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An Idiot Abroad: "Whale Watching" (2.4)

Part of the fun in An Idiot Abroad‘s second season comes from the surprising way Ricky and Stephen—or whoever it was that actually planned out Karl’s agendas—go about getting him to his bucket list destinations. The show has always enjoyed throwing random surprise hurdles in Karl’s path, but the second season seems more intent on screwing with the formula. We saw a huge twist of this last week, when they switched Karl’s “swim with the dolphins” item into swimming with sharks, but it’s an important part of the show every time out, particularly because the items Karl chose were largely...  read more

An Idiot Abroad: "Swim with Dolphins" (2.3)

One of the things that An Idiot Abroad has always struggled with is giving the show a storyline. It’s one of those problems of “reality” television that, while we wish for events to transpire onscreen in the same way that they actually happened, as humans we also want to watch a story rather than a series of largely unconnected events. Travelogues don’t really have a story, so An Idiot Abroad gives us one in two different ways. The more simple of these is by setting it up so that Karl has to cross through multiple hurdles every week before he...  read more

An Idiot Abroad: "Trans-Siberian Express" (Episode 2.2)

Pretty much everything that I disliked about last week’s premiere of An Idiot Abroad was missing from this week. While before we had Karl as an explorer showing us these “exotic” people and places, here we had Karl the bumbler, getting through his tasks with a minimum of expended effort and a desire for comfort above new experiences. That doesn’t mean that the show shouldn’t have Karl interacting with other groups, but “Trans-Siberian Express” shows a much better way of doing it. Whether Karl is visiting Mongolia or China or just riding on a train, he’s the object of derision...  read more

An Idiot Abroad: "Desert Island" (2.1)

If I had to describe the An Idiot Abroad in three words that aren’t its title, I would call it a travel documentary deconstruction. It’s not just a way of making fun of the show’s star Karl Pilkington, but also the very concept of going to these places and filming them for a television show. If there’s one message the show wants to get across, it’s that Karl Pilkington is an idiot, but if there’s a second it’s that there’s something fundamentally disturbing about this sort of anthropological tourism in general. Karl may be dumb, but in essence there isn’t...  read more

2012 Golden Globes Live Blog

Join us tonight as Paste's editor-in-chief Josh Jackson, publisher Nick Purdy, film editor Michael Dunaway and assistant editor Bonnie Stiernberg live-blog the 69th Annual Golden Globes.  read more

HBO Announces Premiere Dates for Eastbound and Down, Life’s Too Short

HBO have announced their plans for the debut dates of a new sitcom, _Life’s Too Short_ and the third season premiere of _Eastbound and Down_.  read more

Ricky Gervais To Host Golden Globes

We’ve reported on the “will he/won’t he” questions surrounding Ricky Gervais possibly hosting the Golden Globes for the third straight year for months now and it looks like The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who hosts the event, has finally made a decision.   read more

Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes Again?

After a controversial hosting gig at the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais may be returning to host again.  read more

Gervais to Host Live Golden Globes Podcast?

Ricky Gervais’ tenure as host of the Golden Globes may not be over.  read more

Ricky Gervais Working on Another TV Show

Ricky Gervais never seems to be short on ideas. Aside from his upcoming series with Warwick Davis, the entertainer is also working with former Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips on a new show called Afterlife. Known for being a fairly outspoken atheist himself, Gervais is again returning to religious territory for this new project. The show follows an atheist who dies and finds himself in heaven—and there aren’t many details beyond that. More information should come as Afterlife begins filming early next year....  read more