The nominations for the 64th Golden Globe Awards have been announced in the US, with the new Brad Pitt-starring film 'Babel' leading the shortlist with seven nominations.
Pitt is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in the Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu film, while his co-stars Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi are nominated for Best Actress (Drama).
'Babel' is nominated for Best Picture (Drama) with director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, scriptwriter Guillermo Arriaga and composer Gustavo Santaolalla also among the nominees.
The other films nominated for Best Picture (Drama) are: 'Bobby', 'The Departed', 'Little Children' and 'The Queen'.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated twice in the Best Actor (Drama) category for his performances in 'The Departed' and 'Blood Diamond'; he is joined on the shortlist by Peter O'Toole ('Venus'), Will Smith ('The Pursuit of Happyness') and Forest Whitaker ('The Last King of Scotland').
Penélope Cruz ('Volver'), Judi Dench ('Notes on a Scandal'), Maggie Gyllenhaal ('Sherrybaby'), Helen Mirren ('The Queen') and Kate Winslet ('Little Children') are the nominees for Best Actress (Drama).
The Best Director shortlist is: Clint Eastwood ('Flags of Our Fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima'), Stephen Frears ('The Queen'), Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu ('Babel') and Martin Scorsese ('The Departed').
'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan', 'The Devil Wears Prada', 'Dreamgirls', 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Thank You for Smoking' make the shortlist for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy).
'Borat...' star Sacha Baron Cohen is nominated for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and is joined on the shortlist by Johnny Depp ('Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'), Aaron Eckhart ('Thank You for Smoking'), Chiwetel Ejiofor ('Kinky Boots') and Will Ferrel ('Stranger Than Fiction').
The nominees for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy are: Annette Benning ('Running with Scissors'), Toni Colette ('Little Miss Sunshine'), Beyoncé Knowles ('Dreamgirls'), Meryl Streep ('The Devil Wears Prada') and Renée Zellweger ('Miss Potter').
The full list of nominees in the Best Support Actress Category is: Adriana Barraza ('Babel'), Cate Blanchett ('Notes on a Scandal'), Emily Blunt ('The Devil Wears Prada'), Jennifer Hudson ('Dreamgirls') and Rinko Kikuchi ('Babel').
Joining Brad Pitt in the Best Supporting Actor are: Ben Affleck ('Hollywoodland'), Eddie Murphy ('Dreamgirls'), Jack Nicholson ('The Departed') and Mark Wahlberg ('The Departed').
The five nominees for Best Foreign Language Film are: 'Apocalypto', 'Letters from Iwo Jima', 'The Lives of Others', 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Volver'.
'Cars', 'Happy Feet' and 'Monster House' are nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.
The awards are voted on by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and are viewed as an indicator of possible Oscar winners.
The awards ceremony will be held on 15 January 2007.
Read about the Golden Globes TV nominations here.
