66th Golden Globe Awards

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66th Golden Globe Awards
DateJanuary 11, 2009
Site Beverly Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Best Film: Drama Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film: Musical or Comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Drama Series Mad Men
Best Musical or Comedy Series 30 Rock
Best Miniseries or Television movie John Adams
Most awards(4) Slumdog Millionaire
Most nominations(5) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Television coverage
Network NBC

The 66th Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best in film and television of 2008, was broadcast on January 11, 2009, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States on the NBC television network. The broadcast was watched by approximately 14.6 million viewers with a rating of 4.9/12. The ceremony returned after the previous year's ceremony was canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The nominations were announced on December 12, 2008.

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Winners and nominees

Mickey Rourke, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama winner Mickey Rourke Tribeca 2009 Shankbone.jpg
Mickey Rourke, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner
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Kate Winslet, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and Best Supporting Actress winner
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Colin Farrell, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner
Sally Hawkins, Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy winner MJK35110 Sally Hawkins (Maudie, Berlinale 2017) (cropped).jpg
Sally Hawkins, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner
Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner Heath Ledger (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised.jpg
Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner
Gabriel Byrne, Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama winner Gabriel Byrne 2010.jpg
Gabriel Byrne, Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama winner
Anna Paquin, Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama winner AnnaPaquinToronto2018 (cropped).jpg
Anna Paquin, Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama winner
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Alec Baldwin, Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner
Tina Fey, Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy winner Tina Fey Muppets Most Wanted Premiere (cropped 2).jpg
Tina Fey, Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner
Paul Giamatti, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner PaulGiamattiSept2013TIFF.jpg
Paul Giamatti, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
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Laura Linney, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
Tom Wilkinson, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner Tom Wilkinson.jpg
Tom Wilkinson, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner
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Laura Dern, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

These are the nominees for the 66th Golden Globe Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list. [1] [2]

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama Musical or Comedy
Acting
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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
Best Director – Motion Picture Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Best Original Song – Motion Picture Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Best Foreign Language Film Best Animated Feature Film

Television

Best Television Series
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor Actress
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor Supporting Actress
Best Miniseries or Television Film

Awards breakdown

The following films and programs received multiple nominations:

Films

NominationsFilm
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 (II y a longtemps que je t'aime)
Last Chance Harvey
Mamma Mia!
Tropic Thunder
WALL-E

Television

NominationsSeries
5 In Treatment
Recount
4 John Adams
3 30 Rock
Bernard and Doris
Entourage
Mad Men
2 Brothers & Sisters
Californication
Dexter
House
The Office
True Blood
Weeds

The following films and programs received multiple wins:

Film

WinsFilm
4Slumdog Millionaire
2The Wrestler

Television

WinsSeries
4John Adams
330 Rock

Ceremony

Presenters

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Steven Spielberg

Miss Golden Globe

Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore)

Note: Heath Ledger's award was accepted on his behalf by director of The Dark Knight, Chris Nolan.

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References

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