Winslet garners two nominations

Kate Winslet will be competing with herself at Britain’s film awards next month, as she was nominated Monday for best actress in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Finding Neverland.”

Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” led the way in the British Academy Film Awards with 14 nominations, with “Vera Drake” and “Finding Neverland” garnering 11 each. All three were nominated for best picture, along with “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Motorcycle Diaries.”

Nominated with Winslet in the best actress category were Imelda Staunton for “Vera Drake,” Charlize Theron for “Monster” and Ziyi Zhang for “House of Flying Daggers.” “Daggers,” the martial arts extravaganza directed by Yimou Zhang, is up for nine BAFTA awards.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred alongside Winslet in the box-office sensation “Titanic,” was nominated as best actor for his portrayal of billionaire playboy and inventor Howard Hughes in “The Aviator.” He is competing with Johnny Depp in “Finding Neverland,” Jamie Foxx for “Ray,” Jim Carrey for “Eternal Sunshine” and Gael Garcia Bernal for “The Motorcycle Diaries.”

One notable absentee from the awards ceremony on Feb. 12 will be Clint Eastwood’s acclaimed boxing drama “Million Dollar Baby,” which won awards for best director and best dramatic actress at the Golden Globes on Sunday. Duncan Kenworthy, chairman of the British academy, said the film’s distributors decided not to send out “screeners,” or DVD copies, to more than 6,000 voters because they were worried about copies changing hands and being pirated.

“The downside was that members can’t vote for a film they didn’t see,” he said.