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The Comedian Who Anticipated Our Reality-Bent World

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The Comedian Who Anticipated Our Reality-Bent World

A new documentary shows how Andy Kaufman’s upside-down world of anti-comedy prefigured our own.

By Jonah Weiner

Behind the Scenes at Oscars Rehearsal

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Behind the Scenes at Oscars Rehearsal

Oprah Winfrey, Goldie Hawn and Whoopi Goldberg showed up for a run-through the day before the ceremony.

By Callie Holtermann

How the O.J. Simpson Trial Changed What Comics Could Roast

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How the O.J. Simpson Trial Changed What Comics Could Roast

Norm Macdonald and Jay Leno made the double homicides such a constant topic that refraining from jokes the way David Letterman did was noticeable.

By Jason Zinoman

David Letterman Returns to ‘The Late Show’

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David Letterman Returns to ‘The Late Show’

The comedian has visited many shows in the past eight years — but not, until Monday night, the one he hosted for 22 years.

By John Koblin