Articles tagged with ‘2011 Golden Globe Awards’
Ricky Shows off his ‘Globes’ in Golden Underwear!
Posted on January 18th, 2011 at 2:43 pm by
Now, after leaving a room full of Hollywood A-listers speechless on Sunday night, you can either go one of two ways… One, you can hide yourself away from the rest of Tinsletown and hope they will all eventually see the funny side, or two, you can pose in a tight gold pair of boxers, on a sunny balcony, and have the picture posted all over Twitter for all to ogle at.
As you can see Ricky Gervais prefers the latter… Clearly, and this is why we forgive him!
The British funnyman was presented with the golden boxers by Ellen DeGeneres on her U.S. chat show last week and was told to wear them for the special occasion.
We’re unsure if the 49 year old actually went through with his challenge, but he certainly showed them off the day after; along with his new trim body. A clever publicity diversion I ever I saw one.
I’m not advising you do this at home, but if you look closely, you can almost see Ricky’s very own Golden (ahem)… Globes!
Ellen then posted the picture on her Twitter page, along with a caption saying: “Please enjoy this photo of Ricky Gervais in my underwear.” We believe you Ellen; those golden undergarments could well be yours!
The Winners (and Losers) of the 2011 Golden Globe Awards!
Posted on January 16th, 2011 at 11:43 pm by
I thought the 2011 Golden Globes was a roaring success, hosted once again by Ricky Gervais, who kicked off the event with some great commentary on some of the more terrible nominees like The Tourist. However, this year the British funnyman barely managed to walk the fine line between some totally offensive jokes to laughworthy quips.
On top of that we were often left wondering why Gervais would inexplicably disappear for huge chunks of time, unlike in 2010 when his presence seemed to dominate the podium for most of the whole show.
Had Ricky seriously pi**ed somebody off this time around?! I think so…
Even my pal, CNN’s Piers Morgan tweeted curiously:“Gervais not seen for an hour now. #whatthehellhappened.” Followed up by: “Where is Ricky Gervais? Seriously.”
Perhaps it was this comment that might have him in hot water with some of Hollywood’s elite, when he said: “Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor - two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay, so the complete opposite of some famous scientologists then,” Gervais said before adding, “My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke. They’re not here.”
You could hear the shock reaction pouring from the audience as they gasped at his slanderous humor. Gervais is a very funny guy indeed, but attacking religion or sexuality should never be up for laughs, I personally feel he went a bit too far this time. I had visions of the comedian being reprimanded backstage for his unwarranted remarks, at least that would explain his disappearing act!
After Gervais finally returned to our screens appearing slightly ‘subdued’ Piers continued his tweeting with, “Re Ricky “MIA” Gervais – blimey, hope this isn’t what they do to all Brits on TV in America. #bitesnails.” Well, let’s certainly hope not, eh Piers!
The big winner of the night was The Social Network, picking up four awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Score.
Glee stole the show on the TV side, taking home Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical, while Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer received best supporting actress and actor wins.
Robert De Niro accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement from Matt Damon for his performances in movies such as Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Part II and Goodfellas. The actor joked that his less noted films such as Frankenstein, Jacknife, and Little Fockers were missing from the presentation reel.
Michael Douglas looked well on the road to recovery and received a standing ovation as he took to the stage to present the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama.
Douglas, pictured (right) posing with his gorgeous wife Catherine Zeta Jones, and another happy couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, won huge laughs from the audience when he joked about his warm reception, he said: “There’s got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation.
Thank you all very much. I’m really very, very happy to be here tonight.”
Aww, and we were happy to see you there too Michael!
Here’s the complete list of winners…
TELEVISION
Drama Series: Boardwalk Empire
Musical or Comedy Series: Glee
Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Actress, Drama: Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Linney, The Big C
Miniseries or Movie: Carlos
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Supporting Actor, TV Series, Miniseries or Movie: Chris Colfer, Glee
Supporting Actress, TV Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jane Lynch, Glee
MOTION PICTURES
Drama: The Social Network
Musical or Comedy: The Kids Are All Right
Director: David Fincher, The Social Network
Actor, Drama: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Actress, Drama: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Original Song: “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” (written by Diane Warren), Burlesque
Foreign Language Film: In a Better World Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
MORE: Best & Worst of the Golden Globes Paul Drinkwater/NBC
HONORARY
Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert De Niro
Another Golden Opportunity for Gervais
Posted on April 29th, 2010 at 7:31 am by Sean Borg
Here’s one Brit’ that made it in Hollywood without the help of Simon Cowell – Ricky Gervais…
And it’s just been announced that Gervais has signed on to host the 2011 Golden Globe Awards!
The British funnyman, who hosted the 2010 ceremony, brought in good ratings to NBC earlier this year despite mixed reviews for his performance – and this time he has vowed to go all out to upset producers.
The President of the Golden Globes, Philip Berk says he is delighted to see Gervais return. But Ricky joked, “I can’t believe they invited me back after awful things I said.” Neither can I Ricky, neither can I…
