Satirist Jon Stewart to host 2008 Oscars: official

"Stewart, the host of US television's "The Daily Show," presented the gala ceremony in 2006, most memorably with a montage about gay cowboys themed on "Brokeback Mountain," one of the favorites for best picture...

"Truthiness" is named Word of the Year

"SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - After 12 months of naked partisanship on Capitol Hill, on cable TV and in the blogosphere, the word of the year for 2006 is ... "truthiness." The word - if one can call it that - best summed...