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27 June 2008 5:50 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Host Jon Stewart from The Daily Show interviews frontman Chris Martin from the band Coldplay just before the band performs “Lost!” from their new album “Viva la Vida.” The group consists of vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion. “The Daily Show” airs on Comedy Central Monday - Thursdays 11pm / 10c. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Coldplay music videos and more.

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27 June 2008 5:43 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch Coldplay play their hit song “42″ from their album “Viva La Vida” on the Daily Show with host Jon Stewart. “The Daily Show” airs on Comedy Central Monday - Thursdays 11pm / 10c. The group consists of vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion. Since they began in 1997, Coldplay have sold over 32 million albums worldwide. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Daily Show clips.

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6 May 2008 10:36 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Tom Brokaw says that he is not concerned about reports that many more young people get their news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report than they do from the networks' nightly newscasts. in an interview with The Daily Iowan, the student newspaper at the University of Iowa, Brokaw said, "Jon Stewart and I have talked about this a lot, and it troubles him a lot because he is a very serious consumer of news. I keep reassuring him ... that what he is doing is important because what he is doing is bringing people to the subject matter, and they can't watch Jon for half-an-hour, and they can't watch Steven for half-an-hour, without having some interest [in] what else is going on in the world."

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14 April 2008 6:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A galaxy of comedians including Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Chris Rock teamed up to raise money for autism on Sunday night.

The funnymen took the stage at New York's Beacon Theatre for a Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education, hosted by U.S. TV host Jon Stewart.

The show, which was broadcast live on American cable network Comedy Central, also featured Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and chat show host Conan O'Brien.

Broderick said, "It's fun to be here. I'm a fan of 94 per cent of the performers. I'm always a little nervous. I hope it goes well."

The last autism special, which took place in 2006, raised almost $3 million (GBP1.5 million).

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25 March 2008 8:58 AM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

Comic Relief: The Greatest… And The Latest DVD collection plays host to the best 20 years of Comic Relief and includes uncensored performances from Comic Relief 2006, which helped raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims and animal rescue operations.

Featuring the greatest and the latest from Billy Crystal, Whoopi, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Dane Cook, John Candy, Jennifer Coolidge, George Carlin, Mike Epps, Jim Carrey, Susie Essman, Dave Chappelle, D.L. Hughley, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Eugene Levy, Richard Lewis, George Lopez, Jon Lovitz, Bill Maher, Howie Mandel, Dennis Miller, Dudley Moore, Catherine O'Hara, Jeremy Piven, Harold Ramis, Carl Reiner, Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Rita Rudner, Bob Saget, Gary Schandling, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Fred Willard, Steven Wright and more!

Take a look at a clip from The Daily Show featuring the comedic talents of both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert that appears on the Comic Relief DVD.

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10 March 2008 8:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Dennis Hopper's teenage son is furious with Oscars host Jon Stewart, after he mocked the actor's drugs past during this year's ceremony.

During his monologue, Stewart joked the Easy Rider star "didn't know" where he was - citing Hopper's years of addiction for his alleged memory loss.

But Hopper's guest at the bash, his 17-year-old son Henry, hated watching his father being teased.

The veteran actor says, "I think Jon's terrific. I think it's better to be noticed than not. My 17-year-old son was upset by it. He said, 'Don't they know you?' He's never experienced that with me since I've been sober for 24 years. It's not exactly a new joke."

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9 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

In our item Tuesday about the return of the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert shows, we noted that Stewart appeared critical of the WGA's demand to receive residuals from Internet downloads, likening them to free cheese samples at specialty food stores. Some readers have written maintaining that Stewart was actually mocking the network attitude. We based our report on comments that appeared on several blogs following the broadcast. It should be pointed out, however, that Stewart has previously complained about Viacom's efforts to prevent his show from being uploaded to video-sharing sites, arguing that those uploads effectively promote the show. By the same token, the Stewart and Colbert shows are available (legally) via iTunes at a price of $9.99 for 16 episodes -- or 62 cents per episode, a figure not likely to generate significant revenue to Viacom and Apple given the current rate of paid TV downloads. Others have also pointed out that even such a low price structure is unrealistic -- and that paying for just four or five half-hour shows at iTunes's "Multi-Pass" fee would equal the total cost of one-month's basic cable service. Daily Variety reported today that the consensus among TV executives who participated in a forum at the CES show in Las Vegas Tuesday is that paid downloads have seen "little traction" and will soon become "a thing of the past."

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8 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Jon Stewart became the first late-night TV host to express criticism of demands by the Writers Guild of America. Returning to the air Monday night without his writing staff, Stewart at one point ridiculed the WGA's demand to be paid for shows that are downloaded from the Internet. "If you download a show on an iPod, do you think people should get paid for that?" he asked. "If you were to walk [into] a Hickory Farm with cheese on a stick, you wouldn't pay for that. No -- that's promotional cheese. That's what a show on an iPod is, promotional cheese." On the other hand, Stewart also took several whacks at the producers and networks, noting, for example, that Viacom has sued YouTube for a billion dollars for unauthorized use of its shows. However, he then added, "If there were real money in the Internet, don't you think they would have gone with a believable figure?" At the end of the show, Stewart segued to Stephen Colbert, who seemed to be caught feeding his script into a shredder, destroying any evidence that he might be breaking strike rules against writing his monologue. Later, Colbert remarked that Barack Obama had said he would not appear on his program during the strike but that he has said that he wanted to talk to the leaders of Iran, North Korea and Syria. "He'll talk to them," Colbert scolded, "but he won't talk to me?"

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