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Ricky Gervais flops in debut as Golden Globes host
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January 17, 2010

BY BILL ZWECKER Sun-Times Columnist
Ricky Gervais, one of the most anticipated awards show hosts in recent memory, was a big disappointment as he opened the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night.

From a flat, self-congratulatory series of quips about Steve Carell (who stars in the U.S. version of Gervais' show "The Office"), to a stale joke about the omnipresence of plastic surgery in Hollywood, to a tasteless group of penis jokes, to unfunny jokes about Hugh Laurie and Kiefer Sutherland, Gervais only generated embarrassed chuckles from the assembled Tinseltown luminaries.

Ricky Gervais fell flat in his opening monologue as host of the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night.

Given the tragedy that befell Haiti last week, Gervais' joke about Angelina Jolie and Third World children was another bad stumble.

Fortunately, Nicole Kidman somewhat turned things around by immediately mentioning the Haiti relief efforts - including the multi-network telethon that George Clooney is organizer - when she was the first presenter up to hand out the award for best supporting actress in a film.

Winner Mo'Nique also scored well - delivering a heartfelt acceptance speech, ending with a plea to abused women everywhere: ''I share this with every woman ever touched. It's OK to tell.''

Beatles legend Paul McCartney added his usual easy wit to the proceedings Sunday. As he hit the stage, Sir Paul, joked, ''I'm Paul McCartney, or as I'm now known, that guy from 'Rock Band,' '' a cute homage to the popular video game. He also brought down the house as he introduced the nominees for Best Animated Film by quipping they are not just for children, ''but for adults who take drugs, so here's the nominations of the films made by people on drugs.''