''Atonement'' leads movies with seven noms; ''Pushing Daisies,'' ''Damages'' score TV nods
By Mike Bruno
Atonement led the pack in the movie categories at Thursday morning's 65th Annual Golden Globe nominations with seven nods, including best drama, a best director nomination for Joe Wright, and best acting nods for James McAvoy and Keira Knightley. Also coming up big was Charlie Wilson's War, which received a best picture nod in the Musical or Comedy category, best screenplay honors for Aaron Sorkin, a lead actor nomination for Tom Hanks, and supporting nods for Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts. Hoffman also earned a comedic lead actor nomination for his role in The Savages. Another two-time nominee was Cate Blanchett, who received a best dramatic actress nod for the title role in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and a supporting actress nomination for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. Early awards-season favorites There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men were both nominated for best drama, and Blood's Daniel Day-Lewis and Country's Javier Bardem followed up their critics' awards with best actor and supporting actor nominations, respectively.
In addition to Atonement, Blood, and Country, the best drama nominees included American Gangster, Michael Clayton, Eastern Promises, and The Great Debaters. Charlie Wilson's War was joined on the best comedy/musical list by Across the Universe, Hairspray, Juno, and Sweeney Todd.
In the TV categories, newcomers Pushing Daisies and Damages came up big, with best comedy and drama nominations, respectively, and actor nominations for Daisies' Lee Pace and Anna Friel, and Damages' Glenn Close and Ted Danson. 30 Rock is up for best comedy and scored actor honors for Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, and will compete with best comedy nominee The Office, which also nabbed an actor nod for star Steve Carell.
The Golden Globe winners will be announced Jan. 13. Here are the nominees:
MOVIES
BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST MOTION PICTURE MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd
BEST 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
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
James McEvoy, Atonement
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
BEST 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 ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE 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
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 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 SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson's War
Saiorse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
BEST SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno
Ethan 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 ANIMATED FEATURE
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France/U.S.)
The Kite Runner (U.S.)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)
BEST SCORE
Atonement
Eastern Promises
Grace is Gone
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
ORIGINAL SONG
''That's How You Know,'' Enchanted
''Grace Is Gone,'' Grace Is Gone
''Guaranteed,'' Into the Wild
''Despedida,'' Love In the Time of Cholera
''Walk Hard,'' Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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