Ricky Gervais mocks “fragile, easily offended” people in Roald Dahl edits debate

Ricky Gervais has responded to a fan’s tweet who said they “wished” he had hosted last night’s (March 12) Oscars.Posting a clip of the After Life star presenting the last of his five stints at the Golden Globes, the user wrote: “RT if you wish @rickygervais was hosting the #Oscars tonight.”But Gervais was quick to reply and shoot down any chances of that happening, as he wrote: “Fuck that!” with a crying, laughing emoji.He also posted another clip of himself at an awards show, addressing the crowd of film industry attendees: “Shut up, you disgusting, pill-popping sexual deviant scum,” with the caption “Enjoy the Oscars”.Fuck That!

Ricky Gervais, 61, didn't hold back when viewers begged for him to take over as host of the 2023 Academy Awards. The British comedian, whose five stints as host of the Golden Globes have earned him a reputation for taking aim at Hollywood stars with hilarious results, responded to a fan who "wished" he was fronting the Oscars tonight. The Twitter user in question had shared a clip of Gervais brutally mocking celebrities at the Golden Globes, alongside the caption: "RT if you wish @rickygervais was hosting the #Oscars tonight.

Steve Carell wanted to make Michael Scott his own original character. The 60-year-old star of spoke with his former co-stars, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, on their podcast, , and reflected on his turn at the lovable, goofy regional manager of Dunder Mifflin paper company.The American version was a spin-off of the comedy series that originated in Britain with comedian Ricky Gervais playing boss David Brent.During his podcast interview, Carell explained why he opted to never watch the British version of the show, even before he landed the role of Michael Scott.«I had a pretty specific take at this point, and it wasn't Ricky Gervais',» Carell shared of meeting with the show's creator, Greg Daniels, to pitch his take on the now-iconic character.

Stacking up a fourth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart is Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.

Steve Carell is the latest star of “The Office” to appear on “Office Ladies”, the podcast hosted by fellow “Office” alums Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel took a swipe at the Golden Globes in a new interview with Rolling Stone — and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hit back.Kimmel, 55, was asked about the “no-holds-barred roast” approach to hosting award shows — popularized by Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes — and if it’s “representative of a growing hostility toward celebrity.”“I think there’s always been hostility toward celebrities,” Kimmel declared in the conversation published Wednesday.“First of all, the Golden Globes is not a real awards show. Let’s be honest.

The Office.The Despicable Me star explained that the mockumentary style that the comedy was shot in has affected the way he interacts with the camera. This is in large part is due to the entire cast on the comedy show using the camera as a comic device.“I have never had a job where I didn’t look into the camera at some point,” Carell explained, as he sat down to talk with his former castmates Angela Kinsey (Angela) and Jenna Fischer (Pam) on their podcast about the show, Office Ladies.Kinsey responded that she’d also struggled with the same habit in her work after The Office.

R.L. Stine is revising his popular Goosebumps books series and making edits to the published work with a more inclusive language. The move from Scholastic comes after Penguin hired sensitivity readers to edit Roald Dahl’s books from language deemed inappropriate in today’s world.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical bounces into a third week as the UK’s Number 1 film.

Ted Lasso‘s Nick Mohammed and After Life‘s Diane Morgan have struck scripted development deals with BBC Studios.

Naman Ramachandran After the Roald Dahl text editing controversy that erupted in recent days, it is now the turn of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels to be rewritten. A report in U.K. newspaper The Telegraph reveals that ahead of the reissue of the Bond novels in April to mark 70 years of “Casino Royale,” the first book in the series, rights holders Ian Fleming Publications Ltd commissioned a review by sensitivity readers. Each book will carry the disclaimer, “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set,” The Telegraph said.

Ricky Gervais thinks people have become too "easily offended". The 61-year-old comedian suggested that people have become too "fragile" after it was confirmed that Roald Dahl's books will have various words, including "fat" and "ugly", removed from them. Ricky wrote on Twitter: "This is me pondering whether they'll change any of the words I've used in my work after I'm dead, to spare those who are fragile and easily offended.

Ricky Gervais has entered the debate surrounding Roald Dahl’s books for children, which have been edited to remove words like “fat” and “ugly” in their most recent versions. 

Amanda Abbington has revealed she believes “nepotism” helped land her role in hit BBC drama Sherlock.

Naman Ramachandran Publisher Puffin U.K. will release “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection,” which will have the author’s original texts. “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” will be available alongside the newly released Puffin Roald Dahl books for young readers, “which are designed for children who may be navigating written content independently for the first time,” Puffin said. “Readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.” Last week, Puffin was in the eye of a storm when it emerged that the works of Dahl, who died in 1990, had been rewritten, with the phrase “enormously fat” edited to just “enormous” and “most formidable female” to “most formidable woman” among numerous other examples from his most famous books. People who opposed the edits include author Salman Rushdie, who described it as “absurd censorship,” and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Ricky Gervais has shared what’s included on his “luxurious” backstage rider.The comedian, who is midway through his Armageddon stand-up tour, posted a picture on Twitter showing the items on his rider request list.“When you are an international comedy mega-star, it is inevitable that your backstage rider is ridiculously luxurious,” Gervais wrote. “Sometimes your demands are a test to see if you are still important to the promoter.

maligned by many, the notorious Roald Dahl word purge could prove a boon to one segment of society: the owners of the original books. “Unedited” versions of the classic children’s novels have reportedly been listed for as much as $7,000 on eBay.This comes after the news broke that Puffin Books — a Penguin Books imprint for children — had tapped so-called sensitivity experts to scrub language they deemed offensive in an effort to appease the “woke” masses.

The language used in the work of writer Roald Dahl has been changed to remove anything that my be deemed offensive. The publisher of Dahl’s work, Puffin books has removed words like “fat” to describe characters and gender neutral terms are also now being used.

It’s a second week at Number 1 for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, which continues its reign at the top based on digital download sales only.

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