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  • When Conan O'Brien takes over as The Tonight Showhost in June 2009, comic Jimmy Fallon is expected to replace him on Late Night. But where will outgoing host Jay Leno go? And how does it all affect Jimmy Kimmel?
  • The 31st Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships occur Saturday in Austin, Texas. Scott Simon talks to the organizer and takes him on in a couple of rounds of the Punslingers competition.
  • Book reviewer Alan Cheuse examines The Conversion, the eighth novel by Joseph Olshan. Set in present-day Italy, Olshan bring us the story of a young expatriate writer in France and Italy and his apprenticeship in art and life.
  • Actor, director, producer and comedian Mel Brooks talks about his new Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, the movie and potential stage production of Blazing Saddles, and his long and successful career.
  • The Electoral Count Act is at the center of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Now, the Senate is considering reforming the 136-year-old law.
  • Last year, actor Casey Affleck starred in two major Hollywood films: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Gone Baby Gone. Affleck discusses his most recent films, his famous older brother, and his early entrance to the world of acting.
  • An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI's art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of art fraud online.
  • Fans of the TV show Project Runway know of the intense competition as aspiring designers try to compete for a shot at making it in the fashion world. But seniors at the Savannah College of Art and Design have more than a reality television show title at stake — their collections have to be finished before they graduate.
  • Oscar-winning actress stepped behind the camera to direct the new dramedy Then She Found Me. She helped adapt the script as well, from the novel by Elinor Lipman. And Hunt stars in the film alongside Bette Midler — who plays her birth mother.
  • Fresh Air film critic David Edelstein reviews Iron Man, based on the Marvel comics hero. The film, directed by Jon Favreau, stars Robert Downey Jr. as a billionaire weapons inventor, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard.
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