Tag Archives: Ricky Gervais
“Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian” Trailer
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
The new installment on the Night at the Museum franchise follows security guard Larry Daley(Ben Stiller) as he infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan), who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Joining the cast this time around is Amy Adams (Amelia Earhart), Jonah Hill who plays Smithsonian Security Guard, Bill Hader(General George Armstrong Custer), & Hank Azaria(Kah Mun Rah).
Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, & Jake Cherry are among some of the returning castmates!
Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian hits theatre’s May 22, 2009
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Ricky Gervais ‘Sesame Street’ Outtakes:
Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Hilarity ensues–along with talk of necrophelia and pajamas–when British comedian Ricky Gervais shares the screen with longtime Sesame Street resident Elmo.
Check out these outtakes from Ricky’s interview with my favorite Muppet. The star’s full segment will air when the 40th Season Premiere of Sesame Street airs on public television this November.
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New PETA Ad Featuring Pink & Ricky Gervais
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Comedian Ricky Gervais and singing superstar Pink have joined forces to star in a new public service announcement for animal rights group PETA.
In the ad, the celebs portray animals who have been skinned for fur and leather goods.
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Ricky Gervais Thinks Online Gossip Readers/Writers are ‘Deficient’
Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by CSS.
Ricky Gervais hates us. All of us, sitting here, talking about him. Ricky thinks we’re “deficient”. He thinks we’re the equivalent of bathroom-stall pseudo-poets. And he wants to let us all know that he isn’t listening. Even if we think you’re brilliant, Ricky? Apparently, because Ricky says that even the flattering stuff “isn’t healthy”.
I can’t find where Ricky originally made these comments, but Contact Music has some pretty good quotes. Ricky probably doesn’t really hate us, he’s just trying to ignore us for the sake of his art. He basically claims that no one liked his stuff until he actually did it, and it’s better for him to tune out the bad and the good comments on his work.
Ricky Gervais refuses to read fans’ opinions about his comedy shows because he’s convinced he knows best. “The Office” creator recently described people who criticise celebrities in online forums as “deficient in some way”, insisting it’s equal to responding to inane graffiti on toilet walls.
But he has now qualified his comments, fearing he has offended fans.
He says, “It was not aimed at anyone in particular, no particular forum or fansite as I never read those things. I read a couple a few years ago and, as sweet and flattering as it was, it isn’t healthy.
“With everyone in the world having strong and completely different opinions on the minutiae of your work, it might start influencing your decisions… I appreciate that fans have views on my work - I just don’t want to hear them. I don’t mean that in a bad way, I mean I don’t take notes.”
“It’s not that I think I know better than everyone else in the world; it’s just that I feel the best work is never done by committee or by pandering to the most popular suggestions. I think I have the best fans in the world. The stuff I’ve produced over the past few years could never have been the success it was without the initial dedication of the hard core few. However I wouldn’t want to be stuck in a lift with them.”
It’s a tough call, blasting your critics as well as your fans. I completely understand what Ricky’s saying, but it might be taken as biting the hand that feeds him. I hope people get where he’s coming from.
Since we know that Ricky’s not reading, what is the worst we could say about him? Hey, Ricky, you’re so…I don’t know… pasty? That’s as bad as I can get for Ricky. I love him, but I know he doesn’t care.
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Ricky Gervais Open Letter To President Obama: ‘Get Paris Out Of The UK’
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by CSS.
British comedian Ricky Gervais has a problem with Paris, Hilton that is, and he needs the President’s help in getting the hotel heiress out of the UK.
The heiress is currently in Britain filming a European version of her reality series Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, and let’s just say Ricky isn’t very happy about that, as demonstrated in this open letter to President Obama posted on Ricky’s official site on Monday.
Dear Mr. President,
Firstly, congratulations on your historic win. I have never been so behind a candidate for what must be considered the boss of the world. You seem to be a man of grace and integrity, who would never shirk responsibility in any way. I’ll get to the point.
As I’m sure you are aware, one of your flock has strayed. A Miss Paris Hilton, who is, I believe, a resident of Beverly Hills, is in England doing a reality game show for ITV2 called “Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend.” Fine. I have no problem with that. I don’t have to watch. But now it has come to my attention that she has bought a house in North London a few miles from me, and is out and about ingratiating herself with the Great British public.
Mr. President. We are not stupid. This is clearly a retaliatory strike for Posh Spice moving to LA. I know it, and you know it, so let’s cut the “it’s a free country” nonsense and come to some agreement.
I propose an exchange. This is how it would work….
We call them both and tell them that we’ve found a giant “paparazzi nest,” in New York say. (half way home for both of them already)
At first they may be confused that they’d never heard of such a thing before, but the thought of that many photographers in one place will be irresistible.
Once we get them there, while they are having their photos taken (we will have hire a few guys with cameras to make it look good) we will swap their limos around. It’s fool proof.
This is a covert operation of which Mr Gordon Brown knows nothing. (I’ve got him working on finding a synthetic fur for The Queen’s guards’ bearskin hats.)
Have your people call my people. They may have to call a few times as my people are useless to be honest.
Thank you,
Ricky Gervais
Brilliant Plan Ricky- However many of us would agree that we don’t want Paris either…
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Set Your Tivo’s For Ricky Gervais ‘Inside The Actor’s Studio’
Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by CSS.
I absolutely love Ricky Gervais, his humor gets me everytime! I will definitely be tuning in to Bravo Monday to check him out!
This episode of Inside the Actors Studio airs Monday, January 19th @ 7/6c.
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Ricky Gervais Defends Himself Against British Press.
Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by CSS.
At the Golden Globes on Sunday, Ricky Gervais was one of the high points. His short presenting duties included as aside to friend Kate Winslet, who had, just minutes earlier, won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for The Reader. Gervais said to Winslet, “Well done Winslet. I told you, do a Holocaust movie and the awards come, didn’t I? Trouble is with Holocaust films is there’s never any gag reel on the DVDs.” After mostly laughter and a few groans, Garvais did a bit as if he had an angel and devil on his shoulders trying to persuade him to either not do the bit, or to do the bit. Gervais got a lot of laughs, and even better press.
Well, the American press loves him. The British press, not so much. Apparently, after the Globes, several British tabloids claimed that Ricky’s bit didn’t go down well. Ricky, in turn, is lashing out the British press on his official website.
Comedian Ricky Gervais has unleashed a bitter tirade against the British media - accusing U.K. journalists of putting a negative spin on his recent Golden Globe Awards antics because they are “jealous” of his successful career.
The Office star provoked a storm of controversy at Sunday’s (11Jan09) prizegiving ceremony in Los Angeles by telling a risque joke about the Holocaust while presenting fellow Brit, Kate Winslet, with an award for her performance in World War II movie The Reader.
Gervais told the crowd, “Well done Winslet. I told you, do a Holocaust movie and the awards come, didn’t I? Trouble is with Holocaust films is there’s never any gag reel on the DVDs.”
The funnyman’s comments sparked outrage amongst the U.K. press, but Gervais has criticised the negative commentary about his gaff.
He writes on his official website, “The joke about Kate Winslet may have got the biggest laugh of the night. Everyone who spoke to me said so anyway. All the U.S. press said it was funny including Jewish magazine Heeb. TV Guide made it one of their top moments. New York Daily News said it was ‘Hilarious.’ The Boston Globe said “British comic Ricky Gervais proved once again to be the highlight of an awards show.”
“So why did a couple of English papers say it went down badly? Because they’re jealous lying c***s who’s (sic) lives haven’t turned out like they planned and want everyone to be as unhappy as they are.”
-From Contactmusic.com
Well done, Gervais. Put the tabloids in their place. From what I can see, the British papers seem to have a love-hate relationship with Gervais - and many other celebrities.
Click Here To See Video Of Ricky Gervais Jokes
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Ricky Gervais Makes Me Laugh.
Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by CSS.
If you missed Ricky Gervais cracking jokes last night at the Golden Globes check him out above… Love his humor!
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Ricky Gervais Says Englands Full Of Losers.
Posted on 31. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
English funnyman Ricky Gervais is promoting the DVD release of Ghost Town, and sat down for a phone interview with CNN to talk class, English humor, and misanthropy. Gervais riffs on the differences between Americans and Brits, and makes a few sweeping generalizations about his countrymen.
“Ghost Town” earned generally good reviews and a decent box office upon its late-summer release, with the Boston Globe’s Ty Burr comparing Gervais to a Hollywood legend. “Someone once said about W.C. Fields that he had the rare ability to despise amusingly. I can imagine no greater compliment than to say that Ricky Gervais seems, at his best, like a young Fields,” Burr wrote.
That kind of misanthrope is the furthest thing from the Gervais of the phone interview, an engaging man who answers questions with patience and thoughtfulness. Asked why British actors play socially unpleasant roles so well, he ponders the question, makes asides to how often British actors play villains and “bumbling fops” and soon offers a disquisition on the differences between British and American culture.
“I think we play the loser well because England’s full of them,” he says. “We celebrate our losers, we celebrate our underdogs, we celebrate those people — [and then] we build them up and then we don’t like them anymore. Whereas Americans celebrate success. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States. British people are told it won’t happen to you. It sounds like a generalization, but it’s true.”
-From CNN.com
