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Before the Minnesota-born beefcake was heating up the boob tube with recurring roles on the shows Everwood, The O.C., and Parks and Recreation, he was barely making a living as a salesman, a stripper, and a waiter. A chance meeting with actress/director Rae Dawn Chong while he was waiting tables at a popular chain restaurant sparked Chris’ career in the world of entertainment and earned him a small role in the short film Cursed Part 3 (2000). Yeah, we didn’t see it either, but Chris got our attention when he teased a look at his tail in the hit action flick Wanted (2008). Want Free Access to Chris Pratt Pics & Clips? Like most everyone else, we wanted more flesh from Chris, but the hunky actor made us wait in feverish man-ticipation. Five years later, thanks to the comedy Movie 43, we ...

When actor Chris Pratt found himself trending on Twitter on Oct. 17, it wasn’t because of his new film or the birth of his first child. Instead, Twitter users were clamoring for Pratt to be canceled because of his support of President Donald Trump. There was one problem: Pratt had never said such a thing. As a scholar of communication, I was drawn to the way this saga played out. But whereas a lot of attention has been given to how bots and bad actors fan false information, I see the issue as something more structural, with certain flaws baked into the way Twitter is built – particularly its trending function. Together, they cause what rhetoricians call “logical fallacies” to thrive. The most problematic Chris of them all The controversy began when television writer and producer Amy B...

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The Path To Stardom For Chris Pratt Hasn’t Been Easy