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No one told me that an anaconda was going to be a guest last week on Colbert, and I must admit, I do hate snakes. Hopefully, this week there won’t be any scary surprise guests, but here are the ones lined up so far who all seem pretty interesting.

Monday, November 9: Thomas Campbell

Tom Campbell became the director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) at the beginning of 2009. Campbell was born and raised in Cambridge, England, and attended the University of Oxford where he received his B.A. in English language and literature. After receiving his Master’s, he began to create the Franses Tapestry Archive in London which is the most extensive resource on European tapestries and figurative textiles. In 1999, he received his Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute on the art and culture of Henry VIII’s court. He became a curator at MMA in 2003 after working there for some years before. He organized tapestry exhibitions entitled, Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence and Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor. The former won exhibition of the year by Apollo Magazine.

Fract: If you like alliterative nicknames, then you’ll love Mr. Campbell’s. It’s “Tapestry Tom”.

Tuesday, November 10: Maria Shriver

As if being a part of the Kennedy dynastry weren’t enough, Maria Shriver is married to Arnold Schwarzenegger too. This can be tough since both sides are affiliated with different political parties, but Maria has been able to create her own image. She is a well-respected journalist with a degree in American Studies from Georgetown University, working at NBC from 1985-2004 once Arnold became the governor. She appeared on The Colbert Report back in 2008 to promote her book, Just Who Will You Be?. Although her husband is a Republican, Shriver announced her support for Barack Obama in the 2008 election, and along with Stephen, Shriver has won Peabody and Emmy awards for her work. She did announce that she would not return to the news after the intense media coverage following Anna Nicole Smith’s death.

You can also follow Maria Shriver on Twitter.

Fract: At the Saint John’s Health Center, a hospital in Santa Monica, there is a nursery named after Ms. Shriver.

Wednesday, November 11: Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell is a journalist and senior editor for The Weekly Standard. His new book, Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West, which is about the Muslim immigration into Europe, discusses the social, political, and cultural impact that such immigration will have over time. Caldwell also regularly contributes to the Financial Times and Slate. His work appears in The Wall Street Journal and the magazine edition of The New York Times. Christopher is a Harvard graduate of English literature, and also co-wrote the book Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing. You can check out some of his work for the Financial Times here.

Fract: Caldwell, a journalist himself, married Robert Novak’s daughter, Zelda.

Thursday, November 12: Woody Harrelson

Woody, an actor, is just another one of those “Hollywood elite” who is famous for many roles. His breakthrough role was as Woody Boyd on Cheers, and he has guest starred on Frasier and Will and Grace. His movie career spans many years, but some of his more famous roles have been as the magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt, a bounty hunter in No Country for Old Men, and a folk-singer in A Prairie Home Companion. Harrelson has performed on Broadway and on the West End in London. He will be on the show to promote his new movie, The Messenger, about a soldier facing an ethical dilemma. Outside of acting, Harrelson actively supports the legalization of marijuana, and was arrested for planting hemp seeds in Kentucky. He nows lives in a mostly self-sustained community in Hawaii.

Fract: In 1985, Harrelson married Nancy Simon, the daughter of playwright Neil Simon. They only intended to stay married for a day, but when the divorce parlor was closed, they stayed married for 10 months.

That’s what we got for the week! Enjoy the show!

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