{"id":1986734,"date":"2025-08-29T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1986734"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:20:21","slug":"adam-sandler-wears-rare-tux-on-red-carpet-with-george-clooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/adam-sandler-wears-rare-tux-on-red-carpet-with-george-clooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Sandler wears rare tux on red carpet with George Clooney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/reuters\/thumbnails\/85883191007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Hollywood star power comes to the Venice Film Festival red carpet<\/p>\n<p>George Clooney brought Hollywood star power to the Venice Film Festival red carpet attending the world premiere of his new film &#8220;Jay Kelly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sweatshirt lover <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/27\/adam-sandler-snl-antisemitism-joke\/85845898007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam Sandler<\/a> turned heads in a rare tuxedo alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/28\/george-clooney-illness-sick-venice-film-festival\/85864435007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Clooney<\/a> on the red carpet during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/emma-stone-bugonia-movie-venice-festival\/85883687007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venice Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The costars reveled in an 8.5-minute standing ovation Thursday, Aug. 28, for their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30446847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new movie &#8220;Jay Kelly,&#8221;<\/a> which has garnered early Oscar buzz.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221; star, 64, plays the title character in &#8220;Jay Kelly,&#8221; which centers on a famous actor who &#8220;embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron,&#8221; played by 58-year-old Sandler, per Netflix&#8217;s synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, his entourage exits stage left including a publicist portrayed by Laura Dern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/george-clooney\/\" data-autotag=\"1ba7ea96-a6ed-4ca7-b81e-570b8d01e0c8\">George Clooney<\/a> walks Venice red carpet <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/28\/george-clooney-illness-sick-venice-film-festival\/85864435007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">with wife Amal amid health issues<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In red carpet photos, the trio stunned ahead of the film&#8217;s release, in theaters Nov. 14 and on Netflix Dec. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney \u2013 who skipped another Venice event due to being sick with a sinus infection \u2013 also posed with wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/07\/03\/amal-clooney-george-clooney-support-kids\/84463054007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amal Clooney<\/a> at the &#8220;Jay Kelly&#8221; red carpet premiere Thursday night. The humanitarian and lawyer wore a strapless, ruched fuchsia dress that bared her legs and left a dramatic train trailing behind her at the high-profile event. Clooney, donning a black bowtie, looked dapper in a dark suit.<\/p>\n<p>The cast of &#8220;Jay Kelly&#8221; also includes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2025\/04\/10\/bill-murray-naomi-watts-kiss-consent\/83003733007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billy Crudup<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/13\/priscilla-presley-lawsuit-fraud-bridgitte-kruse-kevin-fialko\/85648512007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riley Keough<\/a>, Grace Edwards, Patrick Wilson, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/07\/16\/emma-watson-banned-driving-speeding\/85237761007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greta Gerwig<\/a> and Isla Fisher. Earlier Thursday, Clooney was absent from the Venice press conference for &#8220;Jay Kelly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George has been diagnosed with a sinus infection and is under doctors orders to cut back all activities today,&#8221; Simon Halls, a representative for the actor, confirmed to USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference went forward without Clooney, with director\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/12\/30\/white-noise-netflix-noah-baumbach\/10944241002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noah Baumbach<\/a>\u00a0and stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/25\/happy-gilmore-2-adam-sandler-interview\/85302291007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sandler<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/05\/22\/jurassic-park-laura-dern-sam-neill-20-year-age-gap\/9883673002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dern<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/06\/10\/naomi-watts-billy-crudup-married-again-mexico-city-ceremony\/74041930007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crudup<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/12\/12\/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-endlessly-charming-iconic-nanny\/2278478002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emily Mortimer<\/a>\u00a0speaking to reporters. &#8220;Even movie stars get sick,&#8221; Baumbach quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: Reuters, Brendan Morrow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood star power comes to the Venice Film Festival red carpet George Clooney brought Hollywood star power to the Venice Film Festival red carpet attending the world premiere of his new film &#8220;Jay Kelly&#8221;. 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