Jeff Goldblum: Jest in peace

Jeff Goldblum pronounced himself dead a few minutes ago on "The Colbert Report," after Stephen Colbert played a portion of a New Zealand news show that reported the actor had died. Colbert argued with Goldblum, standing onstage at the "Report," that if bloggers and tweets say someone's dead, it must be so. Then the video was played, revealing that a New Zealand police source had confirmed Goldblum's death on a movie set -- despite the actor's earlier protests that he was not in New Zealand recently.

Goldblum was forced to agree that he must, indeed, be deceased, and proceeded to eulogize himself. He dwelled a bit on his prowess in bed and said how much he'd be missed, particularly by fans of his TV show, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on USA Network . . .

I salute you, Jeff Goldblum. May you have humor about this fiasco ever after.