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WOR2001093002 - 30-SEPTEMBER-2001 - WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, USA: Film maker Bobby Farrelly throws his arms in the air after the Denis Leary Hollywood All-Star hockey team scores against the Boston Bruins Alumni team, at the Worcester Centrum, during the 2nd Annual Leary Firefighters Foundation Celebrity Hat Trick hockey game, September 30, 2001. Farrelly's credits include "There's Something About Mary", "Dumb and Dumber" and "Me, Myself & Irene." sf/STEVEN E. FRISCHLING UPI

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