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Clooney
Hosting $6M
Fundraiser
for Obama

Apr 11, 2012 12:32 AM CDT

Clooney Hosting $6M Fundraiser for Obama

Stars coming out for the prez

(Newser) - Super PACS might be gearing up to back Mitt Romney in the general election, but George Clooney is about to rake in the bucks for Barack Obama. Clooney is hosting a $6 million fundraiser for the president. The 150-seat, $40,000-a-head dinner will be held at Clooney's Los Angeles...

10 Celebrity Pranks

happy april fools' day!

Apr 1, 2012 10:11 AM CDT

10 Celebrity Pranks

Justin Bieber punks Taylor Swift, and more

(Newser) - In honor of April Fools' Day, the Huffington Post found video of 10 awesome (or awesomely embarrassing) pranks pulled on and by famous people:

Tom Cruise: Upon being squirted in the face with a water gun by a British reporter, Cruise's priceless response included the line, "You're

...

Romney
to Obama:
Fire 'Gas-
Hike Trio'

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Mar 18, 2012 1:04 PM CDT

Romney to Obama: Fire 'Gas- Hike Trio'

Mitt blames president for high gas prices

(Newser) - President Obama is not only responsible for high gas prices, he actually wants them, and he needs to can the three Cabinet secretaries who share the blame, Mitt Romney charged today. "When he ran for office he said he wanted to see gasoline prices go up, he said that...

Clooney
Arrested
at Sudan
Protest

Mar 16, 2012 10:21 AM CDT

Clooney Arrested at Sudan Protest

Actor's father, others also arrested by Secret Service

(Newser) - George Clooney and his father Nick were arrested today at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. They and others, including Democratic US Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy....

Clooney Releases Sudan Video

Mar 16, 2012 6:11 AM CDT

Clooney Releases Sudan Video

Film documents attacks on civilians

(Newser) - George Clooney has released a video documenting an illegal and dangerous trip to see Sudanese government attacks on civilians first-hand, reports AP . In the video, the actor witnesses what is believed to be a Chinese-made missile being fired at civilians in the Nuba Mountains region of southern Sudan, which could...

Celebs Got Seat at State Dinner

Mar 15, 2012 6:34 AM CDT

Celebs Got Seat at State Dinner

George Clooney, 'Downton Abbey' actors, John Legend in attendance

(Newser) - British Prime Minister David Cameron and wife Samantha were the honorees at last night's state dinner, but the real VIPs were the other 350-something people who managed to score a ticket. Among them: George Clooney (who sat next to Michelle Obama at the head table, but of course), Warren...

Clooney
Testifies:
'Campaign
of Murder'
in Sudan

Mar 14, 2012 12:54 PM CDT

Clooney Testifies: 'Campaign of Murder' in Sudan

Actor goes before Congress after trip to troubled country

(Newser) - George Clooney, long an advocate for Sudan , testified before Congress today about the "campaign of murder" being carried out in the country. Clooney just returned from a trip to the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, where he says villagers hide from daily bombings. "We found children filled with...

Clooney: I
Don't Care
If People
Say I'm Gay

Mar 1, 2012 12:44 AM CST

Clooney: I Don't Care If People Say I'm Gay

'My private life is private,' says actor

(Newser) - People can talk all they want, says George Clooney, even to call him gay. Despite his serial babe romances, some have speculated for years about Clooney's real sexual orientation. “I think it’s funny, but the last thing you’ll ever see me do is jump up and...

Descendants,
The Artist
Win Big

golden globes

Jan 15, 2012 10:28 PM CST

Descendants, The Artist Win Big

'Homeland' also does well at the Golden Globes

(Newser) - Be honest: You tuned in to the Golden Globes tonight mostly to see what Ricky Gervais would say . But awards were handed out too, and The Artist and The Descendants were the big film winners. Both won best picture and best actor in their respective categories (comedy or musical for...

George Clooney Named
as Berlusconi Witness

Nov 25, 2011 12:13 AM CST

George Clooney Named as Berlusconi Witness

Star says he wasn't at Italian PM's 'bunga bunga' party

(Newser) - Coming soon to an Italian courtroom: The Berlusconi Bunga Bunga Trial, starring George Clooney, Silvio Berlusconi, a former belly dancer, and dozens of starlets and showgirls. Clooney is among the 214 defense witnesses to be called at the former Italian prime minister's trial on charges that he paid an...

Clooney:
I Had My First
Orgasm at
Age 6

'rolling stone'

Nov 11, 2011 10:21 AM CST

Clooney: I Had My First Orgasm at Age 6

And more highlights from 'Rolling Stone' interview

(Newser) - George Clooney covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone , out today. Highlights from the sometimes steamy, surprisingly revealing interview:

His first orgasm: He lost his virginity at the “young, very young, too young” age of 16, but had his first orgasm at age six or seven. “I believe

...

Elisabetta: George Clooney Was Like a Dad to Me

Oct 31, 2011 10:20 AM CDT

Elisabetta: George Clooney Was Like a Dad to Me

OK, that's not weird or anything

(Newser) - You may have thought George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis had a steamy Hollywood romance, but apparently it was “more of a father-daughter relationship,” Canalis explains in a new book. In Questo Amore (This Love), Italian journalist Bruno Vespa also quotes Canalis as saying that Clooney was "the...

Ides of March Gets Critics' Vote

review roundup

Oct 7, 2011 11:55 AM CDT

Ides of March Gets Critics' Vote

Great acting overcomes shopworn themes in Clooney's political thriller

(Newser) - Critics are quite pleased with George Clooney's latest directorial offering, The Ides of March; the taut political drama currently enjoys an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes —although some of its supporters have qualms about its themes. Here's what they're saying:

“Are you sitting down? George

...

Stars Unite to
'F*** Famine'

Oct 4, 2011 10:36 AM CDT

Stars Unite to 'F*** Famine'

Group aims to raise awareness, not money

(Newser) - Bono, George Clooney, Colin Farrell, and a host of celebrities spout the F-word in a new ad with a simple message: "F*** famine." (Don't worry, it's still SFW, thanks to a lot of censoring.) "Famine is the real obscenity," explains Bono in the...

Clooney: Why
I'll Never Be
President

Sep 1, 2011 9:45 AM CDT

Clooney: Why I'll Never Be President

One good reason: He already has a job...

(Newser) - President Clooney? He wouldn't be the first actor in the Oval Office, but he says he’ll never do it—partly because of the hard time our current president is having. “Look, there’s a guy in office who is smarter than anybody you know, and nicer, and...

Satellites Spot
Mass Graves
in Sudan

Aug 24, 2011 9:44 AM CDT

Satellites Spot Mass Graves in Sudan

And group accuses the Sudanese Red Crescent Society of digging them

(Newser) - The Satellite Sentinel Project, an activist group founded by George Clooney, says it has evidence of a number of mass graves in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains—and it thinks the Sudanese Red Crescent dug them. Based on satellite images and witness statements, the SSP has concluded that as many as...

Elisabetta Tried to Tie Clooney Down, Got Booted

sources say

Jun 23, 2011 11:27 AM CDT

Elisabetta Tried to Tie Clooney Down, Got Booted

Clooney wanted out for some time: sources

(Newser) - Just weeks ago, Elisabetta Canalis firmly stated , "in the future I will be married." Then she and George Clooney, her boyfriend of two years, promptly broke up . Coincidence? Not according to friends who tell the Daily Mail that the eternal bachelor was afraid his Italian girlfriend was trying...

George Clooney,
Elisabetta Canalis Split

Jun 22, 2011 1:19 PM CDT

George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis Split

High-profile couple end 2-year relationship

(Newser) - Big Hollywood breakup today: George Clooney and Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis have called it quits after two years, reports People . They issued a joint statement short on specifics: "We are not together anymore. It's very difficult and very personal, and we hope everyone can respect our privacy."...

George Clooney May Testify
at Berlusconi Trial

Mar 29, 2011 2:58 PM CDT

George Clooney May Testify at Berlusconi Trial

Prime minister's attorneys include him, girlfriend on witness list

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi wants a high-profile witness for the defense: George Clooney. The Italian prime minister's lawyers have included the actor and his girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, on their wish list of witnesses for Berlusconi's prostitution trial, reports Bloomberg . The PM is accused of paying an underage model for sex and then...

17 Truly Terrible
Celeb Ads
From Abroad

Feb 9, 2011 10:34 AM CST

17 Truly Terrible Celeb Ads From Abroad

The money must be really good

(Newser) - There was a time when celebrities could do super-embarrassing commercials overseas, rake in the dough, and never worry very much that the ads would find an American audience. Thanks to YouTube, that time no longer exists. The Telegraph rounds up 17 pretty spectacular foreign commercials starring everyone from Chuck Norris...