Stephen Colbert had Jonathan Franzen over for a bedtime story. The writer, currently on tour for his novel Purity, told a remarkable story that seems to be about Little Red Riding Hood… but it’s not the kids’ version you expect. Instead, Franzen and Colbert take it to a whole different level.
There have been three trailers, countless articles and even novels and comic books leading into the movie, but we still don’t know much about the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We know the names of the characters and we’re pretty sure we know which of them are angry at the others, but that’s about …
We all love learning about life hacks on the Internet, although many of these purported hacks aren’t necessarily good ideas to follow. Stephen Colbert decided to come up with some rather dubious life hacks of his own on The Late Show last week and they’re definitely not pieces of advice you should ever use in real …
Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared Tuesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Fans of both Apple and of Colbert had high expectations of the interview, which is indeed something of a rarity for Cook. Of course, anytime the chief executive of the most valuable company in the world does an interview anywhere, it’s …
Stephen Colbert has been host of The Late Show for less than two weeks but he’s already spent ample time taking shots at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This isn’t that surprising given that Trump’s presidential campaign was tailor made for comedy but we’re nonetheless happy to see Colbert hasn’t lost his touch after switching over …
The premiere week of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been full of ups and downs, but no interaction has been more meaningful than the one between Colbert and Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday night. Colbert’s reputation as a wisecracker precedes him, but when he had the chance to talk to a man as …
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is now two episodes in and is, by all accounts, off to resoundingly positive start. Fans of Colbert’s Comedy Central show who were worried that a move to late night might diminish Colbert’s comedy quotient will clearly have nothing to worry about. Colbert doesn’t seem to have lost a …
After weeks of amusing YouTube videos and months of anticipation, the new Late Show has finally arrived. On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert made his long-awaited return to television, taking the place of the irreplaceable David Letterman with a show as entertaining and original as we’d all hoped it would be.
The last thing I’d want to do before appearing on the debut episode of a talk show is make the host angry with me, but that’s exactly what Jeb Bush did this week when he announced a contest to fly one lucky campaign contributor out to New York to see The Late Show with Stephen …
Everyone thought that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign would be snuffed out before the race could begin in earnest. Everyone thought that his past, mired in bankruptcies and indefensible statements, would sink him before he could even climb aboard. Everyone was wrong. Donald Trump is, to this day, performing incredibly well in the polls, stomping Jeb …
