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"The Colbert Report" Recap: Tom Hanks

On this episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen discussed truckers, twitter and campaign ads and then interviewed Tom Hanks. Today is day nine of the US government shutdown and Stephen briefly mentioned it at the beginning of the episode. He stated that …
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Chris Matthews Jokes About "Killing O"Reilly" on "Colbert Report" (Video)

The Hardball host made a dark joke about Fox News talking head Bill O"Reilly during his Wednesday night appearance on The Colbert Report to promote his new book Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked. PHOTOS: Bill O"Reilly, Katie Couric, Barbara …
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Tom Hanks: I Have Diabetes

(Newser) – Tom Hanks is looking slimmer these days, and when David Letterman asked him about his weight last night on the Late Show, Hanks offered a surprising revelation: He has type 2 diabetes, the Huffington Post reports. He’s been struggling with high blood sugar since… More »

(Newser) – Tom Hanks is looking slimmer these days, and when David Letterman asked him about his weight last night on the Late Show, Hanks offered a surprising revelation: He has type 2 diabetes, the Huffington Post reports. He’s been struggling with high blood sugar since age 36, Hanks said, and his doctor recently told him, “You’ve graduated. You’ve got type 2 diabetes, young man.” Hanks didn’t seem all that bothered by the news: “My doctor said, ‘Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy and will not have type 2 diabetes,’” he said. “And I said to her, ‘Well, I’m gonna have type 2 diabetes.’”

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Tom Hanks Praises Vets for Charging WWII Memorial

Actor Tom Hanks has jumped into the national dialogue over the government shutdown, praising military veterans who stormed the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. earlier this week.

“Good for the veterans. Good, go see it. We should all have access to them all the time,” he told a journalist at a screening of his new movie, “Captain Philips,” adding, “Sorry that they didn’t have it.”

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The memorial, which Hanks helped to fund after he starred in “Saving Private Ryan,” was closed as part of the shutdown.

But a group of veterans broke through the barricades around the monument on Tuesday, and it now remains open to visitors.

“Did they assault it with helicopters? Landing craft? Did they bust through in a jeep?” Hanks, who has often spoken up for veterans, joked.

When he learned that they had help from some congressmen, the two-time Oscar winner said, “Good! We should all have access to our national monuments and parks. It’s as simple as that.”

A park ranger told GOP Rep. Randy Neugebauer of Texas at the memorial site on Wednesday that it was “difficult” to have to deny access to veterans and apologized for the closure.

Neugebauer was part of a group of lawmakers that gathered at the memorial after reports it had been closed as a result of the shutdown.

Referring to veterans, he asked, “How do you look at them and say— how do you deny them access? I don’t get that.”

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