Golden Globe Awards — Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The 66th Golden Globe Awards

January 11, 2009  •  Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills  •  Host: NBC broadcast

4
Slumdog Millionaire wins
2
Kate Winslet awards (one night)
Slumdog Millionaire — Drama, Director (Boyle), Screenplay, Score
Kate Winslet wins Drama Actress + Supporting Actress • Heath Ledger wins posthumously
Film Awards
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle, dir. — Fox Searchlight
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonIMDb
Frost/NixonIMDb
The ReaderIMDb
Revolutionary RoadIMDb
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen, dir. — Weinstein Company
Burn After ReadingIMDb
Happy-Go-LuckyIMDb
In BrugesIMDb
Mamma Mia!IMDb
Best Director — Motion Picture
Winner
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard— Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry— The Reader
Sam Mendes— Revolutionary Road
Best Actor — Drama Film
Winner
Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler — as Randy “The Ram” Robinson
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
Winner
Colin Farrell
In Bruges — as Ray
Brendan Gleeson— In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman— Last Chance Harvey
James Franco— Pineapple Express
Javier Bardem— Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Sally Hawkins
Happy-Go-Lucky — as Poppy
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
Winner
WALL·E
Andrew Stanton, dir. — Pixar / Disney
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Best Screenplay — Film
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Eric Roth
Doubt— John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon— Peter Morgan
The Reader— David Hare
Best Original Score — Film
Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman
Changeling— Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Alexandre Desplat
Frost/Nixon— Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song — Film
Winner
“The Wrestler”
Bruce Springsteen — The Wrestler
“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
Winner
Waltz with Bashir
Israel — Ari Folman, dir. (animated documentary)
The Baader Meinhof Complex— Germany
Gomorrah— Italy
I’ve Loved You So Long— France
Everlasting Moments— Sweden
Television Awards
Best TV Series — Drama
Winner
Mad Men
AMC — second consecutive Globe win
Dexter
House
In Treatment
True Blood
Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical
Winner
30 Rock
NBC — second consecutive Globe win
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds
Best Actor — TV Drama Series
Winner
Gabriel Byrne
In Treatment — HBO
Michael C. Hall— Dexter
Hugh Laurie— House
Jon Hamm— Mad Men
Jonathan Rhys Meyers— The Tudors
Best Actress — TV Drama Series
Winner
Anna Paquin
True Blood — HBO
Sally Field— Brothers & Sisters
Kyra Sedgwick— The Closer
Mariska Hargitay— Law & Order: SVU
January Jones— Mad Men
Best Actor — TV Comedy or Musical Series
Winner
Alec Baldwin
30 Rock — NBC
David Duchovny— Californication
Kevin Connolly— Entourage
Tony Shalhoub— Monk
Steve Carell— The Office
Best Actress — TV Comedy or Musical Series
Winner
Tina Fey
30 Rock — NBC
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
Winner
John Adams
HBO — Paul Giamatti & Laura Linney starred
Bernard and Doris
Cranford
A Raisin in the Sun
Recount
Best Actor — Miniseries or TV Movie
Winner
Paul Giamatti
John Adams — HBO
Kiefer Sutherland— 24: Redemption
Ralph Fiennes— Bernard and Doris
Kevin Spacey— Recount
Tom Wilkinson— Recount
Best Actress — Miniseries or TV Movie
Winner
Laura Linney
John Adams — HBO
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
Winner
Tom Wilkinson
John Adams — HBO
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
Winner
Laura Dern
Recount — HBO
Rachel Griffiths— Brothers & Sisters
Eileen Atkins— Cranford
Melissa George— In Treatment
Dianne Wiest— In Treatment