Entertainment

PASADENA, Calif. – Babel won four awards, including outstanding motion picture, while the quirky TV comedy Ugly Betty also captured multiple honors Friday at the 2007 ALMA Awards, which honor achievements by Hispanic artists.

Babel, which wove together stories in several languages on three continents, also earned the movie-director award for Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie-actress honor for Adriana Barraza and outstanding screenplay for Guillermo Arriaga.

The outstanding movie actor was Jesse Garcia for his work in Quinceañera.

Babel was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won an Oscar for best score this year.

Ugly Betty earned the ALMA Award for outstanding television series, miniseries or TV movie. Based on a Colombian telenovela, the ABC comedy-drama centers on a dowdy young Latina with a blazing spirit who intends to make her mark on the world.

Its star, America Ferrera, was named outstanding actress, Ana Ortiz earned the supporting-actress award, and Silvio Horta received a writing nod for the pilot.

The National Council of La Raza, the country's largest Hispanic advocacy organization, created the ALMA Awards in 1995 to honor Hispanic performers and promote positive images of Hispanics in entertainment. ALMA stands for American Latino Media Arts and also means "soul" in Spanish.

The awards will be televised Tuesday on ABC.

Motion picture: Babel

Actor in a motion picture: Jesse Garcia, Quinceañera

Actress in a motion picture: Adriana Barraza, Babel

Director of a motion picture: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel

Screenplay for a motion picture: Guillermo Arriaga, Babel

Television series, miniseries or TV movie: Ugly Betty, ABC

TV actor (tie): Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi Channel; and Michael Pena, Walkout, HBO

TV actress: America Ferrera, Ugly Betty

TV supporting actor: Benito Martinez, The Shield, FX

TV supporting actress: Ana Ortiz, Ugly Betty

TV director (tie): Edward James Olmos, Walkout; and Kenny Ortega, High School Musical, Disney Channel

TV writing: Silvio Horta, Ugly Betty pilot

Made-for-TV documentary: From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale, PBS

Special achievement in television: George Lopez

Pioneer in music: Los Lobos