The writers strike may have killed the red carpet, but it can’t stop the giving of the Hollywood Foreign Press’s globular awards. It has however, taken a lot of the fun out of it. Assuming you’re one of those people who thought the Golden Globes were fun. I mean, I’m assuming someone does since those Neilson people say it’s being watched. I refuse however to believe that anyone is watching the Dateline NBC pre-show. Unless of course you’re just dying to find out what the guys from NBC’s football broadcast crew think about Hairspray. Weird.
So tonight’s 2008 Golden Globe winners are/will/have been (depending on when you read this, pick your own tense and save me the trouble) announced via press conference, which means a lot of press milling about while names are read from a podium. Apparently on NBC it also means skipping the awards you don't like, and having commentators commenting on movies they have, rather obviously, not seen (I’m looking at you Billy Bush). It may be less entertaining the usual awards, but at least it’s over faster.
Since it’ll waste less of my time than normal, I’ll be updating the winners of this year’s Golden Globes below, live as they happen on this page. Below you’ll find a complete list of nominees. Keep refreshing the page, and when you see a name turn red and go bold, there’s your winner. Here we go:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page - Juno
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
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 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Diablo Cody - Juno
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilsons War
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood - Grace is Gone
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Despedida” - Love in the Time of Cholera
“Grace is Gone” - Grace is Gone
“Guaranteed” - Into the Wild
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
“Walk Hard” - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
