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Golden Globe nominations did little to define leaders in the Oscar race yesterday, as experts said the sweepstakes for the world's top film honours remained confined to a narrow list of contenders.
Still, there were clear winners, such as drama Atonement, comedy Charlie Wilson's War, and musical Sweeney Todd, and one chief loser, Into the Wild, from the nominations unveiled by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Romance Atonement, which topped the list of Golden Globe nominees with seven, cemented its place as a key Oscar candidate, as did crime drama No Country for Old Men, legal thriller Michael Clayton, and Sweeney Todd. Golden Globe acting nominees were: George Clooney for Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises and Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd.
James McAvoy in Atonement, Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War and Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages also figure.
