In 2006 Comedy Central launched the successful event Night of Too Many Stars. On this night was Ricky’s first ever stand up performance on American soil. I chatted with him before the event on the red carpet as he walked it with his long term girlfriend Jane.

This Sunday night sees Ricky Gervais returning to the stage to host the Golden Globe Awards. This will be his 3rd time hosting where he follows up from a brilliant, yet controversial, performance last year. In honor of Ricky I have delved into the Blanks Archives to pull out the great bits of banter he and I have had over the years. There once was a time on red carpets where I would be the only person interviewing him!

Here is a great run-in where he interrupts me doing a piece to camera at the Night at The Museum Premiere, December 2006.

2011 was an interesting year. An appetizer to a much bigger leap/Olympic year in 2012.

I had a lot of lowlights and the odd highlight in 2011 interviewing people.

Early on in the year I managed to secure my lowest of lowlights…..or maybe it is a highlight. I managed to scare the heck out of Jennifer Aniston….

And then later on in the year I reckon I found the highlight when I ran into Ricky Gervais again. This could also be called a lowlight when reflecting on the language we both used on each other while standing on a red carpet. Already looking forward to him hosting the Golden Globes again in a few weeks.

Simon Pegg brings the laughs and the action in Mission Impossible 4. He is also starring in the movie The Adventures of TinTin with his good mate Nick Frost. I had a yarn with Simon about Ghost Protocol. He starts off discussing Tom Cruise. And yes we also chat about those little black plugs that they use for motion capture in follow up to our colorful chat with Nick Frost

Anil Kapoor tells me all about his new role as Jack Bauer. The legendary TV character played by Keifer Sutherland will be taken to the sub-continent in the Indian version of 24. Anil and I had a chat about him playing the tormented action hero.

I first ran into Anil Kapoor when he was running around America promoting Slumdog Millionaire. He has always enjoyed a chat. In Mission Impossible 4 he plays a billionaire playboy and we discuss the art of seduction in the movies.

Anil and his seductress Paula Patton

It’s not every day you get to go head to head with one of the guys that is a legend in his field and one of the guys who brought happiness to so many of us. Steven Speilberg was walking along his own red carpet to discuss TinTin. He gets excited about motion capture technology that his new best mate Peter Jackson has been creating since Lord of the Rings.

We talked about new technology and then I threw him a wobbly. A trivia question from his past.

Check this out for a cool movie geek scenario…..

And for you movie buffs here is the movie scene Steven Speilberg and I were talking about….I think I got the pronounciation right! Did I????

Nick Frost made a great impact with his buddy Simon Pegg in the movie’s Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. A funny man with a good outlook on the world. I caught up with him to chat about his motion capture experience in the Steven Speilberg helmed The Adventures of TinTin. He also appears in this with Simon Pegg. Nick gives me a fair analysis of what it’s like to wear the blue suit, get the plugs attached to his body and be directed by the legendary Steven Speilberg.

Mission Impossible 4 is packed with action and great stunts. As we know Tom Cruise still has a crack at his own stunts. I catch him on the red carpet and find out if he still gets off on doing this stuff….

Paula Patton is incredible in the new movie, Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol. She goes crazy in one fight scene with another lady. On the red carpet she was in a fantastic mood. I actually nearly hugged her.

Check out this lady….one of the most beautiful ladies of the year….