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Stephen Colbert

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Stephen Colbert Riffs on Richard Branson's Head-cicles

    Richard Branson is the chairman of the massive international business conglomerate Virgin Group. This, er, outspoken businessman is no stranger to the headlines as he's tried everything from circumnavigating the Earth in a balloon to creating the first commercial space tourism business. But this . ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Jan Brewer: One of the 100 Most Influential People in the World?

    Governor Jan Brewer's being considered for TIME magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people, and according to its reader poll, she's doing better than President Obama.The governor dropped from 13th place to 15th by the end of the day yesterday -- leaving her one spot above Stephen Col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Jan Brewer's a Candidate for the TIME "100" List, and Currently Ahead of President Obama

    ​If you think annual lists by TIME magazine are still relevant, get a load of this -- Governor Jan Brewer's being considered for the mag's "100" list of influential people, and according to its reader poll, she's doing better than President Obama.According to TIME's website, only the number one vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Stephen Colbert on"Snacksploration" and "Second Breakfast"

    Responsible snacking is for the birds. As 'mericans we should be able to consume as many calories as we possibly can in one sitting. No one is going to take that right away from us! But our right to gourge ourselves on 600 calorie chocolate bars is being threatened. Mars Candy recently annonced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Top Five Late Night Music Moments of 2011

    Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011's most memorable moments in late night television. Enjoy!​ Television occasionally has some special moments ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    A Shortage of Mexican Laborers Threatens Arizona Farming

    Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011's most memorable moments in late night television. Enjoy!​ Television occasionally has some special moments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    The Raconteurs Are Back!

    Now that he's got all that hilarious and awesome palling around with Stephen Colbert, out of his system, Jack White is getting back to business. The Raconteurs, arguably the dude's main gig now that The White Stripes have called it quits, are back, according to Consequence of Sound.The Raconteurs ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Details Revealed About 'Muppets: The Green Album'

    Jason Segel's forthcoming movie The Muppets will feature a stellar soundtrack, according to Consequence of Sound.Muppets: The Green Album is a collection of classic Muppet hits being covered by some pretty talented rocker stars. The soundtrack, titled The Green Album, gets a slightly ironic twist, c ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 2, 2011

    Summer Guide: Movies

    Jason Segel's forthcoming movie The Muppets will feature a stellar soundtrack, according to Consequence of Sound.Muppets: The Green Album is a collection of classic Muppet hits being covered by some pretty talented rocker stars. The soundtrack, titled The Green Album, gets a slightly ironic twist, c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Morning Poll: Is Senator Jon Kyl's Excuse Over "Factual Statements" Satisfactory?

    Disclaimer: Jon Kyl's apology for lying about abortion statistics is "not intended to be a factual statement" -- or it is? ​Senator Jon Kyl issued a statement yesterday apologizing for his attempt to redefine lying by following a lie with the disclaimer that his statement was not "intended to be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Morning Poll: Best Non-"Factual Statement" About Senator Jon Kyl?

    Jon Kyl is a card-carrying member of NAMBLA...#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement .​Senator Jon Kyl had some non-"factual statements" about Planned Parenthood that he spouted off on the floor of the U.S. Senate last week, most notably that 90 percent of the services the federally funded organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    "Jon Kyl is One of Gaddafi's Sexy Female Ninja Guards," According to Stephen Colbert's Non-Factual Twitter-Town Crusade Against the Senator

    www.time.comStephen Colbert invented "truthiness." Senator Jon Kyl redefined lying as a remark that's "not intended to be a factual statement." Colbert for Senate 2012.​Stephen Colbert, the late night dispenser of all things "truthiness," is continuing to wage war against Arizona Senator Jon Kyl o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Senator Jon Kyl's Lies About Planned Parenthood "Not Intended to be Factual Statement"

    www.persephonemagazine.comDisclaimer: whatever Senator Jon Kyl says is "not intended to be a factual statement."​As the United States government creeped closer to shutting down on Friday because far-right-wing-nuts don't like abortion, Senator Jon Kyl took to the Senate floor to give a less-than-" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    The Go! Team: Rolling Blackouts

    The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts​Fours years makes the heart grow fonder -- in most cases. For Brighton-based indie/positive vibes outfit The Go! Team, those four years were spent crafting yet another upbeat, dance-worthy album. Rolling Blackouts, the band's third effort and first since 2007's Pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Taco Bell to Beef-Battle Lawyers: Thank You for Suing Us. Now We're Suing You. (Double DONG!)

    ​Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB's president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Cornel West Addresses Hundreds of Pinkos and Hippies at Anti-SB1070 Rally in Phoenix

    Elaine MulliganPrinceton professor and lauded lefty author Cornel West brings the funk to North High School on Saturday, October 2.​We're not the only ones to have noticed that progressives, Democrats, and their ilk don't currently have a central charismatic leader whose every utterance is sociopo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Ben Quayle Ad Sparks Almost Funny Parody From Second City "Comedian"

    ​We like to laugh here at New Times, so we were excited to learn that the Chicago-based sketch-comedy troop Second City had released a parody of Ben Quayle's uber-awful campaign ad, in which he claims "Barack Obama is the worst president in history."The ad sucks. It's tacky, lame, and concludes wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Morning Poll -- Human Animal Hybrids (aka ManBearPigs): Problem or Paranoia?

    www.hipsuburbanwhiteguy.com​One of Arizona's more-laughable pieces of legislation coming out of this year's embarrassing legislative session is a bill that makes it a class-six felony to knowingly create a human/ animal hybrid and a class-one misdemeanor to buy or sell a human-animal embryo.I ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

    www.hipsuburbanwhiteguy.com​One of Arizona's more-laughable pieces of legislation coming out of this year's embarrassing legislative session is a bill that makes it a class-six felony to knowingly create a human/ animal hybrid and a class-one misdemeanor to buy or sell a human-animal embryo.I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    South Park Creators Penning The Book of Mormon, the Musical

    ​Just when you thought Trey Parker and Matt Stone couldn't get any more offensive, they did it. According to TwentyFourBit, Parker and Stone are making a Broadway musical about Mormonism."Growing up in Colorado, a lot of our friends were Mormons and we always thought their book would make a great ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    Elvis Costello Is King

    ​Just when you thought Trey Parker and Matt Stone couldn't get any more offensive, they did it. According to TwentyFourBit, Parker and Stone are making a Broadway musical about Mormonism."Growing up in Colorado, a lot of our friends were Mormons and we always thought their book would make a great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    The Grammy's Top 10 Moments

    Beyonce also did a version of Alanis' "You Oughtta Know" when she played Phoenix last summer.​ This year's Grammy's ceremony was full of instances that just made you scratch your head, furl your brow, and go, "Really?!?" Whether it was a pleasantly surprised reaction, a hearty laugh, or a look of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Comic Book's Cannibal Cop Takes a Bite Outta Crime

    Cannibals, cops, bird flu: All three of these things have grabbed headlines before, but probably not simultaneously. That's where comic book creator John Layman comes in. His runaway hit series Chew follows the adventures of Tony Chu, a detective turned FDA agent who lives in a world where chicken m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Stephen Colbert to Give ASU Commencement?

    The class of 2009 had Obama, but Arizona State University's class of 2010 is recruiting the leader of a different sort of nation to deliver their commencement address: The Colbert Nation. More than 3,000 ASU students have joined a group on Facebook with the goal of landing Stephen Colbert and his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Public Safety Roundup: New Kidnapping; Air Units Searching for 85-year-old; Witnesses Help Catch Robbers at Wal-Mart; Sheriff Arpaio Wakes Up

    Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Stephen Colbert Turns Joe Arpaio into a Creampuff in 6.5 Minutes

    photo by David Shankbone Colbert played Arpaio like a two-bit ocarina Monday night, faux right-winger Stephen Colbert showed how long it takes to make pastry out of Maricopa County's corrupt top constable: exactly six and a-half minutes. The whole Colbert Report segment was predictably goofy. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Stephen Colbert Smoochin' Joe Arpaio: America's Voice Fires Up Last-Minute E-mail Campaign

    Will Arpaio be in on the joke? In a last-ditch effort to impact the way Stephen Colbert treats mean ol' Joe Arpaio on The Colbert Report tonight, the folks at the pro-immigration org America's Voice are urging people to e-mail a message to the show's producers through their Web site. Thi ... More >>

  • Film

    March 26, 2009

    Monsters vs. Aliens: In the Latest Round of Effects Versus Storytelling, Effects Win Big

    Will Arpaio be in on the joke? In a last-ditch effort to impact the way Stephen Colbert treats mean ol' Joe Arpaio on The Colbert Report tonight, the folks at the pro-immigration org America's Voice are urging people to e-mail a message to the show's producers through their Web site. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    TV on the Radio on The Colbert Report: Better than the Grammys

    The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio - Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single "Dancing Choose," off their latest album, the cri ... More >>

  • Film

    January 1, 2009

    DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg's Cure-All for an Ailing Movie Economy is 3D

    The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio - Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single "Dancing Choose," off their latest album, the cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Brew Review: Budweiser American Ale

    I suspect that the reason I'm reviewing Budweiser American Ale today has much more to do with the subliminal messages I received after seeing this new brew's commercial about thirty times this week than a genuine interest. Yet even if my brain now belongs to the Budweiser collective this still prese ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Shaq is Really on Twitter, and He’s Following My Mom

    Twitter is a social networking site where people send updates from their computers and cell phones about what they’re doing and where they are at any given moment. There have been plenty of faux accounts where people have posed as celebrities (there was a guy pretending to be Stephen Colbert early ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    November 16, 2006

    When the Stars Came Out

    Twitter is a social networking site where people send updates from their computers and cell phones about what they’re doing and where they are at any given moment. There have been plenty of faux accounts where people have posed as celebrities (there was a guy pretending to be Stephen Colbert early ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    October 26, 2006

    These Dogs Still Hunt

    Twitter is a social networking site where people send updates from their computers and cell phones about what they’re doing and where they are at any given moment. There have been plenty of faux accounts where people have posed as celebrities (there was a guy pretending to be Stephen Colbert early ... More >>

  • Film

    July 13, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • Film

    June 23, 2005

    Cursed

    A spell badly cast

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Vote No

    Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  • Culture

    January 3, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

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