Jan 23, 2007– The Oscar news for the upcoming 2006 awards is as follows — “Dreamgirls” led the nominations for the 79th Academy Awards, with eight bids. However, the musical did not get a Best Picture or Best Director nods. The five Best Picture nominees are: “Babel,” “The Departed,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Little Miss Sunshine” and “The Queen.”
In 16 of the past 20 years, the film with the most noms went on to win best picture. On the other hand, the top nom-getter only ended up winning twice in the last five years.
Nominations were announced at 5:38 a.m. Tuesday at the Acads BevHills headquarters by AMPAS prez Sid Ganis and Salma Hayek.
Final ballots will be mailed Jan. 31 and are due Feb. 20. Oscars will be held at the Kodak Theater on Feb. 25.
BEST PICTURE
“Babel” Steve Golin, Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, Jon Kilik, producers; Anonymous Content Production/Una Produccin De Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount Pictures/Paramount Vantage (Paramount Vantage)
“The Departed” Brad Grey, Graham King, Brad Pitt, Martin Scorsese, producers; Vertigo Entertainment/Plan B Entertainment/Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros.)
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg, producers; Malpaso Productions (Warner Bros.)
“Little Miss Sunshine” Albert Berger, David T. Friendly, producers; Big Beach/Bonafide Productions (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“The Queen” Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward, producers; A Granada production (Miramax)
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Clint Eastwood – Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Paul Greengrass – United 93
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Forrest Whitaker – Last King Of Scotland
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza – Babel
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Cate Blanchett – Notes of a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat
Children Of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes On A Scandal
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“After the Wedding” (Denmark)
Zentropa Entertainments; IFC
“Days of Glory” (Algeria)
Tessalit Productions; The Weinstein Co.
“The Lives of Others” (Germany)
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion; Sony Pictures Classics (Germany)
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Mexico)
Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto; Picturehouse
“Water” (Canada)
Tlfilm Canada/Noble Nomad Pictures Ltd.; Fox Searchlight
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq In Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country
ANIMATED FILM
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia
Children Of Men
The Illusionist
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Prestige
COSTUME DESIGN
Curse Of The Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen
FILM EDITING
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children Of Men
The Departed
United 93
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (Buena Vista)
“Poseidon” Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier (Warner Bros.)
“Superman Returns” Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum (Warner Bros.)
SOUND MIXING
“Apocalypto” Kevin OConnell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara (Buena Vista)
“Blood Diamond” Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock (Warner Bros.)
“Dreamgirls” Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton (DreamWorks and Paramount)
“Flags of Our Fathers” John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff (Buena Vista)
SOUND EDITING
“Apocalypto” Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar (Buena Vista)
“Blood Diamond” Lon Bender (Warner Bros.)
“Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (DreamWorks/Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount)
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Robert Murray (Warner Bros.)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II (Buena Vista)
MAKEUP
“Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano (Buena Vista)
“Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso (Sony Pictures Releasing)
“Pans Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe (Picturehouse)
MUSIC (SCORE)
MUSIC (SONG)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“The Blood of Yingzhou District” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon; A Thomas Lennon Films Production
“Recycled Life” Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad; An Iwerks/Glad Production
“Rehearsing a Dream” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon; A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
“Two Hands” Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr; A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
“The Danish Poet” Torill Kove; A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production(National Film Board of Canada)
“Lifted” Gary Rydstrom; A Pixar Animation Studios Production (Buena Vista)
“The Little Matchgirl” Roger Allers and Don Hahn; A Walt Disney Pictures Production (Buena Vista)
“Maestro” Geza M. Toth; A Kedd Production (Szimplafilm)
“No Time for Nuts” Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier; A Blue Sky Studios Production(20th Century Fox)
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)” Javier Fesser and Luis Manso; A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
“ramos Pocos (One Too Many)” Borja Cobeaga; An Altube Filmeak Production (Kimuak)
“Helmer & Son” Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson; A Nordisk Film Production
“The Saviour” Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn; An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
“West Bank Story” Ari Sandel; An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
