The Week contest: Vanity project
Last week's question: Mexican authorities reportedly tracked down fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in part because of his eagerness to have a film made about his life. In light of his self-inflicted, ego-driven capture, please come up with a suitable title for the biopic.
Click here for the results of last week's contest: Winter blubber
RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "The Narcocist"
Debbie Shapiro, Boca Raton, Fla.
SECOND PLACE: "Got Shorty"
Keith R. Patterson, Sanford, Maine
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THIRD PLACE: "Catch Me If You… Damn"
Paul Pulkownik, Largo, Fla.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Gunfire of the Vanities"
Penny Handshaw, Indianapolis
"El Id"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
"The Dope"
Charles F Goldfarb, Belmont, Calif.
"Egotist on the hoof"
Leah Pendarvis, Grayslake, Ill.
"El Chapo: From Penn to Pen"
Eric Ash, Beaver Falls, Pa.
"Penn and Sink"
Lori Allenbaugh, Bayfield, Colo.
"Citizen Vain"
Gene Goes, Cincinnati
"Me, Myself, and Ay, Ay, Ay!"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, N.J.
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