British comic Ricky Gervais, whose performance as Mc of the Golden Globes Sunday night earned far more attention that the award winners, has just released a statement through his publicist regarding the "missing hour" when Gervais seemed to vanish mid-show, sparking conspiracy theory-making on Twitter: did Ricky just get fired...or worse? Gervais' opening monologue may have sent celebs squirming in the hall, but it didn't get him yanked, even for an hour. Katie Phillips, Gervais' publicist, has just released a statement, saying the hour was planned in advance, and had more to do with comedy than conspiracy:...
- 1/17/2011
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
Jason Manford has left his role on The One Show. The front page of The Sun tomorrow is expected to carry the story of the Manchester comedian's departure from the BBC. Manford said in a statement: "I have decided after careful consideration to step down from The One Show to concentrate on my family and tour commitments." The star's agent Katie Phillips added that he handed his resignation to the show's bosses "to ease the situation surrounding newspaper allegations", (more)...
- 11/18/2010
- by By Naomi Rainey
- Digital Spy
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