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The 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade (2000-2009)
This list of 20 phenomenal TV shows from 2000-2009 reinforces our belief that the young millennium has launched a new Golden Age of Television. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFall Guide to Good TV: The Colbert Report
Mondays through Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. on Comedy CentralStephen Colbert has taken his right-wing-blowhard act to such hilarious extremes that it's hard to tell where Colbert ends and "Colbert" begins. Somewhere beneath the pomposity lies comic genius.... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesWatch The Mountain Goats on Stephen Colbert and Listen to Their New Album
As we trolled the depths of pay-cable channels late last night, what to our bleary and wondering eyes should appear but John Darnielle, frontman of the iconic indie-folk act The Mountain Goats, being interviewed by Stephen Colbert! The always-affable Darnielle had a brief and snappy exchange about his new album, The Life of the World to Come, suicidal mountain goats and his cheery take on lyrical pathos. And after the commercial break, he was joined by his band and performed a stirring rendition of "Psalms 40:2," from the new album.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFlaming Lips Visit Stephen Colbert Tonight, Stream New Album on His Website
Although it may prove difficult to walk over a live television audience in a giant inflatable ball, the Flaming Lips will stop by Comedy Central's The Colbert Report tonight. The appearance is just the beginning of a season that'll be full of the Lips, as the band's much anticipated double album, Embryonic, is set to drop Oct. 13. But you, lucky fan, won't even have to wait that long! Following the band's performance tonight, Colbert's website will stream the record in its entirety until next Monday.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsStephen Colbert Kicks off "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando"
It's said that truth hurts, but nothing hurts quite as good as a healthy dose of truthiness from the man who coined the phrase: Messr. Stephen Colbert. And really, truthiness can't be contained by trifling things like national boundaries or large bodies of water, which is exactly why, starting tonight, Colbert will be crossing the Atlantic to kick off his first-ever USO tour: "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."... read more
Found in: Culture, News10 Funniest Twitterers: Comedians Worth Following on Twitter
There's an art to being interesting in 140 characters. Informational is easy. Poignancy is near impossible. A couple of weeks ago, I published a list of 10 Musicians Worth Following on Twitter, and you turned me on to the Tweets of Fleet Foxes' @rpecknold, who recently gave us five consecutive <140-character musings on the upcoming lunar eclipse in Southeast Asia. But the best Twitterers are funny, and the funniest, naturally, are comedians. So for our second guide to the Twitter-verse, we look at The 10 Funniest Twitterers: Comedians Worth Following on Twitter. (Oh and it looks like Zach Galifianakis just... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayStephen Colbert denied space-station wing, given treadmill
The votes were counted, a democratic decision made. In a landslide victory, Stephen Colbert wrangled more than 230,000 votes to have a third wing of the International Space Station named after him.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWikipedia trounces Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia to death
"F*%$! accuracy!" So seems to say the world in our high-speed, internet-crazed culture where the free, web-based, cooperative encyclopedia Wikipedia has just dealt the death blow to Encarta Encyclopedia. Maybe you recall your professors telling you that Wikipedia is not an official source? Or maybe you work for a magazine that does not verify its facts based on Wiki's word? ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsMonsters vs. Aliens
The Japanese taught us long ago that the only thing better than a car chase is when two giant freakish creatures do battle... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsStephen Colbert may get space-station namesake honor
Stephen Colbert already has a spider, a bald eagle and a Ben & Jerry's flavor (Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream) named after him. For most people, that would be enough, but the comedian with the perpetually raised eyebrow is shooting for the moon—literally. He's just won a landslide vote to have a room in NASA's International Space Station christened the "Colbert."... read more
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