The other finalists for Best Song are both first-time nominees (as is Ryan Bingham).

Angelina Jolie, a first-time nominee who played an ostentatiously rebellious mental patient in "Girl, Interrupted," won the award for best supporting actress.

Canadian author Patrick deWitt, 36, is a first-time nominee.

For the first time in 44 years, each of the acting winners was a first-time nominee.

Both were first-time nominees, and there was little doubt that they would be chosen.

The film's makeup artist, Jenny Shircore, is another first-time nominee.

His experience leads him to offer the following advice for his fellow first-time nominees: Choose projects carefully, but do not dawdle.

The other four finalists are first-time nominees in this category.

Historical novels and first-time nominees dominate the list of finalists announced yesterday for the National Book Awards.

The only first-time nominee for lead actress in a drama series was Roma Downey from "Touched by an Angel."