Ricky Gervais

...trouble with Holocaust films: There's no gag reel on the DVD." Gervais will no doubt get a little help from his friends, such as Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. In fact, we expect most of the evening to play like a comedy...

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...Academy, which still looks down on its small-screen peers. All I can say to the academy is: The choice of Gervais has raised the bar considerably when it comes to award show hosts. It's time the Oscars came up with a bold move of its own.

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...meant there, just... you know. Different strokes for different folks. Ricky Gervais, Steve Carell, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert Bring the Funny The five reality show host um... hosts weren't really doing their job, so it was...

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...demanded his Emmy back from Steve Carell, referring to last year when presenters Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart gave the absent Gervais' Emmy to Carell. Gervais actually tickled Carell, who sat through the gag, deadpan, in the front row. Lest...

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...creative arts ceremony. The biggest laugh of the night was earned by presenters Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, after they announced that Ricky Gervais of "Extras" had won the award for best comedy series actor. "Ricky Gervais could not...

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...say I'm glad they went with Wolverine. In the weeks leading up to the Oscars, many worried that Jackman would fail as host because he just wasn't as funny as Gervais, Colbert, or Stewart. The good news was he didn't try, or even need...

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...up, and proceeded to convulse the audience. Gervais took down Steve Carell, who was "given" Gervais' Emmy by presenters Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert last year because Gervais wasn't there. "I've made you who you are," Gervais said to...

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...right. Some good improvised comedy came when Ricky Gervais, co-creator of the original British version of "The Office," mocked Steve Carell for running up to grab the Emmy that Gervais won last year as best actor in a comedy. Gervais...

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...day. Similarly, Sacks didn't get Stephen Colbert or Sacha Baron Cohen or David Letterman or Ricky Gervais to spend five hours delving deep into their work, but he did snag Colbert Report producer Allison Silverman, longtime Cohen...

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