Articles tagged "stephen colbert"

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The Mountain Goats - “Psalms 40:2” (Live on Colbert) (video)

by Tyler Gould

[7.Oct.09] :. John Darnielle and crew stopped by the Colbert Report last night, where he handled Colbert’s grilling with aplomb and performed “Psalms 40:2” (bafflingly pronounced “40...

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Obama’s economic adviser to show his ‘wit’ on ‘Colbert Report’

by Mike Dorning [Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)]

[15.Jun.09] :. WASHINGTON — In his barely decorated office, beside a picture of him teaching class in a tuxedo on his wedding day, Austan Goolsbee has a black-and-white photo of Muhammad Ali. “My...

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TV DVD Review

The Dana Carvey Show

by Andrew Winistorfer

[12.May.09] :. Dana Carvey had beloved characters like Garth and the Church Lady, and bankable impressions of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in his repertoire.

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‘Monsters’ voice role a first for Reese Witherspoon

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. Animation offers a world of different challenges for actors. Tools like body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures are no longer available to sell a scene. At the same time, animation...

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‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ tops weekend box office

by MarketWatch [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. The 3-D animated film “Monsters vs. Aliens” was easily the top draw at U.S. movie theaters this weekend, bringing in some $58.2 million through Sunday morning, according to studio...

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Film Review

Monsters vs. Aliens

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[27.Mar.09] :. Monsters vs. Aliens is both a spoof and celebration of mid-century creature features, offering positive, if well-worn, "messages for the kids."

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Some ho-ho-ho’s and holiday ha-ha’s from Stephen Colbert

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[25.Nov.08] :. Stephen Colbert, the political satirist whose Faux’Reilly send-up of a well-known conservative Fox News host has made his “Colbert Report” required nightly viewing for many, goes...

CSNY / Déjà Vu

by Stuart Henderson

[4.Nov.08] :. Neil Young's politically-charged documentary is moving without being cloying, dark without being despairing, and clever when it could have been just plain obvious.

The Funniest One in the Room by Kim ‘Howard’ Johnson

by Jenny Carlson

[23.Jul.08] :. Close moonlighted as a fire-eating carnival performer, an LSD test subject for the US military, a film cameo artist and a producer of psychedelic light shows.

Acerbic star of ‘The Colbert Report’ to put his stamp on Pennsylvania’s primary

by Dan Deluca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[14.Apr.08] :. Why is Stephen Colbert coming to Philadelphia? Because he must. “I’m a kingmaker, and this is the battle!” says the host of the satirical, pointedly political chucklefest...

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

`The Daily Show,’ `Colbert Report’ return to late-night TV

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[8.Jan.08] :. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, both of whom returned to television Monday without their writing staffs, largely devoted their first shows of 2008 to discussions of the Writers Guild of America...

The Best Of The Colbert Report

by Rachel Kipp

[7.Dec.07] :. The “Best of” collection is just too flimsy to really earn the title of “must-have” even for die-hard fans, who will be happier finding their fix online.

I Am America by Stephen Colbert

by Jodie Janella Keith

[12.Nov.07] :. The sneaky antagonism of Colbert's insufferable character is what makes him palatable, it reminds us that the shortsighted conservatism is the joke.

Stephen Colbert announces presidential candidacy

by Neil White [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Oct.07] :. COLUMBIA, S.C.—Is South Carolina ready for an injection of truthiness? With this week’s surprise announcement that mock right-wing political pundit and Charleston, S.C., native Stephen...

Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Oct.07] :. Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.

The Simpsons: Season 19 Premiere

by Tricia Olszewski

[21.Sep.07] :. Springfield, destroyed at the end of the movie, is still in ruins, and Bart careens off of pieces of the dome that had quarantined the city.

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Sep.06] :. This 9/11 film is subtle to a fault; this is a quality you may not expect in a film from Danny Leiner, master of the vehicular stoner comedy.

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Aug.06] :. Lack of understanding will be a sort of theme for Danny Leiner's film, uneven but full of rewarding subtleties.

Strangers with Candy (2006)

by Daynah Burnett

[28.Jun.06] :. Jerri Blank repeatedly acts like a feral white trash child, a sort of spiteful id.

Strangers with Candy: The Complete Series

by Daynah Burnett

[26.Jun.06] :. Not only does the humor hold up with amazing buoyancy, but it also remains edgier and more topical than most current programming on basic cable TV.

The Colbert Report

by Jesse Hicks

[7.Nov.05] :. What The Colbert Report ridicules, then, is our tendency to listen most closely to those with whom we agree, whose shining unrealities make us feel good.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004 (2004): Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, St

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.05] :. While Stewart makes no bones about his own preferences, Republicans, Democrats, and reporters all come in for the same rowdy treatment.

Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert

by Teresa DiFalco

[6.Aug.03] :. But one of the most intriguing things about Amy Sedaris is her absolute lack of vanity. A gym-toned, beauty pageant blonde, she routinely adds pimples, hairs and warts to her pretty parts, wears fatty suits around town, and gleefully contorts herself in all sorts of grody ways. She's an enigma wrapped in a satire, wrapped in mock-irony, wrapped in a spoof.