Ricky Gervais & Sharon Horgan’s Agent Says Creatives Should “Be Careful What They Wish For” Over Indie Launches

Jane Fallon, 62, says she wasn't "worried" about having facial surgery, as she updated fans with the news that she had a "thing" removed from her face this afternoon. On Tuesday, the long-term partner of comedian Ricky Gervais, 61, posted a selfie to Twitter and revealed that she was going under the knife today for a growth that was initially thought to be a freckle, but has now "grown into something potentially more worrying". Jane was glowing in the picture as she had her blonde hair scraped back from her face, and a pair of sunglasses placed on top of her head.

Ricky Gervais is reportedly set to increase the security presence on his UK tour after receiving death threats.The comedian’s tour begins tomorrow (June 14) in Cardiff, and a source said that a full security review is being undertaken by his team because of the threats.A source told The Sun that Gervais has been “made aware threats have been made to his life” related to jokes he has made, with the correspondence including “disturbing letters”.They added: “Ricky is very aware of the dangers and he can afford whatever security he wants, so he thought it was a no-brainer.”It is reported that some of the threats came in response to Gervais’ Netflix special SuperNature, which was criticised and accused of being “transphobic” upon its release last year.In the special released last May, the controversial comedian makes numerous jokes about the trans community.“Oh, women,” he begins. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones.

She’s given us Coupling, Catastrophe and Motherland - now Sharon Horgan is about to show us her serious side in new BBC show Best Interests.The brand-new thought-provoking drama written by BAFTA winning writer, Jack Thorne sees Sharon draw on her own traumatic real life experiences. Four-parter Best Interests, follows an ordinary family driven apart by having to make choices no parent would ever want to make. Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen star as Nicci and Andrew who have two daughters Katie and Marnie.

Sharon Horgan has opened up about having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after her eldest daughter was diagnosed with meningitis as a baby. The Irish actor, who will star in the forthcoming BBC One drama Best Interests with Michael Sheen, said she drew on the experience in order to play her character in the new series. Horgan’s daughter survived the life-threatening illness, but it left an “aftershock” on her mother.

Ricky Gervais' security has been beefed up ahead of his UK tour Armageddon after the comedian received death threats over his polarising humour. The Office star has previously jokingly confessed that he had reported his fans "for hate crimes" for finding the funny side of his newer material. A source told The Sun newspaper: "Ricky has been made aware threats have been made to his life.

Sharon Horgan has opened up about having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after her eldest daughter was diagnosed with meningitis as a baby. The Irish actor, who will star in the forthcoming BBC One drama Best Interests with Michael Sheen, said she drew on the experience in order to play her character in the new series. Horgan’s daughter survived the life-threatening illness, but it left an “aftershock” on her mother.

Former boxer Ricky Hatton reckons that the Gallagher brothers need to put their differences behind them and get the Oasis reunion on track - if only for their mum Peggy. The Stockport-born slugger says that the boys could ‘make history’ if they got back together, and it would be bigger than the Stone Roses’ famous comeback in 2012.

Tenacious D have released a recorded version of their viral cover of Chris Isaak‘s ‘Wicked Game’ – check out the video below.The fan-favourite cover, which was originally performed in December for SiriusXM, comes weeks after the duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass released their first new track in five years titled ‘Video Games’.Directed by longtime collaborator Taylor Stephens, the video for the track features both Black and Gass frolicking by the sea while wearing their undergarments. It’s a homage to the original video of the 1989 hit which featured Isaak and model Helena Christensen.Their previous single, ‘Video Games’, was released last month.

Ricky Gervais and long-term partner Jane Fallon were left in mourning over the weekend, as Jane's sister, Gerry, sadly passed away due to cancer. Ricky's partner, Jane Fallon, shared the news on her Twitter feed with a photo of her and Gerry together. In the photo, Jane wore a stunning red tropical-print dress, with an oversized belt and her hair tied up in a bun, while Gerry looked so elegant in a floral dress with matching belt.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Maybe Elon Musk’s Twitter isn’t the free-for-all “free speech” zone that some right-wingers have been led to believe. Twitter nixed a deal with Daily Wire to premiere the conservative website’s “What Is a Woman?” documentary for free on the platform because of two instances of “misgendering” in the film, according to CEO Jeremy Boreing. Not only that, Boreing claimed in a Twitter thread Thursday, Twitter reps told the Daily Wire that the social network “would no longer provide us any support and would actually limit the reach of the film and label it as ‘hateful conduct’ because of ‘misgendering.’” Daily Wire still plans to upload the movie to Twitter on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, the CEO said. “Will Twitter make good on their threat to throttle it and label it ‘hateful conduct,’ or will Twitter live up to its great promise? We’ll all find out together,” Boreing wrote.

Ricky Gervais has said he “can’t wait to see” how Australia intends to modernise The Office. On Tuesday (30 May), it was announced that Australian comedian Felicity Ward will lead the country’s forthcoming re-envisioning of the popular British sitcom. While Prime Video’s The Office: Australia is the 13th version of the workplace mockumentary series, it will be the first-ever female-led version.

told Variety. “Office politics have changed a bit in 20 years, so can’t wait to see how they navigate a modern-day David Brent.”The Down Under version of the show will have Howard as the managing director of a packaging company called Flinley Craddick.

Prime Video Australia is remaking The Office as a female-led comedy starring stand-up Felicity Ward in the role Ricky Gervais first made famous.

Katherine Tulich “The Office” comedy franchise will see middle management led by a woman for the first time in an Australian version that will play on Amazon’s Prime Video. Australian comedian and actor Felicity Ward (“Wakefield,” “The Inbetweeners 2”) will portray Hannah Howard, the MD of packaging company Flinley Craddick in “The Office Australia.” In a post-COVID plot twist, Howard gets news from head office that her branch will be shutting down and that staff will have to work from home. She goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep and launches outlandish plots in order to keep her “work family” together. The Australian adaptation is the 13th iteration of the show that was originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Other international retreads have included those in France, Canada, Chile, Israel and the Middle East.

Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writer’s work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.

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Ricky Gervais became convinced he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation and cyanide poisoning during his recent bout of agonising stomach illness. The ‘After Life’ creator, 61, who has admitted to fans he’s a hypochondriac, was stricken earlier this month by vomiting and diarrhoea in the middle of the night that was so severe he told fans in a tweet on 12 May he had been hit by the “worst illness of my life”. Graphically detailing the sickness in an online chat with fans, a filly recovered Ricky has now said: “What happened was, it was Wednesday night, about 1am, and I had a pain in my side that woke me up – like a shooting pain.

Ricky Gervais was struck down by a painful illness but thankfully lived to tell the tale. The comedian, 61, said he woke up at around 1am in the morning with a shooting pain in his side that was so intense he was convinced he had cancer. Thankfully, it was nothing of the sort, and The Office star was ready for a beer the very next day.

Sharon Horgan is a bigger fan of the UK TV pitching system than the U.S., to say the least.

BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie is to spend the year identifying a “package of measures that industry, government and regulators can come together on to safeguard comedy’s future,” while calling for a comedy tax credit.