According to the reports, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” leads nominees for the 2005-2006 Tony awards with 13 nods, including for acting alone, plus best musical, director and choreographer. On the other hand “The Color Purple,” is next on the list, based on Alice Walker’s novel and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, received 11 nominations, including top musical and leading actress for LaChanze, followed by The Pajama Game with 9 nods.

This year a special award will be given to Sarah Jones for her celebrated solo show, Bridge & Tunnel. It was also decided that in its first year for Best Replacement Actor award.

Tony awards will take place on June 11th in a ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall from 8-11pm and CBS will broadcast the evening.

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The movie King Kong is leading the nominations for Empire Magazine’s 2006 film awards, being named in five categories including Best Film. With four nominations each were Pride&Prejudice, Crash, and Wallace& Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. The awards are the only film accolades to be voted for solely by the British public.

For the for Best Director award are Peter Jackson, (King Kong) Steven Spielberg (War Of The Worlds), Joe Wright (Pride&Prejudice), Ron Howard (Cinderella Man), Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins) and Nick Park and Steve Box (Wallace& Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit).

Male celebrities like Matt Dillon, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Andy Serkis and Viggo Mortenson are all up for Best Actor award. Meanwhile female celebrities like Naomi Watts, Keira Knightley, Thandie Newton, Renee Zellweger and Hilary Swank have all been nominated as Best Actress award. The ceremony will be host by British comedian Bill Bailey and will be held in the Hilton London Metropole on 13 March.

Brokeback Mountain will lead this year’s list of Academy Award with eight nominations, including those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Heath Ledger and supporting players Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Williams. The 78th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on Sunday, March 5. Three films with six nominations are Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha, though Geisha was shut out in the top categories. Besides Ledger, Phoenix and Capote star Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Howard scored a Best Actor nomination while for Best Actress, the race is considered to be heaviest between Witherspoon in Cash, and Huffman in Transamerica.

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