:: Spotlight :: 2005 Golden Globe Nominations and Cecil B. DeMille Award announcementBy: Carmine PascuzziThe countdown to the 62nd Golden Globe Awards on January 16, 2005 has begun with the announcement of the nominations and the recipient of the Cecil B.DeMille Award for outstanding contribution. Alexander Payne's comedy “Sideways” leads the nominations with seven and actor Jamie Foxx scored the most individual nominations with three when nominations were announced recently. Other nomination leaders in the movie categories were “The Aviator” (six), “Closer”, “Finding Neverland” and “Million Dollar Baby”, each with five. The Golden Globe Awards will be presented Sunday, January 16, 2005, during a star-studded ceremony broadcast live from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Robin Williams (pictured), an 11-time Golden Globe Award nominee and five-time winner, has been chosen to receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s highest honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to entertainment. Robin Williams’ stellar career embraces comedy and drama and crosses media from television and movies to the stage and the recording arts. He also is known for his extraordinary generosity, most notably as a driving force behind Comic Relief. He has received three Golden Globes as Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fisher King, and Good Morning, Vietnam and another as Best Television Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Mork & Mindy. He also received a special Golden Globe for his vocal work in Aladdin. He received six additional Golden Globe nominations – two as Best Actor (Drama) for Awakenings and Dead Poets Society; two as Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Patch Adams and Moscow on the Hudson; one as Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting; and one as Best Television Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Mork & Mindy. Here is the list of nominations (film categories): BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY ANNETTE BENING - BEING JULIA BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY JIM CARREY - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE CHORUS (LES CHORISTES) (FRANCE) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE CATE BLANCHETT - THE AVIATOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE DAVID CARRADINE - KILL BILL VOL. 2 BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE CLINT EASTWOOD - MILLION DOLLAR BABY BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE CHARLIE KAUFMAN - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE CLINT EASTWOOD - MILLION DOLLAR BABY BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE “ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE” - SHREK 2 - Music & Lyrics by: Adam Duritz, Dan Vickery, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley & David Bryson |
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