Golden Globes: Ricky Gervais starts with ... HFPA joke

Jan. 16, 2011 5:11 PM PT

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5:05 pm: Talk about biting the hand that feeds. Ricky Gervais starts right in with jokes about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., mocking the idea that ‘The Tourist’ was nominated, then referencing ‘bribes’ that led to ‘Burlesque’ getting nominated. Then it goes to more conventional stuff, such as Cher and Hugh Hefner anatomy jokes. But still.

--Steven Zeitchik

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Steven Zeitchik

Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all.

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