Miramax musical Chicago has emerged as front-runner in nominations for the 60th annual Golden Globes, with a total of eight nods - just ahead of Stephen Daldry's The Hours which is nominated in seven categories.

Other multi-nominated films include Spike Jonze's Adaptation with six nods and Alexander Payne's About Schmidt and Martin Scorsese's Gangs Of New York with five nominations each.

Miramax also led the field in terms of studio nominations, earning 19 in total. The closest studio behind it was Paramount, with eight nominations.

The Golden Globes, which are handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, take place on January 19.

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
About Schmidt
Gangs Of New York
The Hours
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
About A Boy
Adaptation
Chicago
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nicholas Nickleby

Best Foreign Language Film
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (France)
City Of God (Brazil)
The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) (Mexico)
Hero (China)
Nowhere In Africa (Germany)
Talk To Her (Spain

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama
Salma Hayek, Frida
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep, The Hours

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama
Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Michael Caine, The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Leonardo Dicaprio, Catch Me if You Can
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt


Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Goldie Hawn, The Banger Sisters
Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Renee Zellweger, Chicago
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
Kieran Culkin, Igby Goes Down
Richard Gere, Chicago
Hugh Grant, About a Boy
Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Cameron Diaz, Gangs Of New York
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Susan Sarandon, Igby Goes Down
Meryl Streep, Adaptation

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Chris Cooper, Adaptation
Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road To Perdition
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly, Chicago

Best Director - Motion Picture
Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Spike Jonze, Adaptation
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Alexander Payne, About Schmidt
Martin Scorsese, Gangs Of New York

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Bill Condon, Chicago
David Hare, The Hours
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven
Charlie Kaufman And Donald Kaufman, Adaptation
Alexander Payne And Jim Taylor, About Schmidt

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven
Terence Blanchard, 25th Hour
Peter Gabriel, Rabbit Proof Fence
Philip Glass, The Hours
Elliot Goldenthal, Frida

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Die Another Day"- Die Another Day, Music By: Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai, Lyrics By: Madonna
"Father And Daughter"- The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Music & Lyrics By: Paul Simon
"The Hands That Built America" - Gangs Of New York, Music & Lyrics By: U2
"Here I Am"- Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, Music By: Hans Zimmer, Lyrics By: Bryan Adams/Gretchen Peters
"Lose Yourself"- 8 Mile, Music & Lyrics By: Eminem

Television Series - Drama
24
The Shield
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
The West Wing

Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Friends
Sex And The City
The Simpsons
Will & Grace

Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Jennifer Garner, Alias
Rachel Griffiths, Six Feet Under
Marg Helgenberger, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Allison Janney, The West Wing

Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Michael Chiklis, The Shield
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Peter Krause, Six Feet Under
Martin Sheen, The West Wing
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Jennifer Aniston, Friends
Bonnie Hunt, Life with Bonnie
Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle
Debra Messing, Will & Grace
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City

Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Matt LeBlanc, Friends
Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Tony Shalhoub, Monk

Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
The Gathering Storm
Live From Baghdad
Path to War
Shackleton
Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken

Actress, Mini-Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Helena Bonham Carter, Live From Baghdad
Shirley Maclaine, Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Helen Mirren, Door to Door
Vanessa Redgrave, The Gathering Storm
Uma Thurman, Hysterical Blindness

Actor, Mini-Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Albert Finney, The Gathering Storm
Michael Gambon, Path to War
Michael Keaton, Live From Baghdad
William H. Macy, Door to Door
Linus Roache, RFK

Supporting Actress, Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City
Parker Posey, Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Gena Rowlands, Hysterical Blindness

Supporting Actor, Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Alec Baldwin, Path to War
Jim Broadbent, The Gathering Storm
Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
Dennis Haysbert, 24
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
John Spencer, The West Wing
Donald Sutherland, Path to War
Bradley Whitford, The West Wing