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2010 MTV Movie Awards: ‘The Buried Life’ guys on playing bball with Obama (VIDEO)

Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman
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On MTV’s ‘The Buried Life,’ four twentysomething guys travel around the country trying to cross things off of their bucket lists -- sneaking into parties at the Playboy mansion, throwing huge ragers, and even attempting to play basketball with the president.

But on the last season of the show, the guys couldn’t make the Obama goal happen. But according to the boys, who we chatted with on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, that dream has now been accomplished.

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‘We went on the basketball courts and ended up playing basketball with the big man,’ they told us. ‘Obama is so cool. He’s a really cool guy. It was like talking to anybody’s dad. And the guy is really good at basketball.’

--Amy Kaufman (follow me on Twitter @AmyKinLA)

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Amy Kaufman

Amy Kaufman is a columnist at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes the A-1 column “For Real With Amy Kaufman.†The series examines the lives of icons, underdogs and rising stars to find out who the people are shaping our culture — for real. Since joining The Times in 2009, she has profiled hundreds of influential figures including Stevie Nicks, Nick Cannon, Drew Barrymore and Lady Gaga. She is also an investigative reporter and was part of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist team that covered the tragic shooting on the “Rust†film set. Her work often shines a light on the darker side of the entertainment business, and she has uncovered misconduct allegations against Randall Emmett and Russell Simmons. In 2018, her book “Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure†became a New York Times bestseller.

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