As we all know, this past week or two has been incredibly unfortunate with the passing of many beloved celebrities, including David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. As depressing as all of this loss was, at one point in the chaos that occurred on the day that Fawcett and Jackson were lost, there were also various reports that actor Jeff Goldblum had also died after falling off a cliff in New Zealand while filming. This news never really seemed legit and we later found out that it was in fact false — but it had actually gotten as far as foreign news programs reporting that police in New Zealand had confirmed it as true.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to bring a little laughter to us at a time where many are mourning, Stephen Colbert decided to report the sad demise of Jeff Goldblum on The Colbert Report while touching on the journalistic accuracy of Twitter.

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On a recent episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert listed off a few movies coming out soon that are a danger to America. To be fair, he also includes one movie that’s good for our country. After the silliness, Colbert heads over to chat with a one Mr. J.J. Abrams about his upcoming Star Trek venture.

I’m a huge fan of the Daily Show/Colbert Report weeknight tag-team, so on the rare occasion movies come into the mix, it’s always a fun thing to share with the masses.

While the dangerous movie bit is worth a few giggles, the real gem is the Abrams interview. Colbert asks a few decent questions and J.J. even talks about how he was never a Trek fan growing up (something that sets Trekkies on fire, I’m sure), but the real fun when Abrams is a sport and joins Colbert in a little Romulan skit.

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With the Oscars exactly one week away, people are starting to look at all of the nominees and make their professional picks. Most people who pick have seen most, if not all of the nominated films; some people pick just for fun, even if they haven’t gotten the chance to see the nominees (such as myself — yay me!); and some folks just have a fail-proof formula for figuring out the winners, even without a clue in the world as to how good they are.

Take for example, the host of the popular political comedy show The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert. He’s well-known as the former correspondent to The Daily Show who branched off with his own popular show and for his very strong personality and hilarious outbursts on just about every hot topic going on. Mr. Colbert is one of those who have figured out his own little formula to identifying those who will take home the highly-coveted top prizes at the Academy Awards each year. He calls his formula The DaColbert Code.

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Last Sunday, Comedy Central aired the Stephen Colbert holiday special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!”, which featured musical appearances from Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson and several other special guests. The special has now been released on DVD and we here at Geeks of Doom have 3 copies to give away to our readers!

Three (3) winners will each receive:

— (1) A Colbert Christmas DVD

For more info on the DVD see the About section below and our previous coverage for video clips from the special.

TO ENTER: Fill out the form below and submit. Entry form is here after the jump.

RULES: One entry per person. All entries must be in by Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 9pm EST. This contest is only open to residents of the United States. No international entries will be accepted. Void where prohibited. Winners will be chosen randomly from valid entries and will be notified by email.

Coming to Comedy Central this Sunday at 10pm is A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!, an original one-hour musical holiday special hosted by the Colbert Report‘s Stephen Colbert.

The program will feature musical performances by Colbert, as well as Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart.

After its premiere this weekend, A Colbert Christmas will be released on DVD on Tuesday, November 25, and include several bonus features. Also on Tuesday, iTunes will exclusively offer a digital album with songs from the TV special, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.

Watch clips from the upcoming special here below; for full details of the show, DVD, and digital album, see the full press release below.