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ANC On The Money: Q&A; Friday [September 7, 2012]
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Guest: Jesi Bondoc Registered Financial Planner September 7, 2012.
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Convocation - September 7, 2012
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Pincode gekraakt | ScienceFlash 7 september 2012
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Deze week in ScienceFlash Weekjournaal van 7 september 2012: Dieven kunnen op afstand je pincode kraken. Ze kijken naar de handbewegingen die je maakt bij he...
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Bill Maher - Easy Success - September 7th 2012
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Bills Commentary on Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney's easy success.
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September 7, 2012 12:54 PM
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September 7, 2012 12:55 PM
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September 7, 2011 10:05 PM
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"I spoke it into existence!" September 7, 2011
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SAINTS SEPTEMBER 7 - ST. REGINA - www.the-catholicchurch.org
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Financial Innovation: A Risky Business?
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On September 7, 2012 the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School filmed "Financial Innovation: A Risky Busine...
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Ricky Gervais Radio Show - 7 September 2002
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With Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington.
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Winnend 1e jaars project Technische Informatica, TU Delft, 7 September 2012
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Nokia Lumia 920 & 820 Announcement - Nokia and Microsoft Press Conference on September 5 in New York
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Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe - Episode 3 - 23rd September 2012
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Host Barkha welcomes the King of comedy Actor Paresh Rawal on the sets of Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe and a funny moment takes place between Bharti and Actor Par...
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My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm
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15 May 2013
A drone the size of a fighter jet has taken off from the deck of an US aircraft carrier for the first time in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the US to launch unmanned aircraft from almost anywhere in the world. The X-47B is the first drone designed to take off and land on a carrier, meaning the US military would not need permission from other countries to use their bases ... 643 Source.. AP ... Infographic....(size: 8.4Kb)
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16 May 2013
"A massive emergency response" is underway in North Texas, where tornadoes blew through Wednesday night, The Dallas Morning News says. A twister that hit Granbury, about 35 miles southwest of Fort Worth, left at least six people dead, more than 100 injured and even more homeless, The Associated Press adds ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)
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14 May 2013
The Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers, an outspoken nationalist mayor has said. The comments made on Monday are already raising anger in neighbouring countries that bore the brunt of Japan's wartime aggression, and that have long complained that Japan has failed to make amends for wartime atrocities ... ....(size: 8.3Kb)
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15 May 2013
Correction Appended. WASHINGTON – A senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering further military strikes on Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamic militants, and he warned the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, that his government would face crippling consequences if it retaliated against Israel. The Israeli official said ... He contacted The New York Times on Wednesday ... Mr ... Wednesday ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
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15 May 2013
Admitting that Islamist extremists now control some of his nation’s villages and towns, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Tuesday across Nigeria’s troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion. Mr ... Get Free E-mail Alerts on These Topics. Nigeria Jonathan, Goodluck Disasters and Emergencies Muslims and Islam ... . Inside NYTimes.com. Books » ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
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17 May 2013
Building on the success of our inaugural fund selector conference in Gstaad last year we will be returning to the glamorous Gstaad Palace in September. Citywire Switzerland 2013 will once again provide professional fund buyers with the opportunity to meet a wide range of portfolio managers for valuable new investment ideas ... Taking place on September 12th-13th at the luxurious Gstaad Palace, the line-up includes....(size: 2.1Kb)
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17 May 2013
Avici White Nightclub Cocktail Bar, Manchester Fri 17th May 2013. From launching in September 2011 WTF?! has fast grown into Manchester's busiest, brashest and boisterous Friday night student party. Date. Friday 17th May 2013. Venue. Avici White Nightclub Cocktail Bar ». Location. Manchester » ... From launching in September 2011 WTF?! has fast grown into Manchesters busiest, brashest and most boisterous Friday night student party....(size: 2.3Kb)
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17 May 2013
ABC has announced August and September DVD and Blu-ray release dates for some of its most popular series including Once Upon a Time ... ONCE UPON A TIME ... THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON - Justice brings new consequences when the second season debuts on DVD September 3rd for the suggested retail price of $45.99 ... THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON - A record breaking rivalry takes the stage on DVD September 17th for the suggested retail price of $45.99....(size: 6.8Kb)
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17 May 2013
The first player from last year's Draft to reach the Major Leagues when the Dodgers called him up in September, Rodriguez proved his worth right away to manager Don Mattingly ... kid could move up really quick and it wasn't out of the question he could help us in September," said Paul Fryer, the Dodgers' global cross-checker who helped sign Rodriguez....(size: 5.3Kb)
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17 May 2013
(Source ... These shares, including any shares issued on exercise of the warrants will be subject to a hold period under applicable Canadian securities laws expiring on September 15, 2013, and will be subject to such further restrictions on resale as may apply under applicable foreign securities laws ... entitling them to purchase up to 890,335 common shares of the Company on or before September 27, 2013 at a price of $0.06 per share ... SIGNED....(size: 4.5Kb)
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17 May 2013
SAYREVILLE, N.J ... Chris Christie announced Thursday. Christie returned to the community of Sayreville, which was heavily flooded during Superstorm Sandy, to announce the $300 million buyback ... The program is voluntary. A second round of funding is expected in September, Christie said ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)
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17 May 2013
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11.15 am. Press Release. Statistics New Zealand. Electricity pushes up producer prices. Embargoed until 10.45am �" 17 May 2013 ... The output price index for dairy product manufacturing rose 5.7 percent in the March 2013 quarter, following six consecutive quarterly falls since the September 2011 quarter ... Ends. ProducersPriceIndexMar13qtr.pdf. . {parsetags ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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17 May 2013
COIMBATORE. Residents of Coimbatore are breathing easy this summer, thanks to wind power. Winds mills have been contributing 3,200MW daily to the grid for the past one week that the city had gone without outages for the past five days. However, industries continue to face 40% of cut in the supply ... About 1,000MW of power generated by wind mills is not being evacuated, they claimed ... "We can use the wind energy till September ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
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17 May 2013
A nonprofit run by former Jacksonville Port Authority board member Reggie Gaffney overbilled Medicaid by almost $1.4 million, according to an audit by the state Agency for Health Care Administration ... Gaffney did not return a call for comment ... Last July, a preliminary audit determined the Medicaid program overpaid Community Rehabilitation Center by almost $2.6 million from September 2008 through February 2011 ... Rick Scott. David Bauerlein....(size: 2.7Kb)
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17 May 2013
SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Some 350 homeowners in the central New Jersey towns of Sayreville and South River whose properties have flooded repeatedly will be eligible to sell their homes in the first phase of a new federally funded buyback program, Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday ... The program is voluntary. A second round of funding is expected in September, Christie said. It will allow the program to expand to other flood-prone areas....(size: 3.1Kb)
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17 May 2013
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17 May 2013
NATIONAL CITY — National City council members Tuesday considered an extension of the city’s one-cent district sales tax for National City residents as a way to bring in additional revenue to the city. Voters approved the tax, also known as Proposition D, in 2006, and it generates about $10 million a year. The proposition called for the tax to expire in September 2016 ... Busch said cities are facing what he called the perfect storm ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
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17 May 2013
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Events[link]
- 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1652 – Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
- 1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
- 1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon wins a Pyrrhic victory over the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
- 1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- 1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
- 1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909 – Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1916 – Federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- 1920 – Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921 – Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940 – World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1942 – Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1942 – Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
- 1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970 – Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1977 – The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- 1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
- 1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1996 – American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
- 1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 – Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
- 2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong.
- 2011 – A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
Births[link]
- 786 – Emperor Saga Japan
- 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
- 1683 – Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
- 1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- 1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
- 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1731 – Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, singer, organist and harpsichordist (d. 1765)
- 1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
- 1801 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
- 1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- 1817 – Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
- 1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
- 1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
- 1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
- 1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
- 1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
- 1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
- 1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
- 1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
- 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
- 1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
- 1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
- 1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
- 1894 – George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
- 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
- 1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1903 – Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
- 1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
- 1908 – Max Kaminsky (musician), jazz trumpeter and band leader (d. 1994)
- 1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
- 1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
- 1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer
- 1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
- 1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
- 1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
- 1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
- 1924 – Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
- 1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
- 1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
- 1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian jurist
- 1927 – Eric Hill, British children's author
- 1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1930 – King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
- 1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
- 1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
- 1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
- 1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
- 1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
- 1935 – Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician
- 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
- 1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
- 1937 – Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist
- 1939 – Latimore (musician), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
- 1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
- 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
- 1942 – Alan Oakes, British footballer
- 1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
- 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
- 1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1944 – Earl "The Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
- 1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
- 1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
- 1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1950 – Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman (d. 1991)
- 1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
- 1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
- 1951 – Mammootty, Indian actor
- 1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Michael Byron (composer), American composer and editor of contemporary music anthologies
- 1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954 – Doug Bradley, English actor
- 1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
- 1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
- 1960 – Brad Houser, American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
- 1960 – Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
- 1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
- 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
- 1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
- 1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1963 – Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
- 1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
- 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
- 1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
- 1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
- 1966 – Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
- 1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
- 1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
- 1968 – Marcel Desailly, French footballer
- 1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
- 1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
- 1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
- 1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- 1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
- 1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- 1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
- 1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
- 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
- 1974 – Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
- 1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
- 1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
- 1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
- 1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
- 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
- 1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
- 1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
- 1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
- 1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
- 1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
- 1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
- 1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- 1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
- 1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
- 1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
- 1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
- 1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
- 1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
- 1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
- 1987 – Danny North, English Footballer
- 1987 – Tommy Elphick, English Footballer
- 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
- 1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- 1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
- 1990 – Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
- 1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
- 1991 – Montana Fishburne, American pornographic actress
- 1991 – Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (d. 2010)
- 1992 – Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast
- 1993 – Taylor Gray, American actor
Deaths[link]
- 251 – Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
- 355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
- 1151 – Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1552 – Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
- 1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
- 1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1655 – François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
- 1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
- 1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- 1719 – John Harris, English writer
- 1729 – William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
- 1741 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral.
- 1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1833 – Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist (b. 1745)
- 1840 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- 1871 – Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1881 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
- 1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
- 1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1893 – Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (b. 1808)
- 1910 – William Holman Hunt, British painter (b. 1827)
- 1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
- 1929 – Frederic Weatherly, English song lyricist (Danny Boy, The Holy City) (b. 1848)
- 1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British statesman (b. 1862)
- 1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1943 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
- 1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
- 1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
- 1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
- 1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
- 1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Québec Premier (b. 1890)
- 1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
- 1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
- 1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1969 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
- 1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1971 – Ludwig Suthaus, German opera Heldentenor (b. 1906)
- 1978 – Cecil Aronowitz, British violist (b. 1916)
- 1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
- 1978 – Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
- 1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
- 1984 – Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian Catholic cardinal (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1985 – José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
- 1986 – Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist, composer (b. 1917)
- 1990 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
- 1990 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
- 1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994 – James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1994 – Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951)
- 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2000 – Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- 2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 – Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
- 2003 – The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
- 2006 – Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. c. 1955)
- 2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Peter Glossop, English operatic baritone (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
- 2010 – Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
- 2010 – Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2010 – John Kluge, American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
- 2011 – Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
- Pavol Demitra, Slovokian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Stefan Liv, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Ruslan Salei, Belorussian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
Holidays and observances[link]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence day, celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822
- National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
- Pakistani Air Force Day since 1971. (Pakistan)
- Victory Day (Mozambique)
External links[link]
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| Bill Maher | |
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 Maher at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2010 |
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| Birth name | William Maher, Jr. |
| Born | (1956-01-20) January 20, 1956 (age 56) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Genres | Satire, Political satire, News satire, Observational comedy |
| Subject(s) | American politics, current events, American culture, pop culture, freedom of speech, environmentalism, religion, human sexuality, recreational drug use, libertarianism, American liberalism, American conservatism |
| Influences | Steve Allen, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, David Frost, Robert Klein, Don Rickles, Gore Vidal, Lenny Bruce |
| Notable works and roles | Elliot on Charlie Hoover Host of Politically Incorrect Host of Real Time with Bill Maher Religulous |
| Website | BillMaher.com |
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. (
/ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate.[1] He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA.[2] He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society.[3] In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.[4] Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.[5]
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Early life and education[link]
Maher was born in New York City, the son of Julie (née Berman), a nurse, and William Maher, Sr., a network news editor and radio announcer.[6] He was raised in his Irish American father's Catholic religion, remaining unaware that his mother was Jewish until his early teenage years.[7][8][9][10] Due to Maher's father's disagreement with the Catholic Church's position on birth control, he stopped taking Maher and his sister to Catholic church services when Maher was thirteen.[11]
Maher was raised in River Vale, New Jersey, and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974. He received a B.A. in English and history from Cornell University in 1978.[12]
Early career[link]
Maher began his career as a stand-up comedian and actor. He was host of the New York City comedy club Catch a Rising Star in 1979. Thanks to Steve Allen, he began appearing on Johnny Carson's and David Letterman's shows in 1982. He made limited television appearances including a recurring role in Sara (1985), appeared in Max Headroom (1987), two separate appearances on Murder, She Wrote (1989, 1990), a recurring role in Charlie Hoover (1991) and other productions. He has also appeared in several films, usually in a comic role. His feature film debut was in D.C. Cab (1983), and he also appeared in Ratboy (1986) Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1988) and Pizza Man (1991), among others.
Television career[link]
[edit] Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
Main article: Politically Incorrect
Maher assumed the host role Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, a late-night political talk show that ran on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997 and on ABC from 1997 to 2002. The show regularly began with a topical monologue by Maher preceding the introduction of four guests, usually a diverse group of individuals from show business, popular culture, political pundits, political consultants, authors, and occasionally news figures. The group would discuss topical issues selected by Maher, who also participated in the discussions.[13] Jerry Seinfeld, a regular guest on the show, stated that Politically Incorrect reminded him of talk shows from the 1950s and 60s "when guests interacted with each other as much as with the host."[14]
Politically Incorrect won an array of awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, two CableACE awards for Best Talk Show Series, and a Genesis Award for Best Television Talk Show. Maher earned numerous award nominations for his producing, writing and hosting of Politically Incorrect, including ten Emmy nominations, two TV Guide nominations, and two Writers Guild nominations. ABC decided against renewing Maher's contract for Politically Incorrect in 2002, after he made a controversial on-air remark shortly after the September 11 attacks.[15] He agreed with his guest, conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, that the 9/11 terrorists did not act in a cowardly manner (in rebuttal to President Bush's statement calling 9/11 hijackers cowards). Maher said, "We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from two thousand miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly. You're right." Maher later clarified that his comment was not anti-military in any way whatsoever, referencing his well-documented longstanding support for the American military.[16][17][18]
In the context of the attacks, some corporate advertisers found the comment too insensitive and controversial. Several companies, including FedEx and Sears Roebuck, pulled their advertisements from the show, costing the show more than it returned.
The show was cancelled on June 16, 2002, and the Sinclair Broadcast Group had dropped the show from its ABC-affiliated stations months prior. On June 22, 2002, just six days after the cancellation of Politically Incorrect, Maher received the Los Angeles Press Club president's award (for "championing free speech"). Maher was on the board of judges one year for the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award.
Maher's remarks after 9/11 were not the first time he had sparked controversy on Politically Incorrect. In the same year, Maher was widely criticized for comparing dogs to retarded children. He apologized for his comments.[19]
[edit] Real Time with Bill Maher
Main article: Real Time with Bill Maher
In 2003, Maher became the host, co-producer and co-writer of Real Time with Bill Maher, a weekly hour-long political comedy talk show on the cable television network HBO. During an interview, Maher told Terry Gross (on NPR's Fresh Air) that he much prefers having serious and well-informed guests on his program, as opposed to the random celebrities that fleshed out his roundtable discussions on Politically Incorrect.[20]
As with his previous show, Politically Incorrect, Maher begins Real Time with a comic opening monologue based upon current events and other topical issues. He proceeds to a one-on-one interview with a guest, either in-studio or via satellite. Following the interview, Maher sits with three panelists, usually consisting of pundits, authors, activists and journalists, for a discussion of the week's events. In the segment "New Rules" at the end of each show, Maher delivers a humorous editorial on popular culture and American politics.
In late May 2005, Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus sent a letter to Time Warner's board of directors requesting Real Time be cancelled after remarks Maher made after noting the military had missed its recruiting goals by 42 percent. Bachus said he felt the comments were demeaning to the military and treasonous. Maher stated his highest regard and support for the troops and asked why the congressman criticized him instead of doing something about the recruitment problem.[21]
Real Time has earned widespread praise. It has been nominated for more than ten Primetime Emmy Awards and six Writer's Guild awards. In 2007, Maher and his co-producers were awarded the Television Producer of the Year Award in Variety Television by the Producers Guild of America.[22] Maher holds the record for the most Emmy nominations without a win, having been nominated on 22 occasions and not winning once. Eleven of the nominations were for Politically Incorrect, while nine were for Real Time. The other two were nominations for two of his HBO comedy specials: Bill Maher: I'm Swiss and Bill Maher: The Decider.[23]
HBO announced in July 2011 the show was renewed for a tenth season.[24]
Christine O'Donnell[link]
See also: Christine O'Donnell#General election
On September 17, 2010, Maher aired a clip of Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell from the October 29, 1999 episode of his old show Politically Incorrect on his current show Real Time with Bill Maher,[25][26] where she discussed that she had "dabbled in witchcraft." This was one of the most notable of numerous controversial statements by O'Donnell that made her the most covered candidate in the 2010 mid-term election cycle.[27][28]
Political commentator[link]
Maher is a frequent commentator on various cable news networks, namely CNN, MSNBC, and HLN. Maher has regularly appeared on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer[29] and has also been a frequent guest on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews,[30] The Rachel Maddow Show[31] and Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[32] Maher has also appeared as a guest on HLN's The Joy Behar Show.[33]
Maher hosted the January 13, 2006 edition of Larry King Live, on which he was a frequent guest. Maher appeared as a special guest on the June 29, 2010 edition of the show, on which CNN anchor Larry King announced his retirement.[34] Maher co-emceed the final show of Larry King Live on December 16, 2010 with Ryan Seacrest.[35]
Since May 2005, he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
Views and beliefs[link]
Politics[link]
Maher eschews political labels, referring to himself as "practical".[36] In the past, he has described himself as a libertarian and has also referred to himself "as a progressive, as a sane person".[37][38]
Maher favors a partial privatization of Social Security, ending corporate welfare and federal funding of non-profits, and legalization of gambling, prostitution, and marijuana. Maher is a member of the advisory boards for both the NORML and Marijuana Policy Project, organizations which support regulated legalization of marijuana.[39][40] He describes himself as an environmentalist, and he has spoken in favor of the Kyoto treaty on global warming on his show Real Time. He often criticizes industry figures involved in environmental pollution.[41]
Maher is a board member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Before the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Maher became candid in his stated opposition to the re-election of George W. Bush and in his support for John Kerry.[42]
Known for protesting against the demonization of the word "liberal", during the campaign Maher criticized Kerry for being ashamed of the word. On his show, the comedian has noted the paradox of people claiming they distrusted "elite" politicians while at the same time wanting elite doctors to treat them and elite lawyers to represent them in court.[43] Maher supports the death penalty. Since the 9/11 attacks, he has endorsed the use of racial profiling at airports.[44]
He was originally against the Iraq War, and has summarized his opinion by saying that the United States and the world have had to pay too high a price for the war. He is skeptical of Iraq surviving without civil war.[45]
In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Maher announced his support for Barack Obama.[46] Although Maher welcomed Obama's electoral victory, he has subjected him to criticism once in office for not acting boldly on health care reform and other progressive issues.[47]
On February 23, 2012, after his 'Crazy Stupid Politics' special streamed on Yahoo! Screen, Maher announced that he was contributing $1 million to Priorities USA, the Obama SuperPAC.[48][49]
Religion[link]
See also: Religulous
Maher is highly critical of religion, and views it as not worth the bother. He has referred to himself as an apatheist - a pragmatic atheist - on Scarborough Country on April 24, 2007, and again in July 2011.[50][51] He has reiterated this stance in subsequent interviews, rejecting both the certitude of the existence, as well as the certitude of nonexistence of deities, concluding, "I'm saying that doubt is the only appropriate response for human beings."[52] He is an advisory board member of author Sam Harris's Project Reason, a foundation that promotes scientific knowledge and secular values within society.
Maher and director Larry Charles teamed up to make the feature film Religulous (2008), described by trade publication Variety as a documentary "that spoofs religious extremism across the world." It was released on October 3, 2008.[53][54]
While Maher is critical towards Christianity, he is an outspoken critic of religion as a whole, including Islam. On October 29, 2010, during a Real Time segment, Maher commented on a news story saying that the name Mohammed had become the most popular baby name in the United Kingdom. He asked, "Am I a racist to feel alarmed by that? Because I am. And it’s not because of the race, it’s because of the religion. I don’t have to apologize, do I, for not wanting the Western world to be taken over by Islam in 300 years? Sharia law is being institutionalized in England? Well, then I am right, I should be alarmed."[55] He later defended his comments on CNN, saying, "And when I say Westerner, I mean someone who believes in the values that Western people believe in that a lot of the Muslim world does not. Like separation of church and state. Like equality of the sexes. Like respect for minorities, free elections, free speech, freedom to gather. These things are not just different from cultures that don’t have them. ... It’s better. ... I would like to keep those values here." [56]
Maher received the Richard Dawkins Award for 2009 from Atheist Alliance International "for his efforts to further the values science and reason in the world."[57]
Maher was ranked first by MormonVoices, a group associated with Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research, on its Top Ten Anti-Mormon Statements of 2011 list for saying "By any standard, Mormonism is more ridiculous than any other religion".[58]
Health care[link]
Maher has stated that the AMA is a powerful lobbying group and one of the primary reasons why the United States had failed to enact health care reform.[59][dead link][60]
On August 24, 2009, Maher was a guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. On the topic of getting health care reform legislation passed, Maher stated that Obama should forget about trying to get 60 votes for it, "he only needs 51." "Forget getting the sixty votes or sixty percent — sixty percent of people don't believe in evolution in this country — he just needs to drag them to it, like I said, they're stupid; get health care done, with or without them."[61]
Maher has expressed the view that most illness is generally the result of poor diet and lack of exercise, and that medicine is often not the best way of addressing illness. In an episode of his show about the 2008 presidential candidates' health plans, Maher stated that poor nutrition is a primary cause of illness, and that "the answer isn't another pill."[62] He also has said:" If you believe you need to take all the pills the pharmaceutical industry says you do, then you're already on drugs!"[63]
He has expressed his distaste for the pharmaceutical and health care industries in general, on the grounds that they make their money out of curing people who are made sick by consuming unhealthy food that corporations urge upon the public. He maintains that mass consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is a contributor to the rise in frequency of obesity in the United States.[64]
In a discussion with Michael Moore about the film Sicko, Maher said, "The human body is pretty amazing; it doesn't get sick, usually, for no reason. I mean, there's some genetic stuff that can get to you, but, basically, people are sick in this country because they're poisoned. The environment is a poisoning factor, but also, we gotta say, they poison themselves. They eat shit. People eat shit, and that's, to my way of thinking, about 90 percent of why people are sick, is because they eat shit. Would you agree?"[65]
On October 9, 2009, on his HBO show, Maher debated the effectiveness of flu vaccinations with Bill Frist and stated, "Why would you let them be the ones to stick a disease into your arm? I would never get a swine flu vaccine or any vaccine. I don’t trust the government, especially with my health." Maher also expressed skepticism about the seriousness of the swine flu and whether completely healthy people could die from it. His comments have generated criticism, and his remarks have been called unscientific and even harmful.[66]
Maher responded to the criticism, noting, "What I've read about what they think I'm saying is not what I've said. I'm not a germ theory denier. I believe vaccinations can work. Polio is a good example. Do I think in certain situations that inoculating Third World children against malaria or diphtheria, or whatever, is right? Of course. In a situation like that, the benefits outweigh costs. But to me living in Los Angeles? To get a flu shot? No."[67]
He supports the current abortion laws and giving the terminally ill the right to assisted suicide.
Criticism of 9/11 conspiracy theories[link]
Maher has been a critic of 9/11 conspiracy theories. On October 19, 2007, Maher confronted several 9/11 truthers and had them ejected from his show audience after they interrupted the live show numerous times by calling out from the audience. The incident drew significant media attention and praise from Fox News talk show host and frequent critic John Gibson.[68]
Personal life[link]
Maher has never married. In 2003, he began dating former Playboy Cyber Girl Coco Johnsen. In November 2004, at the end of their 17-month relationship, she sued him for USD $9 million for "pain and suffering" for alleged "insulting, humiliating and degrading racial comments." Her suit[69] stated that Maher promised to marry her and father her children, support her financially, and purchase a Beverly Hills home. Her suit also alleged that she quit her job as a flight attendant and occasional model to be with him. Maher's lawyers in their response filed on November 23, 2004, in Los Angeles Superior Court said Maher is a "confirmed bachelor, and a very public one at that" who "never promised to marry [Johnsen] or to have children with her."[70]
Maher's filing stated that, after the relationship had ended, Johnsen "launched a campaign to embarrass, humiliate, and extort ridiculous sums of money from Bill Maher." Johnsen accused another former boyfriend of rape and kidnapping in 1997, and the charges were later dismissed for lack of evidence.[71] Her lawsuit against Maher was dismissed on May 2, 2005.
Maher enjoys his bachelor status and states that he does not want to get married. On his website, he is quoted as saying, "I'm the last of my guy friends to have never gotten married, and their wives — they don't want them playing with me. I'm like the escaped slave — I bring news of freedom."[72]
In 2005, he began dating Karrine Steffans, best-selling author and former hip hop model.[73][74][75] When commentators suggested there was a pattern to his dating because both his girlfriend and former girlfriend were black, Maher said, "People say I'm into black women. Robert De Niro is into black women. I'm just into women who are real, and they happen to be black."[74]
From 2009 to 2011, Maher dated the neuroscientist and science educator Cara Santa Maria.[76]
Credits[link]
Bibliography[link]
- True Story : A Novel, 1994 (ISBN 0-7432-4251-3)
- Does Anybody Have a Problem With That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits, 1996 (ISBN 0-679-45627-9)
- Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect, 1997 (ISBN 0-345-41281-8)
- When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism, 2003 (ISBN 1-893224-90-2)
- Keep the Statue of Liberty Closed: The New Rules, 2004 (ISBN 1-932407-47-2)
- New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer, 2005 (ISBN 1-59486-295-8)
- The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass, 2011 (ISBN 0-39915-841-3)
Filmography[link]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | |
| 1983 | D.C. Cab | Bob | |
| 1986 | Rags to Riches | Freddie | |
| Club Med | Rick | ||
| Ratboy | Party Guest | ||
| 1987 | House II: The Second Story | John | |
| 1988 | Out of Time | Maxwell Taylor | |
| 1989 | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Jim | |
| 1991 | Pizza Man | Elmo Bunn | |
| 1996 | Don't Quit Your Day Job! | Comic's Table | |
| 1997 | Bimbo Movie Bash | Unknown | |
| 1998 | EDtv | Himself | |
| 2001 | Tomcats (film) | Carlos | |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Himself | |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Himself | |
| Religulous | Himself | ||
| 2009 | New Rules: Best of | Himself | |
| 2010 | Sex, Drugs & Religion (2010) | Himself | |
| HBO Specials | |||
| Year | Title | Role | |
| 1989 | One Night Stand | Himself | |
| 1992 | One Night Stand | Himself | |
| 1995 | Stuff that Struck Me Funny | Himself | |
| 1997 | The Golden Goose Special | Himself | |
| 2000 | Be More Cynical | Himself | |
| 2003 | Victory Begins at Home | Himself | |
| 2005 | I'm Swiss | Himself | |
| 2007 | The Decider | Himself | |
| 2010 | But I'm Not Wrong | Himself | |
| Other Specials | |||
| 2012 | Bill Maher Stand-Up: CrazyStupidPolitics | Himself | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | |
| 1985 | Sara | Marty Lang | |
| 1987 | Hard Knocks | Unknown | |
| Max Headroom | Haskel | ||
| 1989–90 | Murder, She Wrote | (2 episodes) | |
| 1990 | The Midnight Hour | Host | |
| 1991 | Charlie Hoover | Elliot | |
| 1992 | Say What? | Host | |
| 1993 | Married... with Children | Adam Gold | |
| Roseanne | Photographer | ||
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Himself | |
| 1993–2002 | Politically Incorrect | Host | |
| 2002 | Just for Laughs | Himself | |
| 2003–present | Real Time with Bill Maher | Host | |
| 2008 | True Blood | Himself | |
| 2010 | The Boondocks | Himself | |
| 2010 | Family Guy | Himself | |
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| Name | Maher, William |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | American comedian, writer |
| Date of birth | January 20, 1956 |
| Place of birth | New York City, New York, United States |
| Date of death | |
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| Ricky Gervais | |
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 Gervais in October 2010 |
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| Birth name | Ricky Gervais |
| Born | (1961-06-25) 25 June 1961 (age 51) Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Medium | Stand up, television, film, books, radio |
| Nationality | English |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Genres | Cringe comedy, insult comedy, observational comedy |
| Influences | Steve Coogan, Chris Langham, Garry Shandling, Jerry Sadowitz, Larry David, Woody Allen, Laurel and Hardy, Christopher Guest, Stewart Lee, Groucho Marx[1] |
| Domestic partner(s) | Jane Fallon (1982–present) |
| Notable works and roles | The Office Extras An Idiot Abroad |
| Website | rickygervais.com |
Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009,[2] The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won multiple awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic.[3] In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.[4]
In 2010 Gervais became the first British person to host the Golden Globe Awards in 14 years; he returned to host in 2011 and again in 2012.[5]
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Early life[link]
Gervais, along with siblings Larry (born 1945), Marsha (born 1948), and Bob (born 1950),[6] was born and raised in Whitley, Berkshire. His father, Lawrence Raymond "Jerry" Gervais (1919–2002), a Franco-Ontarian, emigrated while on foreign duty during the Second World War from London, Ontario, Canada. Jerry Gervais met Eva Sophia House (1925–2000),[7][8] during a blackout,[9] and they settled in Whitley. She died, aged 74, in 2000, of lung cancer.[10]
During Xfm London's The Ricky Gervais Show and in further newspaper interviews with The Independent, Gervais noted that he believes his birth was unplanned due to the age difference between his oldest sibling and himself. During one interview with The Independent, Gervais tells the author that even his mother admitted his birth was unplanned.[11] He has claimed that his father was "drunk when he filled in the birth certificate", leading to the unusual spelling of his middle name.[12] Gervais has stated that his upbringing and childhood were stable and trauma-free, with a high level of honesty and openness between his family members. He claims that his family, "much like The Waltons", made fun of each other regularly.[13]
Gervais attended Whitley Park Infants and Junior Schools and received his secondary education at Ashmead Comprehensive School, before moving on to University College London in 1979.[14] He arrived to study biology but changed to philosophy after only two weeks,[15] and earned an upper second-class honours degree in the subject.[16] During his time at UCL, he met Jane Fallon, with whom he has been in a relationship since 1982.[17]
Music[link]
In 1983, during his final year as a student at UCL (University College London), Gervais and Bill Macrae formed the New Wave pop duo, Seona Dancing. They were signed by London Records, which released two of their singles—"More to Lose" and "Bitter Heart". The singles failed to break the top 40, with "More to Lose" charting at #117 and "Bitter Heart" peaking at #70 on the UK Singles Chart.[18] Despite not being successful in the UK, Seona Dancing did manage to score a hit in the Philippines with "More to Lose". According to the 20 December 2003 broadcast of the Ricky Gervais Show, Gervais later had a band called the Sacred Hearts, which Ian Camfield described as Gervais's Bon Jovi phase.[citation needed]
Radio[link]
Gervais later worked as an assistant events manager for the University of London Union (ULU),[19] where he continued working until he took a similar job as "head of speech" at Xfm London.[20]
Needing an assistant, Gervais interviewed the first person whose curriculum vitae he saw. The CV belonged to Stephen Merchant. During the interview at a local pub, Merchant agreed to do "all the boring stuff" because of his experience in media studies while Gervais "mess[ed] around".[21] In 1998 Gervais was made redundant[citation needed] when the station was taken over by the Capital Radio group.
Gervais was music adviser for the BBC drama This Life, which was being produced by his girlfriend, Jane Fallon. He and Merchant also contributed sketches to BBC Radio 1's The Breezeblock in 1999 and 2000.
After the first series of The Office, Gervais and Merchant returned to Xfm in November 2001 for a Saturday radio show. The show ran intermittently until January 2004 with breaks of 1–3 months between new shows. This was when the pair first worked with Karl Pilkington, who produced the shows and later collaborated with them on their series of podcasts.
Podcast[link]
Main article: The Ricky Gervais Show
See also: List of The Ricky Gervais Show episodes
On 5 December 2005 Guardian Unlimited began offering free weekly podcasts featuring Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington. Throughout January and February 2006 the podcast was consistently ranked the number-one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most-downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month.[2] On 20 February 2006, after the conclusion of the twelve-podcast series, it was announced that all future episodes would be available from Audible.com at a "nominal fee" (later, these had to be called audiobooks in accordance with iTunes policy). Two more series—-each with six podcasts—-were released between February and September 2006.
In late 2006 three more free podcasts were released. Together called "The Podfather Trilogy", they debuted individually at Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. These three were known by Ricky and Steve as "The Fourth season". In October 2007 another free full-length podcast was released through iTunes; this podcast was originally given out for free during a performance of Gervais's Fame tour in London. On 25 November 2007 Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington released another free full-length podcast, which lasted just over an hour.
In August 2008 Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington recorded their fifth season of audiobooks, totalling 4 chapters, which were released on 16 September 2008. These audiobooks were described as the 'guide to...' series, covering several topics. As of May 2011, there are 12 "Guides" in total: Medicine, Natural History, Arts, Philosophy, The English, Society, Law & Order, The Future, The Human Body, The Earth, The World Cup 2010 & Comic Relief. The conversations typically begin on topic, but constantly stray away from the topic at hand.
Television[link]
Gervais has contributed to the BAFTA-winning The Sketch Show (ITV), penning several sketches. His mainstream-TV debut came in September 1998 as part of Channel 4's "Comedy Lab" series of pilots. His one-off show Golden Years focused on a David Bowie–obsessed character called Clive Meadows. Gervais then came to much wider national attention with an obnoxious, cutting persona featured in a topical slot that replaced Ali G's segments on the satirical Channel 4 comedy programme The 11 O'Clock Show in early 1999, in which his character used as many expletives as was possible and produced an inordinate amount of politically incorrect statements. Among the other regular featured comedians on the show was Mackenzie Crook, later a co-star of The Office. Two years later, Gervais went on to present his own comedy chat show for Channel 4 called Meet Ricky Gervais; it was poorly received and has since been mocked by Gervais himself. The Independent newspaper has described Gervais as "obsessed by his own celebrity", but adds, "Who wouldn't want to be Peter Lawford in a comedy Rat Pack?" in reference to Ricky Gervais Meets...; the article, however, also describes him as "a very funny man" who "created one of the great sitcoms".[22] The Guardian's Chris Tryhorn explained the "few gripes" he had with Extras, "particularly in the second series". "You can forgive Gervais a certain arrogance after the success of The Office, but..." He remarks on the confused tone of the series, taking in the clash between the broad comedy of characters Barry (Shaun Williamson) and Darren (Stephen Merchant), and the apparent parody of this style with When The Whistle Blows, and "given their total indulgence of Gervais, the BBC is portrayed as interfering, its comedy department run by a rather crudely stereotyped gay couple".[23]
Throughout this time, Gervais also wrote for the BBC sketch show Bruiser and The Jim Tavare Show, and he had a cameo role in Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes's sitcom, Spaced, as Dave. Pegg later joked that Dave was a younger David Brent and that he and Hynes were the real minds behind The Office. Gervais also appeared in a few of Channel 4's 'Top 100...' list programmes, and he voiced the character of Penguin in Robbie the Reindeer's Legend of the Lost Tribe. His voice was redubbed for the US market.
On 5 January 2006 he interviewed Larry David in a one-off special, Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David. On 25 and 26 December of the same year Channel 4 aired similar specials in which he interviewed the actor/comedian Christopher Guest and comedian Garry Shandling. There are no plans for further episodes of Meets..., although editions with John Cleese and Matt Groening were recorded in 2006 for broadcast in 2007. A source claimed, "The Shandling experience put him off for good".[24]
Gervais guest-starred in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", which aired on 26 March 2006 in the United States, on 23 April 2006 on satellite station Sky One in the United Kingdom (first appearing on terrestrial television in 2010), and on 18 July 2006 in Australia. He is the only British comic to write and star in a Simpsons episode. The episode was the highest rated in Sky One's history, arguably because of its extensive promotion, which revolved around the angle that Gervais was the episode's sole writer (and the first guest star on the show to also receive a writing credit for the episode of his appearance). Gervais clarified the extent of his input in a joint interview (with Christopher Guest) for Dazed and Confused magazine (January 2006): "No, all I did was put down a load of observations on an email and they made it look like a Simpsons script. I'm going to get the credit, but I think everyone in the industry knows it was a joint effort". Asked in a separate interview about how his idea for the episode (in which Homer swaps Marge on a game show) came about, Gervais replied:
I've always been fascinated with reality game shows but I think it was my girlfriend's idea. We watch Celebrity Big Brother at the moment, we watch I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here... we watch all those reality TV shows — The Office came out of those docu-soaps".[25]
Gervais, a longstanding Simpsons fan, presented a segment to mark the show's 20th anniversary on BBC Two's The Culture Show on 16 June 2007. Recently on Gervais's blog it was announced that he will be returning to The Simpsons and will feature him doing a skit based on his recent controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globes. It is unknown if he will be writing the episode this time around.
Gervais has also guest-starred on Alias (appearing in the third-season episode "Façade") as Daniel Ryan, a former Royal Navy bomb-disposal specialist turned rogue Irish Republican Army bomb-maker. He has said about the appearance, "I did an episode of Alias, and I can't watch it. Me being serious. I can't watch it".
Gervais made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live in a Digital Short during which he claims that The Office was adapted from a Japanese programme of the same name (with Steve Carell reprising his role as Michael Scott). The sketch re-creates scenes from the American and British pilot episode with Japanese elements (although in an exaggerated way). "It's funny", Gervais laughs at the end, "because it's racist".
In January 2009, Gervais was interviewed by James Lipton for Season 15 of BravoTV's Inside the Actors Studio.
In January 2010, he hosted the 67th Golden Globe Awards, making him the first master of ceremonies since 1995. He stated:
"I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down."[26]
His performance as host received a mixed response with positive reviews from the New York Daily News and the Associated Press, but also some negative comments from industry bible, and The Hollywood Reporter.[27][28] He returned to host the show again in 2011 and 2012, and his performance was more warmly received by critics.
Gervais was a guest judge on Jerry Seinfeld's NBC show The Marriage Ref alongside Larry David and Madonna.[29] On 1 April 2010, Gervais made his first appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
In June 2010, it was announced that Gervais had been cast in the upcoming Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm playing himself.[30]
As of April 2011, he has made 18 guest appearances on Late Show with David Letterman on the CBS network.
[edit] The Office
Main article: The Office (UK TV series)
In August 1999, while on a BBC production course, Stephen Merchant had to make his own short film. He chose to make a docu-soap parody, set in an office. This sketch later formed the basis of the interview episode.[31] With help from Ash Atalla, Merchant passed this tape on to the BBC's Head of Entertainment Paul Jackson at the Edinburgh Fringe, who then passed it on to Head of Comedy Jon Plowman, who eventually commissioned a full-pilot script from Merchant and Gervais.
The first six-episode series of The Office aired in the UK in July and August 2001 to little fanfare or attention.[32] Word-of-mouth, repeats, and DVDs helped spread the word, building up huge momentum and anticipation for the second series, also comprising six episodes, in September 2002.[33] The second series topped the BBC Two ratings, and the show then switched to BBC One in December 2003 for its final two special episodes.
The Office has since been remade for audiences in Sweden, France, Germany, Quebec, Brazil, and the United States. Gervais and Merchant are producers of the American version, and they also co-wrote the episode "The Convict" for the show's third season. The original UK version is currently airing on Adult Swim on Fridays, and prior to the show's airing, Gervais appears as himself talking about the episode that will air. In one of those segments Gervais claimed the episode "Training" to be his favourite.
[edit] Extras
Main article: Extras
Extras had its debut on the BBC on 21 July 2005; it received its premiere on HBO in the United States in September 2005. Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the sitcom ran for twelve episodes and starred Gervais as Andy Millman, a background artist. Millman is more self-aware and intentionally humorous than Gervais's The Office character David Brent.
Guest stars on the first series of Extras include Ross Kemp, Les Dennis, Patrick Stewart, Vinnie Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet, and Francesca Martinez. A second series began on 14 September 2006 in the UK and featured appearances by Daniel Radcliffe, Dame Diana Rigg, Orlando Bloom, Sir Ian McKellen, Chris Martin, Keith Chegwin, Robert Lindsay, Warwick Davis, Ronnie Corbett, Stephen Fry, Richard Briers, Patricia Potter, Sophia Myles, Moira Stuart, David Bowie, Kate Winslet, Robert De Niro, and Jonathan Ross.
A Christmas special of Extras aired on 27 December 2007 in the UK and on 16 December 2007 in the US, featuring guest appearances by George Michael, Clive Owen, Gordon Ramsay, Jonathan Ross, and David Tennant.
On 10 June 2006, Gervais and Merchant were seen in a specially-filmed promotional sketch for the second series, in the middle of BBC One's World Cup football coverage. This time Gervais did not perform his famous dance. Instead, Merchant did a take-off of the Crouch Dance, recently popularised by England striker Peter Crouch.
Some have suggested that Gervais is influenced by Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Larry Sanders Show in making Extras, particularly in the format of celebrities making fools of themselves or subverting their public personas,[23] and in the Gervais joke of someone making inappropriate remarks in front of a member of a minority. He has interviewed both Larry David and Garry Shandling, creators of these shows, on Ricky Gervais Meets....
Extras was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy on 14 January 2008. Gervais also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
In February 2007, British ventriloquist Keith Harris refused an invitation to appear on the second series of Extras, claiming that Gervais "wanted me to be a racist bigot" and describing the script as "pure filth".[34] When asked about Harris's refusal on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Gervais claimed that Harris simply "didn't get it".[35] Keith Chegwin, who assumed the role offered to Harris, said "the people who didn't get it probably think Johnny Depp really is a pirate."[36]
[edit] The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
Main article: The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated TV show that debuted on US cable network HBO on 19 February 2010.[37][38] In the UK, the first season began airing on 23 April 2010 on Channel 4. The show was developed using original podcast recordings from The Ricky Gervais Show starring Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. After receiving a loyal and enthusiastic following in the US, Cable channel HBO recommissioned the show for a second season, which aired in 2011,[39] and a third series which started airing in April 2012.
The original audio show was broadcast in November 2001 on radio station Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005 Guardian Unlimited offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows.[40] Throughout January and February 2006 the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month.[41][42] By September 2006, according to the BBC, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded "nearly 8 million" times.[43]
[edit] Life's Too Short
Main article: Life's Too Short
In April 2010, it was announced that Gervais and Stephen Merchant would be writing a new show, an observational sitcom series called Life's Too Short, from an idea by Warwick Davis. It is described by Gervais as being about "the life of a showbiz dwarf" and as "a cross between Extras and Curb Your Enthusiasm and One Foot in the Grave but with a dwarf. That is out and out funny."[44]
The show stars actor Warwick Davis playing a fictionalised version of himself, as well as Gervais and Merchant in cameo roles as themselves.[45][46] The show began airing on BBC Two on 10 November 2011.[47][48] Premium cable channel HBO, who co-produced the series with the BBC, have the US rights and began airing the series on 19 February 2012.[49][50]
[edit] Derek
Main article: Derek (TV series)
In November 2011, Gervais filmed in London a 35-minute pilot episode for a potential comedy-drama series called Derek, which aired on Channel 4 on 12 April 2012.[51][52] The pilot is solely written and directed by Gervais and features him in the title role of Derek Noakes, a 49-year-old retirement home worker, who "loves animals, Rolf Harris, Jesus, Deal or No Deal, Million Pound Drop and Britain's Got Talent - but his main hobby is autograph hunting". The character first appeared as an aspiring comedian who loves animals and still lives with his mother in a 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sketch.[53][54] Gervais says Derek was "an excuse to see the world differently."[55] Gervais's co-host Karl Pilkington makes his acting debut as Derek's friend and caretaker/janitor Dougie who also works in the retirement home. British comedian Kerry Godliman plays Derek's best friend Hannah and David Earl plays Kev. The episode is produced by Charlie Hanson.[56]
Gervais said that the series is about "kindness [being] more important than anything else". He added "It’s about the forgotten — everyone’s forgotten. It’s all these arbitrary people who didn’t know each other, and they’re in there now because they’re in the last years of their life. And it’s about the people who help them, who themselves are losers and have their own problems. It’s about a bunch of people with nothing, but making the most of it, and they’re together."[57] Gervais said he wanted to "do normal people with normal problems again" after exploring fame in his previous series and "get close to real emotion".[55] He chose to set the sitcom in a retirement home after he watched Secret Millionaire - "It was always these people with huge problems who were helping other people. I thought about having Derek help old people because no one cares about old people in this country... I think it's perfect for now."[58]
The pilot caused controversy even before its broadcast as some critics felt that Gervais was mocking disabled people. Gervais responded: "I’ve never thought of him as disabled. He’s not that bright but neither are Kev or Dougie. He’s cleverer than Baldrick and Father Dougal and he certainly hasn’t got as big a problem as Mr. Bean. When portraying someone with disabilities I usually get someone with that disability to play them."[55] On 9 May 2012, Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned a full series of Derek to air in early 2013.[59]
Stand-up comedy[link]
Gervais made some attempts at stand-up in the late 1990s, but his first successful show took place at the Cafe Royal, as part of the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Titled Rubbernecker, the show also featured Jimmy Carr, Robin Ince, and Stephen Merchant.
Gervais later toured the UK in 2003 with his stand-up show Animals. The Politics tour followed a year later. Both of these shows were recorded for release on DVD and television broadcast. The third part of the themed live trilogy, Fame, took place in 2007. It started in Glasgow in January and ended in Sheffield in April. Blackpool reported selling out of tickets within 45 minutes of them going on sale.[60] More dates were added.
Newsnight Review's panel saw Animals during its Bloomsbury run and covered it in January 2003. They were not favourable, with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop being the most explicit in his criticism.[61] After this, Gervais closed each show by calling Hislop an "ugly little pug-faced cunt". Further coverage on Newsnight Review has been overwhelmingly favourable, with the panelists playing themselves in promos for the second series of Extras. Panel regulars Germaine Greer, Mark Kermode, and Mark Lawson also appeared as themselves reviewing When The Whistle Blows in a series episode. Critic Mark Lawson is a great admirer of Gervais and Merchant, having interviewed them extensively for television, print Front Row, and the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Fame was the subject of some controversy in January 2007 when Gervais told a story, ostensibly about how people will do anything to become famous, to a Scottish audience.[62] The story referred to a question asked of Gervais five years earlier by a reporter: what could someone do to become famous like you? To which he replied, "Go out and kill a prostitute". He followed up with the punch line, "I won't do that bit in Ipswich", referring to the December 2006 murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich. The joke drew criticism from the father of victim Tania Nicol: "These days, they want to make a joke out of anything. I feel he's just being uncaring, quite honestly". Gervais defended himself: "I do want people to know that that happened five years ago and is not related to anything now. That is the problem with comedy, a joke that is funny today can be a terrible faux pas tomorrow".
Gervais's fourth show was entitled Science, and commenced with an eleven date tour in August 2009 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow.[63] The show opened to little critical praise.[64] Writing for The Independent, Julian Hall gave Science two stars out of five, stating that it was Gervais's "most disappointing" offering yet.[65] The DVD for Science was released on 15 November 2010.[66] In November 2009 he headlined the sixth annual New York Comedy Festival at Carnegie Hall, New York.[67]
Gervais has begun writing his fifth stand-up routine, to be titled Humanity.[68]
[edit] Grand Theft Auto IV
Gervais is one of two featured comedians (the other being Katt Williams) in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV who performs at the Comedy Club and on the television in the game.
DVD releases[link]
| Title | Released | Notes |
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| Animals | 17 November 2003 | Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London |
| Politics | 15 November 2004 | Live at the Palace Theatre, London |
| Fame | 12 November 2007 | Live at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London |
| Science | 22 November 2010 | Live at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London |
Books[link]
[edit] Flanimals
Gervais released a children's book in 2004, Flanimals (illustrated by his Rob Steen), which depicted nonsense animals. After the success of this book, he released its sequel More Flanimals in 2005, with Flanimals of the Deep coming the next year. A new Flanimals book, Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling, was released in October 2007. Flanimals: Pop Up was also published in 2009.[69]
There is a wide range of Flanimals merchandise available, including dolls and gift cards. A six-part Flanimals TV series has been commissioned by ITV,[70] although Gervais had previously claimed signing a Hollywood movie deal[71] so that a franchise could be developed. "That way it stands a chance of being the next Dr. Seuss or Mr. Men".[72]
Other books[link]
The Office scripts have been released in book form, with Series 1 issued in 2002, and the remaining episodes following in 2003.
In late 2006 the Extras script book was released, as well as The World of Karl Pilkington presented by Gervais and Merchant. These were essentially transcripts of Xfm/podcast routines performed by the three.
Film[link]
Gervais's film career has included small roles as the voice of a pigeon in 2005's Valiant, as a studio executive in 2006's For Your Consideration, as museum director Dr. McPhee in 2006's Night at the Museum and its sequel Night at the Museum 2, and as "Ferdy the Fence" in the 2007 film Stardust. His role in Night at the Museum has proven to be one of Gervais's most popular roles[citation needed], with the movie grossing $570 million worldwide.[73][74]
Gervais starred in Ghost Town, which was released on 19 September 2008, and was in Lowell, Massachusetts during May 2008 filming his next project, The Invention of Lying, starring himself, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, and Louis C.K., with appearances by Tina Fey, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman, Roz Ryan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Edward Norton. The comedy, released in 2009, was co-written and co-directed by Gervais and Matt Robinson.[75]
Gervais and co-writer Stephen Merchant made a film called Cemetery Junction, set in 1970s England, about class, love and fulfillment.[76] The film was released in April 2010.
Gervais was the voice of Argonaut in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, released in 2011. He has also been cast as Mole in the 2012 adaption of The Wind in the Willows, featuring effects by Weta Workshop in New Zealand.[77]
Other appearances[link]
On 2 July 2005 Gervais appeared at the Live 8 event held in Hyde Park, London, where he performed his famous dance. He produced a series of short films for the cause, linked acts from the studio with Jonathan Ross, and also introduced the group R.E.M..
Gervais also has a role in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, as himself, appearing in his role as a comedian in a comedy club, and as an interviewee on radio station We Know The Truth. For this, a special 3-minute act was written, recorded and fully motion-captured.[78]
Gervais has also hosted the 2010 and 2011 Golden Globe Awards. His 2011 hosting of the awards was controversial for his edgy jokes that were at the expense of many of the nominees, similar to the New York Friars Club roast style jokes.[79] His jibes were described as setting "a corrosive tone" by one critic, though some celebrities were seen crying from laughter, leaving the overall reaction to be 'mixed'.[80][81]
Boxing[link]
In 2002 Gervais took part in a charity boxing match against Grant Bovey — known to the public only due to his relationship with TV personality Anthea Turner. On his Saturday afternoon radio show on Xfm London Gervais and partners Merchant and Pilkington had discussions on both Gervais's attitude towards boxing and training in general, as well as his likelihood of victory against Bovey. Initially, Merchant had questions as to why Gervais was participating in the event, due to his dislike of slight pain and his inexperience with fitness in general.
Gervais was trained for the three-round contest by famous boxing trainer brothers Frank and Eugene Maloney, at their Fight Factory gymnasium. It was the second televised charity boxing match, the first being Bob Mortimer against Les Dennis, for Comic Relief. The fight was televised by the BBC, and Gervais came out on top by a split decision verdict. Gervais later said that the experience was the 'most difficult thing' he had ever done. He donated his £5,000 prize money to the training of a Macmillan nurse.
Concert for Diana and Live Earth[link]
On 1 July 2007 Gervais performed at the Concert for Diana in Wembley Stadium, a music event celebrating the life of the Princess of Wales. Towards the end of the event — after a pre-recorded introduction from Ben Stiller — Gervais appeared along with fellow Office star Mackenzie Crook. They performed Free Love Freeway, a song previously heard in the fourth episode of series one of The Office. Due to a technical problem, Gervais then had to fill time until he was able to re-introduce Elton John to close the show, so he did the David Brent dance again, as well as singing the "Little Fat Man" song as performed by David Bowie in episode two of the second series of Extras.
On 7 July 2007 Gervais appeared at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London. Gervais introduced Rob Reiner appearing in the guise of spoof film director Marty Di Bergi, who in turn introduced Spinal Tap.
In July 2007, following Gervais's appearance at the memorial concert for the Princess of Wales, The Guardian ran a column by Daily Mirror television critic Jim Shelley entitled "Call Me Crazy... But Has Ricky Gervais Lost It?", where he described Gervais as a "tiresome embarrassment".[82] The following week, The Guardian noted that Gervais had responded with "an exhilaratingly foul-mouthed tirade" on his website, concluding with the words, "Yes I am resting on my fucking laurels you cunt!" In this video Gervais mocked Jim Shelley typing the words "Resting on his laurels" as Gervais jokingly lashed out by stating he was resting on his laurels and that he was not going to make another show for television, quipping "What's the point? What is there to beat?"[83]
On 18 October 2011, Gervais attracted criticism for his repeated use of the word "mong" (short for "mongoloid"), a historically derogatory term for mentally disabled people, most commonly used against those with Downs syndrome.[84] Gervais claimed the word no longer represented this meaning.[85]
Although other comedians and support groups for the disabled pointed out that verbal and physical abuse of the disabled was on the increase,[86] Gervais initially remained defiant over his use of the word.[87] He later apologised, saying that he found it hard to believe that "idiots" still used the word to refer to people with Down Syndrome.[88]
Personal life[link]
Gervais currently lives in Hampstead,[89] having moved from Bloomsbury, with his girlfriend of 30 years, producer and screenwriter Jane Fallon. He says they chose not to marry because "there's no point in us having an actual ceremony before the eyes of God because there is no God" or have children because they "didn't fancy dedicating 16 years of our lives. And there are too many children, of course".[90] In August 2008, they bought a second home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[91]
Gervais is a fervent supporter of animal rights, and has been a fan of wildlife documentaries since he was a child.[92] He has spoken out against fox hunting and bullfighting, and wrote to Gordon Brown urging him to stop the use of black bear fur as caps for the Foot Guards.[93][94]
He told Kirsty Young that he is an atheist during a 2007 interview for Desert Island Discs,[95][96] later stating he lost his faith at the age of eight,[97] and in June 2008 he became an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. In December 2010 he wrote an editorial for The Wall Street Journal defending his lack of faith.[98]
Accolades and awards[link]
Gervais has received many awards for his work on The Office, most notably two Golden Globes (one for acting, one for the show itself), as well as numerous British Academy Television Awards and British Comedy Awards, amongst others.
Gervais received an honorary award at the annual Rose d'Or ceremony in Switzerland on 29 April 2006. The award is given to "an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the global entertainment business".[99]
On 16 September 2007, Gervais won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role of Andy Millman on Extras.[100]
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Filmography[link]
Film[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Dog Eat Dog | Bouncer | |
| 2005 | Valiant | Bugsy | Voice only |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Martin Gibb | |
| Night at the Museum | Dr. McPhee | ||
| 2007 | Stardust | Ferdy the Fence | |
| 2008 | Ghost Town | Dr. Bertram Pincus | Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Dr. McPhee | |
| The Invention of Lying | Mark Bellison | Writer, director, producer[75] | |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction | Len Taylor | Writer, director, executive producer (with Stephen Merchant) |
| 2011 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Argonaut | Voice only |
| The Muppets | Cameo | ||
| 2012 | The Wind in the Willows | Mole | Voice only Pre-production |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The 11 O'Clock Show | Various | Unknown episodes |
| 1999 | The Jim Tavaré Show | Various | 7 episodes Writer - 12 episodes |
| Comedy Lab | Clive Meadows | Episode: "Golden Years" (Also writer) | |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Recurring | 6 episodes |
| Meet Ricky Gervais | Himself | ||
| 2001 | The Sketch Show | Various | Unknown episodes |
| Spaced | Dave | 1 episode | |
| 2001–2003 | The Office (UK) | David Brent | 14 episodes including 2 Christmas specials Writer, director |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe | Penguin | Voice |
| 2004 | Alias | Daniel Ryan | Episode: "Façade" |
| 2005 | Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show | Various | Unknown episodes |
| 2005–2007 | Extras | Andy Millman | 13 episodes Writer, director, executive producer |
| 2006 | The Simpsons | Charles Heathbar | Writer Episode: "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" |
| 2008 | Ricky Gervais: Out of England – The Stand-Up Special | Himself | |
| 2009 | Sesame Street | 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Ricky Gervais Show | With Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant[101] | |
| An Idiot Abroad | With Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant | ||
| Louie | Dr. Ben | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | Life's Too Short | Himself | With Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis |
| The Office (US) | David Brent | Episodes: "The Seminar" and "Search Committee" | |
| The Simpsons | Himself | Episode: "Angry Dad: The Movie" | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Episode: "The Hero" | ||
| Talking Funny | With Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Louis C.K. | ||
| An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List | With Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant | ||
| 2012 | Afterlife | God | With Clyde Phillips |
| Family Guy | Billy Finn | Episode: "Be Careful What You Fish For" | |
| Derek | Derek Noakes | Channel 4 pilot Writer, director and executive producer. |
Video games[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Himself |
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Bibliography[link]
- Heatley, Michael (2006). Ricky Gervais — The Story So Far.... Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 1-84317-219-4.
Interviews[link]
- Time Magazine (2008). Renaissance Man: Ricky Gervais by Joel Stein
- The Independent, et al. (2005). Ricky Gervais: My life as a pure superstar Electronic Version Independent News Media: United Kingdom
- The Guardian Newspaper, et al. (2005). "Second Coming" Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited 2007: United Kingdom
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| Name | Gervais, Ricky |
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| Short description | English actor, comedian, author, director, producer |
| Date of birth | 25 June 1961 |
| Place of birth | Reading, England |
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