Just a lazy day roaming New York with my daughters—La Esquina for lunch and Mister Softee for dessert.
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The soon-to-be two-time Academy Awards host says it all in typical no-holds-barred fashion in this month’s survey.
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August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.
I hate rich people that feel a need to tell you how hard they had it (“We had the smallest pool on the block”). And I hate poor people that feel a need to puff up their bios so they can better fit in with the rich—you meet a lot of Talented Mr. Ripleys in showbiz.
Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.
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