How awesome is the sight of George Clooney arriving on a boat? Look at this. Who does it better than this? Who owns the world better than this? (Maybe Brad Pitt, but it would be a bloody battle.) This is George Clooney, all boss, cranking up the handsome, arriving at the Venice Film Festival today for The Ides of March photo call with co-writer Grant Heslov and co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. Full Story

As noted previously in posts about The Hunger Games, my pick for Haymitch is Philip Seymour Hoffman. That said, Paul Giamatti works too. So many articles about Giamatti reference the fact that he’s not a pretty guy. Thing is though, he gets more, and lately better, than most of the pretty guys in the business. Full Story

It’s Rachelle Lefevre in Rome with Paul Giamatti and that sexy beast Scott Speedman shooting Barney’s Version based on Mordecai Richler’s famous novel of the same name. As I said 2 weeks ago, for an actor from Montreal, working on a Richler project is the opportunity of a lifetime. There is a world outside of Twilight. Full Story