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Hugh Jackman, star of May 1 release "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," will host the Feb. 22 Oscars ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Friday.
Jackman apparently got the gig because he did such a bang-up job hosting the Tonys.
The 2009 Oscars will mark the first time in a while since the Oscars have gone without a stand-up comic host.
Recent Academy Award emcees have included Jon Stewart, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres and Chris Rock.
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that is all
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Guarantee he'd get more viewers...
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Well, I think it's a good choice. He's already proven that he can entertain on stage and also, he'll be used to being on stage for long periods of time in front of an audience, so hopefully this will work out well.
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That could also work. Plus points for that suggestion.
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Count on it.
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At least she trys to be.
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I read this on Drudgereport and freakin' CNN 2 hours ago. Get on the ball, guys!
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Even before he was Wolverine Hugh hosted a lot of big shows and events in Australia and he was always brilliant. And I can honestly say that EVERY Australian loves Hugh Jackman, and have done for years. And he'll be great as host.
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... About the talk on remaking/recasting/rebooting Blade?
There was talk about in on Chud. Sounds like a potentially horrible idea. Also - too soon? -
-- one of the most progressive stand-ups around.
Also, any interest I had in the Oscars is now completely shot. They could have got Stephen Fry or anyone . . . but Hugh Jackman and the producers of Dreamgirls? Fuck off! -
I pretty sure she would define herself as a comedienne and I'm pretty sure she has done live comedy/stand up earlier in her career? Anyone know for sure?
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when she was ommitted from the best supporting actress montage they did to celebrate oscars 79th. She was furious.
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Hopefully another network is smart enough to counter program with a big NFL game. Damn, I'd even watch a fracking Detriot Lions game than the Academy Awards dressed up as the Tonys. With the likely nominations of MILk and Jackman hosting and prancing around stage, the gayness will be off the charts---not that there's anything wrong with that. Just not my cup of tea.
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and yes, whoopie tried to be a stand up.... but her best joke is hosting the oscars.
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the academy realizes that having wolverine host and nominating TDK for 50 awrds is gonna mean huge ratings from all of us geeks, not too mention all the tenn girls tuning in to see health ledger win..do i dare say this may be the highest rated oscers in the history of the universe?
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nod. Dublin film Critic Tara brady felt that GG's were very one sided. this year.
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Drenched in AIDS. I will not watch. Tony Danza >> Hugh Jackman.
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this is actually the first time a non stand up comedian has hosted since david letterman in 1994..and even some would consider him a stand up comic, in which case you have to go back to 87 when paul hogan co hosted the awards..if you wanna get technical, its been 25 years since a non stand up comedian (jack lemon) solo hosted the event seriously who thoink whopi is not a stand up comedian...are they retarded of course she is, maybe not anymore but she started out with one and still is known for her comedy...if you would cannm it that honey child
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THis is a disaster- ABC is screwed. Please drop the songs - for the love of GOD
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Dec 12, 2008 7:15:40 PM CST
Herc, what does it take to be a writer on this site????
by ronnie__dobbs
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Dec 12, 2008 7:16:00 PM CST
They should have used Kimmel- how many times will I say that?
by jugdish
Uncle Frank, Guilemo and Jimmy Kimmel would kill
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From Jason Seagal's Dracula musical. Just have him fighting a puppet. Now that's good television.
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What does it take to be a writer on this site?
Apparently not much, as I just contributed. -
STOOOPID- and Austrailia is killing at the box office
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Unfunny morons throwing around lame "jokes" belong perhaps in the porn "Oscars", but not in the real ones. The way this was going, I was expecting them to get Chris Rock to host soon and tell fart jokes during the ceremony... oh, wait...
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Anyone remember 'her' routine on South Park..."Republicans are stupid. I hate Republicans. Republicans are dumb."
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That's great news. Hugh is a fine entertainer. I just wish he'd find a film and/or character that would "make" him beyond Wolverine, like what Indy for Harrison Ford.
Probably means I'll watch as much of the Oscars as possible even if Rick Baker isn't nominated. Baker is the only reason I tune in so... this is a first.
Congratulations Hugh. -
Nah, just kidding. Even when my girlfriend has sexual fantasies about him, I still can't hate him - hell, it gets me laid. He's just so damn NICE. And not in that weird freaky way like Tom Cruise.Good choice, obviously trying to move the Oscars from crass to class.
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Dec 12, 2008 7:30:06 PM CST
Shouldn't it have been "1st Sexiest Man alive to host Oscars"?
by the dum guy
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I think they'd prefer to have someone the general public has actually heard of.
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He's got a lot of charisma.
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Crap. No football then. Damn. I'll have to rent a good DVD that night then.
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Have we learned nothing from the last MTV awards with Russell Brand? Granted, I didn't watch the thing before, but compared to the other comedians that did it before him, they were genius.
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All the way back to Adam West. It's going to be a TDK blowout unless the Academy falls for some of the December Oscar-bait.
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End. Of. Discussion.
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was awesome! Rent or watch some old tapes. To this day, when I'm in the mood, I still sing the american national anthem like she did:
Oh say can you mutherfucking see? By the dawn's early mutherfucking light. What so proudly we mutherfucking hail; at the twilight's last mutherfucking gleaming...
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Now that guy was funny.
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http://tinyurl.com/5quhdk
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And I still won't watch the Oscars. I wonder how its going to go over w/ the public during a recession/depression - what with the $500k dresses and ruby studded AIDS ribbons and what not.
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but this is supposed to bring in younger viewers? i woulda gone with the jonas bros...make the awards show the joke that it really is
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Only the test of time will tell what the best movies are. Was Dances with Wolves better than Goodfellas? Was Forrest Gump a more seminal movie than Pulp Fiction? And God help has, was The English Patient even remotely as great as Fargo?
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Jackman's choice is just fine. But this: >>"we are trying to give the evening more of a nightclub-party feel," said the show's producer Laurence Mark.<< sounds slightly wrong to me.
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anyway if they chose Whoopi again they'd have to have a crane hoist her boobs up the whole show.
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cooler than i expected.
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This :>>"we are trying to give the evening more of a nightclub-party feel," said the show's producer Laurence Mark.<<...sounds wrong (is what I wanted to say)
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this is turning into a war. me vs. short cuts I don't know about. What I wanted to imply by words unseen was that this statement by Mr. Mark sounds just damn wrong.
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Regardless of your political affiliations, his smackdown of GW Bush - right in front of GW Bush probably could never be topped for sheer cheek if nothing else.
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The Oscars don't need a comedian host as much as need someone with a certain wit and/or grace who can move the show along.
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Dec 12, 2008 9:02:23 PM CST
Ohhh so they're moving to a dark and seriously toned Oscars
by ricarleite
Because I cannot picture myself laughing at Wolverine at the opening sequence.
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why were the oscars moved forward by about a month a few years ago? they used to be in march i think now they are in february..can anyone tell me why this was done as well the day was changed from monday to sunday..once i know this i can die a happy man
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Airing the Oscars in February means more potential revenue for whatever network gets to air it.
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Dec 12, 2008 9:09:52 PM CST
It's prob because he did a good job at the other award show...
by citizin_insane
...whats it called... for stage shows?
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It was the only time the Tonys were interesting. Hugh is actually a song and dance man, old school entertainer.
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...that came up with this one?
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Whenever an award winner's speech goes over the time limit he could just scream, "SHUUUUUT UUUUUUP!"
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The Tony's he hosted we wonderful entertainment in their own right. I may actually watch these Oscars.
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ever?
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LOL Good one. It would be like McBain's late night talk show on the Simpsons: "Ja, thank you, ja, that's nice. Let's say hello to my music guy, Skoey. [Skoey bows] That is some outfit, Skoey. It makes you look like a homosexual. [Audience boos] Whoa, maybe you all are homosexuals too!"
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Dec 12, 2008 11:35:50 PM CST
These Oscars will be totally not gay! ... Right, Hugh?
by flim springfield
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You know...one of those excruciating CGI characters there-but-not-there things where the attendees have to watch the giant screen to see what the hell is going on.
For three hours straight. Priceless audience torture. -
Didn't know Whoopie is a stand up comic! Wow.
And - Hugh Jackman should be pretty good. -
between stand-up and performance art. She used to do 'characters' who would do monologues. She was part of a fairly experimental theatre group in San Francisco, if my recollection serves me.
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HERC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HE'S TALKING ABOUT? HERC IS ONCE AGAIN MISINFORMED? HERC IS....oh, fuck it I'm too tired. Yes, the writers for this site are retarded. Yes, anyone of us could do a better job. Yes, etc, etc. Live with it and move on...like I have for so many years.
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Just want to get that in there again. Whoopi Goldberg is standup. One woman show and everything.
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And the home of the mutherfucking brave!
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they'd cut out the stupid production numbers, montages, and self-congratulatory bullshit and give the big category winners enough time to give speeches without being cut off so they can end the show.
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Sometimes the speeches are...nauseating. "I'd like to thank Sally for being there, and Barbara and Tom and everybody in the crew. I'd like to thank my agents Blah, and Blah, and Blah..."
There are some speeches I remember forever and it had nothing to do with time limit. Robin Willaims comes to mind when he won for Good Will Hunting - when he told his father he wanted to be an actor, his dad said, "That's fine but make sure you have something to fall back on like welding." It's all in the delivery. -
it's kind of a long night but still...
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...comes the next step of total fucking destruction:A V A T A R - Fucking your eyeballs in 2009!
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the reason why they were moved forward was because of the The Baftas. The British academy have put a lot of work into their base in Los angeles. As have the irish film board. But the Baftas are the reasons why the oscars were moved forward. The baftas are now announced first and really there will not be much difference in the award noms when they are both released. but very controversially last year they introduced a rule that barred american films for two years. The first casualty was Clint eastwood and his two part war movie flags of our fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
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to keep its awards more british. Bullshit. baftas have been chasing oscars tail for a while. but I think all awards ceremonies do that and the iftas are no different.
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three years ago bafta started to hand out oustanding contribution awards to crew people like location managers, grips etc.
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I'm gonna miss his wiseass smile and all his little private jokes that no one gets...
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The speeches where they just recite names are lame, and time doesn't necessarily equal quality, but almost every broadcast feels pinched by the time they get to the big categories, supposedly the most prestigious of the night. It's almost anticlimactic as they rush through the last round, and for what? I'd rather chance a boring speech than a production number which is almost certain to be stupid.
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because it's three and a half hours long! It will always be anti-climatic when you start the show with best supporting actor/actress, then segue into best costume and art design. Although, I do seem to remember the last awards where they fucked up the rotation and had people accepting awards from their seats. Was that a dream I just had or was it a fucking nightmare? I've been watching the awards since I was wee,; you just don't fuck with tradition like that.
I don't mean to sound pissy about it because I like award shows. I still have the Titanic and the LotR:RotK sweep on tape and I've been taping all the MTV awards since '97. -
and other awards by gagging people who wanted to sound off about his useless administration. However, easily and the best use of the orchestra was when Julia roberts used her ego to demand more speaking time. She had a hissy fit when they tried drown her out. she ignored the media back stage. She hasnt been asked back since. thank god. Moore gaor booed off and he wasnt evenly allowed finish his speech. I wonder how moores work will suffer under OBama. time will tell.
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The rumor had gone around that Ricky Gervais was hosting. While I'd like to see that someday, I'm looking forward to Hugh Jackman. Could be fun. (I don't watch the Tonys, but could you doubt Hugh Jackman?!)
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Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan? Once studios like Mirmax started campaigning like a presidential election for awards, I stopped watching.
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and he was the only one I wanted to see accept the award anyway. About bloody time, too.
I think my favorite awards moment - other than seeing Silence of the Lambs sweep up - was Scorcese giving the Lifetime achievment Award to Stanley Donen and him singing and tap dancing his acceptance speech. I shed tears of JOY. -
When Maris Tomei was nominated for my cousin vinny . Jack Nicholson read out the names of the nominees and announced the winner was Marisa Tomei. according to lore. Her name was not the name in the envelope. Someone elses was and Nicholson read out the wrong name. So if she is nominated and wins. It really will be her first oscar win. fair and square. to this day no one knows the name of the winner of Marisa Tomeis oscar.
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Homeless fundraiser of standups, hosted by -- and initiated by -- "comedians" Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Whoopie Fucking Goldberg???? To be honest, I never liked her standup, and she was outstanding in "The Color Purple". Nothing worthwhile since.
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aint it already everything we've read somewhere else and didnt think it was cool news
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The white bread that is Hollywood just got a shmear of gossip spread on it. Besides, Marisa on the stand, talking about cars in a News York accent - while not the best - was good work. She held Pesci and Karate Kid together.
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And Chevy Chase hosted subsequent to Jack Lemmon, iirc.
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She's not a stand-up in the stictest sense, no. But she has performed comedy on stage. Hugh Jackman on the other hand, yeesh. What's he going to do, tell Wolverine jokes and metaphorically suck on Baz Luhrman's wang?
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Listen, the whole point of this article is that the AMPAS went for someone without comedy chops. Whether they're a professional stand-up by trade or just someone that acts in comedies, etc. is kind of irrelevant. The point is that not since Jack Lemmon has the Academy decided to not go with someone who makes people laugh on a regular basis. Agreed?
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He is the best host... period. He's probably too busy writing, though.
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Not to belabor the issue, but, this looks like stand up to me:
http://tinyurl.com/5jhzkw
And while not encyclopedic... this bio article states she "...developed her skills as a stand-up comedienne."
http://tinyurl.com/8xjgl
Granted Goldberg, like many people in comedy, have branched out into dramatic film, live performance and theatre, sitcoms, talk shows etc, etc. Whoopi gotta eat too.
Curious to know how you define "Stand Up"? Do you mean "actively working in stand up comedy"? If that's the case, it seems she has left that part of her career behind, unlike Sienfeld or Chris Rock who still so shows from time to time. It that what you are getting at? -
Well put.
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Herc is wrong...
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If Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are stand ups than Whoopie is. Slink away now.
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I stand corrected an will amend the post.
As for Lemmon, I would argue that he made people laugh on a regular basis. -
Lemmon was equal parts great dramatic & comic actor... I miss his talent.
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Get your shit straight man and-- oh, I'm late, sorry, my bad.
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Thanks for being you, baby.
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fuck off with that shit...every Australian with a brain thinks Huge Ackman is a campy asshole..
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Hugh Jackman can act, sing, dance and pretty much do everything better than you. He is an immensely talented individual.
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Oh man, that'd be hilarious. XD
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...unlike the previous hosts, he won't be trying so hard to make everybody laugh. At least that is what I expect. It might be the most earnest Oscar presentation we've ever seen. It might be refreshing to see somebody actually just HOST and MANAGE rather than try to perform.
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How crass. Bring back Steve Martin or Billy Crystal! Even Chris Rock!!
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of a real man. The Academy nose in the air snobs can't take him. Isn't that correct Sean Penn you wuss.
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and have the whole show be like The Price Is Right, where to win their award, the nominees have to guess the retail price of some fancy lamp and play Plinko and shit. Maybe then it would be interesting to watch.
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Nice journalism there. Like wikipedia.
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You're right, he's a bigger cunt than I could ever hope to be...
Now why dont you do a little broadway dance right off a short cliff asshole. Defending that lame ass tosser. Go watch Australia fuck head. -
'..unlike the previous hosts, he won't be trying so hard to make everybody laugh.'
Now THAT IS fucking funny..get ready to be a million shades of wrong -
stand up show at the Bulmer international comedy festival. There are now so many comedy shows in Dublin and ireland. Its very hard to keep count of whose coming and going. Its a bit like music festivals. First there was feile. then there was witness. now theres oxygen and the electric picnic and there is the Marquee down in Cork. About Chris rock. The only material that failed to get a titter were his jokes about women. Which a lot of people felt were sexist or bordering on sexist. Chris rock can get annoying. I have seen his specials on TV and a lot of his material drags. He does this thing where he walks. stops. grins. like he knows he is being flimed for tv.
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performed in Oakland in the UK in the west. He was a revelation. because none of the critics knew that he could sing as powerfully as he can.
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oaklahoma in the west end.
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... please?
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Here's your pening number: hire dancers to impersonate 2008's deceased actors and celebrities. Dance their asses, off. This could work in lieu of the annual eulogy. Hey, I'm high...what's your excuse?
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I'm still laughing at your message. Thanks for turning my (bad) mood around...
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Unless Jordan makes him. Then it will be torture.
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is a pathetic nerd/loser.
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as in, Im very happy about this.
What you thought I meant Hugh Jackman? Oh c'mon HES NOT GAY AT ALL. -
Still waiting for them to give Billy Connolly the gig
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