Stephen Colbert Gives the Class of 2008 the Only Advice It Will Ever Need

“It’s not that I’m all that bad … I just think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons — wearing a tiara.� —Anne Hathaway [Parade]

“The Arab-American actors that were cast, it was hilarious how grateful they were that they weren’t playing terrorists. One of the guys, Sayed [Badreya], he’s a main bad guy in Iron Man, and he was one of the people who was like, ‘Thank God! I’m playing a cab driver this time! I’m so tired of playing a terrorist. Cab driver! What a step up!’� —Robert Smigel on You Don’t Mess With the Zohan [A.V. Club]

“We were in that café — um, for coffee. And, um, it was on TV and we’re like, ‘Oh, bowling’s on!’ And then, like, an hour later we were like, ‘Look at the way they’re squatting!’� —Josh Groban remembers that one time when he got totally high in Amsterdam [Details]

“Some people call that the Incest Song, which I think is, well, very sweet!� —Nancy Sinatra on “Somethin’ Stupid� [Guardian]

“We were at home in the kitchen and we had the TV going, and when the word came down suddenly Brad got on his knees in front of me. And I said, ‘What are you doing?’ He said, ‘George, will you marry me?’ I said ‘Yes. You beat me to it. I meant to ask you.’� —George Takei is unclear who the top is in his relationship [People]