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Adam Carolla is quick to defend Alec Baldwin whenever the combustible star is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The two share a friendship of sorts. Baldwin has appeared on Carolla’s podcast, and Carolla says the two have

So by now, you know Stephen Colbert ran an obviously sarcastic clip from Fox News’s Red Eye as an example of right-wing rage at President Obama–“the equivalent of running something from The Onion as a real news story,” host Andy

Faux news man Stephen Colbert served up some faux facts this week. The liberal funnyman’s The Colbert Report on Comedy Central tried to swat at the legend of President Ronald Reagan but used some fuzzy recollections to do so. Here’s

The ratings for the MTV Awards are in, showing a big bump from last year’s extravaganza with 10.1 million viewers. That’s 4 million more than 2012’s numbers–with viewers getting Miley Cyrus and her soft-core porn performance as a result. A

Most major comedy institutions, particularly Saturday Night Live, have treated President Barack Obama with reverence, not incisive humor. Jay Leno is that rare exception, with humorists like Stephen Colbert typically leaping to Obama’s defense rather than speaking truth to power.

former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Comedy Centrals “The Colbert Report” with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert must be drinking deep from the mainstream media well. The host of The Colbert Report played the race card Monday night in discussing the George Zimmerman acquittal, apparently not realizing that the accused was Hispanic. You can’t blame the

Stephen Colbert revealed himself to be a hypocrite of the highest order, whining after his sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch’s loss to Mark Sanford in the special congressional election in South Carolina: This scares me to my core. I’m shaken. This

Fresh off his sister’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Mark Sanford in a South Carolina Congressional special election yesterday, Stephen Colbert came out swinging … against Republicans who dare to question the Obama administration’s story on Benghazi. This warrior

(AP) Sanford’s quest for redemption rests with votersBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressCHARLESTON, S.C.It’s now up to voters to render a verdict on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s quest for political redemption, as one of the more unusual political campaigns in

(AP) Sanford, Colbert Busch square off in SC debateBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressCHARLESTON, S.C.Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch have begun a spirited debate in the race for the state’s vacant 1st Congressional District seat. Sanford,

When Conan O’Brien finishes his prep work for headlining the White House Correspondents Dinner later this week there’s one performer he’ll leave off his crib sheet–Don Imus. The veteran morning radio show host handled the 1996 Radio and Television Correspondents

Country crooner Brad Paisley teamed up with rapper LL Cool J for a song called Accidental Racist, a heartfelt if clunky song trying to bring the races together. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert must have reacted to the song like a

STEPHEN COLBERT: Well after withdrawing from public life Wiener is ready to stick it back in. Folks, that takes balls. Sadly, we know he has them. I, for one, think Wiener would be a great New York City mayor. For

Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert wasted little time mocking actor Jeremy Irons for questioning aspects of the gay marriage debate. The Oscar winner told an interviewer earlier this week that the same-sex marriage debate could give way to incestuous-style bonds that

(AP) It’s official: Sanford facing Colbert Busch in SCBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.The race for a vacant South Carolina congressional seat has turned into the big-name contest that political junkies were hoping for. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford,

For Gov. Mark Sanford, today is a day to believe in second chances. South Carolinians of the 1st Congressional District will go to the polls today to choose between the former governor and former councilman Curtis Bostic in the race

Stephen Colbert, who hosts the faux conservative show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, couldn’t resist mocking the new History Channel miniseries The Bible. Colbert taunted miniseries producer/co-star Roma Downey, who plays Mary in the production. “Wow, I wonder who

(AP) Sanford advances in SC race, Colbert’s sister winsBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressCHARLESTON, S.C.Mark Sanford says he believes in “a God of second chances,” and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first step toward reviving a political career

Is there creative life after The Daily Show for Jon Stewart? The liberal comic is set to find out this summer when he takes on his directorial debut, Rosewater. The project sounds noble to the core, the true story of

Late night talker Conan O’Brien will be charged with mocking President Barack Obama during this spring’s annual White House Correspondents Dinner. “Thrilled to reveal @ConanObrien has agreed to headline White House Correspondents Association’s scholarship dinner April 27 @TeamCoco,” WHCA president

The Mainstream Media wasted little time in attacking Sen. Marco Rubio following the Florida politician’s State of the Union rebuttal. After all, Rubio did drink water during the speech. Heck, that water break could cost him his career. Jon Stewart

Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central shtick has him pretending to be conservative while actually blasting all things GOP on The Colbert Report. Today, he’s taking off the clown nose to yuk it up with fellow Democrats on the Hill. Minority Leader

Stephen Colbert’s 2012 SuperPAC got plenty of media attention. So how will the Comedy Central star’s sister fare as she enters the political arena? Elizabeth Colbert-Busch is planning to file paperwork next week in the Congressional race for South Carolina’s

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but flattery was not what Stephen Colbert had in mind when he had Piers Morgan on Monday night his Comedy Central show and imitated Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro’s performance last

Comedy Central’s crown princes of progressive humor, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, relish cursing out their political enemies. The Left’s civility meme gets pushed aside when some of their own do the trash talking. Last night’s “Colbert Report” stands as

Santa has kicked the habit in time for Christmas. No, not the sugar plum habit, or his fur-wearing habit, or his penchant for romping recklessly around open flame. No, gentlepeople, this is the year the man in red gave up

While South Carolina voters would prefer that Governor Nikki Haley appoint comedian Stephen Colbert to the US Senate in place of retiring Senator Jim DeMint, their second favorite choice is former South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford. Sanford was married

In the Age of Obama, celebrity trumps all. How else can you read a new poll saying South Carolina residents want Gov. Nikki Haley to pick Stephen Colbert to replace departing Sen. Jim DeMint? Colbert, who plays a mock Republican

(AP) SC Gov. Haley shuts door on Colbert for US SenateCOLUMBIA, S.C.South Carolina’s governor appears to have closed the door on appointing Stephen Colbert to the U.S. Senate, all because the comedian didn’t know the state drink was milk. During

You’d think a political satirist who knew the government had lied about the cause of an attack which left Americans dead would use humor to savage the powers that be. Not Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert. “The Colbert Report” host took a

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien made a fool of herself today. In other news, water’s wet and cows go “moo.” Listen, I get why Soledad O’Brien might believe Obama’s up 15 points in Virginia when the truth is that the president’s campaign

Rather than attack Mitt Romney directly, like they usually do, this morning’s Carol Costello show on CNN used Stephen Colbert to do the job.

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterNEW YORKStephen Colbert and the cast of “Modern Family” are next up as “Good Morning America” guest hosts for Robin Roberts, who is scheduled to undergo a bone marrow transplant this week. The surging ABC morning

Ten “undocumented activists” were arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina today as part of a civil disobedience action to protest the Obama administration’s stance on immigration policy. The action took place about 4pm EDT just blocks from the site of the