Read more Stephen Colbert stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9275/stephen-colbert.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:16:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73161/colbert-sponsors-us-speedskating-for-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOf the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the US speedskating team. What he didn't announce: He's not actually paying them a dime, he's just calling on...http://www.newser.com/story/73161/colbert-sponsors-us-speedskating-for-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 7:01:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72665/keep-anti-gays-in-closet-colbert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStephen Colbert had a fine time last night espousing the rights of that “persecuted minority”—anti-gay-marriage activists. You see, the group that gathered signatures for a referendum against Washington state’s recently signed domestic partnership legislation is refusing to disclose the names of the signers, the Huffington Post notes. Because “signing...http://www.newser.com/story/72665/keep-anti-gays-in-closet-colbert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 10:57:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he sits...http://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:39:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68451/real-colbert-i-embody-the-bullshit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt wasn't Stephen Colbert's on-screen persona who turned up for a recent Rolling Stone interview, but the real Stephen Colbert—a man as "preppy, earnest, and gentle" as Ned Flanders. In the interview, Colbert dishes on his style of deconstructing the news: "I take the sausage backwards, and I restuff...http://www.newser.com/story/68451/real-colbert-i-embody-the-bullshit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 8:50:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68266/space-station-gets-colbert-treadmill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAstronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the International Space Station today containing a new freezer, sleeping compartment, and treadmill named for TV personality Stephen Colbert. The Italian-built chest—nicknamed Leonardo, as in da Vinci—was moved from space shuttle Discovery via a hefty robot arm and hoisted onto...http://www.newser.com/story/68266/space-station-gets-colbert-treadmill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68086/discovery-on-3rd-try-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpace shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts blasted off seconds before midnight (EDT) from Florida, lighting up the sky for miles around. It was NASA's third launch attempt. Tuesday's try was called off by thunderstorms and Wednesday's by fuel valve trouble. Discovery is hauling a full load of space station supplies,...http://www.newser.com/story/68086/discovery-on-3rd-try-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 23:11:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64547/forget-best-colbert-wants-to-be-worst.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStephen Colbert is a glutton for punishment. Keith Olbermann dished some out to conservative media outlets Tuesday, spanking them for plying Gov. Mark Sanford with email offers of friendly treatment, and awarding them “Worst People in the World” honors. But he omitted Colbert, despite Colbert’s email offering Sanford “a friendly...http://www.newser.com/story/64547/forget-best-colbert-wants-to-be-worst.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61695/colbert-the-new-bob-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaping his show in Iraq this week, Stephen Colbert channeled Bob Hope in an "unexpectedly charming" series of shows, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times . Colbert largely stayed in ultra-right character, though he let it slip in places. His interviews were “pleasant, not barbed,” and his standup was...http://www.newser.com/story/61695/colbert-the-new-bob-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 7:36:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61288/colbert-gets-buzz-cut-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Stephen Colbert announced he was doing four shows in front of the troops in Baghdad, many wondered if he’d tone down his ironic bluster. Wonder no more. Colbert swaggered on stage for the taping in a camouflage business suit yesterday, and declared himself the only one man enough to...http://www.newser.com/story/61288/colbert-gets-buzz-cut-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 8:13:32 CDT