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Jon Stewart Breaks From 'Daily Show' To Direct Documentary; John Oliver To Sit-in As Host
03/05/2013
Jon Stewart plans to take a 12-week hiatus from The Daily Show to make his directing debut with the documentary Rosewater. Stewart, who has helmed Comedy Central’s The Daily Show since 1999, will be making the ambitious leap from the host’s chair to the director’s chair in his new project, according to USA Today.
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Jon Stewart Bans Hugh Grant From The Daily Show
12/14/2012
Jon Stewart has a beef with Hugh Grant. At least, that's one conclusion we can draw from Stewart’s interview with Stephen Colbert during a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival held in New Jersey on Friday, Dec.
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Who Is Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus's Alleged Mistress?
11/12/2012
Much has been made of the recent discovery that former CIA director and four-star general David Petraeus, 60, had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Broadwell, 40, who co-wrote All In: The Education of General Petraeus with Vernon Loeb of the Washington Post, was found to not only be writing about the subject of her book, but allegedly sleeping with him, too, after the FBI tapped into Petraeus’s email account when another woman who is friends with the general, Jill Kelley, said Broadwell had been threatening her over email.
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Katy Perry Duets With Young Jodi DiPiazza At 'Night Of Too Many Stars' Autism Benefit
10/19/2012
Katy Perry, 27, came out Saturday night to perform at Comedy Central's fourth autism awareness and education benefit, Night of Too Many Stars, hosted by emcee Jon Stewart, in New York City. While there were many antics by the celebrities who participated — including an auctioned-off trip to the urinal with Seth Rogan, a surreal butter-and-broccoli brawl between Kevin Bacon and Liev Schreiber, and one of the strangest duets of "Call Me Maybe" that will ever exist — most everyone agrees that the highlight of the evening came when Perry sang her hit song, "Firework" with the musically-inclined young Jodi DiPiazza, who took the stage with the pop star for a stellar performance.
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Jon Stewart And Bill O'Reilly 'Rumble' For Charity
10/08/2012
It was a good, ol'-fashioned rumble between famous rivals and pundits Jon Stewart, 49, who hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Bill O'Reilly, 63, who helms Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
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Emmys 2012 Award 'Homeland' And 'Modern Family'
09/24/2012
And the winners are… Homeland and Modern Family, by a long shot. The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, awarded the top drama prizes to the Showtime political drama about a bipolar CIA agent (Claire Danes) and a treasonous Marine (Damian Lewis) who may or may not be working as a mole for Al-Qaeda, including Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing.
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Bill Clinton Talks DNC Speech, Mitt Romney On 'Daily Show' With Jon Stewart
09/21/2012
On Thursday night's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 49, guest Bill Clinton, 66, used his trademark charm to explain why he was so charming at the Democratic National Convention when his 49-minute speech upstaged everyone — even President Barack Obama, 51, who himself was so taken by the former President's address that he relayed a tweet from a follower who wrote, "you should appoint him 'secretary of explaining stuff.
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Longtime Rivals Jon Stewart And Bill O'Reilly Get Ready To 'Rumble'
09/19/2012
They're baaaack .... Political pundits Bill O’Reilly, 63, and Jon Stewart, 49, will go head-to-head in The Rumble, a live streaming pay-per-view debate between the longtime rivals, which viewers will be able to watch for $4.
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VIDEO: Robert Pattinson Gives First Interview Since Kristen Stewart's Infidelity
08/14/2012
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson guest starred on The Daily Show last night in his first appearance since news broke of ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart’s infidelity — and Jon Stewart did the only thing one can do in such situations: console him with Ben & Jerry’s and lend him an ear.
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Henrik Rummel Responds To Olympic Bulge Drama: 'I Swear It's Not Erect!'
08/10/2012
Earlier this week, unsuspecting audiences were shocked to find themselves staring at what appeared to be a perfectly outlined erection in skintight pants belonging to U.S. Olympian Henrik Rummel, whose team just earned the bronze medal at the London 2012 rowing event.
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Arsenio Hall Announces Plans For New Late-Night Talk Show
06/19/2012
Wuff, wuff, wuff! It's been rumored for awhile, but now that Arsenio Hall, 56, has put himself back on the map by winning the last season of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice, he has announced that he will be returning to the late-night talk show circuit in September 2013 — almost 20 years after his The Arsenio Hall Show went off the air in 1994 after five years.
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VIDEO: Kristen Schaal Talks About Her Live 'Hot Tub Variety Show'
05/22/2012
Since her fledgling Flight of the Conchords days, comedian Kristen Schaal has taken the comedy world by storm with scene-stealing roles on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and now 30 Rock. What many don't know about Schaal, however, is that she's half of the New York comedy duo (with IFC's Kurt Braunohler), Hot Tub Variety Show, which she's been hosting since 2005, when it was voted Best Variety Show of 2005 by Time Out New York's readers.
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VIDEO: Sarah Palin's 'Today Show' Stunt Mocked By Critics
04/04/2012
Sarah Palin's co-hosting stint on NBC's The Today Show seemed like a lot of fun for the former Alaska governor, but critics and viewers were not impressed with the mixed signals she was sending.
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'Colbert Report' Taping Unexpectedly Suspended
02/16/2012
While exact reasons remain unclear, production of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" was suspended Wednesday and Thursday, according to the New York Times. "Unforeseen circumstances" is the only explanation offered by a Comedy Central spokesperson.
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Stephen Colbert's Super PAC Raises Over $1 Million
01/31/2012
Tongue-in-cheek talk show host Stephen Colbert has long been satirizing the concept of the Super PAC, an organization that is allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money from corporations, individuals, unions, and other groups, which can then be spent on "independent expenditures," including political campaigns.
