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    BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Two movies set against different wars, "Atonement" and "Charlie Wilson's War," dominated Golden Globe nominations on Thursday with "Atonement" earning seven nods, including one for best drama, to lead all film contenders.

    The World War II saga also earned best dramatic actor and actress nominations for Scottish performer James McAvoy and his English-born leading lady, Keira Knightley, for their roles as lovers torn apart by a family lie and the conflict in Europe.

    "Atonement" filmmaker Joe Wright was nominated for best director. Other nominations came for best screenplay and musical score.

    The Golden Globes are often a key indicator of which films will compete for Oscars, but in a first for the Golden Globes -- given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- the best film drama group saw seven nominees instead of the usual five making the Oscar race still murky, experts said.

    Three of the best film drama nominees were crime movies: -- "American Gangster," "Eastern Promises" and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men."

    The final three were George Clooney legal thriller "Michael Clayton" and two period pieces -- "There Will Be Blood," about the rise of a California oil baron, and "The Great Debaters," a Depression-era story of race relations and hope.

    (Source: China Daily/Agencies)

"Lust, Caution" gets Golden Globes nomination

Director of the movie Ang Lee (C) poses with cast members Tang Wei (L) and Wang Leehom at the premiere of "Lust, Caution" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California Oct. 3, 2007. The movie opens in Los Angeles on Oct. 5.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet)-- The Chinese-language "Lust, Caution" was nominated for Best Foreign Language film Friday by the 65th Golden Globes in Los Angeles.

    Along with "Lust, Caution," four other films were also nominated as Best Foreign Language films. They are "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (Romania), "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (France), "The Kite Runner" (U.S.), and "Persepolis" (France). Full story