By the middle of this past weekend, the reason for Stephen Colbert's sudden absence from last week's Wednesday and Thursday episodes of The Colbert Report was that he was attending to his elderly mother. At the start of last night's episode, his first new show since Tuesday, he...
The late-night television ice cream war continues. You know the one of which we speak. It's the one wherein Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert have fostered an on-again-off-again friendship (best friends forever for six months) and lifelong (for six months) arch nemesis status--...
Old people say the darndest things, don't they? "Get my medicine, I'm dying." "My grandson is so handsome." "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!" We've heard it all before. But we think you'd agree that ye olde peeps are at their best when they engage in hateful, racist and...
Stephen Colbert was recently profiled in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. And it seems like the Comedy Central pundit cannot stay out of the news. Recent reports on Fox News, CNN, and other news channels highlighted a poll that shows Stephen Colbert with 5 percent of the vote...
We all knew that there was Stephen Colbert, the man, and Stephen Colbert, the character on television. Well, The New York Times' Charles McGrath tells us there's a third Colbert-- his televised persona interacting with our reality. "The new Colbert has crossed the line that...
Stephen Colbert’s role in comedy is clear – dude’s a storied improviser, a former Daily Show correspondent, and host of the always wonderful Colbert Report on Comedy Central. But his role in politics is a bit murkier. After forming the Colbert Super PAC this past...
On Monday, Sept. 26, The Colbert Report will air a special one-hour episode at 11:30 pm ET and will feature indie rock darlings Radiohead. The show's format will be essentially be the same; however, the network has made room for expanded interviews and performances. The Thom...
Looks like we’ll have to add yet another entry on our “Chelsea Handler is doing a crazy amount of projects” list. The Hollywood Reporter informs us that the comedienne is in talks to be cast in Fun Size, a teen comedy written by Colbert Report writer Max Werner. If she...
After making the move from Chicago to New York City in 2007, comedian Kumail Nanjiani's career has taken off. He's contributed to and made appearances on Michael and Michael Have Issues (RIP), The Colbert Report and many others-- not to mention, Variety named him as one of 10...
