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STAR SPANGLED BANTER

By | March 2003

The 75th Academy Awards may have been attended by more members of the National Guard than of the paparazzi, but its mission was accomplished. The beautiful people threw themselves a hell of a private party…

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STAR SPANGLED BANTER

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