Stephen Colbert, Comic actor
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert drew national attention in 1997 as a self-important reporter on the fake news program "The Daily Show" on the American cable network Comedy Central and added to his popularity in 2005 with "The Colbert Report", a half-hour program that parodies right-wing talk shows. The Colbert Report proved to be a critical and commercial success, drawing 1.2 million viewers per night in late 2005 and elevating Colbert's status among the premier political and media satirists.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Bruce Beehler
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There is a whole world unknown to humankind right here on earth according to ornithologist and conservationist, Bruce McPherson Beehler, vice president of the Melanesia Program at Conservation International, a program through which he advocates conservation to governments and private foundations and also establishes contacts with indigenous population. He is known best for his work with the species known as 'birds of paradise'.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Elizabeth Perkins, Actress
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Elizabeth Perkins's career might not seem to meet all the expectations held by a Hollywood actress, but she claims she is uncomfortable with the Hollywood mainstream and that her career is moving more or less the way she had predicted. Perkins receives fewer role offers than when she was younger, but her performance in the comedic television drama "Weeds" is garnering a lot of popular and critical accolades.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2007
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