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Colbert Rips
Facebook/Google
for Selling Us Out

Aug 25, 2010 4:17 AM CDT

Colbert Rips Facebook/Google for Selling Us Out

'They're mining our privacy for profits'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert managed to get serious yesterday as he blasted the "invasive" personal data mining undertaken by Google and Facebook to "sell our private lives to the highest bidder." The harsh dig came at the end of a long hilarious riff about how Facebook users now must...

Colbert: Finland Is
Better Than the US?!

RANKINGS, SCHMANKINGS

Aug 18, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

Colbert: Finland Is Better Than the US?!

The Newsweek ranking is BS!

(Newser) - It's pretty darn obvious that the USA is the greatest country in the world, said Stephen Colbert in an especially hilarious segment last night : "We invented cars, we invented TVs, and we invented bragging!" This week's issue of Newsweek ranks the best countries in the world, and "...

Colbert: We Need
Border Fence ... for Gays

Aug 17, 2010 7:15 AM CDT

Colbert: We Need Border Fence ... for Gays

Without one, they may leave en masse for Mexico

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is all for a border fence ... "to stop the flood of gays out of America." Yes, with gay marriage now legal in Canada and Mexico , America is "the straight meat in a big gay sandwich," Colbert said last night . "This is a huge...

Colbert
Reenacts
Housewives
Catfight

Jul 30, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

Colbert Reenacts Housewives Catfight

We'd pay to watch a Housewives series starring him

(Newser) - Whether you love the Real Housewives and Stephen Colbert…or hate the Real Housewives and love Stephen Colbert, you should appreciate this clip. Last night on the Colbert Report , Stephen and Bravo exec Andy Cohen hilariously reenacted one of the melodramatic season 2 fights between New York Housewives Bethenny Frankel...

Colbert to Texas:
Banning Sodomy?
Good Plan!

but here's the problem...

Jul 2, 2010 7:20 AM CDT

Colbert to Texas: Banning Sodomy? Good Plan!

As long as you only ban 'the gay kind'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert has just one problem with the Texas GOP’s plan to criminalize sodomy: It doesn't clarify what kind of sodomy it's talking about. “See, I’m all for banning the gay kind, but sometimes sodomy can be a depraved, unnatural act of debasement between a man and...

Colbert Turns
Obama Speech
Into Kids'
Book

'see spot spread'

Jun 18, 2010 8:19 AM CDT

Colbert Turns Obama Speech Into Kids' Book

Goes from 10th-grade-level to kindergarten-level

(Newser) - If you found yourself struggling to understand President Obama’s 10th-grade-level oil spill speech, Stephen Colbert is here to help you out. “Mr. President, your flowery verbiage is opaque and perplexing,” he said last night on the Report . “I’m sorry, I meant to say, your talky...

Colbert Nukes
His Underwear
to Protest the
'End of Men'

Jun 17, 2010 9:48 AM CDT

Colbert Nukes His Underwear to Protest the 'End of Men'

Because he can't burn them in his studio

(Newser) - OK, we're not gonna pretend this one actually has much news value, but there's something to be said for watching Stephen Colbert shimmy and shake his way out of his boxers and toss them in the microwave. Colbert nuked the drawers as a symbolic "protest" over the "End...

Colbert Sticks It to
the English, and
Their Muffins

Jun 15, 2010 1:06 PM CDT

Colbert Sticks It to the English, and Their Muffins

Freedom Muffins contain 20% less oil!

(Newser) - So the British are getting all hot and bothered because we're being too hard on poor little BP? Too bad. Stephen Colbert doesn't "give a flying shepherd's pie," he said last night , declaring the oil spill, "the biggest British mess to hit our shores since Amy Winehouse....

10 TV Hosts
Who Are
Fantastic
Jerks

Jun 12, 2010 5:12 AM CDT

10 TV Hosts Who Are Fantastic Jerks

They're mean, and we like them

(Newser) - Listen up, Ryan Seacrest: It's time to start being more of a smart aleck. Some of the greatest hosts in television history share one down-and-dirty characteristic: They're, well, a**holes, reports Movieline , which runs down the 10 who have most perfected the art of "likable meanness:"

Anne Robinson: The

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Stewart, Colbert
Join Conan in
Epic Danceoff

Jun 2, 2010 8:18 AM CDT

Stewart, Colbert Join Conan in Epic Danceoff

Comedians join O'Brien on comedy tour

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien's good friends Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert made an appearance last night at the New York City stop of his comedy tour. For what purpose? A dance-off, of course. Back in 2008, the three comedians brawled over who made who—and the battle continued yesterday at the Radio...

Congrats, America:
Double Down Lives On

May 19, 2010 4:27 PM CDT

Congrats, America: Double Down Lives On

Sandwich will be sold as long as demand is high

(Newser) - The Double Down was supposed to be a limited-run sandwich—but that was before it became a national sensation . With Americans buying the bun-less, meat-heavy sandwich in droves (about 10 million sold), KFC has decided to extend it indefinitely. Otherwise, the sandwich would've been gone this Sunday, NBC Philadelphia reports....

Colbert, Ga., to
Stephen Colbert:
Don't Come to
Our Parade

May 17, 2010 7:34 AM CDT

Colbert, Ga., to Stephen Colbert: Don't Come to Our Parade

Comedy Central star won't be invited for Fourth

(Newser) - Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert won't be invited to the Fourth of July parade in Colbert, Ga., because "his satire is probably something that we didn't feel suited our small-town atmosphere," the city's mayor says. A local professor circulated a petition seeking to invite Colbert and change the pronunciation...

Stewart, Colbert
Renew Through 2012

Apr 20, 2010 7:26 AM CDT

Stewart, Colbert Renew Through 2012

Comedy Central desperate to have duo through election

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien may be coming to cable, but Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert aren't going anywhere. Comedy Central has re-signed its late night stars to a new contract that'll keep them on through the next presidential election. “That's a big deal for us,” network exec Doug Herzog tells...

Meet First Guy
in Line for
the iPad

Apr 2, 2010 8:46 AM CDT

Meet First Guy in Line for the iPad

Greg Packer, Stephen Colbert, ABC all excited for tomorrow's launch

(Newser) - Meet Greg Packer: He’s the first person in line for an iPad at New York City’s Fifth Avenue store, and he’s been waiting since Tuesday. But he’s not necessarily a big Mac fan…just a big fan of being first in line for things, from book...

Stewart, Colbert Mock
Glenn Beck's Apology

eric massa interview

Mar 11, 2010 10:46 AM CST

Stewart, Colbert Mock Glenn Beck's Apology

Jon and Stephen agree, however, that the hour wasn't a total waste

(Newser) - Glenn Beck got skewered for his Eric Massa interview by both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert last night. “Yes, Glenn Beck said this interview might change the course of the nation. He never specified which direction,” Stewart said. But, he added, “the night wasn’t a total...

Hulu Losing
Daily Show,
Colbert
Report

Mar 3, 2010 6:07 AM CST

Hulu Losing Daily Show, Colbert Report

Viacom yanking shows as of March 9

(Newser) - Viacom has dealt Hulu what may be its biggest programming setback yet by yanking the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and several other Comedy Central shows from its service. Hulu announced that it would be losing the shows as of March 9 in a blog posting in which it wished...

Colbert Arrives, Buries
Hatchet With Canada

VANCOUVER SIDESHOW

Feb 17, 2010 7:22 PM CST

Colbert Arrives, Buries Hatchet With Canada

Pokes fun at Vancouver weather in taping Report

(Newser) - Comedian Stephen Colbert put his faux feud with Canada to rest today, taping his show in a Vancouver park to cheers from hundreds of locals. “This was a welcome that we could not have imagined … I take back everything I ever said about Canada,” said Colbert, who’...

DVR-Worthy Olympic Moments

VANCOUVER OLYMPICS

Feb 9, 2010 7:03 PM CST

DVR-Worthy Olympic Moments

Speed skating, hockey and Tanith Belbin makes Esquire list

(Newser) - If, like many, your interest in the Vancouver Games is lukewarm (kinda like the weather keeping the ski slopes snow-free), Esquire provides a list of the don’t-miss Olympic moments. Some highlights:

Friday: Opening ceremonies. Vancouver’s spending less than half the $100 million Beijing did in 2008. Or you

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Colbert to
Harold Ford:
Hi, Flip-Flopper

evolving opinions

Feb 2, 2010 9:35 AM CST

Colbert to Harold Ford: Hi, Flip-Flopper

Implies politician is flip-flopping on abortion, gay marriage

(Newser) - Harold Ford Jr. got the coveted "Colbert bump" last night when he appeared on the Colbert Report to discuss his possible New York Senate run—but probably not in quite the way he expected. Colbert, who started off by noting that "evidently, six minutes at my interview table...

Beyoncé, Taylor
Swift Share
Spotlight

grammy awards

Jan 31, 2010 11:03 PM CST

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift Share Spotlight

Beyoncé sets record with 6 Grammys; Swift captures album of the year

(Newser) - Beyoncé won six Grammy Awards tonight in Los Angeles, setting a record for a female performer, but was foiled in two high-profile categories. The R&B superstar captured song of the year for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)," while Taylor Swift took home album of the...