Fantasy Colbert League: July 26-July 29

Wow! I cannot believe it has been two weeks. I am happy to be back telling you about the new episodes this week. It has been hard to keep cool in this intense summer heat, but I must admit that I love the sun. I have been busy at school (yes, even during summer) so I haven’t been able to be outside as much as I would like, but I hope you all have had the chance. This week should be fun with the likes of Kevin Kline, as well as Elon Musk with his space-talk. I can’t wait to get back to the show!

Hephzibah Anderson is the author of the new book, her first, called Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year without Sex. She is a journalist and a broadcaster, contributing to a variety of publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and The New York Observer. A native of Norfolk and a Cambridge educated English major, Hephzibah Anderson has also worked for the Daily Mail as a fiction editor and has written for the Evening Standard, YOU Magazine, The Observer in London, and Bloomberg Muse. Her concentration is on contemporary art, food, and futurology. Hephzibah’s work in broadcast includes BBC shows such as Five Live’s Up All Night, as well as work for BBC2 and Radio 4 in the UK, as well as TF1 and RTL in France.

Follow Hephzibah on Twitter here.

Fract: Keep an eye out for her – Hephzibah Anderson was declared one of Marie Claire’s three new writers to watch out for in 2009.

Tuesday, July 27: Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline is an Academy Award and Tony winning actor, who is starring in the new movie, The Extra Man. Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri but attended Indiana University for his undergraduate work in Theater. He went on to attend the Juilliard School in the Drama Division and then formed the City Center Acting Company in 1972 alongside fellow thespians such as Patti LuPone. After leaving the company in 1976, Kline began doing stage work in New York, including the popular musical, Pirates of Penzance, whose film version is going to be released on DVD in September. He began his film career in the movie, Sophie’s Choice, alongside Meryl Streep and went on to win the Academy Award for the film, A Fish Called Wanda, which also starred Geena Davis. Kevin has worked in theater doing many Shakespeare plays, including: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Hamlet. Kline also has a son, Owen, who was in the movie The Squid and the Whale. When he is not acting, Kevin is an advocate for childhood diabetes research, and even won the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Fract: Hometown boy: In St. Louis, the Kevin Kline Awards have been given to local theater professionals since 2006.

Wednesday, July 28: Elon Musk

Elon Musk is a South African engineer who is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, a space transport company based in Hawthorne, California. The company is known for its Falcon 1 – the first rocket to reach orbit powered by liquid fuel and developed privately. Now SpaceX is playing a role at NASA, the Falcon 9 and Dragon will replace the cargo transport function on the Space Shuttle. In addition to his work at SpaceX, Musk is also the CEO and Product Architect for Tesla Motors. There, he has worked on projects for the development and design of electric cars. Elon is also the non-executive chairman of SolarCity, which works to provide solar power systems in California. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Physics, Musk now serves on the Stanford University Engineering Advisory Board. He has won many awards for his work, including the Innovator of the Year Award from Research and Development magazine in 2007 and was declared one of the 75 most influential pepole of the 21st century by Esquire.

Fract: High bid: Musk is also the co-creator of PayPal.

Thursday, July 29: Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen is the Senior Vice President of Production and Programming for the television channel, Bravo. He is known for hosting Watch What Happens Live and also reunion shows on the channel. Cohen received a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University, and worked for CBS News before coming to NBC Universal, of which Bravo is a subsidiary. During his time with Bravo Andy has overseen many successful shows like Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Project Runway, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Shear Genius, Millionaire Matchmaker, The Real Housewives Series, Top Design, and Top Chef, among others. He has won a Peabody and been nominated for many Emmys for his work. He also maintains a blog at bravotv.com and was named the hottest blogger of 2006 by OUT Magazine.

Follow Andy on Twitter here.

Fract: Who is honoring him now? Andy was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40″ by Multichannel News in 2007.

Enjoy this week’s shows!