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...78th Annual Academy Awards may well be the most politicized Oscars ever televised. Many of the nominated films and performances tackle contentious social issues including homosexuality, race relations, and the war on terror. Adding fuel to the fire, Jon Stewart—the anchorman of Comedy Central’s left-leaning satirical newscast “The Daily Show”—has been invited to host...
...journalists won't like Geraldo Rivera's show American Vice: The Doping of a Nation (PRESS, Dec. 22). But bravo for Geraldo! His live telecast of drug busts gave us a look at the real world, not the slick, Madison Avenue version of it served up by a senior anchorman sitting in air-conditioned comfort. Rivera investigated the drug mess in the only logical way -- by going out and seeing it. Funny that in wartime the frontline journalist is a courageous, noble hero. In covering the drug war, however, Rivera is depicted by TIME as a gonzo reporter...
...wonder a panel of linguists chose truthiness--a word popularized by faux anchorman Stephen Colbert to mean "the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true"--as 2005's word of the year. A Million Little Pieces is packed with truthiness the way Dunkin' Donuts' Latte Lite is packed with Splenda...
Formerly known for playing sidekick to Jon Stewart as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” to Will Ferrell as Brick Tamland in “Anchorman,” and as minor characters in “Bewitched” and “Bruce Almightly,” Carell has since earned recognition as an individual thanks to the success of “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” and his role as title hero Andy Stitzer...
...City, dropped his name to the producers of “The Daily Show.” His work as a correspondent on the show, and some fortunate typecasting, got him cast as a news reporter in both “Bruce Almighty” and “Anchorman,” The latter was produced by Judd Apatow, who co-wrote “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” his directorial debut, with Carell...