Awards Season Is On - The National Board of Review

The National Board of Review kick-started awards season yesterday with the announcement of their Best of 2006 List. These are the honorees (you can find a complete list here):

Film: Letters From Iwo Jima, followed by, in alphabetical order, Babel, Blood Diamond, The Departed, The Devil Wears Prada, Flags of Our Fathers, The History Boys, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, and The Painted Veil
Actor: Forrest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration
Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Adapted Screenplay: The Painted Veil
Original Screenplay: Stranger Than Fiction
Ensemble Acting: The Departed
Breakthrough Performance – Actor: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Performance – Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls, and Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Photo: Warner Independent Pictures (The Painted Veil).