Entertainment Weekly claims that two people close to the Oscar-nominated actor, who made a much-hyped three-song debut as a rapper on Jan. 16 in Vegas, has created an Andy Kaufman-style hoax that is being documented by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck

The hoax is said to be motivated by a desire to lampoon actors who take themselves too seriously and the media that follows their every move. - more on this story

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