Golden Globe Nominations Announced!
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The Golden Globes are back this year in big, bold, bright, beautiful awesome (versus the non-event that was last year), and, as per usual, the nominations were announced at some ridiculous time early in the morning. Who will the Hollywood Foreign Press honor in 2009? Let's find out ...Surprises
- The Dark Knight takes only one nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger
- Milk gets only one nod for Best Actor, Sean Penn
- Kate Winslet (The Reader, Revolutionary Road) and Meryl Streep (Doubt, Mamma Mia) nab multiple nods for different films
- James Franco's over-the-top stoner from Pineapple Express nabs a nod in the Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) category.
- One of the best films of the year, In Bruges, FINALLY gets some love!
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
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 Supporting Actor (aka Is This a Random Batch or What?)
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
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
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
More after the jump
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
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 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 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
Golden Globes 2009 Winners
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Paramount
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Fox Searchlight
'Revolutionary Road'
Best Motion Picture - Drama
DreamWorks
'Frost/Nixon'
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Universal
'The Reader'
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Weinstein Co.
Kate Winslet
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 'Revolutionary Road'
DreamWorks
Angelina Jolie
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 'Changeling'
Universal
Anne Hathaway
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 'Rachel Getting Married'
Sony Classics
Meryl Streep
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 'Doubt'
Miramax
Kristen Scott Thomas
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 'I've Loved You So Long'
Sony Pictures Classics
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
12-11-2008 @ 8:46AM
Matthew said...
For best actor - Who's "Lo"?
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12-11-2008 @ 8:50AM
Dr. Tim Martin said...
No Milk? An obvious snub. Saw Benjamin Button and don't understand why it is getting such attention. Lousy picture and Pitt still can't act.
Won't be paying much attention to GG's this year but then, they've never had much impact.
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12-11-2008 @ 8:54AM
Alex said...
No Dark Knight? HURM? all credibility lost
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12-11-2008 @ 9:01AM
Tracy said...
Agreed. the DK gets totally snubbed except for Heath?? I'm very disapointed.
12-11-2008 @ 9:07AM
Kevin said...
Also wanted to throw out my support of what Alex said. One nomination for that movie is ridiculous. Also, Tim Martin was right about Milk. I saw that movie last night and it was incredible. I hate...HATE it when people applaud at the end of movies (the characters aren't really there folks, its a 2 dimensional canvas that we're watching!) but at the end of that movie I wanted to start the cheering myself. Fantastic movie. Both Milk and TDK deserve better.
12-11-2008 @ 3:54PM
Eric D. Snider said...
Believe me, the Golden Globes lost credibility a looooong time ago. Right around the time they were conceived, I think.
12-11-2008 @ 9:42AM
Erin said...
I am so glad In Bruges is finally being recognized for how good it was. It was definitely in my top two movies I've seen this year so far. This is the movie that made me change my opinion of Colin Farrell (I really like him as an actor now). If this can somehow win Best Picture (Comedy), I will be the happiest person.
Now, I wish I could say as much for my other top movie that I've seen this year. The Dark Knight deserves to be nominated for Best Picture (Drama)! I know that there's some stiff competition in that category this year, and I'm sure they're all good, but give TDK a chance! Superhero movies have become increasingly popular throughout the last decade and this was the smartest, most well made one yet. Sooner or later, superhero movies are going to be recognized by the academy or the Hollywood Foreign Press, and this should have been the movie to change all of that. There's still hope for the Oscars though. I am glad Heath Ledger got a nomination, but I'm disappointed that Christopher Nolan didn't get nominated for Best Director.
Two other things:
1) I love that James Franco was nominated for Best Actor (Comedy). It's the only role I've ever really liked him in (besides Freaks and Geeks) and he was effing hilarious in it.
2) I'm wish that Tropic Thunder had gotten nominated for Best Comedy. Do they have to nominate a musical every year for that category? Because that's the only way I can explain Mamma Mia! getting nominated for any award. Tropic Thunder was definitely better than that mistake of a movie.
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12-11-2008 @ 11:05AM
Beth said...
You should check out the James Dean movie he did... amazing.
12-11-2008 @ 11:55AM
E said...
I totally agree with you about In Bruges and Colin Farrell. I think it's one of the best movies I've seen in the past couple of years and I didn't think much of Colin Farrell before seeing that movie.
12-11-2008 @ 10:30AM
Agent Five said...
Tom Cruise's silly rantings in Tropic Thunder got him a Golden Globe nomination?! Seriously? And no Dark Knight Best Picture, Screenplay OR Director nominations? Sad.
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12-11-2008 @ 11:02AM
shaun.chemplavil said...
"Surprises
The Dark Knight takes only one nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger "
This is a surprise?!?! You do realize that the Hollywood Foreign Press (the people that do the actual nominations) is not comprised of internet/comic book fanboys, right?
I'm not saying that The Dark Knight was not good and entertaining, but given the track record of just about every film award out there, did you really think it was going to nab a best director/picture nom?!?!
A much bigger surprise (to me at least) was Tropic Thunder nabs TWO acting noms, and one of those were for Tom Cruise!!
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12-11-2008 @ 11:12AM
Shaun said...
"Surprises
The Dark Knight takes only one nomination for Best Supporting Actor,
Heath Ledger "
This is a surprise?!?! You do realize that the Hollywood Foreign
Press (the people that do the actual nominations) is not comprised of
internet/comic book fanboys, right?
I'm not saying that The Dark Knight was not good and entertaining,
but given the track record of just about every film award out there,
did you really think it was going to nab a best director/picture
nom?!?!
A much bigger surprise (to me at least) was Tropic Thunder nabs TWO
acting noms, and one of those were for Tom Cruise!!
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12-11-2008 @ 11:50AM
ICON! said...
Well, i never watched the GG's anyway, always thought it was garbage and meaningless anyway..it was no surprise that TDK got snubbed and that Milk got ignored. over the years these awards have become more meaningless and less crediable, and it will continue to be that way. Some of these choices are soo cliche and flat out outragouse, sad.And on another note DR. Martin couldn't be more wrong about Brad Pitt.
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12-11-2008 @ 11:55AM
Hallopino said...
Woah, I didn't even know some of these movies where out yet! Are they?
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12-11-2008 @ 12:33PM
David said...
I thought "In Bruges" was good, but I don't think I'd ever consider it a comedy. And I liked Farrell too, but I got the feeling that the part was originally conceived for someone MUCH younger -- early 20s rather than mid-30s, and new to the business.
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12-11-2008 @ 2:50PM
Gary said...
What makes you think that Farrell's character was mid thirties and not meant to be younger? They called him "the boy" I was under the impression he was a young kid.
Ahh, I see, because the actor is mid thirties that must mean the character is too? I might be wrong here but I thought he might have been acting and not playing himself.
I had no problem believing that Farrell's character was in his early twenties.
12-11-2008 @ 12:35PM
John said...
If Heath doesn't get the award, the world will see a level of destruction and terror on the level of Hurricane Katrina.
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12-11-2008 @ 1:13PM
Dan said...
Whooo!! In Bruges really, really, deserves that love. My favorite flick of the year so far! I would have liked to have seen TDK get some more love, but I'm not entirely surprised. I wish WALL-E could get some more love from a category other than animated...that was definitely in my top two films of the year. Random as hell, I don't know all of the songs in best song but The Wrestler is a hell of a new Springsteen song, so I'm rooting for it!
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12-11-2008 @ 1:41PM
Fuzzyfreaker said...
So, I suppose the Hollywood Foreign Press is continuing the tired tradition of giving no love to large box-office films.
Vicki Cristina Barcelona? Really? I'm a fan of Woody Allen and all, but I'm not seeing how this movie was able to nab so many nominations. Oh wait. It's because it's Woody Allen.
IN BRUGES!!!! YEAH!!! That is all.
TDK doesn't get much love, to be expected, but something tells me that we're going to be seeing a little bit more of it at the Oscars.
And the WTF of the year. Tom Cruise gets a nomination for best supporting actor for Tropic Thunder. Holy. Shit. Just... wow.
Oh.; And the assholes snubbed Milk. I waited in line at an early screening to see this movie, and it was one of the most rewarding experiences of this year.
The rest is expected. Mamma Mia gets thrown in to make sure we have a musical in that category... People love The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Revoutionary Road for some reason....
Overall, it seems to me that the Hollywood Foreign Press was sitting around doing their normal old fashioned GG choices, when apparently a frat party broke out and we filled in the list with Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express.
Not saying James Franco isn't good. He is. just... Unexpected.
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12-11-2008 @ 2:56PM
Gary said...
For much of this year In Bruges has been leading my own list, and don't get me wrong, I love the film. But I would have been a little disappointed if it had finished the year at the top, I would have hoped that there would have been at least one film better in the second half of the year.
Well thank god for Slumdog and great to see that too is up for a couple of good awards. No WALL-E and no Dark Knight makes me think that 2009 is going to be the year of Danny Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire.
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