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PINELLAS PARK -- Dawn Jenkins isn't in the new Jim Carrey comedy ''Bruce Almighty.'' Her phone number, however, is -- and that's a problem for the Pinellas Park glassmaker. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who receives the powers of God after complaining too much about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual 555 prefix most television shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is a common exchange -- too common for Jenkins' liking. It's her cell phone number. She's been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before hanging up. ''What am I to do?'' Jenkins wrote on an Internet forum for visual artists. ''I e-mailed Universal Studios about this issue.... I think I want payment.'' Jenkins isn't alone in her plight. The number on Carrey's character's pager also matches the one to a a South Carolina woman who declined to give her name, but said she's been ''getting aggravated to death'' by the incessant calling. It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado talk-radio stations...
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