MONSOON WEDDING NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GLOBE
Nominees for the 59th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a 90-member organization that covers Hollywood for overseas publications. Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding was nominated in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. Considered to be a strong indicator of Academy Award nominations in March, the Golden Globes will be awarded in a live broadcast from Hollywood, California. The other films nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category are Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” (France), Walter Salles’ “Behind the Sun” (Brazil), Danis Tanovic’s “No Man’s Land” (Bosnia) and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (Mexico).