In "Blood Diamond", DiCaprio starred as a diamond smuggler from Rhodesia who is involved in the Sierra Leone Civil War. While filming, he worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and said he was touched by his interactions with them. To prepare, he spent six months in Africa, learned about camouflage from people in South African military and interviewed and recorded people in the country to improve his South African accent. The film received generally favorable reviews, and DiCaprio was praised for the authenticity of his South African accent, which is generally known as difficult to imitate. Claudia Puig of the "USA Today" called it "the first time the boyish actor has truly seemed like a man on film" and Ann Hornaday of the "Washington Post" positively noted his growth as an actor since "The Departed". The Golden Globes nominated DiCaprio in the Best Actor in a Drama category for each of his 2006 features, and DiCaprio earned his third Academy Award nomination for "Blood Diamond" and second BAFTA Award nomination for "The Departed".