The Colbert Report News Archives

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.

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert complained mockingly on Tuesday that "our tradition of separation of church and state too often separates church and state." He pointed to the Supreme Court's recent consideration of a case involving the constitutionality of an 8-foot cross elected as a memorial to World War I veterans on land that is now part of ...

We here at the Lab can't get enough of stories about competitive eating, so it was with great interest that we watched the recent two-part story on "The Colbert Report" about Brad Sciullo, a competitive eater who last year took on the challenge of a giant burger known as The Belly Bruiser, a specialty of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, ...

NASA astronaut Nicole Stott leads the way as spaceflyers test out the new COLBERT treadmill on the International Space Station NASA astronaut Nicole Stott leads the way as spaceflyers test out the new COLBERT treadmill on the International Space Station Staying fit in space is about to get easier now that astronauts on the International Space ...

CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan appeared on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" last night to discuss the situation faced by the United States in Afghanistan.

Singer/songwriter Carly Simon is planning to play concert dates in Europe early next year for the first time in her 38-year career, she told Reuters on Thursday.

When speaking about Greenville Middle Academy's school newspaper, The Mirror , teacher Joel Colon recalls a moment from an episode of 'The Colbert Report.' Stephen Colbert, he says, sets a stack of newspapers in front of his guest and then pulls out a Smartphone.

There is more out-of-character Stephen Colbert at the real-time taping of The Colbert Report than one might imagine.

Anthem Entertainment has announced the release of Working Men , the first - best of' live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush.

The Paley Center for Media will offer panels with Julie Andrews, Barry Levinson and Carol Burnett as part of its bicoastal fall programming.

Will David Letterman's very public revelation of a new, very human flaw bring him closer to viewers, or will it cloud him in cliche showbiz debauchery? That was the question many were debating Friday, the day after the CBS "Late Show" host revealed to his audience that he had sexual relationships with female employees and had been the victim of an ...

Anthem Entertainment has set a November17 release date for " Working Men ", the first " best-of " live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush .