Two years after leaving his hit BBC sitcom The Office, actor and comedian Ricky Gervais premiered his new show Extras in 2005. In the series, which ran through 2007 on the BBC and HBO, Gervais played ...

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Ricky Gervais has opened up about his friendship with rock icon David Bowie. The comedian worked with his hero on the sitcom Extras in 2006, and he explained that they share the same interests. What ...

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I didn’t go, but someone told me that (unlike at the Arcade Fire show) David Bowie introduced comedian Ricky Gervais at his High Line show Saturday night at the whamu theater by singing a song… May 7, ...

NEW YORK -- David Bowie has selected comedian Ricky Gervais and The Arcade Fire, among other acts, to perform at the inaugural High Line Festival in Manhattan. The festival will include music, ...

Ricky Gervais basically got into comedy in reverse order: First he got famous on TV, then he launched three successful stand-up comedy tours in the UK. Two of them, Animals and Politics, are floating ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - David Bowie will bring hot indie band Arcade Fire, English comedian Ricky Gervais, and an 87-year-old spoken-word poet to the inaugural High Line Festival, which will take ...