The president is skipping out on a dinner early, and won't see an award given out for a viral White House incident.

More info about Colbert’s final guests also came down the pipeline this week, and it’s just going to be a murderer’s row of talent. Anne Hathaway is on tonight. Bryan Cranston is on next Monday. Then we have Anderson Cooper,

In his Thursday, April 23, Late Show monologue, Colbert joked that Kennedy, the current Secretary of Health and Human Services, sounded "like a bear getting autoerotic asphyxiated" during the hearing.

On Thursday night's (April 23) broadcast, Colbert paused his monologue to tease what he called a "quick but exciting announcement," revealing that he'll soon sit down with former president Barack Obama for a special interview tied to the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.