Brokeback And Goodnight Top Globe Nominations

BROKEBACK, GOOD NIGHT, PRODUCERS AND MATCH POINT TOP GLOBE NOMINATIONS BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, THE PRODUCERS, MATCH POINT and GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK will lead the way at next year's (06) Golden Globe Awards. ANG LEE's gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain tops the nominations with seven nods, including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actor - Drama for HEATH LEDGER, Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for MICHELLE WILLIAMS and Best Director. GEORGE CLOONEY's black and white drama Good Night, And Good Luck is up for four trophies, including Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Actor - Drama for DAVID STRATHAIRN, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay for Clooney, who has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actor in SYRIANA. MEL BROOKS' musical The Producers is also up for four awards - Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy, Best Actor - Musical Or Comedy for NATHAN LANE, Best Supporting Actor for WILL FERRELL and Best Original Song; while WOODY ALLEN's London-set drama Match Point is up for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Supporting Actress for SCARLETT JOHANSSON, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Meanwhile, MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS, THE CONSTANT GARDENER and WALK THE LINE are nominated in three categories. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES are leading the TV categories with five nods, with the show's four stars MARCIA CROSS, EVA LONGORIA, TERI HATCHER and FELICITY HUFFMAN fighting for Best Actress In A TV Series - Comedy, as well as the ABC show fighting CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, ENTOURAGE, EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS MY NAME IS EARL and WEEDS for Best TV Series - Comedy. Meanwhile, LOST, TV movie WARM SPRINGS, White House drama COMMANDER IN CHIEF and Weeds are nominated in three categories.

Welsh actor SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS has been named as the recipient of the 2006 Cecil B Demille Award For Lifetime Achievement at the ceremony, which takes place on 16 January (06) in Los Angeles.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Best Motion Picture - Drama:

• A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
• GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
• MATCH POINT

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:

• MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
• PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
• THE PRODUCERS
• THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
• WALK THE LINE

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama:

• RUSSELL CROWE - CINDERELLA MAN
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - CAPOTE
• TERRENCE HOWARD - HUSTLE AND FLOW
• HEATH LEDGER - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
• DAVID STRATHAIRN - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama:

• MARIA BELLO - HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
• FELICITY HUFFMAN - TRANSAMERICA
• GWYNETH PALTROW - PROOF
• CHARLIZE THERON - NORTH COUNTRY
• ZIYI ZHANG - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:

• PIERCE BROSNAN - THE MATADOR
• JEFF DANIELS - THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
• JOHNNY DEPP - CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
• NATHAN LANE - THE PRODUCERS
• CILLIAN MURPHY - BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
• JOAQUIN PHOENIX - WALK THE LINE

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:

• DAME JUDI DENCH - MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
• KEIRA KNIGHTLEY - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
• LAURA LINNEY - THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
• SARAH JESSICA PARKER - THE FAMILY STONE
• REESE WITHERSPOON - WALK THE LINE

Best Performance By An Actor In Supporting Role In A Motion Picture:

• GEORGE CLOONEY - SYRIANA
• MATT DILLON - CRASH
• WILL FERRELL - THE PRODUCERS
• PAUL GIAMATTI - CINDERELLA MAN
• BOB HOSKINS - MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS

Best Performance By An Actress In Supporting Role In A Motion Picture:

• SCARLETT JOHANSSON - MATCH POINT
• SHIRLEY MacLAINE - IN HER SHOES
• FRANCES McDORMAND - NORTH COUNTRY
• RACHEL WEISZ - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Foreign Language Film:

• KUNG FU HUSTLE (China)
• MASTER OF CRIMSON ARMOR (China)
• MERRY CHRISTMAS (France)
• PARADISE NOW (Palestine)
• TSOTSI (South Africa)

Best Director - Motion Picture:

• WOODY ALLEN - MATCH POINT
• GEORGE CLOONEY - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
• PETER JACKSON - KING KONG
• ANG LEE - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
• FERNANDO MEIRELLES - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
• STEVEN SPIELBERG - MUNICH

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:

• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - LARRY McMURTRY and DIANA OSSANA
• CRASH - PAUL HAGGIS and BOBBY MORESCO
• GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK - GEORGE CLOONEY and GRANT HESLOV
• MATCH POINT - WOODY ALLEN
• MUNICH - TONY KUSHNER and ERIC ROTH

Best Original Score - Motion Picture:

• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
• KING KONG - JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
• MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - JOHN WILLIAMS
• SYRIANA - ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
• THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - HARRY GREGSON

Best Original Song - Motion Picture:

• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD by GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA and BERNIE TAUPIN
• CHRISTMAS IN LOVE - CHRISTMAS IN LOVE by TONY RENIS and MARVA JAN MARROW
• THE PRODUCERS - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A SHOW ON BROADWAY by MEL BROOKS
• TRANSAMERICA - TRAVELIN' THRU by DOLLY PARTON
• THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - WUNDERKID by ALANIS MORISSETTE

Best Television Series - Drama:

• COMMANDER IN CHIEF
• GREY'S ANATOMY
• LOST
• PRISON BREAK
• ROME

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy:

• CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
• DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
• ENTOURAGE
• EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS
• MY NAME IS EARL
• WEEDS

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Drama:

• PATRICIA ARQUETTE - MEDIUM
• GLENN CLOSE - THE SHIELD
• GEENA DAVIS - COMMANDER IN CHIEF
• KYRA SEDGWICK - THE CLOSER
• POLLY WALKER - ROME

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Drama:

• PATRICK DEMPSEY - GREY'S ANATOMY
• MATTHEW FOX - LOST
• HUGH LAURIE - HOUSE
• WENTWORTH MILLER - PRISON BREAK
• KIEFER SUTHERLAND - 24

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy:

• MARCIA CROSS - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
• TERI HATCHER - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
,li>FELICITY HUFFMAN - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
• EVA LONGORIA - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
• MARY LOUISE PARKER - WEEDS

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy:

• ZACH BRAFF - SCRUBS
• STEVE CARELL - THE OFFICE
,li>LARRY DAVID - CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM ,li>JASON LEE - MY NAME IN EARL
• CHARLIE SHEEN - TWO AND A HALF MEN

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television:

• EMPIRE FALLS
• INTO THE WEST
• LACKAWANNA BLUES
• SLEEPER CELL
• VIVA BLACKPOOL
• WARM SPRINGS

Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television:

• HALLE BERRY - THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
• KELLY MacDONALD - THE GIRL IN THE CAFE
• S EPATHA MERKERSON - LACKAWANNA BLUES
• CYNTHIA NIXON - WARM SPRINGS
• MIRA SORVINO - HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television:

• KENNETH BRANAGH - WARM SPRINGS
• ED HARRIS - EMPIRE FALLS
• JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS - ELVIS
• BILL NIGHY - THE GIRL IN THE CAFE
• DONALD SUTHERLAND - HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television

• CANDICE BERGEN - BOSTON LEGAL
• CAMRYN MANHEIM - ELVIS
• SANDRA OH - GREY'S ANATOMY
• ELIZABETH PERKINS - WEEDS

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television

• NAVEEN ANDREWS - LOST
• PAUL NEWMAN - EMPIRE FALLS
• JEREMY PIVEN - ENTOURAGE
• RANDY QUAID - ELVIS
• DONALD SUTHERLAND - COMMANDER IN CHIEF

Cecil B Demille Award For Lifetime Achievement: SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS.