{"id":3686,"date":"2011-01-29T03:17:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T03:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2011-02-17T23:54:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T23:54:39","slug":"craig-ferguson-black-history-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-black-history-preview\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4290\" href=\"http:\/\/\/craig-ferguson-black-history-preview\/02-craig-ferguson-6\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4290\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (6)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/02-Craig-Ferguson-6-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/02-Craig-Ferguson-6-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/02-Craig-Ferguson-6-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/02-Craig-Ferguson-6.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><strong>New live performance date<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> will be performing live at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caesarswindsor.com\/EventsDetail.do?detailName=craig-ferguson-detail&amp;displayCode=&amp;locationCode=WCL&amp;eventTitle=CRAIG+FERGUSON\" target=\"_blank\">Caesar&#8217;s Windsor<\/a>, in Ontario (just across the bridge from Detroit) on April 23rd.\u00c2\u00a0 Tickets go on sale at noon on February 5th.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/entertainment\/2011\/01\/last_night_on_late_night_kevin_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Magazine<\/a> was impressed by Craig and <strong>Adam Goldberg<\/strong>&#8216;s attempt at conducting a &#8220;real&#8221; TV talk show interview Thursday night.\u00c2\u00a0 The interview was funny but had an odd moment punctuated by a commercial break where Adam described a recent home invasion.\u00c2\u00a0 The website Adam set up to find the identity of his 3am kitchen visitor is up and running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.douchebusters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the resourceful @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for the link.\r\n\r\nOn February 1st, Craig will host a special Late Late Show in honor of Black History Month.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig&#8217;s guests will be professor, philosopher and author <strong>Dr. Cornel West<\/strong> and legendary funk musician <strong>George Clinton<\/strong>, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.\u00c2\u00a0 CBS offers this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitvid.com\/VSOI3\" target=\"_blank\">preview<\/a> to whet your appetite.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Our friends at CBS tell us that during the opening of the advance taping, Craig said, <em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. Cornel West wrote and I quote, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBlack people have never had the luxury to believe in the innocence of America .\u00c2\u00a0 Although we have experienced the worst of America , we still believe that the best of  America can emerge.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, how can I as an American, not want the best of  America to emerge?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> He continued,<em> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What we will have tonight, I hope, is an honest discussion with an eminent and respected black American; an academic, a very clever gentleman, maybe the smartest person we have ever booked.\u00c2\u00a0 Which, I have to say, intimidates me a little bit.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> Following the interview segments with Dr. West, George Clinton will perform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One Nation Under A Groove\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then will join Dr. West and Craig for the close of the show.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t miss it!\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nCBS&#8217;s Late Late Show publicist <strong>Katie Barker<\/strong> has been doing double-takes:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Wow I have gotten so used to The Late Late Show&#8217;s <strong>Secretariat<\/strong> that I  pictured our horse when I saw a &#8220;new on DVD&#8221; article inc the film.<\/em> Pony power.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4291\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-black-history-preview\/04-helena-bonham-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4291\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"04 Helena Bonham Carter\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/04-Helena-Bonham-Carter-150x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/04-Helena-Bonham-Carter-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/04-Helena-Bonham-Carter-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/04-Helena-Bonham-Carter-250x180.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/01\/04-Helena-Bonham-Carter.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Friday&#8217;s Late Late Show features actress <strong>Helena Bonham Carter<\/strong> and a performance by longtime country music band <strong>Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCraig and Company will be out of the Late Late Show studio at CBS Television City January 31st-February 4th, but thanks to the magic of television, we&#8217;ll see all-new episodes next week.  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