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Photo: MARK RALSTON
Photo: MARK RALSTON

The red carpet can be a very scary place, but as Ryan Gosling and his Drive director, Nicolas Winding Refn, recently proved, it can also be an incubator for bromance. What happens, though, when you’re by yourself on the red carpet, blinded by flashbulbs with the onus of selling the movie resting solely on your shoulders? Well, you could do what Jack Black does, which is go absolutely batshit crazy. With Black promoting Kung Fu Panda 2 on a world tour and with his newest film, Bernie, set to kick off the Los Angeles Film Festival tonight, what better way to celebrate than with a look back at his most vein-poppingly aggro red-carpet poses?

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Look, if you were standing in front of an armada of paparazzi and, in between disorienting shouts of "Jack, over here" and "Look to your left," you heard someone bellow, "Now do a fey Bunny Foo Foo pose on one foot," you'd probably latch onto that like a life preserver, too. We're all of us human. Look, if you were standing in front of an armada of paparazzi and, in between disorienting shouts of "Jack, over here" and "Look to your left," you heard someone bellow, "Now do a fey Bunny Foo Foo pose on one foot," you'd probably latch onto that like a life preserver, too. We're all of us human. Look, if you were standing in front of an armada of paparazzi and, in between disorienting shouts of "Jack, over here" and "Look to your left," you he... Look, if you were standing in front of an armada of paparazzi and, in between disorienting shouts of "Jack, over here" and "Look to your left," you heard someone bellow, "Now do a fey Bunny Foo Foo pose on one foot," you'd probably latch onto that like a life preserver, too. We're all of us human.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/2011 Getty Images
Kung-fu pose? A prelude to doing the Worm? A demonstration of his amateur interest in air-traffic controlling? This could be any and all of these things. Kung-fu pose? A prelude to doing the Worm? A demonstration of his amateur interest in air-traffic controlling? This could be any and all of these things. Kung-fu pose? A prelude to doing the Worm? A demonstration of his amateur interest in air-traffic controlling? This could be any and all of these thin... Kung-fu pose? A prelude to doing the Worm? A demonstration of his amateur interest in air-traffic controlling? This could be any and all of these things.
Photo: MARK RALSTON
Hey Jack Black! You're looking reasonable, if windblown. Surely you don't have any surprises hidden up your... Hey Jack Black! You're looking reasonable, if windblown. Surely you don't have any surprises hidden up your... Hey Jack Black! You're looking reasonable, if windblown. Surely you don't have any surprises hidden up your...
...entire shirt? ...entire shirt? ...entire shirt?
Wait, when did Jack Black transform into English comic actor Nick Frost? Wait, when did Jack Black transform into English comic actor Nick Frost? Wait, when did Jack Black transform into English comic actor Nick Frost?
Photo: Jason Merritt/2009 Getty Images
You see a middle-aged man acting out next to a cartoon character. We see commendably dry pits. You see a middle-aged man acting out next to a cartoon character. We see commendably dry pits. You see a middle-aged man acting out next to a cartoon character. We see commendably dry pits.
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Like Babe Ruth pointing at the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field as a prelude to hitting his legendary World Series home run, Black gestures to a nearby poster as if to say, "Soon, if things go to pot, I will hump this for the cameras." Like Babe Ruth pointing at the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field as a prelude to hitting his legendary World Series home run, Black gestures to a nearby poster as if to say, "Soon, if things go to pot, I will hump this for the cameras." Like Babe Ruth pointing at the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field as a prelude to hitting his legendary World Series home run, Black gestures to ... Like Babe Ruth pointing at the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field as a prelude to hitting his legendary World Series home run, Black gestures to a nearby poster as if to say, "Soon, if things go to pot, I will hump this for the cameras."
Why isn't he doing anything weird here? Why isn't he doing anything weird here? Why isn't he doing anything weird here?
Photo: Michael Loccisano/2009 Getty Images
Such a mean shirt to wear to Ben Stiller's birthday party. Such a mean shirt to wear to Ben Stiller's birthday party. Such a mean shirt to wear to Ben Stiller's birthday party.
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This is the apologetic face of someone who just caught Year One for the first time on Starz. This is the apologetic face of someone who just caught Year One for the first time on Starz. This is the apologetic face of someone who just caught Year One for the first time on Starz.
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Wait! How ... dashing? Wait! How ... dashing? Wait! How ... dashing?
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Another cleaned-up, positively handsome pose! It's as though the suit-and-tie combo acts as a cancellation of Black's most hammy impulses, creating a presentable leading man whose inclination to mug wildly is now... Another cleaned-up, positively handsome pose! It's as though the suit-and-tie combo acts as a cancellation of Black's most hammy impulses, creating a presentable leading man whose inclination to mug wildly is now... Another cleaned-up, positively handsome pose! It's as though the suit-and-tie combo acts as a cancellation of Black's most hammy impulses, creating a ... Another cleaned-up, positively handsome pose! It's as though the suit-and-tie combo acts as a cancellation of Black's most hammy impulses, creating a presentable leading man whose inclination to mug wildly is now...
... oh. You can take the man out of the novelty tee-shirt, but you can't take the novelty tee-shirt out of that man's brain. Kiss-kiss, Jack. Thanks for the face-making. ... oh. You can take the man out of the novelty tee-shirt, but you can't take the novelty tee-shirt out of that man's brain. Kiss-kiss, Jack. Thanks for the face-making. ... oh. You can take the man out of the novelty tee-shirt, but you can't take the novelty tee-shirt out of that man's brain. Kiss-kiss, Jack. Thanks f... ... oh. You can take the man out of the novelty tee-shirt, but you can't take the novelty tee-shirt out of that man's brain. Kiss-kiss, Jack. Thanks for the face-making.
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