Hollywood stars will be on the edge of their seats at the Golden Globe Awards, not because of the gongs on offer but because of the evening's host.
Comedian Ricky Gervais has told his more than 1.4 million Twitter followers: 'No-one knows what I'm going to say until I say it.'
The Idiot Abroad creator added: 'That was my only stipulation to host again.'
Having offended half of Hollywood's A-listers at the glitzy red-carpet event in 2010, he was invited to return for a second time.
'Also not nominated - I love you Phillip Morris. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, two heterosexual characters pretending to be gay. So the complete opposite of some famous scientologist,' joked Gervais to gasps in 2011.
But the so-far bulletproof host's wicked sense of humour has earned him a third consecutive invitation to front tonight's awards.
'I am keen having to write new jokes as I pick my victims, I mean targets, I mean presenters to introduce,' tweeted Gervais.
But Gervais is not the only British export expected to make the headlines at the Golden Globes.
War-time drama Downton Abbey leads the nominations race with four and the 1950s newsroom drama The Hour is up for two acting gongs.
Kate Winslet is nominated for best actress in Mildred Pierce and for her role in the film Carnage and Jeremy Irons goes head-to-head with Damian Lewis for best actor.
'I think British talent in TV acting and dramas is peerless,' critic Kevin O'Sullivan told Sky News.
'As a nation we have always produced arguably the best actors in the world. We have the tendency to make programmes which are a bit more upmarket, a bit more artistically credible.'
And it is not just British TV talent punching above its weight in LA.
For her role in We Need to Talk about Kevin, Tilda Swinton is up for best actress.
But no Globe Awards would be complete without nominations for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Leonardo Dicaprio.
