re: So are the Feds going to arrest Sean Penn for aiding El Chapo? (Update: maybe)

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The hate was there long before those allagations

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Apropos for an Oscar ceremony in which the boxing movie “Million Dollar Baby” was the big winner, host Chris Rock came out swinging Sunday night, unleashing his acerbic wit on anyone and everyone in Hollywood — including himself.

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“You want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law? Wait. You want Russell Crowe and all you can get is Colin Farrell? Wait. ‘Alexander’ is not ‘Gladiator.”’

But Rock wasn’t afraid to include himself in that assessment. “You want Denzel (Washington) and all you can get is me? Wait,” he joked. “Denzel’s a fine actor. He woulda never made ‘Pootie Tang.”’

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One actor snapped back, though.

Sean Penn, taking the stage to present the best-actress Oscar, took time to defend Law as “one of our finest actors.”

Then he introduced the category by saying, “What Jude and all other talented actors know is that for every great, talented actor, there are five actresses who are nothing short of magic.”

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