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Button, Doubt, Nixon top Golden Globes nominations

HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008



Jorge Camara, president of the HFPA



1. BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures

FROST/NIXON

Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures

THE READER

Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

ANNE HATHAWAY - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

ANGELINA JOLIE - CHANGELING

MERYL STREEP - DOUBT

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS - I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME)

KATE WINSLET - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

LEONARDO DICAPRIO - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

FRANK LANGELLA - FROST/NIXON

SEAN PENN - MILK

BRAD PITT - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

MICKEY ROURKE - THE WRESTLER

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BURN AFTER READING

Working Title/Releasing Company; Focus Features in association with Studio Canal

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

Summit Entertainment, Film4, Ingenious Film Partners, Miramax Films; Miramax Films

IN BRUGES

Blueprint Pictures; Focus Features

MAMMA MIA!

Relativity Media, Playtone, Littlestar; Universal Pictures

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

Mediapro; The Weinstein Company

5.BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - 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

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - 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

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BOLT

Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

KUNG FU PANDA

 DreamWorks Animation SKG; Paramount Pictures

WALL-E

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (GERMANY)

(DER BADDER MEINHOF KOMPLEX)

Constantin Film Produktion GmbH; Summit Entertainment, LLC

EVERLASTING MOMENTS (SWEDEN/DENMARK)

(MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK)

Final Cut Productions Aps; IFC Films

GOMORRAH (ITALY)

(GOMORRA)

Fandango; IFC Films

I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (FRANCE)

(IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME)

UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics

WALTZ WITH BASHIR (ISRAEL)

Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

AMY ADAMS - DOUBT

PENELOPE CRUZ - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

VIOLA DAVIS -DOUBT

MARISA TOMEI - THE WRESTLER

KATE WINSLET - THE READER

10. 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

11. 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

12. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

SIMON BEAUFOY - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

DAVID HARE - THE READER

PETER MORGAN - FROST/NIXON

ERIC ROTH - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN

JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY - DOUBT

13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT -THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

CLINT EASTWOOD - CHANGELING

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD - DEFIANCE

A. R. RAHMAN - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

HANS ZIMMER - FROST/NIXON

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

"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: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street

"THE WRESTLER" - THE WRESTLER

Music & Lyrics by: Bruce Springsteen

15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

DEXTER (SHOWTIME)

Showtime/John Goldwyn Productions/The Colleton Company/Clyde Phillips Productions

HOUSE (FOX)

Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions

IN TREATMENT (HBO)

Sheleg, Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

MAD MEN (AMC)

Lionsgate Television

TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

SALLY FIELD - BROTHERS AND SISTERS

MARISKA HARGITAY -LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT

JANUARY JONES - MAD MEN

ANNA PAQUIN - TRUE BLOOD

KYRA SEDGWICK - THE CLOSER

17. BEST 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

18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

30 ROCK (NBC)

Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.

CALIFORNICATION (SHOWTIME)

Showtime Presents in association with Aggressive Mediocrity, And Then...

ENTOURAGE (HBO)

Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

THE OFFICE (NBC)

Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC, Universal Media Studios

WEEDS (SHOWTIME)

Lionsgate Television

 

19.BEST 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

20. BEST 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

21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (ABC)

Sony Pictures Television

BERNARD AND DORIS (HBO

Trigger Street Independent Productions in association with Little Bird and Chicago Films and HBO Films

CRANFORD (PBS)

A Co-Production of BBC and WGBH Boston.

JOHN ADAMS (HBO)

Playtone in association with HBO Films

RECOUNT (HBO)

Spring Creek/Mirage Productions in association with Trigger Street Productions, Everyman Pictures and HBO Films

22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES 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

23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES 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

24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

EILEEN ATKINS - CRANFORD

LAURA DERN - RECOUNT

MELISSA GEORGE - IN TREATMENT

RACHEL GRIFFITHS - BROTHERS AND SISTERS

DIANNE WIEST - IN TREATMENT

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

DENIS LEARY - RECOUNT

JEREMY PIVEN - ENTOURAGE

BLAIR UNDERWOOD - IN TREATMENT

TOM WILKINSON - JOHN ADAMS

NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS AND TELEVISION NETWORKS

MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS  

Warner Bros. Pictures 11

Universal Pictures 9

The Weinstein Company 8

Fox Searchlight Pictures 7

Miramax Films 7

DreamWorks Pictures 6

Focus Features 6

Paramount Pictures 6

Paramount Vantage 6

BBC Films 5

Sony Pictures Classics 4

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 4

IFC Films 2

Overture Films 2

Sony Pictures Releasing 2

Studio Canal 2

Pathe 1

Summit Entertainment, LLC 1

Village Roadshow 1

TELEVISION NETWORKS  

HBO 22

SHOWTIME 8

NBC 6

ABC 5

AMC 5

FOX 3

PBS  3

USA NETWORK 2

CBS 1

LIFETIME TELEVISION 1

TNT  1

NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE  

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 5

DOUBT 5

FROST/NIXON 5

THE READER 4

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD 4

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 4

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA 4

IN BRUGES 3

THE WRESTLER 3

BOLT 2

BURN AFTER READING 2

CHANGELING 2

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY 2

I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME)  2

LAST CHANCE HARVEY 2

MAMMA MIA! 2

TROPIC THUNDER 2

WALL-E 2

BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (DER BADDER MEINHOF KOMPLEX) 1

CADILLAC RECORDS 1

THE DARK KNIGHT 1

DEFIANCE 1

THE DUCHESS 1

EVERLASTING MOMENTS (MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK) 1

GOMORRAH (GOMORRA) 1

GRAN TORINO 1

KUNG FU PANDA 1

MILK 1

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS 1

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED 1

WALTZ WITH BASHIR  1

NOMINATIONS BY TELEVISION SERIES OR PROGRAM  

IN TREATMENT 5

RECOUNT 5

JOHN ADAMS 4

30 ROCK 3

BERNARD AND DORIS 3

CRANFORD 3

ENTOURAGE 3

MAD MEN 3

BROTHERS AND SISTERS 2

CALIFORNICATION 2

DEXTER 2

HOUSE 2

THE OFFICE 2

TRUE BLOOD 2

WEEDS 2

24: REDEMPTION 1

A RAISIN IN THE SUN 1

AN AMERICAN CRIME 1

CLOSER, THE  1

COCO CHANEL 1

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 1

LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 1

MONK 1

SAMANTHA WHO? 1

THE STARTER WIFE 1

UGLY BETTY 1

Canal: