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In the weeks following the attacks of Sept. 11, Ben Stiller sits down with Katie Couric to talk about his movie “Zoolander” and opens up about promoting a comedy during a heavy time for the country, saying he hopes to offer a distraction from the news. This originally aired on TODAY on Sept. 28, 2001.