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Article: 'Bait' and switch; Multifaceted comedian Jamie Foxx is now an action-film star.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- September 14, 2000
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Jamie Foxx is becoming a multimedia force.
As a comedian, his "Jamie Foxx Show" on the WB network has fielded 100 episodes in five seasons. It ends its run in January, but he's already producing a new series for the WB to launch in February. On the big screen, he scored last winter as a feisty quarterback in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday" and isheadlining this week's "Bait." He also has started a Web site for new comedic talent, continues touring as a stand-up comic and will release a record early next year.
It is not, however, a recording of stand-up comedy. It's an album of Jamie Foxx singing.
"Somebody said to me, 'You're going to be like ...