EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very Much, the documentary about the late Andy Kaufman, has been picked up by Drafthouse Films. The film directed ...

Andy Kaufman never wanted to feel too far away from his audience. Early in his career, he found that bussing tables at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Los Angeles kept him grounded. But that didn’t mean he ...

When a deceased person of note leaves his or her heirs a trove of work, posthumous publication is often tricky ground. Of course, some make their wishes quite clear; Willa Cather’s letters were ...

The new film 'Thank You Very Much' examines the life and work of the polarizing late comedian and star of the 1978–1983 sitcom 'Taxi' Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Andy Kaufman's ...

Andy Kaufman died 41 years ago. Milos Forman’s “Man in the Moon,” in which Jim Carrey played Kaufman, came out 26 years ago. R.E.M., whose title song to the Kaufman biopic was a hit, has retired. So ...

I've sat through enough duplicative documentaries over the years to know that there's very little harm, but also very little illumination, in viewing multiple projects about Fyre Festival or that ...

“Andy saw himself as an entertainer, a showbiz personality, a song-and-dance man,” says Braverman. “He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a golden era for ...

What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in professional wrestling, wrestling women for amusement? The man was Andy ...

Andy Kaufman (as Latka) on 'Taxi' Jim Britt/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images/Wavelength EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very ...