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"Clooney the crooner?\r\nGeorge Clooney showed off a side of himself fans probably aren&amp;apos;t used to seeing during the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills Saturday, when Neil Diamond convinced the Oscar winner to join him for a rendition of his 1969 hit, &amp;quot;Sweet Caroline.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I promised him that I wouldn&amp;apos;t [ask him to sing], but I lied,&amp;quot; Diamond, 71, joked to the crowd, adding that Clooney needed help overcoming his fear of singing. &amp;quot;I do believe there&amp;apos;s a whole slew of parts for you in films.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Musicals!&amp;quot; the Ides of March star, 51, exclaimed.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re doing a remake of the Sound of Music,&amp;quot; Diamond said. &amp;quot;You would look great in the lederhosen. I know you could do it.&amp;quot;\r\nThanks to some red wine-induced liquid courage (Clooney downed his glass and then took a swig from the bottle on the table before his routine), the actor agreed to stand up and begin the duet with Diamond, contributing the all-important &amp;quot;Bah bah bah&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;So good, so good, so good&amp;quot; responses during the song&amp;apos;s chorus.\r\n\r\nClooney&amp;apos;s hard work didn&amp;apos;t go unrewarded following his performance. As the star sat back down at his table, his date, love Stacy Keibler, rewarded her man with a sweet kiss on the cheek.\r\nClick to watch the video of his performance!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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