2009 Golden Globes Nominations

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Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

The Reader (2008)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Burn After Reading (2008)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

In Bruges (2008)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sean Penn for Milk (2008)

Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)

Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)

Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road (2008)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Colin Farrell for In Bruges (2008)

James Franco for Pineapple Express (2008)

Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges (2008)

Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey (2008)

 

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

Rebecca Hall for Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)

Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008)

Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia! (2008)

Emma Thompson for Last Chance Harvey (2008)

 

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

Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess (2008)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)

Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

 

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

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)

Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

 

Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)

David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road (2008)

 

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan

The Reader (2008): David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

 

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Bolt (2008)("I Thought I Lost You")

Cadillac Records (2008)("Once in a Lifetime")

Gran Torino (2008)("Gran Torino")

WALL·E (2008)("Down to Earth")

The Wrestler (2008)("The Wrestler")

 

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat

Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard

Frost/Nixon (2008): Hans Zimmer

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

 

Best Animated Film

Bolt (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)

Gomorra (2008)

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

 

Best Television Series - Drama

"Dexter" (2006)

"House M.D." (2004)

"In Treatment" (2008)

"Mad Men" (2007)

"True Blood" (2007)

 

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

"Californication" (2007)

"Entourage" (2004)

"The Office" (2005)

"30 Rock" (2006)

"Weeds" (2005)

 

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Bernard and Doris (2007)

"Cranford" (2007)

"John Adams" (2008)

A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)

Recount (2008) (TV)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)

Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)

Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)

Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)

Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)

Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)

Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)

Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)

Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)

David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)

Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)

America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)

Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)

Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)

Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)

Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)

Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)

Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)

Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)

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Tom Cruise for, what I understand to be nothing more then a cameo in Tropic Thunder is a bit weird to see.

 

Glad to see True Blood get some love.

 

The Shield got fucked.

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Don't worry, according to bob barron, these are a joke and are not legitimate anyway!

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Having finally gotten to see Tropic Thunder, Tom Cruise IMO was an extended cameo. He was aboslutely hilarious, and this is coming from someone who's never really liked Cruise. Robert Downey carried the movie for me though. He, Mickey Rourke, and.... I'll say James Franco are my hopefuls for the male side of the movie awards.

 

No love for the soon to be dearly departed Pushing Daisies? Boo. NPH and Jeremy Piven oughta just share the award.

 

ETA: Just noticed Ledger was nominated in Supporting as well as Downey. Either one is fine by me.

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Look at it this way...William Hurt was nominated for an Oscar for like 10 minutes of screentime in A History of Violence...Anthony Hopkins WON a Best Actor Oscar for what? Like a half hour total of screentime? What's her name from American Gangster was also nominated for a very minimal amount of screentime.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

If those are fakes then damn, those are some pretty good fakes.

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Look at it this way...William Hurt was nominated for an Oscar for like 10 minutes of screentime in A History of Violence...Anthony Hopkins WON a Best Actor Oscar for what? Like a half hour total of screentime? What's her name from American Gangster was also nominated for a very minimal amount of screentime.

 

Hopkins actually had something like only 16 minutes of screentime. It feels like longer though because he was so damn awesome and iconic and so much of the rest of the movie was talking about him. The Joker is the same way in TDK actually.

 

Cruise's part in Tropic Thunder was funny but really? Golden Globe worthy? Oo-kay. Personally, I think Ledger should sweep up that award - his performance was one of the best of the year period, i could see it not winning in "Best Actor" but in "Best Supporting Actor"? Please, hand him the award.

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I'm glad Ledger got nominated so as to avoid the bitch-fest that would follow if he didn't but I'll say here what I've been saying ever since TDK came out: There's not a person on this planet that would place his performance so high up if the dude didn't off himself. It was a great role and a great job done on his part but there's no way in hell him dying doesn't add to that for those calling it the best of the year or even worse, best of all time.

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Don't worry, according to bob barron, these are a joke and are not legitimate anyway!

 

They're not. They only nominated Tom Cruise so he would show up. It's typical Golden Globes bullshit

 

her name from American Gangster was also nominated for a very minimal amount of screentime.

 

The Ruby Dee nod was also a farce- it was a way of recognising her long career in Hollywood and because Ossie Davis died

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Was Lost not eligible for the Golden Globes this year? Season 4 was outstanding, and I was hoping it'd garner a nomination in something at least.

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Yeah, good call. I don't think it has anything to do with the strike because Office was affected by that and it still got nominated. Michael Emerson deserves some recognition for his work in S4.

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Was Lost not eligible for the Golden Globes this year? Season 4 was outstanding, and I was hoping it'd garner a nomination in something at least.

 

LOST was eligible. Maybe they just didn't send enough gifts?

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Good on 'em for the Colin Farrell nomination. The guy was outstanding in "In Bruges." But I really think Aronofsky deserved a nomination for "The Wrestler."

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Bruce is gonna take Best Song, easily.

 

If Wall E doesn't win Best Animated I'm going on a killing spree.

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I was also pleasantly surprised at the "In Bruges" love in general. Great flick.

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Thanks for nominating Dexter, but they never give it any awards in the end

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No love for the Shield as usual.

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How was Downey best supporting? I am fairly sure he had the most screen time in Tropic Thunder. Also, Gary Oldman got fucked if Tom Cruise got nominated and he didn't. His Gordon is fantastic and is more lost in the role than Cruise was under a ton of prosthetics. He should have danced during the credits, that would have won him it..

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Downey, Jr. getting the supporting nod is one of two tjings. 1) they looled at the film as an ensamble and thus couldn't decide who was the lead. Screan time doesn't equal lead. 2) they wanted to give someone else the Best Lead nod over him.

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Shit, I thought In Bruges was a Drama.

 

Speaking of Drama, nothing for him? But it's nice to see Kevin Connolly get a nod.

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And I'm sorry, 30 Rock isn't THAT good. HIMYM is ten times better.

 

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And I'm sorry, 30 Rock isn't THAT good. HIMYM is ten times better.

 

Agreed. The dicksucking 30 Rock gets is getting tiresome

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30 Rock is a funny show, but the love it gets from award shows is waaaaaay too much

 

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I hoping to see Californication, Duchovny take the comedy side of the tv shows. I'd also like to see either Gabriel Byrne(In Treatment) or Michael C. Hall(Dexter) and their respective shows get the nod. Best stuff on HBO, Showtime, or any network imo.

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Hey, I watch Californication, and it's really not THAT good. It's merely OK.

 

And big ups to January Jones for her nomination.

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Well, even if it's only ok, I will say that the only other show I'm able to sit through on the comedy list is Weeds. I can see how Californication isn't for everyone. I forgot to mention earlier that I'd like to see Mickey Rourke pick up the nod just because I'd like to see this be the start of a full blown comeback for him.

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I find it funny that they nominated foreign and indy flicks to such a heavy extent that they only had a grand total of 9 films that both got full nationwide releases and are up for an award here. I don't know exactly why I find that funny, but I do. Even the Oscars aren't this heavily biased against big studio pictures.

 

In fact, lots of the stuff which has been nominated hasn't even been officially released yet, they've only played at festivals and such. Those are some odd rules there.

 

Anna Pacquin and her awful "southern" accent in True Blood is worth a nomination, while her infinitely better co-stars get nothing?

 

From what I've read btw, Bob's right, within the industry the Globes are seen as being on the approximate same level as an MTV Movie Award in terms of legitimate celebration of artistic greatness.

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I forgot to mention earlier that I'd like to see Mickey Rourke pick up the nod just because I'd like to see this be the start of a full blown comeback for him.

 

This, plus his performance was outstanding.

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I'm glad Ledger got nominated so as to avoid the bitch-fest that would follow if he didn't but I'll say here what I've been saying ever since TDK came out: There's not a person on this planet that would place his performance so high up if the dude didn't off himself.

 

i absolutely would.

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Yeah, me too. That was a pretty silly thing to say.