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Golden Globe Nominations

Here are the film nominees for this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

Best movie, drama

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • The Visitor

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, 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 movie, comedy or musical

  • “Burn After Reading
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • In Bruges
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Vicky Christina Barcelona

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

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

Supporting actress

  • Amy Adams, Doubt
  • Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis, Doubt
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
  • Kate Winslet, The Reader

Supporting actor

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

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 movie

  • Baader Meinhof Complex
  • Everlasting Moments
  • Gomorrah
  • I’ve Loved You So Long
  • Waltz With Bashir

Animated movie

  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Wall-E

Original score

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

Original song

  • “Down to Earth” (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), Wall-E
  • “Gran Torino” (performed by Clint Eastwood), Gran Torino
  • “I Thought I Lost You” (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), Bolt
  • Once in a Lifetime,” (performed by Beyonce), Cadillac Records
  • “The Wrestler” (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler.