Rally To Restore Sanity

Colbert Shows Up On The Daily Show (With Oprah), Steals Jon's Mojo (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | October 15, 2010, 10:42AM

Stephen Colbert popped in on Jon Stewart last night for a reason that became apparent to Stewart very quickly: "You didn't get a rally permit did you?" Colbert replied that he's an American, he doesn't need a permit: "Would I need a permit to hold a 100,000 person get together in my backyard?"

When Jon finally agreed to add Colbert to his own rally permit, the latter was triumphant: "You just made the biggest mistake of your life, Jon Stewart, or should I say Neville Chamberlain?"

But after Colbert claimed that he had stolen Jon's "mojo," Oprah stepped in to mediate. She also gave everyone in the audience tickets to the rally, leaving even Colbert impressed: "Jon, I gotta say, your rally is supposed to be about sanity, and that was insane."

Jon disagreed: "Oprah could have built these people an ark, flooded the northeast corridor, and floated them down to the rally. She has her own network of angels."

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White House

Obama's Favorite Gift Revealed In Oprah's Christmas Special, First Family Says Bo Obama Gets A Stocking

Christina Bellantoni | December 11, 2009, 11:50AM

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey

"Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special" will be light on news, but heavy on holiday cuteness, if the excerpts are any indication.

Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions just released a few choice bits of her exclusive interview.

She tells viewers in a preview:

"The President gave himself a grade. This was not about grilling the President, this was really about me wanting to come and experience Christmas at the White House - their first Christmas with them. So I wasn't here to grill him, I was curious as to what he thought he had done, what kind of job he thought he had done and ask him for his grade. You'll see what the grade is. The grade might surprise you."

(Obama graded himself as "passing" after he hit his first 100 days mark.)

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Visitors Logs

Celebrities Among Visitors At White House

Christina Bellantoni | October 30, 2009, 6:05PM

Actor Denzel Washington, Talk show host Oprah Winfrey

Going through the names of visitors to the White House released this evening, TPMDC has spotted several A-listers.

Oprah Winfrey was at the White House on Inauguration Day, when President Obama had a private party with close friends.

Feb. 17 she met with First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House residence.

Academy Award Winner Denzel Washington, who was among the emcees at the Lincoln Memorial concert inauguration weekend, was at the White House either May 7 or May 9. The White House says one of the visitors is a "false positive" of someone with the same name.

Tennis great Serena Williams was among the visitors to the White House on July 14, July 24 and July 27. On one of those visits she was in the White House residence.

Actor Hill Harper, a close personal friend of Obama's who appeared with him on the campaign trail in Iowa, was at the White House May 12 and May 14. On the first visit he met with the president.

Some of these celebs have been reported either by eagle-eyed reporters or released via photos by the official White House photographers.

Worth noting the records are not exhaustive - they only reflect the names requested via Freedom of Information Act the new disclosure policy. Corrected.