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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

    Culture
    Stephen Colbert sings with every celebrity you can think of on the final Colbert ReportStephen Colbert sings with every celebrity you can think of on the final Colbert Report
    Culture

    Was there anyone not invited to The Colbert Report on Thursday?

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s final handoffWatch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s final handoff
    Culture

    Cherish it.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Re-watch the monologue that changed Stephen Colbert’s careerRe-watch the monologue that changed Stephen Colbert’s career
    Culture

    Back in 2006, Colbert delivered one of the most scathing White House Correspondents Dinner monologues ever.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Stephen Colbert explains his exhausting work scheduleStephen Colbert explains his exhausting work schedule
    Culture

    What Stephen Colbert does is unique. And there’s a reason why no one else has been able to do what he does.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    archives
    The Barefoot Contessa: explainedThe Barefoot Contessa: explained
    archives

    Beloved by many, the Barefoot Contessa is a great American hero. And with a new season of her show and her ninth cooking book on the way, it’s probably a good time to get acquainted with the legend.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The Stephen Colbert monologue that you’ll never be able to forgetThe Stephen Colbert monologue that you’ll never be able to forget
    Culture

    Last year in June, Colbert broke our hearts.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Actor Stephen Collins confesses to sexually abusing three girlsActor Stephen Collins confesses to sexually abusing three girls
    Culture

    “I deeply regret the mistakes I’ve made and any pain I have caused these three women,” Collins writes in a statement to People magazine.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    archives
    New York thinks a burrito is a sandwichNew York thinks a burrito is a sandwich
    archives

    New York’s “sandwich tax” might be the greatest fraud ever played on New Yorkers if you don’t count the ones that involve rent or drugs.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Comic Books
    How Marvel’s writers’ retreat became the secret meeting everyone wants to be invited toHow Marvel’s writers’ retreat became the secret meeting everyone wants to be invited to
    Comic Books

    It’s a convergence of the company’s biggest stars, a hotbed of ideas, and the birthplace of stories that have shaped (and will shape) the Marvel Universe.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaksThe bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaks
    Culture

    “We’ve got agents and we’ve got quite a lot of Hollywood interest,” Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine comic book, told me

    By Alex Abad-Santos