In movies, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman rocked the scale with two-time nominations, while Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan scored 3 out of the 7 nominations racked up for the leading drama Atonement.

Charlie Wilson's War snagged the second most nominations, thanks to performances by classic favorites Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Movies neck-in-neck with four nominations each were Johnny Depp's Sweeney Todd, George Clooney's Michael Clayton, and Tommy Lee Jones's No Country for Old Men.

It was nice to see Across the Universe in the runnings, but personally I was disappointed that the Disney musical Enchanted was left out. At least Amy Adams was selected for best musical actress, against Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky.

I also thought Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs drama should have been given more notice - it was so powerful (albeit cliché) - but there was tough competition with Angelina Jolie's A Mighty Heart, Denzel Washington's American Gangster, and Viggo Mortensen's Eastern Promises.

Acclaimed directors Tim Burton and Ridley Scott gained film nominations alongside Joe Wright and the newly arrived co-directors/brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen.

In television, old shows back in the nomination pool include Grey's Anatomy, House, 30 Rock and Entourage, while new shows Damages, Pushing Daisies, Mad Men, and Californication joined the competition this year.

Actor nominees Katherine Heigl, Jeremy Piven and Hugh Laurie were joined by new competition Christina Applegate, Anna Friel and Michael C. Hall, who this year began starring in Samantha Who?, Pushing Daisies and Dexter. It's nice to see Christina Applegate finally break away from her Married with Children pigeonhole, while Michael C. Hall was so good in Six Feet Under that it's great to have him back in yet another twisted drama.

All in all, the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards should be an exciting race - assuming that the show does go on. With all that is going on with the WGA strike, there is talk of red-carpet picketing or celebrities refusing to show up to honor the event. Should be interesting to see what happens in Hollywoodland as the WGA strike goes on and the votes tally up! For a full list of nominees, see below...

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR

George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

James McAvoy, Atonement

Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Denzel Washington, The Great Debaters

BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS

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, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd

Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson's War

Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Savages

John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams, Enchanted

Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray

Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd

Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Ellen Page, Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Casey Affleck, 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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson's War

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Hugh Laurie, House

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors

Bill Paxton, Big Love

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA

Patricia Arquette, Medium

Glenn Close, Damages

Minnie Driver, The Riches

Edie Falco, The Sopranos

Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters

Holly Hunter, Saving Grace

Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Steve Carell, The Office

David Duchovny, Californication

Ricky Gervais, Extras

Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies

BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?

America Ferrera, Ugly Betty

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies

Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like It

Debra Messing, The Starter Wife

Queen Latifah, Life Support

Sissy Spacek, Pictures of Hollis Woods

Ruth Wilson, Jane Eyre

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Adam Beach, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Ernest Borgnine, A Grandpa For Christmas

Jim Broadbent, Longford

James Isaacs, The State Within

James Nesbitt, Jekyll

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

Rose Byrne, Damages

Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters

Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy

Samantha Morton, Longford

Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Jamie Pressly, My Name is Earl

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

Ted Danson, Damages

Kevin Dillon, Entourage

Jeremy Piven, Entourage

Andy Serkis, Longford

William Shatner, Boston Legal

Donald Sutherland, Dirty Sexy Money