Film Awards
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle, dir. — Fox Searchlight
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Best Director — Motion Picture
David Fincher— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard— Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry— The Reader
Sam Mendes— Revolutionary Road
Best Actor — Drama Film
Brad Pitt— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frank Langella— Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn— Milk
Leonardo DiCaprio— Revolutionary Road
Best Actress — Drama Film
Winner
Kate Winslet
Revolutionary Road — as April Wheeler; also won Supporting Actress
Angelina Jolie— Changeling
Meryl Streep— Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas— I’ve Loved You So Long
Anne Hathaway— Rachel Getting Married
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical Film
Brendan Gleeson— In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman— Last Chance Harvey
James Franco— Pineapple Express
Javier Bardem— Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical Film
Frances McDormand— Burn After Reading
Emma Thompson— Last Chance Harvey
Meryl Streep— Mamma Mia!
Rebecca Hall— Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Supporting Actor — Film
Winner
Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight — as The Joker; awarded posthumously
Philip Seymour Hoffman— Doubt
Ralph Fiennes— The Duchess
Tom Cruise— Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr.— Tropic Thunder
Best Supporting Actress — Film
Winner
Kate Winslet
The Reader — as Hanna Schmitz; her second Globe of the evening
Amy Adams— Doubt
Viola Davis— Doubt
Penélope Cruz— Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Marisa Tomei— The Wrestler
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Best Screenplay — Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Eric Roth
Doubt— John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon— Peter Morgan
The Reader— David Hare
Best Original Score — Film
Changeling— Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Alexandre Desplat
Frost/Nixon— Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song — Film
“I Thought I Lost You”— Miley Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele — Bolt
“Gran Torino”— Clint Eastwood — Gran Torino
“Down to Earth”— Peter Gabriel — WALL·E
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex— Germany
Gomorrah— Italy
I’ve Loved You So Long— France
Everlasting Moments— Sweden
Television Awards
Best TV Series — Drama
Dexter
House
In Treatment
True Blood
Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds
Best Actor — TV Drama Series
Michael C. Hall— Dexter
Hugh Laurie— House
Jon Hamm— Mad Men
Jonathan Rhys Meyers— The Tudors
Best Actress — TV Drama Series
Sally Field— Brothers & Sisters
Kyra Sedgwick— The Closer
Mariska Hargitay— Law & Order: SVU
January Jones— Mad Men
Best Actor — TV Comedy or Musical Series
David Duchovny— Californication
Kevin Connolly— Entourage
Tony Shalhoub— Monk
Steve Carell— The Office
Best Actress — TV Comedy or Musical Series
Christina Applegate— Samantha Who?
Debra Messing— The Starter Wife
America Ferrera— Ugly Betty
Mary-Louise Parker— Weeds
Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV
Bernard and Doris
Cranford
A Raisin in the Sun
Recount
Best Actor — Miniseries or TV Movie
Kiefer Sutherland— 24: Redemption
Ralph Fiennes— Bernard and Doris
Kevin Spacey— Recount
Tom Wilkinson— Recount
Best Actress — Miniseries or TV Movie
Catherine Keener— An American Crime
Susan Sarandon— Bernard and Doris
Shirley MacLaine— Coco Chanel
Judi Dench— Cranford
Best Supporting Actor — Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Jeremy Piven— Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris— How I Met Your Mother
Blair Underwood— In Treatment
Denis Leary— Recount
Best Supporting Actress — Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Rachel Griffiths— Brothers & Sisters
Eileen Atkins— Cranford
Melissa George— In Treatment
Dianne Wiest— In Treatment