Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais, Ambassador for Cruelty Free International, states: "I am delighted to support the launch of Cruelty Free International, the exciting global campaign to end the use of animals in product testing.Animal testing for cosmetics is still...

The Oscar-nominated director wants a bigger budget for two 13-episode seasons of House of Cards. by Matt Fowler THR is reporting that Media Rights Capital (The Life & Times of Tim, The Ricky Gervais Show) and Oscar-nominated director David Fincher (The...

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are going ahead with a third season of UK satcaster Sky1's comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad. The show sees the pair send their unwilling friend Karl Pilkington on a series of wild and bizarre journeys around the...

Although he will happily oblige in the practice, the comedian is unconvinced as to whether the act would genuinely help people in need. "Quick. Everyone knows some c**t who is dying of something," he wrote. "A retweet will make them feel better about...

Ricky Gervais is planning on filming a comedy pilot for a new TV series that stars Sean Connery and will see the former James Bond play an elderly man living in an old people's home. Sir Sean Connery is reportedly close to signing up for a part in the...

Ricky Gervais doesn't think he will ever be able to retire because he has so many ideas for TV shows and other projects. The 50-year-old funnyman, who has written and starred in several sitcoms including The Office and Extras, has admitted he can't...

Ricky Gervais has been criticised by disability groups for repeated use of the word "mong" on his Twitter feed. The comedian's recent tweets have included phrases like "Good monging everyone", "Night night monglets" and "Two mongs don't make a right"....

by David McCutcheon Ricky Gervais is a comedic icon, being a controversial Emmy's host and co-creator of such landscape-altering programming as The Office. His co-creator on the project (as well as Extras) is Stephen Merchant, a man who is utterly...

By Kristin Brzoznowski LONDON: Life's Too Short, the new comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been added to Mentorn International's catalogue, which also includes Crash Course and Full Throttle Saloon. Mentorn picked up the new comedy...

Man, even Charlie Sheen and Ricky Gervais seemed neutered. Sunday night's Emmys will not be ranked among the most-loved productions of the annual awards show, but at least it won't be the lowest-rated: Last night's show delivered 12.4 million viewers,...