66th Golden Globe Awards

January 11, 2009

Picture - Drama:
Slumdog Millionaire

Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

TV Series - Drama:
Mad Men

TV Series - Musical / Comedy:
30 Rock

Miniseries or TV Movie:
John Adams

The 66th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony was broadcast on January 11, 2009, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States on the NBC TV network. The broadcast was watched by approximately 14.6 million viewers with a rating of 4.9/12.^[1]^[2]

1 Presenters
2 Nominations and winners
3 Awards breakdown
- 3.1 Number of nominations
- 3.2 Number of wins
4 See also
5 References

Presenters

Presenters at the 66th Golden Globe Awards included:

Nominations and winners

Complete list of nominees and winners:^[3]^[4]

(Winners denoted in bold)

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Steven Spielberg

Film

Best Motion Picture - Drama	Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road	Vicky Cristina Barcelona Burn After Reading Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Mamma Mia!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Sean Penn - Milk	Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie - Changeling Meryl Streep - Doubt Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell - In Bruges Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona James Franco - Pineapple Express Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey	Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia! Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Posthumous) Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt	Kate Winslet - The Reader Amy Adams - Doubt Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis - Doubt Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Best Director - Motion Picture	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry - The Reader David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road	Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth Doubt - John Patrick Shanley The Reader - David Hare
Best Original Song - Motion Picture	Best Original Score - Motion Picture
"The Wrestler (performed by Bruce Springsteen)" - The Wrestler "I Thought I Lost You" (Performed By Miley Cyrus & John Travolta)" - Bolt "Once in a Lifetime" (Performed by Beyoncé Knowles)" - Cadillac Records "Gran Torino" (Performed by Jamie Cullum)" - Gran Torino "Down to Earth" (Performed by Peter Gabriel)" - WALL-E	Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman Changeling - Clint Eastwood The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat Defiance - James Newton Howard Frost/Nixon - Hans Zimmer
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Animated Feature Film
Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) • Germany Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) • Sweden/Denmark Gomorrah (Gomorra) • Italy I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) • France	WALL-E Bolt Kung Fu Panda

Television

Best Television Series - Drama	Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Mad Men Dexter House In Treatment True Blood	30 Rock Californication Entourage The Office Weeds
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment Michael C. Hall - Dexter Jon Hamm - Mad Men Hugh Laurie - House Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors	Anna Paquin - True Blood Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit January Jones - Mad Men Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock Steve Carell - The Office Kevin Connolly - Entourage David Duchovny - Californication Tony Shalhoub - Monk	Tina Fey - 30 Rock Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? America Ferrera - Ugly Betty Debra Messing - The Starter Wife Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Best Mini-Series or TV Film
John Adams Bernard and Doris Cranford A Raisin in the Sun Recount
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Film	Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Film
Paul Giamatti - John Adams Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris Kevin Spacey - Recount Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption Tom Wilkinson - Recount	Laura Linney - John Adams Catherine Keener - An American Crime Shirley Maclaine - Coco Chanel Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris Judi Dench - Cranford
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Film	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Film
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother Denis Leary - Recount Jeremy Piven - Entourage Blair Underwood - In Treatment	Laura Dern - Recount Eileen Atkins - Cranford Melissa George - In Treatment Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters Dianne Wiest - In Treatment

Awards breakdown

Number of nominations

Film

5: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon

4: The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

3: In Bruges, The Wrestler

2: Bolt, Burn After Reading, Changeling, Happy-Go-Lucky, I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime), Last Chance Harvey, Mamma Mia!, Tropic Thunder, WALL-E

1: The Baader Meinhof Complex, Cadillac Records, The Dark Knight, Defiance, The Duchess, Everlasting Moments, Gomorrah, Gran Torino, Kung Fu Panda, Milk, Pineapple Express, Rachel Getting Married, Waltz With Bashir

Television

5: In Treatment, Recount

4: John Adams

3: 30 Rock, Bernard and Doris, Cranford, Entourage, Mad Men

2: Brothers & Sisters, Californication, Dexter, House, The Office, True Blood, Weeds

1: 24: Redemption, An American Crime, The Closer, Coco Chanel, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Monk, A Raisin in the Sun, Samantha Who?, The Starter Wife, The Tudors, Ugly Betty

Actors

2: Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess, Bernard and Doris)

2: Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!, Doubt)

2: Tom Wilkinson (Recount, John Adams)

2: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road, The Reader)

Number of wins

Film

4/4: Slumdog Millionaire

2/3: The Wrestler

1/4: The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

1/3: In Bruges

1/2: Happy-Go-Lucky, WALL-E

1/1: The Dark Knight, Waltz with Bashir

Television

4/4: John Adams

3/3: 30 Rock

1/5: In Treatment, Recount

1/3: Mad Men

1/2: True Blood

Actors

2/2: Kate Winslet (The Reader, Revolutionary Road)

1/2: Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)

References

^ "Golden Globes deliver second-worst ratings since '95". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/golden-globes-d.html. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ "Primetime Ratings: Football Playoffs Boosts CBS". Broadcasting and Cable Association. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6628680.html?industryid=47168. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Silverman, Stephen (2008-12-11). "Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Score Golden Globe Nods". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245120_2,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
^ "Nominations & Winners". Golden Globes. http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.

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66th Golden Globe Awards

Contents

Presenters

Nominations and winners

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Film

Television

Awards breakdown

Number of nominations

Film

Television

Actors

Number of wins

Film

Television

Actors

See also

References