Golden Globes 2008

Oops, it's been a while, Christmas, New Year and all that. SO, I must get into the swing of things for 2008 and what better way the the Golden Globes, the first of the big American entertainments awards season. The Golden Globe Awards are awarded for the best motion pictures and television programmes and normally run as a fundraiser by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Well, it wasn't so big this year. Due to the continuing writers strike in the US, none of the stars nominated would cross the picket lines, so instead of the usual glamorous Hollywood red carpet ceremony, the winners were announced in an extended telecast in Los Angeles. Still, there were some well deserved winners and plenty of British interest.

The gorgeous Keira Knightly in the best film, Atonement

Movie awards:

• Best film (drama) - Atonement
  Also nominated: American Gangster; Eastern Promises; The Great Debaters; Michael Clayton; No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood
• Best film (musical or comedy) - Sweeney Todd
  Also nominated: Across the Universe; Charlie Wilson's War; Hairspray; Juno
• Best director - Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Also nominated: Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men; Ridley Scott - American Gangster; Joe Wright - Atonement
• Best actor (drama) - Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
  Also nominated: George Clooney - Michael Clayton; James McAvoy - Atonement; Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises; Denzel Washington - American Gangster
• Best actress (drama) - Julie Christie - Away from Her
  Also nominated: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Jodie Foster - The Brave One; Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart; Keira Knightley - Atonement
• Best actor (musical or comedy) - Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
  Also nominated: Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl; Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War; Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages; John C Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
• Best actress (musical or comedy) - Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
  Also nominated: Amy Adams - Enchanted; Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray; Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd; Ellen Page - Juno
• Best supporting actor - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
  Also nominated: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War; John Travolta - Hairspray; Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
• Best supporting actress - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
  Also nominated: Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War; Saoirse Ronan - Atonement; Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone; Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
• Best foreign language film - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and US)
  Also nominated: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania); The Kite Runner (US);Lust, Caution (Taiwan); Persepolis (France)
• Best animated feature film - Ratatouille
  Also nominated: Bee Movie; The Simpsons Movie
• Best screenplay - Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
  Also nominated: Diablo Cody - Juno; Christopher Hampton - Atonement; Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War
• Best original song - Guaranteed - Into the Wild
  Also nominated: Despedida - Love in the Time of Cholera; Grace is Gone - Grace is Gone; That's How You Know - Enchanted; Walk Hard - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
• Best original score - Dario Marianelli - Atonement
  Also nominated: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild; Clint Eastwood - Grace is Gone; Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner; Howard Shore - Eastern Promises

Ricky Gervais and a few guest stars in Extras

Television awards

• Television series - drama - Mad Men
• Performance by an actress in a television series - drama - Glenn Close - Damages
• Performance by an actor in a television series - drama - Jon Hamm - Mad Men
• Television series - comedy or musical - Extras
• Performance by an actress in a television series - comedy or musical -Tina Fey - 30 Rock
• Performance by an actor in a television series - comedy or musical - David Duchovny - Californication
• Miniseries or motion picture made for television - Longford
• Performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television - Queen Latifah - Life Support
• Performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television - Jim Broadbent - Longford
• Performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television - Samantha Morton - Longford
• Performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television - Jeremy Piven - Entourage