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Monday, May 18, 2009
Jamie Foxx as Sinatra? Real or fake?
And now it’s time to play, Is the Headline Real or Fake!
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I’m your host, Sir Critic (flashes not-so-pearly whites), and this is the game where YOU get to tell me if an actual headline circulating on the Web is real or fake!
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And I have to tell ya folks, today’s headline is a real humdinger! Here it is: From London’s Daily Telegraph: Jamie Foxx ‘in the running’ to play Frank Sinatra
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Yes, folks, the actor who won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles is, IF you believe the Telegraph, in line to play Sinatra in Martin Scorsese’s recently announced biopic. My, Jamie seems to be making his way down the list of legendary departed crooners! There’s no word yet if he’s also playing James Brown or Perry Como, but, hey - with headlines with these, you never can tell!
Then again, this IS the British press quoting “an unnamed source.” And we all know how accurate those kinds of sources are!
Reaction around the Internet is one of general incredulousness, with the Oscar-watching site In Contention responding with the headline: Hahahahahaha.
Here are the questions you must answer:
1) Is the headline real or fake?
2) Could such color-blind casting possibly work for someone as distinct as Sinatra was?
3) Whether it’s fake or not, who should play Sinatra?
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