Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney isn’t running You know it’s a competitive awards season when George Clooney directs a movie, based on true historical events, about the American Olympic rowing team, due out on Christmas Day, and it’s not part of the Oscar conversation. George is currently promoting his film, The Boys in the Boat, By Lainey • Dec 12, 2023 12:44 pm
Gorgessity George and Amal and all their friends Last night was the second annual “Albies”, a humanitarian award given by the Clooney Foundation for Justice to “those whose work and organizations are under threat” (you can read more about The Albies and this year’s recipients here). That means that Amal and George Clooney were out last night By Sarah • Sep 29, 2023 10:02 am
Gorgessity Two Couples and a New Couple? A quick midweek couples round-up… Starting with the Clooneys who are in Venice because Amal is being honoured by the DVF Foundation during the festival. Here’s Amal, with George, out for dinner tonight. The Clooneys are the opposite of the Biebers. You know how everyone was talking earlier this By Lainey • Aug 30, 2023 02:15 pm
Hollywood Strike 2023 The Clooneys in Venice As mentioned yesterday, the Venice Film Festival opens tomorrow. George and Amal Clooney don’t have to go all that far to get to Venice. They spend their summers in Lake Como and when you can travel the way they do, it’s not a taxing trip. George, of course, By Lainey • Aug 29, 2023 11:22 am
Business of Hollywood The Movie Star Donations Dwayne The Rock Johnson made headlines last week for his “historic” seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation which, understandably, is especially in need right now during the work stoppage. Courtney B Vance, the Foundation’s president, told Variety this week that: “…the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 By Lainey • Aug 04, 2023 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Ticket to Paradise Movie Stars! Actual, neon-light, capital letter Movie Stars! George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in Ticket to Paradise, a romantic comedy that understands the power of Movie Stars being Movie Stars. Does the script have to be great? Not if the Movie Stars are having fun. Does the romance need By Sarah • Oct 21, 2022 09:28 am
George Clooney Julia campaigns for George Julia Roberts and George Clooney have been promoting Ticket to Paradise, opening on Friday, for weeks now. In a new interview with PEOPLE, Julia was asked whether or not George, who’s been crowned PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive twice, should be considered for a third reign. Her response: " By Lainey • Oct 19, 2022 12:35 pm
Award Season Campaigning Campaigning at the Academy Museum Gala The Oscars are still five months away but it’s never too early to campaign, and when it’s a proper Oscar event, of course you show up to represent. The second annual Academy Museum Gala happened on Saturday, this year honouring the contributions of Miky Lee, Steve McQueen, Tilda By Lainey • Oct 17, 2022 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: The Movie Star Wife Guy Today’s open was about Wife Guys and Scaachi Koul’s piece for Buzzfeed about the recent fall of Wife Guys. One of the most famous celebrity Wife Guys used to be Hollywood’s most high-profile bachelor-playboy, a man who’d declared he’d never get married and have kids… By Lainey • Sep 29, 2022 09:59 am
Relationship Assumption George and Amal have a date night Renowned human rights barrister Amal Clooney stepped out for dinner in New York City last night, accompanied by her husband, George. OF COURSE, they’re this couple, where she’s all dressed up and his vibe is “you’re lucky I’m not wearing flip-flops”. It’s been a relatively By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 09:32 am
Style George, Julia, and Amal I was surprised that Ticket to Paradise, the new rom-com starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, was not on the Venice Film Festival list. Because George had hoped earlier this year, when they were wrapping up production, that they could take it to Venice ahead of its premiere. And it’ By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Do you need a break from, you know, all of it? Just everything? At the end of your rope, exhausted, all full up on bad news? If you are, Ethan Hawke is providing a perfect escape via his new docu-series, The Last Movie Stars. It’s about legendary By Sarah • Jul 22, 2022 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George & Julia: ALL THE PARENT ENERGY Earlier this year, Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s The Lost City brought in very good money (over $100 million domestically) at the box office, making the case that there is an audience out there for movies that aren’t just here for superheroes and things that go boom. Elvis By Lainey • Jun 29, 2022 01:25 pm
BFFs The Clooneys and the Gerbers on Holiday Amal and George Clooney were seen arriving in the South of France the other day with their good friends Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. Amal wore pink, a belted dress with different sleeves, exactly the outfit I would put together for her if I were the costume designer styling the By Lainey • Jun 07, 2022 02:38 pm
Style George Clooney does the Running Man? We’ve been posting about CinemaCon in Vegas all week and yesterday it was Universal’s turn to preview their upcoming titles for theatre owners. Footage that was shown at CinemaCon is exclusive, to make it extra special for the people there getting an advance preview of what they’ll By Lainey • Apr 28, 2022 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: On Ben, Brad, and Julia When George Clooney returned to LA a couple of weeks ago after the COVID situation in Australia shut down production on his latest film, Ticket to Paradise, I wrote that it could be an opportunity to campaign behind the scenes for Ben Affleck’s performance in The Tender Bar. Indeed By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 01:23 pm