Golden Globes 2008

As any entertainment guide will tell you the Oscars are close and the countdown is on. This past week the Golden Globes picked its winners, although in respect to the current writer’s strike there was no “show” to go with the awards. Well, it was certainly quick with the press conference over in about half an hour!

Here is a list of the categories, nominees and winners. I have yet to see most of these so I can’t comment on the merits of those that won vs. those that were nominated (but will say I was disappointed to see that Ruth Wilson didn't win for Jane Eyre as I thought she was brilliant!).

Best Motion Picture, Drama:
Atonement (winner)
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There will be Blood

Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street (winner)
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (winner0
George Clooney for Michael Clayton
James McAvoy for Atonement
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington for American Gangster

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Julie Christie for Away from Her (winner)
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: the Golden Age
Jodie Foster for the Brave One
Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley for Atonement

Best Peformance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (winner)
Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks for Charlie Wilson’s War
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages
John C Reilly for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard for Mome, La (winner)
Amy Adams for Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky for Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street
Ellen Page for Juno

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (winner)
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta for Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett for I’m Not There (winner)
Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

Best Director – Motion Picture
Julian Schnabel for Le Scaphandre et le Papillion (winner)
Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott for American Gangster
Joe Wright for Atonement

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
No Country for Old Men , Joel Coen & Ethan Coen(winner)
Atonement, Christopher Hampton
Charlie Wilson’s War, Aaron Sorkin
Le Scaphandre et le papillon, Ronald Harwood
Juno, Diablo Cody

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Into the Wild “Guaranteed” (winner)
Enchanted “That’s How You Know”
Grace is Gone “Grace is Gone”
Love in the Time of Cholera “Despedida”
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story “Walk Hard”

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Atonement: Dario Marianelli (winner)
Eastern Promises : Howard Shore
Grace is Gone: Clint Eastwood
Into the Wild: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder
The Kite Runner: Alberto Inglesias

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille (winner)
Bee Movie
The Simpsons Movie
Best Foreign Language Film
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (winner)
4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
The Kite Runner
Se, jie
Persepolis

Best Television Series – Drama
Mad Men (winner)
Big Love
Damages
Grey’s Anatomy
House M.D.
The Tudors

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Extras (winner)
Californication
Entourage
Pushing Daisies
30 Rock

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Longford (winner)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Company
Five Days
The State Within

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Jim Broadbent for Longford (winner)
Adam Beach for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Ernest Borgnine for a Grandpa for Christmas
Jason Isaacs for The State Within
James Nesbitt for Jekyll

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Queen Latifah for Life Support (winner)
Bryce Dallas Howard for As You Like It
Debra Messing for The Starter Wife
Sissy Spacek for Pictures of Hollis Woods
Ruth Wilson for Jane Eyre

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
David Duchovny for Californication
Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
Steve Carell for The Office
Ricky Gervais for Extras
Lee Pace for Pushing Daisies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Tina Fey for 30 Rock
Christina Applegate for Samantha Who?
America Ferrera for Ugly Betty
Anna Frield for Pushing Daisies
Mary-Louise Parker for Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
John Hamm for Mad Men (winner)
Michael C Hall for Dexter
Hugh Laurie for House M.D.
Bill Paxton for Big Love
Jonathon Rhys Meyers for The Tudors

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Glenn Close for Damages (winner)
Patricia Arquette for Medium
Minnie Driver for The Riches
Edie Falco for The Sopranos
Sally Field for Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter for Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jeremy Piven for Entourage (winner)
Ted Danson for Damages
Kevin Dillon for Entourage
Andy Serkis for Longford
William Shatner for Boston Legal
Donald Sutherland for Dirty Sexy Money

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Samantha Morton for Longford (winner)
Rose Byrne for Damages
Katherine Heigl for Grey’s Anatomy
Rachel Griffiths for Brothers & Sisters
Anna Paquin for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Jaime Pressly for My Name is Earl


Coming up:
Directors Guild of America – winners announced January 26
The Screen Actors Guild Awards – winners will be announced on January 27
Producers Guild of America – winners announced February 2
Writers Guild of America – winners announced February 9
BAFTAs – winners announced February 10
Independent Spirit Awards – winners announced February 23