NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart is starting a summerlong break from anchoring “The Daily Show,” but it will be no holiday: He’ll be in the Middle East making his first movie.
Mr. Stewart says he’ll miss hosting the Comedy Central fake newscast while he’s away.
As he explains: “People clap for me! That doesn’t happen just anywhere.”
Mr. Stewart will be directing and producing “Rosewater” from his own script, based on a memoir by Maziar Bahari. This Iranian journalist was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran’s presidential election.
Pressed for more details about the film, Mr. Stewart cracked: “I haven’t seen it yet, but I hear it’s good.”
Correspondent John Oliver will handle anchor duties on the New York-based show after Mr. Stewart signs off Thursday night until he returns Sept. 3.
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