Golden Globes nominations give African filmmaking a boost

Golden Globes nominations give African filmmaking a boost

Chiwetel EjioforThe Golden Globe Awards are tonight and one clear winner for now is international film production. With movies like “Babel”, “The Last King of Scotland”, and “Blood Diamond” the ceremony has already set a tone for film in the near future. Though it hasn’t been publicized much, London-born Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is up for two separate awards. One for his work as the drag queen in “Kinky Boots”, and again for his portrayal of a man who gets caught in the Thailand tsunami in HBO’s “Tsunami, The Aftermath”. Ejiofor’s “wife” in “Tsunami, The Aftermath”, Sophie Okonedo, who is half Nigerian, is up for her second Golden Globe nomination this year. The Golden Globe are considered a dress rehearsal for the Oscars, whose nominations come out Jan. 23. The Oscar ceremony will be on Feb. 25. The awards ceremony will be televised 8 ET/PT, on NBC.
Here are the African nominations for tonight’s ceremony:
* Indicates actor with African heritage or film where Africa is central character

Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Forest Whitaker – The Last King Of Scotland
* Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
Peter O’Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit Of Happyness

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
* Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
Sacha 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
Will Ferrell – Stranger Than Fiction

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Adriana Barraza – Babel
* Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes On A Scandal
Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

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

Best Director – Motion Picture
* Alejandro Iñárritu – Babel
Clint Eastwood – Flags Of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood – Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
*Babel
The Departed
Little Children
Notes On A Scandal
The Queen

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
* Babel (Santaolalla)
The Painted Veil (Desplat)
The Fountain (Mansell)
Nomad (Siliotto)
The Da Vinci Code (Zimmer)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
* “A Father’s Way” – The Pursuit Of Happyness
Music By: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics By: Seal

“Listen” – Dreamgirls
Music & Lyrics By: Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles and Henry Krieger
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Bobby
Music & Lyrics By: Andrea Remanda, Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy
“The Song Of The Heart” – Happy Feet
Music & Lyrics By: Prince Rogers Nelson
“Try Not To Remember” – Home Of The Brave
Music & Lyrics By: Sheryl Crow

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
* Sophie Okonedo – Tsunami, The Aftermath (HBO)
Gillian Anderson – Bleak House (PBS)
Annette Bening – Mrs. Harris (HBO)
Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I (HBO)
Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
* Chiwetel Ejiofor – Tsunami, The Aftermath (HBO)
André Braugher – Thief (FX)
Robert Duvall – Broken Trail (AMC)
Michael Ealy – Sleeper Cell: American Terror (SHOWTIME)
Ben Kingsley – Mrs. Harris (HBO)
Bill Nighy – Gideon’s Daughter (BBC)
Matthew Perry – The Ron Clark Story (TNT)

 

One Response

  1. Blake says:

    There is alot of buzz around the Golden Globe awards. For Best Performance by an Actor Drama is in the (2) following: Helen Mirren – The Queen, Judi Dench – Notes On A Scandal, Kate Winslet – Little Children, are in the lead in the Golden Globe Poll:
    Golden Globe Polls:
    http://todayspolls.googlepages.com/gg_awards_polls2

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