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Television personality Stephen Colbert is distantly related to Elizabeth Alexander, the African-American poet who read at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Oscar-award winning actress Meryl Streep, and Queen Noor, the queen consort of Jordan...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skip Gates Traces Ancestry of the Famous | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...Colbert I. King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

...club that's been hailed as the temple of satire - its alumni list reads like a Who's Who of modern comedy, from John Belushi and Alan Arkin to Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert - you wouldn't know it to look at its interior. The small, intimate club's black walls and stark stage are meant to keep the focus on the talent; the only signs of its pedigree are the photographs and signatures of the stars who once trod its boards on the walls backstage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Lee’s book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, explores the historical and cultural presence of Chinese food in America and was featured on the New York Times bestseller list as well as many prominent television programs such as The Colbert Report and The Today Show after its March 2008 publication...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Crimson Reporter Lee Not Divulging Post-Buyout Plans for Now | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

Mutual Uncertainty In the 1950s, columnist Walter Winchell proposed calling the Russians "frenemies" of the U.S. Last year, comedian Stephen Colbert suggested frenemy as a term for China. In fact, Americans and Chinese agree that they aren't sure what to think of each other. According to a poll this month by Thompson Reuters/Ipsos, 34% of American respondents said China was the country with which the U.S. had the most important bilateral relationship, ahead of Britain and Canada. But 56% categorized China as an adversary and just 33% called it an ally. That ambivalence is reflected on the other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. and China Actually Agree On | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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