Griddle me this: Bradley Cooper in flames

For those who feel the warmth for Bradley Cooper, it's now official: He is so hot, he actually caught on fire.

His latest film, in which he plays a chef (and which opens Friday), is called "Burnt," and, it seems, he was. In fact, both he and co-star Sienna Miller needed medical attention on the as-real-as-a-real-kitchen set.

"There is the intensity of the kitchen in the movie," Cooper said. "Massive amounts of pressure, time pressure. It's hot and dangerous, and you better keep up. There's a lot of burning. Yeah, we got hurt."

Added Miller: "Being a chef is one of the hottest jobs in the world. I have the badge of a few scars to prove it."

Tech adviser for "Burnt" was Michelin-starred British chef Marcus Wareing, who once worked for Gordon Ramsay, and sounds like it. "I want to see the cooks cooking," he said. "I want to see the stoves on. I want to see them seasoning. I want to see them tasting. I want to see them burning themselves. That's how a kitchen is."

No wonder nobody cooks anymore. It's scary.

Back in 2012, after Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globe Awards for the third time, and caused his usual ruckus by giddily eviscerating just about everybody and everything held holy in Hollywood, he wrote on his blog: "Phew! Thank f--- that's over. I had a blast actually. It was by far my favourite of the three hosting stints. I've told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It's like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realise you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do."

Obviously, new agent: It was announced that Gervais has signed to host the awards a fourth time, set for Jan. 10.

"What will he say? What will he do? We can't wait to find out, and we are so happy that he's back!" said the show's executive producer Barry Adelman.

Be careful what you wish for, Barry. Be very careful.

Singer Sam Smith tweeted Monday night, after the London premiere of "Spectre," the new James Bond flick for which he warbled the theme song, to let everyone know that he's straight.

Just because.

Well, damn - there goes New Year's plans.

He also told ET Online that he's thinking of taking a timeout. "I've been playing now for three years nonstop," he said. "And it feels right for me to just go home and live my life - just be a 23-year-old."

We assume he's going straight home.

The thought-they-were-uber-clever geniuses at Netflix who gave their off beat but rather charming series the utterly awful and dumb-punny title "Scrotal Recall" are, according to the Washington Post, making apologies for it in hopes of getting some viewership traction from folks turned off by the mere sound of it.

It's tough enough to begin with to sell a show with a premise based on the chuckle-riot discovery of having a sexually transmitted disease, but pair it with an icky name and you've got trouble and regrets.

One thought, from the Post: It's not too late to change the show's name.

Of course, if you leave it to the creatives who came up with the current moniker, they'll probably call it "Burn After Breeding."

It's amazing what making a $286-million-grossing global box-office hit on a $29 million budgeted film can do for your desirability. Even if you are a woman in Hollywood. (Presumably, you are also a woman elsewhere, as well, but these days, who knows?)

So, no surprise here: actress-director-writer-all-around cute kid Elizabeth Banks, who helmed the terrifically profitable "Pitch Perfect 2," has been signed to direct No. 3, sources tell Variety.

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson reportedly are already back on board, but the project might have to wait for Banks, who's tentatively tied up for a while with some other big deals, including directing a new "Charlie's Angels" installment.

It's all over between Halle Berry and soon-to-be-ex Olivier Martinez after about two years and one son, reports People. "It is with a heavy heart blah-blah-blah, we move forward with love and respect yadda-yadda" said their publicist-written, cookie-cutter statement (edited here). Irreconcilable differences. Pre-nup in place, says TMZ. This will be Berry's third split.

- Staff reports and Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

Howard Gensler has the day off.