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| | Brad Pitt & George Clooney's 'Wolfs' will no longer get a full theatrical release | | Added 415 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 1091 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 4 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 4 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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| | George Clooney: 'It doesn't hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney is currently promoting Midnight Sky, which he stars in, directed and produced. Good timing that his virtual promotion is happening just before the election, because that?s mostly what he wants to talk about. George spoke to Vanity Fair about growing up a Democrat in Kentucky, fighting losing battles, and why everyone should want to be the man in the arena. I?ll admit it? George?s words moved me. What he says about fighting losing battles is so important, as is what he says about trying and failing.
Why he?s supporting Amy McGrath?s Senate run in his home state of Kentucky: ?Here?s the idea behind supporting someone even though you?re going to lose. I?ve been arrested in the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. I?ve been fighting to take [former Sudanese president] Omar al-Bashir to the ICC for years. All of those things, every one of them, was futile. I got an award by the Nobel Laureates at one point. There?s the Dalai Lama standing there, handing you this plaque, and my speech was about how we?ve never won. We?ve never succeeded, we?ve never accomplished. People are still dying in Sudan, and Darfur, and South Sudan. Every speech was: ?We?re not winning, but that doesn?t mean we don?t keep the fight up. It doesn?t mean you don?t keep doing it.? Now, a few weeks ago, I saw Omar al-Bashir in the docket, and he?s in jail. Yes, it took 20 years, but guess what?it happened. Of course you fight the losing fights, and of course you go into them fully expecting that you?re going to lose this fight. But that?s how democracy works. You fight it, and fight it, and at some point it changes. It doesn?t hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.?
His inspiration is Theodore Roosevelt?s 1910 ?Man in the Arena? speech: ?All he says is: get in. You get your face dirty; you?re going to lose. And when you lose, people are going to stand out there and make fun of you. The people out there, doing that [mockery], will never know the agony of defeat, but they?ll never know the great victories. They?ll be the timid souls on the sideline. That?s the truth. You gotta get in; you gotta mix it up. I have always been very involved, politically. I believe in it. I think it?s your civic duty to do.?
Whether American division has ever been this bad: ?It?s going to take a while. We always think that every time there is division in the United States, that it?s never been this bad. I say, go watch the documentary about Bobby Kennedy on Netflix. I think it?s six episodes. Just watch how the White House had buses parked around it to protect it from people being able to get up close to it. And people being shot in the streets and on campuses, particularly in ?65 and ?66 and ?68, and how deeply torn and violent and angry we were. Much more so than now, even though we see a lot of anger. And yes, it?s amplified by your ability to do all this on the internet and misinformation you?re getting. There was still a lot of misinformation and still a lot of anger. There?s certainly no more anger or resentment than when we actually killed 400,000 Americans in a civil war.?
On the Confederate flag: ?When I was growing up, I didn?t pay much attention to the Confederate flag. Hell, The Dukes of Hazzard had it on the top of their car. But the truth of the matter is, if I was Black I would have known exactly what it is. It shows you how different the experiences are. We were big liberals in Kentucky, you know, and still we were missing the point. I wasn?t flying a Confederate flag, for chrissakes, but now you look at it and go, ?Okay, guys, you?re defending the flag of a group of people, an entire section of this country that were traitors to the country, who went to war against our country and lost. With that flag! And they went to war for slavery?and lost.? So you don?t just get to fly that fking flag.?
We?ll survive this moment: ?I look at it as this is one of our worst moments. It?s not our worst. We will survive it. We survived the others. In general, what?s going to have to happen is, bit by bit, the most extreme of these groups will fall by the wayside and we?ll get tired of hate, as we do. We have found ways around it. I think we need to solve deeply ingrained injustices. There is not a single person that can actually look at facts and think that if you?re Black in the United States, your life, particularly in the justice system, is equal. Sentences are longer, they?re harsher, the paroles are longer, the arrest rate is higher. There?s no version of it that is equitable. We?re going to have to adjust these things. It can?t just be words.?
What Trump should have done in March about the pandemic: ?If Trump had come out early on and said, ?Listen, this is bad. It goes through the air??which we now know he knew in March??everybody should wear a mask.? If he did it, and everybody did it, there wouldn?t be one single MAGA person in the world saying we shouldn?t wear a mask. They wear seatbelts and they wear helmets on their motorcycles??
[From Vanity Fair]
For years, people have said that George would eventually ?get into politics? and run for office. The man is 59 years old and he has a bad back and more money than he knows what to do with. He?s not going to run for office. BUT HE SHOULD. I would vote for him. I loved his summary of the ?Man in the Arena? speech (which is technically the ?Citizenship in a Republic? speech). And this: ?Of course you fight the losing fights, and of course you go into them fully expecting that you?re going to lose this fight. But that?s how democracy works. You fight it, and fight it, and at some point it changes. It doesn?t hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.? The reason I know Clooney?s not going to run for political office is because he would have saved that line for his stump speech.
Also: I really appreciate how George is capable of revising his opinions and changing with the times and admitting mistakes without feeling the need to center himself in the narrative. The way he talks about the Confederate flag and what he thought in the past versus what he thinks now is a perfect example of ?how to be a white man and talk about Culture War issues.?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | George Clooney: 'The most patriotic thing?is to question your government' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney has had a very quiet year. That?s more common since his marriage to Amal he goes dark for months at a time, and he really only tries to get publicity when he?s promoting a project or when he?s drawing attention to some crisis or political issue. So it is now George is promoting The Midnight Sky, a film he stars in and directed. He plays a ?a lonesome scientist in the Arctic, who races to stop a group of astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.? To promote the film, he did a virtual appearance at the London Film Festival and talked about his career, politics and how he almost did The Notebook (which I do not believe, but sure). Some highlights:
On the pandemic: ?We?re sitting in this completely changed world, [where] we find it?s not just about coronavirus, about all the anger and hatred and stuff. You find that you?re really looking for kindness and support around the rest of your life. The directors that I?ve enjoyed working with always have had that as a quality.?
He decided to make Good Night, and Good Luck after seeing the lead-up to the war in Iraq. ?In 2003 and 2004, there were like five or six of us saying this is a terrible idea, and everyone else who thought [that] was keeping quiet. I just remember that feeling, the idea that the most patriotic thing you can do in the world is to question your government. I believe that, and will always believe it. I was raised the son of a newsman.?
The difference in the media today: ?It?s an interesting thing because at that time [1953], we had three channels for television news, and they all started with the same set of facts. Now, that?s completely different. We have the President of the United States trying to say that our mail-in ballots could be fraudulent, which of course, is a felony. And there?s been something like nine [cases of fraud] of a mail-in ballot over the last 40 years. We?re just working with different sets of facts, and I worry about that, because it makes people very sure of themselves.?
Working with Felicity Jones, who turned up pregnant: ?I was in the middle of Iceland, really miserable, and she goes ?So, there?s news. I?m pregnant.? I?m like ?Great.? And then I go, ?Okay, that complicates things.? She was so gung-ho. She wanted to do all the wirework. But I was like ?No, we?re not putting anyone pregnant on a wire.??
The Notebook story, which sounds like BS: He was going to work with Paul Newman, toward the end of his life. ?We were going to do The Notebook together. Basically, I was going to play him as a young man, and it was funny. We met and said, ?This is it. It?s going to be great.?? Subsequently, the actor went home, watched a number of Newman?s iconic films and got intimidated. ?He?s one of the handsomest guys you?ve ever seen. We met up [again] and I said, ?I can?t play you. I don?t look anything like you. This is insane.? ?We just wanted to do it because we wanted to work together, [but] it ended up being not the right thing for us to do.?
[From Deadline]
The Paul Newman story? I have no doubt that The Notebook, like many films, went through various casting choices, but I simply do not believe that George Clooney was considered for the Ryan Gosling role in The Notebook, nor do I believe that someone was like ?Paul Newman looks like an aged Clooney.? No. None of that happened. Newman and Clooney looked NOTHING alike. At all. And George was way too old for The Notebook. Lord. As for the other stuff? I think about the difference in American media and how ?conservative media? has ruined this country profoundly. McCarthyism would still be a thing if Fox News had been around at that time.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney donated $500K to the Equal Justice Initiative on Juneteenth | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I somehow missed this, but on June 1st, the Daily Beast published a column by George Clooney. Clooney wrote about systemic racism and institutional racism in policing and more. I have no idea why I missed that when he wrote it, but I?m glad to hear from him, especially considering we really haven?t heard much from or about the Clooneys in months. Turns out, George has been paying attention to what?s happening in America, from the pandemic to Black Lives Matter and more. On Friday, he also did this: donated $500K to the Equal Justice Initiative. In his statement, he referenced Donald Trump?s Wall Street Journal interview, where Trump claimed, ?I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It?s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.
George Clooney is opening up his wallet for a good cause. The actor, 59, will be donating $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative, he tells PEOPLE in a statement.
Clooney said his donation was a response to President Donald Trumps claim that he made Juneteenth ? a longstanding holiday that marks the end of slavery ? famous.
Thank you President Trump for making Juneteenth famous. Much like when Bull Connor made Civil Rights famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the Equal Justice Initiative in honor of your heroic efforts, Clooneys statement reads.
[From People]
If you don?t know who Bull Connor was, I suggest you read any book about his attacks against civil rights activists and peaceful protests in Alabama. He was a fking monster. Clooney?s comparison checks out Bull Connor is to Civil Rights what Donald Trump is to Juneteenth. And I love that George is spending his Casamigos cash in all of these great ways. I worried that he would just sit on all that money, but no. He?s going on a charitable giving spree!
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