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Jimmy Kimmel hijacks unsuspecting tour bus passengers to the Oscars

By Karen Butler
Pauletta and Denzel Washington arrive on the red carpet for the 89th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 3 | Pauletta and Denzel Washington arrive on the red carpet for the 89th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Host Jimmy Kimmel executed a practical joke at Sunday's Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.

He had a tour bus with about a dozen, unsuspecting passengers escorted into the Dolby Theatre where the star-studded gala was in full-swing.

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The stunned people -- casually dressed and with cameras and cellphones ready to snap photos of what turned out to be a nonexistent, costume exhibit -- were invited to shake hands and take selfies with the likes of Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Jeff Bridges, Octavia Spencer, Keith Urban, Ryan Gosling, Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep.

Actor-director Denzel Washington gamely pretended to marry an engaged couple, and Aniston even gave the bride a pair of sunglasses from her purse as a wedding gift.

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