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...He was a friend of the great magician Ricky Jay and cast him in his 1987 noirish thriller House of Games....
...But office buildings in subprime locations (think of Ricky Gervais’ operation in the TV series The Office) might be converted into homes, just as derelict factories became lofts in the 1980s....
...Meanwhile, Eminence founder and chief executive Ricky Sandler wrote in a separate letter this week that it would “hold the chairman and the rest of the board accountable for their behaviour that is value...
...Showbiz moralising is not without its critics: at this year’s Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais told Hollywood’s finest that they were in “no position to lecture the public about anything”....
...Who played a fictionalised version of himself as the main character in the sitcom Life’s Too Short, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant? What’s the biggest city in Alabama?...
...Sumas is like a town from a Stephen King novel: most of its businesses are shuttered up. There are no pedestrians....
...Stephen Levinson’s show spins comedy gold out of the peccadilloes of super-rich sports stars with poor impulse control, but the mockery is truly affectionate....
...In contrast, the triangular crossfire between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington is celebrated as comedy at its most potent and unforced....
...Made under the name Creep Show with the UK trio Wrangler — whose members include veteran Cabaret Voltaire experimentalist Stephen Mallinder — the album is a playful but expertly curated exercise in vintage...
...The series proved to be the goose that laid golden eggs for Mr Gervais and his former writing partner, Stephen Merchant....
...I once deactivated my account for a few days because of some minor imbroglio, and ended up being castigated in a newspaper article as a “Twitter flouncer”, alongside Kanye West and Stephen Fry....
...“Cheers to @Letterman,” the UK’s Ricky Gervais chimed in on Twitter. “A king, a kingmaker and probably the man most to blame for inflicting me on America.”...
...The title of Ricky Gervais’s latest series is an indication of its sensibility....
...Part of the reason was the success of Ricky Gervais....
...with Stephen Merchant....
...Stephen Merchant was on a BBC production course when he made a 30-minute film, Seedy Boss, starring friend and colleague Ricky Gervais....
...● Star, a UK-based internet service provider, has appointed Ricky Hudson as CEO. He joins from MLL Telecom, having worked in sales, business development and acquisitions....
...Extras, the British comedy written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, won best comedy TV programme, beating US shows like Entourage and 30 Rock....
...But although Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the creators of the UK version of The Office, oversaw the US production, it was made by a US production company....
...Led by Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and the Michaels Clarke and Hussey, the batting remains muscular, if lean beyond number six....
...Somehow, it is hard to imagine that the creators of The Office, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, fretted about decent restaurants when they went location scouting, not in our nation of packed-lunchers...
...“You’re talking about [collaborator] Stephen Merchant?” Franklin asks. “No, I talk about myself like the Queen,” Gervais replies. “Where is Stephen Merchant now?”...
...Counterpunching from a turnover produced a second score in the same corner, wing Sean Marsden swerving outside full-back Stephen Ward for his 19th try of the season, and Bristol never looked back....
...Consequently, individuals and partnerships - from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (Hancock’s Half Hour) to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (The Office) - have created comedy with unique flavours, in the process...
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