Awards shows are compelling because they're occasions for the rich, famous, and beautiful to go above and beyond to the apogee of glamor. The Golden Globes, however—mostly due to the mass quantities of alcohol and other substances in close proximity—are often the occasion for the glamorous to become beastlike in the blink of an eye. (Except Kate Winslet. She is never not absolutely fabulous.)
Ricky's performance wasn't close to last years in terms of bite but he still got a few good lines in there. Here is a collection of his best.
Tonight the winner of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes were as obvious as they could possibly be. It was a collection of wacky cable television winners and all the expected Oscar favorites and big splashy celebrities from the movie world. And Ricky Gervais was so scary as the host. Here are all the victors.
Or play her off! And, David Fincher, just give her the damned glasses. Come on.
While bringing out Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, Ricky went to make a joke which went something like "...but I can't understand what the fuck they're saying." But, it had to be inferred because the audio cut out right at that moment.
Not the best or most cutting joke in the world but it's about as daring as anyone is getting during the show. Plus, it recalled when Madonna and Britney Spears kissed back when people cared about Britney. No, really, good on which ever Golden Globes producer whipped that up just before Madonna went on.
Long time marrieds Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy presented Best Actress in a TV Series and instead of the usual hollow patter, they sang a charming little ditty. Here it is.
Congratulations go to Seth Rogen for the first erection joke of the night! Stay classy, Seth. On the other hand, calling out the silliness of My Week with Marilyn being in the Comedy category was spot on.
It wasn't nearly as biting as last year but still had a few zingers, about NBC, Jodie Foster's Beaver and the rules the HFPA wanted Ricky to adhere to.
Oh my gosh, what is Ricky Gervais going to do? Which celebrities are going to get drunk? Which awful actors will the Hollywood Foreign Press Association award tonight? Yes, it's Golden Globes nights. Please join us in witnessing all these atrocities and making mean jokes about them.
Attendees of tomorrow night's Golden Globes will eat dessert covered with edible gold flakes, which retail at $135 a gram. This entirely reasonable dish took pastry chef Thomas Henzi six months to design, and it will require 40 chefs and 110 kitchen staff members to prepare. But gold? On a dessert at the Golden Globes? I'm not sure I understand…
We have a whole bunch of fun stuff planned for the Golden Globes, but there's one thing you won't see on the site, so we wanted to make you aware of it now. We're giving control of Gawker's Twitter account to author, cabaret star, and all-around funny person Justin Vivian Bond during the broadcast.
It's officially awards season now that the secretive geniuses at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced the nominees for the Golden Globes, Hollywood's self-love and booze fest. The Artist appears to be the big winner, but that's not surprising at all. However there are some shocks to be had.
The Jane Lynch-hosted 63rd Annual Emmys are underway in Los Angeles. Early in the broadcast, Ricky Gervais poked fun at his controversial turn as Golden Globes host and introduced the nominees for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy in a pre-recorded, heavily edited video. Lynch then announced the winner on Gervais' behalf, but not before playing armchair psychologist: "Poor little Ricky Gervais. Someone didn't get enough hugs from mommy and somehow it's Hollywood's fault."
It's been more than six months—and several talk show appearances—since Ricky Gervais made all those controversial jokes at the Golden Globes, so surely he's done talking about it, right? Not so much, actually, as you'll see in this exchange Gervais had with David Letterman on tonight's Late Show, during which he said "I don't think I should" when asked if he'd host the awards show again.
Even though he was somewhat coy during his interview with David Letterman on Tuesday, Ricky Gervais came out swinging on tonight's Daily Show when Jon Stewart brought up the comedian's controversial performance at the Golden Globes. Said Gervais, "This is what I think I should apologize for about the Golden Globes: fuck all!"
Between ScarJo's "Bride of Frankenstein" look and Sandra Bullock's hair still having flat-iron lines in it, there was a lot to discuss when considering options for the Worst Dressed at the Globes. Catty round-table discussion—and a winner—inside!
