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Jon Stewart taking break from 'Daily Show' this summer to direct his first film
FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows host Jon Stewart during a taping of "The Daily Show with John Stewart", in New York. Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will take a break from "The Daily Show" starting in June to direct and produce his first feature film. The network said Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that correspondent-writer John Oliver will host the fake news show for the eight weeks of original episodes scheduled during Stewart's hiatus. The British-born Oliver has been a "Daily Show" regular since 2006. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will take a break from "The Daily Show" starting in June to direct and produce his first feature film, based on a book by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari.
The network said Tuesday that correspondent-writer John Oliver will host the fake news show for the eight weeks of original episodes scheduled during Stewart's hiatus. The British-born Oliver has been a "Daily Show" regular since 2006.
Stewart is expected back in the anchor chair shortly after U.S. Labor Day, Sept. 2.
The film, titled "Rosewater," was written by Stewart and is based on Bahari's "Then They Came For Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival."
Bahari, a graduate of Montreal's Concordia University, was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran's presidential election. Before being jailed, he was interviewed in Iran by "Daily Show" correspondent Jason Jones.
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