Ricky Gervais to host 'Golden Globes' again

And so a tradition is born: Ricky Gervais, who flamed the audience at the last Golden Globes, will get a chance to singe whomever he missed.

He just got tapped for the January ceremony. Tweeted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: "Ricky Gervais will host the 69th Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2012."

This had been expected though you'll recall the HFPA pretended to be scandalized by his performance earlier this year; Gervais even hit the talk-show circuit to say his critics were thin-skinned, etc. Here's his open again. You be the judge ...