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Incriminating Photos: Guess What Amy Poehler Did For Money 20 Years Ago

It’s the day Movieline HQ has been waiting for: Thursday, Jan. 20, better known here as Parks and Recretaion Finally Returns to Television Day! ( Rob Lowe is no doubt thrilled .) Apparently, though, it’s also the day that pictures of a very young Amy Poehler surfaced on the Internet. Can you guess the story behind this photo of the Boston College grad?

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Incriminating Photos: Guess What Amy Poehler Did For Money 20 Years Ago

REVIEW: Actions Speak Louder Than Dirty Words in No Strings Attached

It’s a noble thing to make a movie that tries to capture the way real people speak. But how do you know how close you’re getting? And even when you put raunchy turns of phrase or the most current slang in your characters’ mouths, are you really capturing the reality of those characters’ — or of anyone’s — lives? Language is either a part of the landscape of a movie or it’s window dressing, the first thing you notice. Can movie speech be believable and natural when it jumps out at us?

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REVIEW: Actions Speak Louder Than Dirty Words in No Strings Attached