Helen reigns at the CDG Awards

The nominees for the 9th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards are out. Why do you care? Well, if you are and/or wanna be a costume designer, you care big time. If you love fashion, you should also care. If you love films, you gotta care. And if you're curious about who will be nominated and/or win the Oscar for costume design, these nominations are a pretty good indicator.

The CDG awards gala, sponsored by Swarovski, will take place on Saturday, February 17 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This year's gala will be hosted by Jane Kaczmarek.  Sandra Bullock will receive the SWAROVSKI President's Award.  "The Queen" Helen Mirren will receive the Distinguished Actor Award. Costume designer Patricia Norris will get the LaCoste Career Achievement in Film Award. The Career Achievement in Television Award goes to multiple Emmy nominated costume designer Grady Hunt.

Here's the complete nominees list:

EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM:
The Devil Wears Prada – Patricia Field

The Queen – Consolata Boyle
Little Miss Sunshine – Nancy Steiner
Casino Royale – Lindy Hemming
Babel – Michael Wilkinson

EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM:
Marie Antoinette – Milena Canonero
Dreamgirls – Sharen Davis
Curse of the Golden Flower – Chung Man Yee
Illusionist – Ngila Dickson
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Penny Rose

EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM:
V for Vendetta – Sammy Sheldon
Eragon – Kym Barrett
Pan's Labyrinth – Lala Huete
X-Men: The Last Stand – Judianna Makovsky
The Fountain – Renée April

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI SERIES:
Elizabeth I – Mike O'Neill
Mrs. Harris – Julie Weiss
High School Musical – Tom McKinley
Into the West – Michael T. Boyd
Bleak House – Andrea Galer

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES:
Ugly Betty – Eduardo Castro
Desperate Housewives – Catherine Adair
The Sopranos – Juliet Polcsa
Big Love – Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Entourage – Amy Westcott

OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES:
Rome – April Ferry
Deadwood – Katherine Jane Bryant
Cold Case – Patia Prouty & Maria Schicker

EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL COSTUME DESIGN:
"Target Branding Circle" & "Target Holiday Home Décor" – Jennifer Rade
Geico "Caveman" – Casey Storm

Photo Credits: Helen Mirren will give the Costume Designers Guild's upcoming awards the royal treatment
Jim Spellman/WireImage

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