2008 Golden Chazzie Nominations

2008 Golden Chazzie Nominations

Best Fiction:

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
• Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish (Putnam Juvenile)
• The Living Dead, edited by John Joseph Adams (Night Shade)
• The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (Voice)
• More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman (Dutton)

Best Non-Fiction:

• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
• The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson (Harmony)
• Kirby: King of Comics by Mark Evanier (Abrams)
• The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi (Grand Central)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (HarperCollins)

Best Album:

• Attack and Release by The Black Keys (Nonesuch)
• Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Anti)
• Flight of the Conchords by Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
• The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley (Atlantic)
• The Slip by Nine Inch Nails (Null)
• Who Killed Amanda Palmer by Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)

Best Song:

• Alles neu by Peter Fox
• Astronaut by Amanda Palmer
• Grounds for Divorce by Elbow
• The Most Beautiful Girl by Flight of the Conchords
• Oh My God by Ida Maria
• Run (I’m a Natural Disaster)by Gnarls Barkley
• Strange Times by The Black Keys

Best Artist:

• The Black Keys
• Flight of the Conchords
• Gnarls Barkley
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Raconteurs

Best Picture:

• The Dark Knight
• The Fall
• Iron Man
• Tropic Thunder
• WALL-E

Best Director:

• Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
• Jon Favreau, Iron Man
• Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
• Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
• Tarsem, The Fall

Best Actor:

• Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
• Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man, Tropic Thunder
• Lee Pace, The Fall
• Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress:

• Selma Blair, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
• Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
• Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Supporting Actor:

• Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
• Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
• Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Viggo Mortensen, Appaloosa
• Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress:

• Judi Dench, Quantum of Solace
• Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
• Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
• Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Cinematography:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Fall
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay:

• Burn After Reading
• In Bruges
• Milk
• Tropic Thunder
• WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Fall
• Iron Man
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Score:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Fall
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL-E

Best Original Song:

• Down to Earth, WALL-E
• I Thought I Lost You, Bolt
• Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
• The Wrestler, The Wrestler

Best Costume Design:

• Appaloosa
• The Dark Knight
• The Duchess
• The Fall
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Effects:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Fall
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Iron Man

Best Kicksplode:

• The Dark Knight
• Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man
• Quantum of Solace
• Speed Racer
• Wanted

Best Ongoing Comic:

• Fables
• The Goon
• Red River
• The Walking Dead
• Yotsuba&!

Best Graphic Novel/Collection:

• Heavy Liquid (DC/Vertigo)
• The Kindaichi Case Files, Vol. 17: The Undying Butterflies (Tokyopop)
• Local (Oni)
• Too Cool to be Forgotten (Top Shelf)
• The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 (Dark Horse)
• Vendor (Viper)

Best Comic Book Writer:

• Warren Ellis, Anna Mercury, Astonishing X-Men, Doktor Sleepless
• Robert Kirkman, Walking Dead
• Eric Powell, The Goon
• Bill Willingham, Fables, Jack of Fables
• Yu Watase, Fushigi YÅ«gi Genbu Kaiden

Best Comic Book Artist:

• Charlie Adlard, Walking Dead
• Mark Buckingham, Fables
• Eric Powell, The Goon
• Ivan Rodriguez, Doktor Sleepless
• Yu Watase, Fushigi YÅ«gi Genbu Kaiden

Best DVD (single title):

• Dance of the Dead
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: Ultimate Collector’s Set
• Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary Edition
• Tropic Thunder
• WALL-E

Best DVD (boxed set):

• The Godfather: Coppola Restoration Giftset
• Mad Men: Season One
• The Man from UNCLE: The Complete Series
• Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season
• Spaced: The Complete Series

Best Audiobook:

• Duma Key by Stephen King, read by John Slattery (Simon & Schuster)
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Harper)
• Nation by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (Harper)
• Poets’ Corner edited by John Lithgow, read by various (Hachette)
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Hachette)

Best TV Drama:

• Burn Notice
• Doctor Who
• House MD
• John Adams
• Mad Men

Best TV Comedy:

• The Daily Show
• The IT Crowd
• Mock the Week
• No Heroics
• Pushing Daisies

Best TV Actor, Drama:

• Jeffrey Donovan, Burn Notice
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Paul Giamatti, John Adams
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• David Tennant, Doctor Who

Best TV Actress, Drama:

• Gabrielle Anwar, Burn Notice
• January Jones, Mad Men
• Laura Linney, John Adams
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
• Elizabeth Sladen, The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Catherine Tate, Doctor Who

Best TV Actor, Comedy:

• Richard Ayoade, The IT Crowd
• James Lance, No Heroics
• Chris O’Dowd, The IT Crowd
• Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
• Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

Best TV Actress, Comedy:

• Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
• Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother
• Katherine Parkinson, The IT Crowd

Best Video Game:

• Fable 2
• Fallout 3
• Gears of War 2
• No More Heroes
• Rock Band 2
• Strongbad’s Cool Game for Smart People