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Television

I’m not sure yet how excited I am about the new Late Show yet. I still miss Dave!!

Stephen Colbert dishes on his new ‘Late Show’ persona

Hosting a late-night talk show will be a lot like competing on TV’s “Chopped,” Stephen Colbert says — complete with baffling ingredients and a lot of pressure.

“Your guests tonight are the veal tongue, coffee grounds and gummy bears,” he jokes in an interview with GQ magazine, likening late shows to the Food Network’s popular cooking contest.

“Make an appetizer that appeals to millions of people . . . That’s what every day is like at one of these shows.”

The September GQ features Colbert on its cover and cruising Midtown on a Citi Bike. The interview offers a hint at how the comedian will run “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” when it debuts Sept. 8.

He appears to be diverging wildly from the blowhard conservative character he adopted for “The Colbert Report.”

Instead, he’s trying a new persona: earnest naif.

Part of the preparations for the new show have involved Colbert secretly hosting “Only in Monroe,” a public-access TV show in Detroit.

On the show, he interviews Eminem as if he had never heard of him, resulting in hilarity — and some anger on the part of the rap megastar.

Eminem is “a local Michigander who is making a name for himself in the competitive world of music,” Colbert says.

“I’m so confused right now,” the rapper says at one point, as Colbert clings to his aggressively ignorant character.

“I’d like to apologize,” GQ quotes Colbert as saying, “if you’re a bigger deal than I know about.”

To which Eminem replies, “Are you serious right now?”

Whatever persona Colbert settles on, he seems liberated to do what he really wants to do, the magazine says.

“I just want to do things that scratch an itch for me,” he says. “That itch is often something that feels wrong. It’s wrong because it breaks convention or is unexpected or at times uncomfortable. I like that feeling.”

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Doctor Who

I bet that she’s be great as the Doctor, since she’s great at everything!!

Hayley Atwell wants to play the Doctor on Doctor Who

Jay Z once rapped, “I’m not a businessman; I’m a business, man!” Now none other than Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell is echoing that aim-high attitude and letting that world know she’d like to appear on Doctor Who — if she gets to play the Doctor, that is.

Atwell, the British actress best known for playing an Atomic Age spy in Marvel’s Agent Carter TV series and the Captain America movies, was recently asked by a fan in a Twitter Q&A if she’d like to be on Doctor Who, the long-running BBC show about a time-and-space-hopping alien.

“I’d like to BE Doctor Who,” Atwell replied, setting Who fans’ hearts aflutter.

Although the dozen past and current versions of the show’s title character have been portrayed by white men — a fact criticized by some viewers who’d prefer more Doctor diversity — there’s no narrative reason the character couldn’t come back from one of his frequent reincarnations as a woman. Indeed, the Doctor’s own nemesis the Master recently reappeared in a new female form.

While Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has been ambivalent about the prospect of a female Doctor, cast member Jenna Coleman said at Comic-Con, “I’m sure it will happen at some point. I think it’s just about casting the right actor.”

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Movies

Amazing, amazing, amazing news!!!

A ‘Flight of the Conchords’ Movie Is Being Written

It may finally be business time once again.

The long-rumored Flight of the Conchords movie is in the early stages, according to a new Indiewire interview with Jemaine Clement. Clement confirms that he and Bret McKenzie are in the process of writing material for it.

“We have actually started writing one,” Clement said. “But who knows if it will ever be made, we’ve written some notes for some different film ideas. We’re not down to the stage where we’re going, ‘The film is going to be like this.’ It could be this, this, this, this, this.”

So, not exactly a greenlight, but a positive step in the right direction. In the age of reboots and cross-platform renewal, can we really be far off from more of New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk duo?

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Television

That is an interesting choice for him. Welcome back, Jon!!

Jon Stewart is following up ‘Daily Show’ by hosting ‘WWE SummerSlam’

For those hoping it wouldn’t be long before Jon Stewart came out of hosting retirement, your wishes have been granted. Stewart signed on to be the host of WWE’s SummerSlam on Sunday, August 23rd.

According to USA Today, Stewart will emcee the four-hour, sold-out event live from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT on WWE Network.

The former “Daily Show” host, who ended his 16-year run on the Comedy Central flagship Aug. 6, is a longtime fan of the WWE. He had a highly-publicized “feud” with star Seth Rollins which involved trash talk that led to Stewart paying a visit to WWE’s “Raw.”

In addition to locking in Stewart to host, WWE’s SummerSlam will also feature a match between Rollins and U.S. champ John Cena, “Arrow” star Stephen Amell in a tag-team match with Adrian Neville vs. Stardust and Wade Barrett, plus a bout between Brock Lesnar and the Undertaker.