, I'm distraught that Children Of Men is virtually shut out of the top awards - but an Adapted Screenplay will have to do.
Without further ado...
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cars - John Lasseter
Happy Feet - George Miller
Monster House - Gil Kenan
ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls - John Mayer, Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd - Jeannie Oppewaal, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
Pan's Labyrinth - Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl A Carasik
The Prestige - Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia - Vilmos Zsigmond
Children Of Men - Emmanuel Lubeski
The Illusionist - Dick Pope
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige - Wally Pfister
COSTUME DESIGN
Curse of the Golden Flower - Yee Chung Man
The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field
Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
The Queen - Consolata Boyle
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country
EDITING
Babel - Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men - Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Cuaron
The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Denmark - After The Wedding
Algeria - Days Of Glory
Germany - The Lives Of Others
Mexico - Pan's Labyrinth
Canada - Water
MAKEUP
Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Click - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Pan's Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Thomas Newman - The Good German
Philip Glass - Notes on a Scandal
Javier Navarette - Pan's Labyrinth
Alexandre Desplat - The Queen
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"I need to Wake up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
"Our Town" - Cars
"Patience" - Dreamgirls
SOUND EDITING
Apocalypto - Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond - Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Christopher Boyes, George Watters II
SOUND MIXING
Apocalypto - Kevin O' Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton
Flags Of Our Fathers - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff
VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen
Hall
Poseidon - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett, John Frazier
Superman Returns - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, Jon
Thum
BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat - Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer
Children Of Men - Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark
Fergus, Hawk Ostby
The Departed - William Monahan
Little Children - Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes On A Scandal - Patrick Marber
BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
The Queen - Peter Morgan
BEST PICTURE
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea)
Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story
