# 64th Golden Globe Awards

The 64th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2006, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The ceremony was held on January 15, 2007, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and were broadcast on NBC in the United States. Indicating the impact that animated films have had on the film industry, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced in early 2006 that a Golden Globe would be awarded for the Best Animated Feature for the first time at this award ceremony.
Dreamgirls won the most awards, with 3 (including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy). Babel, received the most nominations, with 7 (only winning 1, for Best Motion Picture – Drama).

## Winners and nominees

These are the nominees for the 64th Golden Globe Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list.
Nominations announced on December 14, 2006.

### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Babel Bobby The Departed Little Children The Queen | Dreamgirls Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan The Devil Wears Prada Little Miss Sunshine Thank You for Smoking |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama |
| Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as William "Billy" Costigan, Jr. Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice Russell Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner | Helen Mirren – The Queen as The Queen Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby as Sherry Swanson Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as Borat Sagdiyev Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Captain Jack Sparrow Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots as Simon / Lola Will Ferrell – Stranger than Fiction as Harold Crick | Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Annette Bening – Running with Scissors as Deirdre Burroughs Beyoncé – Dreamgirls as Deena Jones Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine as Sheryl Hoover Renée Zellweger – Miss Potter as Beatrix Potter |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
| Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as Jimmy "Thunder" Early Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Francis "Frank" Costello Brad Pitt – Babel as Richard Jones Mark Wahlberg – The Departed as Staff Sgt. Sean Dignam | Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls as Effie Melody White Adriana Barraza – Babel as Amelia Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal as Bathsheba "Sheba" Hart Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada as Emily Charlton Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture |
| Martin Scorsese – The Departed Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears – The Queen Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel | The Queen – Peter Morgan Babel – Guillermo Arriaga The Departed – William Monahan Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | Best Original Score – Motion Picture |
| Happy Feet – ("The Song of the Heart") – Prince Bobby – ("Never Gonna Break My Faith") – Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy, and Andrea Remanda Dreamgirls – ("Listen") – Scott Cutler, Beyoncé, Henry Krieger, and Anne Preven Home of the Brave – ("Try Not to Remember") – Sheryl Crow The Pursuit of Happyness – ("A Father's Way") – Seal and Christopher Bruce | The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla The Da Vinci Code – Hans Zimmer The Fountain – Clint Mansell Nomad – Carlo Siliotto |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Animated Film |
| Letters from Iwo Jima – Clint Eastwood Apocalypto – Mel Gibson The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro Volver – Pedro Almodóvar | Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft Happy Feet – George Miller Monster House – Gil Kenan |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 24 (Fox) Big Love (HBO) Heroes (NBC) Lost (ABC) | Ugly Betty (ABC) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Entourage (HBO) The Office (NBC) Weeds (Showtime) |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Hugh Laurie – House (Fox) as Dr. Gregory House Patrick Dempsey – Grey's Anatomy (ABC) as Dr. Derek Shepherd Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO) as Bill Henrickson Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (Fox) as Jack Bauer | Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson Patricia Arquette – Medium (NBC) as Allison DuBois Edie Falco – The Sopranos (HBO) as Carmela Soprano Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Ellen Pompeo – Grey's Anatomy (ABC) as Dr. Meredith Grey |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC) as Jack Donaghy Zach Braff – Scrubs (NBC) as John Michael "J.D." Dorian Steve Carell – The Office (NBC) as Michael Scott Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl (NBC) as Earl Hickey Tony Shalhoub – Monk (USA Network) as Adrian Monk | America Ferrera – Ugly Betty (ABC) as Betty Suarez Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Bree Van de Kamp Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Lynette Scavo Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) as Christine Campbell Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (Showtime) as Nancy Botwin |
| Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Bill Nighy – Gideon's Daughter (BBC America) as Gideon Andre Braugher – Thief (FX) as Nick Atwater Robert Duvall – Broken Trail (AMC) as Prentice "Prent" Ritter Michael Ealy – Sleeper Cell (Showtime) as Darwyn Al-Sayeed Chiwetel Ejiofor – Tsunami: The Aftermath (HBO) as Ian Carter Ben Kingsley – Mrs. Harris (HBO) as Herman Tarnower Matthew Perry – The Ron Clark Story (TNT) as Ron Clark | Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I (HBO) as Elizabeth I Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS) as Det. Supt. Jane Tennison Gillian Anderson – Bleak House (PBS) as Lady Dedlock Annette Bening – Mrs. Harris (HBO) as Jean Harris Sophie Okonedo – Tsunami: The Aftermath (HBO) as Susie Carter |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth I (HBO) as Earl of Leicester Thomas Haden Church – Broken Trail (AMC) as Tom Harte Justin Kirk – Weeds (Showtime) as Andy Botwin Masi Oka – Heroes (NBC) as Hiro Nakamura Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO) as Ari Gold | Emily Blunt – Gideon's Daughter (BBC America) as Natasha Toni Collette – Tsunami: The Aftermath (HBO) as Kathy Graham Katherine Heigl – Grey's Anatomy (ABC) as Dr. Izzie Stevens Sarah Paulson – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC) as Harriet Hayes Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds (Showtime) as Celia Hodes |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Elizabeth I (HBO) Bleak House (PBS) Broken Trail (AMC) Mrs. Harris (HBO) Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS) ||

## Awards breakdown

The following films and programs received multiple nominations:

### Film

| Nominations | Title |
| 7 | Babel |
| 6 | The Departed |
| 5 | Dreamgirls |
| 4 | The Queen |
| 3 | Little Children |
| 3 | Notes on a Scandal |
| 3 | The Devil Wears Prada |
| 2 | Bobby |
| 2 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhastan |
| 2 | Happy Feet |
| 2 | Letters from Iwa Jima |
| 2 | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 2 | Thank You for Smoking |
| 2 | The Pursuit of Happyness |
| 2 | Volver |

### Television

| Nominations | Title |
| 4 | Grey's Anatomy |
| 4 | Weeds |
| 3 | Broken Trail |
| 3 | Desperate Housewives |
| 3 | Elizabeth I |
| 3 | Mrs. Harris |
| 2 | 24 |
| 2 | Big Love |
| 2 | Bleak House |
| 2 | Entourage |
| 2 | Gideon's Daughter |
| 2 | Heroes |
| 2 | Lost |
| 2 | Prime Suspect: The Final Act |
| 2 | The Office |
| 2 | Tsunami: The Aftermath |
| 2 | Ugly Betty |
The following films and programs received multiple wins:

### Film

| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Dreamgirls |
| 2 | The Queen |

### Television

| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Elizabeth I |
| 2 | Gideon's Daughter |
| 2 | Ugly Betty |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* Tim Allen
* David Arquette
* Drew Barrymore
* Jessica Biel
* Steve Carell
* George Clooney
* Sean Combs
* Dane Cook
* Courteney Cox
* Geena Davis
* Cameron Diaz
* Tina Fey
* Jamie Foxx
* Jennifer Garner
* Hugh Grant
* Adrian Grenier
* Greg Grunberg
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Tom Hanks
* Salma Hayek
* Jennifer Love Hewitt
* Dustin Hoffman
* Philip Seymour Hoffman
* Djimon Hounsou
* Terrence Howard
* Felicity Huffman
* Eva Longoria
* Jennifer Lopez
* Sienna Miller
* Masi Oka
* Hayden Panettiere
* Sarah Jessica Parker
* Joaquin Phoenix
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Charlie Sheen
* David Spade
* Steven Spielberg
* John Stamos
* Ben Stiller
* Sharon Stone
* Hilary Swank
* Justin Timberlake
* Milo Ventimiglia
* Naomi Watts
* Rachel Weisz
* Vanessa Williams
* Reese Witherspoon
* James Woods
* Renee Zellweger

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Warren Beatty

### Miss Golden Globe

Lorraine Nicholson (daughter of Jack Nicholson & Rebecca Broussard)

## Isaiah Washington press conference controversy

At the winners' press conference following the awards ceremony, Isaiah Washington addressed the scandal involving alleged homophobic remarks towards Grey's Anatomy co-star T. R. Knight, stating, "No, I did not call him a faggot", while executive producer Shonda Rhimes and other cast members looked on. Katherine Heigl publicly condemned Washington for his remarks, intensifying tensions on set and contributing to a strained atmosphere. This eventually led to Washington's exit from the show, as the on-set environment became untenable.