Hide under the nearest rock. Awards season is now properly underway. There weren't many surprises in the nominations for the Baftas.

As expected, the British academy mentioned The King's Speechin every category bar best animated short (and they would have if they could). Tom Hooper's film secured a sturdy 14 nominations. With 12 mentions, Black Swancame in second place.

If you were desperate for news, you could raise an eyebrow at the fact that The Social Network, supposed favourite for the best film Oscar, only managed a reasonably modest six nods. Pete Postlethwaite could win a posthumous best supporting actor Bafta for The Town, but the rising tide that is The King's Speechshould raise Geoffrey Rush to the podium.

At Sunday's Golden Globes, most of the talk was about Ricky Gervais's superbly acidic turn as presenter. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the event, has not offered their host much support. A statement from the body included the following tut-tut: "Certainly, in this case, [ Gervais] pushed the envelope and occasionally went too far. The HFPA would never condone some of his personal remarks."

Philip Berk, the HFPA's president, added: "Some of the things he said were totally unacceptable."

Oh come on! At any rate, when Ricky suggests he won't be back in 2012, we should, on this occasion, take him seriously.