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George Clooney in Drunken Obama Argument?

But he and casino mogul Steve Wynn have very different accounts of how it went down

(Newser) - According to Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn, George Clooney recently got drunk off tequila shots at a dinner they both attended in Sin City and ended up in a foul-mouthed rant about politics that ended with Clooney storming off. According to Clooney, Wynn started the whole thing, and it...

7 Celebrity Pranksters
 7 Celebrity Pranksters 

7 Celebrity Pranksters

Let's just say they probably enjoyed last Tuesday

(Newser) - Which stars do you think had the most fun during April Fools' Day last week? Probably the 13 celebrity pranksters rounded up by PopSugar . A sampling:
  • George Clooney: One of his most epic pranks: Throwing a fake wedding for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
  • Brad Pitt: He's gotten his
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7 Cursed Oscar Couples
 7 Cursed Oscar Couples 

7 Cursed Oscar Couples

They broke up within a year of an Academy Award win

(Newser) - Winning an Oscar is great ... but for these couples, rounded up by People , it was followed by the demise of their relationship less than a year later:
  • George Clooney and Stacy Keibler: As a co-producer of Argo, Clooney won Best Picture last year—five months later, he and Keibler broke
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London Mayor Compares George Clooney to Hitler

Clooney has Boris Johnson in a huff over Elgin Marbles

(Newser) - Let's just say George Clooney is on London Mayor Boris Johnson's bad side. Clooney's latest film, Monuments Men, deals with artwork that was looted by the Nazis and later returned to the rightful owners—and while promoting the movie, Clooney was asked about the Elgin Marbles, friezes,...

Monuments Men Is Dull as Stone
 Monuments Men 
 Is Dull as Stone 
Movie Review

Monuments Men Is Dull as Stone

Clooney's war romp fails to charm critics

(Newser) - It's safe to say critics would not venture into a war zone to save the last copy of The Monuments Men. George Clooney's latest outing as a writer/director/star is being widely panned as boring, shallow, and disjointed. Here's what they're saying:
  • The Monuments Men is a
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10 Severe Cases of Celeb TMI
 10 Severe Cases of Celeb TMI 

10 Severe Cases of Celeb TMI

Some things we just did not need to know

(Newser) - Sometimes celebrities just don't know when to stop talking. The Huffington Post rounds up more than 300 examples of extreme celebrity TMI. A small sampling:
  • Cameron Diaz: Told Dr. Oz her tips for ... how to poop. (She drinks a liter of water every morning, for one thing.) They
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10 Celebs' Pre-Fame Career Plans

Danny DeVito ... hairdresser?

(Newser) - Not all celebrities wanted to be celebrities when they grew up. The Huffington Post rounds up the career plans 19 actors had before they got discovered. A sampling:
  • Jennifer Lawrence: Wanted to be a doctor.
  • Steve Buscemi: Actually was a firefighter in New York City.
  • Queen Latifah: Studied to be
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How Film Stars Helped Ruin South Sudan

Their narrative of a plucky nation was too simple: Daniel Howden

(Newser) - Hollywood stars like George Clooney and Don Cheadle have argued passionately for nation-building in South Sudan. Only problem: They didn't quite see the whole story, writes Daniel Howden at the Guardian . Film stars and other activists delivered "a narrative about the new country that borrowed from a simple...

Clooney Jabs Leo's Trash-Talkin' B-ball Buddies, and More

Fun basketball story included in 'Esquire' interview

(Newser) - George Clooney gives a predictably charming, wide-ranging interview to Esquire , and the best anecdote involves Leonardo DiCaprio. It seems Clooney and DiCaprio both have homes in Cabo, and once ran into each other there. They got to talking about their respective, semi-famous ongoing basketball games and decided to play against...

15 Celebs Who Got Their Start in Horror Flicks

 15 Celebs Who 
 Got Their Start 
 in Horror Flicks 
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15 Celebs Who Got Their Start in Horror Flicks

Some may surprise you

(Newser) - Gather up some vintage horror movies to watch this Halloween, and you may just be surprised by a familiar face. Wired rounds up 30 celebrities who got their start in horror movies. A sampling:
  • Jon Stewart: The Faculty, 1998
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, 1998
  • Renee Zellweger: Texas
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Carrie Falls to Gravity
 Carrie Falls to Gravity 
box office

Carrie Falls to Gravity

And literally no one went to see the WikiLeaks movie

(Newser) - Gravity scared off Carrie this weekend, pulling off its third box-office win in a row with a hefty $31 million take, reports the Los Angeles Times . Both films were expected to fetch around $30 million, but the Stephen King classic fell far short, with $17 million and the No. 3...

Gravity Pulls in Monster $55.6M Debut
 Gravity Pulls in 
 Monster $55.6M Debut 
BOX OFFICE

Gravity Pulls in Monster $55.6M Debut

Cuaron's latest sets a record for an October debut

(Newser) - Critics dubbed Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity "extraordinary," and moviegoers this weekend sealed the deal: The George Clooney-Sandra Bullock space drama soared to No. 1 at the box office, with a $55.6 million opening that set a record for an October debut. That's about $20 million...

Clooney&#39;s Gravity Might Be a Masterpiece
 Clooney's Gravity 
 Might Be a Masterpiece 
MOVIE REVIEW

Clooney's Gravity Might Be a Masterpiece

Critics nearly unanimous in praise for space flick

(Newser) - You'd think a 90-minute film focused solely on two characters could be a bit dull, but critics are over the moon with Gravity, a space thriller that follows a veteran astronaut and newbie in a fight to survive miles above Earth. (It's got a 98% positive rating at...

7 Stars Who Don&#39;t Want Kids
 7 Stars Who Don't Want Kids 

7 Stars Who Don't Want Kids

No celebrity babies for these actors

(Newser) - If you hate hearing about celebrity babies and the dreaded "baby bump," you might want to focus your attention just on these 14 celebrities rounded up by the Huffington Post . All of them have expressed zero interest in having children. Click through the gallery for a sampling, and...

15 More Celeb Marriages You Forgot All About

Wait, she was once married to him?!

(Newser) - So you remembered that Heather Locklear was married to Richie Sambora for a long time, and you recalled that Tommy Lee had a rocky marriage to Pamela Anderson ... but did you forget that Heather and Tommy were also once married, from 1986 to 1993? Wonderwall rounds up 15 more celebrity...

Angelina: No Boozers at Our Wedding

Jolie bans Pitt's harder-partying pals

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie wants to avoid messy scenes at her wedding (or, as a source puts it, she "wants the whole affair to be very civilized"), and that means some of Brad Pitt's pals won't be invited. Namely Jonah Hill, Quentin Tarantino, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (...

12 Actors Who Have Belittled Their Own Movies

And why we only get mad about it sometimes

(Newser) - Cloud Atlas certainly has inspired its stars to diss their past projects. On Chelsea Lately Tuesday, Halle Berry reminisced about how she met her fiance Olivier Martinez "on a s**t movie, Us reports. She was referring to Dark Tide, which came out earlier this year and did not perform...

A 'Porn Star Name' for Tom?! 15 Celebrity Aliases

Cruise goes by 'Cage Hunt'

(Newser) - Tom Cruise may have lost his wife, but he apparently hasn't lost his sense of humor: While shooting a film in the UK, he's been using a fake name at his hotel—and he's been telling guests it's his "porn name." So what is...

Hollywood's 13 Hottest Republicans

It's not just the old fogies like Clint Eastwood who lean to the right

(Newser) - Think all the hottest celebrities are Democrats? (Hello, George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker .) Well, you're wrong: E! rounds up 13 sexy Hollywood Republicans:
  • Nick Lachey: Like his former wife , he swings Republican.
  • Britney Spears: The GOP once held a fundraiser at one of her DC concerts.
  • Hilary
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Dem' Latest Campaign Lure: Coffee With Joe Biden

$3 donation earns a chance for trip

(Newser) - Three dollars is about what your average Starbucks latte costs, but in the Obama re-election campaign, that same $3 might just get you a cup of coffee with Joe Biden—not to mention airfare and a hotel room for the trip, reports USA Today . Called, unsurprisingly, "A Cup of...

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