Promoting themselves as a barometer for Oscar predictions – this pretty much group all the favorites and safe picks. Leading the pack are “Babel,” “The Departed,” “Dreamgirls” and “Little Miss Sunshine” each with seven nominations each. Now its in 12th year, the Critics Choice Award is voted on by film critics from almost 200 television, radio and online critics. The 12th annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, January 12, 2007, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Best Picture
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
Best 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
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
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
Best 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
Best Acting Ensemble
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion
Best Director
Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood – Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Paul Greengrass – United 93
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Best Writer
Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo Arriaga – Babel
Todd Field, Tom Perrotta – Little Children
Zach Helm – Stranger Than Fiction
William Monahan – The Departed
Peter Morgan – The Queen
Best Animated Feature
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over The Hedge
Best 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
Best Young Actress
Ivana Baquero – Pan’s Labyrinth
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
Dakota Fanning – Charlotte’s Web
Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
Best Comedy Movie
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking
Best Family Film (live action)
Akeelah and the Bee
Charlotte’s Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Best Picture Made for Television
Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
Best Documentary Feature
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up and Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car
Wordplay
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Volver
Water
Best Song
“I Need To Wake Up”, Melissa Etheridge – An Inconvenient Truth
“Listen”, Beyonce – Dreamgirls
“My Little Girl”, Tim McGraw – Flicka
“The Neighbor”, Dixie Chicks – Shut Up and Sing
“Never Gonna Break My Faith”, Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige – Bobby
“Ordinary Miracle”, Sarah McLachlan – Charlotte’s Web
Best Soundtrack
Babel
Cars
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
Best Composer
Phillip Glass – The Illusionist
Clint Mansell – The Fountain
Thomas Newman – The Good German
Gustavo Santaolalla – Babel
Howard Shore – The Departed
Hans Zimmer – The Da Vinci Code
