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Adding an element of the unexpected to Hollywood's ongoing awards derby, nominations announced Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards were a mixed bag, passing over some high-profile actors while singling out a number of esoteric performances.
Overall, the drama Mystic River and the comedy-drama The Station Agent tied for the most nominations, with three each.
Sean Penn was nominated for outstanding male actor in a lead role and Tim Robbins for outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Mystic River, while Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson were nominated for outstanding male and female actor in a lead role. The ensemble casts of both films were also nominated.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King earned only one nomination - for outstanding ensemble cast. It's the third consecutive time the cast of the Rings films has been nominated.
Others nominated for outstanding performance in a leading role are Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Ben Kingsley for House of Sand and Fog and Bill Murray for Lost in Translation.
For outstanding performance by a female actor in a lead role, Clarkson joins Diane Keaton for Something's Gotta Give, Charlize Theron for Monster, Naomi Watts for 21 Grams and Evan Rachel Wood for thirteen. Clarkson also earned a nomination for her supporting role in Pieces of April.
Many of this year's nominees were first-timers, with bigger stars such as Tom Cruise for The Last Samurai, Russell Crowe for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Nicole Kidman for Cold Mountain being shut out.
HBO's miniseries Angels in America and CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond were the most nominated TV programs, with six each.
The awards will be presented Feb. 22 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center and broadcast on TNT.
Gibson's "Passion' to get wide releaseMel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, a drama about the last hours of Jesus, is set to debut on 2,000 screens - an unusually large release for an independent religious film made in dead languages.
The movie, with dialogue in Latin and Aramaic and English subtitles, will hit theaters Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday on some Christian calendars.
That would mark the widest opening ever of a subtitled picture, Variety reported Wednesday. The previous record was 1,225 screens for the Hong Kong action film Iron Monkey in 2001.
Carter ends fight with motherTeen pop singer Aaron Carter has resolved his personal and financial dispute with his mother, who plans to resume her role of helping manage his career.
"I'm looking forward to putting my family back together and working together side by side with all my children," Jane Carter, the 16-year-old singer's mother, said Thursday.
Aaron Carter last month issued a statement alleging his mother took more than $100,000 from his bank account without permission.
His parents have been his managers for 10 years. Jane and Robert Carter separated in March and are seeking a divorce.