The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards were announced on January 23 , 2007 , at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills , California , by Sid Ganis , president of the Academy , and the actress Salma Hayek . '' Dreamgirls '' received the most nominations with eight , and '' Babel '' came in second with seven . This marked the first and only occurrence that the film with the most nominations was not a Best Picture nominee . This year was the third ( and , to date , last ) year in which two films '' not '' nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner — '' Dreamgirls '' and '' Pan 's Labyrinth '' , with eight and six , respectively . This had previously occurred at the 5th and 25th Academy Awards
25th Academy Awards
25th Academy Awards
79th Academy Awards