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| | Amal Clooney's date-night outfit for her fifth wedding anniversary: cute or nah' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hand to God, for the past few years, whenever I see photos of George Clooney, I think he looks like one of my aging Indian relatives. It?s something about that silver beard and olive skin my male Indian relations all seem to have the same long silver beards and such. Anyway, this is what George Clooney looks like these days. He?s grown out his beard significantly. And he has facial hair! *rimshot*
These are photos of George and Amal Clooney in New York on Friday. They were in town for the opening session of the United Nations, like they are every year. Amal usually has work to do in and around the UN, and she attended several sessions and meetings. From what I saw, I don?t think George joined her? I?m noting that because he has gone with her in previous years. In these photos, they are not headed to the UN though. I think they were going out to dinner or something. Possibly to celebrate their fifth anniversary! Yes, five years ago, we were enjoying those crazy wedding extravaganza photos from Venice. Seems like it was just yesterday.
In the five (plus) years since Amal was presented to us, I do think we?ve gotten used to her quirky style. Amal loves a miniskirt, a mullet skirt and/or something surprisingly twee. I would have really liked this ensemble if only the skirt was a touch longer. As it is, it?s much too short, even for an anniversary date night. I do love that she paired the ensemble with what appears to be ?fancy go-go boots.? I think that was her style aim: to look business/go-go. It?s the new business-casual.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney says Amal won't 'allow' him to ride motorcycles anymore, ugh | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Catch-22 comes out on Hulu on May 17th, and George Clooney stars (in a supporting role) in the miniseries and he executive-produced it and directed a few episodes. They shot the series in Sardinia, which was probably a tax thing, plus George loves to be close to his home in Como, Italy. During filming of Catch-22 last summer, George was driving away from the set on a motorscooter when he crashed into a car. The video from the accident was horrific George went flying through the air and he was immediately checked into a hospital. The official line was that George had no major injuries, but weeks after the crash, it appeared that he was still unable to walk unaided. He has a history of significant back problems too, and I?ve believed for some time now that he has chronic pain in his back and probably his legs too. Apparently, after the crash, Amal banned him from all motorcycle/scooters from now on:
George Clooney is opening up about his scary motorcycle accident while in Italy last summer that sent him to the hospital. The Oscar winner, 57, was traveling on his scooter when a car cut into his lane and crashed into him, flinging him into the air. Clooney was rushed to the hospital and later released without serious injury.
The father of two was in Italy filming his upcoming Hulu show Catch-22 when the incident happened. He revealed at panel for the show in New York City on Wednesday that his wife Amal Clooney banned him from riding two-wheel vehicles again, and fellow producer Grant Heslov?s wife followed suit.
?I?m not allowed to ride motorcycles,? Clooney said at the panel. ?I got into a really bad accident. I hit a guy at 70 miles an hour on my bike. Got launched. And so that?s, I?m off of bikes. Grant?s off. We screwed up and our wives were like, ?You can never get on a bike again.??
[From People]
I know he?s saying ?I?m not allowed!? in a playful way to tell a story, but Jesus, that bugs. George is close to 60 years old and he should WANT to take care of himself to the point where he KNOWS deep down in his soul that he shouldn?t do the motorcycle thing anymore. Instead, he makes it sound like Amal is a wet blanket who orders him around. Amal is not his fking mother. She?s his wife and partner and she shouldn?t have to tell him or order him to do something smart which will save his life.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Amal Clooney in Oscar de la Renta at the 'Catch-22' premiere: cute or budget' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from last night?s LA premiere of Catch 22, the Hulu miniseries produced by George Clooney. Clooney directed a couple of the episodes too, and he has a supporting role. I think it?s interesting that George had something to promote and he and Amal still didn?t attend the Met Gala on Monday. That?s interesting, right? Especially given that just last year, Amal was one of the co-chairs of the gala. Amal maybe/probably pissed off some important fashion people last year when she changed her mind at the last minute about wearing Tom Ford. I kind of wonder if? maybe Amal and George weren?t invited to this year?s gala. Or maybe they were invited but they thought the ?camp? theme was beneath them. That?s probably more likely.
Anyway, they made sure to be in LA (not New York) this week, so I guess it doesn?t matter. Amal chose to wear this absolutely fug Oscar de la Renta cocktail dress to last night?s premiere. Again, I have similar coloring and I love to wear this shade of green too. I tend to think the color is too ?wintery/Christmasy? for a May premiere, but that?s not even my biggest problem. My problem is that the fabric is some really cheap looking shiny taffeta. My lord. Plus, the design isn?t super-flattering on Amal. She has a problem with cocktail dresses, right?
Here?s George and some of his costars. Christopher Abbott is the guy in the brown suit and he plays Yossarian. Kyle Chandler is? delicious. I?ve never noticed this before, but Kyle Chandler definitely has a ?young Clooney? look to him, right? It?s the eyebrows and the eyes very similar. I wonder if that?s why George hired Chandler for the miniseries you just know that when George looks at Kyle, George thinks he still looks like that. (He does not.) Also, Matt Damon was there to support his bro. Luciana? had some work done, yes?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | John Stamos, 54, got engaged to actress Caitlin McHugh, 31, at Disneyland | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I tend to give John Stamos a pass on most things. Is that wrong? I don?t know – he seems mostly harmless. He adored his mother, who passed away a few years ago. He?s extremely popular with women and always has been. He seems to be something of a serial monogamist and/or a serial womanizer (or something in between). He?s apparently good to his friends and generous in general. He also stays in his lane – he?s worked consistently in television, happily and steadily, for decades now. All of that gave him the distinction of being one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood, sort of the George Clooney of TV actors. Well, no more. Mr. Famously Forever Bachelor is engaged!
Uncle Jesse’s going to be a married man! On Sunday night, John Stamos announced his engagement to his girlfriend, actress Caitlin McHugh. Making it official, the hunky 54-year-old TV star took to Instagram to share the good news with his 2.2 million followers. Along with a magical illustration of the couple, the Full House actor wrote, “I asked…she said yes! …And we lived happily ever after.”
The sitcom star tagged the image at Disneyland, a place he’s known to frequent with his lady love, who is a huge fan of the House of Mouse. The couple have been together over a year. E! News revealed exclusively that the lovebirds were dating in March 2016. McHugh has appeared in The Vampire Diaries and in Switched at Birth. The model also has appeared in Castle and, crazily (coincidentally) enough, she appeared in the same 2011 episode of Law & Order: SVUas Stamos! It’s a small world after all for the Disney lovers.
[From E! News]
Caitlin McHugh is 31 years old, in case anyone was wondering. She?s 31 and he?s 54. Well? at least she?s not 21, eh? She?s in her 30s, she landed the Greek-American version of George Clooney, good for her. I honestly don?t even mind the absolute cheesefest that is a Disneyland proposal! Hey, it makes them happy, and I bet they had a great time. Considering all of the Instagrams though, I do wonder if Disney sponsored their proposal. Is Stamos currently working for Disney or something? Let me check…no, he?s not?? He?s working for Netflix, and he had been working for Fox. Maybe he?s up for the lead in a new ABC show or something. Anyway, congrats to John Stamos and Caitlin. May they have many Greek babies with excellent hair.
I asked…she said yes! …And we lived happily ever after?
A post shared by John Stamos (@johnstamos) on Oct 22, 2017 at 9:09pm PDT
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| | George & Amal Clooney are absolutely having twins, she's due in June | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve been waiting for this announcement for more than a month. I thought the announcement/confirmation would go to People Magazine, and I was right. But I thought it would come with an actual cover story. I guess the news got confirmed AFTER People Magazine put Chrissy Metz on their cover this week. So, what?s the big news? George and Amal Clooney are expecting! And they?re expecting twins!
George Clooney just landed his biggest role yet: Dad. The actor?s wife Amal Clooney is pregnant and expecting twins, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.
Amal ?has let everyone in both families know quietly,? says a source close to the couple. ?They?re all very happy.?
The Clooneys? rep has not commented.
[From People]
We first heard that Amal is expecting back in early January, when sources – allegedly people close to Amal?s family – whispered to local media that she was expecting twins. In the five weeks since then, we?ve seen Amal and George step out a few times, and Amal has looked knocked up. My guess is that she?s well into her second trimester, especially judging from those photos of Amal last week in Spain. Some people – CBS?s Julie Chen – claim that Amal is for-sure due in June, which means Amal is probably about five-ish months along now? So that adds up. Here?s my question: who gives birth first, Amal or Beyonce? I say Beyonce in May, then Amal in June. I also think both women will skip the Met Gala! Anyway, congrats to Amal and George. Four years ago, I never would have thought that we would be sitting here, talking about George Clooney expecting twins with his barrister wife. Crazy world.
PS? Would it have killed Amal to do a Beyonce-style bump photoshoot in her underwear? I mean, COME ON! Make it happen, Amal.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | NY Post: Amal Clooney was rude & 'threw a tantrum' in a UN meeting | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The New York Post has a doozy of a story about Amal Clooney this week. This isn?t some puff piece about how she?s the smartest, most fashionable unicorn in the world. It?s not that kind of story because? it came from sources close to Iraq?s mission to the United Nations. Amal Clooney was working at the UN a few weeks ago to work on behalf of her latest client, Nadia Murad, a Yazidi Iraqi who was kidnapped, held, raped and tortured by ISIS. Amal did a lot of press on behalf of her client last month, and apparently she took her love of the cameras too far when she brought an unauthorized camera crew into what was supposed to be a private meeting with the Iraqi mission. And that’s not all! The NY Post says Amal “threw a tantrum.”
George Clooney?s human rights lawyer wife nearly caused an international incident at the Iraqi UN Mission of Iraq in Manhattan when she lectured the ambassador on ISIS and showed up with an unauthorized camera crew, The Post has learned. Lebanese-born attorney Amal Clooney originally demanded to meet with the prime minister at the mission during the UN General Assembly, but that was rejected and she settled for the country?s UN Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim, two Iraqi officials confirmed.
She arrived with Yazidi refugee and Noble Peace Prize nominee Nadia Murad on Sept 15, and, right from the get-go, she used a ?dismissive, lecturing tone? with Alhakim while discussing how to bring captured ISIS fighters to justice, one official said. When the conversation turned to the Yazidi people, Clooney made it seem as if they were the only religious sect in Iraq being slaughtered by ISIS, the official said.
The ambassador and his staff tried to offer her a ?full picture? outlining each group targeted by ISIS, but Clooney was ?completely uninterested? and ?tone deaf to the whole thing,? the official said, noting, ?It was highly offensive. I have had cousins decapitated.?
Alhakim, who had 65 of his own family members exterminated by Saddam Hussein?s ruthless regime, became infuriated with Clooney and, at one point, turned to her, stating, ?This is highly insulting. This is very unacceptable,? the official said. Despite Clooney?s ?obnoxious? behavior, the tense meeting lasted about an hour and 20 minutes because the Iraqi diplomats wanted ?to be respectful to Nadia,? the official noted.
When the meeting finally ended, the parties went downstairs to the lobby, where Clooney?s ?media team? carrying film equipment had shown up unannounced ? a violation of standard protocols that required pre-approval by the mission, the official said. Clooney requested an on-camera interview with the ambassador, but was quickly shut down and escorted outside with her posse.
?The main issue is what she did and how she did it is absolutely outrageous and using a victim of war crimes as an accessory and political currency. That makes my blood boil,? the official said. Clooney?s personal assistant did not return an email request for comment and efforts to reach the attorney by phone were unsuccessful. The Mission of Iraq declined to comment.
[From The NY Post]
It?s perfectly possible that there is an innocent explanation for this. It?s possible this is an incomplete story, it?s possible that it?s completely fabricated, and it?s possible that Amal has simply done something to piss off the Iraqi mission to the UN and they pushed this story to the Post. It?s possible that Amal was simply carried with passionately defending a survivor who endured unspeakable torture. It?s possible that the men of the Iraqi mission would have found it ?rude? to speak about military and political situations with any woman. But isn?t it also possible that Amal is kind of a tantrum-throwing a?hole? Maybe.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | George Clooney is thinking about retiring because he looks so old on-screen | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney is 54 years old. Many actors ? male actors ? have flourishing careers in their 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. Just today, I was thinking about how much 78-year-old Morgan Freeman works. I mean, do you ever think about that? Morgan Freeman works SO MUCH. He works like he?s paying off Kanye West?s debt. But George Clooney hasn?t been working that much over the past few years. I didn?t think much about it before now, because I assumed it was his choice. I?m sure he gets sent lots of scripts, and of those scripts, Clooney has not had the best taste? recently. His current film, Hail Caesar, has made about $40 million (it had a $22 million budget). Last year?s Tomorrowland ? which was written off as a total bomb ? ended up making more than $200 million, domestically and internationally, although considering the production costs ($190 million-plus) & promotional costs (who knows?), the film didn?t even break even. And that?s all we?ve gotten from Clooney in two years. So Clooney says he?s thinking about retiring? because he?s old and he doesn?t want to look old on-screen. Here are some assorted words from George Clooney:
No one wants to see you age: “I think nobody really wants to see anybody really age. You know, it’s a very unforgiving thing, the camera is, and so aging becomes something that you know, you try to do less and less onscreen. You try to pick the films that work best for you and as you age they become less and less?[the situation is] obviously a lot worse for women.”
But he loves directing: “It is my great love. I enjoy it a lot. I’ve had really great success, and I’ve had some not-so-successful films, and that’s also part of the experience. But what I’ll say is it’s really fun. As you age on screen you get to that point where you really understand that, you know, you can’t stay in front of the camera your whole life. It’s much more fun, and it’s infinitely more creative, to be directing.”
Where he?s putting his money this election year: ?I am a Hillary supporter. I am doing a fundraiser for her? I really love Bernie Sanders, and am really glad he is in the debate. He is forcing the conversation to things that never get talked about in US politics: disparity between the rich and the poor, which is getting worse and worse every day.?
On Donald Trump: ?He?s just an opportunist. Now he?s a fascist; a xenophobic fascist? Let?s put things into perspective. You know, the truth of the matter is, in election season, things go crazy, and the loudest voices are the furthest and most extreme. So you hear a massively stupid idea, like we?re going to ban Muslims from the country. Now, we?re not ever going to do that. It says in the Statue of Liberty, bring us your huddled masses. It?s not what?s going to happen.?
He should have been thinking about diversity before: ?One film I did, The Ides of March, where the lead was Ryan Gosling. And yes, that?s one I didn?t think to, and should have probably thought to, look for a young African American actor to do it.?
[From The Guardian & E! News]
I suspect he won?t retire really, but he?s already hitting the brakes on his on-screen work, and in the future, we?ll probably be seeing him less and less in leading roles especially. Must be nice to have that option when you?re a man, right? At least he acknowledges that it?s harder for women, although more and more, it does seem like actors are going through the same ageism bulls?t that actresses go through. And I bet he will direct more, and I hope he?s serious about keeping diversity in mind.
As for the Trump stuff? yeah, he?s right. I like that he?s learned how to provide a good, solid political soundbyte and just leave it at that. There?s no reason to waste the energy and time on taking down Donald Trump point by point. Just call him a fascist and walk away. And I didn?t know he was a Hillary supporter, for some reason I thought he would be more for Bernie.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | George Clooney plans to sell his Cabo property to 'spend more time with Amal' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A few weeks ago, Page Six claimed that George Clooney is currently considering selling off his Como, Italy mansion for an enormous profit. Clooney bought the property in 2002 for $10 million (a steal back then). He currently fields offers of $100 million for the mansion, probably more. Considering George has always loved his Como estate, it seemed like a weird rumor. Like, is George having money problems? Does he ?need? to sell the Como property? And now comes this piece of news, also from Page Six: their sources claim that George is definitely going to sell his home in Cabo, Mexico. Hmm?.
George Clooney is selling his vacation home in Cabo, Mexico, sources confirmed to Page Six.
We?re told Clooney plans to spend more time with wife Amal at their homes in England and Los Angeles, but the couple will still vacation in Cabo ? they?ll stay with neighbors and best friends Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford.
Both Clooney and Gerber?s homes were designed by famed architect Ricardo Legorreta and are the last two homes he designed before he passed away.
[From Page Six]
There?s so much extrapolation to be done with just a few meager sentences. For one, it seems that Amal has never really enjoyed Cabo. They?ve been there together a few times in the past year and their trips were always with Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. Which brings me to my other question: is this Amal?s way of editing George?s close friendship with Cindy and Rande? It feels like it. It feels like George always expects his ladies to be couple-friends with Cindy and Rande and Amal is all ?Nope, I?d rather spend time with the cultured people of New York and London.? It does feel that way, right? Like, Cabo is where you go if you want to spend time with Rande, Cindy, Jennifer Aniston and Joe Francis. Amal doesn?t want to be there.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Enquirer: George Clooney wonders how his 'Amal Experiment' went so wrong | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This week?s National Enquirer has a pretty funny story that seems ripped from the comment section here at CB. The gist is that George Clooney?s Grand Amal Experiment has gone sideways, and he wasn?t expecting the whole ?America?s Last Bachelor Finally Marries His Equal? to blow up in his face quite so spectacularly. Which is what we?ve been saying all along? Especially in the wake of the epic box office failure of Tomorrowland, Team Clooney is almost definitely trying to figure out where their strategy went wrong. Some highlights from the Enquirer?s story:
His latest movie ?Tomorrowland? is a disaster, his political dreams are fading and now George Clooney is blaming wife Amal!
?George has had enough,? dished a source. ?The Amal Experiment has backfired badly and he?s looking for a way out. George thought that Amal would help him fulfuill his dream of running for office and, maybe one day, becoming president.?
Instead, Amal?s morphed into a red carpet darling, and George feels her connections have thrown cold water on his political ambitions.
?It?s a nightmare for George,? said one source. ?Suddenly, he isn?t getting calls from DC movers and shakers and believes Amal?s to blame. Instead of being like Bill and Hillary Clinton, they?ve become like Kim and Kanye!?
Even worse, George feels that Amal?s also ruined his Hollywood A-list status.
?He thinks she?s damaged his box office appeal? he actually believes she?s made him a laughingstock among his peers!?
Some Hollywood insiders have quipped the couple should do a reality show, ?Keeping Up with the Alamuddins.?
Desperate to regain his star status, George will take his wife back to England when renovations at their new home are completed. ?George is going to have a house-warming party, and carry Amal over the threshold. Then he?s going to leave Amal on her own in that big old mansion, while he hightails it back to America to rebuild his image!?
[From The National Enquirer, print edition]
My take: while it does feel like the Enquirer is rather gleefully (and hilariously) taking down the Alamooney marriage, they?re not entirely wrong. I think George really believed this whole marriage thing was going to play out differently. He believed that everyone would buy the image of Amal that his press people forced on media outlets like People Magazine. He believed that Amal was going to be seen as this shining beacon of political legitimacy. Instead, many people are like, ?Wow, she?s really spending a lot of money on clothes? and ?she sure loves to pose for the paparazzi.? After getting out of his comfort his zone of wrestlers, waitresses and Vegas party girls, George wasn?t expecting his lawyer wife to be just the same kind of thirsty, wannabe fashionista as his previous girlfriends.
Now, all that being said? George could easily rework the strategy by doing one simple thing: knocking up Amal. There?s nothing better for an image makeover than a baby.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | George Clooney: 'I?m a big believer in the idea that you can't try to look younger' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve mentioned this a few times over the past few weeks, but George Clooney has been looking really, really old during the Tomorrowland promotional tour. He?s 54 years old now and during some of his appearances, he didn?t look a day under 63. While we all age and I don?t want to get age-shaming about anyone, male or female, I have been wondering why George?s appearance seemed to really decline so rapidly over the past year. What could it be, what could it be? Could it be that George?s attempt to rebrand himself as a happily married man with a lovely 17-years-younger wife has sort of blown up in his face? Or is it just that George?s back is killing him and chronic pain will age you?
In any case, George thought it would be a good idea to chat about how he?s totally fine with aging and that trying to look younger will just make you look older. Yeah, George, that goes for trying to look hip by marrying a woman 17 years younger too!
George Clooney is Hollywood?s ultimate Silver Fox, so we?d probably go into mourning if he ever decided to dye his salt-and-pepper strands. Luckily, the 54-year-old actor maintains he?s not touching his grays.
?For me, it?s never been an issue or an option,? he told BBC radio?s Jenni Murray about his famous hair during an interview promoting his new film, Tomorrowland. ?I don?t think it would make much sense. I?ve seen it happen, and particularly on men I don?t think it works very well. I think it actually makes you look older. I?m a big believer in the idea that you can?t try to look younger ? you can just try to look the best you can at the age you are.?
And although he embraces his mature mane, the actor said that aging does affect him.
?There is nothing fun [about aging],? he shared. ?I know for actresses it?s infinitely worse because of public perception based on nothing except studios not hiring them, but I think for all of us you have to come to terms with getting older and not trying to fight it. You have a couple of options, which [are]: get older or die. You have to get used to the idea that your roles in films and who you are and how you?re perceived is going to change. And that will disappoint people at times.?
We imagine the support of his successful, gorgeous and crazy-stylish 37-year-old wife, Amal Clooney, helps the star feel youthful as well.
?She?s someone I enjoy spending every minute of the day with, and I?m very proud to be around,? he gushed about the lawyer and civil rights activist. ?And watching the things she does I admire so greatly. I?ve always been involved in things other than this business, long before I was successful at it. She?s been doing it quietly and unheralded for a long period of time, and I?m very proud to be married to her.?
[From People]
His grey hair is like the least offensive part of Clooney. That being said, he has dyed it before, usually for a particular role, which I guess is ?okay? in the book of Clooney. I don?t think hair dye is a big deal for men or women, and I?m saying that as a woman who started going grey in my 20s, and I?ve been dyeing my hair for years now. So my attitude on dye is: no judgment. But George is right in general ? the more people try to seem youthful, the older they look.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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