66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Nominees and Winners for the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, presented Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Frost/Nixon" "The Reader" "Revolutionary Road" "Slumdog Millionaire" (Winner) BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY "Burn After Reading" "Happy-Go-Lucky" "In Bruges" "Mamma Mia!" "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (Winner) FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE "The Baader Meinhof Complex" "Everlasting Moments" "Gomorrah" "I've Loved You So Long" "Waltz With Bashir" (Winner) BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"(Winner) Stephen Daldry, "The Reader" David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon" Sam Mendes, "Revolutionary Road" BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, "Revolutionary Road" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" (Winner) BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kristin Scott Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long" Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road" (Winner) BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL Javier Bardem, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Colin Farrell, "In Bruges" (Winner) James Franco, "Pineapple Express" Brendan Gleeson, "In Bruges" Dustin Hoffman, "Last Chance Harvey" BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL Rebecca Hall, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Winner) 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" (Winner) SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams, "Doubt" Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Viola Davis, "Doubt" Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler" Kate Winslet, "The Reader" (Winner) ANIMATED FILM "Bolt" "Kung Fu Panda" "Wall-E" (Winner) SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire" (Winner) 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" (Winner) SONG "Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), "Wall-E" "Gran Torino" (performed by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, lyrics by: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens), "Gran Torino" "I Thought I Lost You" (performed by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), "Bolt" "Once in a Lifetime" (performed by Beyoncé, written by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street), "Cadillac Records" "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), "The Wrestler" (Winner) TELEVISION CATEGORIES DRAMATIC TV SERIES "Dexter" "House M.D." "In Treatment" "Mad Men" (Winner) "True Blood" BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment" (Winner) Michael C. Hall, "Dexter" Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" Hugh Laurie, "House M.D." Jonathan Rhys Meyers, "The Tudors" BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters" Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU" January Jones, "Mad Men" Anna Paquin, "True Blood" (Winner) Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY "Californication" "Entourage" "The Office" "30 Rock" (Winner) "Weeds" BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" (Winner) Steve Carell, "The Office" Kevin Connolly, "Entourage" David Duchovny, "Californication" Tony Shalhoub, "Monk" BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?" America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty" Tina Fey, "30 Rock" (Winner) Debra Messing, "The Starter Wife" Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds" BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION "Cranford" "Bernard & Doris" "John Adams" (Winner) "A Raisin in the Sun" "Recount" BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Judi Dench, "Cranford" Laura Linney, "John Adams" (Winner) Catherine Keener, "An American Crime" Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel" Susan Sarandon, "Bernard & Doris" BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris" Paul Giammatti, "John Adams" (Winner) Kevin Spacey, "Recount" Kiefer Sutherland, "24: Redemption" Tom Wilkinson, "Recount" BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Eileen Atkins, "Cranford" Laura Dern, "Recount" (Winner) Melissa George, "In Treatment" Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers & Sisters" Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment" BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother" Denis Leary, "Recount" Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" Blair Underwood, "In Treatment" Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams" (Winner) CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD< Steven Spielberg

15th Annual SAG Awards

Nominees for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced December 18, 2008. The SAG Awards will be presented Sunday, January 29, 2009 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The show will be aired live on both TNT and TBS. THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Josh Brolin, "Milk" Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Amy Adams, "Doubt" Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Viola Davis, "Doubt" Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Kate Winslet, "The Reader" Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture "Doubt" "Milk" "Frost/Nixon" "Slumdog Millionaire" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture "The Dark Knight" "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" "Iron Man" "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" "Wanted" TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Michael C. Hall, "Dexter" Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" Hugh Laurie, "House M.D." William Shatner, "Boston Legal" James Spader, "Boston Legal" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters" Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU" Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace" Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" Steve Carell, "The Office" David Duchovny, "Californication" Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" Tony Shalhoub, "Monk" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?" America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty" Tina Fey, "30 Rock" Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds" Tracy Ullman, "Tracy Ullman's State of the Union" Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series "Boston Legal" "The Closer" "Mad Men" "House" "Dexter" Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series "30 Rock" "Desperate Housewives" "Entourage" "The Office" "Weeds" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams" Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris" Paul Giamatti, "John Adams" Kiefer Sutherland, "24: Redemption" Kevin Spacey, "Recount" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Laura Dern, "Recount" Laura Linney, "John Adams" Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel" Phylicia Rashad, "A Raisin in the Sun" Susan Sarandon, "Bernard and Doris" Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series "Heroes" "Friday Night Lights" "Prison Break" "The Unit" "The Closer"

Meet Robert Pattinson, Movie Star

This is it. The week the reviews come out. The week that finds the rest of Hollywood opening its eyes to the magic of Robert Pattinson, the movie star.

No matter how the film is received, Pattinson is bound to emerge from this experience as a bona fide movie star.

Sitting through hundreds of recent interviews while promoting this week's potential blockbuster Twilight, Pattinson never lost his charm, wit or grace and now the qualities that have attracted his long time fans are cemented for jaded industry people to absorb.

The same for all those promotional photo shoots - not only did they capture his obvious good looks, they also captured the chameleon like quality he possesses when photographed. One moment he looks like a boy; then a boy on the verge of manhood; then he looks like a mature adult male. These looks will allow him to accept any variety of film roles, and not be locked into any one genre. He will have his pick of scripts.

Robert Pattinson is not just another pretty faced 22 year old actor. There is much more to him than that. He is a true artist, a student of the world and well grounded; he will not be just the "it boy" of the year.

Long time fans will probably feel the same way I do - vindicated. My daughter reminded me the other day about when, after seeing him in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I went to his IMDb page to see who he was and what his previous works were. At the time, GOF was his only film credit and I told her then "watch out, this young man is going to make it."

I believe he made it in 2008.