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UPDATED: Disability Advocates Call For 'Tropic Thunder' Protest, Stiller Responds
Published 8/12/2008 at Latest News on omg!
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There may be picket signs on the red carpet tonight as disability advocates gather for a protest at the Westwood premiere of "Tropic Thunder." The planned meeting will be "the start of a nationwide protest," Peter Wheeler, spokesman for the Special Olympics, told Reuters.
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