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Around the ‘Globe’
Ricky Gervais returns as host for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes
By Cassie Dresch TV MediaWith the New Year in full swing, it’s time to kick the major awards season into high gear as well, and it starts at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. A familiar face is back to host, and the best and brightest of television and film are gathered for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing Sunday, Jan. 10, on NBC.
British comedian Ricky Gervais (“The Office”) returns to the show he’s hosted thrice before, in 2010, 2011 and 2012. His brand of comedy has always been a little on the edge, and after insulting practically everyone in the room in 2011, it looked like he’d be blacklisted from the event for forever. But he was back by popular demand in 2012 before handing over the reins to Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”) and Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), who hosted the last three Golden Globe Awards to popular and critical acclaim.
If there was any bad blood between Gervais and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the organization that runs the show — it’s gone now, and the funnyman is gearing up for his fourth turn as Golden Globes host. Fair warning, though: Gervais (still) won’t be tame this go-around.
“I’ve got to go out there and pretend that I’ve got swagger,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in December. “And I’ve got to be an outsider, and I’ve got to stick it to the man. I’ve got to be court jester. I’ve got to have a go at NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press and all the billionaires.”
He does this, he says, because the audience he’s trying to reach and make laugh isn’t the bedecked celebs in the room, it’s the regular folks at home in their living rooms.
“There’s nothing in it for them, they’re not winning awards,” he said to THR. “So I think that that I’ve got to try to make it more of a spectator sport.”
Whatever he does do to it, it’s bound to be entertaining, especially considering he was nominated for Emmys for his hosting duties at both the 68th and 69th edi-
tions of the Golden Globes. He also has Golden Globes of his own for the U.K. sitcom “The Office” (which has two) and its U.S. counterpart of the same name (which has one).
There are a lot of statues to hand out to the best of both film AND television from the past year. Generating the most buzz, as is usually the case, are the film nominations. The Golden Globes are typically seen as the precursor to the Oscars, with many of the Best Motion Picture, Actor and Actress nominees and winners seeing similar results at the Academy Awards.
One of the big names to look out for in that sense is Leonardo DiCaprio. “The Revenant” star is up for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (the movie itself is up for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director and Best Score), and if he wins, it could pave the way for the oft-snubbed actor to (finally) take a home a much-deserved Oscar.
On the TV side, “Fargo,” from FX, is again getting a lot of love, notching nominations for Best TV Movie or Miniseries, Best Actress
in a TV Movie or Limited Series (Kirsten Dunst) and Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series (Patrick Wilson). Fox’s “Empire” is also continuing its string of praises, getting a nod for Best Drama Series and Best Actress in a Drama Series (Taraji P. Henson). FX could be a big winner too, with “American Horror Story: Hotel” nabbing a Best TV Movie or Miniseries nod and Lady Gaga impressively grabbing a Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries nod.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an awards show without any surprises, and this year is no different. The biggest surprise is probably on the small-screen side where, for the first time ever, broadcast television saw a grand total of zero nominations for Best Comedy Series. Cable TV and streaming services cleaned house in that category, with Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” Hulu’s “Casual,” Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Transparent,” and HBO’s “Veep” and “Silicon Valley” getting the nominations.
Cable TV and streaming services are well-represented in the other TV categories, too. HBO’s critical
darling “Game of Thrones” is nominated for Best Drama Series, as is Netflix’s “Narco Tambor and Judith Light from “Transparent” are up for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively. Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series “Master of None” is also up for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, as is the ageless British wonder Patrick Stewart for Starz’s “Blunt Talk.”
What better place to dive into awards season than in Beverly Hills, California? With host Gervais back for the fourth time and a smorgasbord of the best television and film 2015 had to offer, there’s sure to be some highs and lows when the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards airs Sunday, Jan. 10, on NBC.
ACROSS
1 Sports org. since 1983 for those who spar in the ring
4 Swimming circuits
8 Cooking liquid
11 Ski-__ (Wintertime recreation vehicles)
13 Plot of land
14 Dir. opposite SSW
15 Glow
16 The quicker way of
doing something
18 Nicki Minaj is one of this music label’s artists, for short
19 As well
20 Mr. Saarinen of architecture
21 New police series on NBC starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta: 3 wds.
24 French for ‘to
hold’
25 “Uh-huh.”
26 Tea of “Madam Secretary” on CBS
27 Have _ __ for news (Be inquis-
itive)
30 Bench presser’s targeted muscle, commonly
31 Namesakes of actress Ms. Skye
32 Controversial British comedian famous for hosting the Golden Globes: 2 wds.
36 Suffix meaning ‘collection’
37 Tubular fish
38 UFO passengers
39 Hillary and Bill of politics
41 Tree branch
43 “Turn to Stone” band [acronym]
44 “_, __ is me!”
45 Friend for Vivienne
46 Type of word in a thesaurus, for short
47 Namesakes of Mr. Gray of botany
48 ‘Dial’ add-on
DOWN
1 Ms. Lupino
2 __ a la Reine (Meat-stuffed puff pastry of French cuisine)
3 Come to decide/ Draw a conclusion: 3 wds.
4 Holds up
5 Noise made by someone sneezing!
6 Validation
7 Speech delivered in church, for short
8 ABC fantasy show: 4 wds.
9 Habituate 10 Oscar-winning actor Jared
12 An overly packed room or locale is described as being one, in slang: 2 wds.
17 Eva Longoria plays a star of a Spanish soap opera in this new NBC comedy series
21 City for the Cardinals of baseball [acronym]
22 Mr. Dampier of basketball
23 Way many people travel to far off destinations: 2 wds.
28 Earthquake related
29 Suffix with ‘Lion’
32 Gathering attended by supporters
33 Cries of pain in cartoons
34 __ City (Fictional setting of “The Young and the Restless” on CBS)
35 Someone __ (Not mine)
36 Decorates the cupcakes
40 “Prelude __ _ Kiss” (1992)
42 Wager Solution on page 10
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ESPN PBA Bowling Scorpion Championship. From National Bowling Stadium-- Reno, Nev. (1:00)
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11:10 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:50)
11:15 p.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)
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GOLF PGA Golf Classics Final Round
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11:30 a.m. NBCSN Into the Blue (0:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
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NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)
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GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
11:30 p.m. GOLF School of Golf (1:00)
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11:45 p.m. SHOW Inside the NFL (1:10)
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FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
6:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
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7:00 p.m. FSN NCAA Basketball Mon. vs. N. Dak. (Live) (2:00)
TNT NBA Basketball Cle. at S.A. From AT&T Center-- San Antonio, Texas (Live) (2:30)
USA WWE Smackdown! (2:00)
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GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
TNT NBA Basketball L.A. L. at G.S. From The Oracle-- Oakland, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
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GOLF EPGA Golf Round 1 Eurasia Cup. From Glenmarie Golf and Country Club-Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (2:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
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GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)
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9:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 First Take (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Marquette vs. Vill. (2:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Mon. vs. N. Dak. (2:00)
NBCSN Gillette World Sport (0:30)
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Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
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ESPN2 First Take Re-Take (0:30)
NBCSN Timmy Horton Outdoors (0:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 First Take Re-Take (0:30)
NBCSN The Scott Martin Challenge (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 Golf Round 2 Latin America Amateur Championship. From Casa de Campo-- La Romana, Dominican Republic (Live) (2:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
NBCSN Jimmy Houston Outdoors (0:30)
1:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)
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GOLF Golf Day 2 Diamond Resorts Invitational. (Live) (2:00)
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Convenient, Quality Business Insurance
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5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
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NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Min. at Okl. From Chesapeake Energy Arena-Oklahoma City, Okla. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball G.W. vs. Dayt. From UD Arena-- Dayton, Ohio (Live) (2:00)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
GOLF EPGA Golf Day 2 Eurasia Cup. From Glenmarie Golf and Country Club-Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (2:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
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FSN WPT Poker Bay 101 Shooting Star. (1:00)
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NBCSN Dakar Rally (0:30)
Saturday, Jan. 16
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Fantasy Football Now (Live) (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
8:30 a.m. (29) WFTC Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)
FSN Musky Hunter Television (0:30)
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (1:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN NFL Countdown (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (2:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
NBCSN USA EPL Soccer (2:00)
9:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
10:00 a.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 2
Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
10:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
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NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsNation (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
NBCSN Lunkerville (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (2:00)
NBCSN Babe Winkelman (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 First Take Re-Take (0:30)
FSN Snowboarding 2015 Rail Days. From Roppongi Hills Arena-- Tokyo, Japan (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Highly Questionable (0:30)
FSN Crashed Ice St. Paul, Minn. (1:30)
6:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Merr. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN NHL Hockey Wpg. at Min. From Xcel Energy Center-- St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
7:30 p.m. (9) KAWE NCAA Hockey Arz. St. at Bem. From Sanford Center Arena-Bemidji, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Evan. vs. Ill.St. From Redbird Arena-Norman, Ill. (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Cle. at Hou. From Toyota Center-- Houston, Texas (Live) (2:30)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN Curling (2:00)
9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
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10:30 p.m. FSN The Yearbook
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ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball M.T. St. vs. OldD. (Live) (2:00)
3:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-Honolulu, Hawaii (2:00)
NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup (1:00)
4:30 p.m. NBCSN Dakar Rally (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN H.S. Basketball Athlete Institute vs. Findlay Prep From Blake Arena-- Springfield, Mass. (Live) (1:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Ok. St. at Tex. From Erwin Special Events Center-Austin, Texas (Live) (2:00)
FSN Forbes SportsMoney (0:30)
NBCSN USSA Freestyle Skiing World Cup Moguls Lake Placid, N.Y. (1:00)
5:30 p.m. FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
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6:00 p.m. FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Merr. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
6:30 p.m. (7) KCCO The NFL Today (Live) (0:30)
(15) KVRR Ultimate Outdoor Adventure (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NFL Football AFC Championship. (Live) (3:00)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO PBR Bull Riding Bucking Battle at the Garden. From Madison Square Garden-- New York City, N.Y. (1:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing the Midwest (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (11) KARE EPL Soccer Leic. at A.V. From Villa Park-- Birmingham, England (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing With Joe Bucher (0:30)
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Noon (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Vill. at Geo. From Verizon Center-Washington, D.C. (Live) (2:30)
FSN Sportsman’s Journal (0:30)
12:30 p.m. FSN Lindy Fish Ed. (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
(23) WUCW NCAA Basketball Mia. vs. Clem. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Bos. at Pit. From Peterson Events Center-Pittsburgh, Pa. (Live) (2:00)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Together We Make Football (1:00)
GOLF Golf Final Day Diamond Resorts Invitational. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball La S. at R.I. From Ryan Center-- Kingston, R.I. (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP 30 for 30 (2:00)
2:30 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Pre Game Show (Live) (0:30)
3:00 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Football (Live) (4:00)
(9) KAWE NCAA Hockey Arz. St. at Bem. From Sanford Center Arena-Bemidji, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN 30 for 30 (1:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Fla. at Ole Miss From Tad Smith Coliseum-- Oxford, Miss. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. at Nash. From Bridgestone Arena-- Nashville, Tenn. (Live) (2:30)
8:30 p.m. ESPN 30 for 30 (1:30)
NBCSN NHL Top 10 (0:30)
9:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Premier League Match of the Day (2:00)
SHOW Boxing Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder vs. Artur Szpilka Showtime Championship. From Barclays Center-- Brooklyn, N.Y. (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
GOLF EPGA Golf Final Day Eurasia Cup. From Glenmarie Golf and Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (2:30)
11:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
ESPN NFL PrimeTime (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Jan 10, 2016 to Jan 16, 2016
With a string of successful restaurants across the globe, a number of bestselling books and several hit television series, it’s clear that people just can’t get enough of chef Gordon Ramsay. He brings his fiery personality back to prime time in the season premiere of “Hell’s Kitchen,” airing Friday, Jan. 15, on Fox. Based on the hit U.K. program, the culinary series is entering its 15th season on Fox, which also boasts Ramsay’s amateur cooking competitions “MasterChef” and “MasterChef Junior,” as well as his hotel revamp show “Hotel Hell.”
Obviously, Fox just can’t get enough of Ramsay either. “We’ve always been huge fans of Gordon,” explained Fox executives Dana Walden and Gary Newman after the season 15 pickup was announced. “With his massive global brand and his unbelievably loyal fans, Gordon has become one of the biggest names in the culinary world and one of the biggest talents in television.”
In “Hell’s Kitchen,” the celebrity superchef mentors 18 aspiring chefs who are out to prove that they have what it takes to run a restaurant. Divided into teams, the contestants face grueling challenges designed to test their mettle in the kitchen. The winners of the challenges often en-
joy lavish rewards, such as once-ina-lifetime dining experiences, while members of the losing team must complete strenuous “punishments.” Perhaps the real test, however, is how the teams perform in the kitchen during an actual dinner service in the Hell’s Kitchen restaurant. Following the challenge portion of the competition, the chefs work in a specially designed kitchen — one for the red team and another for the blue team — to prepare food for diners in the restaurant. As they struggle to get the food out quickly, they must meet Ramsay’s exacting
standards as he monitors everything from the front of the kitchen, or “the pass.”
Each week, some of the hopefuls are eliminated, leaving room for the best of the best to battle it out for the ultimate culinary prize: a head chef position at a prestigious restaurant, not to mention bragging rights as the winner of “Hell’s Kitchen.”
For ravenous fans who just can’t get enough of the red-hot series, Fox has already put in an order for season 16. For now, watch how season 15 pans out when the fun begins Friday, Jan. 15, on Fox.
Late Laughs
Conan
The makers of Budweiser and Miller are considering a merger that would make them the world’s largest brewer. At first they weren’t planning to merge, but after a few beers, each started looking really good.
The Olive Garden is bringing back its “Pasta Pass,” which lets you eat as much pasta as you want for seven
weeks. In a related story, Chris Christie just suspended his campaign.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was benched after a video came out that showed him drinking and partying last week. When he heard he’d no longer be playing quarterback for the Browns, Manziel threw a party and started drinking.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The American Postal Workers Union has endorsed Bernie Sanders. They like Bernie because he’s the only candidate who’s old enough to still be using the U.S Postal Service.
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Friday was “World Vasectomy Day.” Which meant that Saturday was Frozen Peas Day.
The Martian
When a mission on Mars goes awry following a terrible storm, astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is presumed dead and abandoned by his crew. Watney, however, survives the catastrophe and finds himself alone millions of miles from home with no way to let NASA know he’s alive.
Director:RidleyScott.Stars:Matt Damon,JessicaChastain,Kate Mara,JeffDaniels,MichaelPeña,