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Ben Stiller

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Greed review

The main emotion when you leave the cinema at the end of Greed might well be surprise that there's not a posse of lawyers running in with an injunction on behalf of billionaire Sir Philip Green.

Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 21st February 2020

Ben Stiller to re-make Channel 4's Home for USA

Home, the Channel 4 comedy by Rufus Jones about a Syrian refugee, is to be re-made for America's NBC by Ben Stiller.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd November 2019

Ben Stiller slammed for Fleabag "sex addict" remark

Ben Stiller was slammed by fans after joking Emmy Award winning drama Fleabag is a 'comedy about a sex addict.'

Eve Buckland & Brian Marks, Daily Mail, 23rd September 2019

Radio Times review

With Zoolander 2 stars Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Penélope Cruz in the house, it's safe to say the Graham Norton sofa is really, really, ridiculously good-looking. The chat-show host will be catching up with the trio and also entertaining Jack Black, who's stopping by to talk about his new big-screen adaptation of RL Stine's classic Goosebumps books. And as if that wasn't enough, Sir Elton John is on hand to provide a tune, chatting and performing Blue Wonderful from his new album. Friday night's all right for dancing too, y'know. Go on, have a shimmy on the sofa.

Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 26th January 2016

Ricky Gervais interview

This week sees the DVD release of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, with Ricky Gervais back in action as the museum director Doctor McPhee. This sees him reunited with Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan and the much-missed Robin Williams.

Gervais talks to HuffPostUK about why he was so tickled by this particular franchise, what and who makes him laugh and what made Williams so special...

The Huffington Post, 7th April 2015

Radio Times review

The last time Cameron Diaz was on The Graham Norton Show he slightly lost his grip. Give Diaz an inch and she'll launch into one of her daffy monologues about dating or - as happened last time - what you might describe as women's personal grooming.

On that occasion she had Richard Ayoade quietly dying next to her; this time Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller will be on hand, partly to publicise their latest Night at the Museum movie and partly to keep La Diaz in check. Her co-star in the Annie remake, Jamie Foxx, is also squeezing onto the sofa, as is EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Australian comic actress Rebel Wilson. It's quite a line-up.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 19th December 2014

Ben Miller mistaken for Ben Stiller

Ben Miller ended up staying in a "lavish" five star hotel after he was mistaken for the very similarly-named Ben Stiller at the Cannes Film Festival.

Antonia Molloy, The Independent, 14th November 2014

The hilarious Secret Policeman's Ball is back to mark Amnesty ­International's 50th anniversary.

Recorded last Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, it's the first time the gala event has been held outside the UK since John Cleese and his friends brought together musicians and ­comedians for the first show in 1976.

It might also be the first time that Coldplay and professional hecklers Statler and Waldorf, from The Muppets, have appeared on the same bill.

The all star-cast also features comics from both sides of the Atlantic, including David Walliams, Ben Stiller, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Jack Whitehall, with music from Mumford & Sons.

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 9th March 2012

The Amnesty International benefit show returns after a four-year hiatus with a transatlanic special, taking place for the first time in New York at the Radio City Music Hall. Recorded on Sunday, the show celebrates the charity's 50th anniversary with a stellar comedy line-up including Russell Brand, Ben Stiller, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman, Jack Whitehall, Jon Stewart and The Muppets. There's music, too, from Mumford & Sons and Coldplay, whose frontman, Chris Martin, announces onstage: "We take pleasure in being the least funny act here."

Patrick Smith, The Telegraph, 8th March 2012

Video: Jack Whitehall on US Secret Policeman's Ball gig

Comedian Jack Whitehall has just returned to the UK after performing at The Secret Policeman's Ball gala in New York; the first time it has been held outside the UK.

He performed alongside Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, David Walliams, Jon Stewart and Ben Stiller for the Amnesty International benefit.

While speaking to the BBC's Charlie Stayt and Susanna Reid about the US gig he decided to investigate the BBC Breakfast programme's set.

Charlie Stayt and Susanna Reid, BBC News, 7th March 2012

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