The staff of the Minneapolis-St. Paul City Pages has put together its list of honorees for “Artist of the Year”, and there’s a familiar name heading the list: We identify the most interesting, influential and inimitable artists of 2007. Artists of the Year . . . Stephen Colbert By Eric Lorberer Satire was in trouble. [...]

From friend of the blog Rachel Sklar over at the Huffington Post: Media Winners of 2007 Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | December 31, 2007 04:20 AM Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart : Even though Stephen was named “Man of the Year” by the AP, these two have to be taken together because of what [...]

I’ll admit it, I just wanted to post a photo of Stephen smiling. Others on the list include LeBron James, America Ferrera, Justin Timberlake, and George Clooney. The Top 10 Celebrity Smiles of 2007 DocShop.com Despite being labeled as the egomaniacal, suspiciously socially active, pantyless-yet-riveting crème de la crème of popular culture, superstars have mastered [...]

From Parade Magazine’s 2007 Year-End Pop Culture Post Results: 8. If you had to be stranded on an island with one person for a week, which of the following would you choose? Stephen Colbert — 29% Hillary Clinton — 23% Barack Obama — 19% George W. Bush — 17% Rudy Giuliani — 12% Well, with [...]

I try not to read the newspaper over other people’s shoulders in the morning, but it’s impossible to ignore Dr. Stephen T. Colbert on the front of of today’s Examiner (above the fold!). Click on the thumbnails below to go to the pages.