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6 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

The woman who made Stephen Colbert cry

Emily Bazelon, author of bullying book Sticks and Stones, shows her television interview with talk show host Stephen Colbert during a talk at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, Bridgeport, CT

Sat May 18, 2013

NBC29

UVA Plans for Possibility of Rain on Graduation Weekend

The clock is ticking for the University of Virginia's class of 2013. The university's final exercises kick off with valediction on the lawn Saturday morning - depending on Mother Nature.

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Related Topix: University of Virginia, Weather, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Jim Webb, Democrat, Emmy Awards, US Military, US Navy

Tue May 14, 2013

The Raw Story

Colbert: Fox News having trouble 'infecting America with their news herpes'

Stephen Colbert celebrated his birthday on Monday by backing up Fox News' claim that the press at large was President Barack Obama's "scandal condom" against issues like the September 2012 fatal consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Terrorism

Mon May 13, 2013

Aquarius Papers

Happy 2013 Birthday to Master Satirist Stephen Colbert

Today is the 49th birthday of Stephen Colbert, razor witted television maven of "truthiness," born May 13, 1964.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Stephen Colbert

Fri May 10, 2013

TV Squad

LeVar Burton Teaches Colbert & Carey Mulligan About 'Gatsby'

Stephen Colbert probably shouldn't have dedicated an entire episode of "The Colbert Report" to the book "The Great Gatsby," considering he's never read the book.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Carey Mulligan, Reading Rainbow

Thu May 09, 2013

Zap2it.com

'Boss' Season 3: Jeff Hephner promised there would have been more naked Zajac

Last month, Season 2 of the Starz political drama "Boss," from Lionsgate Television, came out on DVD .

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Zap2it, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat, US Politics

NewsBusters.org

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Downplay Benghazi Response, Attack Critics Instead

One of the unwritten rules of comedy is to always attack the people in power. Apparently, that concept has mostly eluded Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who have staunchly defended the reaction by President Barack Obama and his administration to the death of four Americans in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.

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Related Topix: The Daily Show, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Silicon Alley Insider

Stephen Colbert: I Was Sure My Sister Was Going To Win When CNN Called The Race For Mark Sanford

Stephen Colbert on Wednesday lamented his sister's loss to Republican Mark Sanford in South Carolina's First Congressional District special election, joking that he got his hopes up even higher after CNN called the race for Sanford.

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Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, North Carolina

Wed May 08, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Video: Highlights from Last Night's the Colbert Report

On last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central , Fox News prepares for the Benghazi whistleblowers, Rep.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards

Mediaite.com

Fox Contributor Tears Apart 'Agents Of The White House'...

On Wednesday, with three whistleblowers set to testify before Congress regarding their knowledge of the government's response to the deadly attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, Fox News Channel contributor Peter Johnson Jr.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Daily Show

Daily Kos

Stephen Colbert on Fox News's latest hyping of Benghazi

Folks, I am interrupting tonight's regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you breaking news.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Immigration Reform, US News, Liberal Political News

Tue May 07, 2013

WTVR Richmond

Sanford completes political comeback in South Carolina race

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday revived his once-dead political career by winning the special election for an open U.S. House seat that he had previously held for three terms, CNN projects.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US News

Patch.com

Georgetown Graduate Seeks Australia "Funster" Job

Jane Chiao was one of more than 46,000 applicants who submitted 30-second videos in a Tourism Australia contest to find a "Chief Funster" to travel and promote events.

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Related Topix: Georgetown University, McLean, VA, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Fri May 03, 2013

Los Angeles Times

'Iron Man 3,' 'Man of Steel': Stephen Colbert takes on superheroes

"Iron Man 3" and "Man of Steel" got some good-natured ribbing from comedian Stephen Colbert on Thursday's episode of "The Colbert Report." In the summer movie edition of his "Movies That Are Destroying America" segment, the satirist took issue with "Iron Man 3" adding scenes for China audiences, and with Zack Snyder's Superman reboot choosing a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Henry Cavill, Movies

Thu May 02, 2013

Silicon Alley Insider

Stephen Colbert Shames Rand Paul And Other Conservatives For 'Demonizing' Families Of Gun Victims

During Wednesday's episode of The Colbert Report , host Stephen Colbert mocked the string of conservatives who he said demonized the families of victims of gun violence lobbying for increased gun control laws.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

Wed May 01, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Mythbusters: Behind the Myths Tour Will Play The Fox Theatre, 8/30

The all-new live show "MythBusters: Behind the Myths," starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series "MythBusters," will debut at The Fox Theatre for one performance only on Friday, August 30 at 8 PM.

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Related Topix: MythBusters, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Comedy, Late Show With David Letterman

Silicon Alley Insider

Stephen Colbert: Deep Budget Cuts Mean We Must Spend More Money On Tanks That Nobody Wants

New attention to the story comes at a time when deep, automatic, and across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester have begun taking their toll, in the form of long lines at airports , cuts to cancer treatment, and more.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Stereogum

Watch Iggy And The Stooges On The Colbert Report

Iggy Pop has certain things in life figured out, and one of them is this: You don't attempt to go joke-for-joke with Stephen Colbert when you're on his show.

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Related Topix: The Stooges, Pop/Rock, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Sun Apr 28, 2013

The Virginian-Pilot

Author of book that inspired film 'Lincoln' comes to Norfolk

Writer Doris Kearns Goodwin arrives at the New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner at the Crimson Club on Monday Jan.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Team of Rivals, Books, New York, Celebrities, Daniel Day-Lewis, Comedy, The Daily Show, Entertainment, Television

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Daily Kos

Colbert's Speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner

In honor of great speeches and roasts at White House Correspondents dinners, and in light of all of the recent revisionist history of Bush the Lesser, I give you the best one of all time: Stephen Colbert's speech in 2006.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, George Bush, US News, Liberal Political News