Beyonce

R&B superstar Beyonce has just received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy for her role in "Dreamgirls" and Best Original Song - Motion Picture for "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" (music and lyrics by Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles). The DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures production, "Dreamgirls," was also nominated for the Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Golden Globe.

"Being a part of 'Dreamgirls,' and working with a director as wonderful as Bill Condon, was an opportunity of a lifetime for me, enabling me to grow as an actress," said Beyonce on her Golden Globe nominations. "To be nominated in two categories by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an honor that I graciously accept. I am so happy for the accolades being given to the movie as a whole. I was thrilled to work with Oscar winner, Jamie Foxx, and I am happy to share these nominations with fellow nominees Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy."

News of Beyonce's Golden Globe nods comes the week following her five Grammy nominations: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Ring The Alarm"); Best R&B Song ("Deja Vu" -- Beyonce featuring Jay-Z -- Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyonce Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters); Best Contemporary R&B Album: "B'Day"; Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Deja Vu" -- Beyonce featuring Jay-Z); and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("Deja Vu" [Freemasons Club Mix -- No Rap] -- Russell Small and James Wilshire, remixers).

Beyonce's Golden Globe and Grammy nominations cap a big year for the pop culture icon. Beyonce's second solo album, "B'Day," was released in September 2006, entering the Billboard 200 at #1 with first week's sales of more than 541,000 copies, 2006's highest first week's sales of any solo female artist. (The pop superstar's first solo album, 2003's Grammy-winning "Dangerously In Love," also debuted in the #1 slot, with first week's sales of 316,846.)