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Okay Mike Young from Lake Elsinore!!! Repping the hometown!

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His friends were quick to ask for all the details. Young said they asked, \"'What's going on, you're on the Oscars? How'd you get there?'\"

\"I was going for a taping and then next thing I know, I'm on the Oscars. It was incredible,\" Young said. \"I could barely watch the end of the movie.\"

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