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Satellite Awards Kick Off Oscar Dash
Dec. 30, 2007 -- The International Press Academy announced nominees for its Satellite Award to be presented Dec. 16.
Among the 17 nominees in its three best film categories are Hairspray and Knocked Up for best Comedy or Musical, 3:10 To Yuma and No Country For Old Men for best Drama Film, and Beowulf and The Simpsons Movie for best Animated or Mixed Media.
The complete list of 17 top motion picture award nominees are below. IPA – an association founded in 1996 by journalists covering Hollywood for both domestic and foreign media -- was created due to restrictive membership of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which confers the better-known Golden Globe. Aiming to front-run both the Oscars and Golden Globes, the Satellite Awards announces early, designating its winners in mid December.
The nominees in the top three top film categories are:
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
"Juno"(Fox Searchlight)
"Shoot ‘Em Up" (New Line Cinema)
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM)
"Knocked Up" (Universal Pictures)
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
"The Lookout" (Miramax)
"Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead" (ThinkFilm)
"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
"Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
"No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
"3:10 To Yuma" (Lionsgate)
"The Lookout" (Miramax)
"Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead" (ThinkFilm)
"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
"Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
"No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
"3:10 To Yuma" (Lionsgate)
MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"The Simpsons Movie" (20th Century Fox)
"The Golden" Compass (New Line Cinema)
"Ratatouille" (Buena Vista Pictures)
"300" (Warner Bros.)
"Beowulf" (Paramount Pictures)
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