The awards have started. Here are the nominations for the 2008 Golden Globes. You may remember last year's awards ceremony, it was the odd infomercial (due to the writers strike) with Queen Latifah. Well, my first thoughts are there is no love for Valkyrie and very little love for Milk and The Dark Knight.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire
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
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 Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY Burn After Reading Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Mamma Mia! Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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 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 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 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
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 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Bolt Kung Fu Panda WALL-E
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Doubt Frost/Nixon The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
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 ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Changeling Defiance Frost/Nixon Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE ''Down to Earth,'' WALL-E ''Gran Torino,'' Gran Torino ''I Thought I Lost You,'' Bolt ''Once In a Lifetime,'' Cadillac Records ''The Wrestler,'' The Wrestler