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Chris Rock's Girl Scout Cookie Rival Can Laugh About Oscars Shout-Out


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Jen Chung

Published Feb 29, 2016

Modified Feb 29, 2016


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Chris Rock sells cookies to the Oscars crowd—and Christian Bale and Matt Damon are paying up!
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Published Feb 29, 2016

Modified Feb 29, 2016


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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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