Golden Globe Nominations

The Golden Globe Nominations were released today, and although I have not yet seen most of the films or tv shows nominated, I had some immediate reactions:

1) The Dark Knight was not nominated for Best Drama. I find it hard to believe that there were 5 movies better The Dark Knight this year.

2) Wall-E was not nominated for Best Comedy, but was nominated for Best Animated Feature instead. I didn't see Wall-E but I've heard many people say it's not only one of the best animated movies of the year, but one of the best movies of the year.

3) The Wire did not receive a Best Television Show- Drama nomination. Of course, this was kind of expected, but I still want to bitch about how the best television in the history of television continually gets shut out of award shows. I mean True Blood and House both got a fucking nomination. I've seen both shows. They are not better than The Wire. In fact, most YouTube videos taped by High School seniors are better than those shows.

4) Entourage was nominated for Best Television Show- Comedy. Seriously, what is wrong with these voters? When Entourage was just starting, and I was begging for everyone to pay attention, it got zero love. And now that it completely sucks except for a few funny quips from Ari and Lloyd, it starts getting noticed. What the fuck...

Anyway, here are the rest of the nominations:

FILM

BEST FEATURE - DRAMA “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”“Frost/Nixon”“The Reader”“Revolutionary Road”“Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST FEATURE - 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”Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”Viola Davis, “Doubt”Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

BEST 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 - MOTION PICTURE 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 SCOREAlexandre 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 - COMEDY OR MUSICAL “30 Rock”“Californication”“Entourage”“The Office”“Weeds”

PERFORMANCE BY AN 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”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock”Steve Carell - “The Office”Kevin Connelly - “Entourage”David Duchovny - “Californication”Tony Shalhoub - “Monk”

TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA “Dexter” (Showtime)“House” (Fox)“In Treatment” (HBO)“Mad Men” (AMC)“True Blood” (HBO)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA Sally Field — “Brothers and Sisters”Mariska Hargitay — “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”January Jones — “Mad Men”Anna Paquin — “True Blood”Kyra Sedgwick — “The Closer

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA Gabriel Byrne — “In Treatment”Michael Hall — “Dexter”Jon Hamm — “Mad Men”Hugh Laurie — “House”Jonathan Rhys Meyers — “The Tudors”

MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION “A Raisin in the Sun”“Bernard and Doris”“Cranford”“John Adams”“Recount”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES 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”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES 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”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Eileen Atkins — “Cranford”Laura Dern — “Recount”Melissa George — “In Treatment”Rachel Griffiths — “Brothers and Sisters”Dianne Wiest — “In Treatment”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES 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”