Will Had to leave home before they announced director....so VERY glad to hear that Scorsese won ..thanks :) :) Also according to this blog ..the 4 votings were to decide between "United 93 and Queen" http://www.nerve.com/nerveblog/screengrabblog.aspx?id=107e7985#7985

NY Film Critics
Awwwww... SO COOL that Marty WINS for BEST Director! CONGRATULATIONS, MARTY!!! I really think he'll get that naked bald man as well now. Yeah! ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BFCA Nominations “The Departed,” “Babel,” “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Dreamgirls” lead with seven nominations each. NOMINEES FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE: Babel Blood Diamond The Departed Dreamgirls Letters from Iwo Jima Little Children Little Miss Sunshine Notes on a Scandal The Queen United 93 BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio – “Blood Diamond” Leonardo DiCaprio – “The Departed” Ryan Gosling – “Half Nelson” Peter O’Toole – “Venus” Will Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness” Forest Whitaker – “The Last King of Scotland” BEST ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz – “Volver” Judi Dench – “Notes on a Scandal” Helen Mirren – “The Queen” Meryl Streep – “The Devil Wears Prada” Kate Winslet – “Little Children” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Affleck – “Hollywoodland” Alan Arkin – “Little Miss Sunshine” Adam Beach – “Flags of Our Fathers” Djimon Hounsou – “Blood Diamond” Eddie Murphy – “Dreamgirls” Jack Nicholson – “The Departed” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Adriana Barraza – “Babel” Cate Blanchett – “Notes on a Scandal” Jennifer Hudson – “Dreamgirls” Rinko Kikuchi – “Babel” Catherine O’Hara – “For Your Consideration” Emma Thompson – “Stranger Than Fiction” BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Babel Bobby The Departed Dreamgirls Little Miss Sunshine A Prairie Home Companion BEST DIRECTOR: Bill Condon – “Dreamgirls” Clint Eastwood – “Letters from Iwo Jima” Stephen Frears – “The Queen” Paul Greengrass – “United 93” Martin Scorsese – “The Departed” BEST WRITER: Michael Arndt – “Little Miss Sunshine” Guillermo Arriaga – “Babel” Todd Field and Tom Perrotta – “Little Children” Zach Helm – “Stranger Than Fiction” William Monahan – “The Departed” Peter Morgan – “The Queen” BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Cars” “Flushed Away” “Happy Feet” “Monster House” “Over the Hedge” BEST YOUNG ACTOR: Cameron Bright – “Thank You For Smoking” Joseph Cross – “Running With Scissors” Paul Dano – “Little Miss Sunshine” Freddie Highmore – “A Good Year” Jaden Christopher Syre Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness” BEST YOUNG ACTRESS: Ivana Baquero – “Pan’s Labyrinth” Abigail Breslin – “Little Miss Sunshine” Shareeka Epps – “Half Nelson” Dakota Fanning – “Charlotte’s Web” Keke Palmer – “Akeelah and the Bee” BEST COMEDY MOVIE: Borat For Your Consideration Little Miss Sunshine The Devil Wears Prada Thank You For Smoking BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION): Akeelah and the Bee Charlotte’s Web Flicka Lassie Pirates of the Caribbean 2 BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Elizabeth I The Librarian Nightmares & Dreamscapes The Ron Clark Story When the Levees Broke BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Apocalypto Days of Glory Letters from Iwo Jima Pan’s Labyrinth Volver Water BEST SONG: “I Need to Wake Up” – Melissa Etheridge – “An Inconvenient Truth” “Listen” – Beyonce – “Dreamgirls” “My Little Girl” – Tim McGraw – “Flicka” “The Neighbor” – Dixie Chicks – “Shut Up & Sing” “Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige – “Bobby” “Ordinary Miracle” – Sarah McLachlan – “Charlotte’s Web” BEST SOUNDTRACK: Babel Cars Dreamgirls Happy Feet Marie Antoinette BEST COMPOSER: Philip Glass – “The Illusionist” Clint Mansell – “The Fountain” Thomas Newman – “The Good German” Gustavo Santaolalla – “Babel” Howard Shore – “The Departed” Hans Zimmer – “The Da Vinci Code” BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth Shut Up & Sing This Film Is Not Yet Rated Who Killed the Electric Car? Wordplay Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” garnered nods for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Writer and Best Composer. “Babel” received nominations for Best Picture, two nods for Best Supporting Actress for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Writer, Best Soundtrack and Best Composer. “Little Miss Sunshine” also received seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Writer, Best Young Actress, Best Young Actor and Best Comedy Movie. “Dreamgirls” received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Soundtrack and Best Song. “The Queen” earned four nominations including Best Actress for Helen Mirren while “Blood Diamond,” “Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Notes on a Scandal,” “Little Children,” and “Charlotte’s Web” each received three nominations. Leonardo DiCaprio received two nominations for Best Actor for his work in both “The Departed” and “Blood Diamond,” a first in show history. “Letters from Iwo Jima” also earned a show first, receiving nominations in both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film categories. Dakota Fanning and Freddie Highmore each received a nomination, marking the fourth consecutive year each has been nominated in the Best Young Actress and Best Young Actor categories. The 200 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of 19 categories. The Critics’ Choice Awards were created by the BFCA to recognize excellence in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2006. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots. Historically, the Critics’ Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

Thanks, Arnzilla :D Very good news. Is Vera pretty much out of the running now? Crossing fingers for tomorrow. Theoretically speaking, it could get another 7 nominations.

Arnzilla Thanks for fantastic news .....extending "CONGRATS" to Scorsese and Co ! :) Also...sending "DOUBLE CONGRATS" to Leonardo DiCaprio for nods for both of his performances ..as well as...both of his recent films = "TD & BD" :)

Thanks for the updates arnzilla!

Here's critic Mike D'Angelo's first ballot NYFCC votes: * Picture: Army of Shadows * Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed * Screenplay: Christopher & Jonathan Nolan, The Prestige * Actress: Melinda Page Hamilton, Sleeping Dogs Lie. * Actor: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson * S. Actor: Anthony Mackie, Half Nelson * S. Actress: Zooey Deschanel, Failure to Launch * Cinematography: Alain Marcoen, L'Enfant (The Child) * Documentary: Dave Chappelle's Block Party * Foreign-Language: Volver * Animated: A Scanner Darkly * First Film: Brick

D'Angelo, eh? He's a tough sell, so to put down Scorsese for best director is impressive to me. Not that I agree with all his choices, mind you.

Arnz Thanks for more info :)

GG nods for supporting/drama Jack and Mark ...yea !!! Monahan for screenplay...yea !!!

Director....Marty !!! DiCaprio = Blood Diamond and Departed = two nods !!!! Movie = Departed !!!!!

I thought it was not possible to have 2 nods but wow amazing for dicaprio. and how amazing for the departed ! yeah for marty, jack, monahan and whalberg (he was so funny in the movie that i'm happy for him)

Yapi Not really sure ...but I think DiCaprio getting two nods for lead actor is a first in GG's Yes..great news for TD/Marty/DiCaprio for sure/Jackand Mark / and Monahan !!!! Was hoping Vera might have gotten a nod for Arnz !

ok so what does that mean for the oscars and SAG ? : -the departed, marty are clearly a lock to be nominated. -jack is a lock too. -whalberg has a chance too. -but for dicaprio what does that mean ? he could be supporting in one and lead in another movie, isn't it ?