Movie Reviews and Previews The Clooneys are back in Hollywood George and Amal Clooney were in Australia for a stretch there starting last fall while he was working on Ticket to Paradise co-starring Julia Roberts. However, like so many recent productions, they’ve been shut down due to COVID. And shut down for long enough that the Clooneys have returned By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 02:16 pm
Julia Roberts George and Julia work on Paradise George Clooney and Julia Roberts and their families are spending the holidays in Australia, as the two have been at work for over a month now working on Ticket to Paradise. And it looks like there’s no break in the production schedule for Christmas – the two were seen on By Lainey • Dec 29, 2021 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar The basic concept of The Tender Bar is “what if Hillbilly Elegy, but mediocre?” Directed by George Clooney and adapted by William Monahan from J.R. Moehringer’s memoir of the same name, The Tender Bar is a very similar premise to Hillbilly Elegy (while the film version beat The By Sarah • Dec 22, 2021 10:42 am
Gossip Nostalgia Ocean’s 11 at 20 Heist movies never go out of style because people LOVE heists. And in 2001, Ocean’s 11 combined everyone’s natural interest in heists with superstar glamor in a moment shadowed by tragedy—Ocean’s 11 premiered three months after September 11th—but not yet touched by post-recession distaste for By Sarah • Dec 07, 2021 02:03 pm
Gorgessity Julia at 54 Today is Julia Roberts’s 54th birthday. She is spending it in Sydney, Australia where she’ll be filming Ticket to Paradise with George Clooney. Here she is in her pyjamas with friends and crew a couple of days ago, the day after her arrival. They’re all in quarantine By Lainey • Oct 28, 2021 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck by George Clooney: A First Look George Clooney’s latest film, the adaptation of JR Moehringer’s The Tender Bar, opens in select theatres the week before Christmas and will be available to stream on Amazon in early January. It’s George Clooney, it’s a holiday release, it’s a family and community and coming-of-age By Lainey • Oct 14, 2021 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney and a Taste of Award Season Bennifer? George Clooney’s adaptation of JR Moehringer’s memoir, The Tender Bar, doesn’t open in select theatres until December 17. But we are officially in award season now, and with schedules the way they are, they’re out on the circuit early, with two screenings in LA this weekend, By Lainey • Oct 04, 2021 12:12 pm
Amazingness Brad Pitt vs George Clooney: The Coffee War At 840pm in Dubai tonight, Brad Pitt’s face will appear on the Burj Khalifa. He’s now the celebrity ambassador for De’Longhi, the Italian coffee brand. The partnership was announced at the beginning of this month and if you go to their IG account, his face is all By Lainey • Sep 29, 2021 09:41 am
Award Season Campaigning George Clooney and Bennifer: An Award Season Run? Ever since it was announced that George Clooney would be directing Ben Affleck in the film adaptation for The Tender Bar, I’ve been saying that this film will have awards potential. George and Ben have already won an Oscar together, Best Picture no less, for Argo. The screenplay for By Lainey • Sep 23, 2021 12:02 pm
BFFs The Clooneys and Harry’s True Story The big royal story this week has been the announcement that Prince Harry has a publishing deal with Penguin Random House to release his first memoir. While the official statement from the publisher did not mention a ghostwriter, Page Six, which broke the story, reported that Harry is working with By Lainey • Jul 22, 2021 11:01 am
Style George and Amal: Back to Lake Como It used to be an annual tradition – if it’s summer, George Clooney would be in Italy, in Lake Como. And when he married Amal, in Italy, this tradition continued. That was paused, of course, last year because of COVID but, as we’ve seen, many celebrities are mostly back By Lainey • Jul 06, 2021 09:57 am
BFFs Ben & George: Hugs All Around George Clooney has been in the Boston area the last several weeks directing The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck has been flying in to shoot mostly on weekdays and then seen back in LA on the weekends to be with his kids. Seems like Ben is now wrapped as the two By Lainey • Apr 15, 2021 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben, George, and the 70s Here are some new shots of Ben Affleck being directed by George Clooney on the Boston set of The Tender Bar. This is the first good look of Ben in costume from the era – JR Moehringer’s story takes place in the 70s and that’s definitely what we’re By Lainey • Mar 24, 2021 02:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George and Ben on set George Clooney is currently directing Ben Affleck in the film adaptation of JR Moehringer’s The Tender Bar in Boston which they are pretending to be Long Island, if they’re staying true to the story told in the book about Moehringer’s affection and attachment to the neighbourhood pub By Lainey • Mar 10, 2021 03:37 pm
Business of Hollywood You had me at “Clooney-Roberts rom-com” Have you re-watched Ocean’s 11 recently? It TOTALLY holds up. Ocean’s 12 holds up, too. As far as I am concerned, there are only three Ocean’s movies, 8, 11, and 12, and I have re-watched them all (they were on Netflix, now they’re on HBO Max) By Sarah • Mar 02, 2021 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s New Look Ben Affleck’s kept a pretty low profile this year, ever since it was confirmed in January that he and Ana de Armas are no longer dating. When it was first reported that the two had ended their relationship, the Love Story of 2020, there were some suggestions that it By Lainey • Feb 22, 2021 01:09 pm
