WGN Morning News Blog

Watch all week for my picks for the best and worst entertainment of 2006. At the movies, here's what I liked best and least. Feel free to add yours and to merciless beat me up for my picks. That's what the holidays are about.
Dean

Best Picture:
10. Flags of our Fathers
9. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Rickey Bobby
8. Casino Royale
7. The Queen
6. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Notes on a Scandal
4. United 93
3. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2. Blood Diamond
1. The Departed

Best Actress:
Helen Mirren-The Queen
Judi Densch-Notes on a Scandal
Kate Winslet-Little Children
Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada
Penelope Cruz-Volver

Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio-Blood Diamond
Matt Damon-The Departed
Ken Watanabe-Letters From Iwo Jima
Forrest Whitaker-Last King of Scotland
Sasha Baron Cohen-Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Supporting Actor:
Jack Nicholson-The Departed
Djimon Honsou-Blood Diamond
Adam Beach-Flags of our Fathers
Michael Pena- World Trade Center
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Catherine O'Hara-For Your Consideration
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls
Demi Moore-Bobby
Maggie Gyllenhall-Stranger Than Fiction

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese-The Departed
Edward Zwick -Blood Diamond
Clint Eastwood-Letters from Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass-united 93
Alfonse Quaron-Children of Men

Best Animated Film:
Cars
Happy Feet
Over The Hedge

Best Foreign Film:
Letters from Iwo Jima
Apocolplyto
Volver
Pan's Labyrinth

Worst Films of 2006:
10. Unaccompanied Minors
9. Jackass 2
8. Firewall
7. She's the Man
6. Night at the Museum
5. Back Dahlia
4. Beerfest
3.. Miami Vice
2. You, Me and Dupree
1. Employee of the Month

Most Hyped of the Year:
Snakes on a Plane