It's a little early for baseball season, but Ricky Gervais didn't care.

Throwing all caution to the wind, the cheeky Brit knocked it out of the park as host of Sunday's 68th Annual Golden Globes, aired on NBC.

Back for a second year — and thank goodness for it — Gervais came loaded for bear and wasted no time setting the tone for an awards show recognized as much for its revelry as its prizes.

"It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking," he began his…

Actor David Nelson, the last surviving member of the wholesome television family portrayed in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," has died at age 74, his spokesman said.

Nelson died in Los Angeles on Tuesday of complications from colon cancer, his representative Dale Olson said.

He played a fictionalized version of himself as the eldest son of the Nelson family in the sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" during the series' entire ABC run from 1952 to…

Chinese vendors looking to cash in on the frenzy over the April wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are selling copies of her engagement ring for as little as three dollars.

Knock-offs of the 45,000-dollar sapphire-and-diamond ring that the prince gave to Middleton -- and once worn by his mother, Princess Diana -- are on offer at various shops on Taobao.com, China's largest online mall.

Most are selling for less than 100 yuan (15 dollars), with the cheapest…

A leading stuntman in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man" was recovering in hospital on Tuesday after falling from a high platform during a preview performance in yet another setback for the troubled musical.

An aerialist and stunt double for the title character in the show, Christopher Tierney, was taken to a nearby hospital after he fell about seven minutes before the end of the performance on Monday night, the show's spokesman Rick Miramontez said in a statement.

The show has…

The trouble-plagued Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," featuring music from U2's Bono and the Edge, has delayed its opening night until February 7, according to a release from the production company.

The original opening night was January 11.

Lead producer Michael Cohl said in a statement: "Due to some unforeseeable setbacks, most notably the injury of a principal cast member, it has become clear that we need to give the team more time to fully execute…