Golden Globes spin for Beauty

DreamWorks SKG's American Beauty heads the list of nominations for the Golden Globes with a total of six nods.

The Sam Mendes-directed comedy Beauty beat both Michael Mann's The Insider and Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr Ripley by just one nomination.

All three are in the hunt for the best picture and best director awards alongside Norman Jewison for The Hurricane and Neil Jordan for The End Of The Affair.

The Globes, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are frequently taken as a lead indicator of honours to come in the Oscars.

But this year reading them is harder than usual; there were no nominations for Three Kings or Topsy Turvy which won with the Boston and New York critics associations awards respectively.

In the drama category none of the titles have enjoyed commercial success to match the level of critical appeal. And of the contenders for best musical or comedy none have had the kind of box office impact enjoyed by recent winners Titanic or Saving Private Ryan; only three were among the record breaking number that topped $100m at the North American box office last year; Toy Story 2 ($208.8m), Analyze This ($107m) and Notting Hill ($116m).

The studio enjoying box office success also scooped the most nominations with Disney picking up 15 nominations. Universal Pictures and Disney's specialist arm Miramax Films had ten each, Paramount seven. All six nods for Dreamworks were earned by Beauty.

In the foreign section the Globes honoured predictable Oscar contenders: Regis Wargnier's East West, Max Faberbock's Aimee Und Jaguar and Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother.

AMERICAN BEAUTY

THE END OF THE AFFAIR

THE HURRICANE

THE INSIDER

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

ANNETTE BENING, American Beauty

JULIANNE MOORE, The End of the Affair

MERYL STREEP, Music of the Heart

HILARY SWANK, Boys Don't Cry

SIGOURNEY WEAVER, A Map of the World

RUSSELL CROWE, The Insider

MATT DAMON, The Talented Mr. Ripley

RICHARD FARNSWORTH, The Straight Story

KEVIN SPACEY, American Beauty

DENZEL WASHINGTON, The Hurricane

ANALYZE THIS

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

MAN ON THE MOON

NOTTING HILL

TOY STORY 2

JANET McTEER, Tumbleweeds

JULIANNE MOORE, An Ideal Husband

JULIA ROBERTS, Notting Hill

SHARON STONE, The Muse

REESE WITHERSPOON, Election

JIM CARREY, Man on the Moon

ROBERT DE NIRO, Analyze This

RUPERT EVERETT, An Ideal Husband

HUGH GRANT, Notting Hill

SEAN PENN, Sweet and Lowdown

AIMEE & JAGUAR (GERMANY)

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (SPAIN)

EAST-WEST (FRANCE)

GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (FRANCE)

THE RED VIOLIN (CANADA)

CAMERON DIAZ, Being John Malkovich

ANGELINA JOLIE, Girl, Interrupted

CATHERINE KEENER, Being John Malkovich

SAMANTHA MORTON, Sweet and Lowdown

NATALIE PORTMAN, Anywhere But Here

CHLOE SEVIGNY, Boys Don't Cry

MICHAEL CAINE, The Cider House Rules

TOM CRUISE, Magnolia

MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN, The Green Mile

JUDE LAW, The Talented Mr. Ripley

HALEY JOEL OSMENT, The Sixth Sense

NORMAN JEWISON, The Hurricane

NEIL JORDAN, The End of the Affair

MICHAEL MANN, The Insider

SAM MENDES, American Beauty

ANTHONY MINGHELLA, The Talented Mr. Ripley

ALAN BALL, American Beauty

JOHN IRVING, The Cider House Rules

CHARLIE KAUFMAN, Being John Malkovich

ERIC ROTH & MICHAEL MANN, The Insider

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, The Sixth Sense

ANGELO BADALAMENTI, The Straight Story

GEORGE FENTON, Anna and the King

LISA GERRARO & PIETER BOURKE, The Insider

ENNIO MORRICONE, The Legend of 1900

THOMAS NEWMAN, American Beauty

MICHAEL NYMAN, The End of the Affair

JOCELYN POOK, Eyes Wide Shut

JOHN WILLIAMS, Angela's Ashes, The Talented Mr. Ripley

BEAUTIFUL STRANGER - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Music: Madonna; Lyrics: Madonna and William Orbit

HOW CAN I NOT LOVE YOU - Anna and the King

Music and Lyrics: Kenneth Edmonds, George Fenton & Robert Kraft

SAVE ME - Magnolia

Music and Lyrics: Aimee Mann

WHEN SHE LOVED ME - Toy Story 2

Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman

YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART- Tarzan

Music and Lyrics: Phil Collins