The 2008 Golden Globes...

Were a non-televised press Conference lasting little more than an hour.

However, the Awards and their indications for the 2008 Oscars Telecast
(if permitted) are quite telling this year:

The Awards are as follows:

65th Golden Globe Award Winners

Hollywood Foreign Press Association
2008 Golden Globe Award Winners
for the year ended December 31, 2007

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
ATONEMENT
(Working Title Films Limited; Focus Features)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
JULIE CHRISTIE - Away From Her

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - There Will Be Blood

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
(Parkes/MacDonald and Zanuck Company; DreamWorks/Paramount
Distribution/Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
MARION COTILLARD - La Vie En Rose

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JOHNNY DEPP - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
RATATOUILLE
(Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY - FRANCE AND USA
(A Kennedy/Marshall Company and Jon Kilik Production; Miramax)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CATE BLANCHETT - I'm Not There

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
JAVIER BARDEM - No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
JULIAN SCHNABEL - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN - No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
DARIO MARIANELLI - Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"GUARANTEED" - INTO THE WILD
(Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
MAD MEN
(Lionsgate; AMC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
GLENN CLOSE - Damages

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
JON HAMM - Mad Men

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
EXTRAS
(BBC and HBO Entertainment; HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR
MUSICAL
TINA FEY - 30 Rock

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
DAVID DUCHOVNY - Californication

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
LONGFORD
(A Granada Production in association with Channel 4 and HBO Films; HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE
FOR TELEVISION
QUEEN LATIFAH - Life Support

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR
TELEVISION
JIM BROADBENT - Longford

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES,
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
SAMANTHA MORTON - Longford

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES,
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JEREMY PIVEN - Entourage

The full list of Nominees and Winners can be found here
(http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html )....

Coming up next (and not affected by the WGA Strike) - The Screen Actors'
Guild Awards - Monday 28th January.
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