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Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert is upset that Iran's "Death to America" day, which celebrates the 1979 kidnapping of US embassy hostages, has become "too commercialized." "It's Day 10,965," Colbert joked, "am I the only one who remembers?" Colbert was referencing how ABC News covered the hostage crisis, by running a show called "The Iran Crisisa ...

South Korean pop star Rain says he drew inspiration from fellow Asian stars who successfully crossed over to Hollywood when he prepared for his first leading role in an American film.

Bill O'Reilly, the host of best-rated show on cable news, will step out from behind a video camera on Nov.

Rihanna interview: The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown's assault on her is airing this week on ABC.

ABC is new with Hank , The Middle , Modern Family , Cougar Town , and Eastwick CBS is new with The New Adventures of Old Christine , Gary Unmarried , Criminal Minds , and CSI: NY FOX has Game 6 of the World Series NBC is new with Mercy and Law & Order: SVU The CW is new with America's Next Top Model and has a repeat of The Vampire Diaries Bravo is ...

PARK CITY Five years ago or so, Nathan Sawaya quit his day job as a New York City lawyer so he could stay home and play with Legos.

Comedy Central's resident faux-pundit, Stephen Colbert, interviewed rock star particle physicist Brian Cox on the October 28 episode of The Colbert Report .

The last time Stephen Colbert gave his patented "bump" to a professional stage company in Monmouth County, it was to appear as an actor in a reading of the script "The Good German" at New Jersey Rep in Long Branch - an event that flew largely under the radar there in the early days of his Comedy Central program.

Jerry Mitchell, investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, has signed a deal to write a book for Twelve, the publisher of Ted Kennedy's memoir, True Compass.

Last week's "30 Rock" lampooned the notion of a critic-driven show watering down its content to appeal to a broader audience.

BEST OVERALL SHOW: 'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson' on CBS. He hasn't learned to talk in an Indiana accent, but that's about the only thing the Scotsman has yet to accomplish since emerging as the dark-horse candidate for Craig Kilborn's job five years ago.

Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Wren Arthur, the trio behind Olive Prods., have set up their first TV projects: a drama at HBO starring Tucci and an animated comedy at TBS to be voiced by Tucci and Buscemi.

Published Oct. 21, 2009 at 10:37 a.m. West Allis a ' Comedian Mark Malkoff, late of TV's "The Colbert Report," is due here this afternoon to get a key to the city from Mayor Dan Devine.In a promotion with Ford, Malkoff is collecting keys from mayors in cities east of the Mississippi.

If you haven't met John Jameson yet, the odds are you will soon. The namesake of the popular Irish whiskey is the centerpiece of a new $14 million campaign that debuted this month.

A female employee at a check cashing business in Indianapolis received the scare of her life when a gunman entered the store and forced her to kneel and pray with him for nearly 10 minutes before fleeing with her cell phone and $20 from the cash register, police say.

Comedian and filmmaker Mark Malkoff who frequently appears on "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", "CBS Early Show", CNN, and Fox News was in Madisonville, Friday to be presented the key to the city by Mayor Will Cox.

Barry Julien has been pinching himself a lot lately. The Montreal writer/comedian wants to make certain he's not stuck in some dream sequence, only to awake to cold, sobering reality.

Conan O'Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker turned their frivolous feud about the gritty city into comedy on NBC's "Tonight Show" on Friday.

The Word is one of the best segments of The Colbert Report , and last night Colbert ranted about a large cross in the Mojave Desert that is causing some controversy.

Consider, if you will, the humble diving beetle. It's not a particularly glamorous creature, with its six legs and hard exoskeleton.