The Zen and the Damaged

By Stephen Colbert Source Good evening, and congratulations my fellow influencers. How is everyone feeling this evening? Oh, come on, you could do better than that? Look at this room. Look at this people. Look at the view. You are the TIME 100, and we are better than other people. I’ll say it, it’s just [...]

By Michael Musto Source True story. In his book Truth Be Told, ex-CNN host Larry King remembers going on The Colbert Report, and since he feels Colbert basically does a parody of Bill O’Reilly, Larry purposely did a parody of himself and shticked it up to high heaven. “We had fun,” he recalls. Especially afterward! [...]

By Peter Grier Source Stephen Colbert’s super PAC released its first Federal Election Commission report this week, in case you haven’t heard.

By Patrick Gavin Source Election Day is still nine months away, but if there’s one flag that’s already been planted firmly in the narrative of the presidential cycle, it is this: Stephen Colbert is owning it — comedically speaking.

By Charles McGrath Source There used to be just two Stephen Colberts, and they were hard enough to distinguish. The main difference was that one thought the other was an idiot.

By Stephen Colbert Source As a proud son of South Carolina I must address recent unsubstantiated rumors published in The State that I, Stephen Colbert, tried to buy the naming rights to the 2012 Republican primary.

By Kris Source Hubster Kris, who was lucky enough to attend the V.I.P cocktail reception, has sent in this amazingly detailed report of ‘A Conversation with Stephen Colbert’ at the Wellmont Theatre, New Jersey. Hello Hubsters! I’m sure you’re all aware that Stephen had an out of character chat with Jon Alter to support the [...]

By Lauren Brown Source Last night Stephen Colbert sat down with journalist and friend Jonathan Alter at Montclair’s Wellmont Theatre in a benefit for Montclair’s first International Film Festival in 2012. Colbert, out of character, spoke candidly about growing up in South Carolina as one of eleven children and being out of work in his [...]

By Dave Itzkoff Source Cannes. Toronto. Park City, Utah. If these cities can each be the home of a great film festival, then why not Montclair, N.J.? Isn’t it entitled to a little bit of that cinematic luster, too? “Is it entitled to it?” Stephen Colbert, the late-night comedian and Montclair resident, asked rhetorically. “I [...]

By Lisa Rogak Source I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional iceskater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am? I once told an interviewer that I’d been arrested for assaulting someone with a [...]