USA: Actress Kristen Scott Thomas and Director Ron Howard react to their Golden Globe nominations

Record ID: 393601

  • Title: USA: Actress Kristen Scott Thomas and Director Ron Howard react to their Golden Globe nominations
  • Date: 12th December 2008
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 11, 2008) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS TARAJI HENSON, SAYING: "I mean, he's just an incredible actor. You've certainly seen his work, this is very different from anything he has ever done. I'm his mother and I say he deserves it."
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  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • Story Text: Hollywood's award season has begun with Thursday's (December 11) announcement of the Golden Globe nominations in Beverly Hills. The Golden Globe Awards, generally considered to be the entertainment industry's fun-filled awards shows, is seen as a key indicator of which movies will compete for Oscars because many of the same movies vie for both awards.
    Up for best actress this year are Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Kristen Scott Thomas who appears in "I've Loved You So Long," a French film with a first-time director and a small budget.
    Scott Thomas had this to say about her nomination: "I'm just thrilled to have been recognized for this part," says Scott Thomas, "And it's great for such a little film, made by a first-time director in French about a small town - which happens in a small town in France - is getting this international response, is just extraordinary."
    Among actors, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" star Brad Pitt earned a nomination in the category for best actor in a film drama along with Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" and Leonardo DiCaprio for "Revolutionary Road." Joining those three were Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" and Sean Penn for "Milk."
    Taraji Henson, who plays Pitt's foster mother in the film, was also nominated for her work in the supporting actress category. Pitt's nomination was not a surprise to his co-star:
    "I mean, he's just an incredible actor," says Henson.
    "You've certainly seen his work, this is very different from anything he has ever done. I'm his mother and I say he deserves it."
    For best picture, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Frost/Nixon" each earned five nominations and were joined on the list of nominees for top dramatic film, the Globes' highest honor, by "Revolutionary Road," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Reader."
    Ron Howard, who has already won the Academy Award for best director, was thrilled to pick up another nod for his work on "Frost/Nixon,"
    but makes sure not to rest on his laurels.

    "I've been nominated for Golden Globes before, and I've even won before, and yet I realize that this kind of acknowledgment," says Howard, "I realize that you can be a veteran, but I don't think you can ever be blase about this sort of thing."
    The Golden Globes will be handed out on Jan. 11 in a televised ceremony on broadcast network NBC.
    The Oscars, voted upon by some 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will be given out in February.
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