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Golden Globe Noms: It's the (Jolie-)Pitts

Categories: golden globes 2008, golden globes 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett

Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie. Leonardo DiCaprio. Kate Winslet. Sean Penn. Meryl Streep. Tom Cruise. Anne Hathaway. Heath Ledger.

Even Miley Cyrus.

Think the Golden Globes missed having movie stars around last year?

The A-plus-listers are all among the nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globes, as announced this morning.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire comprise the Best Motion Picture, Drama field.

Burn After Reading, Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Mamma Mia! and Vicky Cristina Barcelona are up for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

Cruise scored a supporting actor nomination for his unbilled, unhinged Tropic Thunder cameo. Robert Downey Jr. is up in the same category for the same film.

DiCaprio got some love for Revolutionary Road—he's up for lead actor in a drama.

Pitt and Jolie are up in the lead drama categories for the usual, Benjamin Button and Changeling, respectively.

Pitt's Benjamin Button tied with Doubt and Frost/Nixon for the most film nominations—five. Streep pulled a two-fer, with twin Best Actress noms in both the drama (Doubt) and comedy/musical (Mamma Mia!) races. Also doubling up, were Winslet (Best Actress, Drama for Revolutionary Road and Supporting Actress for The Reader) and Tom Wilkinson (Best Actor in a TV Miniseries/Movie for Recount and Supporting Actor in TV for John Adams).

One other category worth spotlighting is Best Song, which pits the Cyrus-penned "I Thought I Lost You" from Bolt against tunes from Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, Peter Gabriel and, yes, Clint Eastwood. (Eastwood is also up for Best Original Score for Changeling, but not, curiously, for his directing.)

On the TV side, Tina Fey's very good year continued today with three Golden Globe nominations for 30 Rock. Entourage matched that total, the most of any TV comedy series.

In Treatment scored five nods, tops for a TV drama series. It tied the HBO movie Recount for the most overall nominations.

30 Rock and Entourage will compete for Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical against Californication, The Office and Weeds.

In Treatment will vie for Best TV Series, Drama opposite Dexter, House, Mad Men and True Blood.

Fey also notched an acting nomination, as did her costar, Alec Baldwin.

The 66th Annual Golden Globes are to be presented by stars, and to stars—unlike last year's strike-struck affair—on Jan. 11.

Here is the complete list of nominations:

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MOTION PICTURE, 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

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
  • Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Amy Adams, Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis, Doubt
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
  • Kate Winslet, The Reader

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

  • 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 SCORE

  • Alexandre 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, DRAMA

  • Dexter
  • House
  • In Treatment
  • Mad Men
  • True Blood

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

  • 30 Rock
  • Californication
  • Entourage
  • The Office
  • Weeds

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Bernard and Doris
  • Cranford
  • John Adams
  • Recount

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES 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

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION