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Hollywood, divine: In reel life, Rams were here before

ATLANTA - The Rams win the Super Bowl.

They win it wearing bright blue-and-yellow throwback uniforms, in overtime, against a favored traditional powerhouse.

They win it with a play made by a quarterback wearing the number 16 whose name sounds like "Jared."

This is not a prediction. This is recorded history. This actually happened 41 years ago in a Super Bowl game that was viewed on big screens all across the country.

Warren Beatty laughs: "Pretty interesting, huh?"

Only in Hollywood could a football team make it to the Super Bowl and discover that Hollywood already beat it there.

Only in Hollywood could a sports franchise play in a championship game and have it be considered a sequel.

Only in movie heaven could actual movie heaven provide the stage for the reality of Super Bowl LIII Sunday at Mercedes-Benz

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