66th Annual Golden Globe Nominations

Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning in Beverly Hills. The scheduled-for-Christmas release The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the way in the movies category with five nominations. Also getting five nods were Doubt and Frost/Nixon. Actor Heath Ledger picked up a nod for his work in Dark Knight.

A full list of the nominees can be found below

MOVIES

PICTURE, DRAMA: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Frost/Nixon,The Reader,Revolutionary Road,Slumdog Millionaire,The Visitor.

PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Burn After Reading,Happy-Go-Lucky,In Bruges,Mamma Mia!,Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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.

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: Meryl Streep, Doubt; Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married, Angelina Jolie, Changeling, Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long.

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Colin Farrell, In Bruges; James Franco, Pineapple Express; Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges; Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey.

ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY: 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; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, Doubt; Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis, Doubt; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler; Kate Winslet, The Reader.

ANIMATED FILM: Bolt,Kung Fu Panda,Wall-E.

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.

ORIGINAL SCORE: Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Clint Eastwood, Changeling; James Newton Howard, Defiance; Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon; A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire.

TELEVISION

ACTRESS, TV DRAMA: Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU; January Jones, Mad Men; Anna Paquin, True Blood; Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer.

ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Steve Carell, The Office; Kevin Connolly, Entourage; David Duchovny, Californication; Tony Shalhoub, Monk.

ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?; America Ferrera, Ugly Betty; Tina Fey, 30 Rock; Debra Messing, The Starter Wife; Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Cranford,Bernard & Doris,John Adams,A Raisin in the Sun,Recount.

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Eileen Atkins, Cranford; Laura Dern, Recount; Melissa George, In Treatment; Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters; Dianne Wiest, In Treatment.

CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Steven Spielberg.