'Chicago' Tops Golden Globe Nominations

The Broadway musical-turned-movie "Chicago" received the a leading eight Golden Globe nominations Thursday morning, including nods for Best Musical or Comedy, and Best Actress nods for Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Other nominations for the musical about lady-killers in prison included a best supporting actor nod for John C. Reilly, best supporting actress nod for Queen Latifah. Director Rob Marshall also snared a Best Director nomination.

Taking on Chicago for the Best Musical or Comedy Globe are the quirky black comedy "Adaptation," the Charles Dickens classic "Nicholas Nickleby," the Hugh Grant redemption comedy "About a Boy" and the crowd-pleasing blockbuster "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

The Best Film drama contenders were the bittersweet Jack Nicholson road-trip saga "About Schmidt," director Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," the fantasy sequel "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and Roman Polanski's Nazi escape story "The Pianist."

"The Hours," a three-tiered story about women whose lives are linked to a novel by Virginia Woolf, was second to "Chicago" with seven nominations. In addition to its Best Film Drama nod, it earned Best Actress nominations for both Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep, and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Ed Harris.

The comedy of in-jokes, "Adaptation," about its own writers' attempts to fashion its screenplay, had six mentions including Best Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Best Musical or Comedy Actor for Nicolas Cage.

Taking on Cage in the musical or comedy category are Kieran Culkin for "Igby Goes Down," Richard Gere for "Chicago," Hugh Grant for "About a Boy" and Adam Sandler for "Punch Drunk Love."

Joining Zellweger and Zeta-Jones in the Best Actress Musical or Comedy category are Nia Vardalos for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," Goldie Hawn for "The Banger Sisters" and Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Secretary."

Like the musical or comedy category, the Best Drama actor and actress nominees had a mix of new and familiar faces.

In the Best Actor category, Jack Nicholson was nominated for "About Schmidt," Adrien Brody for "The Pianist," Michael Caine for "The Quiet American" and Daniel Day-Lewis" for "Gangs of New York."

Day-Lewis' co-star in "Gangs," Leonardo DiCaprio, was also nominated, but for the lead in "Catch Me if You Can."

Taking on Kidman and Streep in the Best Actress category is Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven," Salma Hayek for "Frida" and Diane Lane for "Unfaithful."

On the television side, the nominees for Best Comedy Series were "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Friends," "Sex and the City," "The Simpsons" and "Will and Grace."

The Best Television Drama nominees were "24," "The Shield," "Six Feet Under," "The Sopranos" and "The West Wing."

HBO led television networks with 26 total nominations. NBC had 13, followed by FOX with seven and CBS and FX with three each. ABC and TNT had two apiece.

Nominees in 13 movies and 11 television categories for the 60th annual Golden Globes were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The Globes will be awarded on Jan. 19 during a live network telecast.