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NEWS ABOUT: Bob Hope

Bob Hope stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - With Monday marking the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Esquire digs up celebs’ takes on what they’d have said if it had been them instead of Neil “One Giant Leap” Armstrong:
  • Muhammad Ali: Bring me back a challenger, ‘cause I’ve defeated everyone
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entertainment • Muhammad Ali • anniversary • moon landings • Timothy Leary • John Kenneth Galbraith • Ayn Rand • Bob Hope • Neil Armstrong • Truman Capote • Apollo 11 • Buckminster Fuller

TV review

 Colbert: The New Bob Hope 

Iraq stint brings back predecessor's 'easy-going' style

Jun 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taping his show in Iraq this week, Stephen Colbert channeled Bob Hope in an "unexpectedly charming" series of shows, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times. Colbert largely stayed in ultra-right character, though he let it slip in places. His interviews were “pleasant, not barbed,” and... More »

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Iraq • television • US military • comedy • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Bob Hope • television review

Bob Hope
Gets Stamp
of Approval

USPS is rolling out homage to the icon
in early 2009

Nov 20, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Bob Hope, one of America’s most beloved entertainers, will grace a US postage stamp next year, the AP reports. The British-born Hope, who died in 2003, found success as a singer, actor, comedian, and entertainer of American troops. He benefits from postal rule change that allows non-presidents to be... More »

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entertainment • USO • USPS • stamps • post office • Bob Hope

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