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Friday, January 23, 2009
Nutter Gives Jamie Foxx Liberty Bell, Hijinks Ensue
Mayor Nutter just formally welcomed Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler and other cast members of "Law Abiding Citizen" -- currently shooting in Philly -- to the city. During a brief ceremony in City Hall, Nutter presented them with a miniature liberty bell replica as starry-eyed city workers applauded.

"It's a tremendous honor to have the gentleman who will portray me in a movie which will be filmed later," Nutter joked.

Foxx, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film "Ray," responded with an impression of Nutter that brought the house down.

"I'm ready to play you brother, so go all the way to the top," Foxx said. Foxx then added that if anyone sees him out in the clubs, he was "doing some research."

Ladies in the audience swooned over Butler, who played a bare chested Spartan warrior in "300" and wooed his wife from beyond the grave in the weepy "P.S. I Love You." He waxed poetic about Philadelphia's beauty and charm, before saying that he was constantly paired with Oscar winning stars like Foxx.

"This is my Oscar speech," Butler said, holding up the bell to applause.
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 3:31 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 05:16 PM, 01/23/2009
WPhillyguy
Welcome to Philadelphia!
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Posted 11:38 PM, 01/23/2009
give me liberty or death
way to go nutter great job, now how about you work on the city's problems
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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