While Denzel Washington's date to his LA premiere of The Great Debaters was his wife, he spent much of his red carpet time on the arm of one Oprah Winfrey. Also in the house were Samuel L. Jackson, his Kangol hat, and Jennifer Hudson, among others. After a long weekend of stumping for Barack Obama, Oprah traded in her pants suit for a leather skirt to support her friend and chat on the red carpet. Of course, she was asked about life on the campaign trail but also about the controversy surrounding her school in South Africa. She said, "I think that all crisis is there to teach you about your life," The biggest lesson learned: "You have to be far more careful in choosing people to stand in the gap for you. You have to stay on it. . . .The school is going to be better because that happened . . . We're going to come back and have best year ever!"
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Images include Denzel Washington, Paulette Washington, LaTanya Richardson, Samuel L. Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Holly Robinson-Peete, Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Hudson, Gayle King, Jack Coleman, Jurnee Smollett, Buzz Aldrin, Kimberly Elise, Ryan Carnes, Beth Toussaint Coleman, Niecy Nash, Tia Mowry, Ashley Benson, Gina Ravera, Tyler Perry, Alana Curry, Wesley Snipes, Rodney Peete.
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1Sam
2I love Niecy Nash,but she does not look so good here!
3That little blue satin dress is pretty!
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5j. hud looks good here!
6Great crowd. I really like J.Hud's dress.
7Um....LOVE that one of the Mowry sisters appear there. Remember when they looked like this: http://www.tv.com/sister-sister/show/1048/summary.html ??
8Cool group of people!
9So Cruise greenlighted this movie for his friends Denzel and Oprah under MGM.
10I can't wait to see this! Lady O looks good!
11J. Hud shouldn't be wearing such an ill-fitting dress (although I like the dress, just not on her!). J. Hud, your time is up, honey. Ugh.
12Denzel is not approachable and that's even his profile in Askmen and sorry Im over Oprah with all her shoving of Obama in America's throats. Big nos. in news and magazine polls said the people dont listen to celebs with their political views.
13Jurnee Smollett looks gorgeous!!
14Denzel and Sameul....gotta love them.
15Anybody else remember the show that Jurnee had with all her bros and sis? They all looked EXACTLY alike, lol. I'm glad she's still acting she's been acting since she was a baby.
16I'm happy for Denzel that he finally got this project done! Jurnee's cute.
@10: Who needs Tom Cruise? As if! Oprah and the Weinsteins produced, together with DW's friend Todd Black.
17They're soooo sleeping together.
18Yay everyone looked so fabulous at the event. Thank you for posting this Pop!!!
19I really cannot stand Oprah. And I hate that she is out campaigning for Obama. It just doesn't seem fair to me. Ugh.
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