George Clooney is a diehard fan of Kentucky basketball (and Aaron Bradshaw)
You know George Clooney is a movie star. But did you know the two-time Oscar winner is also a diehard Kentucky basketball fan?www.on3.com
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He is also a Dapper Dan man not unlike @*CatinIL* .
I had no idea until today that he is from Lexington..
Pretty cool to hear him not just be a casual celeb fan, but actually be able to talk about Kentucky basketball and the things happening around the program.
Pretty cool to hear him not just be a casual celeb fan, but actually be able to talk about Kentucky basketball and the things happening around the program.
How about some of that Oceans 11 NIL money for the future recruits. Maybe Camp Cal sponsored by Casamigos??
There's a scene of him playing [old man] ball in prison in Out of Sight & he would tell a story about his LA buddies regularly playing hoops together out there. (Warning: +20 year old story. ) I can't remember the group of newcomers they easily beat. Leonardo DiCaprio? Too long ago. My memory is a sieve.
I love Out of Sight, btw. Best George Clooney movie.
I love Out of Sight, btw. Best George Clooney movie.
Adam Sandler wore a Kentucky T-shirt. I’m not joking.
But did Willie play Wide- Receiver?
Clooney was born in Central Baptist, the same place, the same week I was...I am his ugly, evil twin. He got fame, I got a real job.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou is right up thar
George Clooney may have been born in Lexington but he went to school in Augusta, Ky which is a town about 15-20 miles west of Maysville on the Ohio River. Reportedly, he played on the Augusta HS basketball team. Several years ago I read a story about a couple of Augusta HS alumni stopping by the high school and George Clooney was shooting hoops at the school. I also read a story about how much Clooney loved "transparent pie" which is a well known local favorite made in a Maysville bakery and is one of the best pies I've ever eaten. According to the story several years ago Clooney was throwing a huge Hollywood celeb party and sent a plane back to Maysville to pick up a plane load of transparent pies to be served at his party.
Pie in the sky kind of stuff right there.
I watched george play at Augusta in 1979 I went high school in the tenth region
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Glad you straightened 'em out, Tug, about Clooney going to H.S. in Augusta and playing basketball there. His Wikipedia entry says that he went to elementary school in Ohio, just across the river from Augusta, at two or three different Catholic elementary schools. But, as you point out, apparently his only connection with Lexington is having been born there. That ... and that he likes the 'Cats !
Now ... the part about "transparent pie" ... ??? ... ;-)
he held the premiere of one of his movies in Maysville as well
Maysville's Historic Transparent Pie
This Historic Transparent Pie is a very popular recipe in Kentucky. One bite of its rich, custardy like filling and you'll be hooked for life!
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It’s like chess cake, if you’re familiar
Thanks for the article on transparent pie! My cousin and I made several trips each year from Sandy Hook to fish Stoner Creek, a great bass stream that runs through Paris and North Middleton, Ky. Part of our "ritual" was to visit a country restaurant in Paris for lunch and wolf down a couple of pieces of Transparent Pie and a mule's ear full of coffee. Stoner is one of the best Bass streams in Ky and Transparent is the best pie I've ever eaten; Great memories!Maysville's Historic Transparent Pie
This Historic Transparent Pie is a very popular recipe in Kentucky. One bite of its rich, custardy like filling and you'll be hooked for life!
It’s like chess cake, if you’re familiar
Ain't that a geographical oddity.
Not from Lexington unless he was born in a hospital there. From Augusta near Maysville. Played basketball there.
Keaton could have easily played both leads in the first movie. If you don't think he could have managed the menace to play the Joker, find Pacific Heights with Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine. Or Desperate Measures with Andy Garcia
Seems like a nice enough guy. I think he had/has a villa in Italy, which if you've got his money, why not? There's a clip from maybe 15 years ago of him doing an interview with Damon probably for the Oceans movies and they're talking about the '92 game. Always seemed like a legit fan but just from a distance.
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