Original Article on Los Angeles Times

How do you forecast what nutty notions might be floating around in the heads of the 83 full- and part-time entertainment journalists who constitute the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., a group that, for last years Golden Globes, labeled The Tourist a laugh riot and Burlesque one of the years best movies? Easy. Think ratings. Its why the foreign press association invited Ricky Gervais back to host the Globes, even though last time around he joked that the groups members take bribes and nominate A-listers for shoddy work. So when predicting, if theres any doubt, go with the celebrity. Julia Roberts for Larry Crowne? Why not? Mel Gibson for The Beaver? Maybe hell punch Gervais in the face? Worth considering. With that in mind, here's how things ...(read more)