Babel and The Queen are among those movies nominated for best picture. Penelope Cruz and Leonardo DiCaprio Volver and for The Departed are nominated as the best actor and actress for the best performance in a motion picture.

Jessica Biel, Rosario Dawson and Matthew Perry will join Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk to announce the Nominations for "The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards" on Thursday morning, December 14, 2006 at The Beverly Hilton.

World-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the young musicians of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will visit Brown University from Thursday, Dec. 14, through Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, for a series of conversations and workshops leading to a concert at VMA Arts and Cultural Center Saturday afternoon. All events are open to the public. A ticket is required for the concert, free of charge.

Armenian singer Silva has won the BBC World Service's Next Big Thing competition with her song I Like.

Clint Eastwood's World War II drama "Letters From Iwo Jima" was awarded twice in a week as the best movie of the year by Los Angeles Film Critics Association and by National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

Music that is sweet, uplifting and consciousness-raising are words that best describe Winifred Adams. The new singer and songwriter have been pleasing audiences nationwide with her amazingly talented vocal skills and dynamic performances.

Arts Council England, Yorkshire is pleased to announce its latest rounds of Grants for the arts awards, investing in a wide range of artists and arts projects that put the arts at the heart of the region and provide opportunities for people to enjoy a rich and varied artistic and creative life.

William Shakespeare's words have become ingrained in the English language - all the world's a stage, it's Greek to me, to be or not to be, to thine own self be true.

Tate Britain has commissioned Sarah Lucas to create its Christmas tree for 2006, which is on display from 8 December 2006. Lucas has decorated a 20ft Nordman fir tree with sculptures that take the form of baby angels and fairies made from wire and stretched tights.

Tate will bring together for the first time ever three of Turner's very greatest watercolour paintings, The Blue Rigi, The Dark Rigi and The Red Rigi, as part of a campaign to raise £4.95 million to save The Blue Rigi from going abroad. A temporary export bar has been placed on The Blue Rigi until 20 March 2007 by the Culture Minister, David Lammy. The exhibition at Tate Britain will be open from 22 January to 25 March 2007.

A one-hour film of the concert "Angel Orensanz. Dance of Fear" will be shown daily at the Foundation, starting December 6, 2006. This opening marks a significant development in the career of Angel Orensanz. "Angel Orensanz. Dance of Fear" was recently a huge concert success at the National Conservatory of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. In the film, we see Yan Leus conducting the Georgian National Orchestra in his own compositions to a rapturous audience.

With late exits from scheduled co-hosts Britney Spears and Paris Hilton threatening to steal the show, the 2006 Billboard Music Awards turned to what they had left and it proved to be more than enough to keep fans happy.