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| | Democrats are already blaming George Clooney for his stupid NYT op-ed | | Added 40 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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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.
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| | George Clooney & a Versace-clad Amal Clooney attended their Albie Awards | | Added 81 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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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.
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| | George Clooney on his Biden op-ed: 'none of that is gonna be remembered' | | Added 105 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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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
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| | Brad Pitt & George Clooney's 'Wolfs' will no longer get a full theatrical release | | Added 116 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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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.
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| | Julia Roberts tried the Barbiecore trend at the 'Ticket to Paradise' LA premiere | | Added 791 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I keep thinking that this George Clooney-Julia Roberts movie is called Ticket to Ride, but no, it?s Ticket to Paradise. Should it have been called Ticket to Ride, and maybe they could have licensed the Beatles? song? Hm. Anyway, after promoting this film for more than a month, the cast came together last night for the big Hollywood premiere. Julia Roberts did something new for this promotional tour: she wore a girly dress. She?s been doing tons of menswear-inspired looks for her appearances, and she?s stayed very covered-up in almost boxy, shapeless looks. Now here she is in the Barbiecore trend, wearing a Greta Constantine gown. While I love seeing Julia try the Barbie-pink trend, this dress is bad! The taffeta, the sleeves, the stupid ruffled skirt. It?s too ?prom dress? for 54-year-old Julia. I also think it?s sort of interesting that Julia?s husband Danny Moder hasn?t come out for ANY of the premieres. They generally don?t do red carpets together, but still. PS? Julia?s earrings are Chopard and they are SPECTACULAR.
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| | George Clooney was 'gobsmacked' when he learned Amal was expecting twins | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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While George and Amal Clooney never confirmed it, I always assumed that they had some medical help conceiving their twins, Alexander and Ella. Given George and Amals ages and given the twin thing, I just assumed it was IVF and none of our business. George and Amal don?t have to tell us everything and it?s not like IVF is some scandalous or secretive thing. So many people get help. Well, George gave an interview to Marc Maron?s WTF podcast about how surprised he was when Amal got pregnant with twins? He also says that they didnt talk about parenthood until after they were married??
George on how he felt before Amal: Listen, I didnt want to get married. I didnt want to have kids. And then this extraordinary human being walked into my life and I just fell madly in love. Then I knew from the minute I met her that everything was going to be different.?
He didn?t know about twins: I didnt know Id have twins. There is that moment when you go to the doctor and they pull out this piece of paper which is a sonogram and they go, Here and you go, Its a baby boy. Im like, Baby boy, fantastic.? And then they said, And the other one is the girl and I was like, Oh s?t. [Amal's] sister has twins and I was gobsmacked because I was kind of up for one. ? I love it now. And thank God they have each other during the pandemic.
When he & Amal first talked about having kids: So weve been married for about a year and we were at a friends house, and they had a kid there which was loud and obnoxious and I was like, Holy s?t. We went outside for a walk. And shed never thought about it, really. And so then she said, We are awfully lucky in life. And I said, Yeah, we are lucky we found each other.? She said, Seems like that luck should be shared with some other folks.? The actor said he thought about it for maybe a minute and didnt think either of them had made a decision about kids at the time. And then I just said, Well, I mean, if youre in and she said, I think we should try. I have to say it was very emotional because I really was convinced that wasnt my lot in life and was comfortable with that.?
What he wants to instill in his kids: Im really aware of a couple of things, which is Im aware of the danger of celebrity with kids and Im aware of the danger of having means with kids, he said, recalling his own childhood when his mother made his clothes and when his family moved around due to his fathers jobs. I learned to be scrappy because of that. You can put me in any situation, I can survive.I can survive anything. I had to make sure that thats something that our kids get. Thats important to me.
[From People]
Just because that was the first time Amal talked about kids with George doesn?t mean it was the first time she?d thought about it! He makes it sound like a woman had gotten to her late 30s, landed one of Hollywood?s most eligible bachelors and somehow never thought about motherhood! What?s funny is that when Amal talks about her life, her marriage and motherhood, she?s very matter-of-fact. She?s very organized, she?s very lawyery, she?s not a head-in-the-clouds romantic. She probably thought ?I?ll settle in this marriage for a year and then we?ll have a baby.? Also: please, people, talk about these subjects (money, real estate, babies) before you get married!
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | George & Amal Clooney 'are very solid right now' but things didn't always run 'smoothly' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For a while now, I?ve thought that George and Amal Clooney are fine, that they weathered the pandemic pretty well in LA, and that they?re in it for the long-haul. But Us Weekly has a story about just that George and Amal being stronger than ever and now I?m like ?well, maybe not??? It?s that tabloid reverse psychology trying to convince everyone that a couple is perfectly fine often makes people question if the opposite is true. For what it?s worth, I think this is less about telegraphing any issues with the Clooney marriage and more about reminding people that George is about to turn 60 years old. Some highlights from this Us Weekly story:
George & Amal are fine: George Clooney feels ?happy and blessed? in his marriage to Amal Clooney ahead of his 60th birthday in May, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. ?He doubted for so long that he?d get to meet that soulmate he always dreamed of ? but when Amal came along, everything changed,? the insider adds of the couple, who tied the knot in September 2014. ?It?s no exaggeration to say she swept him off his feet.?
George thinks he hit the jackpot: The Oscar winner ?considers Amal extraordinary,? the source says, and ?tells anyone who?ll listen how he?s the one who hit the jackpot here, not her.?
What is this?? Things haven?t always run smoothly for the pair, who put ?constant effort? into their relationship. ?Like any marriage, they?ve had their challenges and needed to adapt to certain situations and challenges,? the source tells Us. ?It?s taken compromise, establishing boundaries and a lot of patience to keep the relationship on track but they?ve done just that.?
Spending so much time in LA: While the couple frequently jet off to their home in Lake Como, Italy, they?ve spent more time stateside amid the coronavirus pandemic. ?[Being in Los Angeles] gave them the chance to hit the refresh button, spend time together as a family unit and play family without interruption. George and Amal are very solid right now.?
Childcare: They ?are pretty even about how they divide up the parenting responsibilities,? and have found a balance with their busy work lives. When he?s not on set, George is always ?doting on the twins? and enjoying his role ?as a regular family guy more than anything. He?s very devoted and loving. [He?s] always thinking of gestures to make them feel appreciated and reminding them that their mom?s the boss.?
Another kid? When it comes to expanding their family, the twosome are on the fence. Though the Descendants star is ?not totally close-minded about one more kid,? welcoming another child seems ?unlikely? ? but not impossible. ?He?s happy with what he?s got and so is Amal,? the source says. ?But it?s a ?never say never? situation, basically.?
[From Us Weekly]
Amal said quite clearly that the twins were enough for her, and she was pretty matter-of-fact about it, I remember her Vogue profile. As for the rough patch they apparently had? where? When? I think George has always given Amal what she wants, and I?m not saying that as some huge negative thing. She wanted a place in the posh English countryside, so he bought a place for her and the kids. She wanted to social-climb in British society so he facilitated that for her. The one thing that surprises me is that George really does seem like an involved father. I think that surprised Amal too she went into the marriage thinking that she?d have a baby or two and that she?d probably be doing it alone, only to be shocked to find out that George loves being a dad. Anyway, are they okay? I thought they were but now I don?t know.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney says that before he got married & had kids, his life was 'pretty empty' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When George Clooney got engaged to then-Amal Alamuddin, did you think it would last? I didn?t. I thought it was fun and interesting when they got married, and I thought they would get tired of each other pretty quickly. But here we are, six and a half years after their Venice wedding, and they seem? completely fine. He supports her work, she supports his work. They have two babies and he seems like a shockingly hands-on father. They seem pretty chilled out, to be honest. Turns out, George and Amal are those ?when you meet the right person, everything works out? kinds of people. George chatted with the Today Show about Amal, his marriage and fatherhood. Some highlights:
What fatherhood has given him: ?Oh, everything. (It?s given me) a sense of belonging and a sense of home and unconditional love ? all the things that you were hoping you could get from a really good career and a dog. You realize that this is a lot more than that.?
Why his family life works: ?I found the right person to have them with. There are some people, their goal was, ?I have to have children.? Mine wasn?t. I wasn?t looking at life, going, ?My life will be unfulfilled without children. I felt like I had a pretty full life. Then I met Amal and realized that my life had been pretty empty. And then when you throw these two kids in there, then suddenly you realize how incredibly empty it was.? With a family, ?it fills it all up, it makes it fun.?
George & Amal are a team: ?We?ve been a team really since we met. The most we?ve ever been apart is three or four days, never had a fight, which people always get ticked off when I say. You know, we?ve been married seven years. We have a really wonderful life together. We?re both busy, but we?re both very involved in each other?s lives, which is nice.?
He never thought he?d be married & with kids in his 50s: ?I would have considered 50 practically dead. Now, I?ll be 60 in a couple of months. Now I?m like, ?60?s not so old; 60?s young, really.? I?m OK. I?m fine with all of it. The number 70 will put a hitch in my giddyup a little bit, but I think the rest of it I can handle.?
[From Today]
I know that he?s just talking narrowly about himself but some of this got on my nerves! ?Then I met Amal and realized that my life had been pretty empty. And then when you throw these two kids in there, then suddenly you realize how incredibly empty it was.? Dude was an Oscar-winning actor, a director, a tequila-company co-founder, father to a pig, owner of a gorgeous Italian mansion in Como and rich beyond belief, with tons of friends and a steady stream of girlfriends, all before he met Amal. He acts like his life was nothing, that it didn?t have any meaning, that it was all nothingness and an empty void. I mean, I?m happy that he enjoys fatherhood and marriage so much, truly, because I had no idea he would be good at it. But he?s being kind of sanctimonious about it and it?s annoying to people who are childfree by choice or necessity.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney: Tom Cruise 'didn't overreact' I wouldn't have done it that big' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney went on Howard Stern?s show to promote The Midnight Sky this week, and of course Stern asked him a lot about the pandemic (Clooney has been locked down in LA) and about the Tom Cruise rant. As we discussed, Cruise was recording going on a lengthy rant at crew members after those crew members were failing to adhere to pandemic protocols (apparently they were standing too close together). George had some thoughts about all of that, and about people who refuse to wear masks.
Clooney doesn?t think Cruise acted inappropriately. He didnt overreact because it is a problem. I have a friend whos an AD on another TV show who just had the almost exact same thing happen with not quite as far out a response. I wouldnt have done it that big. I wouldnt have, you know, pulled people out. Youre in a position of power and its tricky, right? You do have a responsibility for everybody else and hes absolutely right about that. And, you know, if the production goes down, a lot of people lose their jobs. People have to understand that and have to be responsible. Its just not my style to, you know, to take everybody to task that way.
Still, he understands Cruise?s frustration: I understand why he did it. Hes not wrong at all about that. You know, I just, I dont know that I would have done it quite that personally, but I dont know all the circumstances so maybe he had it 10 or 15 times before.
On people refusing to wear masks: ?This thought where everybody is like, ?Well its my freedom.? Its like, thats not how this sh-t works, dumbass. Your freedom is this: Youre free to smoke until your lungs turn black, but you cant do it on the bus. And youre free to drink until your liver comes out your ass, but you cant drink and then get behind the wheel of a car. There have to be certain rules. This is one that says: Put on a f***ing mask and well get through this. Weve got vaccines coming ? lets save another 60,000 lives before the vaccines.?
[From People & the Daily Mail]
Yeah, my guess is that a lot of powerful Hollywood people will have Tom Cruise?s back on this particular issue. Sure, it?s not a great look when a big celebrity is screaming at people. But studios, executives, producers and directors are all really worried about what this ?pause? in production has meant for the industry, and there are legitimately a lot of people out of work. And really, the covid protocols are there for a reason. All that being said, George is famously the guy who (reportedly) put David O. Russell in a chokehold on the set of Three Kings (because Russell was verbally abusing crew members), so who knows if George?s reaction really would have been to back up Cruise in real time. Totally agree with George about masks though!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Avalon Red.
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| | George Clooney claims he's been cutting his hair with a Flowbee for years | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In George Clooney?s recent GQ interview, he spoke a lot about how he?d spent the pandemic in LA, with his wife and twins, at the same three-bedroom LA home he?s owned since 1995, which he bought at the time for $600,000. It was a spacious bachelor pad, but he made it sound like there was not enough room for four people (plus assorted animals, I would imagine). He also told GQ that he?s gotten pretty domestic during the pandemic and ?I cut my own hair and I cut my kids hair and Im mopping it and vacuuming and doing the laundry and doing the dishes every day. I feel like my mother in 1964.? We all had a good chuckle because George tells a good story. Turns out, he was telling the truth. He really does cut his own hair and he cuts his kids? hair. Dude?s got a Flowbee.
Actor/director George Clooney tells @thattracysmith that he's been cutting his own hair for years by using the Flowbee haircutting machine https://t.co/SWYT8pFC8h pic.twitter.com/bKepm5LQCM
CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) November 29, 2020
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