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Anonymous Reporting from Last Night's ESPY's
Dear LAist,
I understand you allow for anonymous reporting? I was at the ESPY's last night at H&H Kodak...
Thought you might be interested that while Janet Jackson's beau Jermaine Dupri did pose for photos with her on the red carpet at the ESPYS, he shied away from the camera when Janet met up with Pat O'Brien for a TV interview after she presented the first award. After the interview, she went back to Jermaine...
On stage, Indy racer Danica Patrick shook "her money-maker" for co-presenter Ludacris, while at the "Crown Royal Athlete Lounge" backstage at the ESPYS, Penny Marshall seemed to be the woman all the athletes were flocking to. Sporting an enormous rapper-sized diamond and emerald cross, she chatted it up with the likes of Vince Young, Gary Payton and Alonzo Mourning -- and even dug through her purse to find Alonzo's wife some Advil.
In another surprising mix, Ashley Judd and André 3000 were engaged in some deep conversation backstage while Ashley sipped a glass of champagne...
(Danica and Ashley looked GREAT by the way ... better even in person than in the zillion pictures AP, WireImage, etc. have posted online from last night.)
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