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2006 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
The chase for the 2006 Golden Globe Awards is on. The following are the nominations and the category

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
a. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features/River Road Entertainment; Focus Features
b. THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Potboiler Prods./Scion Films; Focus Features
c. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Section Eight/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions;
Warner Independent Pictures
d. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema
e. MATCH POINT
Jada Productions; DreamWorks Pictures

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
a. Maria Bello A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
b. Felicity Huffman TRANSAMERICA
c. Gwyneth Paltrow PROOF
d. Charlize Theron NORTH COUNTRY
e. Ziyi Zhang MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
a. Russell Crowe CINDERELLA MAN
b. Philip Seymour Hoffman CAPOTE
c. Terrence Howard HUSTLE & FLOW
d. Heath Ledger BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
e. David Strathairn GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Heyman Hoskins Prods.; The Weinstein Company
b. PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Working Title Prods.; Focus Features/StudioCanal
c. THE PRODUCERS
Brooksfilms; Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures
d. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
American Empirical/Peter Newman Internal; Samuel Goldwyn Films/Sony
Pictures Releasing International
e. WALK THE LINE
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. Judi Dench MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
b. Keira Knightley PRIDE & PREJUDICE
c. Laura Linney THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
d. Sarah Jessica Parker THE FAMILY STONE
e. Reese Witherspoon WALK THE LINE

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. Pierce Brosnan THE MATADOR
b. Jeff Daniels THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
c. Johnny Depp CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
d. Nathan Lane THE PRODUCERS
e. Cillian Murphy BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
f. Joaquin Phoenix WALK THE LINE

7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)
Columbia Pictures Film Prod. Asia Ltd/Huayi Brothers/Taihe Film Investment Co.
Ltd/Star Overseas; Sony Pictures Classics
b. MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)
Beijing 21st CenturySheng Kai/China Film Group/Capgen Investment Group/
Moonstone Prods.; The Weinstein Company
c. MERRY CHRISTMAS (JOYEUX NOEL) (FRANCE)
Nord Quest Prods. Senator Film Prods./The Bureau Artemis Prods/Media Pro
Pictures/TF1 Films/Les Productions de la Gueville; Sony Pictures Classics
d. PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)
Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Films/Lumen Films/Arte France Cinema/
Hazazah Film; Warner Independent Pictures
e. TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)
UK/South African Prods.; Miramax Films

8. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Scarlett Johansson MATCH POINT
b. Shirley MacLaine IN HER SHOES
c. Frances McDormand NORTH COUNTRY
d. Rachel Weisz THE CONSTANT GARDENER
e. Michelle Williams BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. George Clooney SYRIANA
b. Matt Dillon CRASH
c. Will Ferrell THE PRODUCERS
d. Paul Giamatti CINDERELLA MAN
e. Bob Hoskins MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

10. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
a. Woody Allen MATCH POINT
b. George Clooney GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
c. Peter Jackson KING KONG
d. Ang Lee BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
e. Fernando Meirelles THE CONSTANT GARDENER
f. Steven Spielberg MUNICH

11. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
a. Woody Allen
MATCH POINT
b. George Clooney & Grant Heslov
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
c. Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
CRASH
d. Tony Kushner & Eric Roth
MUNICH
e. Larry Mcmurtry & Diana Ossana
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
a. Alexandre Desplat SYRIANA
b. James Newton Howard KING KONG
c. Gustavo Santaolalla BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
d. Harry Gregson- Williams THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
e. John Williams MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

13. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
a. "A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD" - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla -- Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
b. "CHRISTMAS IN LOVE" CHRISTMAS IN LOVE
Music by: Tony Renis -- Lyrics by: Marva Jan Marrow
c. "THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A SHOW ON BROADWAY" THE PRODUCERS
Music & Lyrics by: Mel Brooks
d. "TRAVELIN' THRU" TRANSAMERICA
Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton
e. "WUNDERKIND" THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Music & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette

14. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
a. COMMANDER IN CHIEF (ABC)
Touchstone Television
b. GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
Touchstone Television
c. LOST (ABC)
Touchstone Television
d. PRISON BREAK (FOX)
Original Film and Adelstein/Parouse Prods.
e. ROME (HBO)
HBO Entertainment i.a.w. BBC

15. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
a. Patricia Arquette MEDIUM
b. Glenn Close THE SHIELD
c. Geena Davis COMMANDER IN CHIEF
d. Kyra Sedgwick THE CLOSER
e. Polly Walker ROME

16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
a. Patrick Dempsey GREY'S ANATOMY
b. Matthew Fox LOST
c. Hugh Laurie HOUSE
d. Wentworth Miller PRISON BREAK
e. Kiefer Sutherland 24

17. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)
HBO Entertainment
b. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
Touchstone Television
c. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment
d. EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (UPN)
Chris Rock Enterprises, Inc. and 3 Arts Entertainment i.a.w Paramount Network
Television
e. MY NAME IS EARL (NBC)
Acme Prods. i.a.w. 20th Century Fox Television
f. WEEDS (SHOWTIME)
Lions Gate Television i.a.w. Tilted Prods.

18. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
- MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. Marcia Cross DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
b. Teri Hatcher DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
c. Felicity Huffman DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
d. Eva Longoria DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
e. Mary-Louise Parker WEEDS

19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. Zach Braff SCRUBS
b. Steve Carell THE OFFICE
c. Larry David CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
d. Jason Lee MY NAME IS EARL
e. Charlie Sheen TWO AND A HALF MEN

20. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. EMPIRE FALLS (HBO)
Mark Platt Prod., Aspetuck & Stone Vialleg Picturs Prod. i.a.w. HBO Films
b. INTO THE WEST (TNT)
DreamWorks Television
c. LACKAWANNA BLUES (HBO)
Bellah Films, Good Shepard Prods. i.a.w. HBO Films
d. SLEEPER CELL (SHOWTIME)
Showtime, Anne Kindberg Prod.
e. VIVA BLACKPOOL (BBC AMERICA)
BBC/BBC America
f. WARM SPRINGS (HBO)
Mark Gordon Prod. i.a.w. HBO Films

Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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