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Ricky Gervais gets 2009 Oscar buzz -- as potential host
Hollywood Insider — Ricky Gervais gets 2009 Oscar buzz -- as potential host Rickygervais_l Ricky Gervais ' memorable appearance on the Sept. 21 Emmys tipped off Hollywood to its next possible Oscar host. Shortly after Gervais jokingly scolded Steve Carell for stealing the Emmy he won last year for Extras , his reps were besieged with inquiries about his availability and were urged to book a meeting with Academy Awards organizers, stat. "The buzz around town is that Ricky should host the Oscars," says one source close to the star. He's already racking up the movie credits, including the requisite bomb that could become a punchline during the ceremony ( ...

If Ricky Gervais hosted the Oscars, would you have a laugh?
PopWatch — If Ricky Gervais hosted the Oscars, would you have a laugh? As Hollywood Insider reported this week, the Academy could be courting Ricky Gervais to host the 2009 Oscars telecast. He's got movies out ( Ghost Town ) and in the works ( This Side of Truth , costarring Tina Fey), and his off-script "Give me back my Emmy" exchange with Steve Carell marked one of the few bright spots of this year's Emmys. Gervais justified his going wildly off-script with typically self-effacing reasoning: "I've got nothing to lose here -- I'm a nobody here." Hardly, but someone relatively unconsumed by the Hollywood bubble -- and not afraid to pop that shizz -- could make ...