Best Motion Picture – Drama
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy “The Ram” Robinson
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym
Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) as Juliette Fontaine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell – In Bruges as Ray
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
James Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline “Poppy” Cross
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Vicky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading as Linda Litzke
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! as Donna Carmichael
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey as Kate Walker
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker (posthumous)
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess as William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Cassidy
Best Director – Motion Picture
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Reader – David Hare
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“The Wrestler” (performed by Bruce Springsteen) – The Wrestler
“Down to Earth” (performed by Peter Gabriel) – WALL-E
“Gran Torino” (performed by Jamie Cullum) – Gran Torino
“I Thought I Lost You” (performed By Miley Cyrus and John Travolta) – Bolt
“Once in a Lifetime” (performed by Beyoncé Knowles) – Cadillac Records
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Changeling – Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon – Hans Zimmer
Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) • Germany
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) • Sweden/Denmark
Gomorrah (Gomorra) • Italy
I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) • France
Best Animated Feature Film
WALL-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Best Television Series
Drama
Mad Men (AMC)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
In Treatment (HBO)
True Blood (HBO)
Musical or Comedy
30 Rock (NBC)
Californication (Showtime)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
Weeds (Showtime)
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment (HBO) as Dr. Paul Weston
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC) as Don Draper
Hugh Laurie – House (Fox) as Dr. Gregory House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors (Showtime) as Henry VIII of England
Actress
Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO) as Sookie Stackhouse
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters (ABC) as Nora Walker
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) as Det. Olivia Benson
January Jones – Mad Men (AMC) as Betty Draper
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC) as Jack Donaghy
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC) as Michael Scott
Kevin Connolly – Entourage (HBO) as Eric Murphy
David Duchovny – Californication (Showtime) as Hank Moody
Tony Shalhoub – Monk (USA Network) as Adrian Monk
Actress
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC) as Liz Lemon
Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? (ABC) as Samantha “Sam” Newly
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty (ABC) as Betty Suarez
Debra Messing – The Starter Wife (USA Network) as Molly Kagan
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (Showtime) as Nancy Botwin
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor
Paul Giamatti – John Adams (HBO) as John Adams
Ralph Fiennes – Bernard and Doris (HBO) as Bernard Lafferty
Kevin Spacey – Recount (HBO) as Ron Klain
Kiefer Sutherland – 24: Redemption (Fox) as Jack Bauer
Tom Wilkinson – Recount (HBO) as James Baker
Actress
Laura Linney – John Adams (HBO) as Abigail Adams
Catherine Keener – An American Crime (Showtime) as Gertrude Baniszewski
Shirley MacLaine – Coco Chanel (Lifetime) as Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon – Bernard and Doris (HBO) as Doris Duke
Judi Dench – Cranford (PBS) as Matilda “Matty” Jenkyns
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor
Tom Wilkinson – John Adams (HBO) as Benjamin Franklin
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS) as Barney Stinson
Denis Leary – Recount (HBO) as Michael Whouley
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO) as Ari Gold
Blair Underwood – In Treatment (HBO) as Alex Prince
Supporting Actress
Laura Dern – Recount (HBO) as Katherine Harris
Eileen Atkins – Cranford (PBS) as Deborah Jenkyns
Melissa George – In Treatment (HBO) as Laura Hill
Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters (ABC) as Sarah Walker
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment (HBO) as Gina
Best Miniseries or Television Film
John Adams (HBO)
Bernard and Doris (HBO)
Cranford (PBS)
A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)
Recount (HBO)
