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Stephen Colbert On Dropping ‘The Colbert Report’ Persona and the Glorious Debut of ‘The Colbeard’

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The Daily Beast caught up with the man taking over for David Letterman at the 10th annual Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles.

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Jon Stewart’s signing off, Brian Williams is in exile, and America has lost stalwart newsmen in Bob Simon and David Carr. There’s a critical void in truth-telling media these days that may not be filled until September, when Stephen

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