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    Billie Eilish Credits 'The Office' for Giving Her 'Safe Space'

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    The ‘Bad Guy’ hitmaker is such a superfan of the TV comedy that she watched the entire U.S. version, which was originally aired from 2005 to 2013, 14 times, often on her iPhone.
    Sep 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “The Office” helps transport Billie Eilish to a “safe space” when life is getting her down.
    The “Bad Guy” hitmaker is such a superfan of the TV comedy that the producers of podcast series “An Oral History of The Office” created a special finale all about her love of the programme, titled “Beauty in Ordinary Things… – The Legacy of The Office (2013-Present)”.
    “The Office” stars and revolving podcast hosts, Brian Baumgartner and Steve Carell, sat down with their famous superfan days after she scooped six Grammy Awards in February, and she was so stoked she offered to give them one of her trophies.
    “I don’t need all of them, you can have one,” she giggled.
    But “The Office” is serious business for Eilish, who revealed that tuning in “takes me away from the reality of my life,” adding, “It’s a safe space.”
    She also confessed to watching the entire U.S. version of the show, which aired from 2005 to 2013, 14 times, often on her iPhone, adding it’s not a new obsession.
    “Honestly, because I’ve been getting older, every time I watch it I understand something new, because I started at (age) 12,” the 18-year-old adds. “Most of the things that I know are because of ‘The Office’. I swear to God.”
    Billie’s mum Maggie even popped up on the FaceTime call to confirm that her daughter watches “The Office” “day and night,” while series stars Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski also dropped by to share some of their favourite memories.
    The final episode of “An Oral History of The Office” drops on 15 September.

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      'The Office' Actor Leslie David Baker Turns to Kickstarter for 'Uncle Stan' Spin-Off

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      ‘Uncle Stan: Coming Out of Retirement’ will present Dunder Mifflin employee Stanley Hudson getting a call from his nephew, Lucky, who runs a motorcycle and flower shop that belonged to his late wife.
      Jul 13, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Leslie David Baker has taken to crowdfunding website Kickstarter to get his idea for a reboot of “The Office” off the ground.
      The actor, who portrayed beloved character and Dunder Mifflin employee Stanley Hudson for nine seasons of the U.S. version of the show, has launched the campaign to fund his proposed show, “Uncle Stan: Coming Out of Retirement”.
      Picked as one of Kickstarter’s Projects We Love, the series would see Baker’s character getting a call from his favourite nephew, Lucky, a recent widower with two children who runs a motorcycle and flower shop that belonged to his late wife.
      When Lucky calls up his uncle for guidance and support, “Uncle Stan is coming out of retirement, because what do you do after you retire? You go somewhere else and find something else to get tired of.”
      Baker told Entertainment Tonight: “And in this case, it’ll be his favourite nephew and his great-niece and nephew, and chaos ensues.”
      Explaining his reasoning for seeking fans’ help to launch the project, he added: “After having gone and done a lot of personal appearances at sporting events and Comic-Cons, I kept getting the question of, ‘What happened to Stanley after his retirement? Where is he, what’s going on with him?’ ”
      “This character was and is so beloved that people wanted to know what is going on with him,” he shared. “And after several years, after his retirement, I said, ‘You know what? There is a life for this character after ‘The Office’.”
      “So let’s explore that, let’s look at it and see what he’s doing. We wanna know what his hopes, wishes, dreams, ambitions were.”
      The American version of Ricky Gervais’ workplace TV comedy, which aired from 2005 to 2013, was a big hit, launching the careers of several stars including John Krasinski, Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, and Mindy Kaling, among others.

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      Ricky Gervais Says 'The Office' Would Have Sparked Fury Today Due to Easily-Offended People

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      The star of the original British television comedy series says the show would have been canceled today as producers would be intimidated by ‘outrage mobs.’
      Jul 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Ricky Gervais wouldn’t make his hit TV comedy “The Office” today as BBC bosses would be too scared of “outrage mobs” to air it.
      “The Office” ran for two series on the BBC from 2001, spawning its own hit U.S. spin-off and a 2016 movie, “Life on the Road”.
      However, he says that much of the show’s comedy, which was based around his character, bumbling executive David Brent’s insensitivity and obnoxiousness, would be lost today as people would take the jokes literally and be offended.
      “Now it would suffer because people would take things literally,” the funnyman tells Britain’s Times Radio. “There are these outrage mobs who take things out of context.”
      “This was a show about everything – it was about difference, it was about sex, race, all the things that people fear to even be discussed or talked about now, in case they say the wrong thing and they are cancelled.”
      In fact, he doubts he would have ever been given the chance to make the comedy, as BBC chiefs wouldn’t have the courage to air it.
      “The BBC have got more and more careful, people want to keep their jobs, so would worry about some of the subjects and jokes, even though they were clearly ironic and we were laughing at this buffoon being uncomfortable around difference. I think if this was put out now, some people have lost their sense of irony and context.”
      Gervais has himself come under fire in recent years for his close-to-the-bone sense of humour on social media – but says he can justify every joke he makes.
      “I genuinely think I don’t do anything that deserves to be cancelled,” he adds. “Some people now don’t care about the argument or the issue, they just want to own someone, they want to win the argument. There’s no nuance or discussion any more, it’s just fallen into two tribes of people screaming.”
      The stars’ comments come after 150 leading authors and thinkers, including J.K. Rowling and Salman Rushdie, signed a letter condemning “cancel culture” for stifling freedom of thought.

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      'The Office' Deletes Blackface Scene

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      The creator Greg Daniels has edited a 2012 episode called ‘Dwight Christmas’ which originally contained a scene featuring Rainn Wilson with blackface depiction.
      Jun 27, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Office” creator Greg Daniels has announced a blackface scene in the hit U.S. comedy has been edited out.
      The “Dwight Christmas” episode, which aired in 2012, no longer contains a scene featuring Rainn Wilson in character as Dwight trying to convince his colleagues to celebrate Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas while in blackface.
      “The Office is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager,” showrunner Daniels told Variety in a statement on Friday, June 2, 2020. “The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion.”
      “Today we cut a shot of an actor wearing blackface that was used to criticize a specific racist European practice. Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong. I am sorry for the pain that caused.”
      The “Dwight Christmas” episode of “The Office” will no longer appear on the Netflix streaming platform or in syndication.
      The news follows a string of similar actions in Hollywood to remove blackface from programmes in the wake of global Black Lives Matter protests worldwide following the murder of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minnesota last month, May 2020.
      “30 Rock” creator Tina Fey asked TV bosses to axe multiple episodes of the show featuring the practice. Three episodes of “Scrubs” were also pulled from the Hulu streaming platform and Netflix bosses have removed the entire British sketch series, “Little Britain”, for blackface depiction.

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      Ricky Gervais Likes the Idea of Turning 'The Office' Into Musical

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      The ‘After Life’ actor is open to a musical adaptation of his popular British sitcom which debuted in 2001 and came to an end after two seasons in 2003.
      Apr 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Ricky Gervais wants to turn his hit sitcom “The Office” into a musical.
      The British comedian’s series about the deluded manager of a business in suburban England was such a hit when it aired back in 2001 it spawned a huge U.S. spin-off starring Steve Carell – and now Ricky thinks it’s due a musical adaptation.
      He tells Britain’s Daily Star newspaper, “I think anything can be made a musical, The Office or whatever. It’s like people say to me you should do a sitcom about where I work, I’m a cab driver. And I go, ‘No you should do a sitcom about where you work because it depends on the expertise.’ ”
      However, he thinks his 2009 film “The Invention of Lying”, about a man who discovers he is the only person in the world who is able to avoid telling the truth, is even more suited for a West End or Broadway musical adaptation.
      “The obvious one would be The Invention of Lying ­because it’s such a strong concept and the songs would be funny with people blurting out these truths,” the 58-year-old explains.
      The second series of the funnyman’s new show, “After Life”, a black comedy about a bereaved widower, is on Netflix now.

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      John Krasinski Treats Fans to 'The Office' Reunion by Bringing In Steve Carell to New YouTube Series

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      Launching ‘Some Good News’ over the weekend, the actor best known as Jim Halpert in the hit sitcom looks back at some of the favourite episodes and memories from set with his former co-star.
      Mar 31, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Office” stars John Krasinski and Steve Carell reunited via video chat to celebrate 15 years since the show debuted.
      John, 40, launched his new YouTube series “Some Good News” over the weekend (March 28-29), and tapped Steve, 57, to appear on the programme as they reflected on their time on the hit U.S. sitcom.
      “So Steve, this week marked a huge anniversary for you and I. We were on a little show called ‘The Office’ and it turned 15 years old this week,” John said, as the looked back at some of their favourite episodes and memories from set.
      “Some of the most fun memories, personally or professionally, are intertwined and connected with that show,” Steve said.
      “Without a doubt. Listen I know everyone’s talking about a reunion, hopefully one day, we just get to reunite as people. And just all get to say hi,” John added, referring to social distancing guidelines during the global coronavirus crisis.
      As they wrapped the chat, the pair gushed over their friendship, with Steve telling John, “Just to see your face is so great. I miss you a ton man.”
      “I really think you’re going to make something of yourself,” John went on to joke.
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      The American version of Ricky Gervais’ workplace TV comedy was a big hit, launching John and Steve’s careers, as well as those of Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, and John’s former high school pal, B.J. Novak.

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