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He's got a pretty good track record for attracting big Hollywood A-listers onto the show, but there's one person Graham Norton has always wanted to have as a guest. Tonight, his wish is granted - the gorgeous George Clooney is sitting on the sofa opposite him.

One of Hollywood's most prolific actors, Clooney, 54, is here to talk about his latest film, Tomorrowland (a futuristic story about a place caught between time and space where nothing is impossible), but the conversation is bound to turn to his political activism and humanitarian work. And Graham will probably throw in the odd question about his recent marriage to Amal Alamuddin, too.

Joining him on the show are Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and Snoop Dogg.

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Simon Pegg, who went from hopeless, endearing sci-fi nerd Tim in the brilliant Channel 4 cult comedy Spaced to Hollywood megastar after Shaun of the Dead and Star Trek, takes his seat on the red sofa.

He will talk about his new romcom, Man Up, in which he stars with American actress Lake Bell as a mismatched couple who meet, in a case of mistaken identity, on a blind date.

In the comedy corner is Michael McIntyre at the start of his Happy and Glorious national tour, and you'd better smile like you mean it, because the Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers performs his solo single, I Can Change.

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The Southern Star in West Cork are rightly proud of local boy Graham Norton, who picked up the BAFTA for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme during the week. This news piece does manage to confuse him with a very, very, VERY different Graham though.

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Will Smith returns to the scene of two great triumphs: that time he spontaneously did the rap from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and that time he spontaneously did it again. What could rack up 30 million YouTube hits now? The star is on the sofa alongside Margot Robbie, so for at least some of the programme he'll have to sit still and discuss their new movie, the heist-romance Focus. They're joined by Hugh Jackman, who recently confessed that his years in Hollywood meant he had to re-learn Australian dialect for his latest film, Chappie.

Completing the line-up is Noel Gallagher. He's a fantastic chat-show guest, so let's hope he's not there solely to sing a song from his upcoming Chasing Yesterday LP.

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Jamie Dornan, Julie Walters and Stephen Mangan are the guests. And in a way, that's all we need to know. Already, the conjunction of those names lets us picture the fireworks of conversation that could spark from placing those characters in a room (OK, studio) together. And we know, if there are fireworks to be had, Norton will light every touchpaper.

Dornan appears soon in the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey while Mangan will be in a Sky Arts drama playing a pregnant man. See? Fireworks right there.

Graham Norton: Straight people find their love easier

The openly gay chat show host, fresh from extending his multi-million pound contract with the BBC, says he would find it easier to hold down a relationship if he was straight.

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The last time Cameron Diaz was on The Graham Norton Show he slightly lost his grip. Give Diaz an inch and she'll launch into one of her daffy monologues about dating or - as happened last time - what you might describe as women's personal grooming.

On that occasion she had Richard Ayoade quietly dying next to her; this time Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller will be on hand, partly to publicise their latest Night at the Museum movie and partly to keep La Diaz in check. Her co-star in the Annie remake, Jamie Foxx, is also squeezing onto the sofa, as is EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Australian comic actress Rebel Wilson. It's quite a line-up.

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Michael Keaton has never really found a movie role to equal that of Batman, so it's almost a case of art imitating life in his new film Birdman. In it he plays an actor who found fame playing a superhero, but who subsequently hasn't been taken seriously by critics or audiences.

Although Keaton understandably denies any comparison between this role and his experiences as the Dark Knight, we can expect the conversation to wade into the deep waters of existential crises and deconstruction of the ego. No doubt lightening the mood are Graham's other guests: Jamie Oliver and One Direction, who'll be performing their new single Night Changes.