W.E.B. Du Bois
11-17-2011, 10:04 AM
newser.com/story/133513/ricky-gervais-to-host-2012-golden-globes.html
Forget about the "alternative" Golden Globes hosting: Ricky Gervais is returning to host the real thing in 2012, despite having offended just about everybody at the last Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has voted to bring Gervais back for a third consecutive year, although the 16 of 62 members that were against having him back were very vocal in their opposition, sources tell the Los Angeles Times.
"Gervais was very funny, and we were very enthusiastic to bring him back," said one association member, who admits that the actor "maybe did cross the line a few times" with his barbs. The chances of Gervais toning it downthis time around appear tvery slim, the Hollywood Reporter notes. "Just told Billy Crystal he'd better not use any of my Holocaust or pedophile material at The Oscars. He agreed," Gervais tweeted soon after the decision was announced.
Alright! The guy who made fun of Robert Downey Jr.'s alcohol addiction recovery and mocked Tim Allen for being a nobody while being a nobody himself. Now he's joking about the Holocaust on Twitter.
The people who manage the show are douchebags and whoever shows up to the event is just dumb.
Forget about the "alternative" Golden Globes hosting: Ricky Gervais is returning to host the real thing in 2012, despite having offended just about everybody at the last Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has voted to bring Gervais back for a third consecutive year, although the 16 of 62 members that were against having him back were very vocal in their opposition, sources tell the Los Angeles Times.
"Gervais was very funny, and we were very enthusiastic to bring him back," said one association member, who admits that the actor "maybe did cross the line a few times" with his barbs. The chances of Gervais toning it downthis time around appear tvery slim, the Hollywood Reporter notes. "Just told Billy Crystal he'd better not use any of my Holocaust or pedophile material at The Oscars. He agreed," Gervais tweeted soon after the decision was announced.
Alright! The guy who made fun of Robert Downey Jr.'s alcohol addiction recovery and mocked Tim Allen for being a nobody while being a nobody himself. Now he's joking about the Holocaust on Twitter.
The people who manage the show are douchebags and whoever shows up to the event is just dumb.