Comedy Central faux pundit Stephen Colbert, 47, has suspended his show while he cares for his ailing 91-year-old mom, Lorna, at her home in Charleston, S.C., the New York Post reports. The youngest of 11 children, Colbert lost his father and two brothers in a plane crash when he was 10.
Comedy Central says the show is suspended due to "unforeseen circumstances." Word is he could return as early as Monday.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
Nick Cannon, who recently was felled by "minor kidney failure," on Friday said farewell to his radio show, Rollin', on New York's 92.3 NOW, saying his doctors want him to work less. . . . Los Angeles radio station KFI AM 640 has suspended two talk-show hosts, John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, for using "insensitive and inappropriate" words to describe Whitney Houston's alleged crack use. . . . Would-be stars now don't have to travel to audition for The X Factor. Simon Cowell's show will offer online auditions starting March 1 at www.thexfactorusa.com/. . . . In other X Factor bits, USA Today says Pink and Katy Perry are still the two top candidates to be hired as judges. . . . Mystic River star Marcia Gay Harden, 52, has filed for divorce from hub of 15 years Thaddaeus Scheel. They have a daughter Eulala, 13, and twins Hudson and Julitta Dee, 7.