Hooray for Hollywood!

Hello, friends. I hope you’re well. It’s great to see you. Say, why don’t you let me hear you say “hey?” Now, let me hear you say “ho.” Now, throw your hands in the air. Yes, that’s how we do it.

Friends, I don’t have to tell you that it is a golden age for Kentucky. The sun is shining, football is about to return, the basketball season is looking to be amazing and Hollywood’s celebrities are saving our state! Channing Tatum has of course been all over the Bluegrass wearing his hat crooked and meeting locals, Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke has been filming a movie in Harlan about a famous Eastern Kentucky trial and next week sees the debut of whatever Vanderpump Rules’ Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky is on the Bravo network. But they’re not the only celebrities taking up Commonwealth causes right now. In fact, below is a comprehensive list of all celebrities and what they’re doing in Kentucky. I’d keep it handy if I were you.

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Channing Tatum: Giving away motorcycle, touring mines

Jax Taylor & Brittany Cartwright: Learning Southern traditions

Emilia Clarke: Shooting a film in Harlan

Ashley Judd: Going viral

Drake: Wearing a full Kentucky uniform to play pickup basketball

Donald Faison: Installing high-speed internet in Owsley County

Ray Liotta: Walk-on for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels Football Team

Steve Harvey: Directing traffic between Fayette Mall and The Summit

Pitbull: Mediator between Lexington chicken tender restaurants

Dame Judi Dench: Personally bussing panhandlers

Neil Diamond: Singing “Kentucky Woman”

Leah Remini: Advocate for CenterPointe fall injury victims

Octavia Spencer: Eclipse Blindness

Ken Burns: Preservation of Daniel Boone’s wash tub

Lester Holt: Thoroughblades Comeback Campaign

Liam Neeson: Ale-8 Trafficking

Tom Bergeron: Host, Kentucky’s Dirtiest Hardees

Sean Penn: The Ohio River Untreated Drinking Water Project

Paul Giamatti: Knott County Toughman Contest (entrant)

Dr. Mehmet Oz: The Paul Giamatti Facial Reconstruction Special

Mark Harmon: Audiotour host, Paducah Quilt Museum

Meryl Streep: The Public Restrooms of Madison County (sequel)

Laurence Fishburne: Building a Wall Between Kentucky and Missouri

Sturgill Simpson:  Benefit to Support Displaced Druthers Employees

Chris Hansen: Host, To Catch a Louisville Basketball Recruit