'Babel,' 'Dreamgirls' and 'Little Miss Sunshine' to Duke It Out at SAG Awards
Friday, January 26, 2007

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Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt appear in 'Babel,' nominated for Best Picture
Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt appear in 'Babel,' nominated for Best Picture
LOS ANGELES — There's only one last big awards show before the Oscars (thank goodness).

The ensemble drama "Babel," the musical "Dreamgirls" and the road-trip tale "Little Miss Sunshine" were the front-runners heading into the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which air Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on TNT and TBS.

"Babel" and "Dreamgirls" are also the two most nominated films at this year's Oscars.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Oscar-favorite Helen Mirren both had two nominations. Mirren was nominated for playing both of England's two Queen Elizabeths, as Best Actress in a Film as the current monarch in "The Queen" and as Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries for playing her predecessor and mother in "Elizabeth I." She won Golden

Iwo Jima, Babel, and The Departed lead Oscar nominations
BY: Actress Archives Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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A World War II movie, a Boston gangster, an international cast, everyone's favorite beauty pageant entrant, and Queen Elizabeth will compete for Best Picture in the 79th Annual Academy Awards, to be broadcast February 25th. The nominees were announced this morning and a collection of familiar competitors - Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet - were joined by some new faces - Rinko Kikuchi, Abigail Breslin - while a few big names were omitted - Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson - in what's shaping up to be one of the most interesting competitions for Oscar in years. In the big category, Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Queen will compete for the main prize and, right now, the big winner is anyone's guess, but the big loser this morning has to be the shocking omission of Golden Globe Best Picture winner for Best Picture - Comedy or Musical for Dreamgirls.