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WATCH: ‘Life’s Too Short’ Ends With An Easter Special

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:36:42 +0000

The story so far: fresh from the barnstorming success of their previous mockumentaries The Office and Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant wrote a sitcom based around Warwick Davis. It features celebrity cameos, just like Extras, ...

Minnie Driver Horsing Around on ‘The Graham Norton Show’

Leah Rozen — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:11:38 +0000

Actress Minnie Driver named names, as well as a number of adventurous sex acts, and it all had to do with horses on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show.

TRAILERWATCH: Stephen Merchant and Rose Byrne In ‘I Give It A Year’

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:19:08 +0000

Oh lord, there’s a sight guaranteed to create fear in the minds of any young couple of their wedding day, Stephen Merchant standing up to give a speech. And when you see the speech he does give, you’ll realise all fears are ...

Stephen Merchant: ‘You Can’t Have a President Called Newt!’

Tom Brook — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:45:03 +0000

Ricky Gervais‘s long-time collaborator Stephen Merchant is in New York this week with his first ever stand-up comedy tour, Stephen Merchant Live: Hello Ladies. Before his first performance at Manhattan’s Town Hall this week ...

WATCH: New ‘Life’s Too Short’ Teaser Trailer From Ricky Gervais

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:42:44 +0000

Well if nothing else, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s latest comedy vehicle Life’s Too Short cannot be said to have arrived without sufficient fanfare. They’ve been making a few of these mock trailers, in which ...

The British ‘Office’: Where Are They Now? (Gallery)

staff — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:52:31 +0000

This Saturday (July 9) marks the 10th anniversary of the very first episode of The Office appearing on BBC2. Back then, everyone involved was either just starting a career, or had been kicking around at the fringes of success for a while without much of a breakthrough. There were no stars, and no one thought there were going to be...

WATCH: Ricky Gervais’s On-Set Trailer For ‘Life’s Too Short’

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:23:03 +0000

Fresh details have emerged about Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s new series, the follow-up to Extras and The Office, which will be hitting BBC screens later this year.

Ricky Gervais Invades Springfield… Again

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:12:37 +0000

The Simpsons is a show which has featured a lot of celebrity cameos over the years. Everyone from Elizatheth Taylor to Sir Paul McCartney has been rendered into yellowvision and introduced to the people of Springfield.

Stephen Merchant — Chased By The Naked Autograph Hunter

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:55:58 +0000

Gentlemen, it is time we discussed the etiquette of autograph hunting. Too many stories are filtering through about famous people being harassed for a signature in what can only be described as colossally inappropriate circumstances, ...

WATCH: Ricky Gervais Previews Second Season of His HBO Series

Kevin Wicks — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:41:05 +0000

Ricky Gervais is just about everywhere these days. He just did a stand-up special for HBO, and he’s hosting the Golden Globes for the second year in a row.