Justin Long ought to be taking notes from George Clooney on how to handle a break-up: While his most recent ex, former reality-show star Sarah Larson is working to keep her name in the tabs, the sexiest man alive has been hiding out at his Lake Como home, doing hot things like boating and golfing.
Clooney often plays the Menaggio & Cadenabbia golf course when he's in town and uses his house to put up celeb pals like Matt Damon and Brangelina.
Absent from the usual summer revels? His beloved pet Max, a pot-bellied pig who died in 2006. See, being hot and single isn't all it's cracked up to be after all!
This week we offer you the movie that will make everyone happy. "Leatherheads" combines a romantic comedy with football, almost unheard of previously.
George Clooney plays Dodge Connolly--yeah, we know, dumb name--who's trying to take his 1925 pro football team to the championship. He recruits Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), an American college football star and war hero, to save the day. An enterprising journalist, Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), trys to uncover Carter's war hero story, and in the process become entangled with both men.
Of course there are tons of sassy remarks and retro references, and something tells us Clooney's character isn't far from who he really is...
"Leatherheads" was shot in some of the prettiest parts of the southern US, so in that vein we offer you some cool things to check out in Charlotte, North Carolina:
Where To Stay:Morehead Inn An elegant Southern estate, the Morehead is filled with cozy antiques and rich with history. Once the private home of Charles Campbell Coddington, it opened to the public in 1984 and remains booked with private events. Guests are spoiled with a huge homey breakfast served on china every day.
Whenever celebrities converge on fancy-dress premieres, the rest of the world reads all about it the next day online or in next week's US Weekly. But the 9,000 lucky residents of Maysville, Kentucky won't have to wait to read the press coverage: They'll be able to see the stars for themselves when George Clooney descends upon the town bearing the reels of his new movie "Leatherheads." (Actually, he probably won't carry them to town himself.)
The film, which was shot in North and South Carolina, stars native Kentuckian Clooney--who also directed and co-wrote the film--as the manager of a new football league in the 1920s.
It co-stars John Krasinski as a promising player and Renee Zellweger as a saucy journalist. The film officially opens April 4--except for Maysville where it opens Monday night.
The Oscars are back on, and we're celebrating with a series on the New York City locations you might've seen in this year's nominated films. Our Oscar Movies Map will be your golden statuette.
Before we dive into our nomination pool, did you know you can actually see and hold Oscar in New York right now? For the third year in a row, the Academy has sent its little golden men out on the road before the Oscars. The resulting exhibition, Meet the Oscars, allows you to get up close and personal with statuettes won by Gary Cooper and Thelma Schoonmaker for editing "The Departed."
You can even pose for pictures with one--and you bet we did it. Meet the Oscars is open through Saturday from noon to 7 pm at 1500 Broadway.
The Oscar nominations for this year have just arrived, and we're digging through to figure out which stars you'll see at the Kodak Theatre on February 24--provided they care to cross the WGA picket line. George Clooney will leave his Italian palazzo to represent legal thriller "Michael Clayton"; Ellen Page will go south of the border for "Juno," Javier Bardem will fly over the Atlantic for "No Country for Old Men" (he's from Spain, didn't you know?) and Daniel Day-Lewis will come out of his secret underground lair in support of "There Will Be Blood."
If you're thinking about going to the Oscars this year, and don't mind that they may be starless, get your tickets now! Need help? The UK Times has an interesting article about getting tickets. (Hint: It's hard.)
George Clooney set a thousand imagined romantic comedies in motion when he and his girlfriend went on vacation to Rome this week. The actor, who may be up for a Golden Globe for his role in the legal thriller "Michael Clayton," wasn't around to see squeeze Sarah Larson throw coins in the Trevi Fountain, but he took her out for a romantic dinner later that night.
Clooney's next movie, in which he acted and which he also co-produced and directed, is the '30s football picture "Leatherheads," co-starring John Krasinski and fellow Oscar winner Renee Zellweger.
George Clooney is back today (does the man ever sleep?) posing as a journalist in post-war Berlin in The Good German. Clooney is covering the Potsdam Conference and gets involved with a murder investigation in which his former mistress (Cate Blanchett) and driver are already entangled.
Already we're hearing good things about this one: be sure to be mesmerized, if not by George, then by Tobey McGuire, who also has a role. The film opens nationwide today after a previous limited release.
As this whole thing was (yawn!) filmed in LA, we offer you some fun things to do in the real Berlin.
Where to Stay: Art Hotel Charlottenburger Located in West Berlin, this hotel's not the lap of luxury, but extremely clean and sensibly designed. Bright rooms are the epitome of modernism with prints by Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Miro and come with a computer with high-speed DSL. Not bad. Through March they offer early booking specials with good discounts.
Where to Eat: Dressler Run on over to Unter den Linden and check out this "arts conscious" bistro modeled after pre-war Berlin. Think decadence (turbot with champagne vinaigrette, pheasant breast with Riesling sauce), sink into the leather banquettes, and order big.
What to See: Reichstag One of the city's greatest landmarks, the Reichstag is home to the German parliament and was built in the late 1800s. Don't miss a walk to the top of its scenic glass dome, just refurbished completely in 1999.
The best part of traveling outside the United States--besides the convenience stores and record shops--is the celebrity endorsement spotting. Stars, and big ones at that, shill a lot of coffee and jewelry and whatnot around the world. They make good money this way, doing stuff they'd never do in America because it's cheesy. The minute you step out of the States, especially when it's to Europe and Asia, you're bound to notice the commercials and magazine ads. Proactiv commercials are an exception--you can catch those right at home.
Of course, this is the YouTube age, and no one ever expected these activities to be truly top secret. You simply cannot get away from the above commercial in Austria. It's George Clooney pimping for Nespresso, a coffee company and espresso machine maker affiliated with Nestle. Nespresso has stores all over Austria, and beyond in Europe, where it's easy to get laughed at as a foreigner ordering your coffee the wrong way.
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