Host Ricky Gervais kicked off tonight's Golden Globe awardsceremony with pointed jokes that drew laughs, bleeps and theoccasional gulp from the audience.

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'I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars because of anoffensive tweet,' he said, reminding the audience of thecontroversy surrounding the comedian who withdrew as Academy Awardshost last year. 'Hello, lucky for me the Hollywood Foreign Presscan hardly speak English and they have no idea what Twitter is,' hesaid before chiding the crowd that his zingers were all 'justjokes' and the stars 'all look lovely.'

. Occasional gasps are not breathing. Created Date: 8/29/2017 3:36:29 AM. Golden Globes Host Ricky Gervais Kicks Off Awards to Occasional Gasps - 3rd Update January 05 2020 - 10:09PM Dow Jones News By Ellen Gamerman Host Ricky Gervais kicked off tonight's Golden Globe awards ceremony with pointed jokes that drew laughs, bleeps and the occasional gulp from the audience. 'I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars. For several months I have been experiencing gasping for breath while I am awake. I will be breathing normally and suddenly my chest heaves and I take a fast, almost alarming, gasp of air. This happens while sitting calmly, walking, or laying down. It is not related to active or stressful behaviors.

Then Mr. Gervais -- hosting for the fifth time -- launched intoa monologue calling the Hollywood Foreign Press Association'racist,' while taking on Netflix's domination and the ceremony'sruntime. 'You could binge watch the entire first season of 'AfterLife' instead of watching this show,' he said. And he brought upJeffrey Epstein, the American financier and convicted sex offenderfound dead in his prison cell. The topic drew gasps from the crowd.'Shut up, I know he's your friend but I don't care,' Mr. Gervaissaid.

He made a joke about 'Cats' star Judi Dench as a cat groomingherself that was met with a long bleep and nervous laughter. And heurged winners to avoid politics in their acceptance speeches. 'Yousay you're woke...if ISIS started a streaming service you'd callyour agent. Wouldn't you? So if you do win an award tonight don'tuse it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in noposition to lecture the public about anything...If you win, comeup, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God...It'salready three hours long.'

As for the awards, the night started off with a surprise whennewcomer Ramy Youssef picked up the first trophy for best actor ina TV series musical or comedy for 'Ramy.' In the Hulu series, heportrayed a Muslim from New Jersey who grapples both with hisreligion and millennial angst. Mr. Youssef joked about his outsiderstatus. 'Look, I know you guys haven't seen my show--everyonethinks this is an editor,' he said.

The award for best performance by an actor in a limited seriesor motion picture made for TV went to Russell Crowe for 'TheLoudest Voice,' the story of late Fox News chief Roger Ailes's riseto power in the conservative world. Mr. Crowe didn't attend as hewas at home in Australia, sending word that he was protecting hisfamily from the devastating brushfires there. In a preparedstatement, Mr. Crowe urged people to acknowledge the fires are aresult of climate change.

The award for best supporting role in a series, limited seriesor TV movie went to Stellan Skarsgård who won for his portrayal ofa Soviet bureaucrat in HBO's historical drama 'Chernobyl,' beatingout predicted winners including the 'hot priest' from 'Fleabag'(Andrew Scott) and the messed-up son from 'Succession' (KieranCulkin).

'Succession' won for best dramatic TV series, as predicted. Thesecond season of the HBO drama became a pop-culture phenomenon asit chronicled a media magnate's empire and his family'smachinations to control it.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge continued her skyrocketing moment with awin for best TV series musical or comedy for 'Fleabag,' which dovedeeper into the mainstream in its second and last season. She alsopicked up best performance by an actress in a TV series musical orcomedy for the Amazon show. In her speech, she thanked her costarAndrew Scott, saying, 'He could have chemistry with a pebble.'

'Parasite,' a critical darling that offered a sly take on classwarfare, picked up the trophy for best foreign film. South Koreandirector Bong Joon Ho urged viewers through a translator to'overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles' to watch moreforeign films. The award helps set up the indie movie as acontender for the best-picture Oscar, an achievement that would bea first for any foreign-language film.

Accepting the Carol Burnett award for excellence in television,Ellen DeGeneres, who came out on TV at the height of her sitcomfame, said after being a TV host for so many years, she feltviewers finally understood her. 'I am an open book,' she said, 'andI couldn't have done it without my husband Mark.' The camera cut toMs. DeGeneres's wife, Portia de Rossi. 'The point is,' Ms.DeGeneres said, 'you all know me.'

Movies about show business often do well at awards shows, andthis year was no different, as Quentin Tarantino picked up thetrophy for best screenplay for 'Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood,' astory of a fading screen star that wove in an alternate version ofthe Manson story. This was Mr. Tarantino's third Golden Globe forscreenwriting. Directing has remained an elusive category for himduring awards season, despite multiple nominations at the Globesand the Oscars over several decades.

As widely anticipated, Laura Dern picked up the trophy for bestsupporting actress in a motion picture as the hard charging divorcelawyer in 'Marriage Story.' The Netflix film went into the eveningwith six nominations, more than any other film.

The Globes are known for being the most freewheeling ofHollywood's award celebrations, with cocktails flowing freelyaround the celebrity audience. But as the first major awards of theyear they also set the tone for the season to come--particularlythe bigger, glitzier and more prominent Academy Awards inFebruary.

This year, debate has swirled around the lack of femaledirectors nominated (in a year when women directed more films thanthey have in the past 13 years, according to a study from theUniversity of Southern California's Annenberg InclusionInitiative),and the role Netflix will have on the movie-goingexperience. And not only that, with the Oscars airing at thebeginning of February instead of the usual end of the month, theGlobes might have quite a bit of sway in how the Academy Awardsplay out. Voting on Oscar nominations closes just two days afterthe Golden Globes ceremony, which doesn't leave much time forvoters to watch lower-profile films.

In short: 'There's a panic across Hollywood because of theshortened Oscar schedule,' Tom O'Neil, editor of the awardsprediction site Gold Derby, told the Wall Street Journal. 'We couldsee the shortened season have an impact on diversity' innominations, he said.

What will come of tonight's show is still an open question. TheHollywood Foreign Press Association, the roughly 90-member groupthat votes on the awards, is known for quirky choices and can oftenlead to snubs and surprises, as it was when nominations wereannounced last month.

Netflix dominated the nominations with 34 honors across themovie and television categories. The closest rival was SonyPictures, which had a total of ten. In the best motion picturedrama category, three of the five nominees--'Marriage Story,' 'TheTwo Popes,' and 'The Irishman'--come from the streamer.

Write to Ellen Gamerman at ellen.gamerman@wsj.com

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Sleep is essential for staying healthy. When a lack of sleep is suspected, it may require a determined effort to get more. The effort, however, is worth it since life is more enjoyable when you feel refreshed. If a sleep deficit is chronic, it may take many weeks of adequate sleep to fully recover.

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Occasional Gasping For Breath

Causes and Development

Lack of sleep can occur a number of ways. Total sleep deprivation is complete absence of sleep. Partial is insufficient sleep night after night. Sleep can also appear to be sufficient in amount yet be poor in quality. This occurs with sleep apnea, marked by heavy snoring and occasional gasps for air – the person is awakened often hundreds of times a night without knowing it, gulping air due to a closed airway in the throat.

Signs and Symptoms

Sleep deprivation symptoms include irritability, reduced alertness, fatigue, blurred vision, slurring of speech, memory lapses, diminished cognitive and motor performance, and inability to concentrate. In extreme stages bizarre behavior and hallucinations can occur.

It has been estimated that someone who has gone without sleep for 24 hours suffers from impaired performance that is similar to someone with a blood-alcohol level of 0.10% (in other words, intoxicated). Beyond that, body- and mind-altering states set in, leading to hallucinations and serious risks to overall health.

Diagnosis and Tests

A common measure of sleep deficit uses the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Score your answers to the eight questions below as follows:

0 = no chance of dozing
1 = slight chance of dozing
2 = moderate chance of dozing
3 = high chance of dozing

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• Sitting and reading
• Watching TV
• Sitting inactive in a public place (e.g. a theater or a meeting)
• As a passenger in a car for an hour without a break
• Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit
• Sitting and talking to someone
• Sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol
• In a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic

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...and add the total score.

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If your score is 1-6, you are getting enough sleep; 7-8 is common but 9 or more means you should think about seeking the advice of a sleep specialist.

Complications

Repeated late nights and early mornings create a chronic lack of sleep, which in turn produces hormones and chemicals in the body that increase the risk of developing heart disease, strokes and other conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity.

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Long-term sleep deficit also has a negative impact on the lungs, kidneys, appetite, metabolism (and therefore weight control), immune system function, pain tolerance, reaction time, mood, and overall brain function. It increases one's risk of becoming depressed or engaging in substance abuse, and has been linked to an increased risk of certain forms of cancer.

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A sleep deficit also increases a person's chances of experiencing accidents and injury, and diminishes their sex life.