Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Off topic: Why all the Ricky Gervais hate? I thought he was GREAT!

This is why I hate celebrities. They lead ridiculous entitled lives, then cry when they're portrayed as such.


Its the same hate Jon Stewart got when he hosted the Oscars and wasn't afraid or didn't care about brusing over-inflated egos in the room. Well the big difference was that Stewart has a secure gig, his future doesn't depend upon kissing Hollywood's ass. We shall see if this gig actually hurts Gervais' movie offers or not.

But really, nobody blames Gervais for calling out the obvious bullshit that is the Golden Globes. Depp/Jolie may cringe all they want, but the only reason THE TOURIST got nominated was the studio bribing the voters, same with BURLESQUE. Ricky aint joking when he mentioned that "free" Cher concert.

I'm reminded of that anecdote from last year ('09?) when at a party junket, Hollywood Foreign Press (the GG voting body) were welcomed personally by Leonard DiCaprio who gave them all not just DVD screeners of BROTHERS, but free DVD players as well.

Result? Leo's good (drinking) buddy Tobey Maguire scored a Golden Globe acting nomination for BROTHERS.