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| | George Clooney wins critics' award, claims to be drunk like Mariah | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last night the New York Film Critics Awards were held, and George Clooney picked up the ?Best Actor? award for Up In The Air. These are one of the few awards ceremonies that are not televised on any cable or network broadcast, although PopEater found some footage of the event. Clooney was charming, so congratulations to him. He also cracks a joke about Mariah Carey?s drunken appearance at an awards ceremony last week: ?I am like Mariah Carey f—-d up right now.? Sigh. I hope he doesn?t win the Best Actor Oscar. I doubt he will. Team Jeff Bridges. Here?s some of the
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| | George Clooney's parents encourage him to settle down with Elisabetta | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Two tabloids have some juicy gossip about George Clooney and his Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. Well, maybe not so juicy, but George is likely going to be up for another Oscar this year, and he?s got to sell this relationship as ?The One?. Now, I think Elisabetta has a pretty decent chance of sticking around for a bit longer than the other girls. But, I do think she?s being sold (and selling herself) as ?The One? for other purposes. I?m just putting that out there, Clooney apologists.
Anyway, first up is the National Enquirer. They?re running a big story about how all of George?s friends and even his parents want him to settle down with Elisabetta:
George Clooney?s parents are urging George to wed his new girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, say sources close to the star. Clooney swore he?d never marry again after his three-year-marriage to actress Talia Balsam collapsed in 1993 - but Elisabetta has made him reconsider, say his pals.
George, 48, and Elisabetta, 31, have been inseparable since meeting in Italy. Elisabetta has been staying in Clooney?s Lake Como villa, and the two have been traveling the globe together, spending time in London, New York, Rome, Mexico and Los Angeles.
George?s parents and friends have all given Elisabetta the thumbs up.
?They are the perfect match,? said a friend of the couple. ?They are both actors, and they both love sports. They love long motorcycle rides, and they love going out on George?s boat. They also like to share romantic dinners, good wine and lots of laughs. And George loves that Elisabetta, whose mother teaches Italian literature, and whose father is a doctor, likes to read and to talk politics.?
George?s mother Nina ?told George she would be delighted to have Elisabetta as a daughter-inlaw,? said a source. ?She and Nick would love George to get married again and give them grandchildren, and she hopes George will pop the question.?
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 18, 2010]
Yeah? I?m not sure if I believe George?s parents are all ?get married already.? I think they know their son, and they don?t judge him for not getting hitched. And really, would he be the best husband? Also, I love that Elisabetta ?reading books? and ?talking politics? impresses George. That?s what he gets for spending years dating interchangeable cocktail waitresses and escorts. Of course, Elisabetta isn?t that independent. She pretty much dropped everything in her life to run off with George and do whatever he needs her to do.
Meanwhile, Star Magazine is reporting that George is so ?crazy? about Elisabetta, ?he?ll do anything to make her happy.? What, perchance, would make Elisabetta happy? Access to all of Clooney?s accounts, maybe? Almost! Star says that George bought her an $8 million villa in Los Cabos, Mexico. He bought her the Mexico pad because ?she doesn?t like LA much, so he?s given her a home away from home in Mexico? He?s even added a guesthouse for her best friend who travels with her. George says, ?Whatever Elisabetta wants, she gets!?? Gah! I wonder if he put the villa in her name. If he did, that?s quite a? payment for services rendered.
By the way, have we talked about Clooney’s new beard? I kind of like it. It makes him look older, but I find it very sexy:
George Clooney leaving Mr. Chow after eating with Elisabetta on January 7, 2010. Credit: Hector Vasquez, PacificCoastNews.com. George & Elisabetta at the ?Up in the Air? premiere in Rome on October 17, 2009. Credit: PCN.
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| | Geroge Clooney's parents encourage him to settle down with Elisabetta | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Two tabloids have some juicy gossip about George Clooney and his Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. Well, maybe not so juicy, but George is likely going to be up for another Oscar this year, and he?s got to sell this relationship as ?The One?. Now, I think Elisabetta has a pretty decent chance of sticking around for a bit longer than the other girls. But, I do think she?s being sold (and selling herself) as ?The One? for other purposes. I?m just putting that out there, Clooney apologists.
Anyway, first up is the National Enquirer. They?re running a big story about how all of George?s friends and even his parents want him to settle down with Elisabetta:
George Clooney?s parents are urging George to wed his new girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, say sources close to the star. Clooney swore he?d never marry again after his three-year-marriage to actress Talia Balsam collapsed in 1993 - but Elisabetta has made him reconsider, say his pals.
George, 48, and Elisabetta, 31, have been inseparable since meeting in Italy. Elisabetta has been staying in Clooney?s Lake Como villa, and the two have been traveling the globe together, spending time in London, New York, Rome, Mexico and Los Angeles.
George?s parents and friends have all given Elisabetta the thumbs up.
?They are the perfect match,? said a friend of the couple. ?They are both actors, and they both love sports. They love long motorcycle rides, and they love going out on George?s boat. They also like to share romantic dinners, good wine and lots of laughs. And George loves that Elisabetta, whose mother teaches Italian literature, and whose father is a doctor, likes to read and to talk politics.?
George?s mother Nina ?told George she would be delighted to have Elisabetta as a daughter-inlaw,? said a source. ?She and Nick would love George to get married again and give them grandchildren, and she hopes George will pop the question.?
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 18, 2010]
Yeah? I?m not sure if I believe George?s parents are all ?get married already.? I think they know their son, and they don?t judge him for not getting hitched. And really, would he be the best husband? Also, I love that Elisabetta ?reading books? and ?talking politics? impresses George. That?s what he gets for spending years dating interchangeable cocktail waitresses and escorts. Of course, Elisabetta isn?t that independent. She pretty much dropped everything in her life to run off with George and do whatever he needs her to do.
Meanwhile, Star Magazine is reporting that George is so ?crazy? about Elisabetta, ?he?ll do anything to make her happy.? What, perchance, would make Elisabetta happy? Access to all of Clooney?s accounts, maybe? Almost! Star says that George bought her an $8 million villa in Los Cabos, Mexico. He bought her the Mexico pad because ?she doesn?t like LA much, so he?s given her a home away from home in Mexico? He?s even added a guesthouse for her best friend who travels with her. George says, ?Whatever Elisabetta wants, she gets!?? Gah! I wonder if he put the villa in her name. If he did, that?s quite a? payment for services rendered.
By the way, have we talked about Clooney’s new beard? I kind of like it. It makes him look older, but I find it very sexy:
George Clooney leaving Mr. Chow after eating with Elisabetta on January 7, 2010. Credit: Hector Vasquez, PacificCoastNews.com. George & Elisabetta at the ?Up in the Air? premiere in Rome on October 17, 2009. Credit: PCN.
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| | Will George Clooney win the Best Actor Oscar? | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yesterday, the National Board of Review released their award winners. The NBR awards pretty much kick off the awards season, along with the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globe nominations, would should be announced in a few more weeks. The National Board of Review actually has a really interesting record picking winners and nominees - they?re chosen actors like Halle Berry (for Monster?s Ball), Slumdog Millionaire (for best picture) and Diablo Cody (for Juno?s screenplay), flying in the face of some conventional Oscar wisdom and some expensive campaigns. What I?m trying to say is - take the NBR awards seriously, but they don?t exactly mean these picks are the absolute winners.
The biggest ?shock? win of yesterday?s announcement was George Clooney?s joint win as Best Actor (Morgan Freeman was also named for Invictus) and George?s film, Up In The Air, was named as the Best Picture. Also, Anna Kendrick (the younger girl in the film) took best supporting actress. So, it seems Up In The Air is the film to beat. And Clooney might be the actor to beat?
The 2009 Oscar race is officially Up in the Air.
The George Clooney vehicle about love in the age of layoffs has become one of the Oscar front-runners after being named best picture by the National Board of Review on Thursday.
Clooney shared a win for best actor with Morgan Freeman, who won for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Invictus, directed by his longtime collaborator Clint Eastwood, who was named best director.
British newcomer Carey Mulligan was named best actress for playing a precocious teen in An Education, while The Messenger’s Woody Harrelson and Air’s Anna Kendrick were recognized for their supporting performances.
The cast of the forthcoming comedy, It’s Complicated, which includes Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, was named best ensemble.
The NBR, which was naming 10 of the year’s outstanding films long before the Oscars got into the act, also recognized, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man, Invictus, Star Trek, The Messenger, Where the Wild Things Are, and Up, which was named best animated film.
The Oscars will air live on March 7 on ABC.
[From People]
Here?s the thing - a f-cking love to analyze what awards mean, and who has the best chances, and who got robbed and who benefited from the best campaign. Some people might find that kind of thing tedious, but Oscar predictions are like crack to me. I totally Lohan for critics? awards. So here?s my analysis of the NBR awards: I think Up In The Air is peeking early. Though the film is getting great reviews, and everyone says Clooney is wonderful in it, I have serious doubts the film will go the distance. First of all, it?s got really f-cked subject matter for this time period: it?s a film about people losing their jobs. And the ?hero? (Clooney) is the guy who does the laying off.
Now, I do think Clooney will likely end up with an Oscar nomination for the film. I just think his chance of winning it, as this point, isn?t that great. I think Morgan Freeman?s chance at both the nomination and the win for playing Nelson Mandela in Invictus is probably much better. And no one is even mentioning Colin Firth in A Single Man! Or Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine. So let?s not jump to any conclusions.
George Clooney and Elisabetta at the ?Up In The Air? premiere in Los Angeles on November 30, 2009. Credit: Fame.
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His new film “Up in the Air” has been named Best Picture by the National Board of Review and George Clooney could be smelling an Oscar.
In addition, the “Ocean’s Eleven” stud has tied Morgan Freeman for the Best Actor honor. Freeman plays Nelson Mandela in “Invictus.”
Shia Labeouf’s lady friend Carey Mulligan has been named Best Actress for her role in “An Education,” while Woody Harrelson and Anna Kendrick top the Supporting Actor/Actress categories respectively.
As for the Best Ensemble nod, the cast of “It’s Complicated,” including Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin nabbed the nod. The Oscars will hit ABC on March 7th.
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| | Angelina Jolie: I don't like being without Brad (update: fake interview?) | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Wow? Angelina Jolie has given a rare interview where she?s not promoting a film or a cause. Now, this is from OK! Magazine, and they?re not as legitimate as say, People Magazine, but I do think this interview is for real. Meaning that someone on OK!?s staff spoke to Angelina herself (not one of the gerbils) either in person, on the phone, or via e-mail or something.
The interview is short, and it?s basically just Angelina defending herself and her relationship with Brad. My guess is this is another piece of Brangelina?s media strategy to combat the Ian Halperin crap, like posing for photos after having dinner with Elisabetta ?Eminem Tattoo? Canalis and George Clooney.
Trouble in Jolie-Pitt land? No chance, according to Angelina Jolie in an interview featured in the new issue of OK!, Angie says in Brad Pitt ? superdad to Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox ? she?s found ?the right person.?
What?s the best thing about Brad?
He is a wonderful person and a really great actor. He?s extremely down-to-earth, goofy and funny. People know very little about him, and when it comes to where his morals are, how he is with people, what he cares about and what he?s learned about, he is very aware.
How do you carve out quality time?
We just do it and work on it.
Ever wish you could be alone?
I met the right person and I don?t like being without him.
Is it easy to juggle being a mother and an A-list actor?
I am just a mom and that?s how I am going to be the rest of my life. That sounds so funny ? I mean [the phrase] ?A-list actor.?
What?s up next?
I help where I can. I raise my kids with a lot of love and make sure they grow into the individuals they were born to be.
[From OK! Magazine]
CB says she ?kind of feels bad for her. She is really over the top in her interviews about Brad and I think she genuinely is crazy about him. I bet they do fight, but all married people do.? I think one of the biggest conspiracies about Brad and Angelina is that she?s somehow in control of everything. I don?t buy that. I think she adores Brad and looks at him as the protective partner/father she?s always wanted, and he?s the one making a lot of their family decisions. And that pisses me off - because if Brad really has as much control as I think he has in their relationship, then he should be out there defending Angelina and their relationship much more. Instead, Brad is always quiet Mr. Perfect while Angelina gets all the criticism.
UPDATE: The GERBILS attack! No, it could very well be that OK! Magazine cut-and-pasted from previous interviews. Specifically this interview Angelina did last year when she was promoting Changeling. It sounded new to me, but I?ve been wrong about it before. My bad!
Brad and Angelina doing their photo op late November 30/December 1 in LA. Credit: Bauer-Griffin.
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| | George Clooney is looking deliciously dirty, jokes about smoking crack | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Well, hello Sailor! George is looking good to me for some reason this morning. I like that he looks a little dirty and scruffy. It?s working. Clooney brought his girlfriend Elisabetta and his mom Nina to the Los Angeles premiere of Up In The Air last night. Everybody wore black, like it was a Johnny Cash theme night. Clooney often wears all black, because he loves the monochromatic look, but I expected more from Elisabetta. She doesn?t look like a kinky, gold-dogging, trophy girlfriend! What the hell? She looks? dare I say? respectable. Elisabetta, is that even you?
On the red carpet, Radar caught up with Clooney and they even got him to ?crack? a joke (video here):
George Clooney’s reputation as a jokester was solidified on the red carpet in Los Angeles Monday night at the premiere of his new film Up in the Air.
“I’m up in the air on mostly on the crack that I’m on right now,” the ever so dashing Clooney exclusively told RadarOnline.com.
Should we be worried about this? Is the most gorgeous man in Hollywood going to be checking into rehab?
“Rehab is the woosy way, that’s the new Hollywood way,” he explained to us. “We go the old way, which is just party through it!”
Also on hand were his good friends Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, fresh from their Mexican Thanksgiving vacation with George and his lovely Italian girlfriend Elizabeth Canalis, who took pictures with George but did not walk the carpet and answer questions.
So we had to ask, is Clooney up in the air about marriage too? “Exactly,” he charmingly told us.
In Up In The Air, Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a jaded man whose job is to fire people from their jobs. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office - essentially threatening the nomadic existence Ryan loves.
Determined to show Natalie the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing trips, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.
Up In The Air opens Friday, December 4.
[From Radar]
My mom wants to see this already. She?s a sucker for any movie where George wears a suit. And I?m being completely serious. But Up In the Air is getting solid reviews, despite it?s somewhat crummy subject matter. And many critics have Clooney on the Lead Actor Oscar shortlist, up there with Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine and Colin Firth in A Single Man. Methinks Elisabetta has her eye on the prize - walking down the Oscar red carpet.
Here?s the trailer for Up In the Air:
George Clooney, his mom, and his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis at the LA premiere of ‘Up In The Air’ on November 30, 2009. Credit: WENN.com/FayesVision
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| | George Clooney's hypocritical dating advice for women | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney?s last girlfriend, Sarah Larson, was 18 years his junior. His current girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, is 17 years younger than he is. Given that, you?d think George would keep his mouth shut when it comes to May/December romances. And since he announced he?d never marry (again) while he was dating Sarah Larson, you?d think he?d keep his mouth shut when it comes to doling out dating advice. You?d think. But you?d be wrong. George handing out all kinds of advice ? and rules ? to his ?Up in the Air? co-star, 24-year-old Anna Kendrick, including the fact that she can?t date someone as old as him.
Ladies’ man George Clooney isn’t short on romance pointers ? even if they’re for a younger, female costar.
“He had rules for me about dating and stuff. It was really sweet,” Anna Kendrick said at Saturday’s press day for their new comedy/drama Up in the Air, out Dec. 4. “It’s funny, actually. A friend of his that was his age [48] was dating somebody younger than me. He thought that was fine. I was like, ‘What would you say to me if I were dating somebody your age?’ He said, ‘Oh no, absolutely not.’ ”
The 24-year-old admits, “He had this kind of older brother thing with me.” And, her character, who has argumentative romantic tension with Clooney in the film, jokes, “Is he too old for me? Yes. George Clooney is too old for me.”
[From People]
Yes, yes, I know it?s supposed to be adorable. And it is, because George is adorable and it?s cute that he?s sort of paternal with his co-star. But you?d have a hard time convincing me that Clooney wouldn?t jump into bed with her in a second if the opportunity presented itself. And it is just fine for Clooney?s 48-year-old friend to date a girl younger than 24, but not alright for his 24-year-old co-star to date a man who?s 48. That?s rather logically inconsistent.
To George?s credit, he was married to actress Talia Balsam for four years, and she was actually two years older than he. For whatever reason, that seemed to leave a permanent bad taste in his mouth towards women his own age.
Here?s George with Elisabetta at the ?Up in the Air? premiere in London on October 18th . Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
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| | George Clooney: People think I?m 60 years old | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I don?t get this chick?s style. These are new photos of George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis at the Up In the Air premiere at the International Rome Film Festival on Friday. George looks okay, I guess. But Elisabetta? she looks ?off? somehow, doesn?t she? Like she?s aiming for both Cindy Crawford and Angelina Jolie with her styling. Maybe I?m just thinking of Angelina because of the tattoos, though. In any case, I think Elisabetta has weird style/makeup/hair people. I do think she?s a pretty girl, and I hope she improves throughout her relationship with Clooney. My guess is that she?s going to be wearing a lot of Armani (same as Sarah Larson) in the coming months.
Anyway, George Clooney has three films coming out this fall/winter/awards season. What?s strange is that they?re all coming out within a few months of each other, so if you?re already sick of George and Elisabetta Canalis, you?ll need to prepare yourself for permanent nausea. Last week, George was in London with Elisabetta, on promotional duty for The Fantastic Mr. Fox. This week he?s going to be promoting Up In The Air and Men Who Stare At Goats (which is the one I really want to see). As such, we have a new interview with George, via The Daily Mirror. I?m not sure if the Mirror actually sat down with George, because some of these quotes are old. But some of it sounds new, especially the part where George says everyone thinks he?s 60 years old, which is hilarious:
It?s no wonder George is seen as a playboy ? an image he is happy to poke fun at.
?I?m old,? he says with a laugh. ?I?m kind of comfortable with getting older because it?s better than the other option, which is being dead. So I?ll take getting older. It?s an interesting thing to be able to watch yourself grow older on screen.”
?I was watching Up In The Air and I thought, ?Jesus, who?s the old, grey-haired guy?? And it was me. I never wear make-up for movies and now it?s starting to show.?
?It?s funny because earlier in my career I was working with a lot of actresses who were my age or older and most actors work with actresses who are considerably younger. So people always thought I was older anyway and I?ve been going through this thing with people thinking I?m about 60.?
He may be getting older, but George shows no signs of slowing down. At the moment, he is in London to promote three films, rom-com Up In The Air, kids? favourite The Fantastic Mr Fox and a satire about the CIA called The Men Who Stare At Goats.
?Boy, I?ve got a lot of films here this week, a lot of running around,? he says, adding with another laugh, ?And all three films are ones I don?t have to be embarrassed about ? and that?s rare!?
When he can take a break from his hectic work schedule, he retreats to his Italian mansion on Lake Como to ?recharge and have friends and family and people around?.
George says: ?Some of the most fun dinners I?ve ever had have been there. There?s always 10 or 15 people and we have wild fun evenings of interesting people telling interesting stories. I relate to nothing but joy and happiness there ? it?s been the greatest thing I?ve ever done for myself.?
George may be a generous host, but his guests have to put up with his elaborate pranks. His latest victim was Ocean?s 11 co-star Matt Damon, who visited over summer.
At the time Matt was trying to lose the 30lb he gained for The Informant. He was working out twice a day and eating only salads. So George hired a woman to surreptitiously take in the waistband of all Matt?s trousers every day by an eighth of an inch. ?He couldn?t understand how he seemed to be gaining weight while he was trying so hard to lose it,? grins George.
His next victim will be Brad Pitt. ?I?m working on a prank and I need some help,? he admits. ?Something evil has to happen.?
The Men Who Stare At Goats, produced by George and his business partner Grant Heslov, is based on the supposedly true story of a US military unit who tried to use psychic powers to run through walls and kill goats simply by staring at them.
George says: ?We made up stuff that we thought was funny, but the weirdest stuff in the film is the true stuff.?
?I?ve been lucky enough to do a few films that will last longer than an opening weekend, and those films are the ones I?m proud of,? he says, modestly. ?You know, I have a few that I look back on and say, ?Well, that worked?. And I?ve had some that didn?t really work, but I don?t mind that as long as I?m always trying to do stuff that?s pushing the envelope.?
But he is all too aware that he can only afford so many movies that don?t ?work?. Despite his A-list status and huge influence in Hollywood, George still has to keep on the right side of the financiers and studio heads ? the people who green light and provide the funding for his projects.
?I?m in the lucky position right now of them still letting me play with the toys, but I don?t know how long that will last,? he says. ?So while they?re letting me, I?m going to keep trying to do these kind of movies and hope that some of them succeed.?
[From The Daily Mirror]
If I take away George?s skeezy personal life, I actually love who he is and what he represents in Hollywood. George got to the place in his career several years ago where he started making really interesting choices as an actor, director and producer. He is right about having hits as well as misses, but I give him credit for actually trying to make good, interesting films that challenge audiences. Sigh. I can?t wait for Men Who Stare At Goats. George plus Ewan Mcgregor plus Jeff Bridges plus goats equals film magic.
Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
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| | George Clooney Premieres 'Men Who Stare at Goats' | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Continuing his time in London, George Clooney premiered his new flick “Men Who Stare at Goats” as part of the Times BFI London Film Festival today (October 15).
Joined by his gorgeous girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, the “Ocean’s Eleven” stud was more than happy to pose for the paparazzi outside the Odeon Leicester Square.
And of course, Mr. Clooney was looking handsome as usual, sporting a black suit teamed with a black button-up shirt and black shoes.
Yesterday George was busy premiering yet another one of his new films, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” at the London Film Festival.
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