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Ricky Gervais On Returning As Golden Globes Host: It’s “Definitely” The Final Time

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 17, 2011 @ 11:55pm PSTTags: Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais
Nellie Andreeva

Shortly after his controversial second turn as host of the Golden Globes last January, Ricky Gervais proclaimed that he shouldn’t and wouldn’t do it again. Now he is doing it, mainly to “shut up all those fucking idiots who said that I’d never be invited back,” he wrote on his blog. And his third stint will “definitely” be his last. Or so he says. Here is Gervais’ post:

So it looks like I’m hosting The Golden Globes for a third and definitely final time.

It was a tough decision to be honest. There were many pros and cons. I loved doing it, but I was worried that I couldn’t improve on last year. I’m in LA anyway as I’m launching Life’s Too Short on HBO. But then I didn’t want the Globes to overshadow the series. I knew some people would be uncomfortable with me being host. (This was a pro by the way.)

What actually tipped the balance and made me say yes, was the fact that it would shut up all those fucking idiots who said that I’d never be invited back. Is that the wrong reason to do something? Ha ha. I think it is. READ MORE »

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He’s Baaack! Rude Ricky Gervais Returns For Threepeat To Host Golden Globes

By MIKE FLEMING JR. AND NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 1:51pm PSTTags: Billy Crystal, Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais is returning to host the Golden Globes for a threepeat on January 15th. True, the Oscars brought back Billy Crystal. But today’s news is more of a surprise because Gervais eviscerated most of the movie and TV stars … Read More »

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HFPA Divided On Ricky Gervais Hosting Golden Globes, Must Decide By Week’s End

By RAY RICHMOND | Monday November 14, 2011 @ 6:11pm PSTTags: 2012 Golden Globes, Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, NBC, Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais & NBC Appear Ready For 3rd Golden Globes Stint: But Will HFPA Agree?

I have learned that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is deeply divided over whether to bring back Ricky Gervais to three-peat as host of the Golden Globes. But, with the Globes less than two months away, the organization has to decide one way or the other by Thursday or Friday at the latest. The HFPA membership appears roughly evenly split on inviting Rude Ricky back for a third hosting stint, but both sides are united in their anger at NBC for its seeming lobbying to have the comedian back and pressuring the HFPA to follow suit. Says a source close to the discussion: “NBC has put the HFPA in a lose-lose situation. If the Hollywood Foreign Press says yes to Ricky, it risks turning the Globes into The Ricky Gervais Show and leaving the impression that they’re annually throwing a great party while inviting someone who humiliates all of the guests. If it says no, the HFPA looks like it has no sense of humor about itself. The problem is, if you have Ricky, the show tends to wind up being all about him and how mean he can be. He effectively dwarfs the importance of the ceremony itself.” Read More »

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Universal Pictures Buys Paris Animation Unit For Chris Meledandri’s Illumination

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 14, 2011 @ 3:15pm PSTTags: Adam Fogelson, Chris Meledandri, Donna Langley, Ricky Gervais, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment established itself as a reliable provider of family films for Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson and co-chairman Donna Langley, the studio has expanded its commitment to the division by acquiring the … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais & NBC Appear Ready For 3rd Golden Globes Stint: But Will HFPA Agree?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 11:59pm PSTTags: Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Ricky Gervais
Nellie Andreeva

As the long courtship and quick departure of Oscar host-to-be Eddie Murphy proved this week, suitable hosts for major awards shows aren’t found easily. So the Hollywood Foreign Press Association may want to hold onto two-time Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais. NBC has always wanted him back and Gervais in August announced that the network had invited him to return as the Golden Globes host. He confirmed that to Access Hollywood tonight, singling out the HFPA as the holdout. “I think NBC wants me to do it, but [the] Hollywood Foreign Press have got to want me as well,” he said. “It’s their event. It’s their party.” The sides are talking, albeit informally, and Gervais recently dined with reps for both NBC and HFPA in Paris. But with only 2 months to go until the January 12th event, the HFPA has got to make its move soon before Gervais changes his mind again. Or gets invited by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the Oscar hosting gig that is also vacant. Gervais tonight said (maybe joking, maybe not) that he could host both awards events at a discount price.

There is also the issue of potential celebrity defections if Gervais returns as host, as Hollywood star power has been the Globes’ biggest draw. I hear that so far there is only one A-lister who is threatening not to attend if Gervais emcees. Of course, the Industry can’t forget how much his second stint as Globes host last year stirred the pot with blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities attending the event and even the controversial HFPA itself sponsoring the show. Later, the HFPA reps distanced themselves from Gervais, saying that he “went too far” and “crossed the line”. That lingering resentment seems to be the obstacle to a formal offer for Gervais to return as a Golden Globes host. Read More »

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VIDEO: Johnny Depp Gets His Revenge On Ricky Gervais

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 9:45am PDTTags: Golden Globes, Johnny Depp, Life's Too Short, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Johnny Depp Lining Up For Guest Spot In ‘Life’s Too Short’

Johnny Depp has struck back against Ricky Gervais for the host’s digs at The Tourist made during last year’s Golden Globes broadcast. And he’s gotten help from Ricky Gervais to do it. Depp found time to guest on an … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais To Live-Snark Golden Globes

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 6:07pm PDTTags: 2012 Golden Globes, Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais

Wow, this would be appointment listening. But presumably it could happen only if he doesn’t host again. From Ricky Gervais’ blog:

What do you think

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Ricky Gervais Says NBC Has Invited Him Back To Host The Golden Globes, And He Was Approached About The Oscars, Too

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 26, 2011 @ 2:55pm PDTTags: ABC, Edinburgh TV Festival, Golden Globes, NBC, Oscars, Ricky Gervais

UPDATE, 2:55 PM: ABC says there is no truth to ricky Gervais’ claim today that he has been approached to host the Oscars.

PREVIOUS: 2:12 PM: Ricky Gervais had Hollywood buzzing in January with his no-holds-barred hosting stint on NBC’s Golden Globes telecast. He ripped enough folks — from Charlie Sheen to Robert Downey to Johnny Depp to God — that few thought the host Hollywood Foreign Press Association would want him back for a third stint (see Deadline’s take on the night: Live-Snarking The Meanest Golden Globes). Apparently, though, NBC has other ideas about it: The British comedian said at the Edinburgh International Television Festival today that the network has asked him to host again, saying he is considering it “but I shouldn’t do it.” NBC declined to comment on the matter. “I love NBC, I love the fact they stuck by me through it,” Gervais said, adding, “I don’t think I should do it. What am I going back as?” Gervais wasn’t done yet at the annual TV confab. He also revealed that he was approached about hosting the Oscars, though it’s unclear whether that was before or after the Academy announced Brett Ratner and Don Mischer would produce the Oscarcast — normally the producers make the call on the host. Regardless, Gervais said he’d never take the gig.

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Ricky Gervais’ New BBC Series ‘Life’s Too Short’ To Air On HBO In 2012, See Teaser

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 22, 2011 @ 12:33pm PDTTags: HBO, Life's Too Short, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Nellie Andreeva

After months of speculation, HBO today officially confirmed that it will carry Life’s Too Short, the new comedy series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of The Office, Extras and The Ricky Gervais Show. The seven-episode series, which will debut on BBC Two later this year, will air on HBO … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais Disses ‘The Office’ Season Finale, Then Un-Disses It

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 20, 2011 @ 8:07pm PDTTags: Ricky Gervais, The Office
Nellie Andreeva

The always unfiltered Office co-creator Ricky Gervais had some harsh words about last night’s season finale of the NBC version of the show, which featured a parade of guest stars including Warren Buffett, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett and Gervais himself interviewing for Michael Scott’s job. On his blog, Gervais compared the finale to the episode of his BBC/HBO series  Extras that featured an awkward guest appearance by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. “It’s only Warren Buffett. … What are you doing in a paper merchant’s in Scranton? It’s mental,” Gervais wrote. He went on to say this about the NBC series: “if you’re going to jump a shark, jump a big one.” And more. “I assume most people know I didn’t do the US remake for the art. I did my version for the art. … Don’t get me wrong. I’m very proud of the US version. It was not only a very very good network comedy but it was also a massive success story. But you know, I did it for different reasons, ambitions and with slightly different emotional attachments to the project.” Saying that he is not as emotionally attached to the NBC Office than he was to the original is fine, but saying that the NBC series was a good comedy in past tense doesn’t sound very reassuring. Read More »

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Johnny Depp Lining Up For Guest Spot In Ricky Gervais’ Series ‘Life’s Too Short’

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday March 17, 2011 @ 9:48am PDTTags: BBC, HBO, Johnny Depp, Life's Too Short, Ricky Gervais

EXCLUSIVE: Obviously Johnny Depp didn’t take Ricky Gervais ribbing him at the Golden Globes about his one-note performance in The Tourist to heart. He is trying to work out his … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais Wants Will Arnett On ‘Office’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 6:00pm PSTTags: Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais The Office, Steve Carell, Steve Carell Departure, Steve Carell The Office, The Office, The Office Casting, TV, Will Arnett
Nellie Andreeva

As an executive producer on the U.S. version of his British series The Office, Ricky Gervais has a say in what happens on the show. If it things go his way, Arrested Development star Will Arnett would be joining the … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais Says Golden Globes Have Invited Him Back To Host For 3rd Time

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 10:58am PSTTags: 2012 Golden Globes, Golden Globes, HFPA Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais HFPA

That’s according to Ricky Gervais himself, who’s written up a diary of his “mad week” presenting the Golden Globes in today’s Brit magazine Heat. First, he claims the Golden Globes have invited him back to host. “The organisers asked me to … Read More »

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VIDEO: Ricky Gervais On ‘The Office’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 27, 2011 @ 6:52pm PSTTags: NBC, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais The Office, Ricky Gervais Video, Steve Carell, The Office, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

Here is the “chance” encounter between Steve Carell’s Michael Scott and Ricky Gervais’ David Brent on tonight’s episode of The Office. The scene appears to be largely unscripted, with the two actors showing off their improv skills. The most intriguing exchange comes towards the end.
David: Where are you working?
Michael: Dunder … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais Supported Steve Carell’s Decision To Leave ‘The Office’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 1:15am PSTTags: CNN, NBC, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Tonight, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais The Office, Ricky Gervais Video, Steve Carell, Steve Carell The Office, The Office, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: On Piers Morgan Tonight, Ricky Gervais, co-creator and star of the original British version of The Office and executive producer of the U.S. adaptation, talked about his initial reaction to Steve Carell’s decision to leave the NBC series. “I sent him an email saying: I think you are doing … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais To Appear On ‘The Office’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 1:02pm PSTTags: NBC, Ricky Gervais, Steve Carell, The Office
Nellie Andreeva

With Michael Scott counting the days until his retirement from Dunder-Mifflin, he will finally meet David Brent. TVLine’s Michael Ausiello scoops that news the Ricky Gervais will finally make a guest appearance on NBC’s The Office this season as David … Read More »

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Solid Ratings Start For Piers Morgan On CNN: 2.1 Million Viewers Tune In

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 18, 2011 @ 10:57am PSTTags: Cable TV Ratings, CNN Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN Ratings, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Ricky Gervais, Piers Morgan Tonight, Piers Morgan Tonight Premiere, Piers Morgan Tonight Ratings, Rachel Maddow Show, Ricky Gervais, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

In his heavily publicized debut last night, CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight drew 2.1 million viewers, 520,519 of them in the 25-54 demographic. Morgan couldn’t dethrone the reigning king in the 9 PM slot, Fox News’s Sean Hannity (2.4 million, 599,800 … Read More »

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Ricky Gervais Explains Going MIA During Golden Globes Ceremony

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 17, 2011 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: 2011 Golden Globe Awards, 68th Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes, HFPA, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais Golden Globe Host, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais’ one-hour absence from the stage last night spawned all sorts of conspiracy theories ranging from him being reprimanded by higher-ups at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. for some of his meaner jabs to him being outright fired. In a statement, Gervais explains what kept him … Read More »

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HFPA’s Mixed Reaction To Ricky Gervais: ‘Occasionally Went Too Far’ But ‘Loved Show’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 17, 2011 @ 2:33pm PSTTags: 68th Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Awards, HFPA, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais Golden Globe Host, Ricky Gervais HFPA
Nellie Andreeva

There is no such thing as bad publicity. And with the Web today abuzz over last night’s Golden Globes more that it has been in years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. is “pleased” (Ratings were good too.) Of course there is the issue of host Ricky Gervais assailing half … Read More »

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