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Ricky Gervais Talks “Extras Christmas Special,” Being Shamed by David Bowie
Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Days before the Stateside premiere of the feature-length coda to Ricky Gervais’ TV series Extras, Mark Follman caught up with the British comic as he shot a scene with a Great Dane for his first starring role in a Hollywood film. Gervais provided some insight into Sunday night’s Christmas show and spoke at length about convincing David Bowie to appear in one of its second-season episodes, where the Thin White Duke settled in at a piano and eviscerated Gervais’ wannabe-actor Andy Millman in song. Click here for the story, and enjoy the Bowie ...

Ricky Gervais Stands Up For The U.S.
Pollstar — Ricky Gervais Stands Up For The U.S. Thursday, Dec 27, 2007 4:26AM British comedian Ricky Gervais has announced he'll make a rare trio of Stateside stand-up appearances next summer. Gervais, perhaps best known in the U.S. as the creator and star of the U.K. version of "The Office" and "Extras," will kick off the run July 12 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., and then head East for two shows at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City (July 14-15). Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com . All three shows will be filmed for an HBO special. Although Gervais has completed a number of tours ...

More Conchords: "Bowie's in Space"
The HeldenFiles Online — This is an oldie (with a bit of PG-13-ish content) but funny. And since we're talking about Bowie, here's something else I love: This entry was posted on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 10:25 pm and is filed under Uncategorized ...

Gervais livens up “Ghost Town”
Scene-Stealers — “Ghost Town” is the kind of movie that can sink or swim on its casting alone. I mean, it’s not like we haven’t seen this film before: A cranky loner has to step outside of his comfort zone and learn to connect with people again, due to some crazy supernatural coincidence! More specifically, as you can probably tell from the title, this is a romantic ghost story. You know, like “Ghost.” Or “Just Like Heaven,” with Reese Witherspoon. Hell, just this February, a Paul Rudd-Eva Longoria movie came out called “Over Her Dead Body” where the ghost tried to sabotage the living boyfriend’s new relationship. So when I heard ...