| | |  | George Clooney News & Gossip
|
|
| | Amal Clooney tried to out-dazzle her sick husband at the Venice 'Jay Kelly' premiere | | Added 24 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
George Clooney arrived in Venice earlier this week, where he was set to promote and premiere his new film, Jay Kelly. On Thursday, George was supposed to do the press conference and some individual interviews, but he ended up pulling out of all of it because he was feeling under the weather. They?re saying it?s a sinus infection, but I kind of wonder if he was suffering from the Don?t-Ask-Me-Political-Questions virus. His ratfking with Jake Tapper blew up in his face, and while the international media might not care or ask, the American media might. Still, George ?rallied? in time to walk the red carpet with Amal. He apparently told reporters that he can?t hear anything (convenient) and he was seen clutching his sore throat at times.
Amal looked? okay. While I love this vivid violet shade, I?ve never been into Amal?s love of mullet dresses. The train was very dramatic though, and the whole ensemble photographed very well, even if it?s a dated, button-covered disaster once you look at the details. In George and Amal?s early years, I loved her hair, and she regularly got really great blowouts back in the day. But in recent years, she?s been having a lot of bad hair days. Her hair is too long and it looks damaged and in need of some good conditioning treatments. Her colorist is also doing a terrible job! Update: I just saw the ID for Amal?s dress, it?s a vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer by Erik Mortensen. I honestly thought it was a custom Giambattista Valli.
Meanwhile, I was fully prepared to hate on this movie because of George Clooney, little did I know that my nemesis Laura Dern is also in Jay Kelly! LMAO, I hope this sh-t bombs so hard. Her bangs are trash!! (Her Armani is okay-ish although it looks unfinished.)
Eve Hewson in Schiaparelli I kind of like this, and I usually roll my eyes at Schiaparelli.
Riley Keough in Chlo it looks like something she would wear.
And finally, Greta Gerwig (her husband/partner Noah Baumbach directed Jay Kelly). This is custom Rodarte. Not bad.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George & Amal Clooney arrived in Venice, Amal wore Balmain (update) | | Added 26 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
I have this weird thing where I always think the Venice Film Festival starts in early August, and I?m like ?why aren?t celebrities in Italy yet??? And then by the time Venice starts in late August, it catches me off guard. So, obviously, the Venice Film Festival started today. A bunch of American stars have films premiering in Italy this year. Including George Clooney, who arrived in Venice on Tuesday with his wife in tow. He?s going to premiere Jay Kelly, which is supposedly some Oscar-bait whatever. I doubt it will turn out to be a contender, mostly because I believe George is still getting a lot of well-deserved sh-t from his activities and statements last year. But hey, Amal looked nice in a butter yellow (which is straight out of the 80s, and yet it suits her) and Prada shoes. Update: This dress is a customized Balmain!
What else? Julia Roberts is in town for the premiere of Luca Guadagnino?s After the Hunt. Apparently, she had a cardigan sweater made with Guadagnino?s face printed all over. It?s sort of cute, but I wouldn?t have known that it was supposed to be Luca unless someone else pointed it out. I thought, ?Is that Curly from the Three Stooges??? I?m also including a photo of Cate Blanchett?s arrival she will premiere Jim Jarmusch?s Father Mother Sister Brother. She?s also there (I?m assuming) as part of her Armani Beauty contract, since Armani is one of the big sponsors of this festival.
Between Amal, Cate and Julia, I certainly hope we get some interesting fashion to talk about in the coming days.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George & Amal Clooney arrived in Venice, Amal wore an '80s-looking dress | | Added 26 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
I have this weird thing where I always think the Venice Film Festival starts in early August, and I?m like ?why aren?t celebrities in Italy yet??? And then by the time Venice starts in late August, it catches me off guard. So, obviously, the Venice Film Festival started today. A bunch of American stars have films premiering in Italy this year. Including George Clooney, who arrived in Venice on Tuesday with his wife in tow. He?s going to premiere Jay Kelly, which is supposedly some Oscar-bait whatever. I doubt it will turn out to be a contender, mostly because I believe George is still getting a lot of well-deserved sh-t from his activities and statements last year. But hey, Amal looked nice in a butter yellow (which is straight out of the 80s, and yet it suits her) and Prada shoes. They got married in Venice in 2014.
What else? Julia Roberts is in town for the premiere of Luca Guadagnino?s After the Hunt. Apparently, she had a cardigan sweater made with Guadagnino?s face printed all over. It?s sort of cute, but I wouldn?t have known that it was supposed to be Luca unless someone else pointed it out. I thought, ?Is that Curly from the Three Stooges??? I?m also including a photo of Cate Blanchett?s arrival she will premiere Jim Jarmusch?s Father Mother Sister Brother. She?s also there (I?m assuming) as part of her Armani Beauty contract, since Armani is one of the big sponsors of this festival.
Between Amal, Cate and Julia, I certainly hope we get some interesting fashion to talk about in the coming days.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George Clooney got shut out of the Tony Awards & Amal wore Tamara Ralph | | Added 105 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
In retrospect, it?s really funny how Amal Clooney completely avoided being photographed with her husband in the months where he had a terrible dye job. George Clooney dyed his hair black to play Edward R. Murrow in the stage adaptation of Good Night and Good Luck, and he spent months wandering around New York looking like Lurch. Amal avoided his Lurch Era, but she?s come back now that the show is over and his hair is almost back to its normal grey. These are photos of the Clooneys last night at the Tony Awards. He told People Mag that Amal was ?the happiest person? when he went back to grey. All of the dyed hair isn?t gone though, and now he really looks like he?s wearing a bad rug.
The Clooneys attended the Tony Awards because George was nominated for Best Actor and GNAGL was nominated in the Best Play category. Somewhat hilariously, the Tonys completely shut out GNAGL. Good. George has lost the plot, and during his turn on Broadway, he was an active participant in Jake Tapper?s anti-Biden bullsh-t. CNN was shilling hard for Clooney as well, airing GNAGL and pretending like it was some bold decision to do so. George deserves a lot worse than being shut out of the Tonys, but I?ll take this.
As for Amal, her dress is Tamara Ralph. Amal showcased the dress terribly, slouching over, shoulders slumped, twisting herself in knots to not tower over George. The dress itself is okayish, I guess the pearl detailing is lovely, but the look is very bridal. I feel like the length of the dress was a weird choice too.
Photos courtesy of AvalonRed.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Amal Clooney might soon be banned from entering the United States | | Added 137 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Amal Clooney has been married to George Clooney, an American citizen, for eleven years. In all that time, she apparently never sought American citizenship. She has retained her British citizenship, and the Clooneys live in their homes around the world George?s bachelor pad in LA, a place in NYC (where they are now, as George works on Broadway), a country home in England, a home in Como, Italy. Oh, and they bought a home in France too. Well, there are reports circulating that Amal might soon be banned from entering the US or working at the United Nations.
Several top British lawyers, including Amal Clooney, have reportedly been warned about receiving sanctions from President Donald Trump that could affect their ability to enter the United States.
The Financial Times reported last week that the U.K. Foreign Office has cautioned several high-level barristers about the Trump administration leveling sanctions due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
In February, Trump issued Executive Order 14203, Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which named British lawyer and ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in its annex ? the first barrister to face U.S. sanctions for advising in this case.
If sanctions against more U.K. lawyers are, in fact, handed down, Amal, 47 ? who holds British citizenship ? might be prevented from entering the U.S., where she owns a property with husband George Clooney.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1978, Amal and her family emigrated to the United Kingdom two years later to escape the Lebanese Civil War. She was raised in Buckinghamshire before studying at Oxford and NYU. She is qualified to practice law in the United States ? after being admitted to the New York bar in 2002 ? as well as England and Wales.
She and Clooney married in September 2014, and share 7-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander. PEOPLE has reached out to the U.K. Foreign Office, as well as representatives for Amal and her legal chambers, for more information about possible sanctions. A rep for George declined to comment on the Financial Times report.
[From People]
Last year, there were reports that one of the big reasons why George Clooney did his ?civic duty? by writing that horrid NY Times column about Joe Biden was because Biden refused to take his calls regarding Amal?s work for the ICC. As in, the Biden administration criticized the ICC, specifically regarding the case Amal had advised on, and George got mad and tried to complain to President Biden. After that there was a series of unfortunate events leading to Donald Trump?s reelection, and Amal Clooney?s potential ban from the United States. But Biden?s age, amirite? Granted, the Clooneys will be fine no matter what. Their money insulates them and Amal will obviously still be able to enjoy the Clooney properties in England, France and Italy.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George Clooney: 'I?ve always liked Joe Biden, and I like him still.' | | Added 210 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
If George Clooney has anything, it?s the audacity. Last summer, Clooney authored a NY Times column (rumored to be ghostwritten) about how Joe Biden was too old to be president and there should be a mini-primary to select the next Democratic presidential nominee, because VP Kamala Harris was obviously not the next in line. Between Clooney?s column and Nancy Pelosi?s machinations, the entire election cycle changed in the course of a couple of weeks. I will never forget the way these people treated Pres. Biden OR Kamala Harris. Clooney is on my permanent sh-tlist. He stayed quiet for a few months, but he?s currently promoting the Broadway adaptation of Good Night and Good Luck. Clooney is taking over the Edward R. Murrow role (David Strathairn played Murrow in the film, which was directed by Clooney). To promote this mess, Clooney spoke to Maureen Dowd at the NYT. Some highlights:
Playing Murrow: ?I always felt like there was a sadness to Murrow, and that was not something that you could associate with me at 40 years old,? he said. Now he has to turn back the clock and cover his salt-and-pepper mane with black dye. ?My wife is going to hate it because nothing makes you look older than when an older guy dyes his hair. My kids are going to just laugh at me nonstop.?
The Trump era: ?You take a narrative, you make it up, don?t worry about facts, don?t worry about repercussions.? He said the play ?feels more like it?s about truth, not just the press. Facts matter. [But] No rules count anymore. It?s like letting an infant walk across the 405 freeway in the middle of the afternoon.?
Explaining the 2016 election: ?I believe that whole idea of the arc of history bending toward justice, and I know it doesn?t feel that way right now. I think there are always these pendulum swings. The first Trump election was, I believe, a result of eight years of a Black president.?
Explaining the 2024 election: ?The Biden administration was terrible at explaining that we?re a world economy, where we were actually doing better than all the other G7 countries. They were bad at telling the story because their messenger was not working at his best, to say the least.?
On Trump: ?He was a New York guy. He?d be at a restaurant and he?d be like, ?What?s the name of that cocktail waitress??? Trump even suggested a doctor who might help Clooney with an injury he had suffered on the set of ?Syriana,? the film that netted him a best supporting actor Oscar. He added, ?We?ve got to hope that he can have that Scrooge night where he wakes up and there are some ghosts of Christmas there that say, ?There?s some good things you can do for people.??
Another Biden story: Last June, Clooney and Obama appeared at a glittery L.A. fund-raiser that raised $28 million for President Joseph R. Biden Jr. When Biden appeared to freeze onstage, Obama led him away. Clooney was gobsmacked. ?I saw him for hours a year earlier at the Kennedy Center, and I saw someone much less sharp? that night, Clooney said. ?I?ve always liked Joe Biden, and I like him still.?
Writing the NYT op-ed: But after Biden?s debate meltdown, Clooney wrote a guest essay for The New York Times urging Biden to step aside. People thought Obama was behind it, but Clooney said he did it despite being urged not to. Many Democrats were grateful to Clooney, who said publicly what they were panicking about in private. Biden, then 81, had promised to be ?a bridge? but was stubbornly clinging to power. But Biden?s cordon sanitaire at the White House and some other Democrats were angry at the actor. The piece sparked a debate about whether celebrities should have such high-profile roles in a party that is already perceived as rich, coastal and out of touch. Biden abdicated his responsibility by hiding his incapacities, Clooney told me, and ?the media, in many ways, dropped the ball.?
[From The NY Times]
Several things I?d like to say, in no particular order. The anger I had (and still have) for Clooney is the way he and others were eager to pass over VP Harris in all of their nonsensical fantasies about replacing Biden. I continue to be outraged that there was all of this smoke for Biden?s advanced age and those people wouldn?t say one fking word about Trump?s very obvious mental and physical decline. I continue to be disgusted that people like Clooney weren?t taking the threat of another Trump term seriously they were like children fighting over a shiny toy, rather than adults justifiably terrified of how bad a second Trump term would be. They should have been locked in to do anything to ensure a Democratic victory, and they just werent. Clooney?s explanation that Biden was too old to explain why the American economy was doing well makes no sense either the media refused to give Biden credit where credit was due, with the NYT (Clooney?s outlet of choice) running daily stories minimizing the galloping success of the Biden economy. Anyway, long story short, Clooney can choke and I hope his play bombs.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Democrats are already blaming George Clooney for his stupid NYT op-ed | | Added 319 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
George Clooney wrote his now-infamous New York Times editorial in July, wherein he insulted President Biden for being too old and said that Biden should step aside and the Democrats should pass over the sitting vice president and hold a mini-primary before the convention. Clooney?s delusion became THE talking point for many Democratic donors as they dreamt of installing someone like Wes Moore or Mark Kelly as the nominee with zero money and zero credibility with average Democratic voters nationwide. Many elected Democrats publicly echoed Clooney?s words, including Nancy Pelosi and a dozen senators. Then, eleven days later, Biden dropped out and endorsed Kamala Harris, and the party quickly coalesced behind her and she raised a billion dollars. When Clooney was in Venice, he was asked about his NYT op-ed, and he said that ?none of that is going to be remembered.? Guess who remembered? Everyone.
Democratic voters would like a quick word with movie star George Clooney. Clooney, the movie star whose New York Times editorial heralded the ouster of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race, was the subject of some frustration after former President Donald Trump secured the nations highest office.
Someone bring me George Clooney, wrote altNOAA, the veteran-led political commentator group launched in response to the Trump administrations so-called gag order on the Environmental Protection Agency. We need to have a talk.
Clooney was among a slew of high-profile Americans who urged Biden to walk away from the race after his lone debate against Trump raised concerns about the 81-year-olds ability to defeat the MAGA Republican.
Biden later claimed he had a cold, but Democratic critics such as Clooney argued that was beside the point considering the stakes if he continued ? and what he said was the likelihood that another candidate could easily defeat Trump.
We?re all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that we?ve opted to ignore every warning sign, Clooney wrote. All of the scary stories that we?re being told about what would happen next are simply not true. In all likelihood, the money in the Biden-Harris coffers could go to help elect the presidential ticket and other Democrats.
[From Raw Story]
The tweets are there, the outrage is there. It will be one of the great political unknowns in American history, ?what if Democrats hadn?t been such bedwetters and stayed in lockstep behind an enormously successful president?? While Biden?s approval rate was very low six months ago or whatever, I maintain that most people were not paying attention to Biden or anything else before Democratic turncoats began screaming about his age. Democrats have to reckon with how they mishandled all of that, because they looked disorganized and incredibly eager to stab Biden in the back. But yeah? Clooney can fk all the way off.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George Clooney & a Versace-clad Amal Clooney attended their Albie Awards | | Added 360 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
For several years now, George and Amal Clooney have been throwing a party ?for justice? in New York. They call the party the Albie Awards, and it?s supposed to be a fundraiser/awards something or other associated with the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Last night was the annual awards show. Amal wore a slinky black gown by Versace (Donatella attended) and she had a fresh blowout. They both spoke to People Magazine about their marriage today is their tenth wedding anniversary, and while there are persistent rumors about the state of their marriage, they put on a big show last night.
George told People: ?I would support anything my wife is involved in. She?s always on the right side of history, and I?m always so proud to be in the same room with her no matter what and this is an event where we get to focus all the attention on the people who don?t get enough attention.?
Amal adds, ?He?s an amazing advocate, and it just means so much to me to be able to do this work together and for him to help bring to life some of the stories that we?re telling tonight.?
Responding to the sweet comments from his wife, the actor jokingly tells PEOPLE, ?I?m giving her money right now, you can?t see, right behind her back.?
The couple, whose 10th wedding anniversary is on Friday, Sept. 27, also shared their plans.
?I?m taking her somewhere tonight, but she doesn?t know where,? George tells PEOPLE.
[From People]
Ah, jokes about paying his wife, how charming. Obviously, I?m still not over George?s skullduggery in recent months, starting with his NYT op-ed which, much like George, has aged like milk. He?s still being asked about it too in Venice, he said that no one will remember what he did. Meanwhile, his sad little bro-movie with a credibly accused child abuser comes out today on streaming, after Apple pulled it from a wide theatrical release. Perhaps now would be the time for George to pass the torch to someone younger. We can have a mini-primary to find a replacement movie star who is younger and cooler.
Celebrity guests at the Albies event included: Leslie Bibb, Jimmy Fallon, Emily Blunt, Cate Blanchett, John Krasinski, Donatella Versace, Mark Ronson, John Oliver, Melinda Gates, Busy Philipps, Ariana Debose, Shailene Woodley and more.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | George Clooney on his Biden op-ed: 'none of that is gonna be remembered' | | Added 384 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
George and Amal Clooney walked the red carpet together for the Wolfs premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday night. The Clooneys were in Venice for several days and these photos were supposed to be the big, splashy premiere which would launch Wolfs and make it a much-needed box office success for Clooney and Brad Pitt. Hilariously, AppleTV+ is no longer giving this film a wide theatrical release. The Clooneys put on this big show for what is basically a direct-to-streaming mess.
Amal looked nice, albeit sort of like a showgirl? She?s done this before, and I suspect that George prefers when she?s styled this way, with big hair and heavy makeup. Her gown was Atelier Versace, and she wore Cartier jewelry. George wore Armani, of course. Amal pulls off most shades of yellow but this feels a tad same-y to me? It just feels like we?ve already seen both of them do versions of all of this a million times before.
Meanwhile, George is still trying to figure out what to say now that President Biden has left the presidential race. Back in July, George wrote a NYT op-ed in which he mocked Joe Biden for being old and said that Biden should step down and the Democrats should have a mini-primary. The op-ed was part of a coordinated effort by certain Democrats to not only get a sitting president out of the race, but to marginalize the sitting vice president. They wanted a contested convention too, don?t forget about that. Well, here?s what George said about everything that?s happened:
?The person who should be applauded is the president, who has done the most selfless thing anybody has done since George Washington, and that?s the truth. All of the machinations that got us there, none of that is gonna be remembered. And it shouldn?t be. What should be remembered is the selfless act of someone who, it?s very hard to let go of power ? we know that, we?ve seen it all around the world ? and for someone to say I think there?s a better path forward, all the credit goes to him. And that?s really the truth, and all of the rest of it will be long gone and forgotten and so I?m just very proud of where we are in the state of the world right now.?
[Transcribed via Reuters]
?All of the machinations that got us there, none of that is gonna be remembered.? LMAO. No, George, I will never forget. There are a lot of people who will never forget. The disloyalty, the classlessness, the lack of grace, the public political malpractice. I still haven?t heard one gdamn thing about George opening up his purse for Kamala Harris either.
George Clooney called President Joe Biden selfless for ending his reelection bid pic.twitter.com/i4M9JIzPLK
Reuters (@Reuters) September 1, 2024
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Brad Pitt & George Clooney's 'Wolfs' will no longer get a full theatrical release | | Added 395 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Wolfs is the Jon Watts film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. It will soon premiere at the Venice Film Festival and Clooney and Pitt will go all-out at the Venice premiere. Pitt might even walk his first red carpet with Inez de Ramon. All eyes will be on Venice because not only will Wolfs premiere there, but Angelina Jolie?s Oscar-bait film Maria is also scheduled to premiere, and Angelina will likely show up too. So, that was supposed to be the buzz/controversy. The problem? Wolfs was produced by AppleTV+ and the initial plan was to give Wolfs a full theatrical release before putting it on streaming. That plan changed this month, and now Wolfs is only getting a limited theatrical release for just ONE WEEK before it?s put on steaming. LMAO. I mean, I was going to skip it too (mute challenge both Clooney and Pitt) but this is too rich.
Three years ago, Hollywood started buzzing about an untitled movie project getting shopped around town, written and directed by Jon Watts and set to star George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Every studio in town was reportedly bidding on the film, and eventually, when Apple secured the distribution rights, a priority in the plan was made clear: a ?robust theatrical release,? as Deadline put it. That was woven into the deal between the filmmakers and the studio, with Sony Pictures later attached to handle theatrical distribution. Just last year, Clooney said, ?Brad and I made the deal to do that movie where we gave money back to make sure that we had a theatrical release.? And when the film, later titled Wolfs, was announced to make its world premiere at this year?s Venice Film Festival, everything seemed to have fallen into place along those lines.
Plans, however, can change fast in Hollywood. Earlier this month, Apple announced that Wolfs? wide theatrical release had been canceled, with plans instead to put it out on a handful of big screens for just a week before streaming it on Apple TV+ starting September 27. Across the Atlantic, plans for theater runs were scrapped entirely. This wasn?t for lack of faith in the movie, exactly, as the studio confirmed plans to make a sequel in the same breath.
Speaking with Vanity Fair in the aftermath of the pivot, Watts says in no uncertain terms that he made this movie for the big screen?and that?s evident in the final product. Watts is careful with his words as to his own feelings around the current release situation, but confirms he found out about the change only days before the rest of the world did. He also makes clear where his priorities are. ?What it really takes is for the people that pay for the movies to back theatrical distribution,? he says. ?It?s not up to the filmmakers. Filmmakers have been making great movies.?
?When we initially made the deal, when I was pitching it to everyone, that was before the last Spider-Man came out. So that was when the entire existential future of theatrical movie going was still up in the air. From that point on, the theatrical experience has really made an impression on me, of how valuable this thing is and how important it is. I always thought of this as a theatrical movie. We made it to be seen in theaters, and I think that?s the best way to see it. It?s funny. It?s filled with twists and turns. I tried to do some interesting things visually and I still think that the best way to see it is in theaters.?
[From Vanity Fair]
Granted, a lot of films, actors and filmmakers are getting screwed over by last-minute decisions to bury a film or not give a film a theatrical release. This is not some outlier situation these days in Hollywood. But it?s still brutal and it?s still funny. Brad and George thought they were promoting a buddy-comedy/action movie which would give them both a much-needed hit. Instead, their big reunion project has been shuffled off to streaming at the last minute. George is too old, he should step down from Hollywood, he doesn?t have the juice anymore. Brad?s been juiceless since he terrorized and abused his family in 2016.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, cover courtesy of GQ.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| | | 6.035.691
Photos Online+ 3.552 past week
1.810
Users Online | | |
| | | | | | | | Coming Up Soon
Dafne Keen
Isabela Merced
Keke Palmer
Nikki Glaser
Penny Lane
Sabrina Carpenter
Sadie Sink
Sommer Ray
| | |
| | | | | We Salute
Dianna Agron
Photos of Dianna Agron will not count in your daily view limit, if you are a registered member
Tribute ends in
2 days | | |
| | |
|
