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The Oscars: The 79th Academy Awards (2006): Precursor Awards

Winners:
Independent Spirit Awards / American Cinema Editors / American Society of Cinematographers / Cinema Audio Society / Art Directors Guild / Costume Designers Guild / Visual Effects Society / Annie Awards / British Academy / London Film Critics / Writers Guild of America / Online Film & Television Association / Directors Guild of America / Screen Actors Guild / Producers Guild of America / Golden Globe Awards / Broadcast Film Critics Association / USC Scripter / St. Louis Film Critics / Online Film Critics Society / National Society of Film Critics / Austin Film Critics Association / Kansas City Film Critics Circle / Utah Film Critics / Florida Film Critics / Chicago Film Critics / Oklahoma Film Critics Circle / Toronto Film Critics Association / San Diego Film Critics / Phoenix Film Critics / Las Vegas Film Critics Society / Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association / Satellite Award Winners / Southeastern Film Critics Association / San Francisco Film Critics / New York Film Critics Circle / Los Angeles Film Critics Association / Washington DC Area Film Critics Association / Boston Society of Film Critics / New York Online Film Critics / American Film Institute / National Board of Review
Nominations:
Online Film & Television Association / Art Directors Guild / Cinema Audio Society / American Society of Cinematography / Writers Guild of America / British Academy / American Cinema Editors / Costume Designers Guild / Directors Guild of America / Visual Effects Society / USC Scripter / Screen Actors Guild / Producers Guild of America / Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics / Toronto Film Critics Association / London Film Critics Circle / Golden Globe Awards / Broadcast Film Critics Association / Annie Awards / Satellite Awards / Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Awards


(2/24/07)

Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
First Feature: Sweet Land
John Cassavates Award - Feature (Under $500,000): Quinceanera
Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Actor: Ryan Golsing - Half Nelson
Actress: Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand - Friends with Money
First Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Foreign Film: The Lives of Others
Documentary: The Road to Guantanamo

American Cinema Editors


(2/18/07)

Drama Editing: TIE: Babel, The Departed
Comedy/Musical Editing: Dreamgirls

American Society of Cinematographers


(2/18/07)

Cinematography: Children of Men

Cinema Audio Society


(2/18/07)

Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls

Art Directors Guild


(2/18/07)

Period Art Direction: Curse of the Golden Flower
Fantasy Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Contemporary Art Direction: Casino Royale

Costume Designers Guild


(1/18/07)

Contemporary Costume Design: The Queen
Period Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
Fantasy Costume Design: Pan's Labyrinth

Visual Effects Society


(2/18/07)

Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Supporting Visual Effects: Flags of Our Fathers
Single Visual Effect of the Year: Flying Dutchman - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Animated Character in a Live Action Film: Davy Jones - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Animated Character in an Animated Film: Mater - Cars
Created Environment - Live Action Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Models & Miniatures - Live Action Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Compositing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Special Effects in a Motion Picture: Casino Royale

Annie Award


(2/18/07)

Animated Feature: Cars
Animated Short Subject: No Time for Nuts
Voice Acting in a Feature: Ian McKellen - Flushed Away
Directing in a Feature: Over the Hedge
Writing in a Feature: Flushed Away
Music in a Feature: Cars
Storyboarding in a Feature: Gary Graham - Over the Hedge
Character Animation in a Feature: Gabe Hordos - Flushed Away
Character Design in a Feature: Nicolas Marlet - Over the Hedge
Production Design in a Feature: Pierre-Olivier Vincent - Flushed Away
Animated Effects: Scott Cegielski - Flushed Away
Home Entertainment Product: Bambi II
Animated Video Game: Flushed Away the Game

British Academy Awards Nominations


(1/12/07)

Picture: The Queen
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: The Last King of Scotland
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
British Film: The Last King of Scotland
British Director: Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Animated Film: Happy Feet
Original Score: Babel
Cinematography: Children of Men
Editing: United 93
Production Design: Children of Men
Costume Design: Pan's Labyrinth
Sound: Casino Royale
Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Makeup & Hair: Pan's Labyrinth
Short Animation: Guy 101
Short Film: Do Not Erase
Rising Star Award: Eva Green

London Film Critics Circle


(2/18/07)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: TIE: Helen Mirren - The Queen, Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Screenplay: The Queen
Foreign Film: Volver
British Film: United 93
British Actor: Toby Jones - Infamous
British Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
British Supporting Actor: Michael Caine - The Prestige
British Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
British Director: Stephen Frears - The Queen
British Newcomer: Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Attenborough Award: Stephen Frears
Dilys Powell Award: Leslie Phillips

Writers Guild of America Nominations


(2/11/07)

Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed

Online Film & Television Association


(2/11/07)

For a full list of winners, click here: Online Film & Television Association

Directors Guild of America


(2/3/07)

Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Screen Actors Guild


(1/28/07)

Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

Online Film & Television Association


(1/21/07)

For a full list of nominations, click here: Online Film & Television Association

Producers Guild of America


(1/20/07)

Picture: Little Miss Sunshine
Animated Picture: Cars

Art Directors Guild Nominations


(1/19/07)

Period Art Direction:
Curse of the Golden Flower
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
The Good Shepherd
The Prestige
Fantasy Art Direction:
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
V for Vendetta
Contemporary Art Direction:
Babel
Casino Royale
The Da Vinci Code
The Departed
The Queen

Cinema Audio Society Nominations


(1/18/07)

Sound Mixing:
Babel
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Golden Globes


(1/15/07)

Picture Drama: Babel
Picture Comedy/Musical: Dreamgirls
Actor Drama: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress Drama: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Actor Comedy/Musical: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Actress Comedy/Musical: Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: The Queen
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
Animated Film: Cars
Original Song: "The Song of the Heart" - Happy Feet
Original Score: The Painted Veil

Broadcast Film Critics Association


(1/13/07)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Comedy Movie: Borat
Acting Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
Young Actor: Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Young Actress: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Composer: The Illusionist
Soundtrack: Dreamgirls
Song: Listen - Dreamgirls
Animated Feature: Cars
Family Film (Live Action): Charlotte's Web
Made for TV Movie: Elizabeth I

British Academy Awards Nominations


(1/12/07)

Picture:
Babel
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Actor:
Daniel Craig - Casino Royale
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
Peter O'Toole - Venus
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:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Leslie Phillips - Venus
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress:
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Frances De La Tour - The History Boys
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Original Screenplay:
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
United 93
Adapted Screenplay:
Casino Royale
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
The Last King of Scotland
Nots on a Scandal
Foreign Film:
Apocalypto
Black Book
Pan's Labyrinth
Rang de Basanti
Volver
British Film:
Casino Royale
The Last King of Scotland
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
British Director:
Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Julian Gilbey - Rollin' with the Nines
Christine Langan - Pierrepoint
Gary Tarn - Black Sun
Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
Animated Film:
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Original Score:
Babel
Casino Royale
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
The Queen
Cinematography:
Babel
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
United 93
Editing:
Babel
Casino Royale
The Departed
The Queen
United 93
Production Design:
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Costume Design:
The Devil Wears Prada
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Queen
Sound:
Babel
Casino Royale
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
United 93
Visual Effects:
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
Makeup & Hair:
The Devil Wears Prada
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Queen
Short Animation:
Dreams and Desires - Family Ties
Guy 101
Peter and the Wolf
Short Film:
Care
Cubs
Do Not Erase
Hikikomori
Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored
Rising Star Award:
Emily Blunt
Eva Green
Naomie Harris
Cillian Murphy
Ben Winshaw

USC Scripter Award


(1/12/07)

Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men

American Cinema Editors Nominations


(1/12/07)

Drama Editing:
Babel
Casino Royale
The Departed
The Queen
United 93
Comedy/Musical Editing:
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Thank You for Smoking

Writers Guild of America Nominations


(1/11/07)

Original Screenplay:
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Stranger Than Fiction
United 93
Adapted Screenplay:
Borat
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Children
Thank You for Smoking

American Society of Cinematographers Nominations


(1/11/07)

Cinematography:
Apocalypto
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Good Shepherd
The Illusionist

Costume Designers Guild Nominations


(1/11/07)

Contemporary Costume Design:
Babel
Casino Royale
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Period Costume Design:
Curse of the Golden Flower
Dreamgirls
The Illusionist
Marie Antoinette
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Fantasy Costume Design:
Eragon
The Fountain
V for Vendetta
Pan's Labyrinth
X-Men: The Last Stand

Directors Guild of America Nominations


(1/9/07)

Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Stephen Frears - The Queen

St. Louis Film Critics


(1/8/07)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: The Queen
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Cinematography: The Painted Veil
Comedy or Musical Film: Little Miss Sunshine
Animated or Children's Film: Cars
Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Overlooked Film: Running with Scissors
Original, Innovative or Creative Film: United 93

Visual Effects Society


(1/8/07)

Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film:
Charlotte's Web
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Fountain
Supporting Visual Effects:
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
Flags of Our Fathers
The Da Vinci Code
Single Visual Effect of the Year:
Children of Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
X-Men: The Last Stand
Animated Character in a Live Action Film:
Templeton - Charlotte's Web
Wilbur - Charlotte's Web
Davy Jones - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Animated Character in an Animated Film:
Mater - Cars
House - Monster House
Mumble - Happy Feet
Created Environment - Live Action Film:
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Models & Miniatures - Live Action Film:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Good Shepherd
V for Vendetta
Compositing:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
The Da Vinci Code
Special Effects in a Motion Picture:
Casino Royale
Superman Returns

Online Film Critics Society


(1/8/07)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Original Screenplay: Pan's Labyrinth
Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Cinematography: Children of Men
Editing: United 93
Original Score: The Fountain
Animated Film: A Scanner Darkly
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Breakthrough Performer: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat

National Society of Film Critics


(1/6/07)

Picture: Pan's Labyrinth
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada, A Prairie Home Companion
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Screenplay: The Queen
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Cinematography: Children of Men
Experimental Film: Inland Empire

USC Scripter Nominations


(1/5/07)

Adapted Screenplay:
Children of Men
The Devil Wears Prada
The Illusionist
The Last King of Scotland
Notse on a Scandal

Austin Film Critics Association


(1/3/07)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Leondardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Actress: Ellen Page - Hard Candy
Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Director: Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Original Screenplay: Pan's Labyrinth
Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Cinematography: Children of Men
Animated Film: Cars
First Film: Brick

Top 10
1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Children of Men
5. Brick
6. Borat
7. Little Children
8. The Queen
9. The Prestige
10. The Fountain

Kansas City Film Critics Circle


(1/3/07)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress: Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film: Pan's Labyrinth

Screen Actors Guild Nominations


(1/4/07)

Actor:
Leondardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
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:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Ensemble:
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine

Producers Guild of America Nominations


(1/3/07)

Picture:
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Animated Feature:
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Monster House

Online Film Critics Society Nominations


(1/2/07)

Picture:
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Pan's Labyrinth
United 93
Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
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:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Director:
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Martin Scosese - The Departed
Guillermo Del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Original Screenplay:
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
United 93
Adapted Screenplay:
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
The Prestige
Thank You for Smoking
Cinematography:
Apocalypto
Babel
Children of Men
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth
Editing:
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
The Fountain
United 93
Original Score:
Babel
The Fountain
The Illusionist
Notes on a Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
Animated Film:
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
A Scanner Darkly
Over the Hedge
Breakthrough Filmmaker:
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
Rian Johnson - Brick
Neil Marshall - The Descent
Jason Reitman - Thank You for Smoking
Breakthrough Performer:
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Ellen Page - Hard Candy
Foreign Film:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
L'Enfant
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
Water
Documentary:
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
An Inconvenient Truth
Jesus Camp
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Shut Up & Sing

Utah Film Critics


(12/30/06)

Picture: United 93 (RU: The Departed)
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen (RU: Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson)
Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen - The Queen (RU: Mark Wahlberg - The Departed)
Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi - Babel (RU: Maggie Gyllenhaal - World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction
Director: Alfnso Cuaron - Children of Men (RU: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Screenplay: Brick (RU: United 93)
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima (RU: Pan's Labyrinth)
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (RU: So Much So Fast

Florida Film Critics


(12/29/06)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: The Departed
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Breakout Award: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Animated Film: Monster House
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Chicago Film Critics


(12/28/06)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Rinko kikuchi - Babel
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Original Screenplay: The Queen
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Original Score: The Fountain
Cinematography: Children of Men
Most Promising Performer: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Most Promising Director: Rian Johnson - Brick

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle


(12/27/06)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Breakout Performance: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Animated Film: Cars
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
First Film: Little Miss Sunshine
Obviously Worst Film: Basic Instinct 2
Not-So-Obviously Worst Film: Bobby

Top 10 (alphabetical)
Borat
Casino Royale
The Departed
Half Nelson
The Last King of Scotland
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
United 93

Toronto Film Critics Association


(12/19/06)

Picture: The Queen
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Director: Stephen Frears - The Queen, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - L'Enfant
Screenplay: The Queen
Foreign Film: L'Enfant
Animated Film: Happy Feet
First Feature: Thank You for Smoking
Documentary: Manufactured Landscapes
Canadian Film: Manufactured Landscapes

Chicago Film Critics


(12/19/06)

Picture:
Babel
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Actor:
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
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko kikuchi - Babel
Director:
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Original Screenplay:
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Adapted Screenplay:
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
A Prairie Home Companion
Thank You for Smoking
Foreign Film:
Apocalypto
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
Tsotsi
Volver
Documentary:
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Jesus Camp
Shut Up & Sing
Wordplay
Original Score:
Babel
The Fountain
Letters from Iwo Jima
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
Cinematography:
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
The Fountain
Letters from Iwo Jima
Most Promising Performer:
Ivana Baquero - Pan's Labyrinth
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
Most Promising Director:
Rian Johnson - Brick
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Gil Kenan - Monster House
Jason Reitman - Thank You for Smoking
James McTeigue - V for Vendetta

San Diego Film Critics


(12/19/06)

Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Actor: Ken Takakura - Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone - The Proposition
Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor - Factotum
Director: Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Original Screenplay: The Dead Girl
Adapted Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Foreign Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Documentary: Shut Up & Sing
Animated Film: Cars
Cinematography: The Illusionist
Production Design: V for Vendetta
Editing: United 93
Score: Babel
Ensemble: Babel
Body of Work in 2006: Edward Norton

Phoenix Film Critics


(12/19/06)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Live Action Family Film: Charlotte's Web
Overlooked Film of the Year: Hard Candy
Animated Film: Flushed Away
Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Use of Music: Dreamgirls
Cinematography: Apocalypto
Film Editing: The Departed
Production Design: Marie Antoinette
Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Visual Effects: Superman Returns
Stunts: Casino Royale
Breakout Performance of the Year - On Screen: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Breakout Performance of the Year - Behind the Camera: Emilio Estevez - Bobby
Youth Performance - Male: Jaden Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Youth Performance - Female: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

Top 10 (alphabetical)
Babel
Bobby
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93

Las Vegas Film Critics


(12/19/06)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Cinematography: Children of Men
Editing: The Departed
Score: The Good German
Song: Ordinary Miracle - Charlotte's Web
Family Film: Charlotte's Web
Animated Film: Monster House
Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Art Direction: Marie Antoinette
Visual Effects: X-Men: The Last Stand
Youth in Film Award: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Top 10
1. The Departed
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. Babel
4. United 93
5. Dreamgirls
6. Blood Diamond
7. Thank You for Smoking
8. Perfume
9. The Queen
10. Flags of Our Fathers

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association


(12/18/06)

Picture
1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. The Queen
5. Babel
6. Letters from Iwo Jima
7. Dreamgirls
8. Blood Diamond
-. Little Children
10. Flags of Our Fathers
Actor
1. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
2. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
3. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
4. Peter O'Toole - Venus
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Actress
1. Helen Mirren - The Queen
2. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Kate Winslet - Little Children
5. Penelope Cruz - Volver
Supporting Actor
1. Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
2. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
4. Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
5. Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress
1. Cate Blanchet - Notes on a Scandal
2. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
3. Adriana Barraza - Babel
4. Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
5. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Director
1. Martin Scorsese - The Departed
2. Paul Greengrass - United 93
3. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
4. Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
5. Stephen Frears - The Queen
Foreign Language Film
1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Water
4. Volver
5. Apocalypto
Documentary
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Deliver Us From Evil
3. Shut Up & Sing
4. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
5. This Film Is Not Yet Ready
Animated Film: Happy Feet (RU: Monster House)
Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine (RU: Babel)
Cinematography: Apocalypto (RU: Babel, Children of Men)

Satellite Award Winners


(12/17/06)

Drama Picture: The Departed
Drama Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Drama Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Comedy/Musical Picture: Dreamgirls
Comedy/Musical Actor: Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors
Comedy/Musical Actress: Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Ensemble: The Departed
Director: Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers, Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Original Screenplay: The Queen
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Original Score: Babel
Original Song: "You Know My Name" - Casino Royale
Editing: X-Men: The Last Stand
Cinematography: Flags of Our Fathers
Art Direction: Flags of Our Fathers
Costume Design: The Devil Wears Prada
Sound: Dreamgirls
Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Animated/Mixed Media Picture: Pan's Labyrinth
Foreign Language Picture: Volver
Documentary: Deliver Us From Evil

Southeastern Film Critics Association


(12/18/06)

Picture: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Film: Cars

Top 10
1. The Departed
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. The Queen
4. United 93
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Notes on a Scandal
7. Babel
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Little Children
10. Thank You for Smoking

Toronto Film Critics Association


(12/16/06)

Picture:
The Departed
The Queen
United 93
Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor:
Danny Huston - The Proposition
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Director:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - L'Enfant
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay:
Babel
The Departed
The Queen
Canadian Film:
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Manufactured Landscapes
Monkey Warfare
Six Figures
First Feature:
Brick
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
Animated Film:
Happy Feet
Over the Hedge
A Scanner Darkly
Foreign Film:
L'Enfant
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
Documentary:
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Manufactured Landscapes

London Film Critics Circle


(12/16/06)

Picture:
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Volver
Actor:
Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress:
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Director:
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Pedro Almodovar - Volver
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Screenplay:
Capote
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
The Squid and the Whale
British Film:
Children of Men
The Queen
Red Road
The Last King of Scotland
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
British Producer:
United 93
London to Bright
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Departed
British Actress in Support:
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Juliet Stevenson - Pierrepoint
Emily Watson - The Proposition
Helen McCrory - The Queen
British Actor in Support:
Eddie Marsan - Pierrepoint
Michael Caine - The Prestige
Bill Nighy - Notes on a Scandal
Leslie Phillips - Venus
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys
British Actress:
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Loraine Stanley - London to Brighton
Kate Dickie - Red Road
British Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Toby Jones - Infamous
Timothy Spall - Pierrepoint
James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
Christian Bale - The Prestige
British Director:
Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Stephen Fears - The Queen
Christopher Nolan - The Prestige
Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Golden Globe Awards Nominations


(12/14/06)

Drama Picture:
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen
Drama Actor:
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
Drama Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Comedy/Musical Picture:
Borat
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
Comedy/Musical Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
Chiwetel Eiowfor - Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Comedy/Musical Actress:
Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Director:
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay:
Babel
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
Original Score:
Babel
The Da Vinci Code
The Fountain
Nomad
The Painted Veil
Original Song:
A Father's Way - The Pursuit of Happyness
Listen - Dreamgirls
Never Gonna Break My Faith - Bobby
Song of the Heart - Happy Feet
Try Not to Remember - Home of the Brave
Animated Film:
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
Foreign Film:
Apocalypto
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver

Broadcast Frilm Critics Association Nominations


(12/12/06)

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
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
Screenplay:
Babel
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Stranger Than Fiction
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:
Ivano Baquero - Pan's Labyrinth
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Dakota Fanning - Charlotte's Web
Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
Song:
"I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"My Little Girl" - Flicka
"The Neighbor" - Shut Up & Sing
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Bobby
"Ordinary Miracle" - Charlotte's Web
Soundtrack:
Babel
Cars
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
Score:
Babel
The Da Vinci Code
The Departed
The Fountain
The Good German
The Illusionist
Comedy Film:
Borat
The Devil Wears Prada
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
Family Film:
Akeelah and the Bee
Charlotte's Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Made for TV Movie:
Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
Foreign Film:
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
Water
Documentary:
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wordplay

San Francisco Film Critics


(12/12/06)

Picture: Little Children
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza - Babel
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93
Original Screenplay: Brick
Adapted Screenplay: Little Children
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

New York Film Critics Circle


(12/11/06)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: The Queen
Foreign Film: Army of Shadow
Documentary: Deliver Us from Evil
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Animated Feature: Happy Feet
First Film: Half Nelson

Los Angeles Film Critics Association


(12/10/06)

Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima (RU: The Queen)
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat, Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen (RU: Penelope Cruz - Volver)
Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen - The Queen (RU: Sergi Lopez - Pan's Labyrinth)
Supporting Actress: Luminita Gheorghiu - The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (RU: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls)
Director: Paul Greengrass - United 93 (RU: Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima)
Screenplay: The Queen (RU: Little Miss Sunshine)
Foreign Film: The Lives of Others (RU: Volver)
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (RU: Darwin's Nightmare)
Cinematography: Children of Men (RU: Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima)
Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth (RU: Children of Men)
Score: The Queen, Painted Veil (RU: Good German, Little Children)
Animated Feature: Happy Feet (RU: Cars)

American Film Institute


(12/10/06)

Top 10 (alphabetical)
Babel
Borat
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Inside Man
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association


(12/10/06)

Picture: United 93
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Animated Feature: Happy Feet
Ensemble Cast: Little Miss Sunshine
Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Boston Society of Film Critics


(12/10/06)

Picture: The Departed (RU: United 93)
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland (RU: Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson)
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen (RU: Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal)
Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg - The Departed (RU: Michael Sheen - The Queen, Alec Baldwin - The Departed)
Supporting Actress: Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson (RU: Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada)
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed (RU: Paul Greengrass - United 93)
Ensemble Cast: United 93 (RU: The Departed)
Screenplay: The Departed (RU: The Queen)
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth (RU: Volver)
Documentary: Deliver Us from Evil, Shut Up & Sing (RU: 51 Birch Street)
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinthy (RU: The Painted Veil, Curse of the Golden Flower)
New Filmmaker: Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson (RU: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine)

New York Online Film Critics


(12/10/06)

Picture: The Queen
Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls, Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Director: Stephen Frears - The Queen
Screenplay: The Queen
Ensemble Cast: Little Miss Sunshine
New Filmmaker: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Score: The Illusionist
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Feature: Happy Feet
Cinematography: The Illusionist

Top 10 (alphabetical)
Babel
The Fountain
Inland Empire
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
Thank You for Smoking
Volver
Water

National Board of Review


(12/6/06)

Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Actor: Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress: Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Original Screenplay: Stranger Than Fiction
Adapted Screenplay: The Painted Veil
Foreign Film: Volver
Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Feature: Cars
Ensemble Cast: The Departed
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Ryan Gosling - Half Helson
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls & Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Directorial Debut: Thank You for Smoking
Top 10 (alphabetical)
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Flags of Our Fathers
The History Boys
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Painted Veil
Top 5 Foreign Films (alphabetical)
Curse of the Golden Flower
Days of Glory
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
Water
Top 5 Documentaries (alphabetical)
51 Birch Street
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Shut Up & Sing
Wordplay
Top 10 Independent Films (alphabetical)
Akeelah and the Bee
Bobby
Catch a Fire
Copying Beethoven
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Half Nelson
The Illusionist
Lonesome Jim
Sherrybaby
10 Items or Less
Thank You for Smoking

Annie Award Nominations


(12/4/06)

Animated Feature:
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
Open Season
Over the Hedge
Animated Short Subject:
Adventure Time
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
No Time for Nuts
Weird Al Yanokovic's "Don't Download This Song"
Voice Acting
Feature:

Maggie Gyllenhaal - Monster House
Sam Lerner - Monster House
Spencer Locke - Monster House
Ian McKellen - Flushed Away
Wanda Sykes - Over the Hedge
Directing
Feature:

Flushed Away
Over the Hedge
Mosnter House
Cars
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Writing
Feature:

Brother Bear 2
Flushed Away
Monster House
Cars
Happy Feet
Music
Feature Production:

The Ant Bully
Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
A Monkey's Tale
Cars
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Storyboarding
Feature:

Thom Enriquez - Over the Hedge
William H. Frake II - Ice Age: The Meltdown
Gary Graham - Over the Hedge
Kris Pearn - Open Season
Simon Wells - Flushed Away
Character Animation
Feature:

Line Andersen - Flushed Away
Carlos Baena - Cars
Gabe Hordos - Flushed Away
Bobby Podesta - Cars
Kristoff Serrand - Over the Hedge
Character Design
Feature:

Peter DeSeve - Ice Age: The Meltdown
Carter Goodrich - Open Season
Nicolas Marlet - Over the Hedge
Production Design
Feature:

William Cone - Cars
Andy Harkness - Open Season
Michael Humphries - Open Season
Paul Shardlow - Over the Hedge
Pierre-Olivier Vincent - Flushed Away
Animated Effects:
Scott Cegielski - Flushed Away
Keith Klohn - Cars
David Stephens - Open Season
Erdem Taylan - Cars
John David Thornton - Ice Age: The Meltdown
Home Entertainment Product:
Bambi II
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes
Animated Video Game:
Flushed Away the Game
Monster House
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

Satellite Award Nominations


(11/30/06)

Drama Picture:
Half Nelson
The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
The Queen
The Last King of Scotland
Babel
Little Children
Drama Actor:
Derek Luke - Catch a Fire
Joshua Jackson - Aurora Borealis
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Patrick Wilson - Little Children
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Drama Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Gretchen Mol - The Notorioius Bettie Page
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Comedy/Musical Picture:
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
The Devil Wears Prada
Stranger Than Fiction
Venus
Dreamgirls
Comedy/Musical Actor:
Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Farrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Comedy/Musical Actress:
Julie Walters - Driving Lessons
Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Jodie Whitaker - Venus
Beyoncé Knowles - Dreamgirls
Supporting Actor:
Donald Sutherland - Aurora Borealis
Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Brad Pitt - Babel
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Supporting Actress:
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Lily Tomlin - A Prairie Home Companion
Blythe Danner - The Last Kiss
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Director:
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Pedro Almodovoar - Volver
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Original Screenplay:
Changing Times
House of Sand
Babel
Volver
The Queen
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Adapted Screenplay:
Flags of Our Fathers
Thank You for Smoking
The Departed
Little Children
A Prairie Home Companion
Dreamgirls
Original Score:
The Lives of Others
Flags of Our Fathers
Notes on a Scandal
Brick
Da Vinci Code
Babel
Original Song:
"Upside Down" - Curious George
"You Know My Name" - Casino Royale
"Never Let Go" - The Guardian
"Til the End of Time" - Little Miss Sunshine
"Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
Editing:
X-Men: The Last Stand
Flags of Our Fathers
Babel
Miami Vice
Dreamgirls
Cinematography:
House of Sand
Flags of Our Fathers
The Black Dahlia
A Good Year
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Fountain
Curse of the Golden Flower
Art Direction:
Marie Antoinette
Flags of Our Fathers
Dreamgirls
Pan's Labyrinth
V for Vendetta
Costume Design:
Marie Antoinette
The Black Dahlia
Curse of the Golden Flower
Dreamgirls
Devil Wears Prada
Sound:
X-Men: The Last Stand
Flags of Our Fathers
Babel
Dreamgirls
Da Vinci Code
Visual Effects:
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
X-Men: The Last Stand
V for Vendetta
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth
Da Vinci Code
Animated/Mixed Media Picture:
Cars
Ice Age 2
Happy Feet
Flushed Away
Pan's Labyrinth
Foreign Language Picture:
The Lives of Others
Volver
Changing Times
Water
Syrian Bride
Apocalypto
Documentary:
Deliver Us From Evil
Jonestown
An Inconvenient Truth
The US vs. John Lennon
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
The War Tapes
Special thanks to The Critic for the initial announcement list..

Independent Spirit Award Nominations


(11/28/06)

Feature:
American Gun
The Dead Girl
Half Nelson
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
First Feature:
Day Night Day Night
Man Push Cart
The Motel
Sweet Land
Wristcutters: A Love Story
John Cassavates Award - Feature (Under $500,000):
Chalk
Four Eyed Monsters
Old Joy
Quinceanera
Twelve and Holding
Director:
Robert Altman - A Prairie Home Companion
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
Karen Moncrieff - The Dead Girl
Steven Soderbergh - Bubble
Actor:
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
Ryan Golsing - Half Nelson
Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
Ahmad Razvi - Man Push Cart
Forest Whitaker - American Gun
Actress:
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Catharine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Elisabeth Reaser - Sweet Land
Michelle Williams - Land of Plenty
Robin Wright Penn - Sorry, Haters
Screenplay:
The Illusionist
Friends with Money
The Painted Veil
Thank You for Smoking
Sorry, Haters
Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Raymond J. Barry - Steel City
Daniel Craig - Infamous
Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Channing Tatum - A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Supporting Actress:
Melonie Diaz - Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Marcia Gay Harden - American Gun
Mary Beth Hurt - The Dead Girl
Frances McDormand - Friends with Money
Amber Tamblyn - Stephanie Daley
First Screenplay:
Little Miss Sunshine
Half Nelson
Wristcutters: A Love Story
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Conversations with Other Women
Cinematography:
Four Eyed Monsters
Brothers of the Head
Pan's Labyrinth
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Man Push Cart
Foreign Film:
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Chronicle of an Escape
Days of Glory
The Lives of Others
Documentary:
A Lion in the House
My Country My Country
The Road to Guantanamo
The Trials of Daryl Hunt
You're Gonna Miss Me
Special thanks to Sonic Youth for helping me to complete the above list.

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