Posts with tag "ricky gervais"

Ricky Gervais Breaks Golden Globes Silence: 'Everyone Took It Well'

Posted Jan 17th 2011 at 09:19 PM by Rebecca Macatee

After trashing Angelina Jolie, Charlie Sheen, Hugh Hefner, Mel Gibson, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and God, Ricky Gervais wasn't exactly Mr. Popularity following his Golden Globes hosting gig. But despite reports of Gervais taking things too far and being permanently banned from the Golden Globes, the funny man says he didn't offend anyone. "Everyone took it well and the ...

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Oh Ricky, You Weren't Fine: Gervais Banned From Globes Hosting Duties?

Posted Jan 17th 2011 at 11:02 AM by Rob Shuter

Ricky Gervais trashed Angelina Jolie, Charlie Sheen, Hugh Hefner, Mel Gibson, God, Tom Cruise (and the list goes on) last night when he hosted the Golden Globes. But the joke that got him in the most trouble was when he made fun of Philip Berk, the current head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA for short). "Ricky will not be invited back to host the show next year, for sure," a ...

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Yes, Ricky Gervais Was Too Nasty at the Golden Globes [Video]

Posted Jan 17th 2011 at 06:00 AM by Jo Piazza

Pop-Ed: We love a good joke at Hollywood's expense. Heck, we like lots of good jokes at Hollywood's expense. But at last night's Golden Globes, even we felt a little yucky when Ricky Gervais stuck his toe on the line of good taste and then decided to dive headfirst right over it. Gervais started out by ripping into Charlie Sheen, admittedly an easy target, so easy that those jokes about Sheen ...

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Did Golden Globes Censor Ricky Gervais' Joke About Mel Gibson?

Posted Jan 15th 2011 at 01:44 PM by PopEater Staff

Sitting down for an interview with Conan O'Brien this week, British funnyman Ricky Gervais claimed the producers of Sunday's Golden Globes broadcast gave one -- but only one -- of his comedy ideas a big thumbs-down. Not that 'Conan' fans could be entirely certain whether Gervais was being serious. Enjoying himself on O'Brien's show, was the master of painfully awkward humor having a laugh at ...

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No More Fat Jokes for Slimmed-Down Ricky Gervais

Posted Oct 4th 2010 at 02:55 PM by PopEater Staff

Funnyman Ricky Gervais lost a bunch of weight, putting fat jokes off-limits. "Now I've got to stop making jokes about fat people, which is annoying. When I was fat, it was okay," the creator of 'The Office' tells PEOPLE. Gervais, 49, lost "20 or 22 pounds," he says. "It wasn't so much about the weight. It was more that I was a fat, lazy, out of shape slob, to be honest." The star's ...

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Ricky Gervais Taking 'The Office' to China, Won't Be Replacing Steve Carell

Posted Aug 13th 2010 at 02:00 PM by AOL TV Editors

Ricky Gervais announced yesterday that he's bringing 'The Office' to China, proving that day-to-day workplace minutiae and incompetent bosses aren't unique to the Western world. The New York Post reports that the British comedian is expanding his beloved series -- which began as a 14-episode BBC show and spawned a mega-successful American version now in it seventh season, as well as French, ...

Quips & Quotes: April 10, 2010

Posted Apr 10th 2010 at 06:24 AM by Caitlin McCormack

In this day of celebrity entourages and PR protection, it's rare for a star to make a false statement. But Hollywood is nowhere near perfect, and every so often its peeps will make an off-colour comment or reveal more than they intended to. We keep you informed of the most noteworthy Tinseltown talk with our weekly installment of celebrity Quips & Quotes. This week: Ricky Gervais ...

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Madonna Offers Love Advice on 'Marriage Ref'

Posted Mar 12th 2010 at 07:10 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband, but she does believe a wife should dispose of her late husband's prosthetic leg to spare the feelings of the wife's current mate. This was some of Madonna's relationship advice on NBC's 'The Marriage Ref,' where she joined actor-comedians Larry David and Ricky Gervais as a guest panelist on Thursday's edition. The show invites ...

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Was Tiger Woods on HGH? Is Theresa Rogers the Last Mistress?

Posted Dec 15th 2009 at 12:23 PM by Sam Brand

Another day another Tiger Woods mistress. Theresa Rogers, a 40-something blonde bombshell is the latest to be attached to the embattled golf superstar. And she gets named just a day after shady Canadian doc Anthony Galea, who made several house calls to Tiger's lair, is revealed to be under investigation for providing performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes. In totally unrelated news, ...

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Why You're Searching 'Rodell Vereen,' 'Sandra Bullock,' 'Carrie Prejean Sex Tape' and '$166 Million Jackpot'

Posted Nov 4th 2009 at 07:31 PM by Sam Brand

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