Cure for sanctimonious Hollywood? Let Ricky Gervais host the Oscars
nypost.comand no one even noticed.That’s how divested we’ve become from Hollywood, movies, moviegoing and celebrity culture in general.Three years into this pandemic, we’ve all become quite happy streaming high-quality content from the comfort of our homes, at a fraction of the price.The screens have gotten smaller — and, apologies to Norma Desmond, so have the stars.It’s a permanent shift, one Gervais addressed at the 2020 Globes, talking “to all you perverts” in the room.“No one cares about movies anymore,” he said. “Most films are awful.
All the best actors have jumped to Netflix and HBO and the actors who just do Hollywood movies now do fantasy-adventure nonsense.
They wear masks and capes and really tight costumes. Their job isn’t acting anymore. It’s going to the gym twice a day and taking steroids.
Have we got an award for Most Ripped Junkie? No.”He was right then and even more so now. Can you name any of the movies likely to be nominated for Best Picture this year?
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