Cedric the Entertainer Leaves the Booze at Home
Photo: Patrick McMullan
Cedric the Entertainer, known to be fond of Crown Royal, did not bring any to last night’s premiere of Cadillac Records. “Everybody was looking forward to getting drunk with me,” said the temporarily teetotaling Cedric, late of American Buffalo. See disappointment on the faces of Beyoncé Knowles, Adrien Brody, and others by watching our Party Lines slideshow.

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