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Article: Kevin Bacon adds a degree with `nerd' hero of `Death Sentence'.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2007
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Byline: Barry Koltnow
LOS ANGELES _ It is almost impossible to sit next to Kevin Bacon in a Los Angeles hotel suite without silently playing the parlor game "The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon."
Of course, no mention is made of the game-playing during this interview.
From earlier interviews with the actor, I remember that he doesn't particularly enjoy discussing the game, in which participants see how many links it takes to connect any actor to Bacon through their film roles.
However, it turns out now that Bacon, 49, has made peace with the game named after him, and he has taken a "If-you-can't-beat-them-join-them" approach by creating a ...