Paramount Tops Golden Globes With 15 Nominations, Breaks Studio Record

Paramount Tops Golden Globes With 15 Nominations, Breaks Studio Record

'Babel' Garners 7 Nominations, 'Dreamgirls' Garners 5 Nominations; Co-productions 'Flags of Our Fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima' Garner 3 Nominations

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Motion Pictures Group today received 15 nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards -- more than any other studio and a record for Paramount.

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"Babel," the first film to be green-lighted by Paramount Vantage, topped all films with seven nominations; "Dreamgirls," produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, followed with five nominations; and the co-productions (with Warner Bros.) "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima" received one and two nominations respectively.

Paramount is experiencing an awards-season resurgence not seen since the studio received 13 nominations in 1999. Back then, "The Truman Show" earned six Golden Globe nominations and "Saving Private Ryan," a DreamWorks co-production, took five. "Saving Private Ryan" went on to win for Best Picture-Drama and Best Director (Steven Spielberg), and "The Truman Show" took home three Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jim Carrey), Best Supporting Actor (Ed Harris) and Best Original Score.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is a global entertainment company that produces and distributes filmed entertainment through the Paramount Motion Picture Group which includes Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Studios and Worldwide Television Distribution

Contact: Nancy Kirkpatrick
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Publicity
Paramount Pictures
(323) 956-5824

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