People – Clooney’s Latest Film Set for Kentucky Screening
For one night, Maysville, Ky., will be Hollywood along the Ohio River, thanks to George Clooney.
The 46-year-old actor-director will visit the northern Kentucky town Monday night for a special screening of his new movie, “Leatherheads,” his father, Nick Clooney , said this week .
“The whole town is abuzz,” said Maysville Mayor David Cartmell .
Clooney, who won an Oscar for his role in “Syriana,” grew up in the town of Augusta, about 16 miles west of Maysville.
The setting has special significance for the Clooney family. In 1953, “The Stars Are Singing,” starring Rosemary Clooney , George Clooney’s aunt, premiered in Maysville. Nick and Rosemary Clooney were born in Maysville.
“Leatherheads,” which also stars Renee Zellweger , is a romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s professional football. The film will be in theaters April 4.
Warrant for LaBeouf
No thank you for smoking, Shia LaBeouf .
A $1,000 bench warrant was issued for LaBeouf in Los Angeles this week after the star of “Transformers” and the upcoming “Indiana Jones” film failed to appear in court on a charge of lighting up where he shouldn’t.
The 21-year-old was cited last month for unlawful smoking, according to the warrant, which didn’t contain details on the circumstances or location of the offense.
He was scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles County courthouse Tuesday on the misdemeanor offense, but neither he nor his lawyer showed up, according to court documents filed this week .
LaBeouf’s squeaky-clean, low-profile image hardly suffered from a separate arrest late last year on a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge for failing to leave a Chicago Walgreens. Arresting police noted that LaBeouf was “very courteous and polite,” and the charge was dropped because the store didn’t want to pursue the matter.
LaBeouf starred on the Disney Channel show “Even Stevens” and can next be seen on the big screen opposite Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
Williams guests on ‘Law & Order’
Robin Williams will guest star on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” but don’t expect him to bring laughs to the NBC crime drama.
Williams is playing an “engineer whose life has gone terribly wrong” and who faces serious repercussions, series spokeswoman Pam Golum said this week . The episode, which films later this month, is scheduled to air April 29.
Williams won an Academy Award for 1997′s “Good Will Hunting.”
The “Special Victims Unit” episode with Williams is the show’s 200th, Golum said.
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Today’s birthdays
Carl Reiner , 86; actor Hal Linden , 77; Jerry Reed, 71; Don Edwards, 69; William Hurt , 58; Jimmie Vaughan , 57; Vanessa Bell Calloway , 51; Spike Lee , 51; Theresa Russell , 51; Holly Hunter , 50; Kathy Ireland , 45; actor Michael Rapaport , 38; Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, 32 .
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