British comic Ricky Gervais is prepared to turn his back on acting - to focus on directing.

It's one thing to be hired, right there, on the spot for a job. A strange combination of joy for getting the position and fear because, well, they want you to start right now. Now, imagine the same scenario

If you haven't experienced the comedic performances of Kristen Wiig, you're missing out! She is one of the talented stars of Saturday Night Live who keep the show going.

The dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night.

What's playing this weekend at the theaters? New movies coming out star Samuel L. Jackson, Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, John Cusack, and Ricky Gervais. Check out our photo slideshow to see what's playing in theaters:

"Ghost Town" is a great idea that doesn't have very far to go. A guy dies for seven minutes while under anesthesia, then when he comes back to life, he sees dead people.

NEW YORK (AP) - Ricky Gervais wants to kill himself. That's how the acerbic actor-comedian says he feels when asked about his first turn as a leading man in screenwriter-director

Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear star in director David Koepp's fantasy comedy concerning a dentist who gains the ability to communicate with the dead after momentarily dying during a routine dental surgery. Continue summary Pictures / Trailer / More FEATURE_TOPIC Ghost Town FEATURE_TOPIC

TORONTO (AP) - In real life, Ricky Gervais does not believe in ghosts. Put them on the big-screen, however, and he's more than game to see dead people.

TORONTO (AP) - Sundance is about new talent and small, personal films. Cannes is about highbrow cinema and celebrity-watching.