"Babel" and "Departed" lead Golden Globe nominations

Here are the major movie nominations; more to come. The most interesting things to note are:

"Babel" gets the most nominations -- seven -- in a possible repeat of the "Crash" Important Movie effect. "The Departed" is right behind, with six nominations.

Multiple nominations everywhere. Eastwood is nominated for both his Iwo Jima movies in the director category. Leonardo DiCaprio is nominated for both "Departed" and "Blood Diamond" in the best actor category. Helen Mirren is nominated for playing Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen," Queen Elizabeth I in a TV miniseries, and for "Prime Suspect" too.

The foreign language category contains two films directed by English-speaking Hollywood guys: Eastwood's "Letters" and Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto." I guess we really are the world.

Jennifer Hudson as expected for supporting actress in "Dreamgirls," but Beyonce Knowles as best actress in the same movie? Please. She doesn't embarrass herself, but that's not what awards are for. Oh, I forgot -- it's the Golden Globes; they're not serious.

One more thing: Matt Damon. Robbed.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
"Babel"
"Bobby"
"The Departed"
"Little Children"
"The Queen"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Dame Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
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"

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Dreamgirls"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Thank You For Smoking"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, "Running with Scissors"
Toni Colette, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You For Smoking"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Kinky Boots"
Will Ferrell, "Stranger Than Fiction"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
Brad Pitt, "Babel"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Apocalypto"
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
"Lives of Others"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"Volver"

Best 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"

Best Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
Clint Mansell, "The Fountain"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"
Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"
Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"

Best Original Song
"A Father's Way," from "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"Listen," from "Dreamgirls"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith," from "Bobby"
"The Song of the Heart," from "Happy Feet"
"Try Not to Remember," from "Home of the Brave"

Best Animated Feature
"Cars"
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"