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Just Jared reports that Brad Pitt took the stage at an L.A. screening to promote his new movie Heart of the Beast, marking another public appearance by the 62-year-old Oscar winner as he moves through the press cycle for the project. These promotional moments have become standard choreography in Hollywood, where the actor becomes a temporary ambassador for a piece of work that will outlast the junket. The audience at the screening saw the familiar performance of celebrity as labor, the body present to lend gravity to a title.
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