Sideways leads the field with Golden Globe nominations

THE road-trip flick, Sideways, led Golden Globe contenders yesterday with seven nominations, including for best musical or comedy film, best director and three acting nominations.

The Howard Hughes biography, The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo Di Caprio, was second with six nominations including best director, best dramatic feature and two acting nominations.

Other best drama nominees were the caustic sex tale Closer; the story of Peter Pan creator, JM Barrie, Finding Neverland, the story of Peter Pan creator JM Barrie which stars starring Johnny Depp; Hotel Rwanda, a tale set against the genocide in that country; Kinsey, a film biography of the US sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, and the boxing saga Million Dollar Baby.