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Celeb in 5: Thursday’s best entertainment and gossip news.

1. George Clooney once gifted 14 of his closest friends with $1 million and SORRY EXCUSE US BUT WHAT THE HELL?

Once upon a time, actor and Nespresso addict George Clooney did a thing. A very generous thing.

According to the Ocean's Eleven actor's friend and business partner, Rande Gerber, Clooney gave 14 of his closest friends $1 million as a "surprise gift".

*Passes out*

"There’s a group of guys we call 'The Boys'. George had called me and 'The Boys' and said, 'Hey, mark September 27th, 2013, on your calendar. Everyone’s going to come to my house for dinner," Gerber (fun fact, he's also Cindy Crawford's husband) told MSNBC's Headliners.

He then went on to say Clooney presented each of 'The Boys' - sorry, does that make any one else vom a little bit? - with a 'designer luggage bag' filled with $1 million in $20 notes.

"George begins to say, 'Listen, I want you guys to know how much you've meant to me and how much you mean to me in my life,'" Gerber recalled. "'I came to L.A., I slept on your couch. I'm so fortunate in my life to have all of you and I couldn't be where I am today without all of you. So, it was really important to me that while we’re still all here together, that I give back."

Honestly, we don't know whether to feel uncomfortable or jealous about the whole thing. And side note... WHO HAS 14 CLOSE FRIENDS?! Just saying.

2. Tennis pro Eugenie Bouchard agreed to a date with a Twitter fan. Nine months later? They're actually together.

Sometimes in life, the stars align and magical things happen. This, friends, is one of those times.

Nine months ago, John Goehrke struck gold when he fluked his way into a date with Candian tennis player, Eugenie Bouchard.

"If Patriots win we go on a date?" the 20-year-old uni student from the US tweeted Bouchard when she made the mistake of calling the Super Bowl (American football) final a tad early.

It's corny, but we're all for it.

Top Comments

Guest 6 years ago

Firstly, the logistics of producing 14 cases full of $20 bills totalling a million for each case seems highly... implausible. Secondly, could this unsolicited story of George being a great guy be a pre-emptive, calculated PR stunt? Any bad press on the horizon for George? Or intentions to enter politics?

random dude au 6 years ago

Dunno' for sure, but with 14 cases full of $20 bills, he's off to a good start

Guest 6 years ago

...If it's true. Am calling BS on it, myself.