Ricky Gervais
Gah. The Golden Globes. If you don’t like frocks, and can’t bear self-indulgent speeches thanking God, long-dead parents, a dog etc, you’d be forgiven for not giving the telly even the slightest glance this lunchtime. Except that is, for Ricky Gervais.
Yep, the Brit funny man who made working in a drab back office in a west-London suburb hilarious, could save the Golden Globes. And all earnest, glamour-loving Americans. From themselves.
Tonight will be Ricky’s third time hosting the champagne and taffeta-fuelled, red-carpet fiesta. But after managing to offend nearly everyone in Hollywood last year, this year’s invitation surprised many.
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I recently watched Ricky Gervais hosting the Golden Globe Awards and found it hilarious. He’s got guts. In his closing line he shouted out that he wanted to thank God for making him an atheist. I think that also took guts - on top of everything he mentioned during the night he finishes off the show with a jab at religion.
It makes me wonder sometimes, being a religious person myself, how different would life be if you’re an atheist?
I moved into a new house not long ago and on our first night’s sleep, we discovered a note was cellotaped to the back of our bedroom door. It was a prayer, one I hadn’t heard before. The following morning I looked it up and discovered that it’s a life prayer.
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There are a lot of therapists in Beverly Hills rolling their eyes right now.
Through a performance at the Golden Globes that has outraged the HFPA and other acronyms, British comedian Ricky Gervais may have crushed his Hollywood dreams (he gave it a fair whack in Ghost Town, but this may really sink him).
While awards show hosts traditionally prey upon the beautiful people before them, Ricky appears to have taken things a little too far and upset some of the industry’s biggest names.
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mike j says:
In defence of the actors… they’re Americans. How could they possibly know Ricky was joking when there was no canned laughter track? Read more »
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mahtay says:
No, Mel flung the 10th letter about, not the 14th. Read more »
Not planning on spending three hours of your life watching Ricky Gervais gamely work his way through his agonizing but compelling monologue, or realising Robert de Niro needs a script to sound intelligent?
Here’s a rundown of this year’s Golden Globes.
1. If there is one lesson to be gleaned from today’s glitz-fest it is this – smart girls get the bling.
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Mayday says:
Too true. In a general national sense the British tend to be self depreciating by nature whereas the Americans self appreciating. Read more »
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macca-d says:
Agreed. And what did they expect anyway….it’s Ricky Gervais! Read more »
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