Made in Louisiana

November 20, 2008 Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac were in town to shoot Dimension Films' "Soul Men," and Michael Cera and Olivia Wilde were there for the prehistoric comedy "The Year One" (Sony). That's not exactly on a par with Morton's on past Oscar nights, but it's pretty impressive for a nondescript watering hole in a medium-sized Louisiana burg that many industryites have considered part of "flyover country" in years past. On the streets, he'd bump into Oliver Stone scouting Lionsgate's "W." or cast and crew working on MGM's "The Longshots," starring Ice Cube.

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