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Jennifer Tilly Chooses Poker Over Oscars
Yahoo News ^
| March 5,2005
Posted on 03/05/2006 4:26:46 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
LAS VEGAS - The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.
"This is the first time in 15 years I haven't attended the Oscar parties or gotten swept up in Oscar fever," Tilly told The Associated Press on Sunday from her suite at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
"I haven't even seen 'Brokeback Mountain.' I don't even know who's nominated," she said.
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Yes...Jennifer Tilly, I too have chosen other things to do , other than Watch the Oscars,....I prefer a good night of intellectual conversation on Free Republic
To: AmericanMade1776
I prefer a night with Jennifer Tilly.
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:27:44 PM PST
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
To: AmericanMade1776
Will it be strip poker?
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:28:01 PM PST
by
JAWs
(Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men.)
To: AmericanMade1776
"I haven't even seen 'Brokeback Mountain.' I don't even know who's nominated," she said.She hasn`t seen Fudgepack mountain? How dare she!
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:30:12 PM PST
by
Screamname
(Tagline)
To: JAWs
I don't think so!
To: JAWs
Last year, Tilly beat 600 other women, including several poker pros, to win the World Series of Poker Ladies event.
To: Luis Gonzalez
LOL! Gonzo! You da man!!!
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:32:50 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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To: frogjerk
***PIIIINGGGGG***
Get a load of those pocket pairs...
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:32:59 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: AmericanMade1776
Last year, Tilly beat 600 other women, including several poker pros, to win the World Series of Poker Ladies event. Way to go Mrs. Chucky!
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:34:24 PM PST
by
Stepan12
To: AmericanMade1776
And, oddly, nobody gets down on her for making a gay movie...Mmmmm.
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:34:31 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:35:42 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: AmericanMade1776
Last year, Tilly beat 600 other womenKINKY!
Yeah, my mind's in the gutter.
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:35:58 PM PST
by
JAWs
(Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men.)
To: damnruserious
Why would she want to hang out with those "losers" at the Oscars when she can pry money out of the losers at the poker table?
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:36:17 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
To: TADSLOS
at least her pocket pairs are real, unlike those who attend the oscars tonight
Oscar presenter Dolly Parton arrives on the red carpet at the 78th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 5, 2006. Parton is wearing a dress designed by Robert Behar. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
To: AmericanMade1776
Yep, I'd prefer to poker, too!
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:37:36 PM PST
by
Denver Ditdat
(Melting solder since 1975)
To: Bratch
Good movie. 99.9% of it was filmed in two rooms.
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:38:20 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: AmericanMade1776
Is that picture what they mean "All IN".
That pair will win every time and they are almost in.
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:38:29 PM PST
by
golfisnr1
(Democrats are like roaches, hard to get rid of.>)
To: durasell
And, oddly, nobody gets down on her for making a gay movie Of course not. when it involves women it is ART!
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:39:31 PM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: commish
Bound also had a pretty good plot. None of that sensitive stuff...
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posted on
03/05/2006 4:40:50 PM PST
by
durasell
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