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11:08 June 11th, 2008

You can’t HANDLE the ball!

Posted by: Robert Basler
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jack-crop-140.jpgJack Nicholson reprises his role as Colonel Nathan R. Jessep in the highly anticipated revival of the play A Few Good Men.

The play is set to open on Broadway in… Oops, sorry, this is sort of embarrassing. It turns out Nicholson isn’t seen here performing the tense, explosive courtroom scene, he’s just attending a Lakers game last night.

And by the way, our photo caption says he’s “cheering” in the picture. Yikes. If that’s true, it’s probably just as well that he chose a career in acting rather than becoming a cheerleader.

More about cheerleaders: Hello, I am looking for bombers…

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Actor Jack Nicholson cheers as the Los Angeles Lakers play the Boston Celtics in Los Angeles, June 10, 2008.  REUTERS/Jeff Haynes

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2 comments so far

Wow. These are always good but I like this one so much, I think I’ll just leave it alone… well, there WAS that role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest… No!.. No! … Must… Stop!…

- Posted by Bandage

Given what he looks like when he’s angry, maybe that is a cheer.

- Posted by Charlene

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