Golden Globe Nominees Announced

LOS ANGELES, Dec 15, 2008 / FW/ — It’s time to cheer for your favorites. Last Thursday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 66th Golden Globe Awards, which will be held on January 11, 2009 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. It will be telecast live on NBC at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress (Drama)

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway – This is her first nomination.
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Angelina Jolie – Received three Golden Globes; for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted, for Best Actress (Mini-series/TV movie) for Gia, and for Best Supporting Actress (Mini-Series/TVMovie) for George Wallace. She was also nominated for Best Actress (Drama) for A Mighty Heart.
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Kristin Scott Thomas – Received a Best Actress (Drama) nomination for The English Patient.
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Meryl Streep – Received six Golden Globes; one for Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) for The Devil Wears Prada, two for Best Actress (Drama) for The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Sophie’s Choice, two as Best Supporting Actress for Adaptation and Kramer Vs. Kramer, and one for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Telefilm for Angels in America. She received 14 additional movie acting nominations for The Manchurian Candidate, The Hours, Music of the Heart, One True Thing, Marvin’s Room, The Bridges of Madison County, The River Wild, Death Becomes Her, Postcards From the Edge, The Deer Hunter, Silkwood, Out of Africa, A Cry in the Dark and She-Devil. She also received a nomination as Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Telefilm for First Do No Harm.
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Kate Winslet – received two Best Actress (Drama) nominations for Little Children and Titanic, a Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) nomination for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and two Best Supporting Actress nominations for Iris and Sense and Sensibility.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

Leonardo DiCaprio – Received a Best Actor (Drama) Golden Globe for The Aviator. He has received five additional nominations; four for Best Actor (Drama) for Blood Diamond, The Departed, Catch Me If You Can and Titanic, as well as a Best Supporting Actor nomination for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon

Frank Langella – This is his first nomination

Sean Penn – Milk

Sean Penn – Received a Best Actor (Drama) Golden Globe for Mystic River. He has received three additional nominations; Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) for Sweet and Lowdown, Best Actor (Drama) for Dead Man Walking, and Best Supporting Actor for Carlito’s Way.

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Brad Pitt – Received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for Twelve Monkeys. He has received two additional nominations; Best Supporting Actor for Babel and Best Actor (Drama) for Legends of the Fall.

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke – This is his first nomination.

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell – In Bruges
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams – Doubt
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden, Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Written by Eric Roth
Doubt
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon
Written by Peter Morgan
The Reader
Written by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire
Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Composed by Alexandre Desplat
Changeling
Composed by Clint Eastwood
Defiance
Composed by James Newton Howard
Slumdog Millionaire
Composed by A. R. Rahman
Frost/Nixon
Composed by Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Down To Earth” – Wall-E
Music By: Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Lyrics By: Peter Gabriel
“Gran Torino” – Gran Torino
Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
Lyrics By: Jamie Cullum
“I Thought I Lost You” – Bolt
Music & Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele
“Once In A Lifetime” – Cadillac Records
Music & Lyrics By: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarmon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street
“The Wrestler” – The Wrestler
Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen