The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. Here's the list:

Nominations for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning, with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt and Frost/Nixon scoring a leading five nominations apiece on the film side.

As for television, In Treatment and Recount led the way, also nabbing five nods each.

The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles Jan. 11.

Here's the complete list of nominees:

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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

ACTRESS, 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

ACTOR, 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

ACTRESS, 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

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I've Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
James Newton Howard, Defiance
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

ORIGINAL SONG
"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

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Dexter
House
In Treatment
Mad Men
True Blood

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
January Jones, Mad Men
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

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

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

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

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

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
A Raisin in the Sun
Bernard and Doris
Cranford
John Adams
Recount

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES 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

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES 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

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Eileen Atkins, Cranford
Laura Dern, Recount
Melissa George, In Treatment
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES 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

The two top nominated films haven't even hit theaters yet. They will have been in release for 17 days when the awards are announced.

That's pretty lame.

"Benjamin Buttons" seems like the worst kind of Oscar Bait to me. Right up there with "Simple Jack".

Mars23 said:

Yeah, but members of the academy have seen them for months prior to release. The only qualification for awards shows (Oscar, Globes, etc...) is that they are released to the public before the end of the year.

Here's from their website:

HOLLYWOOD, CA, April 22, 2008 – Jorge Camara, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, announced the timetable for "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" to be telecast Sunday, January 11, 2009 from 8-11 PM (EST) live from The Beverly Hilton on NBC.

Key dates are as follows:

October 31, 2008
Friday Final date for press conferences for Television entries

November 7, 2008
Friday Deadline for submission of Golden Globe entry forms

November 26, 2008
Wednesday Deadline for nomination ballots to be mailed by Ernst & Young to all HFPA members

December 6, 2008
Saturday Final screening date for Motion Pictures

December 7, 2008
Sunday Final date for Motion Picture press conferences

December 8, 2008
Monday Deadline for receipt by Ernst & Young of nomination ballots

December 11, 2008
Thursday 5:00 a.m. Nomination announcement of “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards”

December 12, 2008
Friday Deadline for receipt of media credential applications

December 22, 2008
Monday Final ballots mailed by Ernst & Young to all HFPA members

December 31, 2008
Wednesday Deadline for receipt of publicist credential applications

January 7, 2009
Wednesday Deadline for receipt by Ernst & Young of final ballots

January 11, 2009
Sunday Presentation of “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” Live telecast on NBC Television at 8 p.m. EST

I love 24, but can't believe Kiefer gets nominated for yelling "damnit" for 2 hours.

Clint Eastwood totally overlooked, in all categories.....

I'm glad Jolie got a nod for 'Changeling', well deserved!

I live in Los Angeles and "awards season" drives me nuts. Who fucking cares! It's the one thing that bugs me about living in this otherwise cool/crazy town. The Oscars, Grammys and all that shit. I hate it. The actors sound so phony and the industry people and hell, most Angelenos, take this shit so seriously. Really? What won best picture last year? I sure as hell don't remember. People actually have Oscar parties and shit. I don't remember Oscar parties back in Texas.



Oh boy the hick in me just came out.

end or rant!

i knew that heath was gonna be nominated his role was dark and ok but i dont c nothing award winning bout the role be4 he died they was protesting him being in the movie saying he was awful compared 2 jack even though they both give different meanings 2 the role i love em both just dont c no awards

kaptainkrunk said:

I'm a bit sick of the hype.....thank God the awards are not on January 22.
He did a good job, the job didn't get any better because he died....

What the fuck happened to Milk

TheResistor said:

Who cares when it comes to any form of entertainment, really? Film, TV, music, sports, it's all very trivial in the big picture.

Having said that, I try to see as many Oscar-nominated films as possible before the awards are announced.

abierman said:

Agreed. Did you notice that he wrote a song for the film too???

I really thought Changeling would have had more nominations. Oh well.

CarrieLee said:

I didn't like Changeling that much. I've seen better Eastwood movies.

The Office is the funniest shit ever!


Steve Carell should win everything.

CarrieLee said:

I did notice that the music was credited to his name, he has done that before I found out.....impressive!
'Changeling' is easily one of the better movies that I've seen this year, and Jolie played her best part ever! Her nod is just!
Eastwood has won many awards in his live, but the man keeps getting better as he ages.....both as actor & director. can't wait to see 'Gran Torino'.

the Golden Globes stop being credible the moment Pia Isadora won for best actress for the role she portrayed in "butterfly"

House!

abierman said:

yeah the hype got started wayyyyy before he died so...


Edit: that being said, i don't want him to win. He did an amazing job but i'd rather he didn't win.
[Edited 12/14/08 17:55pm]

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight


Win, dammit. This kid better get every award he's up for and then some.

abierman said:

I agree that Heath's death did cause the whole shebang to get more hype than it deserved. But his Joker really was that good.

kaptainkrunk must have been reading other reports than I was, because I can't recall even one pre-death negative review of Ledger as the Joker, unless you count homophobic Bat-fans bitching and moaning about the Clown being played by the "fag cowboy". People who were actually privy to the performance first-hand all raved about it.