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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 ...

Marketing executive Chuck Morris displays a sign Monday that will be in the parking lot of The Tower at Morgan Hill, an apartment building that is currently being renovated.

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.

Sorry, I'm still laughing my ass off at Tom Tancredo's little baby hissy fit. While I regain my composure, please...enjoy some late night snark: "Voters in the state of Maine voted no to gay marriage, but yes to medical marijuana.

We all know who Stephen Colbert considers to be his most worthy foe--himself. He tells us so every time he does a Formidable Opponent bit, in which he argues with different versions of himself over the topics of the day.

Mark off Dec. 12 on your calendar. Now. That's the day of Second City's much-anticipated 50th anniversary show "The Second City Alumni: One Night Only." The venerable comedy troupe just released the line-up of performers, and it is star-studded enough to make you drop whatever you're doing and buy the $125 tickets as soon as they go on sale ...

To celebrate The Second City's 50th Anniversary, the legendary comedy theatre will host a weekend of performances, panel discussions and screenings at its intimate theatres on Wells Street and in The Piper's Alley Complex in Chicago on Friday, December 11th through Sunday, December 13th.

Martha Coakley may have stumbled when she delivered oral arguments before the Supreme Court last year, but she is not the only US Senate candidate who has been tested on a big stage.

STRUGGLING comedians often think of executives as equal parts meddlers and gatekeepers.

Stephen Colbert Signs "Close Gitmo Now" Petition, On Air >> Posted By TechnologyExpert 9 hours, 1 minute ago in Political News > Last night, Roseanne Cash promoted the cause of closing Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on 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.

To complement the superstar's recent interview with Anna Coren of CNN's Talk Asia program , the Kpop Examiner has compiled a series of videos shown in the interview so you, Kpoppers, can see where it all comes from! Rain is a megastar and quickly becoming international recognizable due to his films and tours.

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert slammed lampooned same sex marriage opponents in his "The Word" segment Monday night, turning the arguments against "outing" on its head by farcically arguing that the signers of an anti-gay marriage petition should be allowed to stay in the closet.

Comedian Stephen Colbert ventured into the debate surrounding Referendum 71 in Washington State on Monday, pursuing the logic of domestic-partnership opponents to its absurd conclusions.

Microsoft has pulled out of an agreement to sponsor a Seth MacFarlane comedy special scheduled to air as part of a Family Guy extravaganza on Fox, based on concerns about the content.

A few months ago a scandal broke involving the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy after they hired a PR firm, Bonner and Associates, to send fake letters to members of Congress imploring them to vote against the Waxman-Markey climate bill, then working its way through the House.

The more time you spend with Christopher Caldwell and his all-over-the-map musings on his conviction that we should all be afraid, very afraid, of the danger presented by each and every Muslim in the world, the more you start to wonder if he is not in fact playing some kind of Stephen Colbert angle here.

Thursday night on the Colbert Report, Stephen weighed in on the allegations that Bonner and Associates, a lobby group for the coal industry had sent fake "grassroots" letters from senior citizens and minority groups against the climate bill to congressional representatives.

If Andy Schlafly has his way, there will be no socialists or snake handlers in the Bible.

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