Golden Globes bestow nominations on a bunch of movies you haven't seen yet
Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM Central
by John Couture
Dec. 11, 2008.
It's not even my birthday yet, but believe it or not Hollywood's awards season got kicked off to a quiet start this morning when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for their annual Golden Globe awards. The Golden Globes, usually a strong barometer for Oscar success, is also a trend setter with their awards structure in that they honor dramatic and comedy/musical movies in separate categories.
Movies that haven't released theatrically led the way as Doubt, Frost/Nixon and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button all snagged five nominations each, while other box office behemoths were virtually ignored.
The biggest grossing film from 2008 and second all-time, The Dark Knight, only received a single nomination for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of the late Heath Ledger's turn as The Joker. Ironically, Titanic, the highest grossing film of all time, tied a record for most Oscar wins with 11 and most Oscar nominations with 14. It won four Golden Globes among eight nominations.
Two actresses snagged double nominations when Meryl Streep was honored with a nomination for Best Actress in a Drama for her work in Doubt and Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for Mamma Mia!. Kate Winslet, who is no stranger to Golden Globes (she has five previous nominations and no wins -- what did you think I was talking about?), brought home two more for Best Actress in a Drama for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader.
The Golden Globes will be handed out at their annual relaxed atmosphere in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2009, a full 11 days before the Academy Award nominations are announced. Last year, the Golden Globes ceremony was a victim of the writers' strike with a hastily put together news conference serving as the announcement platform of the winners.
This year, the champagne will flow once more and it will surely provide us with some classic and candid moments of our favorite stars. The full nominations are listed below:
FILM
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY
ACTOR, DRAMA
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
ACTRESS, DRAMA
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
- Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Colin Farrell, In Bruges
- James Franco, Pineapple Express
- Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
- Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
- Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
- Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
DIRECTOR
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
SCREENPLAY
- Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hare, The Reader
- Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
- Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
- Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
- Gomorrah (Italy)
- I've Loved You So Long (France)
- Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Clint Eastwood, Changeling
- James Newton Howard, Defiance
- A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
- Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon
ORIGINAL SONG
- "Down to Earth," WALL-E; music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; lyrics by Peter Gabriel
- "Gran Torino," Gran Torino; music by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; lyrics by Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
- "I Thought I Lost You," Bolt; music & lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
- "Once in a Lifetime," Cadillac Records; music & lyrics by Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
- "The Wrestler," The Wrestler; music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
TELEVISION
TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
- Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
- Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- January Jones, Mad Men
- Anna Paquin, True Blood
- Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
- Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
- Michael C. Hall, Dexter
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie, House
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors
TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
- Tina Fey, 30 Rock
- Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
- Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
- Steve Carell, The Office
- Kevin Connolly, Entourage
- David Duchovny, Californication
- Tony Shalhoub, Monk
MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Judi Dench, Cranford
- Catherine Keener, An American Crime
- Laura Linney, John Adams
- Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
- Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris
- Paul Giamatti, John Adams
- Kevin Spacey, Recount
- Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
- Tom Wilkinson, Recount
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Eileen Atkins, Cranford
- Laura Dern, Recount
- Melissa George, In Treatment
- Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
- Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION