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Article: Crazy Like a Foxx; If you still think of Jamie Foxx as a comic (and a legendary party animal), think again. Meet an actor at work--and at play.
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- Newsweek International
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- August 30, 2004
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Byline: Allison Samuels
Jamie Foxx is a party all by himself: one recent afternoon, in his African-accented L.A. bachelor pad, he regaled a visitor with impersonations of Quincy Jones and Al Pacino, a rapid-fire series of "dozens" jokes and a mini-set of R&B standards on which he backed up his own vocals on piano. Not that he's all by himself that often: he's usually got a crew of friends around who really like to party, and a lot of nights around the Foxx homestead are said to be like that scene in Oliver Stone's 1999 football movie "Any Given Sunday," in which Foxx plays a rapping, womanizing quarterback hosting a wild pool party. "A Jamie Foxx party can be ...
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