Complete List of Oscar Winners

BEST PICTURE
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

BEST ACTOR
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
Andrew Stanton, and Jim Reardon; original story by Stanton and Pete Docter"WALL-E"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
David Hare, "The Reader"
Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"
John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Baader-Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
"The Class" (France)
"Departures" (Japan)
"Revanche" (Austria)
"Waltz with Bashir" (Israel)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Changeling" Tom Stern
"Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
"The Reader," Chris Menges
"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister

BEST FILM EDITING
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon," Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
"Milk," Elliot Graham
"Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
"The Duchess," Michael O'Conner
"Milk", Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
"Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Slumdog Millionaire," "Jai Ho"
"Slumdog Millionaire," "O Saya"
"WALL-E," "Down To Earth"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance," James Newton Howard
"Milk," Danny Elfman
"Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E," Thomas Newman

BEST MAKEUP
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
"The Dark Knight,"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army,"

BEST SOUND EDITING
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

BEST SOUND MIXING
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)"
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"The Pig"
"Spielzeugland (Toyland)"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory - Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
"Smile Pinki"
"The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"

Oscar Contest Update!

Congratulations to Chronicles of von Klapp reader Megan B. who was the first to email us a ballot with all correct winners! Megan will be receiving a $50.00 gift certificate for amazon.com and bragging rights for a full year. Thanks to everyone to entered the contest this year!

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor

Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress

Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Director

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Can the Soaps Survive?

Recently, we linked to an article from MSNBC that focused on how the poor economy has hit the already struggling genre of daytime soaps.  Big talents (even Susan Lucci) have had to take pay cuts.  Leading ladies (even Deidre Hall) have lost their jobs.  The MSNBC article asked if soaps can survive.  We asked two daytime soap experts and avid bloggers for their take on soaps and the recession.  

Mark Harding. the writer of the insightful blog MarkH's Soap Musings, has been watching soaps since his grandmother looked after him as a child. His earliest soap viewing included All My Children and General Hospital, but now his favorite show is The Young and the Restless.  We asked Mark what he would do to save soaps in these hard economic times if he was a daytime executive.  His replay was, "As a Y&R viewer, the show with the best budget, this is not my forte.  I think rather than cutting, my focus would be more on expanding the revenue base.  So, in that sense, I'd be even more aggressive than CBS/Sony has been with pushing online platforms.  I'd also use that vast content vault to try to generate additional ad revenue for classic content.  

"That said, to the extent that cost cutting involves paring down cast members (especially veteran cast members), I think Y&R is the model.  They have slowly lost a number of major players in recent years (Jerry Douglas, Victoria Rowell, Don Diamont).  With one exception, each of these departures have had a major impact on the show, and propelled major new storylines.  The departures have been selective, and they have been done in ways that viewers don't feel cheated.  Everything and everyone dies.  If it is done with respect, and if subsequent story honors it....then it works.  So, my sense is that Y&R has really handled this gradual downsizing well.  Note, too, that it is done in a planful way.  Cast members are pared gradually, their departures are set up.  It is a little "pruning" every year.  Younger cast members fill the void.  They are attached to core families, introduced gradually...so many viewers do not find this "generational transition" to be off-putting."

Ten years ago NBC has three soaps on the air; now the network has one sole soap on it's lineup. We asked Mark if he thinks other networks will follow suit and air a stand-alone soap on it's schedule.  "That is tricky to sustain," explained Mark. "Dayparts have a certain continuity and synergy.  Promos for the next show help keep viewers tuned in after the one they love.  When soaps become islanded, it is hard to imagine what will draw in viewers.  If "soaps" are not a part of your brand, then people won't think of you if they want to watch soaps. 

"That said, my sense is that the soaps will flicker out in a certain sequence, and that the Bell soaps (bolstered by higher ratings and the best international sales) will flicker out last.  So, I do contemplate that the "end times" will feature CBS as the sole network to air two soaps.
 
"That said, the "end times" is premised on the idea that viewership will continue to fall, and now compensatory revenue model will be found.  Y&R is FLOURISHING online.  It is consistently listed in the "favorites" of CBS' online broadcasts.  It is the most successful program (2 million viewers??) for Soapnet.  If Y&R can continue to exploit new ways of generating/retaining eyeballs, and having those methods be cost-effective....time of death cannot be estimated.
 
"It is important, in that context, to remember that what is happening to daytime is nothing but the same trend that is killing primetime/broadcast networks, newspapers, and magazines.  Advertiser-supported entertainment in the old model CANNOT hold up to the niche-market precise-ad-delivery of the online universe.  Thus, traditional free "broadcast" networks will be gone soon enough, and they will take ALL programs with them.  Some of these programs may find new homes...on cable, online.  Given the sheer strength of the Y&R juggernaut, I believe Y&R has the best chance of transcending and surviving.
 
"When radio soaps moved to TV, only Irna Phillips' Guiding Light successfully made the transition.  In other words, there was ONE LONE survivor of the platform shift.  I think there could be one lone survivor in this new media evolution too.  I think that will be Y&R."

Next we asked a few questions of Jeff Wyatt.  Jeff is new in the world of daytime blogging, having started his blog in November as an "experiment" of sorts.  Jeff had been a viewer of soaps on and off for years, but had lost interest during the last decade.  Beginning in December, Jeff watched each daytime soap for one week, one soap at a time, to see if any could lure him back as a fan.  Check out Daytime Direct for his findings, some of which were downright hilarious (why Guiding Light is like a bowling bowl is my favorite).  We started off by asking Jeff why he stopped watching soaps.  "The writing became less compelling and more predictable," explained Jeff.  "Shows focused on plot instead of character.  Characters lost their individuality and became cardboard cut-outs.  There was a time, especially during the days of Pam Long’s GL and Doug Marland’s ATWT, that if you missed one episode, you missed a lot.  By the mid to late 1990’s, there was nothing bringing me back day after day.  If I missed a week I didn’t feel like I was losing out."

The poor economic situation has affected almost every business in the country and soaps are no exception. Every soap has experienced slashed budgets and reduced commercial revenue.  We asked Jeff if this is the end of daytime as we know it.  "Daytime  as we know it is no longer about soaps," stated Jeff.  "It’s about reality court shows, it’s about talk shows, and it’s about original cable series.  The traditional “love in the afternoon” daytime soap lineup has been pushed aside for Judge Judy, Tyra Banks, and The View.  Those shows are less expensive to make, thus the return on investment is greater.  I don’t think soaps are dead, but they are in hibernation.  I truly believe that if one show came together with the right producers, writers, and actors and managed to capture the imaginations of viewers and achieve ratings success, the genre would be invigorated and flourish."

We asked Jeff if he were a soap executive in these economic times, what he would do to help save the genre.  "Budget cuts don't have to affect creativity.  GL had a great opportunity last year when they started their new production model.  Everyone was curious and I’m sure I wasn’t the only ex-viewer that tuned in that day to see what it was all about. Savvy producers and writers would have ensured that every storyline was peaking the week of the much hyped new production model debut. The first episode in the new format should have had the cliffhanger of the year.  Instead, viewers who tuned in saw sixty minutes of nothing.  Literally - nothing happened. Soaps can use a less expensive production model and – with creative writing, good acting, and smart direction – make a quality program.  I wouldn't be surprised to see AMC and OLTL slowly start to utilize some of the same production crew on both shows, where allowed by union regulations.  If that works, you’ll see Y&R and B&B do it next.  That will save money without effecting what the viewer sees on the screen.  You already see smaller casts, but if I were in charge I’d prefer a well balanced cast featuring veteran performers as well as newer cast members."

Readers of Daytime Direct know that Jeff was highly critical of Guiding Light. We asked him why he's so bitter about the goings on in Springfield.  "Writing about GL in 2009 was the hardest thing I had to do," explains Jeff.  "For years GL was my favorite show. I didn’t miss one episode from 1981 to 1986. I can recall entire scenes that aired over twenty years ago because the acting, writing, and directing were so good that they are forever etched in my memory.  Do you think I’m exaggerating? Check out this blog entry from Patrick Erwin’s A Thousand Other Worlds soap blog.  The entry is about actress Krista Tesreau returning to GL, and being reunited with the cast members who acted opposite her when they were playing out a teen storyline back in the early 80’s. The entry ends with the sentence “Can blue skies and palomino ponies be far behind?” GL fans remember that in June of 1983, GL’s Phillip, Beth, and Rick graduated from Springfield High, and Phillip promised them a future of “blue skies and palomino ponies.”  Yes, GL was that good that fans remember lines of dialogue that were only uttered once over twenty five years ago. That’s why I cringe when I watch the show now – there’s nothing memorable. It’s a lot of the same thing over and over.  That said, the news that Krista Tesreau, Grant Aleksander, Michael O’Leary will be on screen together will make me give the show a second look. But if the story isn’t worthwhile, I won’t keep watching. "

Lastly, we asked Jeff on his take on all the GL cancellation rumors. "Don’t listen to the “GL is done in 2009” drum beat," says Jeff.  "I could be wrong, but I don't think it is true.  For almost 40 years, CBS has started and ended most of  their daytime programs at the end of the first quarter. Y&R, Capitol, B&B all started in late March.  Where the Heart Is, Search for Tomorrow, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, and Capitol all ended their runs in late March.  If GL was being canceled this year, it would most likely go off the air in March and the announcement would have been made in late December. I don’t’ think any soap will be canceled in 2009."

In the end, both Mark and Jeff agree that quality, not the economy is the best way to save the soap genre.  We love television and don't want to see any of it's sub-genres disappear.  If you are a lapsed soap fan, tune in to your old favorites and give them a second look.  It would be sad to see any of these shows leave the air any time soon.   

Ummm.... ???

If anyone can explain this in twenty words or less, please feel free to do so. 

Nicollette Sheridan to Exit Desperate Housewives

Just a day after news leaked that Grey's Anatomy will be losing two stars, E! Online reports that Nicollette Sheridan is out at Desperate Housewives. Sheridan, an original cast member of the long running hit ABC series, will see her character meet an untimely end in the season finale. A rep for Sheridan states the actress is "looking forward to future projects."

Chris Brown Arrested for Assult

Why, Chris Brown? Why? Brown, 19, was arrested on Sunday and was charged with felony criminal threats. The singer later was released on $50,000 bail. Reports suggest that Brown attacked an unidentified woman (whom some claim is Brown's girlfriend, Rihanna), biting her and hitting her with his fists. What a guy. Both Brown and Rihanna were scheduled to perform at last night's Grammy Awards, but dropped out at the last minute. Rihanna was not available to comment.

Grammy Winners

Album of the Year
ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS, Raising Sand

Best Rap Album
LIL WAYNE, Tha Carter III

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
JOHN MAYER, Say

Record of the Year
ROBERT PLANT & ALISO KRAUSS, Please Read the Letter

Best New Artist
ADELE

Best Rock Album
COLDPLAY, Viva la Vida

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
SUGARLAND, Stay

Best R&B Album
JENNIFER HUDSON, Jennifer Hudson

Best Pop Female Vocal Performance
ADELE, Chasing Pavements

NBC;s Super Bowl Coverage

The nice people at NBC want to make sure you have no reason to leave your house at all today. The fun starts at 9am EST with a two hour Sunday edition of Today followed by a Super Bowl themed Meet the Press at 11am.  Bob Costas hosts The Road to the Super Bowl at noon.  The super-sized Super Bowl Pregame Show airs from 1pm until 6pm and will feature Matt Lauer interviewing President Obama, along with features on Bruce Springsteen and profiles on the Cardinals and Steelers' quarterbacks.  The actual game is scheduled to kick off at 6:25pm.  

2nd Annual Oscar Contest

It's time for our 2nd annual Oscar contest! The rules are simple: email us (click on the big envelope on the top right hand side of the page) with your picks, and wait to see if you win. Winners will be contacted by our webmaster for shipping information. Could it be more easy? This year the prize for the lucky reader who picks the most winners is a $50 gift card from amazon.com!

THE BALLOT

Best Motion Picture of the Year
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Gus Van Sant, Milk
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress
* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Melissa Leo, Frozen River
* Kate Winslet, The Reader
* Meryl Streep, Doubt

Best Supporting Actor
* Josh Brolin, Milk
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Animated Short Film
* La Maison de Petits Cubes
* Lavetory-Lovestory
* Oktapodi
* Presto
* This Way Up

Please note that in the event of a tie, the person who emailed the correct ballot FIRST will win the prize. All ballots must be received by Monday February 16th. 

GOOD LUCK!!

The End of Soaps?

Back in December, we wrote how the recession has hit daytime soaps. Things are getting worse. MSNBC's website predicts soaps are heading for a "tragic ending" and even gave the article prime exposure on it's homepage.

Are our friends in Pine Valley and Genoa City and Salem about to sail off into the sunset? We'll have a full report next week.

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Motion Picture of the Year
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Gus Van Sant, Milk
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress
* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Melissa Leo, Frozen River
* Kate Winslet, The Reader
* Meryl Streep, Doubt

Best Supporting Actor
* Josh Brolin, Milk
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

GOLDEN GLOBES: Complete List of Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"The Reader"
"Revolutionary Road"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Burn After Reading"
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
"In Bruges"
"Mamma Mia!"
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE

"The 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, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Javier Bardem, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Colin Farrell, "In Bruges"
James Franco, "Pineapple Express"
Brendan Gleeson, "In Bruges"
Dustin Hoffman, "Last Chance Harvey"

BEST ACTRESS, 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"

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Tom Cruise, "Tropic Thunder"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Ralph Fiennes, "The Duchess"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

ANIMATED FILM

"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"Wall-E"

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"

ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Clint Eastwood, "Changeling"
James Newton Howard, "Defiance"
Hans Zimmer, "Frost/Nixon"
A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

SONG

"Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), "Wall-E"
"Gran Torino" (performed by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, lyrics by: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens), "Gran Torino"
"I Thought I Lost You" (performed by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), "Bolt"
"Once in a Lifetime" (performed by Beyoncé, written by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street), "Cadillac Records"
"The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), "The Wrestler"


DRAMATIC TV SERIES

"Dexter"
"House M.D."
"In Treatment"
"Mad Men"
"True Blood"

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA

Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House M.D."
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, "The Tudors"

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA

Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"
January Jones, "Mad Men"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Californication"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"30 Rock"
"Weeds"

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Kevin Connolly, "Entourage"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"

BEST ACTRESS, 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 MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

"Cranford"
"Bernard & Doris"
"John Adams"
"A Raisin in the Sun"
"Recount"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Judi Dench, "Cranford"
Laura Linney, "John Adams"
Catherine Keener, "An American Crime"
Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel"
Susan Sarandon, "Bernard & Doris"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris"
Paul Giammatti, "John Adams"
Kevin Spacey, "Recount"
Kiefer Sutherland, "24: Redemption"
Tom Wilkinson, "Recount"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Eileen Atkins, "Cranford"
Laura Dern, "Recount"
Melissa George, "In Treatment"
Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers & Sisters"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
Denis Leary, "Recount"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Blair Underwood, "In Treatment"
Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams"