2008 Golden Globe Nominations
Here are the nominations for the 2008 Golden Globes, followed by my thoughts:
BEST DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
ACTOR (DRAMA)
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd
ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson’s War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page - Juno
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
ANIMATED FILM
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wikinson - Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
DIRECTOR
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno
Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson’s War
ORIGINAL SCORE
Into the Wild
Grace is Gone
Kite Runner
Atonement
Eastern Promises
ORIGINAL SONG
“Despidida” - Love in the Time of Cholera
“Grace is Gone” - Grace is Gone
“Guaranteed” - Into the Wild
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
“Walk Hard” - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Here is a list of nominations by movie:
Atonement 7
Charlie Wilson’s War 5
Michael Clayton 4
No Country For Old Men 4
Sweeney Todd 4
American Gangster 3
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly 3
Eastern Promises 3
Hairspray 3
Juno 3
Enchanted 2
Grace is Gone 2
Into The Wild 2
The Kite Runner 2
There Will Be Blood 2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2
Who got screwed this year: How did There Will Be Blood only get two nominations? Even American Gangster got listed three times? Blood is mysteriously absent from the Best Original Score (Are you kidding me?), Paul Thomas Anderson’s name isn’t listed under the Best Director nominations, and Blood Star Paul Dano is completely missing from the best supporting actor list.
I would have liked to have seen Sean Penn’s Into The Wild on the Best Picture list, as I don’t quite agree that American Gangster, Atonement or Eastern Promises really deserve to be up there. Where’s David Fincher’s Zodiac? Where’s Michael Moore’s Sicko?
How could the Foreign Press skip over Fox Searchlight’s Once for best original song? And for that matter, how was Once completely forgotten from the Best Musical or Comedy category, as it’s probably the best musical of the year. Similarly, the category doesn’t contain the second and third best comedies of the year: Knocked Up and SuperBad.
Janet Jackson Biography
This black pop diva of the 1980s and 90s is the youngest of the nine members of the Jackson musical dynasty. Janet Jackson enjoyed her first multi-million seller with “Control” in 1986, an album which produced hard-driving, danceable hits including “Nasty” and “What Have You Done for Me Lately?”. She followed up with the even more successful “Rhythm Nation 1814″ in 1989, which produced seven Top Five singles (including “Miss You Much” and “Escapade”), four of which made it to Number 1.
Jackson began performing with her family at age seven (doing a Mae West imitation as part of a Las Vegas stage act), and acted during the 1970s and 80s in recurring or supporting roles on the TV series “Good Times”, “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Fame”. She made her feature acting debut as the sensitive poet Justice in the John Singleton misfire, “Poetic Justice” (1993). Her hit single “Again” (which was also featured on her wildly successful album “janet.”) was prominently featured in the film and earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song. She returned to the big-screen in the summer of 2000 as the scientist fiancee of Eddie Murphy’s Professor Klump in the comedy “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps”. Once again, a Janet Jackson song (”Doesn’t Really Matter,) was included on the film’s soundtrack album.
Although an effective supporting player and pleasant minor comedienne, Jackson displayed her real passions and talents through her music and dancing. Virgin Records acknowledged this in 1996 when it offered her an $80 million deal that made her the music industry’s highest paid performer. She justified Virgin’s faith by releasing “The Velvet Rope” (1997), a collection of highly personal, very emotional songs that went triple-platinum within a year of its release. The album addressed Jackson’s battle with depression, her own self-image problems, family woes and how she escaped an abusive relationship. The recording also set the rumor mill a-spin when two of her songs hinted at a romantic interest in women. Whether drawn to the album’s honesty or controversy really didn’t matter, Jackson’s fans turned out for her “Velvet Rope” world tour en masse. In addition to her usual energetic singing and tireless dancing, Jackson treated audiences to a show she “created and directed” and which looked more like a splashy Broadway musical than a rock concert with its eight back-up dancers and enormous video screens.
Unlike her siblings Michael and LaToya, Janet Jackson had largely avoided courting controversy throughout her career (minus a long-secret nine-year marriage to Rene Elizondo Jr.), until February 1, 2004. While Jackson was performing a duet with pop star Justin Timberlake during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVIII, Timberlake reached over at the climax of the segment–on the lyric “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song”) and pulled off a breakaway black leather bustier cup on Jackson’s bustier, exposing her right breast (and sunburst-shaped nipple clamp) on live global television. The incident incited a massive media frenzy and much public uproar: broadcaster CBS announced its outrage and disavowed advance knowledge of the stunt, blaming its corporate sibling and halftime producer MTV, which had promised a “shocking” show; Timberlake issued a public apology and called the incident a “wardrobe malfunction,” explaining that a red brassiere cup under the black bustier intended to cover her breast had inadvertantly been torn away as well; and the NFL and FCC launched investigations into the incident. A day after the furor erupted Jackson announced that she had privately concocted the stunt on her own and issued her own public regrets in a videotaped apology.
In the wake of “Boobgate”–which to some seemed suspiciously timed as Jackson had a new album pending after several years of professional inactivity–Jackson was asked to withdraw from an appearance on the Grammys to deliver an award to Luther Vandross, although Timberlake was allowed to perform on the show. It was later revealed that CBS would have allowed her to appear if she issued another apology from the Grammy stage, as Timberlake did. The various broadcast tlelevision networks also had knee-jerk reactions to the stunt, with NBC and ABC adding stricter censoring of partial nudity on series such as “ER” and “NYPD Blue,” and ABC issuing the first-ever five-second broadcast delay on the Academy Awards ceremony.
In 2005 Jackson was at the center of two new scandals which broke within days of one another: first, reports claimed that at age 18 the singer was the mother of a secret daughter born during her brief 1984 marriage to James Debarge and allegedly raised by her sister Rebbie, which Jackson vehemently denied, and a paparazzi video clip showing Jackson sunbathing nude made the rounds of the Internet before the popster’s attorney had it removed, threatening legal action to anyone showing it.
- Also Credited As:
Janet Damita Jo Jackson - Born:
on 05/16/1966 in Gary, Indiana - Job Titles:
Singer, Actor, Dancer, Songwriter
Family
- Brother: Jackie Jackson. born on May 4, 1951; was a member of the Jackson 5
- Brother: Jermaine Jackson. born December 11, 1954; former member of the Jackson 5; has had such solo hits as “Dynamite”
- Brother: Marlon Jackson. born on March 12, 1957; member of the Jackson 5
- Brother: Michael Jackson. born August 29, 1958; began as a member of the Jackson 5; has had many solo hits since the 1970s; played the Scarecrow in “The Wiz” (1978)
- Brother: Randy Jackson. born on October 29, 1961; member of the Jackson 5; sentenced to two years’ probation for beating his wife, Eliza Shaffy Jackson, and their 14-month old daughter, Steveanna in November 1991; admitted to committing bankrupcy fraud in August, 2001
- Brother: Tito Jackson. born on October 15, 1953; was a member of the Jackson 5
- Father: Joseph Walter Jackson.
- Mother: Katherine Esther Jackson.
- Sister: LaToya Jackson. born on May 29, 1956; married manager Jack Gordon in September 1989; wrote “LaToya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family” (1991); has appeared as host of a latenight psychic network infomercial
- Sister: Rebbie Jackson. born on May 29, 1950
Significant Others
- Companion: Justin Timberlake. rumored to have dated in 2002
- Husband: James DeBarge. eloped when Jackson was 18 in 1984; lived at the Jacksons’s Encino ranch for several months before she had the marriage annulled; singer with the family pop group DeBarge; had a serious drug problem according to some reports
- Husband: Rene Elizondo. born c. 1963; together from c. 1985 until they separated in 1999; filed for divorce in May 2000, bringing their nine year secret marriage to light; married on March 31, 1991
- Companion: Jermaine Dupri. announce that he has been dating Janet since 2001
- Companion: Johnny Gill. reportedly dated in spring 1999
- Companion: Justin Timberlake. rumored to have dated in 2002
Milestones
- 1969 Moved with her family from Indiana to California before she was two (date approximate)
- 1974 Began singing in her family’s Las Vegas act when she was seven; became noted for doing an impersonation of Mae West (date approximate)
- 1976 Appeared with her family on the short-lived CBS variety series, “The Jacksons”
- 1977 Played recurring role of Penny Gordon on the popular CBS sitcom, “Good Times”
- 1979 Played JoJo Ashton on the very short-lived ABC sitcom, “A New Kind of Family” (Dec-Jan)
- 1981 Had recurring role of Charlene DuPrey on the NBC sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes”
- 1984 Appeared as Cleo Hewitt on the syndicated series “Fame”
- 1986 Released the album “Control”, which went on to sell over eight million copies and produce five hit singles (date approximate)
- 1989 Released even more successful follow-up album, “Rhythm Nation 1814″, which was the first album in rock history to produce seven Top Five hit singles (four of which made it to Number 1); album also sold over eight million copies, becoming the top pop album of 1990
- 1990 Went on first solo concert tour
- 1992 Was played by actress Maya Nicole Johnson on the ABC-TV biographical miniseries, “The Jacksons: An American Dream”
- 1993 Album “janet.” reached Number 1; spawned Number 1 single, “That’s the Way Love Goes”
- 1993 Made film debut in the title role of John Singleton’s romantic drama, “Poetic Justice”; also co-wrote and performed song “Again”; received Oscar nomination for Best Song
- 1995 Collaborated with brother Michael on the Number One hit “Scream”
- 1997 Released “The Velvet Rope”, a collection of emotionally charged songs that drew on her battles with depression, self-image problems and a past abusive relationship; album went triple platinum
- 2000 Returned to features starring opposite Eddie Murphy in “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps”; played Professor Klump’s scientist fiancee Denise; also wrote and performed original song on the soundtrack
- 2002 Headlined the HBO special “Janet Jackson: Live in Hawaii”
- 2004 Appeared as the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, spoofing her infamous wardrobe malfunction; her first network TV performance since the notorious Super Bowl halftime show
- 2004 Guest-starred on the NBC sitcom “Will and Grace” playing herself (September); making this her first TV acting role in nearly two decades
- 2004 Performed with Justin Timberlake at Superbowl XXXVIII halftime show; resulted in scandle when a bodice-ripping stunt by Timberlake exposed her pierced nipple
- 2004 Received two Grammy nominations for her album “Damita Jo”
65th Annual Golden Globe Nominations
The nominations for “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” were announced this morning. The awards will take place Sunday, January 13, 2008on NBC at 8 PM (EST).
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie- Away from Her
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena-Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page - Juno
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson’s War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Diablo Cody - Juno
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson’s War
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Atonement
Eastern Promises
Grace is Gone
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
“Despidida” - Love in the Time of Cholera
“Grace is Gone” - Grace is Gone
“Guaranteed” - Into the Wild
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
Walk Hard - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
“Big Love”
“Damages”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“Mad Men”
“The Tudors”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Patricia Arquette - “Medium”
Glenn Close - “Damages”
Minnie Driver - “The Riches”
Edie Falco - “The Sopranos”
Sally Fields - “Brothers and Sisters”
Holly Hunter - “Saving Grace”
Kyra Sedgwick - “The Closer”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Michael C. Hall - “Dexter”
John Hamm -”Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie - “House”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - “The Tudors”
Bill Paxton - “Big Love”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“30 Rock”
“Californication”
“Entourage”
“Extras”
“Pushing Daisies”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christina Applegate - “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty”
Tina Fey - “30 Rock”
Anna Friel - “Pushing Daisies”
Mary-Louise Parker - “Weeds”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock”
Steve Carell - “The Office”
David Duchovny - “Californication”
Ricky Gervais - “Extras”
Lee Pace - “Pushing Daisies”
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” (HBO)
“The Company” (TNT)
“Five Days” (HBO)
“Longford” (HBO)
“The State Within” (BBC America)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bryce Dallas Howard - “As You Like It”
Debra Messing - “The Starter Wife”
Queen Latifah - “Life Support”
Sissy Spacek - “Pictures of Hollis Woods”
Ruth Wilson - “Jane Eyre”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adam Beach - “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Ernest Borgnine - “A Grandpa for Christmas”
Jim Broadbent - “Longford”
Jason Isaacs - “The State Within”
James Nesbitt - “Jekyll”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Rose Byrne - “Damages”
Rachel Griffiths - “Brothers & Sisters”
Katherine Heigl - “Grey’s Anatomy”
Samantha Morton - “Longford”
Anna Paquin - “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Jamie Pressly - “My Name is Earl”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ted Danson - “Damages”
Kevin Dillon - “Entourage”
Jeremy Piven - “Entourage”
Andy Serkis - “Longford”
William Shatner - “Boston Legal”
Donald Sutherland - “Dirty Sexy Money”
