Los Angeles  - Nominees for the Golden Globe Awards in the major categories:

Best motion picture drama: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, The Visitor.

Best motion picture musical or comedy: Burn After Reading, Happy- Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Mamma Mia!, Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Best foreign-language picture: Baader Meinhof Complex, Everlasting Moments, Gomorrah, I've Loved You So Long, Waltz With Bashir.

Best director: 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 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.

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.

Best actor in a comedy or musical: Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Colin Farrel, In Bruges; James Franco, Pineapple Express; Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges; Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey.

Best actress in a comedy or musical: Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky; Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading; Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!; Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey.

Best supporting actor: Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder; Robert Downey, Jr, Tropic Thunder; Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight.

Best supporting actress: Amy Adams, Doubt; Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis, Doubt; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler; Kate Winslet, The Reader.

Best animated film: Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E.

Best screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire; David Hare, The Reader; Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon; Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; John Patrick Shanley, Doubt.

Best original score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Changeling, Defiance, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire.

Best song: Down to Earth, Wall-E; Gran Torino, Gran Torino; I Thought I Lost You, Bolt; Once in a Lifetime, Cadillac Records; The Wrestler, The Wrestler.

Best dramatic TV series: Dexter, House MD, In Treatment, Mad Men, True Blood.

Best actor in a TV drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment; Michael C Hall, Dexter; Jon Hamm, Mad Men; Hugh Laurie, House MD; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors.

Best actress in a TV drama: Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU; January Jones, Mad Men; Anna Paquin, True Blood; Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer.

Best musical or comedy TV series: Californication, Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock, Weeds.

Best actor in a TV musical or comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Steve Carell, The Office; Kevin Connolly, Entourage; David Duchovny, Californication; Tony Shalhoub, Monk.

Best actress in a TV musical or comedy: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?; America Ferrera, Ugly Betty; Tina Fey, 30 Rock; Debra Messing, The Starter Wife; Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds.

Best mini-series or motion picture made for television: Cranford, Bernard & Doris, John Adams, A Raisin in the Sun, Recount.

Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award: Steven Spielberg. (dpa)