It was officially confirmed a week before the start of the festival that George Clooney would not be joining Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, the Coen Brothers, and John Malkovich to promote Burn After Reading at TIFF.

Why?

Perhaps he was too busy in Italy?

This is George a few days ago being honoured in his adopted 2nd home surrounded by beauties. For this, I’d skip TIFF too!

And today he was shooting a Honda commercial in Milan which will likely never air in North America. They make so much money from overseas endorsements but strategically avoid the commercialisation in North America, choosing instead to campaign for charitable causes.

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