Read the full story to get the details behind James and Paul’s phone call.

Corden reportedly told Justin Lee Collins “Personally, I don’t like the thought of 36,000 people singing ‘Who ate all the pies?”

Corden and Collins have shared their “man boobs” with the world as part of the Sunday Night Project, so we suspect James was being a bit cheeky.

Check out all of our West Ham/James Corden coverage for more.

SOURCE: The Sun; “Corden: I ate all the pies;” 18 Apr 2010

Corden is in fact James Kimberly Corden, with the unusual name being a bit of a family tradition. Says James, “Literally every man in my family has it.”

SOURCE: Mirror.co.uk; “A Boy Named Kim;” 18 Apr 2010

Says James,

She [Jones] sent me a really nice text message yesterday, it just said, ‘I really miss you,’ and I feel exactly the same. I do really, really miss her when we’re not together. We’re both excited about one day getting back in a room and seeing what we can come up with. It can’t happen soon enough for me. We’ve got this idea for a film that we’d like to write, so it’ll be really nice just to get with her, get the snacks going, and get writing again.

My partnership with Ruth means so much to me. I’m honestly at my happiest when I’m in a room with her.”

SOURCE: FemaleFirst; “James Corden Wants Jones Reunion;” 7 Mar 2010

Corden previously appeared on the program last year as well as in late 2007 with writing partner Ruth Jones.

Other Ross guests include Charlotte Church (Corden & Jones also appeared on Church’s Christmas special in 2008 and mentioned our blog) and Olympian Amy Williams.

Tune in at 10:35 tonight on BBC1.

The lineup kick’s off with an hour-long special featuring world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye, and the voice of Bob the Builder and man behaving badly, Neil Morrissey.

According to press releases,

James Corden referees the wacky challenge of sporting knowledge as two teams of comedians, sports stars, and celebrity sports fans compete against each other.  Guests confirmed to appear in the rest of the series include Amir Khan, Jimmy Carr, Alastair Campbell, Ruth Jones, Claudia Winkleman, Matt Le Tissier, Dara O’Briain and Steve Harmison.

We linked to this last month, but here is an advert James filmed promoting the show:

And here is a behind-the-scenes interview with Corden about A League of Their Own:

The show originally aired early last year on BBC3 and was widely panned by critics, although a small-but-loyal fan base emerged.

Despite conflicting reports from BBC3 (originally calling the show a “smashing success”), series 2 was first rumored to be green-lit and then canceled.

The news prompted a rash of speculation that the Horne & Corden friendship – forged on the set of Gavin & Stacey – had also ended. Says Corden,

Our friendship is great, I love him dearly. I love working with him, and I hope we work together again soon. People just make these things up.”

On the topic of his sketch show, Corden told ShortList Magazine,

The truth is, honestly, I’m not good enough at writing sketches to write a sketch show.
It was a mistake. There’s no point in doing something unless it’s going to be as good as Big Train or The Fast Show. Why bother? And the absolute truth is I wasn’t good enough.”

Although he ruled out future sketch shows, Corden did not fully rule out a future Gavin & Stacey episode. While he and writing partner Ruth Jones have called series 3 the last, they have both reserved the opportunity to write one-off shows in the future.

Lastly, Corden put on a tough skin for the media backlash that surrounded Horne & Corden and the equally panned Lesbian Vampire Killers (also starring Horne),

I got called a fat waste of space a lot in the papers. The material wasn’t strong enough, but the torrent of abuse I got for it from the media was something else.
But you can’t cry about it – my life is a picnic. People have real problems, I’m just called fat and useless in the papers.”

The Daily Mail also has a short video detailing the Corden interview.

SOURCE: BBC News; “James Corden calls BBC Three sketch show a ‘mistake;’” 7 Mar 2010

The Daily Star is reporting that James Corden wants to be the West Ham United mascot, Herbie the Hammer.

“James made the confession to DJ Chris Moyles on his C4 Quiz Night show,” according to the Star.

The football-loving Corden has a long-standing love affair with the West Ham squad. His Gavin & Stacey character Smithy is also a fan.

SOURCE: The Daily Star; “James Corden: I want to be West Ham mascot;” Dyke, Peter; 25 Feb 2010

The new program, A League of Their Own, is described as a sports-comedy show and airs on Sky1 starting in March.

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The Sun’s Bizarre editor Gordon Smart has a unique vantage point for this week’s Gavin & Stacey press coverage – behind the scenes as an actor with a bit part.

Smart plays a barkeep in the third and final series, set to air this Thursday at 9pm on BBC1.

Aside from his own observations of what it’s like to be in Gavin & Stacey, Smart also talked with the series co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones. The wide-ranging conversation covers the duo’s writing process, friendship, phenomenal success of the series and the opportunities that success has opened for it’s stars.