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'That Jackass': Armond White Charms Again at the NYFCC Awards

Looker proprietor and all-around swell guy Lawrence Levi braved last night's New York Film Critic's Circle Awards so you (read: I) didn't have to, submitting to Twitter one of the juicier exchanges overheard on a night when anecdotal blips rained down like thumbs at an Adam Sandler flick.

Perhaps obviously -- despite the attendance of such luminaries as Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and others -- we turn the spotlight to contrarian messiah Armond White, in conversation with Best Supporting Actor award-winner Albert Brooks about a certain recently laid-off Village Voice institution:

At NY Film Critics Circle awards dinner, I overheard Albert Brooks ask Armond White, "Is J. Hoberman here?" White replied, "That jackass."Tue Jan 10 04:17:19 via web

Yowza! I mean, at least this year White downgraded from "That racist," but... Anyway. This guy!

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