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Tracee Ellis Ross Talks About Her Movie Costar, Diplo · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Well, Diplo has explored many different creative
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Speaker 1: avenues as a musician, between Major Laser Jack You, Silk City,
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Speaker 1: all the pop and trap he's produced, and his brand
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Speaker 1: new country record Chapter One Snake Oil. But he's now
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Speaker 1: branching out even further into an entirely new role, yes
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Speaker 1: a movie star. He plays what he calls a cheesier
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Speaker 1: version of who he is a producer and songwriter in
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Speaker 1: the new movie High Note, starring Tracy Ellis Ross, who
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Speaker 1: tells et he absolutely kills it, saying he's so funny.
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Speaker 1: I called him to show him the final film and
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Speaker 1: he asked me, you think I'm gonna get an oscar?
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Speaker 1: And I said, I don't think they give oscars to comedies,
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Speaker 1: and he was like a good point, all right, should
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Speaker 1: we do a drama? And then he proceeded to pitch
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Speaker 1: a movie where he is Mozart and the rock is Beethoven.
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Speaker 1: The funny thing is I totally watched that The High
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Speaker 1: Note is streaming now. That's direct from Hollywood.