BEST PICTURE
Babel
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
**The Departed
The Queen
United 93

BEST DIRECTOR
Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
**Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Paul Greengrass – United 93
Stephen Frears – The Queen

BEST ACTOR
**Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
Peter O’Toole – Venus
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness

BEST ACTRESS
**Helen Mirren – The Queen
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
Kate Winslet – Little Children
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Penélope Cruz – Volver

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers
Alan Arkin – Hollywoodland
Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
**Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson – The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza – Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
Emma Thompson – Stranger Than Fiction
**Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking
Freddie Highmore – A Good Year
Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors
**Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
**Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Dakota Fanning – Charlotte’s Web
Ivana Baquero – Pan’s Labyrinth
Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
A Prairie Home Companion
Babel
Bobby
Dreamgirls
**Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed

BEST WRITER
Guillermo Arriaga – Babel
**Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Morgan – The Queen
Todd Field – Little Children
Tom Perrotta – Little Children
William Monahan – The Departed
Zach Helm – Stranger Than Fiction