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Broadcast Film Critics nominations announced

'Babel,' 'Departed,' 'Dreamgirls,' 'Sunshine' earn seven nods each

By ANNA MARIE DE LA FUENTE, MICHAEL SPEIER, MICHAEL SPEIER

"Babel," "The Departed," "Dreamgirls" and "Little Miss Sunshine" tied with seven noms each -- including the top feature award -- as the Broadcast Film Critics announced its nominees for the org's 12th Critics Choice Award.

The other nominees for 2006's top pic are "Blood Diamond," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Children," "Notes on a Scandal," "The Queen" and "United 93."

Two "firsts" highlight the categories: Leonardo DiCaprio became the first thesp to score two noms in the actor category -- for "Departed" and "Blood Diamond" -- and "Letters From Iwo Jima" is the first pic to snare nominations in both the picture and foreign-language film categories. Other noteworthy noms include "Apocalypto" for foreign-language film and Robert Altman's last pic, "A Prairie Home Companion," for acting ensemble.

Joining DiCaprio in the actor category are Ryan Gosling ("Half Nelson"), Peter O'Toole ("Venus"), Will Smith ("The Pursuit of Happyness") and Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland").

For lead actress, Penelope Cruz ("Volver"), Judi Dench ("Notes on a Scandal"), Helen Mirren ("The Queen"), Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada") and Kate Winslet ("Little Children") are the contenders.

And the nominees are...

PICTURE:

Babel

Blood Diamond

The Departed

Dreamgirls

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Children

Little Miss Sunshine

Notes on a Scandal

The Queen

United 93

ACTOR:

Leonardo DiCaprio - "Blood Diamond"

Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Departed"

Ryan Gosling - "Half Nelson"

Peter O'Toole - "Venus"

Will Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"

ACTRESS:

Penelope Cruz - "Volver"

Judi Dench - "Notes on a Scandal"

Helen Mirren - "The Queen"

Meryl Streep - "The Devil Wears Prada"

Kate Winslet - "Little Children"

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Ben Affleck - "Hollywoodland"

Alan Arkin - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Adam Beach - "Flags of Our Fathers"

Djimon Hounsou - "Blood Diamond"

Eddie Murphy - "Dreamgirls"

Jack Nicholson - "The Departed"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Adriana Barraza - "Babel"

Cate Blanchett - "Notes on a Scandal"

Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls"

Rinko Kikuchi - "Babel"

Catherine O'Hara - "For Your Consideration"

Emma Thompson - "Stranger Than Fiction"

ACTING ENSEMBLE:

Babel

Bobby

The Departed

Dreamgirls

Little Miss Sunshine

A Prairie Home Companion

DIRECTOR:

Bill Condon - "Dreamgirls"

Clint Eastwood - "Letters from Iwo Jima"

Stephen Frears - "The Queen"

Paul Greengrass - "United 93"

Martin Scorsese - "The Departed"

WRITER:

Michael Arndt - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Guillermo Arriaga - "Babel"

Todd Field and Tom Perrotta - "Little Children"

Zach Helm - "Stranger Than Fiction"

William Monahan - "The Departed"

Peter Morgan - "The Queen"

ANIMATED FEATURE:

"Cars"

"Flushed Away"

"Happy Feet"

"Monster House"

"Over the Hedge"

YOUNG ACTOR:

Cameron Bright - "Thank You For Smoking"

Joseph Cross - "Running With Scissors"

Paul Dano - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Freddie Highmore - "A Good Year"

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"

YOUNG ACTRESS:

Ivana Baquero - "Pan's Labyrinth"

Abigail Breslin - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Shareeka Epps - "Half Nelson"

Dakota Fanning - "Charlotte's Web"

Keke Palmer - "Akeelah and the Bee"

COMEDY MOVIE:

Borat

For Your Consideration

Little Miss Sunshine

The Devil Wears Prada

Thank You For Smoking

FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):

Akeelah and the Bee

Charlotte's Web

Flicka

Lassie

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

Elizabeth I

The Librarian

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

The Ron Clark Story

When the Levees Broke

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Apocalypto

Days of Glory

Letters from Iwo Jima

Pan's Labyrinth

Volver

Water

SONG:

"I Need to Wake Up" - Melissa Etheridge - "An Inconvenient Truth"

"Listen" - Beyonce - "Dreamgirls"

"My Little Girl" - Tim McGraw - "Flicka"

"The Neighbor" - Dixie Chicks - "Shut Up & Sing"

"Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige - "Bobby"

"Ordinary Miracle" - Sarah McLachlan - "Charlotte's Web"

SOUNDTRACK:

Babel

Cars

Dreamgirls

Happy Feet

Marie Antoinette

COMPOSER:

Philip Glass - "The Illusionist"

Clint Mansell - "The Fountain"

Thomas Newman - "The Good German"

Gustavo Santaolalla - "Babel"

Howard Shore - "The Departed"

Hans Zimmer - "The Da Vinci Code"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

An Inconvenient Truth

Shut Up & Sing

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Wordplay

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111795552...3&cs=1#noms

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congrats to them both, Golden Globe noms to be announced Thursday :thumbsup:

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That's great!! It would be awsome if both win. I want Will to win the oscar this year, (he really derserved it with Ali). when will be announce the golden globes nominations??

if kate wisnlet gets an other nomination for the oscar I hope she wins..she's nominee like every year and never wins!! :4-only1ha:

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Personally, i'm happy with the attention 'The Queen' is getting - go England !

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