The Hollywood Foreign Press has announced their nominees for 66th Annual Golden Globes. Who made the list? How about best picture (drama) nominees Frost Nixon (yes!!!), The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire (yes!!), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and for comedy – Burn After Reading, In Bruges, Happy Go Lucky, Mamma Mia! (hmm…), and Vicky Christina Barcelona (yes!!!). In terms of nominations, my favorite category (Best Supporting Actor) pits Heath Ledger’s Joker against Robert Downey Jr.‘s Kirk Lazarus from Tropic Thunder (plus a few other recognizable names: Ralph Fiennes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Tom Cruise).
Best Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Steven Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
Best Actor (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 Actress (Drama)
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristen Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Javier Bardem – Vicki Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell – In Bruges
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Rebecca Hall – Vicki Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare – The Reader
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You So Long
Waltz with Bashir
Best Original Song
“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
Best Original Score
Defiance
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
Changeling
TV Series, Drama
Dexter
House, MD
In Treatment
Mad Men
True Blood
TV Series, Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds
Actor, TV Drama
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
Michael C. Hall – Dexter
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Hugh Laurie – House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
Actress, TV Drama
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: SVU
January Jones – Mad Men
Anna Paquin – True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
Actor, TV Comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Steve Carell – The Office
Kevin Connolly – Entourage
David Duchovny – Californication
Tony Shalhoub – Monk
Actess, TV Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate – Samantha Who?
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Debra Messing – The Starter Wife
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
Actor in a Series, Mini-series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Ralph Fiennes – Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti – John Adams
Kevin Spacey – Recount
Kiefer Sutherland – 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson – Recount
Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Judi Dench – Crawford
Laura Linney – John Adams
Catherine Keener – An American Crime
Shirley MacLaine – Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon – Bernard & Doris
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother
Denis Leary – Recount
Jeremy Piven – Entourage
Blair Underwood In Treatment
Tom Wilkinson – John Adams
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Eileen Atkins – Cranford
Laura Dern – Recount
Melissa George – In Treatment
Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment
Mini-series or Made-for-TV Movie
Cranford
Bernard & Doris
John Adams
A Raisin in the Sun
Recount
The awards will be presented January 11, 2009 live on NBC 8:00/7:00.