De Niro, Nicholson and Bradley Cooper

As 60 Minutes reminded last night, the Best Actor nominee is ably following in some mighty thespian footsteps.

A number of people have made note of Bradley Cooper’s impressive double appearance last night on 60 Minutes and SNL: 40, during which he locked lips with Betty White in The Californians live sketch. But we were struck by another All-Star throughline encompassing those two programs.

A pair of Hollywood titans who separately hit the Studio 8H stage last night to introduce clip segments – Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro – were also clear and present in the Steve Kroft interview piece.

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