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Globes spotlight British talent | Globes spotlight British talent |
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Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson and Dame Judi Dench are among the British actors to feature on this year's Golden Globe shortlist. | Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson and Dame Judi Dench are among the British actors to feature on this year's Golden Globe shortlist. |
Winslet gets a best actress nomination for Revolutionary Road, as well as a supporting actress nod for The Reader. | Winslet gets a best actress nomination for Revolutionary Road, as well as a supporting actress nod for The Reader. |
Fiennes also received two nominations, while Dames Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins have both been recognised for their work in BBC TV series Cranford. | Fiennes also received two nominations, while Dames Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins have both been recognised for their work in BBC TV series Cranford. |
The late Heath Ledger is up for best supporting actor for The Dark Knight. | The late Heath Ledger is up for best supporting actor for The Dark Knight. |
Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry and Winslet's husband Sam Mendes swell the UK contingent further with nominations in the best director category. | Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry and Winslet's husband Sam Mendes swell the UK contingent further with nominations in the best director category. |
Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Daldry's The Reader and Mendes' Revolutionary Road all feature on the best dramatic film shortlist. | Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Daldry's The Reader and Mendes' Revolutionary Road all feature on the best dramatic film shortlist. |
Frost/Nixon and Brad Pitt's fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button complete the best film drama line-up. | Frost/Nixon and Brad Pitt's fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button complete the best film drama line-up. |
Sam Mendes and Stephen Daldry both get best director nodsBenjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Meryl Streep's film Doubt are all up for five awards, more than any other film. | Sam Mendes and Stephen Daldry both get best director nodsBenjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Meryl Streep's film Doubt are all up for five awards, more than any other film. |
Streep is one of several actors up for two awards, getting dual best actress citations for Doubt and Mamma Mia. | |
Clint Eastwood is also up for prizes for two of his films - but only for his Changeling score and for co-writing the title song for Gran Torino. | |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mickey Rourke and Brad Pitt lead an all-American line-up in the best dramatic actor category. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Mickey Rourke and Brad Pitt lead an all-American line-up in the best dramatic actor category. |
Frank Langella and Sean Penn complete the shortlist for their work in Frost/Nixon and Milk respectively. | Frank Langella and Sean Penn complete the shortlist for their work in Frost/Nixon and Milk respectively. |
In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson represent Ireland in the best musical or comedy actor category. | In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson represent Ireland in the best musical or comedy actor category. |
Surprise nominees | Surprise nominees |
Spain's Javier Bardem is also included for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, alongside Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey and surprise nominee James Franco for drugs-based comedy Pineapple Express. | Spain's Javier Bardem is also included for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, alongside Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey and surprise nominee James Franco for drugs-based comedy Pineapple Express. |
Perhaps the most unexpected nominee, however, is Tom Cruise - shortlisted for best supporting actor for his almost unrecognisable turn in the comedy Tropic Thunder. | Perhaps the most unexpected nominee, however, is Tom Cruise - shortlisted for best supporting actor for his almost unrecognisable turn in the comedy Tropic Thunder. |
MOST NOMINATED FILMS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 5Doubt - 5Frost/Nixon (above) - 5The Reader - 4Revolutionary Road - 4Slumdog Millionaire - 4Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 4 Mike Leigh's Happy-Go Lucky gets a nod in the best comedy or musical category, with another nomination going to its star Sally Hawkins. | MOST NOMINATED FILMS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 5Doubt - 5Frost/Nixon (above) - 5The Reader - 4Revolutionary Road - 4Slumdog Millionaire - 4Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 4 Mike Leigh's Happy-Go Lucky gets a nod in the best comedy or musical category, with another nomination going to its star Sally Hawkins. |
Emma Thompson is included in the same category, as is Sir Peter Hall's daughter, Rebecca, for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. | Emma Thompson is included in the same category, as is Sir Peter Hall's daughter, Rebecca, for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. |
Woody Allen's film joins Happy-Go-Lucky on the best musical or comedy shortlist, completed by In Bruges, Mamma Mia and the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading. | Woody Allen's film joins Happy-Go-Lucky on the best musical or comedy shortlist, completed by In Bruges, Mamma Mia and the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading. |
Kristin Scott Thomas is also recognised in the dramatic actress category for her role in the French-language film I've Loved You So Long. | Kristin Scott Thomas is also recognised in the dramatic actress category for her role in the French-language film I've Loved You So Long. |
Fiennes is up for best supporting actor for his film The Duchess, with a second nomination coming for best actor in a mini-series. | Fiennes is up for best supporting actor for his film The Duchess, with a second nomination coming for best actor in a mini-series. |
Britain's Tom Wilkinson is shortlisted for the same award for US election drama Recount, with an additional supporting actor nomination for the mini-series John Adams. | Britain's Tom Wilkinson is shortlisted for the same award for US election drama Recount, with an additional supporting actor nomination for the mini-series John Adams. |
House star Hugh Laurie gets a best dramatic TV actor nod, as do Irish actors Gabriel Byrne and The Tudors' Jonathan Rhys Meyers. | House star Hugh Laurie gets a best dramatic TV actor nod, as do Irish actors Gabriel Byrne and The Tudors' Jonathan Rhys Meyers. |
British writers, meanwhile, make up three of the five best screenplay nominees, with Simon Beaufoy, Sir David Hare and Peter Morgan recognised for Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Frost/Nixon respectively. | British writers, meanwhile, make up three of the five best screenplay nominees, with Simon Beaufoy, Sir David Hare and Peter Morgan recognised for Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Frost/Nixon respectively. |
The Golden Globes, which honour both film and television, divide its main film awards between dramas and musicals or comedies. | |
The awards - handed out each year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - will be held in Los Angeles on 11 January. |