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I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because, on one hand, Moonlight is one of these, like, generational pictures that you wanted to see win. But at the same time, if La La Land had won, I completely understood.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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Cheo Hodari Coker
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: December 12
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